Halfway through the lunar month, another snowstorm hit Bianliang, Tokyo, which made the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, which was already more and more lively and prosperous because it was close to the New Year's Festival, become a lot more deserted. And this is only inside the city, and the roads outside the city are even more empty and sparsely populated, especially some small hills far away from the official road, and there are no people in sight for a few days.

But on the twentieth day, there was more popularity on this hill outside the city, but the dozen or twenty servants only stood at the foot of the mountain, and on the hill there was only one person standing in front of the simple tomb, in this environment where the snowflakes were constantly blown down by the north wind, it seemed particularly lonely.

Sun Tu easily lit the incense candle and put it in the leeward place, then sifted three more glasses of wine, and slowly poured it in front of Zhou Dong and the newly established Zhou Xiuwan's clothed mound - until today he has not been able to find the latter's bones, in fact, even Gao Duo or those guys who helped dispose of the corpse in Sanssouci Cave could not remember where to bury her body, so he could only erect such a clothed mound as a memorial.

After a while, Sun Tucai calmly looked at the two tombs in front of him and said, "Master, Wan'er, please don't blame me, at least I can't bury you in another better place now." It's not that I can't afford it, it's that I have too many enemies right now, and they may not dare to do anything to me, but they may come to nuisance you. So for the time being, please be wronged here.

"But I've almost avenged your revenge, those bastards in Sanssouci Cave have paid for their sins with their lives, even if they weren't choked to death under the waterway, the court has already given a heavy sentence, and when the New Year is over, they will be sent to the border. As for Zhou Xiong, although he was almost freed from him before, he was still captured by his broken arm, and now he is seriously injured and about to die, maybe he won't even be able to pass this year.

"Of course, none of them matter, the most important thing is the high priest. A few days ago, he was killed by me in public, and he should have gone down to make amends to you. Wan'er, with the master by your side, this kind of Xiaoxiao naturally doesn't want to hurt you in the slightest, if you see him below, don't be soft, we have revenge! ”

As a young man who traveled through the 21st century, Sun Tu originally didn't believe in gods, ghosts, and ghosts. But now, he hopes that such an afterlife really exists, at least so that he can still talk to Master and them. After babbling like this for a while, his words suddenly changed: "And Gao Yu, in fact, in fact, his guilt is not lighter than Gao Duo, because if he hadn't connived at and sheltered, there would have been no reckless lawlessness for his son." Although I was so angry that he fell ill, I heard that he was much better now, and it seemed that I could not ask him to come down and make amends for his sins for the time being. But don't worry, one day, I will make him regret everything he has done, and let him pay for his mistakes with his life. ”

Although it was not a few days before Sun Tu killed Gao Duo on the street, this incident still set off a lot of turmoil in the capital. After all, Gao Duo's identity is quite special, and Gao Yu's fall after his incompetent rage made people feel very happy and at the same time gave birth to all kinds of strange emotions - Sun Tu's means to do all this are too ruthless and too bold!

But to the surprise of many people, even if Sun Tu did such a big thing, the court still did not mean to bring him to justice immediately. As a result, there are even rumors among the people that even the officials approve of his actions. After all, Sun Tu did have a word before killing Gao Duo, he killed the people with officials, and he killed the criminals who broke the law, so if you really want to be more serious, he is not only not guilty but meritorious. As for saying that Gao Duo is the son of Gao Taiwei, it can only show that his background is extraordinary, but his own identity is far from being comparable to that of the dignified Yuehou.

In fact, people who pay attention to the affairs of the court have also discovered an even more shocking truth, Sun Tu actually ripped the prince's party into the water this time, which is beyond everyone's expectations.

Although some people deliberately concealed it, when Sun Tu shouted out before the killing, the words still spread - it turned out that Gao Duo was able to get rid of the Sanssouci Cave case because he was protected by the prince's party, and they actually ignored the royal law of the court because of their own interests, and concealed all the witnesses and evidence, which was really lawless to the extreme. also brought the crown prince's prestige in the court plummeted.

If it was just like that, it would just let everyone have a few more conversations after dinner, but then a series of practices by the imperial court finalized everyone's speculation. First of all, the government hall personally selected people, selected officials from the Yushitai and Dali Temple to review the case of Sanssouci Cave, and some people went straight into the mansions of several East Palace officials to conduct a thorough search, it is said that even the Prince's East Palace was entered three times, but I don't know if there is any key evidence found.

But judging from everything that happened later, there should be. Because just the day before yesterday, the imperial court suddenly issued an edict allowing Ren Shu to return to his hometown, and some other Eastern Palace courtiers were also transferred to other places. You must know that the former is the most trusted old minister around the prince, and he is not sick or sick, and he suddenly tells the old man, isn't it a gentle way to take the official and dismiss? As for the departure of the other courtiers of the Eastern Palace, it is also a necessary way to isolate the prince, and at some point, an order will be issued to abolish the crown prince.

If these two are just hints, then yesterday's more exciting news really convinced people that the official family was determined to abolish the crown prince - Zhao Heng's status as the king of Jin has not changed, but the official Yin of Kaifeng Mansion has been taken away.

You must know that the Great Song Dynasty has had an unwritten rule since the beginning of the Taizong Dynasty, and every prince will be established as the king of Jin before becoming the throne, and will be awarded the official of Kaifeng Mansion Yin. Although it was not a mission, it was enough to prove its importance in the emperor's heart. And now, Zhao Heng has lost this glory, and the next thing is probably to be deprived of the title of King of Jin, and then abolish the crown prince.

Although Sun Tu was a little surprised by such a result, he quickly understood that it was obvious that Zhao Ji and Cai Jing were taking the opportunity to make trouble. The emperor originally had the idea of abolishing Chang Liyou, but he was just struggling to find a suitable reason before, but now it's good, Gao Duo can be regarded as being caught by him, so he naturally wants to sing the drama big and take this opportunity to abolish the prince. Although there will inevitably be people who will persuade and block this, as long as Cai Jing is the right to help, and the prince himself does have problems, it is enough to subdue the ministers.

And after thinking about all this, Sun Tu didn't have much thought. He didn't have any loyalty to Zhao Heng in the first place, and he was even a little dissatisfied with his previous choice. As for what he said about influencing history, it seemed to him to be even more of a joke. Does Zhao Heng be the Song Qinzong, it seems that it has no substantial impact on the outcome of the Northern Song Dynasty and the disaster of the people of the Central Plains, after all, after he succeeded to the throne, the Jin people did not enter the Central Plains like walking on the ground, and finally easily conquered the city of Tokyo?

And in the final analysis, Zhao Heng is also to blame for this result. It's his mediocrity and greed, it's his reuse of politicians who only know their own interests that lead to the current ending, Sun Tu just did something he had to do.

Even at this time, in front of the master's grave, Sun Tu could easily explain this matter slowly: "Master, this time the apprentice I even dragged the prince into the water, and I don't know what you think about the Heavenly Spirit Society." But in my opinion, in fact, these people are all the same, they are all short-sighted and greedy, ambitious and talented mediocre people, in the final analysis, they are all the same. Today is just the beginning, just here and watch, see how I clean them up! ”

After a long speech, it was getting late, and the wind and snow were tighter. Sun Tu looked up at the low-pressure sky, and drank the last glass of wine: "It's not too early, the apprentice will go back." I don't think it will be too peaceful this year, but Master and Wan'er, you don't have to worry about me, those people don't dare to disadvantage me now. You should know that I'm not one to fight a battle with certainty. ”

When Sun Tu walked down the mountain, he happened to see a team of chariots and horses slowly coming out of the city. It was almost dusk at this time, and it was too strange for someone to choose such a time to go out of the city. However, when he saw the small flag that was raised in front of his head and was blown away by the wind, he smiled again: "It turned out that Ren was alienated from Beijing, it seems that this time the emperor is serious, and he actually refused to let him drive people out after even a year." "It stands to reason that when an old minister like him leaves Beijing, there are always all kinds of honors, and the emperor has to set up a banquet. But today's departure is too sad, it's just his own family, and he has to brave the snow to hurry.

At this time, Ren Shu, who was lying in the carriage sickly, didn't know that he was passing by Sun Tu, the initiator, if he knew, the old man might be so angry that he would burst his veins and couldn't return to his hometown.

Sun Tu watched the team go away with cold eyes, only then did he turn over and shout: "Let's go, let's go back, have a few drinks tonight and celebrate." ”

The guards around him immediately laughed and responded, and dozens of horsemen braved the wind and snow and quickly rushed to the city gate.

However, Sun Tu's plan to celebrate with a drink at home fell through when he returned home. Just as he entered the door, he saw a steward greet him with a strange expression, handed over an invitation and said, "Master Hou, someone sent an invitation in the afternoon, saying that Taishi Cai wants to invite you to come over the house." ”

Sun Tu was also stunned when he heard this, and took the gilded invitation casually, and after opening it, he saw the text of Cai Jing's handwritten handwriting, which was strong and beautiful - "Set up a thin banquet at home today, and hope that the Marquis of Yue will come." "Behind is the signing of the dragon flying and phoenix dance, Hanlin Cai Jing!

"Why did he suddenly think of inviting me?" Although his heart was full of doubts about this matter, Sun Tu also knew that this dinner party could not be postponed. And looking at the sky, it was time to go.