Li Zhu, as the second-in-command of the Fangshan Bandits, one of the top leaders, and also the direct person in charge of many major tasks trusted by Wang Qing, naturally knows the inside story and secrets of the Fangshan Bandits, in order to show his sincerity to Zhao Huan and Zhu Wu, Li Zhu handed over a list of more than 50 people in just half a pillar of incense with his super memory, and said that these more than 50 people are all Song Army personnel who have been bought by the Fangshan Bandits!

Zhao Huan was shocked when he saw this list, because there were many middle and senior officers in the Jingxi Bandit Coalition Army on the list!

At Zhu Wu's suggestion, Zhao Huan immediately ordered that all the more than 50 people be captured according to this list, fortunately, the matter of Li Zhu and others has not yet been completely spread, only a few of the more than 50 people have just received the news until shortly before the crime, and they were caught in time before they escaped, and then after a little interrogation, these more than 50 people could not withstand the torture and all admitted to the crime of being bribed by the Fangshan bandits and secretly passing the latest information of the Song army to the Fangshan bandits.

Zhao Huan finally understood why Tong Guan's ability to lead the army was forced to be so helpless by the thieves, in addition to the objective fact that the Song army's combat effectiveness was not strong, he did not expect that every action plan he issued, the detailed deployment of the Song army, staffing, grain and grass hoarding, etc., were all known to the Fangshan thieves, so of course, he had to fall behind everywhere and be very passive.

Zhao Huan couldn't help but be a little afraid, if Zhu Wu hadn't solved the matter, hadn't succeeded in persuading Li Zhu, and Li Zhu hadn't told the truth, I don't know how much he would have suffered because of this! can only be fortunate that Zhu Wu is investigating this matter, and the manpower used is mainly based on the Qishan Army, which has little connection with the Jingxi Army, otherwise it will be a surprise and nothing will be found!

For a while, Zhao Huan felt more and more that this Zhu Wuzhen was his lucky general, and he actually helped him solve one big problem after another, and at the same time, he also fully believed that Li Zhu's surrender should be true! At the same time, Zhao Huan also figured out one thing, that is, since Li Zhu is the second-in-command of the Fangshan thief Kou, and he is really obedient, wouldn't it indirectly prove that what he said about Zheng Linfeng on Jingxi Road has been secretly funding the Fangshan thief Kou to fight against the imperial court is also true? !

Now I can't help but Zhao Huan doesn't believe it, and he figured out the purpose of Zheng Linfeng's move after a little thought, it is obvious that Zheng Linfeng has seen the fact that the imperial court is going to attack him after pacifying the Quartet, so he will unconditionally fund Wang Qing and Fangshan thieves at such a cost, just like he tried every means to refuse the imperial court to order him to go to the southeast to quell the rebellion together, he just wanted to let the Great Song Dynasty be busy with the rebellion and have no time to move him, and his heart of raising Kou and self-respect is obvious!

Now, Zhao Huan also completely understood that Zhu Wu was indeed not deliberately framing Zheng Linfeng, and he even felt a trace of guilt for doubting Zhu Wu, how good Zhu Wu is, what a trustworthy person, although he is attached to himself for the sake of future glory and wealth, but who is not like this? But I doubt him! And with his cleverness, he was afraid that he had guessed his distrust of him from his reaction not long ago, and he would not be devastated by this? Will this create a gap between yourself and him? No, you have to make a gesture as soon as possible to make up for it!

Zhao Huan made up his mind and immediately summoned Zhu Wu, and took the initiative to ask him frankly how to deal with Zheng Linfeng's fornication and betrayal of the imperial court?

It can be seen that in the face of Zhao Huan's attitude, Zhu Wu was very happy, he thought for a moment and gave a suggestion, he said, this matter cannot be made public, because once it is made public, it will be equivalent to tearing his face with Zheng Linfeng, and now that the Fangshan bandits have not been pacified, they will have another war, which is very unfavorable to us and will also cause dissatisfaction in the imperial court. Therefore, not only can this matter not be made public, but we must deliberately pretend that nothing has happened to Zheng Linfeng, stabilize him as much as possible, and at the same time secretly send this matter to Tokyo and present it to the emperor as soon as possible, so that the imperial court can prepare in time to deal with Zheng Linfeng's possible sudden attack, and then we can continue to suppress bandits here with peace of mind.

Zhao Huan nodded in agreement, and then asked suspiciously, how should it be pretended to be shown to others?

Zhu Wu replied, it's very simple, the Jingdong people who let go today are probably wondering whether their identities have been exposed, and they are probably secretly observing us at the moment, since this is the case, then let's play a show for them, that is, just put the dozens of Fangshan bandits who were caught, except for Li Zhu, all of them were executed, and then their heads were hung high, claiming that we had just exterminated a group of Fangshan thieves who were smuggling firearms, but that group of Fangshan thieves refused to surrender and had been killed by us. Among them is Li Zhu, the second-in-command of the Fangshan thieves! In this way, they can confuse them and make up their minds, as long as they still have even a little luck in their hearts, then our goal will be achieved!

Zhao Huan couldn't help but applaud, this plan is really wonderful, I'll arrange it!

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A few days later, Zhao Huan's secret music was sent directly to Tokyo, and when it was sent to the emperor's place by hand, the emperor was in the study with several ministers, and only listened to the emperor's hearty laughter from time to time in the study, which was a voice that had not been heard in the palace for a long time, and the emperor had encountered something special to make him happy? Could it be because of the good news that the prince received a few days ago that he had won the first battle and recovered three county towns in a row?

Of course, the prince's victory in the first battle is a good thing, but it is not the most important, because just this morning, Liang Shicheng dedicated a painting to the emperor, which made the emperor extremely happy.

The emperor took Liang Shicheng and others to look at this painting several times and several times, it was simply a lingering, and after a long time, he was satisfied with a long sigh of relief and smiled at Liang Shicheng, "Wu Daozi's true works are not easy to find, it is difficult for you to be so careful, by the way, I'm afraid it is a lot of waste, right?" ”

Liang Shicheng smiled reluctantly with a somewhat embarrassed face, first looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, and then hid his appearance and pretended to be calm and said, "Minister...... It's not hard, and it is the minister's greatest wish to make the saint happy! ”

His reaction kept falling in the eyes of the emperor, and the emperor couldn't help but wonder, "What's wrong?" ”

"Minister...... ...... minister,"

"Aiqing just said it if she had something to say, why is she so spitting?"

As soon as he heard this, Liang Shicheng suddenly knelt on the ground and said with a bitter face, "Qiqi Sheng, the minister does not dare to deceive you, in fact, this painting ...... It is not for you. ”

The emperor was stunned for a moment, and said even more curiously, "What? Not you? So who is that? ”

Liang Shicheng hesitated for a moment but said, "Actually, this painting is dedicated to you...... It's a child! ”

The emperor was very surprised, is it Tong Guan? Because of the unfavorable pacification of Xijing, King Jia and Tong Guan were severely blamed by the emperor when they returned to Tokyo, and finally, King Jia was ordered by the emperor to go back to King Jia's mansion to think about it behind closed doors, and Tong Guan was dismissed from his post and also returned home to think about it behind closed doors.

Liang Shicheng continued, "Master Tong knows that he is deeply responsible, and he has been thinking about it at home behind closed doors in accordance with the will of the Holy God for the past few days, and I heard that he only eats one meal a day, does not touch meat, and only sleeps on straw mats, and he has lost a lot of weight in just a few days. Yesterday, Master Tong suddenly sent someone to summon me and told me that he had been serving the saint for a long time, knew the temper of the saint, and was worried that the saint must be worried about the country and the people and was in a bad mood, and he was even more worried that the saint would be tired because of this, so he asked me to forward a thing to the saint, which was this painting, but he also told the minister not to tell the saint that he had offered this painting, so as not to get angry when the saint heard his name! He just wanted to make the saint happy, nothing else. ”

When the emperor heard this, he was immediately moved in his heart, and couldn't help but secretly sigh that it was an old minister, and he knew my intentions .......

Liang Shicheng continued, "But the minister never dared to deceive the saint in anything, this time ......, the minister was entrusted by the people, and he promised a thousand gold, and he wanted to pretend to be guilty of bullying the king, but he didn't expect to be seen through by the saint's fiery eyes, and asked the saint to atone for his sins!" ”

The Emperor sighed and waved his hand, "I don't blame you, get up." ”

Liang Shicheng thanked him again and again and stood up,

The emperor retracted his gaze and looked at the painting again, silent, and after a while, he heard him sigh as if talking to himself, "It's really difficult for Tong Aiqing...... but victory and defeat are also common things in soldiers, besides, Kai'er and Tong Aiqing didn't lose any battles, ...... just delayed for a while......!" ”

Liang Shicheng and the others all lit up when they heard this, and several of them quietly glanced at each other, and the corners of their mouths couldn't help revealing a deeply hidden smile, while Zheng Juzhong, Li Bangyan and others all showed disdain, but they were helpless about it.

Finally, the emperor turned around and said, "Spread my will, let Kai'er and Tong Aiqing not think about it behind closed doors, and come to see me tomorrow morning!" ”

Zhang Di said, "Yes! With that, he went out to deliver the decree, but he went out less than half a moment and then turned back, holding a brocade box in his hand and said respectfully to the emperor, "Holy Lord, I just received an urgent performance from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”

When the emperor heard this, he smiled and said, "Oh? It's only been a few days, but Huan'er has good news? Open it up and show me. ”

In an instant, Liang Shicheng, Wang Hao and other Jiawang parties, as well as Zheng Juzhong, Li Bangyan and other princelings, all stared at the brocade box, and secretly wondered what kind of news was in it? Is it the prince's good news of another miraculous feat? Or the crown prince...... News of a big defeat?!