After a while, Geng Gong woke up slowly, burst into tears, and said sadly: "I met Wu Meng and Li Kang in the troubled hills, and since then I have fought all the way, with more bitterness and less happiness. Back then, my brother took 300 soldiers back to the reinforcement division, and I was sad in my heart, knowing that once I parted, it would be forever. At that time, Brother Dare and Brother Wu were exiled to Yumen Pass, and before leaving, I was worried, how could I have expected that it would be the last side? Brother Dare is righteous, upright, and hateful to my father, thinking about it, alas, blame me, blame me, I should take Brother Dare with me, so that I can protect him and not be harmed......"

Zhengde Palace, the candlelight is thousands, the fireworks are soaring to the sky, the dragon carved by nine jade pillars in the hall, the angry eyes are round, and the majesty is majestic. Emperor Zhang sat on the dragon chair, his face was as heavy as water, and a pair of dragon eyes were like knives, sweeping around the civil and military officials. The civil and military officials trembled, their legs were weak, and the hall was as silent as death. At this time, footsteps sounded, and more than a dozen royal forest soldiers carried a basket of letters and silks, and the fish rushed in. All the civil and military forces were inexplicable, Emperor Zhang smiled coldly, and said softly: "Yesterday, the Dou Mansion was sealed overnight, and many letters were found. ”

Dou Gu is in power, the power is scorching, hundreds of officials in the world, door to door, who doesn't flatter? Zhong Wenwu suddenly sweated profusely, frightened, and his heart was pounding, and he secretly thought: "Dou Gu has been arrested, and the top priority is to eliminate the chaotic party and revive the dynasty." The emperor suddenly took out these letters, and he was going to settle accounts after the autumn, this, how is this good? ”

Emperor Zhang smiled secretly, sank his face, deliberately did not speak, a pair of dragon eyes, revealing a murderous aura, and looked at the civil and military officials one by one. The civil and military forces were even more afraid, bowing their heads and holding their hands, trembling, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down from their foreheads and fell to the ground, making a sound of "pop, pop, pop". Emperor Zhang only felt that since he ascended the throne, he had never been so happy, he suddenly raised his head and laughed, laughed for a long time, and then stopped, and said: "Dou Gu is entrenched in the imperial court, even if I am afraid, I am also afraid of him, let alone Qing and others?" Corresponds to him, human nature, how can I get to the bottom of the matter, toss and turn, and make the country uneasy? Someone came, carried the letter out, and burned it! Emperor Zhang paused, and said solemnly: "But from today on, you Aiqing will reform your ways, support the Han family, put the common people in the world first, and must not betray the court, despise the society, form a party for personal gain, deceive the superiors and conceal the subordinates, if I find out, I will not be pardoned!" The civil and military forces were surprised, and they took a long breath, only to know that Emperor Zhang's virtue was broad, his instruments were deep, and he was skilled in controlling people, and he didn't dare to have two hearts.

Emperor Zhang got up and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, follow me outside the hall, take a look at the fire that has burned some letters, and then come to the discussion." The civil and military officials held their breath, not far or near, followed behind Emperor Zhang, and came to the outside of the hall. The Foresters piled up the dead branches, placed the basket on it, and lit a fire. In an instant, the flames soared into the sky, engulfing thousands of letters and burning to ashes! The stone hanging in the air by the civil and military officials only landed on the ground.

Then to the Zhengde Palace, Emperor Zhang said in a deep voice: "Dou's Rong Ma life, counting out of the Saiwai, conquering the Huns, Yan Ran Le Shi, Gong than Wei Qing, Huo Quai, the first emperor died, Dou returned to the army, sanitized the palace, and I successfully ascended the throne." However, merit must be rewarded, and punishment must be punished, and I have repeatedly rewarded him, which is enough to call his merit. However, the Dou clan is high and powerful, under one person, above 10,000 people, but the party is the same and different, for the sake of the trouble, I can't bear it, so I send troops to arrest each other, you Aiqing talk about it, how to deal with it? ”

As soon as the words fell, Wu Lun came out of the crowd and said: "Your Majesty, Dou is inherently responsible for the country, and his sins are unforgivable, so he should be beheaded according to the law!" The rest of the civil officials were also filled with indignation and stood up one after another, accusing Dou Gu of his crimes, saying that he was abusing power and taking power, that he was corrupt, and that he was rampant in Luoyang...... The corpses of five horses should be divided and cut with thousands of knives to relieve the hatred in their hearts. These things are half-truths and half-truths, but the wall is down and everyone pushes it, and at this time, no one can distinguish between right and wrong.

Geng Gong didn't say a word, bitter in his heart, and secretly thought: "When Dou Gu was in his prime, these people rushed to dedicate themselves. Now that Dou Gu is imprisoned, these people immediately clear up the relationship, fall into the well, and want to cut him in half, people's hearts are not ancient, people's hearts are not ancient...... "At this time, another person said that Dou Gu would eat fifty dishes at one meal and play with eighteen women in one night...... This person said with tears in his eyes, as if he had seen it with his own eyes, all the civil and military officials were angry, Geng Gong couldn't help but feel funny, and suddenly couldn't help it, and laughed.

Emperor Zhang's face changed, and he said, "Geng Gong, what are you laughing at?" ”

"Your Majesty, as far as the ministers know, although the Dou Mansion has countless treasures and is rich enough to rival the country, Dou Gu is very simple, there are only four dishes per meal, where are the fifty dishes? Dou Gu believes in Taoism, likes to be a monk the most, is sixty years old, exhausted and weak, and thanks to the grace of his wife Princess Nieyang, how can he sleep in eighteen daughters? This is pure nonsense! ”

At this time, Shangshu Han Ling flashed out and said, "Your Majesty, what Geng Gong said is true. The minister was ordered to search the Dou Mansion and saw that there were many overnight dishes in his room. It turned out that Dou Gu was very frugal, and if he couldn't finish the dishes, he would store them and save them for the next meal. As for sleeping with eighteen women one night, it is pure nothing, in the Dou Mansion, except for Princess Nieyang, there are only ten women, all of whom are servants, and they are over forty years old. Although Dou Gu is in a dictatorial position, he is not useless as everyone Wenwu said, otherwise, how could he make such a great achievement? ”

Emperor Zhang's face softened slightly, and said: "Geng Gong, this time to sweep away the Dou Party, Qing and Ma Fang, the most contribution, the greatest credit, Dou Gu has been entrenched in the imperial court for many years, what do you say to deal with?" ”

"Your Majesty, Dou Gu's merits, the minister doesn't need to say much. Fang is under today, the border is restless, the warehouse is not profitable, the mulberry is not prosperous, the education is not done, a hundred ends are waiting to be lifted, the situation is pressing, the country thinks about governing the country and the country, opening up the territory and fixing the border. Yan Ran leshi, support the emperor, these merits, the world knows, if the emperor kills Dou Gu, will not end the hope of the scholars? Let me ask the emperor, who else in the world dares to serve? Moreover, although Dou Gu is authoritarian, there is no opposition. In the past, Li Daoren and Xu Yun both persuaded Dou Gu to rebel, but Dou Gu was furious, saying that the Dou family was a thief? ”