The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 211 Unexpectedly
After Zhao Gou gave the order, he followed Ye Mengde for several days and reported everything, but in the end he still didn't get any useful clues, and he couldn't see any flaws.In the court hall, Zhao Gou also silently observed his every move, but there was still no result.

"How is it possible? There is no flaw at all!" Zhao Gou returned to the mansion sullenly, and muttered to himself: "If he really participated in it, there would be no traces that could not be concealed, and everything was too plain. Being on the sidelines is like being in the middle of the game.”

"Young master, could it be that we have overlooked something?" Zhao Gou was taken aback, turned to look at Steward Wang, and continued: "Even if it is a well-planned thing, there will always be a trace, and it is impossible to completely Cover up. It’s hard to be seamless unless you’re really outside and not involved.”

"However, all the clues point to Ye Mengde. It would be fine if he really didn't participate. If he participated, he could achieve such a level. This person's city is unfathomable, or he has ulterior motives and has been hiding it. with your true self.”

Steward Wang began to analyze seriously, and said in a deep voice: "Such people are the most terrifying. If there is not enough evidence in front of them, it is difficult to bow their heads and plead guilty. We have been monitoring all the time, but it is only on the road or near the mansion. Ignored what happened in the household department."

"That's right!" Zhao Gou yelled suddenly. He had been sending people to monitor Ye Mengde's daily activities, but he ignored everything that happened in the household department.Before, when they went to the Ministry of Households to collect evidence, there were two people who were suspicious, and then they let it go, Zhao Gou didn't think about it.

If there is nothing in the House of Minister of the Household Department, then something happened in the Household Department, and this is an internal matter.Even if they want to track it down, it will take a lot of effort and it will be even more difficult.But it's worth taking a risk to find out who's behind the scenes.

After Tong Guan was escorted to the prison, he was escorted to the execution ground by the guards the next day to execute Ling Chi's punishment.At that moment, the people in the entire capital were overjoyed, and they wanted to see Tong Guan's death; on that day, the entire execution ground was surrounded by the people.

There was a huge crowd of people, and some people even picked up chairs and stood on it to watch the results of what happened.In these years, Tong Guan has been acting recklessly, and the people have suffered unspeakably, and they have been daring to be angry and dare not speak out.How could I miss such an opportunity today.

As a result, the people in the capital poured into the execution ground one after another, and they were willing to give up only after witnessing Tong Guan being hacked to pieces.Except for those profiteers, corrupt officials, etc., everyone else arrived at the execution ground. That scene can be said to be astonishing, even the emperor Jitian has never seen such a scene.

When the executioner started from the first knife to the end, the people cheered and yelled, and some even snatched Tong Guan's flesh and blood and threw it directly to the dogs to eat.Song Huizong saw such a scene for the first time, and the resentment in the eyes of the people slowly dissipated.

Zhao Ji knew that Tong Guan had done a lot of unreasonable things over the years, but he had always tolerated it. It never happened that such a result would happen. Zhao Gou told Zhao Ji everything that Zhao Gou asked that day, even the story of his collusion with Cai Jing. Song Huizong was heartbroken.

Cai Jing monopolized power, Song Huizong was only afraid of him, and wanted to deal with it quickly; Tong Guanben was the chief eunuch who served by his side, and also gave him a lot of help, so he hesitated to act because of his old feelings.In the end, he realized that as the emperor, the one who hurt him the most was actually the favorites around him, which made his face turn pale and his heart feel ashamed.

Zhao Ji stood on the city wall and looked at the people gathered in the execution ground, and seeing the smiles on their faces, he knew that he was wrong too much.Now, Tong Guan is dead, and those guards have disappeared, and Ye Mengde is the only one who really knows about it.

Zhao Gou told Zhao Ji exactly what he thought, and Zhao Ji didn't object, and let him continue to investigate.Things have already begun, and we must not give up halfway, otherwise everything we have done before will be in vain.Therefore, Zhao Gou tried his best to track down Ye Mengde, and Zhao Ji also assisted him. As long as he needed the strength, he would mobilize it, and there was no need to go up.

However, after mobilizing a lot of force to investigate, they still found nothing. This made Zhao Gou a little restless, and he instinctively told himself that Ye Mengde had something to do with the misappropriation of disaster relief funds.Ever since, Zhao Gou stepped up manpower surveillance, and even all the officials in the entire household department were watching closely, for fear of missing any clues.

After Wang Steward's call, Zhao Gou realized that he had neglected too many things, including the affairs Ye Mengde handled in the household department and his whereabouts at night.In the end, people were sent to guard the surrounding area day and night, and it was only after half a month that such days passed before a trace was found.

Steward Wang hurriedly reported, "Young Master, there is news from the Ye Mansion!"

"Say it quickly!" Zhao Gou asked hastily.

"At night, they heard a carrier pigeon coming from Ye Mansion, but they were not sure whether it was correct or not. After several days of tracking, they finally confirmed that it was a carrier pigeon, and they came here to report to the young master!"

Zhao Gou bowed his head in deep thought, and thought, "Carrier pigeons? To release carrier pigeons late at night, it must be to contact someone!"

Then, Zhao Gou asked if he had caught the carrier pigeon, and Steward Wang shook his head helplessly, saying that the carrier pigeon did not know where it was flying from, nor where it was going. it flies away.

Zhao Gou felt a little disappointed when he heard about it. After finally waiting for such an opportunity, he missed it in vain.However, he firmly believed that Ye Mengde had actually acted, so there must be more flaws in the future. He gathered all the people around Ye Mansion again, and especially dispatched a few skilled people to watch, so as to track down the whereabouts of the carrier pigeons.

After unremitting efforts, they finally found out where the carrier pigeon flew to, and it turned out to be the dilapidated mansion before, which surprised Zhao Gou.Before, he sent people to track down the owner of the mansion, and he also sent people to search, but nothing was found. For some reason, there was another movement this time.

Therefore, Zhao Gou cut through the mess quickly, and was unwilling to continue to make rounds. He directly sent people to block the mansion, and then led people to search it openly.Of course, this is done at night, and if such a blatant search is carried out during the day, it will inevitably cause a lot of commotion.

Zhao Gou personally led the crowd, ready to catch them by surprise.Sure enough, Zhao Gou ordered people to surround the mansion, knocked open the courtyard door, and walked in swaggeringly.It happened that there was someone in the house, so Zhao Gou gave an order to arrest this person.

The guards stepped forward to arrest him one after another, but none of them caught him. In the end, Steward Wang and others took action to capture him.Before the man was arrested, he knew that he could not escape, so he drove all the pigeons away without leaving any traces.

Seeing this person, Li Shiren exclaimed, "Why is it you?"

Zhao Gou asked in surprise, "Do you know this person?"

"I don't know!" Li Shiren shook his head and explained: "Young master, do you still remember that there are two people in the household department who are suspicious? And he is one of them. I always thought that he disappeared without a trace, even if we tracked him down. His traces, I don't think he is actually in the capital, and he is still under our noses, there is nowhere to be found, and it is easy to find!"

"Take this person away and keep him under strict supervision!"

When Zhao Gou learned that this person was one of the two people who disappeared, he couldn't help being in a good mood, and immediately ordered someone to detain him and put him under strict supervision to ensure his safety. Zhao Gou wanted to learn more information from him , the only chance is to leave a living, and then he led the guards to continue searching the mansion, he wanted to see what was tricky.

(End of this chapter)