After noon, the wind and snow in the city of Tokyo became heavier, and the cold north wind mixed with the snow whining in the air greatly affected the view outside, and the falling temperature made the bustling capital seem more and more deserted at the moment, and even some shops closed their doors and stopped doing business.

According to common sense, in such a bad climate, it should be impossible for those high-ranking officials to brave the wind and snow to go out, either go home early, or spend the night in the yamen first. But today there was an exception, a richly decorated troika was driving quickly on the wide royal street in the wind and snow, heading straight for the palace.

The coachman who was riding a horse on the wheel wanted to be safe, but he was constantly urged by the owner inside, and in the end he could only keep whipping and urging the horse, and he didn't care about the snow and slippery roads on the street at this time. If there are pedestrians on the side who see this situation, they must wonder if there is something important at the border pass, and this official with a good status needs to go to report it urgently.

But the carriage did not come to the palace after all, but stopped in front of the political hall near the palace, and then the officials sitting in it hurriedly got out of the car, not bothering to tidy up the official uniforms that were a little crumpled because of the bumps along the way, so they hurried up, and after revealing their identity, they quickly passed through the gate that was still guarded by the soldiers of the forbidden army, he was Tang Jing, the secretary of the criminal department, and before him, two slightly smaller carriages had been parked here, and it was obvious that someone had arrived one step earlier than him.

It was the words of Taishi Cai Jing who summoned him from his yamen, and he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and at the same time, he already knew why the other party was in a hurry to recruit him to meet, not the chaos earlier today.

In fact, Tang Jing only learned about this mess earlier, and there were many people from the Criminal Department involved. What made him even more angry was that he, as the head of the headquarters, actually only knew about this at that time, and no one had ever reported it to him. Before he could get angry and order a strict investigation of who was making the claim, Cai Jing had already asked him to summon him to the political hall to discuss things, which frightened Tang Shangshu a lot, and finally until he went out, he didn't know that all this was actually arranged by his subordinate, the squire Wei Daozhang.

When he went out, Wei Daozhang had not yet arrived at the Yaya, which made Tang Jing more and more annoyed, and he ordered early that once he came back, he would be detained first, and then he would come to see Cai Jing first. It wasn't until he came to the closed hall door that Tang Jing quickly adjusted his mentality, straightened the official hat on his head, and then reported in a low voice: "Tang Jing of the Lower Officials and Criminal Department asks to see Taishi Cai." ”

After a while, the door of the hall opened, and an attendant said with a smile, "Tang Shangshu is also invited to come in and speak." "Saying that, let the way out, so that it can enter smoothly.

The main hall of this government hall occupies a large area, and the decoration style is very high, there are several calligraphy and paintings on each wall, and below is a long bookshelf, with all kinds of books, which looks more like a study than a public house. At this time, in the far corner, there were still two pots of smokeless animal charcoal, which made the whole hall warm, like spring, separated from the bitter cold of winter outside.

But after seeing the frowning brow of the silver-haired and wrinkled old man at the head of the plan, somehow, Tang Jing only felt a chill, which made him feel a chill in his back even more than outside. As he stepped forward to salute, Cai Jing raised his head and swept past the two officials who were waiting on the side with him one step earlier, but they didn't even dare to take a breath: "Can the three of you explain to the old man, why such a thing happened in Beijing, but the old man has been kept in the dark?" ”

Cai Jing's words were not harsh, and his voice was not very loud, but hearing these three people's ears, their bodies still couldn't help but tremble. It was only at this time that Tang Jing saw clearly that the other two were the street secretary Wei Sizheng and the Zhou Mansion Yin of Kaifeng Mansion.

A third-grade Shangshu, a fourth-grade Mansion Yin, and a fourth-grade Sizheng, although the status of the three officials is quite different, they all tremble in front of Taishi Cai at this time, and they can't see the momentum of the chief official of the first government at all. It was only after a moment that Tang Jing, the person with the highest position, spoke: "Taishi is angry, the lower official also learned about this matter just now, it was Wei Daozhang, the servant of the subordinate criminal department, who made the decision without authorization, and suddenly transferred his subordinates to take people indiscriminately......"

With him taking the lead, the other two finally calmed down a little, and followed one after another: "Taishi, I am the same, I have been kept in the dark, and it is completely the private affairs of my subordinates. As long as the Taishi gives us time, we will be able to take down the relevant people and punish them as soon as possible, so as not to cause too much impact on this chaos. ”

Everyone knows that Taishi Cai values the stability of Jingshi the most, and if there is such a big mess in Tokyo today, he will naturally be angry and investigated. But none of them dared to take such a responsibility, so they could only stabilize each other first, and then take down those who made trouble and punish them in order to protect themselves.

"Wei Daozhang of the Criminal Department, Han Xianchu, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, and Zhao Kangming, the secretary of the street, it was these three people who suddenly joined forces to cause today's chaos. Of course, the old man knows that this matter has nothing to do with the three of you, but does it really have nothing to do with you? As the chief officials of these three yamens, you didn't know anything about these things, and you didn't tell me these things until the incident happened? Cai Jing leaned forward slightly, his eyes were even sharper and abnormal, how could he still be a little old.

"Next...... The subordinate official knows that he is wrong, and the subordinate official is indeed a little negligent in his duties. The three of them beat the drum in their hearts, but they didn't dare to excuse themselves anymore, so they could only honestly admit their mistakes.

"Do you know who the three yamen are dealing with, and why they suddenly joined forces?" Cai Jing smiled sarcastically, and suddenly threw out such a question.

This made the three of them shake their heads uneasily again, they just knew that there was such a mess, and they were summoned by Cai Jing, so naturally they knew little about the inside story. Tang Jingzai hesitated for a moment, but still mustered up the courage to ask in a low voice: "I wonder if the Taishi can teach me to wait......

"It's all a good thing you do on weekdays, for those yellow and white things, let the thieves and bandits in Beijing run rampant, the name of the Sanssouci Cave, even the old man has heard of it from time to time."

"They...... They suddenly teamed up to attack Sanssouci Cave? Several people changed color again. In front of Cai Jing, they didn't mean to hide it, because they knew that they couldn't hide the little things they did in private, and the other party had always let it go, after all, he was the most greedy official in the world, and compared to it, what was he worth?

And Zhou Fuyin looked even more panicked: "They are really bold, there is ...... behind this worry-free hole"

"Hmph, can the person behind Sanssouci Cave really be able to see the kingless law to such a point? Even the old man, I'm afraid he doesn't have the courage to do so. Cai Jing interrupted his subconscious remarks with a remark, and said with a calm gaze: "It seems that you can't answer the question behind the old man." ”

"Isn't it because those guys in Sanssouci Cave have done a lot of evil and have caused public resentment to boil?" Wei Sizheng asked in a low voice.

"Of course, that's one of the keys, but what's even more important is that someone has brought all three together. Guess who it would be? ”

How could the three of them guess such a puzzle out of thin air, they were silent for a while, and then they shook their heads one after another.

Cai Jing's expression became more and more unhappy, these three people were really in a hurry, and they didn't even notice such things, no wonder they would be concealed by their subordinates, until the incident happened, they learned that there was such a change: "Who is the most famous in Tokyo recently?" ”

With this question, the three of them quickly understood: "Yuehou Sun Tu? Didn't he lead his troops to exterminate some mountain bandits? ”

"So you usually eat at the corpse table, and you don't even know about such things. The old man will tell you now that Sun Tu is still in Tokyo at all, and he is now in Liufangju, waiting for further news. ”

Hearing this, the bodies of the three of them shook again: "There is such a thing." At the same time, he secretly hated in his heart, this Sun Tu was really hateful, he actually did so many things behind his back, making himself fall into such a passive situation. But at the same time, there was a trace of doubt in their hearts, since Taishi Cai had already mastered Sun Tu's movements, why didn't he just do it, but he had to call the three of them so much?

They don't think that Taishi Cai will be jealous of Sun Tu, even if he is a marquis who has made meritorious contributions, but in front of Taishi Cai, who is in power, he is still just a small person, as long as he flips his hand, he can completely knock him to the dust.

Cai Jing didn't mean to let them think more, but waved his hand and said: "Since it is the disaster you planted, it is up to you to think about it to calm down." Whether it was to come forward to help pacify those bandits, or to take Sun Tu as an opportunity, the old man would not ask. But there is only one request, to get things done as soon as possible, and by tomorrow at the latest, I want the Jingshi to restore the original state, and there will be no more chaos. ”

When the three of them heard this, they hurriedly complied. Zhou Fuyin and Wei Sizheng have quickly made a decision in their hearts, the master behind the worry-free cave is not something they can provoke, since the Taishi has said so, of course he has to take Sun Tu and them together.

Only Tang Jing had an extra heart at this time, he always felt that there was still something wrong with things, and Taishi Cai's attitude on this matter was a little strange. It seems that it is necessary to come steadily, at least not in a hurry.

After the three of them left, Cai Jing let out a breath of turbidity. Originally, he summoned the three of them here to put pressure on them to take down Sun Tu and the others. However, after getting two shocking pieces of news, he suddenly changed his mind.

"This snowstorm is not small, and I don't know how many people will suffer from it...... I didn't expect that person to be involved in this incident......"