The clouds overwhelmed the city, and the wind and snow were all over the sky.

As in previous years, Bianliang City was also hit by wind and snow early after entering the winter moon this year, and the high places in the city were already covered in silver, and there was a lot of snow on the long street, because of the severe cold weather, even a thin layer of ice was formed on the Bianhe River.

In such a cold season, most of the people in the city stayed in their homes, and the once prosperous and lively Bianjing City was also much deserted. is completely different from the desertion of the people, but there is a heated quarrel in the court because of someone at a certain time, how many civil and military generals, dignitaries and dignitaries are involved, and even today's officials have a headache because of this, and they have not been able to set a tone until now.

The howling north wind blew the weather outside colder and colder, but in the public hall of the Privy Council, it was as warm as spring at this time, and in a few bronze braziers were burning smokeless charcoal that was more expensive than gold, so that people could not tell what season it was.

But it is precisely because of being in such a warm environment that Tong Guan, who is full of firepower, becomes more and more irritable. After casually flipping through a few documents, he slapped the official document in his hand on the desk with a snap, and ordered loudly: "Come on, remove two braziers, is this going to heat up the official?" ”

The whole Privy Council knew that Privy Counsellor Tong was in a bad mood recently, so he had been waiting carefully, and as soon as he heard this order, several miscellaneous servants cautiously opened the door and entered, and without the slightest hesitation, they carried out three of the braziers, and this series of actions came down, but there was no sound at all.

Tong Guan didn't take this too seriously, and still took a few sips of the teacup with some irritability, and then spit out a mouthful of turbidity: "Now the courage of those crows in the Yushitai is getting bigger and bigger, and even the officials of the seventh or eighth grade dare to impeach at will, and they want to involve all the officials, who gave them the courage!" ”

"And that Sun Tu, his dog guts are really amazing, even I don't dare to slaughter local officials so unscrupulously, he is good, he actually killed hundreds of Qingzhou officials in one go, he really thinks that he has made some credit, and he can have no scruples after leveling two cottages! is still fighting with the Jurchens, doesn't he know that this official has long had the intention of joining forces with the Jurchens, once this spreads, there will be endless troubles! ”

The more Tong Guan really thought about it, the more angry he became, and he felt that his mouth was dry, so he slammed the empty cup in his hand in front of the door, and shouted: "What about people? Where are they all dead? I don't have any eyesight, is this going to die of thirst? ”

In recent months, Tong Guan's pressure in the DPRK has been quite great. Since Sun Tu ordered people to kill the two cottages of Pingbaihu and Peach Blossom, kill the invading Jurchen thieves, and send all the Qingzhou officials such as Murong Yanchao, who "colluded with thieves and plotted against him", to Bianjing City, the originally calm court was like pouring a scoop of water into a boiled oil pot, and it was completely fried.

The previous credits are not taken seriously, but the latter thing is completely stabbed the hornet's nest of all civil officials, and for a while, all kinds of people who believe that Sun Tu has the heart of rebellion and disobedience, and if he does not kill, it will become a disaster for the Great Song Dynasty, and the song of asking the Son of Heaven to kill Sun Tu flew into the palace like snowflakes, and the number is more than the sum of the impeachment of him in the past few years. It can be said that Sun Tu's behavior this time has completely created a new record, and there has never been a fourth grade or less

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Officials have suffered so many impeachments, that is, Wang Anshi and his ilk, who were openly targeted by countless people because of the change of the law, are more hated than his small Liupin Prefecture Governor.

And Liang Shicheng's side also took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, mobilizing more forces in the DPRK and China to completely amplify the attack, but he wanted to pull Tong Guan into it, and wanted to eradicate this opponent in the court.

Originally, Sun Tu caused such a big disaster, Tong Guan no longer planned to protect him this time, even if he was powerful, no matter how favored by the Son of Heaven, no matter how arrogant he was, he would not dare to be the enemy of the officials in the world. However, when he found that once he retreated, he would fall into an even more unbearable Jedi, Tong Guan could only stand up and excuse Sun Tu.

But he was alone after all, even if Cai Jing never opened his mouth to express his position, but just the verbal and written criticism of the Manchu civil officials made him tired to deal with. If it weren't for the fact that he Tong Guan had won the emperor's trust, I am afraid that Sun Tudu would have been arrested by Qin and sent to Bianjing City to be beheaded for questioning, or ......

But even if Tong Guan has done his best to keep using Murong Yanchao's collusion with the bandits, he has long been disobedient as a defense, and he is about to be unable to withstand the pressure today. Even the Son of Heaven, under the crowd, became more and more suspicious of Sun Tu's true intentions, and felt that this person did have the intention of rebellion.

In the past two days, Tong Guan has even thought about breaking the arm of a strong man, and even he himself has impeached Sun Tu for plotting wrongdoing, and may be able to ensure his own safety. It was only because he was worried that this would give Liang Shicheng a chance to take advantage of it, so he did not make a final decision for a long time.

It is precisely because there are so many troubles in his heart that Privy Tong, who is accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, loses his calm and proportion, and seems so irritable in the Privy Council, even irritable.

At this point, the door opens again. One person had carefully stepped into the room and gently put a cup of refreshing drink on the desk: "Tong Shuai, please calm your anger, things still have a turnaround." ”

"Oh, it's Liangyu." Only then did Tong Guan realize that it was not an ordinary servant who brought the tea in, but his close confidant Fang Qian, which made his face look a little better, and his tone softened a lot: "You came just in time, the old man is having a difficult decision on something, I want to hear your opinion." ”

As he spoke, he didn't wait for his staff to answer, and then said: "Now that the DPRK and the central government are attacking in groups, those military attaches are timid and afraid of things and dare not say too much, seeing that Sun Tu can't be saved." In your opinion, should the old man withdraw and leave, or should he follow everyone to impeach Sun Tu? ”

Fang Qian sighed lightly, he knew that now his boss had no intention of protecting Sun Tu, and was only thinking about what to do to ensure that his losses were minimized. Of course, this is understandable, no matter how capable Sun Tu is, no matter how meritorious he can be, it will do far more harm than good to today's Tong Guan, and he should give up.

"Tong Shuai, if it were before today, the lower officials would definitely suggest that you leave the Bianjing court under the pretext of restless affairs, at least so that the official family can still protect you. As for impeaching Sun Tu in turn, there is no need to do it, it will only make the world look down on Tong Shuai, which is very unwise. ”

Because of his distraction, Tong Guan didn't pay attention to the precondition in the other party's words, and nodded when he heard the words: "It's easy, let people provoke the Tangut people on the northwest border, and then the old man will ask for war, and he can leave the court within half a month......."

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Fang Qian smiled bitterly, and could only say more clearly: "Tong Shuai, Xia Guan thinks that things will change after today, so there is no need to be so wronged by himself." At least it shouldn't be difficult to keep Sun Tu anymore. ”

"Huh? What do you mean by that? Tong Guan was stunned for a moment, only to find that Fang Qian looked very relaxed at this time: "Is there something wrong?" ”

"Tong Shuai, please see, this is the good news that was sent from Qingzhou half an hour ago with an expedited delivery of 600 miles. Sun Tu won another victory ten days ago and leveled Erlong Mountain. In this way, there are no more bandits in Qingzhou, and he has truly achieved the protection of the territory and the people, and the credit lies in the community. Fang Qian said, and handed over the battle report with both hands.

Fang Qian didn't bring tea in because he wanted to help the servants below, but because he happened to report this critical situation, so he took the tea and entered the public house alone.

Tong Guan frowned a little puzzled, and after taking the good news, he flipped through it casually, and didn't take it too seriously: "What's the use of this?" Didn't he already fight and level two cottages before? But how could this credit be offset by his felony of killing an official of the imperial court? Even if this Erlongshan is not small in scale, it is one of the best in Shandong, and it is not too much credit, right? ”

Tong Guan did have the confidence to say such a question, for a man who had led the army to fight with the Xixia people in the northwest many times and had made a lot of great contributions, a few battles to exterminate the bandits and bandits in a certain place were really nothing.

Fang Qian also understood his thoughts, so he nodded and said: "What Tong Shuai said is very true, just exterminating a cottage is certainly not a big merit, but this is the last cottage in Qingzhou, so it's another matter." Moreover, the previous cottages were also leveled by Sun Tu after he arrived, which is especially commendable, it is enough to say that he Sun Tu is dedicated to the public, and there is no selfishness, let alone any rebellious attempts. ”

"Hmm......" Tong Guan is also a person who has fought many times in the court, just now he was just irritable in his heart and didn't taste the deep meaning, but now after listening to Fang Qian's guidance, he slowly began to wake up: "The whole territory of Qingzhou is peaceful, which proves that he Sun Tu has never had other selfish intentions, but is just bent on fulfilling his duties as the governor of Qingzhou." ”

"Yes, otherwise, if he has some selfishness, the most important thing he should do at this time is to keep Erlong Mountain to play the role of self-respect, so maybe the imperial court will have some concerns, and he needs to be left to continue to guard Qingzhou." Fang Qian echoed.

Then, he smiled heavily: "Since it can be concluded that Sun Tu is completely selfless, just dedicated to the public, and is a loyal minister of my Great Song Dynasty, then the opposite Murong Yanchao is treacherous and selfish, and even has a rebellious heart." ”

"Yes, it seems that Sun Tu killed them all this time, not only in vain, but also in merit!" Tong Guan was suddenly overjoyed, and then he understood why Fang Qian was so eager to come to report after getting this good news. At that moment, he couldn't sit still anymore, Huo Di got up: "Without further ado, the old man is going to enter the palace to meet the officials, and he must not let the loyal ministers be wronged and let the conspiracy of some treacherous villains succeed!" ”

As he spoke, he didn't care about the continuous wind and snow outside, so he strode to the door, opened the door and walked out......

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