The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 255

After Zhang Dun calmed down a bit, he had some trouble holding the report.

Without him, the problem is how to report to Zhe Zong.

This is not because Zhang Dun wants to deceive others, but because he is worried about Zhezong's physical condition. You must know that Emperor Zhezong is a temperamental person, and he is afraid that the official family will not be able to bear the excitement of this matter. It's a good idea to send him away.

I thought that Zhang Dun had wasted half his life, but now he was able to be a highly respected minister because of Zhe Zong's trust. If he sent away the official family, then Zhang Zihou would really be in trouble.

Although the possibility of this kind of oolong happening is not very high, there is always a possibility!

Who is Zhang Dun? He may not be the smartest person in the world, but he can still afford to add "one" after it. Why can't he think clearly and thoroughly about all aspects of problems, big and small? !
What?Are you telling me to hide it and not report it?
This is a great idea that a wise man came up with on his own feet. Is it really true that Emperor Zhezong was lying on the dragon bed and turned a deaf ear to what was going on outside the window?For any emperor with a brain, the most taboo thing is for his ministers to do this kind of thing, even if it is a well-intentioned concealment, it is a taboo.

Zhang Dun never thought about concealing it. He just hoped to slightly reduce the impact of this incident when reporting it to the officials. It would be best to allow Zhezong to be mentally prepared in advance.

Of course, if you want to do this, you need to have a more detailed and comprehensive understanding of the matter, so that you can prescribe the right medicine.

Zhang Dun only thought about it for a moment, and then immediately sent someone close to him to investigate overnight. He even ordered the secretary to write a copy of the report, noted his own opinions under it, and sent it to the Imperial City Division and Kaifeng Mansion. Relevant yamen involved in incidents such as , Privy Council and other incidents have not been left behind.

As a result, the relevant bureaucracies and institutions of the entire Song Dynasty were like engines injected with accelerant, running at an extraordinary speed.

By midnight, countless pieces of preliminary investigation information were summarized on Zhang Dun's desk.

This 62-year-old iron-blooded prime minister of the Song Dynasty, but with far more energy than ordinary people, used his amazing perseverance and patience to read all the reports one by one, and then the general outline of the entire incident was in his mind. Initially formed, all that remains is to further fill in the details that are not yet known.

Even without the more detailed content, Zhang Dun's talent was able to deduc and guess the entire incident as close to the truth as possible. The only discrepancies may be those unknowns that to him are like blind spots in information.

With a rough derivation of the entire incident, Zhang Dun would be well-aimed in whatever he wanted to do.

He immediately spread out the folds, and a perfect memorial was written at the stroke of a pen. Later, he dried the ink, folded the folds, and immediately ordered people to prepare a car. He wanted to go to the palace overnight to report to the officials.

This is Zhang Dun. He is as steady as Mount Tai when he should be steady, and as fast as a rushing stream when he is in a hurry. He will never stretch his hips just because he feels good about himself. This is what makes him better than his former friend Su Shi.

Su's brain is good at everything, but sometimes he forgets everything when his brain gets hot, and he has to write a short composition to express his feelings. Everyone knows the result, so it's okay not to mention it.

In fact, the news of the death of hundreds of forbidden soldiers was not only learned by the courtiers of the Song Dynasty, but many gossips that were either true or unrecognizable spread rapidly in Bianliang City.

Whether it was the big bosses on the Demon Suppressor side who knew that Ergou and his party were in Mengjiazhuang, or the secret agents of the Qingbao Sect lurking in Bianliang City, they were all worried or frightened and disturbed by this sudden turn of events.

Casting Jingguan is a silent warning and omen. It is a declaration of victory for people to defeat evil and expel strange demons.

The purpose of Ergou, Taoist Shouzhen and others at Zhujingguan is to convey a message to the insiders of the Demon Suppressor that they are safe and the bosses don't need to worry about them.

The evil disciples were terrified of their failure, which represented a very depressing fact. The evil disciples' strength in the capital had suffered a great loss.

Of course, more mortals who like gossip are more concerned about one thing. What strong man dared to massacre the soldiers of the Forbidden Army at the feet of the emperor, and even had their heads cast into Jingguan in an almost humiliating manner?

Haven't you heard?The head placed on the top floor of the capital was the leader of the destroyed army, a serious general of the Forbidden Army camp (rumor).

With the help of the unprecedented high efficiency of the Song Dynasty court, the war in Mengjiazhuang was almost verified in the afternoon of the next day.

The mengjiazhuang villagers who defected to Kaihuayuan, the thieves and bandits who were not gathered up by Li Zhu after their defeat, and the interrogation of some of the dead imperial guardsmen's comrades from the legionnaires after their identities were verified, made the monarchs of the Song Dynasty aware. He learned some secrets that are very exciting.

Although the magical boy who can turn flesh into white bones and mutilate his body is amazing, the infiltration of the dignified Imperial Guards by unknown forces is a taboo that the monarchs and ministers are even more taboo on.

How outrageous is it that those people can bypass the supervision of the Privy Council and the Three Yamen and silently mobilize hundreds of heavily armed soldiers out of the city to attack a village in the suburbs?
We must know that Song Taizu also played this trick when he carried out the Chenqiao Mutiny. Could it be that the trap compiled by the Song Dynasty for more than 100 years to target warriors was just a joke?
As the identities of more Death Guard soldiers were verified, the unlucky Tiger Wing Army was completely nailed to the pillar of shame.

Originally, the best person to blame for this incident was Chen Tongyi, the commander of the Tiger Wing Army. However, this old boy suddenly died at home the day before the incident happened. This was a bit difficult to handle. .

This is not because there is a taboo about "life is important", but that Taiwei Chen has always been a figurehead to the Tiger Wing Army, and it is Taiwei Leng who really has substantial jurisdiction over the Tiger Wing Army.

Chen Tongyi's death was too coincidental, but it happened to avoid the situation of being blamed. However, he had just been named posthumously. After all, the Shaosheng ministers headed by Zhang Dun were not fools, even if they wanted to take the blame. I won't hold such a person against him.

Of course Chen Taiwei was lucky, but he also had to have those who were unlucky to resist his thunder. For example, Zhang Zongwang (the father of Zhang Shuye), the commander of the Tiger Wing Army's Jiazi Battalion, directly claimed that "the governor's incompetence led to the usurper" He was dismissed from office for the crime of "conspiracy and conspiracy among the hidden army", and his staff was stabbed in remote military states.

Not just Zhang Zongwang, but all the battalions of the Tiger Wing Army who participated in the Mengjiazhuang incident and whose identities were verified, their battalion commanders were demoted or punished.

It can be said that almost all the tens of thousands of high-ranking generals in the entire Tiger Wing Army have been replaced, and the successors are basically loyal and reliable people selected from the upper four armies.

The only one who was not "reliable" was Gao Gongji, the newly appointed commander of the Tiger Wing Military Command. This guy was relieved of the military power of the Fourth Army by Zhe Zong. As an appeasement, he was compensated with the nominal jurisdiction of the Tiger Wing Army. .

Of course, this compensation is not unconditional. Emperor Zhezong issued an order requiring Gao Gongji to find the murderer of more than 700 Tiger Wing Army soldiers within ten days.

This is undoubtedly a relatively harsh test or embarrassment for Gao Gongji.

Don't you see that Zhe Zong ordered the Imperial City Secretary to track down the mysterious force behind Fu Zi who was lurking in the Forbidden Army? !
However, after Gao Gongji personally inspected the battle scene in Mengjiazhuang, he was a little overjoyed. His unhappiness at having Zhe Zong wear small shoes was almost instantly forgotten.

The reason why Gao Gongji was happy was very simple. Most of the traces at the scene were caused by the unique thunder method explosion, and this kind of traces also appeared in another case, it was the Wuyou Cave [Shenmingli] ] case.

With this, Gao Gongji immediately targeted the magical boy who he missed endlessly.

In the previous case, although Gao Gongji tried his best to arrest Ergou, there were many constraints.But this time Ergou's crime was a bit too big, and Gao Gongji could be regarded as a real master.

Gao Gongji returned to Bianliang City almost immediately, reported the inside story to the Privy Council, and even met with Zhang Dun to ask for a warrant to act cheaply. He wanted to ask Zhezong for a secret order, but Emperor Zhezong didn't want to see him, so he had no choice but to go. Just settle for the next best thing.

After getting the permission of the prime minister of the dynasty, Gao Gongji was able to let go. He immediately led his people to the Tianbo Yang Mansion and asked the head of the Yang family about the whereabouts of Mrs. Yang, that is, Mrs. Yang.

After Yang Zongmin, the head of the Yang family, inquired about the reason, he did not conceal the whereabouts of the third sister from the same clan, and directly pointed out the location of Dongyuan Temple to Gao Gongji.

Then Gao Gongji immediately rushed to Dongyuan Temple, but unfortunately there were only some "irrelevant" female Taoists in Dongyuan Temple. Gao Gongji did not find any trace of Mrs. Yang.

But Gao Gongji was not discouraged. Mrs. Yang Sanniang was a well-established person. She would show up sooner or later, and when the time came, you would definitely find the boy from her.

Gao Gongji knew some secrets about Yang Sanniang, and he even thought about using those secrets to force Yang Sanniang to show up.

But before Gao Gongji could look for Mrs. Yang's weakness, Mrs. Yang herself showed up.

Mrs. Yang found Gao Gongji and said straight to the point: "Gao Junzheng, for the sake of your Gao family and my Yang family helping each other, please don't embarrass that boy!"

Gao Gongji smiled happily and said: "Sanniang, what you said is a bit funny. Gao was ordered by the officials to arrest the murderer who murdered hundreds of forbidden army generals. How could he do it because of the friendship between our two families? And favoritism? I, Gao Gongji, am not such a person! There is no way that tens of thousands of soldiers in the Tiger Wing Army would allow me to do this!"

Mrs. Yang said angrily: "What do you know! Those hundreds of Forbidden Army soldiers are all evil followers who have joined a cult. They are no longer normal Forbidden Army. We are killing them to eliminate harm for the Song Dynasty and to eliminate disasters for the world! You Isn’t this a plot to kill a righteous man to be an aid to a tiger?!”

Gao Gongji's expression changed and he sneered: "Yang Sanniang, you must be more careful when you speak! For the sake of the friendship between the Gao and Yang families, I just pretended that I didn't hear what you just said! If anyone else heard it, just I'm afraid that your Yang family will suffer a big loss!"

Mrs. Yang said with an ugly face: "You...Brother Gao! Back then, you were considered the top figure in Bianliang City. You were upright and upright all your life, and your actions were praised by the world. We all know that the officials cannot tolerate you, As a senior, why do you have to fight with the juniors for a little bit of credit?!"

When Gao Gongji heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Those who know me say I am worried, but those who don't know me say what I want! Yang Sanniang, do you really think that I care about the little fortune of the Zhao family?" ! I’m not afraid to tell you the truth, the boy you are interested in has what I need, but I am determined to get him! No one can persuade me!"

"You are simply unreasonable!" Mrs. Yang was frightened when she heard this. She didn't know what Gao Gongji liked about Ergou, but she didn't dare to ask openly, so she had to say some angry words to cover up.

Gao Gongji suddenly asked: "Sanniang, is that boy still hiding in the city?"

Mrs. Yang only sneered in response.

Unexpectedly, Gao Gongji actually laughed to himself and said: "It turns out that guy has left the city! Haha, no wonder you weren't nervous, but you still dared to see me! No matter how it is, it's hard to let go in the city, even if you take him. It's inconvenient, but it's cheaper. Can you tell me where that kid went?!"

Mrs. Yang was so angry that she stamped her feet angrily, then turned around and left without giving Gao Gongji any chance to guess.

Gao Gongji looked at her back and smiled brightly.

Gao Gongji was not someone who knew nothing about certain secrets. With the momentum of Queen Mother Xuanren back then, he was also exposed to some events related to the abnormal field, and even got to know some special people.

With some clues revealed by Mrs. Yang, Gao Gongji knew that Er Gou was not an ordinary person, and he had to find people or institutions in the corresponding field to inquire about the information.

The target that Gao Gongji was looking for was the Buddhist sect that was somewhat at odds with the Taoist sect, to be precise, the eminent monks of the Daxiangguo Temple.

In fact, the eminent monks of Daxiangguo Temple have never given up tracing the incident in Huayanni Temple, but they have not made much progress until they found Mrs. Xiao.

After meeting Master Pang, Mrs. Xiao moved into Master Pang's house and became half of the mistress.

Why do you think Mrs. Xiao is so willing to accept Master Pang's "favor"?
But it was Mrs. Pang who hinted that the house would be handed over to the former Wang family son in the future. Mrs. Xiao could deal with help from others, including her daughter and son-in-law, with integrity, but she could not refuse the future Wang family son's service. Accept it with peace of mind.

There is no other way. If we don't do this, then when the child recognizes his ancestor and returns to the clan, won't he be stigmatized as unfilial? That would be Mrs. Xiao's fault.

The great monks have been unable to find any decent clues about the Huayanni Temple, but they have persevered and never let go of any possibility. Some of them have set their sights on Mrs. Xiao who suddenly moved out of the Huayanni Temple. .

Mrs. Xiao stayed in Pang's residence, but she immediately attracted the attention of the great monks to Master Pang.

It's something like this, it's afraid you'll get it wrong.

However, the great monks really found the right path, especially some of the characteristics and abilities that Ergou had shown when facing Gao Gongji, which made them very suspicious that that boy was the mastermind of the Huayanni Temple incident. Ergou's age is quite confusing, which makes the Arhats at Daxiangguo Temple not sure about Ergou's suspicion.

But as soon as the big incident in Mengjiazhuang broke out, Gao Gongji came to visit again, and the intelligence from both sides was compared.

The great monks of Xiangguo Temple immediately ran away!

Straight bitch!Sure enough, it was that brat's fault!Since he could easily destroy more than 700 elite imperial guards in one night, it must not be difficult to kill more than [-] Bodhisattva nuns in Huayanni Temple in one night.

What?Where is the evidence, you ask?

Buddhas don't need any evidence to do their job!
As long as that kid has this ability, then it was him who did it. Even if it wasn't him and the Buddhas say it was, then it was him who did it!
Therefore, without waiting for Gao Gongji to make any request, the eminent monks of Daxiangguo Temple sent out countless experts to trace the whereabouts of Ergou like crazy.

The influence of Buddhism among the people is definitely not inferior to that of Taoism. Their followers are spread in every corner of the Song Dynasty. Wherever there are people, there are basically their informants.

Therefore, although Ergou and others dressed up a bit, they still showed some traces after crossing the Yellow River, and they were soon known by the monks of Daxiangguo Temple.

　I'm sorry for being late today, book friends.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)