Zhao Cheng thoughtfully opened the fold that Wang Jie put in front of him, and the two big characters on the fold that were thickly drawn by the ink pen were impressively reflected in the eyeholes-slashed!

Everyone was in an uproar and looked at Zhao Cheng who was sitting next to me.

Although Song Liang is moody and mediocre on weekdays, he is a rare master of officialdom. In the past three years since he was transferred to Tuzhou, Tuzhou officials have violated the law and discipline, and bribed and covered up the scandals.

If you want to talk about Song Liang's status in Tuzhou, I am afraid that it is a thorn that is stuck in everyone, a thorn that cannot be easily pulled.

Wang Jie was ordered by me to put Song Liang in Tuzhou Prison, a move that undoubtedly touched their sensitive nerves. They don't know how much evidence I've found in them, or what I'm going to do with it, whether I'm going to turn a blind eye or if there's no sand in my eyes, it's all unknown.

That's why Zhao Cheng led a group of officials to kneel down to me in front of the city gate, so Zhao Cheng deliberately made Ge Jun lose face in front of me, so Zhao Cheng would feast and entertain, beauties and wine, and gold bottles flattery and intemperance.

This Tongzhi is really worthy of Pei Lao's protégé, step by step temptation, step by step design, without ambiguity at all.

"This prime minister is about to make people hurry up and present this fold to the emperor, you are all colleagues who have worked with Song Liang, you must know a lot about him, I don't know if according to you, is it inappropriate for this minister to deal with it like this?" I looked at the people in the next seat with a smile on my face.

Zhao Cheng pondered for a while and was about to speak, but a person on the seat stumbled in.

"Wronged, wronged, my lord!"

"Someone, stop this wild woman."

"Let go, let go of me! I want to avenge my grievances, I want to avenge my grievances, Prime Minister, the women of the people are wronged!"

"Presumptuous, dare to speak so loudly in front of the prime minister!"

"It's her, catch her, she's going to assassinate the Prime Minister."

The reprimands of Zhao Cheng and the officials, the cries of the women, and the panic of the guards...... For a time, the mansion of the dignified five-rank official was in chaos.

Wang Jie was beside me, and he looked at the chaotic officials and guards opposite him with a blank expression, his eyes cold.

I put everything in my eyes and thought about it left and right, and finally I just sat down in silence and watched the farce in front of me without saying a word.

The chaos soon ended with a scream from the women, and all the officials sat back in their seats in a panic. Zhao Chengcheng confessed to me in fear, I stood up and patted him on the shoulder, and then walked slowly to the woman who was being held on the ground.

"What's your name?"

The woman with a blue nose and swollen face looked up at me, she didn't know who I was, she only stubbornly pleaded, "I want to see the Prime Minister, I have been wronged, I have been wronged......"

"You girl, you dare to make a mistake!" Zhao Cheng saw that although the woman was beaten half to death, she still did not forget to avenge her grievances, and her face turned blue with anger.

You must know that the most taboo thing for local officials is this kind of "stopping the sedan chair to avenge grievances". As the saying goes, usually don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night, people like them, who can clean their hands more than whom? Even if they wash their hands cleanly, once the "midnight ghost" comes to the door, the dirt they get on will still be revealed.

Now that this kind of taboo has been met by him, he really doesn't know whether to sigh at the bad luck or sigh at the will of God.

The woman saw Zhao Cheng speaking so violently, for fear that he would let people drag her down, so she subconsciously grabbed the corner of my clothes.

"This kind young master, I beg you, I beg you to let me see the Prime Minister, I have something to say to him, I have something to say......"

I squatted down, "I, I am the prime minister of the dynasty, Shen Qingzhi, and my wife has any grievances. ”

When the woman heard me say this, she was stunned for a moment, and then struggled to get up, but the guard, fearing that she would do something out of the ordinary, pressed her to the ground.

"Prime Minister...... "The woman cried, "you must be the master of the people's wife." ”

I saw that she was pitiful, so I ordered the guards to let her go.

"What's your name? Where do you live? I stood up.

The woman knelt and kowtowed, "The woman's name is Song Xiao, she is the sister of Song Liang, the prefect of Tuzhou, she married Jiangnan five years ago, and her husband's family is Jiangnan Xu. ”

Jiangnan Xu's? That Jiangnan rich businessman?

I asked, "Since you are married to Jiangnan, how can you be here today?" ”

"The woman has not returned to the province for three years because she has been married, and the brother is worried, so he has been writing to the woman to come back. The husband of the woman has been frail and sick since she was a child, and her body is weak, and the woman is afraid that the boat and car will be tiring, and the husband will not be able to bear it, so she has been hesitant, but the brother urges day and night, and the woman is not easy to refuse, so she went north alone before March and returned to her hometown. Song Xiao explained, "As soon as I arrived outside Tuzhou City this morning, I heard the news that my brother was arrested and imprisoned. Please also ask your lords to listen to the grievances of the women for the sake of the deep relationship between the women and their brothers. ”

"You speak." I said.

Song Xiao saw that I was willing to listen to her tell her grievances, and couldn't help but burst into tears, and choked up, "The woman and her brother have had a very good relationship since childhood, and after my father and mother died of illness, our brother and sister depended on each other even more. The woman knows that her brother usually has a bad temper and has been an official for several years, but she has not done anything for the people, but the woman dares to guarantee her life, and the brother of the woman will never do anything like corruption and bribery, collaborating with the enemy and treason, and begging the adults to see it. ”

She said it well, although Song Liang has been an official for many years, he has no political achievements, and he has no past achievements, but he has never done anything that violates the laws of Daqin.

It's ironic to think about.

I turned back to my seat and sat down with a look of embarrassment.

"When doing things in this way, we have always put evidence first, and we don't have personal feelings. Although what you said is very sympathetic, you have no evidence to prove that Song Liang is innocent, and the prime minister can't let the court repeat offenders because of your words, right? ”

"What the adults said is that the words of the relatives of this kind of criminal are biased and not enough to win trust, so let the lowly officials drive her out, so as not to let her spoil the interest of the adults." Zhao Cheng tried to convince me.

"I have evidence, and women have evidence." Song Xiao was anxious when he heard Zhao Cheng say that.

"Oh?" This is strange, she has been married for five years and has not returned, where is the evidence?

Song Xiaodao "Although the women can't directly prove the innocence of the brothers, the women know who the real traitor is, and the women also have evidence to prove this, he is here today, right at the table." ”

After Song Xiao said this, the banquet was completely exploded.

The rebellion in Tuzhou has not been quelled, the head of the rebels is still the descendants of King Chen, the rebels are numerous, the three counties have occupied for a long time, and our army has suffered many casualties, all of which seem to imply that in this Tuzhou city, someone betrayed Daqin and has been secretly ventilating the news.

But who this man is, no one knows.

Originally, Song Liang was imprisoned, and everyone was more or less relieved, but now they suddenly said that there were other traitors, and even among them, how could they not panic?

"Who do you say, and what evidence do you have?" I said, "But I have to remind you that you had better think clearly before you say it, and framing the court officials is also a capital crime." ”

Song Xiao was not afraid of my warning, she knelt up straight, her eyes stared at Zhao Cheng, and she said in a resentful tone, "It's Lord Zhao, it's him, he's the one who collaborated with the enemy and treason!" ”

The hall fell silent.

"You shrew, it's all gibberish!" Zhao Cheng was shocked and angry.

"My lord, the women have evidence."

There was no surprise on my face, but I chuckled in my heart.

I killed Song Liang, although I had the intention of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, but the main reason was that I was sure that he was the one who had been reporting to the rebels, or to Gu Yuancheng.

Tuzhou is located on the border and lacks resources, and the army it leads is a bit clumsy, but as soldiers guarding the border of the imperial court, they can defeat three cities in a row, and they can't defeat the temporary bandit group composed of beggars and hooligans, which is unjustifiable in any way.

Only Song Liang can grasp the most secret movements and plans of the Tuzhou army, and only he can make everyone keep their mouths shut quietly. Although there is speculation, no words are allowed.

Of course, I am not subjective, Wang Jie gave me evidence.

"What evidence?" I asked.

Song Xiao took out a crumpled letter paper, and she said, "This is a letter from my brother to the people's women three months ago, please take a look at it." ”

I signaled to Zhao Cheng with my eyes, although Zhao Cheng was angry in his heart, but he couldn't disobey my order after all, he took a deep breath, he walked over and pulled the letter hard, and then handed it to me.

I opened the letterhead, first wrote some words of greeting and concern in bits and pieces, and then told Song Xiao to go back to his hometown to take a look, watch out for something along the way, until I saw the end, I found a line of words that were inexplicable, but meaningful.

Trap Buzhou City, and the rebels must eventually rebel. If you can see you again, you will be the spirit of your father and mother in the sky.

Pitfall?

Streamer's eyes flashed, and I handed the letter to Wang Jie.

"Mrs. Song, I hope you can understand something, what I want is conclusive evidence. Although there are some points worth considering in this letter, it would be too far-fetched to say which adult is a traitor because of this?"

I said this, but Song Xiao was not flustered, she said, "The folk woman has a personal maid named Xiaoyu, who has followed the folk woman since she was a child, and she has a cousin who is on an errand in the Zhao Mansion, she said to Xiaoyu that she once saw Lord Zhao meet with a woman in the alley outside the back door of the Zhao Mansion in the middle of the night, and the woman kept shouting Lord Zhao's father-in-law, and even secretly talked with Lord Zhao about the marching route and attack plan of the Tuzhou army. Xiaoyu's cousin was afraid of being poisoned, and the next day he resigned from the affairs of the Zhao Mansion and came to Jiangnan to find Xiaoyu, if the prime minister did not believe what the woman said, it could be said that Xiaoyu's cousin came to confront him, and Xiaoyu's cousin was now in the inn where the woman was staying. ”