Jiu Gongzi turned his back to the supervisor of the Lin'an Imperial City Division and asked, "How many people have joined forces?" How many blood bookmarks? ”

"More than 10,000 people." The supervisor of the Imperial City Division replied tremblingly.

"Got it, you go down." The Ninth Prince waved his hand and asked the supervisor of the Lin'an Imperial City Division to leave.

When no one was there, Jiu Gongzi stood up and looked at the sky outside in a daze.

"Wait. Wait. There can be no rush. The Ninth Prince said to the sky in an almost empty voice.

When Zhao Ji sat on the dragon chair of Lin'an Palace again, the ministers in front of him were all the members of his small court.

At this time, Zhao Ji no longer looked like he was trembling last night, and he was sitting in danger, showing his royal demeanor.

"Last night, the Zhaoqing army and the officials of the relatives made an uproar, and thousands of Zhaoqing soldiers from the Fengshan Gate hit my Xuande Palace! I ask you, who bears this responsibility? Zhao Ji's tone was slightly flat, but the content of his words made people shudder involuntarily.

"The old minister is not good at commanding the army. His majesty has no way to disturb the holy driver. I also ask the official family to forgive the sin. Tong Guan was the first to come out of the queue and bowed his head and said.

Cai Jing also came out and said: "The old minister is also responsible for negligence, and he also asks the official family to forgive him." ”

Dozens of officials looked left and right, this is when the two powerful figures have confessed, can they still run?

simply confessed their sins together.

Only Liang Shicheng did not plead guilty, he wanted to get up from the swivel chair.

Unfortunately, he was seriously injured and stabbed by the assassin, although it was not life-threatening, but it was completely foolish to recover his mobility in a short time.

"Officials, ministers are also guilty, and ministers are also guilty! The minister is guilty of negligence. Liang Shicheng wanted to struggle to stand up, but unfortunately the swivel chair restrained him.

Liang Shicheng shouted loudly, Zhao Ji is angry, are all the courtiers in his nest at this level?

"The Chen family in Huainan, the Cui family in Huaibei, I let their head of the family come to see them, refused to see them, and shirked them for various reasons, it has been more than a month! There is no way to see the court, and there is no respect for the law! I want to crusade against it. Who will lead the troops? Zhao Ji asked coldly.

"Wanwang officials have more consideration, and the Cui family and the Chen family are the mainstays of the businessmen. Crusade at will, the teacher is unknown, and the fear of public opinion is noisy, which is harmful to the society. Wanwang officials think twice. When Cai Jing heard this, his face changed greatly!

As soon as Wang Boyan heard it, he knew that the time had come to perform.

"Official! The Chen family and the Cui family are not subordinate! Urging food many times but not accepting, the heart of disobedience has been clearly known, if there is no punishment! How can the majesty of the Son of Heaven come! How can we talk about the Jongmyo Society?! Officials, ministers are willing to lead soldiers and horses! Please also ask for the permission of the official! Wang Boyan's answer made Zhao Ji's face happy.

However, he quickly looked at Tong Guan.

"Does King Tongjun have nothing to say?" Zhao Ji asked.

Tong Guan thought for a long time before bowing his head and saying, "The old minister thinks it's not appropriate to crusade. Huainan and Huaibei have been operating in two places for a long time, Huainan and Huaibei have many fields and many fields, and it is not easy for soldiers and horses to move forward. If it is a crusade and the Chen family and the Cui family flee north, it will increase the bargaining chips on His Royal Highness the Prince's side. The minister thought that from the overall situation, he could not crusade. ”

His voice was small, but in the main hall, everyone could hear it.

Zhao Ji's face was several times before he finally sighed, Tong Guan was loyal and what he said was reasonable. He couldn't argue with it.

But after sparing the Cui family and the Chen family, he couldn't swallow this breath in his heart.

"Then order the Chen family to sacrifice ten thin horses, if not, the soldiers will come in an instant! Destroying the family is just a matter of time, let the Chen family think about it clearly. There is also the Cui family, three boats of grain, not a single bit is missing. Otherwise, I'll see you! Zhao Ji said angrily.

The Chen family's thin horses were originally used for entertainment, and there were only ten horses, and they were sent to Lin'an without stopping for two days. And the Cui family's food raising was slower, and it was delivered in less than ten days.

"The Emperor Taishang decreed that there must be no less. Have these three ships of grain been checked clearly? The shopkeeper of the Cui family stood in front of Tong Guan and asked.

Tong Guan stared at the rude shopkeeper and said, "Naturally, the inspection is clear, and there has been no shortage of catties or two." ”

With an inexplicable smile on his face, the shopkeeper grabbed a handful of grain, threw it into the river, and said, "What now?"

Tong Guan was not angry, he took out the simple knife of the official next to him, and slashed it on the shopkeeper's body.

The man fell into the river with a pop.

"Provoking royal majesty. Sin deserves death. Tong Guan inserted the knife back into the scabbard.

Tong Guan said loudly: "Come to the housekeeper to carry the body back, and then tell the head of the Cui family to send another boatload of grain overnight, otherwise I will report the matter here to the emperor truthfully, and at that time, whether it is the shopkeeper who did it, or the head of the Cui family who instructed it to do, I can't tell you." ”

"Even if it goes to the new emperor, this shopkeeper is so detrimental to the dignity of the royal family, can the Cui family still live?" Tong Guan's voice was a little cold.

Although it was already summer in Lin'an City, everyone was still frightened by this tone of cold sweat.

The Cui family was obedient, and in the evening, the Cui family's fleet docked at the dock in Lin'an.

The shopkeeper of the ship was a clever man, and when he saw Tong Guan, he greeted him with a smile and said: "King Tong Jun, when the head of my family heard about this, he was ashamed and indignant. Didn't you immediately transport four boatloads of grain to Lin'an? These three ships were supplied to the Emperor Taishang at that time. This boatload of grain was given to King Tongjun. ”

The shopkeeper bit the second grain very hard, and he led Tong Guan to the fourth ship, on which there were three boxes, Jiaozi from Huainan, with 100,000 taels of silver written on it.

Inside the second box was a pile of land deeds, and the shopkeeper looked left and right and said: "King Tongjun, this is all carefully selected land to ensure a bumper harvest every year in drought and flood." ”

In the third box was a sword, and the shopkeeper opened the box of the sword and said, "This is Zhan Lu, I don't know if King Tongjun knows?" ”

"It is forged by the sword-casting master Ou Yezi, the sword is also completed, the essence is through the sky, the sun and the moon are shining, the stars are avoiding, the ghosts and gods are sorrowful, and a sword is swinging down the boulder."

A dark sword weapon appeared in Tong Guan's eyes.

"But the real thing? Take less fakes to fool our family. Tong Guan took out the black sword and looked at it in his hand for a moment.

This long sword, which is black all over and has no trace, makes people feel not its sharpness, but a kind of generosity.

"What a sword! Where did you get it from? Although Tong Guan didn't distinguish the real from the fake, he still didn't think there was anything wrong with this sword.

"During the Jin Dynasty, it was owned by the generals of the Jin Dynasty. Then it was transferred to the hands of the former Tang Xue Rengui, and this sword was received by the head of the family from Han Qixiangmen's house. It is said that in the official royal driving campaign, Captain Yue, who had accumulated great military exploits, was a servant in Han Qimen, and in order to redeem himself, he used a sword to offset it. ”

The shopkeeper smiled brightly.

It's not clear if this sword is Zhan Lu, but this is Yue Fei's former sword, so it's very interesting.

Tong Guan nodded very satisfied, and patted the shopkeeper's shoulder, the Cui family was very clever.