The next morning, Tang Feng came to see Sun Tu again with a depressed face. The latter only looked at him and laughed: "What, handed everyone over to the Criminal Department?" ”

"Exactly." Tang Feng saluted in response, but then said unwillingly: "Captain, I always feel that this time I have given in too much, so we don't have to be afraid of them at all!" "Only in front of Sun Tu will this Imperial City Si Zheng, who is called a hundred officials in Beijing talk about the tiger's color change, will show an unstable side.

Seeing this, Sun Tu smiled again and shook his head: "Isn't it just a little wronged, I didn't say anything, what are you anxious about." ”

"The humble position is to be angry with the captain, those officials' performance yesterday was really too unusual, look at their words and deeds how can they have the slightest fear of you, but they are respectful to Li Gang, it is really unreasonable!" Thinking of the scene in front of the palace gate yesterday, he was indignant.

Sun Tu looked at him and said, "Why, such a little thing makes you confused?" Don't you see that yesterday everything was acting? ”

"Acting?" Tang Feng frowned slightly, after all, he was different from back then, he was only affected by emotions yesterday and didn't see the problem, but now after Sun Tu dialed it like this, he immediately understood the problem: "Are you saying that those officials, including Li Gang, have been planning for a long time and deliberately pretending to show us?" In order to take people out of our hands? ”

"Otherwise, what reason can explain why Li Gang happened to pass by in front of the palace gate at that time so coincidentally? If you think about it carefully, in the past two years, he, the so-called prime minister, has appeared in the political hall several times, and his appearance itself is strange! Sun Tu sneered: "They made it clear that they just wanted to use this momentum to make me back down, and they even pretended to be noisy and wanted to see the emperor." In the final analysis, they are just cooperating with each other, some people are pretending to be bad people, some people are just pretending to be good people, and it is against us.

"At that time, if I still refused to nod, they would have blackmailed hundreds of officials on the scene, or even more people, to fight with me to the end. Even if I can subdue them, I'm afraid the rest of the matter will not be easy to deal with. So I had no choice but to make concessions as I wished. ”

"These guys are really insidious, and their hearts are punishable!" Tang Feng took a slight breath and said, "Then how should we deal with it now, things can't just be left like this, right?" ”

"yes, it can't just be left at that." Sun Tu's face also sank: "But there is one thing I still feel quite puzzled, obviously, yesterday they were prepared, first those gentlemen suddenly shot and injured people, and then I took people here, and their fathers began to act to shout grievances, how can there be a little rush?" But if they were really prepared, they should have tried to get people out of our grasp and into their own territory, why did they take a step back and hand them over to the Criminal Department? ”

"Is it because they know that if they propose to hand over people to Dali Temple, the chief judge, the Taiwei will not agree?" Tang Feng asked guessingly.

"No, how can it be so simple?" Sun Tu shook his head resolutely and said, "They must have other plans for this, but they can't see the clue for a while." By the way, have the subordinates of the Imperial City Division discovered anything recently? ”

"There isn't much out of the ordinary, but there are a lot of contacts between those officials, and they are obviously colluding with each other." Tang Feng groaned and said: "The specific details, wait for the humble post to go back and inquire carefully, and we will definitely be able to find out their flaws." ”

"Well, no one can let it go, they all have to be investigated, including Song Jiang." Sun Tu suddenly said this, but Tang Feng was shocked: "Song Gongming is our own person, will there be a problem?" ”

"Something is wrong, I have to guard against it." Sun Tu frowned and said, "Why is it him, there must be a reason." Be careful to keep everything safe, and if you wronged him, you can make amends at that time. There is a sentence that he didn't say clearly, in fact, he has always had reservations about the relationship between Song Jiang and himself, and this subordinate for many years is not as obedient as it seems on the surface.

Although Tang Feng felt strange, he was absolutely obedient to Sun Tu, and immediately responded: "Obey the order, I will ask people to keep an eye on them, and no one will take advantage of it." ”

"Good! Since they want to fight with me, I will accompany them, but I want to see what else they can do. A group of sour Confucians, I dare not attack them if I am so good at talking, this time, I will let them know who is the one who has the final say in this Tokyo city! Sun Tu's eyes suddenly showed a sparkle and murderous aura, as these guys became more and more presumptuous, he knew that he couldn't indulge anymore, and he had to kill their prestige!

A few days later, the Criminal Department really began to try and judge the case under the leadership of Song Jiang.

Song Jiang is now hanging the dispatch of the criminal department Shangshu, which does mean that he is a bit high and low, because he is only one level lower than Sun Tu, and he also led the dispatch of the military department Shangshu before, and in terms of status, it is better than the reputation of the criminal department Shangshu. But just last year, he took the initiative to propose to Sun Tu the idea of leaving the military department and going to serve as an official in another yamen.

The reason for this is that Sun Tu also understands, because the military department is indeed too non-existent in the Great Song Dynasty. If it is placed in other dynasties, the military department Shangshu can be called the commander of the world, the promotion of generals, the transfer of grain and grass, and other huge and complex military affairs, and the power in his hands is naturally great. However, the Great Song Dynasty also set up a Privy Council and a transfer envoy in the court, and the military power and the right to transfer military rations that originally belonged to the Ministry of War were divided at once. In this way, the military department is really useless, and it has almost become an ornament.

This is obviously not the position that Song Jiang is willing to sit for a long time, he is only in his forties, how can he be willing to retire like this? So, he found Sun Tu and euphemistically proposed that he wanted to be transferred from the Ministry of War. It just so happened that at that time, many officials of the Criminal Department disagreed with Sun Tu, and he demoted Shangshu in anger and sent more than a dozen major officials out of Beijing, where a lot of official positions were vacated. And Song Jiang was also proficient in the way of criminal names when he was a detention director in Yuncheng County in the past, although the size of the pattern was quite different, but it was finally the right one, so Sun Tu transferred him to the Criminal Department to serve as Shangshu.

In the past year, Song Jiang has really worked hard and diligently in the post of secretary of the Criminal Department, handled many beautiful cases, and finally sat firmly in his position - it was not until this time, when he took over this case, that he felt a little tricky again, and things were not easy to handle.

Especially at this moment, when facing those colleagues who came together to intercede, he felt even more headache. Looking at the more than a dozen noble officials who had ignored him and begged him to raise his noble hand with a flattering smile, Song Jiang couldn't say anything to refuse for a while, and only after a while did he smile bitterly: "Colleagues, this official knows that it is related to the future reputation of your sons and nephews, as well as the reputation of your family, so he wants me to let go gently." However, after all, this case is related to the face of a Ministry of Works, and even more to the face of the imperial court. ”

"Song Shangshu can't agree with this, we are not here to let you bend the law for personal gain, but just hope that you can truly judge impartially, not because of that grandson...... Mrs. Sun's pressure and wronged the innocent! Although our children are unruly in writing on weekdays, they still can't do anything to hurt high-ranking officials in the court. ”

"Yes, they have also read the poetry books of the saints since they were children, how can they be so nonsense? It was all forced, it was Xu Shangshu who destroyed our family business first that made them angry and besieged him for a while-you should have heard about the Jinmingchi embankment, if he was willing to wait for two more days, not only would our manor not be damaged, but the royal Qionglin Garden would also be able to be saved-but even so, they couldn't really do anything to Xu Shangshu, there must be hidden secrets. ”

"Yes, there is another point that the official wants to say, that is, although our children are said to be personal grudges, they are more for the justice of the court. It was because he was dissatisfied with Xu Shangshu that he destroyed Qionglin Yuan, so he wanted to find him for a theory. ”

"Song Shangshu, you are not from a Jinshi background, so I don't know the special significance of this Qionglin Garden to my generation, I think that when we won the imperial examination, we were boating in Jinming Pond and drinking Qionglin Garden, which was valued by the first emperor. But now, these places that represent the glory of our civil officials have been destroyed by them at will, and no one can accept it......"

These people are a word to me, the more they talk, the more energetic they become, and as the words go deeper, they even have to call their own children as heroes who eliminate harm from the people, but that Xu Hui, now it looks like he is taking the blame, it is a great luck to be able to save his life, do you still want to harm those children who have a good future?

Song Jiang was silent at this time, and he didn't refute them. It wasn't until they had finished saying what they should have said and what they shouldn't have said that he said again: "I already know what you mean, and my criminal department will definitely investigate and handle this case carefully, and I will never wronged any innocent." But don't worry, just listen to me. ”

As if feeling the sincerity of his words, these people also showed a smile on their faces: "Song Shangshu can be so reasonable, I am naturally relieved, then please try the case quickly, my three sons are frail, but they can't withstand the detention in the prison." ”

"Definitely, definitely." Song Jiang said, standing up, it was like sending them away like this, as for what he thought in his heart, others couldn't guess.

Just as he said goodbye to one official after another with a polite smile, one of them suddenly touched his hand, and immediately, a ball of paper was stuffed into his hand, which made Song Jiang slightly stunned, but in the end he still stabilized and did not make a sound.

It wasn't until everyone had left that Song Jiang opened the paper ball with some curiosity, which was not a bribe ticket, but a piece of paper full of words. And after reading the content on this paper, Song Jiang's face suddenly changed, and the whole person fell into a long silence......

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