The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 203 I want an imperial decree

Zhao Gou realized that the seriousness of the matter was beyond his imagination. With his strength, this matter may not have any effect, and he needs to use other strength to do it.He is very clear about Cai Jing's crimes, and there is another person hiding in the dark, but only a little bit of information has been revealed, and he has no idea who it is.

The reason why Xu Jingheng has been hiding this piece of paper, Zhao Gou can see from the content, it clearly states the embezzled silver taels, and there are some unexpected things.According to the evidence left by Zhu Minzhong, it was vaguely mentioned that that person secretly cultivated a group of forces, but the specific purpose of it is unknown, and everything needs to be investigated to find out.

"Young master, my subordinates went to check, and the mansion has been abandoned for many years!" Li Shiren immediately reported to Zhao Gou after investigating.

Zhao Gou frowned and said, "It has been abandoned for many years? Are you sure?"

"My subordinates are sure!" Li Shiren said in a deep voice, "My subordinates found out that the mansion was purchased three years ago, and the head of the household left after the purchase and never returned. The family moved away from the capital and has not returned for many years. However, the house deed has always been in his hands, and it is difficult for even the government to take it back."

Zhao Gou thought about it, and felt that things were a little unusual.After all, the purchase of real estate must be used for living, and some are golden houses.If you buy a house in later generations, it will add value, preserve value, and make money. There is no purchase limit in the Song Dynasty, and one person can have multiple residences under his name.

If it is really purchased, it is impossible for the whole family to move away from the capital and not return for many years.However, that time Li Shiren followed to the front of the mansion and saw with his own eyes that there were people living inside.Li Shiren also told Zhao Gou that there was no one in the house, and there were no tables and chairs, and the beams and pillars were also riddled with holes due to termites. Such behavior was abnormal.

Then, Li Shien also returned to the Prince's Mansion, looked up at Zhao Gou, and said, "Young master, the identities of those two people have been found out, one is Zhao Li, the other is Zhao Sheng, and the two are brothers. According to the information It shows that both of them served as local officials, and later they got acquainted with Ye Mengde, and they took advantage of his relationship to work in the household department, the behavior of the two of them has some skills, why do they pretend not to know any martial arts?"

A coincidence is a coincidence, and two coincidences may also be coincidences. If many coincidences come together, it is not a coincidence, but a fact.Zhao Gou was sure that the man had known that he would send someone to follow him, and had already cleaned up the scene without leaving any traces, avoiding Li Shiren's investigation.

Thinking of this, Zhao Gou was curious about who that person was, and he seemed to have known about his actions a long time ago. This feeling made him very uncomfortable.

Xu Jingheng said: "My lord, what should we do if this continues?"

Now, the matter has returned to the starting point, there is no way to think of it, and there is no evidence, the only evidence has been taken away, and there is an unknown piece of evidence, which has no effect at all.Xu Jingheng was preoccupied, and seemed a little lonely and anxious.

"Master Xu, you go back first!" Zhao Gou said with a faint smile, his expression unchanged.

Xu Jingheng sighed, didn't ask any more questions, turned around and left.Zhao Gou ordered Li Shien to escort Xu Jingheng back to the mansion, but in fact he was protecting Xu Jingheng. He was worried that those people would assassinate Xu Jingheng because he knew too much. action.

If it was other people, Zhao Gou had nothing to do with their life or death, but Xu Jingheng was a clean and honest official, he was not afraid of the powerful, he was a rare good official, and he couldn't be allowed to die easily.If it is a treacherous and evil person, Zhao Gou will ignore it.

Then, Zhao Gou got up again and sneaked into the palace again in the dark.

"Do you need me this time?" Song Huizong was a little surprised when he saw Zhao Gou coming suddenly, and he couldn't help being curious when he looked up and saw his frowning face.

The helper Zhao Gou was looking for was his father, the current emperor.If it is really safe and sound to carry out follow-up actions, the only way is to get the Holy Majesty's action.After all, Yushitai only has the power to impeach, but not to arrest people. If he oversteps his power without permission, he is afraid of causing unnecessary troubles.

In addition, this matter is of great importance, beyond imagination, and you need to let your father know and be mentally prepared.Therefore, Zhao Gou truthfully reported his intention to enter the palace, and also submitted the evidence in his hands to Song Huizong.At first, Song Huizong didn't believe it.

Although he knew that Cai Jing did a lot of evil things in his name, and his life was a bit extravagant, but he never crossed that hurdle.However, Zhao Gou clearly put the evidence in front of him, but he had to believe it. Seeing the crimes and the amount of corruption written on the paper, Song Huizong became angry.

Anger ignited in his heart, his face was livid, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Cai Jing, it is in vain that I favor and trust you, but you are repaying the emperor's favor like this. If I had known about your behavior earlier, how could I go back to the mountain and kill you directly?" Ling Chi is fine, why bother!"

Seeing that his father was very angry, Zhao Gou sighed silently: "If I knew today, why did I have to do it now!"

If it wasn't for Zhao Gou's appreciation of Cai Jing's talent and his extreme favor and trust in him, he would even ignore the government.Although the situation forced him to do it, if Zhao Ji hadn't reused it wantonly, how could such unconscionable things happen, regardless of the great Song Dynasty, only caring about personal enjoyment, and Song Huizong would bear more than half of all the sins.

Song Huizong's anger was hard to dissipate, and he was short of breath. He heard Zhao Gou Zheng's voice: "Father, please look at another piece of paper!"

Zhao Ji suppressed the anger in his heart, and seeing what Zhao Gou said, he let go of Cai Jing's criminal evidence.Cai Jing was already dead, and it was too late to punish him. He hastily picked up another piece of paper and looked at it carefully, and became even more angry. , You really are so courageous, as if you don't take me seriously."

No matter how Zhao Ji looked at it, he did not find who was referred to in the letter. Zhao Gou said in a timely manner: "Father, you don't need to read it. This piece of evidence has been torn out, and the part must be written by Erchen. The identity of that person or speculation.”

Zhao Ji nodded, looked at Zhao Gou intently, and asked, "What do you want from me, it's okay to just tell me!"

Zhao Gou saw that his father saw his thoughts, and there was no embarrassment on his face. He calmly said, "Father, my son needs a will from my father!"

"What purpose?" Zhao Ji asked.

Zhao Gou replied: "Father, my ministers want an imperial decree to arrest Tong Guan. Yushitai has no power to arrest people, only the father personally orders. If Tong Guan is detained in the Ministry of Punishment or the Third Division, It's not very safe, those people are afraid of his majesty, if they can't ask anything, they will let him out unscathed."

"My son guessed that Tong Guan must be one of the people who participated in the past. If he can't be arrested in time, I'm afraid there will be long nights and dreams. Now, there are conclusive evidence in hand, and the unknown evidence. I'm afraid the night will be long and the dream will be full, then it will be too late."

Zhao Gou calmly expressed his thoughts, he did not continue to speak, and has been quietly waiting for his father's attitude.If there is such an imperial decree, coupled with his ability, it will definitely pry Tong Guan's mouth open, and he will obediently hand over his accomplices and the process of things he participated in back then.

The current initiative is in the hands of Zhao Gou. Even if Zhao Ji is the current emperor, Zhao Gou still ignores it. What he wants is the imperial decree. Only by obtaining the decree can he arrest Tong Guan in an open and aboveboard manner. There is no need to hide it After secretly investigating, no matter how long he waited, he still had to wait.

(End of this chapter)