"Of course, you can choose not to die, but then the price you will have to pay will only be greater. Do you think it will be a crime to collude with thieves, and it will be enough for you to die? Sun Tu was not arrogant or impatient, and asked with a sneer.

"You...... What do you mean? Yuan Wang's heart was shocked, and his face was already a little panicked.

"With the evidence we can show now, it is more than enough to convict you of a major crime of treason, and then not only you, but also your family will be afraid that they will die. Now Cai Taishou gives you a chance, as long as you are willing to commit suicide according to our wishes, then we can at least help you leave a little bloodline, so that your Yuan family will not be completely cut off. But if you're still stubborn at this point, don't blame us for not being a colleague. Sun Tu said, threw a white silk in front of him, turned around and said, "I'll do everything I say, so that I can leave you a decent one, you can choose for yourself." ”

Yuan Wang's entire face quickly twisted, and his body began to tremble violently, looking at the white silk in front of him, it was as if he had seen a terrible poisonous snake. He didn't want to die, but now it seems that there is no other choice but to die.

After a long while, Yuan Wang finally reached out and took the white silk after a long sigh, tremblingly threw it over the beam above, and then tied a ring knot. As he sent his head into the ring, he said in a trembling voice, "Sun Tu...... Do you know you're playing for the tiger......" and kicked the stool to the ground, and the man struggled in the air.

"I know, but I don't have a better choice right now!" It wasn't until the other party was silent that Sun Tu said such a sentence softly.

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Halfway through February, the cold air between heaven and earth has dissipated, the warm spring is coming, and everything is recovering.

Now is a good time for farming in the new year, and even the most talked about by the imperial court and ministers recently is how to persuade farmers to teach mulberry and encourage the people inside and outside Bianjing to work harder to sow agricultural crops, and to make better use of the water of the Bianhe River outside the city to irrigate many farmlands on both sides of the river.

But today's court meeting is different, after several courtiers reported relevant matters to Zhao Ji, they saw the privy envoy Tong Guan suddenly step out of the minister's class, and said with a serious expression: "Your Majesty, the minister has just received a recital from Jiangzhou, and the thirty-six officials of the government jointly reported to the imperial court, saying that Yuan Wang, the official of the state government, colluded with the Liangshan thieves to make trouble in the city, killed nearly 100 of our people, more than 100 soldiers, and rescued the important rebel Song Jiang. Fortunately, there was a local regiment training Sun Tu and the capital eunuch Lin Henian led the army to resist and fought hard, and finally drove this group of thieves out of the city. ”

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers present changed color. Although bandits and bandits are blooming everywhere in the Great Song Dynasty for various reasons, but like this, the fact that bandits dare to attack the city has not happened yet, especially that Jiangzhou is still an important commercial transportation town in the Great Song Dynasty, and its status is really not low.

Zhao Ji's dragon face also quickly changed color, and he said, "There is such a thing!" How did the local officials in Jiangzhou handle the errand, why did they let the thieves enter the city easily, they are responsible for defending the land! ”

"Your Majesty, this is because the thieves in the city responded internally, not only covering them to steal into Jiangzhou, but also telling them the key places in the city early in the morning, so that they could make arrangements early, so that the defenders in the city were caught off guard." Tong Guan didn't see any fluster, and still explained in a calm tone.

"Then Jiangzhou Governor Yuan Wang is so bold! Where is he now? Colluding with traitors to commit crimes in our state city, and conspiring against him, he must not be spared! The Emperor said with an angry face.

"When quelling this rebellion, Yuan Wang had been captured by the local officials and soldiers, and then because he knew that he was guilty, he committed suicide in prison." After saying the last sentence, Tong Guan presented the recital in his hand.

A forty-year-old and handsome chamberlain beside the Son of Heaven stepped forward to accept this watch, and when he met Tong Guan's gaze, a flash of light suddenly flashed in his eyes, and the other party did kill him by surprise this time, although he already knew about the changes in Jiangzhou as early as yesterday, but he still didn't expect Tong Guan to be so decisive to completely detain the charge on Yuan Wang's head in public, which meant to completely tear his face with himself.

Yes, the palace attendant in front of him, who looked low-browled and smooth, was Yuan Wang's lord and backer, and Liang Shicheng, who was deeply trusted by the Son of Heaven and held great power, was known as the "hidden phase". Since the current emperor Zhao Ji succeeded to the throne, many of the rules set by Taizu in the Great Song Dynasty have been broken, and one of the most seriously damaged is that many of the close servants of the Son of Heaven have been entrusted with important tasks, Tong Guan is the same, and Liang Shicheng is the same.

However, compared with Tong Guan, who has now almost completely become a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty, Liang Shicheng still plays more of the role of a palace attendant. Although this is not very good-looking in terms of face, but the benefits are a lot, and he can often accompany him, thus influencing the Son of Heaven more.

It's just that today's situation is obviously a little unfavorable to him, because he is just an inner servant at the court meeting, and even if he has the heart to speak for Yuan Wang, he is not qualified to speak. And his henchmen were also caught off guard by Tong Guan, and at this time they only wanted to protect themselves, but they didn't dare to excuse Yuan Wang.

Tong Guan understood this, so he took the opportunity to finalize the whole matter, and then said: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the minister, although Yuan Wang has committed suicide in fear of his crime, his sin cannot be eliminated because of this, and the imperial court should continue to strictly investigate this matter to prevent any more collusion between officials and thieves." In addition, the crime of rebellion cannot be offset by the death of one person, and the minister thinks that the three clans of the Yuan clan should be used to warn the world! ”

As soon as he heard this, Liang Shicheng's face became more and more gloomy, and he immediately gave one of his henchmen a look, and the latter immediately understood. If the Son of Heaven really agreed to Tong Guan's request at this time, then Yuan Wang's charges would not be cleared away, and in this way, they could also take the opportunity to expand the scope of attack, and use the excuse of finding Yuan Wang's accomplice to carry out a joint attack in the court, I am afraid that many Liang Shicheng's people will be implicated.

So whether it's to help their masters or to protect themselves, they can't continue to be silent. At that moment, Xiao Fu, the servant of the Ministry of Works, took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter is really a bit strange, and it should be carefully investigated before making a decision. Although Yuan Wang is only a six-rank promoter, he is also a Jinshi and has always been loyal to the imperial court, how could he do such a rebellious thing? ”

"What? Xiao Shilang thinks that this official is wronging Yuan Wang? Tong Guan narrowed his eyes and asked, his expression was quite unkind.

"Don't dare, the lower officials just feel that the court shouldn't make a hasty decision on such a major matter." Xiao Fu replied neither arrogantly nor humblely.

"This official may have wronged him, but the more than 30 civil and military officials in Jiangzhou will not all wronged him, right?" Tong Guan sneered, and saluted Zhao Ji again: "Your Majesty, the minister also received an extremely important piece of evidence this time, which is written by Yuan Wang himself about the crime of colluding with Jiangzhou water bandits to disturb the place and bring disaster to the local people. It was only because Cai Dezhang, the Taishou of Jiangzhou, had a good reputation in the local government and didn't want the people to have other ideas about the imperial court, so he was more tolerant. It's just that he didn't expect that after a short time, he colluded with the Liangshan bandits again. ”

"What? He had already colluded with the bandits? At this time, not only Zhao Ji changed color, but His Royal Highness's ministers also showed an unbelievable look.

And Cai Jing also stepped forward at this time and opened his mouth slowly: "Your Majesty, the old minister actually received Cai Dezhang's letter a few months ago, and he asked the old minister how to deal with this matter. At that time, Lao Chen had suggested that he should focus on the overall situation, Jiangzhou is located on a major transportation route, and there must be no mistakes, so as long as Yuan hopes that he can change his past, we should give him a chance to reform himself. It's just that he didn't expect him to ...... It was the fault of the old minister, who tolerated and nurtured the adultery and caused today's disaster, and asked His Majesty to punish him. As he spoke, he lifted his robe and knelt down.

This can surprise the people present, how many years have passed, and it has been a long time since Master Cai has asked the Son of Heaven so solemnly. Even Zhao Ji was also taken aback, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to help: "Taishi, please get up quickly, you are also for the stability of my Great Song Dynasty, what a crime." As he spoke, he hurriedly glanced at Liang Shicheng beside him.

Even if Liang Shicheng was reluctant in his heart, he could only smile at this time, and tried to help Cai Jing up, and said: "Taishi doesn't have to be like this, Your Majesty naturally understands Taishi's painstaking efforts." As he spoke, he deliberately accentuated the word "painstaking", obviously signaling to the other party.

Cai Jing took advantage of the situation, and said lightly: "The old minister, as the prime minister of my Great Song Dynasty, is really guilty of failing to distinguish loyalty and treachery. Knowing this, the minister should have let Dezhang directly impeach Yuan Wang, and should not have let him go because of his concerns. When he said the word worry, his old eyes slipped on Liang Shicheng's face.

Liang Shicheng immediately realized that this was threatening himself, if he dared to continue to obstruct and protect Yuan Wang, he couldn't say that their spearhead would come at him next.

Today's incident happened suddenly, and it was Tong Guan and Cai Jing who joined forces to make trouble, and he Liang Shicheng couldn't resist even if he got the favor again, and now he can only abandon the car and protect the handsome. At the moment, he said: "The master doesn't have to blame himself so much, it's really not worth hurting himself for a small criminal." I think Your Majesty also understands your hard work and won't blame you. ”

"Yes, I naturally won't blame Taishi and Cai Dezhang. I also understand that you are worried that as soon as this matter spreads, there will be discussions in the government and the opposition saying that you are biased in favor of your son-in-law, in fact, you don't have to think so much, I believe in you, and I also believe that Cai Dezhang is dedicated to the public. Zhao Ji hurriedly comforted the other party a few words, at this time he was not in a hurry to investigate Yuan Wang's crimes, but cared about Cai Jing's thoughts, which shows his importance and favor to Cai Jing.

"The old minister thanked His Majesty for his trust, and the minister was really grateful...... Cai Jing kowtowed his head again excitedly, and then got up slowly.

With this worship, Yuan Wang's matter is completely confirmed, even if it is Liang Shicheng, it is impossible to overturn the case for him......