"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The ministers shouted in unison.

Zhao Ji, who was sitting on the dragon chair, said lightly: "Zhongqing is flat!" ”

"Emperor Xie!" The ministers replied in unison.

Song Huizong Zhao Ji glanced around, only to see that everyone lowered their heads, did not dare to raise their heads, and did not say a word. For a while, the entire hall was silent. Seeing this situation, Zhao Ji said lightly: "Why did Zhongqing hang his head, don't you have something to play?" ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department stood up tremblingly and frightened under pressure, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to play!" ”

"Accurate!"

"There was a prison robbery incident in the prison of the Criminal Department last night, and a group of bandits tried to rescue Li Bangyan, who was escorted by the superintendent Yushi." The Shangshu of the Criminal Department paused for a moment, glanced at Zhao Gou, who was calm and relaxed, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "In the end, those bandits died in the roundup, and even Gonggong Li was killed by an arrow. ”

Song Huizong said lightly: "Oh! Lord Shangshu, according to what you just said, those bandits came to rescue Li Bangyan, why he was killed by an arrow in the end, what is the reason, you can tell me about it! ”

The Shangshu of the Criminal Department was shocked, and replied tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the minister has lost his word!" These bandits did not come to the rescue, but to kill people. ”

Song Huizong said coldly: "Since it is killing people and killing people, can you investigate who did it?" Gonggong Li is a ******** given by me personally, you are the Shangshu of the Criminal Department in charge of the Criminal Department, and there are heavy soldiers guarding the prison, why would there be thieves to assassinate him! If it is known by the people and by other countries, where is the prestige of my Great Song Dynasty and where does my face exist? ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department knelt down violently and replied in horror: "The minister is guilty, the minister is guilty!" ”

"You are the secretary of the criminal department, in charge of punishment, and the heaven and earth are the top priority, but you don't want such a big thing to happen in your hands." Song Huizong roared angrily, "You have an unshirkable responsibility, remember your first offense, and I will not pursue the crime of dereliction of duty." From today onwards, you will be removed from the post of Shangshu of the Criminal Department, demoted to Shangshu Liecao Shilang, and the fine will be reduced by half to confiscate as a punishment! ”

"Weichen thanked the emperor!" Shangshu of the Criminal Department wiped his cold sweat, and his heart was still difficult to calm down.

Until just now, he thought that he was going to die, but he didn't want to just degrade the official and punish him, these are nothing, as long as he didn't lose his life, everything can be started again. Even if he was not at fault, the prison was not under his direct jurisdiction, but he still deserved to be punished; Moreover, last night he was no longer in the criminal department at all, even if someone said that he was supervising the imperial history to arrest criminals, and ordered him to send someone to guard it, he didn't take it to heart.

In his opinion, it was normal for Zhao Gousheng to supervise the imperial history and capture the officials, so he didn't pay attention, and he didn't even go to the prison in person, and finally Li Bangyan was killed by an arrow and realized what he had missed. However, even if you regret it, there is nothing you can do.

At that time, when he heard that Li Bangyan was dying in the prison, he was sure that he was finished, and ordered someone to arrange the future. Now it's just that this kind of punishment is acceptable, even if it is something that Zhao Gou induces, he can't be completely blamed for it, and no one knows that it will be such a result.

At the beginning, Zhu Mian, Tong Guan and others were arrested, and nothing like this happened, who would have thought that an assassination incident occurred in the custody of a chief eunuch, which made him only complain to Zhao Gou in his heart. If Zhao Gou wasn't supervising the imperial history, he wouldn't be so busy as the secretary of the criminal department, if it weren't for his own official position.

Even if he thought so in his heart, he didn't dare to say it clearly, to know what kind of person Zhao Gou was, he knew better than anyone else, the only thing he was glad about was that those thieves died in the end. If he didn't die, he didn't plan to let them go, all of this was their fault, but he let himself carry the black pot, which was really unfavorable.

"Kick off the father, the son has something to play!" Zhao Gou stood up with the mentality of watching a play, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Accurate!" Song Huizong's face was blue and he roared angrily.

Everyone knew that Zhao Ji was annoyed by the fact that the prisoners of the Heavenly Prison were killed by the assassins, but they didn't know what Zhao Gou was talking about, but they heard him say: "Although the Shangshu of the Criminal Department is in charge of the national justice and criminal prisons, and the Heavenly Prison is heavily guarded, those thieves seem to have premeditated, and they will not let Gonggong Li be killed by an arrow. ”

"In the opinion of the sons, although the Shangshu of the Criminal Department was suspected of dereliction of duty, he immediately rushed to the prison to deal with it, and it was normal to offset the merits. If he is demoted to Shangshu Lie Cao Shilang, and has merits, and kills those thieves and never lets this matter be publicized, the ministers think it is inappropriate, and they should atone for their sins, without reward or punishment! ”

Everyone held their breath, even the Shangshu of the Criminal Department was stunned, he looked at Zhao Gou with wide eyes and incredulity, and couldn't figure out why Zhao Gou wanted to intercede for himself. There is no shortage of his close friends in the full hall of civil and military affairs, but Gao Yu, the crown prince Zhao Huan and others, but they did not say a word after Song Huizong's gloomy face, only Zhao Gou stood up to intercede, remembering that he still had complaints in his heart before, he couldn't help but glance at Zhao Gou guiltily.

At this time, Zhao Gou's words deeply shocked the ministers, their thoughts were the same as those of the Criminal Department, only the faces of the crown prince Zhao Huan, Gao Yu and others changed suddenly, the corners of their mouths twitched and wanted to speak, but it was too late, and they glared fiercely at Zhao Gou, who was calm and relaxed.

The position of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department is not very high among the six departments, but it has a vital role and is also an indispensable figure. However, Shangshu of the Criminal Department is loyal to the emperor and never comes into contact with any forces, let alone takes refuge in anyone, so he does not belong to the prince Zhao Huan or Gao Yu's disciples.

The crown prince Zhao Huan was originally going to intercede for him, but he wanted to win people's hearts but didn't want to be taken by Zhao Gou, which made him very remorseful. If it weren't for the emperor's face and what he did last night, there would have been two outcomes if he hesitated for a while, especially when he saw the criminal department Shangshu looking at Zhao Gou gratefully, he was resentful.

At the same time, Xu Jingheng, Chu King Zhao Yougong and others looked at each other, looked at Zhao Gou who stood out in confusion, and thought: "Didn't you say before that you should ignore everything?" As long as you watch the play, why did you change your hexagram again? Isn't what you just said a joke, or is it something else? ”

Song Huizong pondered for a moment, thought about it and felt that there was some truth, and said sharply with a straight face: "What the superintendent said makes sense, then according to what you said, remove the previous punishment and reinstate the official!" However, if the same thing happens next time, it won't be that simple! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, King of the County! The Shangshu of the Criminal Department immediately replied with gratitude, he was reinstated again, which made him very happy, and he was even more grateful to Zhao Gou in his heart, if he hadn't come forward to intercede, I was afraid that I wanted to be the Shangshu of the Criminal Department again, but I was afraid that it would take a lot of effort.

Zhao Gou turned around and looked at it, only to see the Shangshu of the Criminal Department nodding gratefully, and he also responded with a slight smile. As everyone knows, all this is exactly the result that Zhao Gou wants to see. In fact, this scene was also Zhao Gou's determination to officially declare war on the crown prince Zhao Huan, seeing that the prince Zhao Huan and others were angry but had nowhere to vent, they had to suppress the anger in their hearts and glared at Zhao Gou again.