"Brother Fang, for a while today, you and I are like-minded, and I am very happy. There are very few people like you now. I hope that you can take the imperial examination in high school, and then you can serve the country loyally like Yue Fei and others. With the efforts of people like you and me, there is still something to be done in the Great Song Dynasty. Zhao Gongzi patted Fang Zi'an's arm after putting down the wine cup and said.

Fang Zi'an smiled: "Brother Zhao is straightforward and generous, and Zi'an is also familiar with Brother Zhao at first sight. I will make an effort under all means. ”

Zhao Gongzi nodded and said, "Okay, it's getting late, I think it's all over today." Another day, if we have a chance, let's meet again. Xiqing, Brother Fang, I have to leave. ”

Fang Zi'an was stunned, how could this Zhao Gongzi say that he would just leave, a barrel of wine was only half drunk, and it was not dark yet. was about to speak, but saw Qin Xiqing get up and salute and said, "Okay, Xiqing will order the boatman to dock." ”

Qin Xiqing is the master, she said this, Fang Zi'an had nothing to say. So Qin Xiqing ordered the boatman to lean on the stone steps near the Wangshan Bridge, and the three of them got out of the cabin, and Zhao Gongzi said goodbye and jumped on the embankment, and someone came out to greet him in the willow shade, and a carriage was also waiting on the shore, Zhao Gongzi got into the carriage and galloped along Su Causeway Avenue, and disappeared into the depths of the willow shade in the twilight in a moment.

The carriage was gone, and Fang Zi'an turned around and said, "Miss Qin, you should also say goodbye." ”

Qin Xiqing smiled: "What? Do you want to leave before you finish drinking? That's not going to happen. Zhao Gongzi can go, but you have to stay and finish drinking. ”

Fang Zi'an smiled bitterly: "You don't drink again, I drink alone, isn't it a sullen drink?" ”

"I'll drink with you." Shuanghuan girl Ling'er said crisply.

Qin Xiqing smiled: "Look, there are people who drink with you." You don't know how to lift, Ling'er has never drunk with anyone, and she refuses to drink with many people who want to drink with her. Moreover, it is rare for me to have a day of leisure, and when you leave, Xiqing is not interested alone. Back on the red boat in Wanchun Garden, it was noisy again. ”

Fang Zi'an thought for a while and said, "The master is gracious, how dare I not know how to lift." Then he drank all the wine. ”

So the three of them re-entered the cabin, and the canopy left the river bank and continued to wander. That Ling'er had a good amount of wine, and she didn't say much, and she accompanied Fang Zi'an to drink cup after cup, which was simply not drinking, but fighting.

When a barrel of wine was about to bottom out, Fang Zi'an finally couldn't help but say to Qin Xiqing, who was playing with the pipa strings on the side: "Miss Qin, that Zhao Gongzi...... Who is it? I feel a little weird. ”

Qin Xiqing looked at Fang Zi'an and smiled, "What's wrong?" ”

Fang Zi'an said: "I can't say it, in short, I just think it's weird." Looking at him, he should be a noble son. But his speech and demeanor are not like the ordinary noble son. He doesn't look like an official, but he has some arrogance on him. In short, something strange. ”

Qin Xiqing smiled: "In just a while, do you see so much?" Don't guess, you'll find out who he is later. ”

Fang Zi'an said: "What? Aren't you going to tell me who he is? ”

Qin Xiqing said: "The time has not come, and I will naturally tell you when the time comes." ”

Fang Zi'an nodded and said no more, drained the residual wine in the cup in one gulp, and arched his hand: "Miss Qin, I have to go." Thank you for your hospitality. Send me directly to the Su Causeway, and I'll walk back by myself. ”

Qin Xiqing was a little disappointed in her eyes: "Are you leaving?" It's still early. ”

Fang Zi'an said: "It's not early, I have bothered the girl for so long, and I have drunk such a good wine, and I am very happy to meet the Zhao Gongzi who fell in love." I'm already bothering the girl. ”

Fang Zi'an arched his hand as he spoke, and had already begun to bow out of the cabin, but Qin Xiqing shouted behind him.

"Young Master Fang, in fact, inviting Gongzi here today is not only to introduce you to meet with Zhao Gongzi, but there is another important matter to inform you."

Fang Zi'an turned his head and said in astonishment: "I'm leaving, do you want to say it?" Yours is the real thing. ”

Qin Xiqing said softly: "That's because Xiqing has been hesitating to tell you about it. Just when you were studying for the exam, I told you that I was afraid that you would be distracted and delay your future. I don't tell you, and I don't think I should be. ”

Fang Zi'an smiled bitterly: "Then are you telling me or not?" Miss Qin shouldn't be this kind of person who is entangled and contradictory. ”

Qin Xiqing gritted her teeth and nodded: "That's it, even if I don't say it today, sooner or later you will know." Maybe I'll be to blame then. Does Fang Gongzi know about the assassination of Qin Hui, the prime minister of the dynasty at Wangxian Bridge more than 20 days ago? ”

Fang Zi'an nodded and said: "Of course I know about this, although I have studied hard and don't want to know what is happening outside, but the officers and soldiers have searched for assassins for several days, but they have patronized my small courtyard several times, so I naturally know." ”

Qin Xiqing nodded slightly and said: "I guess Gongzi also knows that this matter is very involved now, although Qin Xianggong was safe and sound that day, and one of the assassins also died on the spot, but Qin Hui believes that there must be someone behind this matter, so he not only launched a city-wide search for the fleeing assassins, but also launched an investigation into this matter." Moreover, he really found some evidence and implicated in the arrest of six or seven officials. Even Yang Cunzhong, the commander of the front division of the palace, had to go to the emperor to defend himself, and he was almost involved in this matter. ”

Fang Zi'an was a little surprised, Qin Hui was assassinated, of course this matter is not small, and Qin Hui will not take a break. Qin Hui's wrath can be seen from the fact that the city has been searching for the Assassins for several days. But I didn't expect the matter to be so big, and they all began to investigate the masterminds behind the scenes among the officials, which was also too much. Fang Zi was relieved in his heart, thinking that this might just be Qin Hui's excuse to play and take the opportunity to cut off dissidents.

"What do those big guys do, and what does it have to do with me? Miss Qin said it had something to do with me, but I didn't understand it, didn't she think I was an assassin? Fang Zi'an said with a smile.

Qin Xiqing looked at Fang Zi'an in a daze, and said word by word: "Fang Zi'an, I'm not joking with you, of course it has something to do with you." Your teacher Zhou Junzheng has been arrested, he has been found to be one of the masterminds behind the assassination, and he has been imprisoned by Dali Temple this morning. He will be tried at another day. ”

Fang Zi'an was shocked and shouted angrily: "What? ”

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The assassination of Qin Hui at the end of May, although it was gradually forgotten by the people of Lin'an over time, but this incident caused an uproar in the Great Song Dynasty. Qin Hui did not participate in the court affairs for three days, lying at home to recuperate, and wrote to Zhao Gou that although she was fine, she was too frightened and exhausted, and she couldn't get up. He also said: The assassin's assassination did not frighten him the most, he was sad and disappointed that he had worked hard for the court and the people of the Great Song Dynasty for many years, but he became the target of others' attacks, and he did not understand why he had worked so hard to be loyal to the Great Song Dynasty, but he still suffered such a misunderstanding.

Zhao Gou naturally wanted to comfort Qin Hui, the current person in charge of the government is Qin Hui, if he is bedridden and ignores government affairs, the court will become chaotic. With him, the operation of the imperial court is still quite organized. He can't do without Qin Hui, and he can't do without Qin Hui to help him take care of the affairs of the court. So Zhao Gou personally came to the Qin Mansion to visit Qin Hui and soothe his heart.

Qin Hui asked Zhao Gou from the hospital bed to strictly investigate the mastermind behind the scenes and severely punish him. He told Zhao Gou that, according to his judgment, someone must have been behind the scenes, and his reason was very good, that the dead assassin Shi Quan was a junior colonel of the palace front division, and this person was originally a low-ranking general in the Yue family army of the criminal minister Yue Fei.

After the disbandment of the Yuejia army, Qin Hui once said that the generals and soldiers of the Yuejia army could not be dismissed on the spot, but the court was worried that there would be mistakes after the dismissal, so Qin Hui's method was not adopted. At this moment, Qin Hui took out this matter again, and accordingly targeted Yang Cunzhong, the commander of the palace front division who allowed the Yue family army and selected some of the Yue family army soldiers to enter the forbidden army.

Zhao Gou was taken aback, Yang Cunzhong was a person he absolutely trusted, and this person's bravery and loyalty could not be doubted. In the eleventh year of Shaoxing, the Jin people refused to negotiate peace, and the army went south, and Han Chang, the general under Jin Shuai Wanyan Zongbi, led the abducted horses and Tiefutu to be invincible, all the way to break the city and pull out the village, and the arrogance was extremely arrogant. At that time, it was Yang Cunzhong who led the long axe soldiers to rise to the challenge, broke the Jin army of the abducted horses and the Tiefutu, and defeated the Jin army's spirit and prevented the Jin army from moving further south. Although the follow-up failed because of the rash advance, Yang Cunzhong broke the myth of the invincibility of the Jin Army's Tiefutu and the Kidnapping Horse with this battle, which greatly encouraged the morale of the army and the people. Even Zhao Gou, who didn't want to fight with the Jin people, praised him a lot. After that, he was promoted and transferred to the capital to lead the forbidden army in front of the palace. Guarding in the palace for nearly ten years, there is no mistake and loyalty, not long ago, Zhao Gou also added him the Duke of Gong Guogong Gao Jue to praise him for his loyal protection of the lord.

Now, Qin Hui actually pointed the finger at Yang Cunzhong, and Zhao Gou obviously couldn't let him mess around. Zhao Gou knew in his heart that Yang Cunzhong was upright and loyal to himself, so he might be a little snub to Qin Hui on weekdays, but this would definitely not be a reason for Yang Cunzhong to assassinate Qin Hui by pressing his middle finger. What's more, it was indeed Yang Cunzhong's idea that the rest of the Yue family's army was selected to enter the forbidden army, but he reported to himself in advance and explained the reasons. The Yuejia army is disciplined and brave in battle, as a forbidden army to protect the emperor, it is necessary to need such soldiers and horses to protect the emperor at a critical time. And Yue Fei is dead, if the Yue family's army is allowed to fall into the hands of others, something big may happen. Therefore, it is the best of both worlds to break up the Yuejia army and allocate elite soldiers to control it in the hands of the forbidden army. Zhao Gou praised this and agreed to his proposal in person, so it was impossible for Yang Cunzhong to make trouble behind his back. If Yang Cunzhong wanted to use the remaining soldiers of the Yue family army to assassinate Qin Hui, then why wait so many years? And how can the identity be revealed?

However, he couldn't say that to Qin Hui at this moment, it would make Qin Hui think that he blamed him for climbing falsely. So Zhao Gou said to Qin Hui that it was okay to investigate the mastermind behind the scenes, but it couldn't make trouble all over the city, let alone have no evidence, otherwise it would mess up the situation. As for Yang Cunzhong, he can pack the ticket, he will never be the person behind the scenes, and he can let him admit that the move of using the Yue family's soldiers and horses to join the forbidden army was not considered, but that's all.

Qin Hui understood what Zhao Gou meant, he didn't want to bring down Yang Cunzhong, although he had long hated this guy who disdained him. But he knew that Yang Cunzhong was deeply trusted by the officials and was a starting point for the officials to control the forbidden army. If you want to move this person, it is equivalent to taking away the knife from the emperor's hand, and the emperor will not only not listen to him, but will also give himself a knife. The reason why Qin Hui wanted to do this was just to get Zhao Gou to agree with him to investigate the mastermind behind the scenes. And this is of more practical significance to Qin Hui.

Qin Hui knew very well in his heart that the assassin himself might not be the mastermind of the officials of the DPRK and China. But it doesn't matter. I was so frightened, if I didn't take advantage of it to get something, it would be too worthless. Regardless of whether there is a mastermind or not, he must take this opportunity to eradicate a few of the guys who are against him in the DPRK, and this is the correct way to use the opportunity. Qin Hui, who has rich experience in court struggles and experienced methods of power dumping, will not waste such a good opportunity.

Although the search for female assassins throughout the city was fruitless, it was more important for Qin Hui to launch an investigation within the imperial court. The investigation was soon launched, starting with the identity of Shi Quan's forbidden army, and a series of investigations were first carried out among the palace's former divisions, and the officials and generals who Shi Quan contacted were verified. Qin Hui originally thought that even if he couldn't find anything, he could fabricate some evidence and kill a few officials he wanted to kill. But what he didn't expect was that the verification actually yielded results. A deputy general in the front division of the palace had a close relationship with Shi Quan, and the deputy general confessed even more after being arrested, and involved Zhao Kai, the head of the military department, and Zhang Mengpu, the imperial servant, and several other officials in the court. Further along the vine, several people were actually involved in the periphery, including Zhou Jun, the head of Qixia Academy.

This group of officials conspired together to bring down Qin Hui on weekdays, and several officials played several unsuccessful attempts to impeach Qin Hui, and finally formed an extreme method of eradicating Qin Hui by means of assassination. According to the location of Qin Hui's mansion and the habits of driving, Shi Quan, an assassin, was arranged to assassinate Qin Hui at the intersection of Wangxian Bridge. The reason why Shi Quan was selected was that he was strong in martial arts, and secondly, this person was a general under Zhang Xian in the Yue family's army, after Yue Fei and Zhang Xian Fengbo Pavilion were killed, Shi Quan hated Qin Hui to the core, and he had long revealed the idea of assassinating Qin Hui. Through the matchmaking of the lieutenant general, who was also a general of the Yue family's army, Shi Quan became a candidate for assassination.

As for the second assassin who suddenly appeared, the unknown woman, these people had no idea. I don't know how the woman was involved in the assassination.

After finding out these things, Qin Hui was overjoyed. This is the first time that he has been able to cut off dissident officials without fabricating evidence and reasons, the evidence is conclusive, the confession is conclusive, and he does not need to bother to make false accusations. As a result, seven relevant officials, including Zhou Junzheng, were wiped out, and all of them were imprisoned by Dali Temple Prison. Upon completion of the trial proceedings, the relevant evidence will be obtained and further judgment will be disposed of. Although the verdict has not yet been reached, many people actually understand that these people are dead.