The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 207
"Report to my lord, after counting a total of 800 million taels of gold, 400 million taels of grained silver, and a total of [-] pieces of rare treasures, the value is incalculable!"

Zhao Gou ordered people to search the mansion, and finally found a hidden secret room.This secret room is located on the rockery in the backyard, and there are rocks around it, so it is difficult to find it. If it is not for a careful person, there is no way to find any clues.

It just so happened that the man bumped into a stone by accident while playing with the rocks, revealing the secret room, so he went down to check with the others out of curiosity. Surprised.

So he left a few people here to guard, and reported to Zhao Gou alone.

When Zhao Gou came here, he was also surprised, and immediately lit a torch and went down to inspect it. After seeing the four wooden boxes, he knew that there must be other stolen goods.Then, Zhao Gou asked people to go down to search, and he found that there were still eight camphorwood boxes. He opened the canvas and saw golden gold, and found that there were antique calligraphy and paintings in several secret rooms, as well as rare treasures and other items.

According to the market price at that time, the total was more than several million taels, including gold and silver, the total was close to 500 million taels, which was not a small sum.Even though Tong Guan has ruled the government for more than ten years, it is impossible to have so much silver just by salary or the emperor's reward, and the design of the mansion here is all luxurious, which makes him sneer again and again, wishing to cut Tong Guan into pieces .

However, no matter how hard Zhao Gou searched, he could not find any information about the person behind the scenes, which made him very puzzled. end.

Zhao Gou directly carried all the stolen goods into the palace, and then asked to see Song Huizong in the imperial study.Zhao Ji also knew the truth of the matter, the memorial in his hand had already been thrown away, and he was furious. He never thought that Tong Guan would dare to be so bold, embezzled and perverted tens of millions of dollars, he was so angry that his face was ashen, and he remained silent.

"Your servant bows to my father!" Zhao Gou bowed down and shouted respectfully.

"Exemption!" Zhao Ji said impatiently, "Where is it?"

Zhao Gou said: "It's just outside the hall!"

"Take me there, I want to see how these humerus ministers treat me!" Zhao Ji smiled coldly.

Then, Zhao Gou took his father and emperor to the stolen goods. Looking at the big boxes that were slowly being filled, Zhao Ji gave a look, and Zhao Gou ordered people to open all the boxes, and saw millions of taels of gold and silver. , and antiques and treasures, the whole body trembled with anger.

"As expected of my minister, and my confidant, very kind!" Zhao Ji gritted his teeth, wishing he could kill Tong Guan immediately.

Zhao Gou said: "Father, calm down, this matter is not easy!"

"Oh!" Zhao Ji still had a cold face, without saying a word, but looked at Zhao Gou, motioning him to continue talking.

"These stolen goods can only be used to prove that Tongguan is indeed corrupt and broke the law, filling his own pockets!" Zhao Gou calmly analyzed, "It's just that the ministers sealed up the Tongfu and searched all over the place, but there is no strong evidence to point to the person behind the scenes. , Er Chen concluded that there must be someone behind the scenes who instigated this matter, he is the real culprit, and Tong Guan is just being deceived and greedy!"

Zhao Ji calmed down and said, "Do you have any suggestions, but it's okay to say!"

"What happened back then involved too many people. Some things were deliberately concealed and the evidence was destroyed. It is difficult to determine who is manipulating everything in the court." Zhao Gou said, "However, I think this is the biggest flaw. , everything went according to the pre-conceived plan, without any obstacles, even if Tong Guan participated, it was impossible to keep so many silver taels in the mansion. There must be other things. It proves that he is corrupt and accepting bribes, forming a party for personal gain!"

"It seems that everything is reasonable, but it leaves a lot of flaws. If I guess correctly, these appearances were left for us to investigate by that person. It can also be said that we fell into someone else's trap. Tong Guan was indeed involved. , the real behind-the-scenes people don't know, they just become other people's scapegoats!"

"My son's suggestion, lead the snake out of the hole, and follow the plan!"

Zhao Ji pondered for a moment, clapped his hands and praised: "It's a good one. 'Lead the snake out of the hole, and follow the plan!'"

Zhao Gou knew in his heart that this matter was not as simple as he imagined. The capture of Tong Guan and the search for the stolen money went smoothly, so Tong Guan's eyes and ears should not be dull.Looking back now, when Zhao Gou came to the door that day, he saw the astonished and panicked expression on Tong Guan's face, which made him guess that someone did it on purpose.

The purpose is to expose Tong Guan and others as a way to protect themselves, and Tong Guan himself doesn't know about that person.At the beginning, when Tong Guan was involved in corruption, he was expected to feel guilty for a while, but he didn't know that he became an accomplice of others, and he was deeply involved step by step.

Since that person wanted Tong Guan to be a scapegoat, Zhao Gou would follow his plan and make him a scapegoat logically, so as to paralyze the person's nerves, and then secretly investigate the matter, even if the most cautious person is bound to reveal This is the only way to find out the truth and find out who is behind the scenes.

Therefore, Zhao Ji didn't say anything, and let Zhao Gou act and directly delegate power.In addition, Zhao Ji also sent an order to the Ministry of Punishment to immediately send people to seal up Tongfu, and also sent people to Yushitai to take Tong Guan to the sky prison, and sent people to guard him closely to prevent others from coming into contact with him. In fact, he was worried that those people would silence him .

Tong Guan saw the Ministry of Punishment coming and took him away from Yushitai. He knew that he was doomed this time, so he was disheartened and followed them away dejectedly. He no longer flaunted his might. Dejectedly, as if he had aged ten years all of a sudden.

The next day, early morning!
Song Huizong was very angry. Looking at Tong Guan who was kneeling on the main hall, he roared angrily: "You are really my confidant, if you don't think of your loyalty. What happened back then, you can be demoted to the people, but I don't want to repent, I'm so bold, I dare to embezzle tens of millions of taels of silver, I'm extremely disappointed!"

"Do you really think I don't know anything? I thought the corruption was only a million taels. I don't blame the past. You and I are still monarchs and ministers. You can still live if you do evil, but you can't live when you do evil! Here is my will: Tomorrow at three o'clock at noon, Tong Guan will be killed." Pulled out of the Meridian Gate and executed Ling Chi, can you say something?"

"I know that I am ashamed of the emperor, I know that I have sinned deeply, and I dare not make any more demands!" Tong Guan replied dejectedly, with a bitter smile showing helplessness and regret, he knew that since he took that step, there is no turning back, I also know that I will die one day eventually, but I don't want the retribution to come so quickly.

The Imperial Forest Army escorts Tong Guan away, but Tong Guan is no longer what he used to be.At the beginning, no one could match the high-spirited and limelight; now, he is sluggish and has lost his fighting spirit. He knows that he will die and is unwilling to make more excuses, so he has to let it go and bow his head and confess his guilt.

There was no evidence before, and Tong Guan dared to argue; now the evidence is overwhelming, so he can't speak more.Zhao Gou didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, observing the words, deeds, and demeanor of the ministers in the court, and finally landed on Tong Guan, frowned, thought for a while and still didn't say anything, and Zhao Ji was indeed captured by Tong Guan and others. His behavior was so angry, the anger that appeared on his body at that moment was so murderous that he wished to smash him into thousands of pieces immediately, which showed that he was really angry this time.

(End of this chapter)