Chapter 169: Cai Jing Face Saint
The news of the turmoil was far beyond Murong Fu's expectations!
The swallow dock chicken dog was not left, Murong Bo himself disappeared, and the Huanshi Water Pavilion, which had collected countless martial arts cheats, was also burned. In addition, the tombs of the ancestors of the Murong clan were dug up, and the bones and burial goods were thrown to the ground!
In traditional Chinese culture, ancestor worship is an extremely important part. But every New Year's holiday, people with conditions have to worship their ancestors, otherwise they will be regarded by the world as a number of books to forget their ancestors, and they will be scolded and excluded by others, and they will not be able to live. It is precisely because of such traditional customs that digging up people's ancestral graves has always been regarded as a despicable thing that is extremely lacking in morality. Whoever has done this kind of thing has formed a grudge with someone that will not be resolved for a hundred years. Therefore, as soon as the news of the exhumation of the ancestral tomb of the Murong clan came, Bao Wei's eyes immediately turned red and angry, clamoring to destroy the nine clans of Xiao Feng.
Murong Fu came over and had no feelings for the ancestors of the Murong clan. Seeing that Bao greeted Xiao Feng's whole clan with foul language, even Ah Bi, who had always been gentle, was flushed and gritted his teeth, and he couldn't help muttering: "This matter is not what the eldest brother meant......
"Childe!" Bao Wei roared bitterly, "It's all this time, and you are still protecting him!" ”
Murong Fu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly didn't dare to speak. After a while, Murong Fu seemed to have thought of something terrible, and shouted, "What's in those funeral goods?!" ”
As soon as Murong Fu said this, there was an instant deathly silence in the study. The Gusu Murong clan has only had one dream for hundreds of years - the Spring and Autumn Dream of Reviving Dayan! In the past few hundred years, Murong Bo has been persistent all his life for this emperor's dream, and the ancestors of the Murong clan are not bad. Will the wish that could not be fulfilled during life leave any traces after death? And now, Murong Fu is already in the power of the official residence, and he is really above 10,000 people under one person. If these traces are publicized, what kind of uproar will it cause?
Seeing Murong Fu staggering back to the seat with his heart covered, Bao Wei and Ah Bi hurriedly stepped forward and shouted, "Son! I saw that his face was blue, his lips were slightly purple, and he was wheezing, obviously suffering from a heart disease.
"Abi, go and ask for Dr. Xue!" The bag was different and screamed.
"Not busy!" Murong Fu only held the table with one hand and gasped hard, spitting out words with difficulty. "It's important to get down to business!"
"Childe ......"
Ah Bi still needs to be persuaded again, and Murong Fu has already insisted on giving orders word by word. "Order Fourth Brother Feng to renovate the tomb as much as possible, and arrange for a skeleton to be buried in Murong Bo's tomb. Nothing that happens in the Swallow Dock can be passed on! Disperse all the spies we have planted in the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom, closely monitor all the printing workshops, and destroy them on the spot once they find a single word related to the Murong clan! In addition, send someone to search for Murong Bo's whereabouts, whether he lives or dies! ”
"Prince, do you want to invite Lord Zhuge to invite you?" Abi hurriedly asked.
Murong Fu groaned for a while, and finally shook his head slowly. "He shouldn't know about this! As long as he doesn't know, he still has a turnaround ...... "Zhuge Zheng, my six doors have been directly responsible to the Zhao royal family since its establishment, and he must not know the secret of the revival of the Murong clan, otherwise he will also have a different heart."
After many years, Bao is no longer the ignorant and reckless man who can boast about the secret of Murong Clan's revival anytime and anywhere. Seeing that Murong Fu had vetoed Abi's Jianyi, he hurriedly added: "Son, do you want to make Taishan prepare?" ”
"Prepare what?" Murong Fu still shook his head, "If it's a false alarm, it's just a false alarm, if it's ...... Any movement in the Murong Mansion is living evidence of a crime! ”
"Big brother, ...... there," Bao asked tentatively.
I saw Murong Fu silent for a while, and replied in a low voice: "The Dao of the Seed Master can keep him ......"
When Bao didn't hear this, he felt that his heart suddenly fell, and he said tentatively for a long time: "Didn't you think that this might be an opportunity?" Bao Wei is essentially a happy and vengeful Jianghu man after all, and he is planning step by step for dozens of years to try to restore the country, which obviously makes him extremely impatient. Therefore, it is self-evident what kind of opportunity this question refers to.
Murong Fu didn't answer anymore, only closed his eyes and covered his heart, and kept gasping, and the cold sweat quickly soaked his underwear. After a while, Xue Muhua heard the news, and Bao Wei didn't have a chance to speak.
However, Murong Fu's various arrangements were still a step too late. In late April of the third year of Shaosheng, Cai Jing, who was reinstated by the imperial court as a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, returned to Beijing early, and when he met the saint, he took out a handwritten suicide note from Murong Fu's grandfather Murong Pen, as well as several seals used by the ancestors of the Murong clan and some illegal funeral goods. Zhao Xu was furious when he saw the suicide note, and ordered Murong to enter the palace again overnight.
Fang entered the Funing Palace, and before Murong Fu could pay a respect, Zhao Xu, who was full of anger, smashed Murong Pen's suicide note along with those fragments of physical evidence. "Murong Fu! You are so bold that you dare to plot a usurpation? I want to punish your nine clans! ”
Murong Fu hurriedly knelt on the ground when he heard this, and said in his mouth: "The official family is angry! Weichen has always only known loyalty to the king, and has never had this thought! ”
"Murong Fu, the evidence is conclusive, do you still want to deny it?" Zhao Xu only pointed to the evidence on the ground and asked in a dark voice. I saw that his face was distorted, and he was both angry and proud.
Murong Fu picked up the things on the ground and quickly flipped through them, and things were as he expected. In Murong Pen's suicide note, he counted the scenery of his ancestors, and blamed himself for not recovering Dayan in his lifetime, and he was ashamed of his ancestors. As for the private seals, most of them are engraved with the names of "Relics of the Old Country" and "Old Yan Wangsun", and as for the illegal funeral goods, they are naturally decorated with Panlong, Xiangyun and other royal families. Murong Fu also has nothing to say about the obsession of the Murong family in the past dynasties, but at the moment, it is obvious that he can't admit it even if he is killed. After seeing these "criminal evidence", Murong Fu immediately grabbed the ground with his head and kowtowed again and again, and shouted bitterly: "Weichen is wronged!" Great injustice! ”
"Oh? Where is the wrong? "The first time Zhao Xu saw Murong Fu lose his temper like this, he was very proud in his heart, and he actually forgot that he was bent on taking him down and putting him in prison.
"The official family, Weichen's grandfather is secretive, this matter is undoubted. However, the ancestor has passed away for many years, and Weichen has never seen this suicide note, so I don't know where the official family got it? Hearing this, Murong Fu hurriedly got up to defend himself, only to see that his face was pale but his forehead was slightly red and swollen, and he looked a little weak. There are also such things as this seal, which Wechen has never seen. This must be someone else framing Weichen, the official family should not be gullible! ”
Murong Fu said that, Cai Jing, who was originally standing on the side, also hurriedly knelt on the ground, and shouted injustice: "The official family, the minister and Murong have no grievances, how can they come to frame him?" ”
Cai Jing automatically jumped out to bear the artillery fire, and Murong Fu immediately raised his voice and asked: "So, dare to ask Lord Cai, where did you get these things?" ”
Naturally, these incriminating evidence were sent to Cai Jing by Yelu Yixin, and the purpose was to present them to Zhao Xu through Cai Jing's hand and eradicate Murong Fu. But Cai Jing obviously couldn't tell Zhao Xu frankly, otherwise it would be tantamount to him admitting that he had colluded with the Khitan. "This ...... This was handed over to Wechen by a righteous man on the way back to Beijing. ”
"I wonder where this righteous man is now?" Murong Fu hurriedly asked.
"After this person handed over these pieces of evidence to Weichen, he has disappeared and has never been seen again." Since this righteous man was originally illusory, Cai Jing could only answer like this.
When Murong Fu heard this, he only sneered. "There are no witnesses, just relying on these physical evidence that I don't know whether it is true or false, I dare to frame this official! Cai Yuanchang, you are so bold! ”
Cai Jing knew that Murong Fu was in power, and even Zhao Xu had to be afraid of three points, how could he dare to offend him? However, the most fearful thing for the emperors was that someone watched on their throne. Murong Fu committed such a big taboo, even if the evidence could not be conclusive in the end, he would definitely be rejected by the royal family. As long as Murong Fu is defeated, Cai Jing is confident that no one in the Shu Party will be his opponent, so he will give it a go. "The righteous man himself said that these incriminating evidences came from the ancestral mausoleum of Murong Xiang. Whether it's true or not, the official only needs to send someone to check it, and it will naturally come out! ”
As soon as Cai Jing's words came out, before Zhao Xu could say anything, Murong Fu was already furious, and immediately got up and glared at Cai Jing angrily: "Cai Yuanchang! How did this official offend you, and make you so deliberately frame me, that even my ancestors and ancestors are unwilling to let go? ”
The matter of digging people's ancestral graves, even Zhao Xu felt that it was too heavy, and couldn't help but shake his head secretly. After thinking about it again, what he had just taken was a burial item from someone else's grave, which was even more cold, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "Cai Yuanchang, so ...... these incriminating evidences"
Before Zhao Xu finished speaking, Murong Fu had already reassured: "The official family can rest assured that the tomb of the ancestor of Weichen is taken care of by someone from time to time, and it is still intact." These things are just deliberately forged by people with intentions to frame Weichen! ”
Although Zhao Xu was deeply jealous of Murong Fu, he had always known that Murong Fu acted reliably. With his words to appease, Zhao Xu immediately calmed down.
Cai Jing saw the interaction between the two in his eyes, and he was also secretly frightened. I think that although Cai Jing has been demoted and released for many years, he has never extinguished his desire to fight officialdom. Over the years, he has watched the governance of the Shu Party with a cold eye, although he has made many achievements, but Zhao Xu's rewards for Murong Fu are few, and it is difficult to match his merits. Cai Jing relied on his usual political sensitivity, and he could see at a glance that Zhao Xu didn't like Murong Fu. Today, he was only a little tempted, and Zhao Xu expressed his disgust for Murong Fu, and faintly hoped that Cai Jing could share his worries for his father and bring down Murong Fu. It can be said that if it weren't for Zhao Xu's encouragement, Cai Jing would not have taken out this evidence as soon as he returned to Beijing. However, Cai Jing never expected that although Zhao Xu was jealous of Murong Fu, he trusted him so much at the same time. The trust that comes from the enemy in himself undoubtedly proves the great strength of this person. Cai Jing only felt a sudden break in his heart, and instinctively realized that between him and Murong Fu, he was afraid that he would not die! Thinking of this, he immediately kowtowed again, and said loudly: "Official, it's a big deal!" Please search Prime Minister Murong's mansion! ”
"Presumptuous!" How could Murong Fu, as the left minister, suffer such humiliation, and immediately raised his voice to reprimand. "Cai Yuanchang, what are your intentions?"
Cai Jing glanced at Murong Fu sideways, and replied meaningfully: "Lord Murong, the Qing is self-purifying!" ”
This time, even Zhao Xu stood back. "Murong Qing, you resist like this, but there is a ghost in your heart?"
Who knew Zhao Xu's sentence, Yu Murong Fu was like a thunderbolt from the sky. I saw him looking at Zhao Xu in disbelief, his eyes were surprised, angry, sad, self-deprecating and other emotions couldn't help but turn, but finally smiled, and then slowly lifted his robe and knelt on the ground and said: "Weichen was originally the first emperor of Yuanfeng to hand-pick the flowers, and for more than ten years, the emperor of Shenhe has been trusting and trusting, so there is today." The micro-ministers are dull, and they can only serve the official family with loyalty and prudence, and they can't think of it...... Unexpectedly...... That being the case, Weichen has nothing to say, please give the minister a death! ”
"Do you think I wouldn't dare?" Zhao Xu hated Murong Fu for taking away his throne, so naturally he would not be threatened by Murong Fu.
Seeing the stalemate of the scene, the Empress Dowager Xiang rushed in at this time and asked in a loud voice: "Who is the official family going to give to death?" ”
Seeing Empress Dowager Xiang suddenly appear, Murong Fu and Cai Jing couldn't help but sigh at the same time. The difference is only that one sighs that he got by, and the other sighs that the general trend has gone.
Sure enough, as soon as the Queen Mother Xiang arrived, she asked the maidservants beside her to hand her the "incriminating evidence". "The mourning family heard that the official family suspected Murong of rebellion?" I saw that she glanced at Murong Pen's suicide note and sneered, and then casually discarded it. "Just on the basis of this letterhead written by someone I don't know, the official family is convinced that he wants to break his own hair?"
"Queen Mother, the ancestor of the Murong Fu family is Murong Bi!" Seeing that the Empress Dowager favored Murong Fu, Zhao Xu was naturally unconvinced.
Empress Dowager Xiang didn't care at all, and only replied lightly: "Murong Qinggui is the left minister, who doesn't know his family background, and why is it difficult for someone to forge letters in the name of Murong Pen?" Has the official family ever checked whether this is Murong Bi's own handwriting? ”
Zhao Xu was immediately choked when he heard this, and Cai Jing hurriedly added a sentence when he saw this: "Empress Dowager Qiqi, as long as you search Murong Xiang's mansion and verify the authenticity ......"
"Frivolous!" Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, the Queen Mother Xiang's face was as pale as frost, and she scolded angrily. "Is this the way my Zhao family treats loyal ministers and officials? What's more, Murong Qing is on the left, how can he be cheap? ”
After all, the relationship between monarchs and ministers in the Song Dynasty was not as good as that of the Qing Dynasty, and Emperor Tai/Zu said at the beginning of the founding of the country that "he would rule the world with scholars". Therefore, the relationship between Zhao Xu and Murong Fu is that of a partner, not a master and a minion. And the position of prime minister, it is even more of a superior king, a subordinate Li Shu, a minister to avoid the way, and a hundred courtesy, which is unspeakably expensive.
With only this "criminal evidence" that I don't know whether it is true or false, can Zhao Xu search the mansion of the prime minister of the DPRK? Apparently not! Can you give death to Murong Fu? Not even more! On the contrary, Murong Fu was so fierce, Zhao Xu could only appease. Otherwise, if he dies headfirst to prove his innocence, the scholars and doctors will inevitably join forces to avenge him, and then Zhao Xu will have no choice but to abdicate his position to appease the people of the world. Zhao Xu actually got a word of reminder to the Queen Mother, only to realize that the Murong Fu in front of him was definitely not the Su Shi of the past, and he Zhao Xu was like the first emperor to deal with Su Shi, and he could be rounded and pinched flat with just a little "criminal evidence" to catch the wind and shadows. I saw that he was silent for a while, and finally said gloomily: "Murong Qing doesn't have to be so ......"
Unexpectedly, Zhao Xu had only said half a sentence, and Murong Fu had already put on a loveless appearance and interrupted him stiffly. "Officials, at the beginning, Prime Minister Fan presided over the reform of official governance, but if there is real evidence to prove that hundreds of officials are guilty, all civil and military officials should be removed from office and put on trial. Since Wechen is suspected of rebellion, please remove Wechen from the post of left minister and hand it over to the department for interrogation, so as to set the record straight! ”
To be honest, Murong Fu's construction was really deep in Zhao Xu's heart. It's a pity that Zhao Xu knew the meaning of elegance when he heard the string song, and knew that he wanted to throw Murong Fu into prison, but the most important thing was the words "real evidence". And the various evidence presented by Cai Jing can hardly be said to be "true evidence" until the authenticity is verified. And since Murong Fu is not afraid, the authenticity of these "criminal evidence" is afraid that it is very small.
Zhao Xuzheng didn't know how to answer, and Xiang Xiang Xiang had already smiled and comforted: "Murong Qing, your loyalty is known to the world. "Although Empress Dowager Xiang said that she had received news from Zhuge Zhengme and came to relieve Murong Fu, she was convinced of Murong Fu's loyalty.
There was Xiang Xiang who came forward to appease the Queen Mother, and Murong Fu was also well-behaved. I saw him glance at Cai Jing resentfully, then he bowed down and whispered: "I implore the Queen Mother and the official family Rongchen to take leave, and I dare not meet the Supreme until I prove the innocence of Weichen." ”
Now the Manchu Dynasty is full of Murong Fu's cronies, and as long as he hints at it, the entire court can stop working. How could the Empress Dowager Xiang allow him to take a leave like this, and said coldly at the moment: "Official, Lord Cai has just returned to Beijing to frame the prime minister and shake the government, is it the way to be a minister?" ”
As soon as Xiang Xiang's words came out, Cai Jing immediately lost his soul, and hurriedly fell to the ground and kowtowed: "Official, Weichen is loyal!" A piece of faith......"
Zhao Xu naturally knew Cai Jing's loyalty, but at this time, Zhao Xu could only live up to this "loyal minister". "Order, Cai Yuanchang and these physical evidence will be handed over to Dali Temple, and the authenticity will be determined before being dealt with."
Today's Dali Temple Qing Fan is purely the fourth brother of the former left minister Fan Chunren, although he is not the Shu Party but close to the Shu Party, once these physical evidence are delivered to the Dali Temple, what kind of results will there be? "Official! The official family ...... "Cai Jing still has to plead, but before he can say anything, he has been dragged out by the palace guards."
Since then, Murong Fu was finally satisfied, and showed his loyalty to the Empress Dowager Xiang and Zhao Xu, and then retreated.