Only glanced at the embarrassed expression on Zhao Ji's face, Sun Tu's heart had sunk rapidly, and things were developing in the direction he didn't want to see the most. The Emperor's next words also confirmed his inference: "The stakes are too high, and there are too many officials involved in this case, so I will think twice before making a decision." Yuehou, you should go out of the palace first and wait for the will. ”

The plain and insipid explanation has actually made the emperor's attitude clear. Sun Tu took a deep breath, and then saluted again: "The minister will retire." When he got up, he glanced at Liang Shicheng, who was already showing joy on the side, obviously he knew Zhao Ji's thoughts better, and he had already guessed what the next result would be.

Although he failed to achieve his wish this time, he directly used this matter to send Sun Tu to prison, but his own safety was guaranteed, and he was really afraid that he would be implicated just now, after all, now the Great Song Dynasty is planning the Northern Expedition, and once he gets involved with the Liao, it will really be a big trouble.

Sun Tu didn't care about what the pair of monarchs and ministers would say, and quickly withdrew from the palace, and walked out of the palace quickly following the road he was already familiar with. It wasn't until he walked out of the palace gate and walked forward for a while that he stopped, and then turned his head to look back at the Great Song Imperial City, which was far inferior to the Forbidden City in later generations, and slowly exhaled a long breath, and his eyes became sharp and resolute again.

He had made his last effort to truly have a clear conscience. Next, it's time to fight for yourself and the survival of the entire Huaxia clan! He will, no longer have any scruples!

"General......" At this time, several guards waiting outside the palace gate had quickly stepped forward to ask about the results with concern.

Sun Tu quickly calmed down, smiled and said: "Don't worry, the imperial court will always give us an explanation, at least we won't be charged with any crimes for this matter." ”

Soon, the development of events verified that Sun Tu's judgment was correct. Only two days later, the political hall finally issued the will of the Son of Heaven, which was much more formal than the will received by Sun Tu before, and it was about how to deal with the Gu family's business house colluding with the Liao people's spies-

This case is very important, and it is not possible for the forbidden army and the Imperial City Division to find out, and the relevant criminal officials and others will be handed over to the criminal department for retrial. In addition, the Imperial City Division mentioned that Sun Tu handled the case in a proper manner, and ordered him to continue to investigate the hidden Liao spies, and there must be no mistakes.

This is to take away the power of investigating the case from Sun Tu, and then throw the most difficult trouble on him. Now that things have passed for several days, even if the Liao people are still in Beijing, they are afraid that they have already hidden and dare not show their heads, but let Sun Tu lead people to find them out, which is completely embarrassing them, and even looking for a reason to convict them of incompetence.

As for how those officials will be interrogated after they are sent to the Criminal Department, it is obviously beyond his ability to interrogate. Although these people have been proven guilty, I am afraid that it is impossible to really be investigated to the end, and it is impossible to say that they will be raised high and gently put down as they have done every time in the past, and finally end with demotion and release. To be honest, similar things have happened too many times in the Great Song Dynasty over the years, and even if those civil officials make big mistakes, the final result is just to be released as officials, maybe in a few years, when people forget their mistakes, they can swagger back to be Beijing officials.

However, with the conviction and demotion of Wang Shenbin and others, the DPRK and the Central Committee vacated several important positions in an instant. For a while, all the forces were eyeing these things, but in the end, it was Cai Jing, who had been watching from the sidelines, but suddenly made a move at the last moment. He used how to deal with these officials as a bargaining chip, and easily forced Liang Shicheng to make concessions. As a result, the Yushitai has almost all been under its control, and as for several other yamen, the power of his Taishi Cai has also been further strengthened.

It can be said that what Sun Tu did at the risk of offending all civil officials this time ended up cheapening the scheming Cai Jing and increasing his ** power again.

And in addition to some infamy, the only benefit he got was that the problem of the military rations of the Tiger Ben Army was finally solved. Because this case was originally caused by the shortage of military rations in the Tiger Ben Army, coupled with Sun Tu's strength, the front division of the palace and the transfer envoy no longer dared to use excuses to drag it out, and promised to reissue the money and food that had been in arrears for two years within this year, so that his training would no longer have any worries, and the military spirit would be further cohesive.

At the same time, because the ban on military rations and salaries was embezzled and embezzled from time to time exposed, the front division of the palace and the military department also had to come forward to appease and mediate, and under the noise of many generals, the imperial court finally made some concessions, and postponed the large-scale military exercises that should have arrived soon, and set the time after the first month of next year.

This gave Sun Tu more time to continue to practice and build his Tiger Ben Army. As for the Imperial City Division, although he occasionally appeared in this case, he was still quickly suppressed by the civil officials, and the attitude of the civil officials was surprisingly unanimous about this official office that could bring a lot of threats to themselves, that is, to completely suppress it and not give him any chance to turn over.

Of course, all this happened slowly in the next month or so, and when the order was first issued, the hearts of the subordinates were still full of unwillingness. These days, they have followed Sun Tu almost sleeplessly to solve the case, and they saw that the truth and darkness behind it were about to be slowly revealed, but the imperial court blocked it and covered it all up, which naturally made people frustrated.

is as optimistic as Di Yingyang, sleek as Qin Hui, and there are some complaints at this time. Especially the latter, at this time, he was even more horrified to find that in this way, he was completely on the opposite side of the civilian-bureaucratic group, and this time he failed to earn any credit, but put his future into it, but it was really declining.

"Master Hou, what should we do next?" After watching Wang Shenbin and the other criminals be taken away by the people sent by the Criminal Department, Qin Hui really couldn't help it, and deliberately came to ask.

"The case still has to be investigated, after all, those Liao State spies haven't been caught yet, if you don't do the errand well, I'm afraid you will give those people an excuse to attack." Sun Tu's face was not very good-looking, and he said softly: "But I have sent someone to keep an eye on this matter, maybe there will be clues when they appear." ”

These words made Qin Hui a little stunned, firstly, he couldn't imagine that Sun Tu was really so conscientious, and secondly, it seemed that he was really useless. Is this to return to the Hanlin Academy, to be a petty official buried in the pile of old papers, and to live a life without any hope?

He really couldn't accept this result, and he couldn't accept that he would be mixed with time as in the past. If he hadn't experienced this, Qin Hui might have been able to convince himself to wait, but now, after experiencing this scene and seeing Sun Tu easily play with those high-ranking officials and imperial histories, his mentality has already changed.

But for a while, Qin Hui couldn't make any requests to Sun Tu, after all, he didn't have any credit in this matter, at most he did some desk work and helped sort out the confession of Chen Zhuotianzi.

Di Yingyang was interested at this time: "The general really thinks that we can still hold these Liao spies?" ”

"Didn't I say before, they will not be willing to be such a result, after all, for those bows and crossbows, they have been laying out for many years and spending a lot. You must know that whether it is food, cloth or medicine, it is actually not a thing that the Liao people are in short supply, so why should they spend a lot of money to buy it in my Jingshi? So I dare to assert that their ultimate goal is on this batch of crossbows. If, then, the matter is not over, how can they leave like this? ”

"However, we have already taken down the Gu family, how else can they get the bow and crossbow and smuggle it out of the city?" Qin Hui asked with some confusion.

Sun Tu shook his head: "You are wrong, the Gu family is not the guy who helped them get the bow and crossbow, didn't I mention it before, these bows and crossbows should come from the bow and crossbow courtyard." ”

"What does the general mean is that there are people in the crossbow courtyard who have been bribed by them? But now the person has not been identified? Di Yingyang suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly asked.

"Not bad. But this has obviously been consciously ignored by the bureaucrats who only know how to make the big things small, or they think that this matter should also be handled by me. Sun Tu sneered: "For those guys who only know how to fight for power and profit, what kind of bow and crossbow outflow, and Liao people are just trivial matters." As long as it's none of your business, you can let it go. Anyway, if something really happens, only the front-line soldiers will die, and it will not affect their rich future. ”

After hearing Sun Tu's words, Di Yingyang's expression also became quite gloomy, while Qin Hui looked a little ashamed. Because if you look at it carefully, there is not much difference between yourself and those people in Sun Tu's mouth, and all he thinks about is how to win fame and fame, as for the Liao people's spies, bows and crossbows are completely ignored.

"So we still have a lot of responsibility on our shoulders. Although all those people are deceiving themselves, thinking that as long as the case is closed quickly, the real trouble will not disappear because of their cover-up. Sun Tu said and stood up again.

After savoring his words, Di Yingyang sighed unconsciously: "Yes, what they are doing is indeed deceiving themselves, and the problem in my capital cannot be solved at all, maybe with their pressure, it will make the Liao people more bold and ...... again."

"But this is also an opportunity for us, as long as they make another move, I can hold them." After Sun Tu finished speaking, he had already walked to the door of the hall, but both of them were a little puzzled: "Where is the general going?" ”

"Go meet someone and ask something more important." Sun Tu's face sank even more, but his footsteps did not stop.