The scorching red sun, the scorching sun, and the high temperature have made the animals learn to be invisible.

The Zhao'an team braved the scorching sun and hurried on the way back to Beijing. An official complained: "This sun is also poisonous, and it is so hot that people are burning, and I really want to find a cool place to rest." ”

After hearing this, Chen Zongshan said: "No matter how vicious the sun is, it is not as good as Cai Lao Pifu, so we will quickly return to Beijing and tell Your Majesty the truth." As long as Cai Lao Pifu goes into the wilderness, there will be a cool world in the Great Song Dynasty. Pass the order, everyone go full speed ahead! I remember that when I came, I passed through a place on the Green Pine Ridge, where the forest was deep and the trees were thick, and we went there to rest again, and then we arrived in another hour. ”

The Zhao'an team rushed forward.

In the dense forest of Qingsong Ridge, the Zhao'an team put the horse reins on a tree and tied them to the tree so that they could graze at will. Everyone rested in the forest, and the officials unbuttoned their shirts, shook their fans, and chatted while drinking water. The guards stripped off their shirts and rubbed the dirt on their bodies with their hands, and some of the guards casually folded off large leaves to fan the cool, the weather was too hot.

At this time, a horse suddenly stood upright and neighed, pulling the reins vigorously, and someone just wanted to scold a few uninteresting dead horses, which made people uneasy, but looked up but was stunned. All around were dense black-clothed people, armed with bows and arrows, waist knives, their faces covered with black cloth, and their heads wore large hats, and the Zhao'an team was surrounded.

The encirclement of the man in black is getting smaller and smaller, and the Zhao'an team is slowly surrounding in fear. At this time, a more daring guard shouted: "Who is so bold that he dares to surround the emperor's personal recruitment team, and is he impatient?" In exchange for a word, an arrow passed through the throat.

The man in black in the lead said gloomily: "Those who lay down their weapons will not die!" Otherwise, kill them all! ”

More than a dozen guards hurriedly laid down their weapons, and the team was instantly surrounded by the men in black divided into two groups, one group was guards, and the other group was officials. The leader gave an order, and many black-clothed people came forward to search their bodies one by one, and after a while, the edict was broken, and all Lin Ji's confessions were presented to the leader.

After reading his confession, he said coldly: "What a mighty and unyielding Lin Yu, who dares to show his iron bones in front of the emperor of Liao, but he is unscrupulous in front of a group of thieves, what's the use of leaving you!" ”

With a wave of his big hand, Lin Yu was pulled over, and a pill was forcibly put into his mouth, and he fell to the ground in a wail for a while.

The ruthlessness flashed in the leader's eyes, and a few words popped out of his mouth: "The guards are all dead!" After saying that, screams erupted, and the unarmed guards died tragically in the blink of an eye.

The leader turned his gaze to the official again, and his gaze was the same as that of the demon in hell, cold and dead, without any life, but he never said the word "kill". There is no proof of death, but it will cause suspicion and suspicion, it is a stupid way to set yourself on fire, let them live, let them do things for themselves is the best policy, after thinking about it again and again, the leader said viciously: "Do it according to the method I said, live!" Otherwise, die! Those who are alive have no worries about their families, and those who are dead will be followed by their families! Now choose to stand on the right side of the life. ”

The officials looked at each other and slowly walked to the right.

The court was shocked, Long Yan was furious, and the thief Kou was arrogant, and he actually tore up the edict; The courtiers were even more domineering, and they actually changed their holy will, and their sins were unforgivable.

A group of Zhao'an officials complained about Hou Meng in the court, and the series of inhuman treatment they received in Liangshanbo was caused by Hou Meng. He instructed Lin Yu to poison the imperial wine, which not only disobeyed the holy will and lost the royal face in front of the thieves, but also hindered His Majesty's plan to recruit peace, with ill intentions.

Hou Meng shouted that he was wronged, and shouted that His Majesty could not punish the crime with one-sided words, and should be clearly investigated. Huizong angrily threw Lin Ji's confession to the ground, Hou Meng picked it up and couldn't help but be angry, and he asked to confront Lin Ji in court.

At this time, Chen Zongshan said: "Lin Yu knew that he was guilty, ashamed of the Great Song Dynasty, ashamed of His Majesty, shameless to return to the capital to see the car, and committed suicide by taking poison on the way. Lin Ji still had a conscience and found that when he died, he knelt down to the east and kowtowed, chanting long live, and then committed suicide by taking poison. ”

There is no proof of death.

Hou Meng is unwilling, this is purely a frame-up! He didn't believe that someone was reversing black and white under the dawn of the day, he didn't believe that everyone would be complicit, so he turned his head and asked the rest of the officials who participated in the recruitment: "Have you ever seen it?" ”

The rest of the people said that this matter was true, and the Lin family did commit suicide in fear of sin, but they didn't know where the poison pill he took came from. Maybe he knew that there was today, and it was not impossible for him to use the poison pill as a backup for suicide.

Hou Meng was indignant, and he said loudly: "Your Majesty Mingjian! This matter must be strange! If the Lin family's poisoning was true, and the Liangshan thieves also knew that the imperial wine was poisonous, why didn't they get angry at the temporary reception center, but instead invited them to go up the mountain to slander the imperial court? Is it that the thieves in Liangshan are full, or are the ministers hiding the truth? There are a lot of doubts among them, I hope Your Majesty will investigate carefully! "Let's take a book

When Huizong heard this, he felt that what Hou Meng said was reasonable, and said to Chen Zongshan: "Chen Aiqing, you are the ambassador of Zhao'an, you know the truth best, you can tell me specifically." ”

Chen Zongshan explained the matter in detail. He said that he followed the strategy of the original court discussion, mainly to lure Song Jiang to recruit An, as long as they left the lair, the court had a way to deal with them. Therefore, he agreed to any request, and the thief was moved by the sincerity of the imperial court, so he invited him to go up the mountain to receive the order. Song Jiang was about to accept the order, first asking for the imperial wine given to them last time, but Lin Yi didn't dare to drink it and was found by them, and finally found out that the imperial wine was poisonous. So much so that the thieves were furious, and something happened to scold the court.

Speaking of this, Chen Zongshan burst into tears: "Your Majesty wants to severely punish the person who poisoned him, this person is extremely vicious, and the ministers and others will almost not be able to return to the capital to face the saint." Your Majesty, when the thief Lin Chong was tearing up the edict, I and the ministers stepped forward to stop it, but we were helpless, and the edict was still destroyed. Your Majesty, please take a look, this is a corner of the edict snatched by Weichen. Even if the ministers are broken bones, they must preserve their dignity for the community. ”

The eunuch presented a few fragments, and Huizong had seen that it was indeed an edict, but what he saw was only a few words in front of the edict, and there were no threatening words in the back. Huizong was also infected by the minister's loyalty, and couldn't help but praise: "All Aiqing are my good ministers, and it is really a blessing for the people to have you." Spread the word of the word, the recruiters have merit, and they will be rewarded and knighted! ”

In a wave of admiration and envious eyes, Chen Zongshan wiped away his tears and said: "Everyone on this trip is loyal to the country, and they put life and death out of the way. Returning to Beijing, passing through the green pine ridge and lush forests to rest, Lin Yu suddenly committed suicide, and soon several teams of killers came, and the guards tried their best to protect everyone's safety, and finally all died. Wechen asked His Majesty to give additional rewards to the dead guards to encourage more soldiers to be loyal to the country! ”

Huizong was shocked: "And at this time? Can Chen Aiqing find out who did it? ”

Before Chen Zongshan could speak, one person rushed out and said, "Your Majesty!" That day, the killer killed all the guards, but instead of attacking Weichen and others, he retreated in a panic. Chen Ben was puzzled, and then Chen thought of a detail: the killers rushed in to see Lin Yu's body, and the lead killer also tested the authenticity with his hand in front of his nostrils, and then ordered a hasty retreat. At this time, it suddenly dawned on the ministers that their target was Lin Yu, and they were here to kill people and kill people, which was the usual trick of the main messenger behind the scenes. ”

One incident was linked together, and the spearhead was directed at Hou Meng, and Huizong and all the ministers focused their attention on Hou Meng. Hou Meng knew that he had been wronged, but he had no evidence to explain it, so he could only say in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, someone deliberately distorted the facts, confused the public, and wronged the minister!" It's all the words of the family, ask Your Majesty to learn from it! ”

Cha Chong has always been Cai Jing's number one attacker, and when he saw that the time had come, he came out and asked sharply: "Hou Shilang, do you mean that so many ministers have joined together to deceive the Holy Lord and wronged you?" In your eyes, the ministers are all treacherous, and you are the only one who is loyal! Who is loyal or who is treacherous, the saint is like a mirror in his heart, and it is useless for you to pour ecstasy soup on the saint! Who can't see that the matter of poisoning the wine is exposed, you send someone to kill the mouth, Lin Yu had no choice but to commit suicide, in order to protect his family from misery. Hou Shilang, now that the human and material evidence is there, even if you are clever and clever, you will not be able to escape the responsibility! ”

"Hou Meng, Zhao'an is a national policy you proposed, and now you are deliberately sabotaging and trapping Your Majesty in words and untrusted, what do you have in mind?"

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Immediately, Cai Jing's lackeys began to bombard Hou Meng, involving many words and deeds since Hou Meng joined the office, and even some things about his parents, many of which they knew came from fabrication as soon as they heard it.

Hou Meng watched himself being framed by Cai Jing and drowning in saliva by the courtiers, but there was no way to change the reality. The lord is mediocre, even if he is loyal, there is no place to show it. Annoyance, grief, and disappointment made his already weak body suddenly lose its spiritual support, and he slowly fainted in the court.

Half a month later, Hou Meng, who had suffered a lot from prison, was sent to Dongping Mansion, and due to frailty and excessive grief, he died on the way at the age of sixty-eight.

Cai Jing's heart was full of joy, this was a silent coup d'état, and he was the only winner. political enemies went into exile and died in a foreign land; Those who know are silent, and there is nowhere to find clues; A large number of courtiers were controlled and coerced by themselves, and the court was almost his hall.

Cai Jingman thought that Huizong would raise an army to attack thieves because of the edict, but who knew that Huizong would put the matter on hold. Cai Jing was anxious, and sending troops was not only to avenge his daughter and son-in-law, but also to make his own pockets bulge in the transfer of money and food. He is old, he will step down one day, and the power will always be handed over to others, and he must work hard for the children and grandchildren of the Cai family to enjoy glory and wealth forever. However, no matter how hard the Cai family tried, Huizong would always report with two words, "reconsider", which delayed the war indefinitely and extended Cai Jing's hopes indefinitely.

Zhao Ji was very conflicted in his heart, he liked more and more to cultivate his sentiments in calligraphy and painting, and the prosperity and calm of the capital were just right for him to improve his artistic realm. The construction of too many scenic spots has sublimated his calligraphy and painting art, so he is keen on art and revels in pleasure at the same time, and he has long been tired of fighting and bloody. However, he has another dream in his heart, that is, to surpass Song Zu and become the first emperor of the ages, and he wants to include the sixteen states of Yanyun, which the Han people have been talking about for hundreds of years, into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. It was the male lord who wanted to set his sights on the big place and do things that others did not dare to think about or dare to do, so he was waiting for the news of the two groups of messengers.

Liangshanbo has a geographical advantage, and if it wants to be completely eradicated, unless the army has been besieged for three years and five years. The cost of doing so is bound to be huge, and some of the gains of the imperial court outweigh the losses, and some of them are powerless, and Liang Shanbo is just a bandit, and it can be done with a good edict. The imperial court should accumulate money and grain and use it to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, and good steel should be used on the blade, and it should not be wasted in the suppression of bandits. How could an emperor with such thoughts agree to Cai Jing's request?

With the incident of poisoning the imperial wine, Liang Shanbo must be angry, and Zhao'an can only run aground and wait for the opportunity. However, the imperial court also informed Song Jiang of the results of the investigation to show the court's sincerity to Zhao'an.

Song Jiang, who was far away in Liangshanbo, saw the investigation report on poisoned liquor sent by the imperial court, and laughed and laughed. thought that he accidentally came to the Song Dynasty, changed a lot of history, and found out the mastermind behind the poisoning in the wine, Cai Jing had to withdraw from the stage of history in advance no matter what, but who knew that the result was like this.

Although I don't know how Cai Jing reversed black and white and escaped responsibility, the results showed that Cai Jing could really cover the sky with one hand, and the court had become Cai Jing's hall.

It seems that with Cai Jing, who has a vendetta against Liang Shanbo, the war between Liang Shanbo and the imperial court will not stop, and Zhao'an is just a bubble of wishful thinking in the imperial court.