Chapter 228: I Want a Divine Decree
Zhao Gou realized that the seriousness of the matter was beyond his imagination, and this matter really didn't have any effect with his strength, and he needed to rely on other forces. Cai Jing's crime is clear to him, and there is a person hiding in the shadows, but he only reveals a trace of information, and he doesn't know who it is.
Xu Jingheng has been hiding the reason for this piece of paper, and Zhao Gou can see it from the content, which clearly states the embezzled silver taels, and there are some unexpected things. According to the evidence left by Zhu Minzhong, it is vaguely mentioned that the person secretly cultivated a group of forces, and it is unknown what he did to do it, and everything needs to be traced to be known.
"Young master, my subordinates have checked it, and that mansion has been abandoned for many years!" After Li Shiren investigated, he immediately reported to Zhao Gou.
Zhao Gou frowned and said, "Abandoned for many years? Are you sure? ”
"Subordinates are sure!" Li Shiren said in a deep voice, "My subordinates found out that the mansion was purchased three years ago, and the head of the house left after the purchase and never returned. However, the deed has always been in his hands, and even the government is difficult to recover. ”
Zhao thought about it and felt that something was unusual. After all, the purchase of real estate must be for residential purposes, and some of them are for the sake of gold. If you buy a house in the future, it will increase in value, maintain value, and make money, there is no purchase restriction in the Great Song Dynasty, and one person can have more than one mansion under his name.
If it is really purchased, it is impossible to move the family out of the capital and not return for many years. However, that time, Li Shiren followed him to the front of the house and saw with his own eyes that there were people living inside. Li Shiren also told Zhao Gou that the house was empty, there were no tables and chairs, and the beams and pillars were also eaten by termites and became full of holes, which was a bit abnormal.
Then, Li Shien also returned to the county king's mansion, looked up at Zhao Gou, and said, "Young master, the identities of those two have been ascertained, one is Zhao Li, the other is Zhao Sheng, and the two are brothers. According to the information, both of them had served as local officials, and later met Ye Mengde, so they used his relationship to enter the household department, and the two of them acted like some kung fu, why did they pretend not to understand any martial arts? ”
One coincidence is a coincidence, two coincidences can also be coincidences, and if many coincidences come together, then it is not a coincidence, but a fact. Zhao Gou was sure that the man knew that he would send someone to follow him, and he had already cleaned up the scene, leaving no traces, and avoiding Li Shiren's investigation.
Thinking of this, Zhao Gou was curious about who that person was, as if he had already known about his actions, which made him a little surprised, and a little weird, he always felt that his behavior was like falling into the trap of others, falling into it step by step, this feeling made him very uncomfortable.
Xu Jingheng said: "My lord, what should I do if this continues? ”
Now, things are back to the starting point, I can't think of any way, let alone any evidence, the only evidence has been taken, and there is an unknown piece of evidence, which has no effect at all. Xu Jingheng was preoccupied, looking a little lonely and a little anxious.
"Lord Xu, you go back first!" Zhao Gou's expression remained unchanged, and he smiled faintly.
Xu Jingheng sighed, didn't ask any more, turned around and left. Zhao Gou also ordered Li Shien to escort Xu Jingheng back to his home, in fact, to protect Xu Jingheng, he was worried that those people would assassinate Xu Jingheng in a frenzy, just because he knew too many things, and he didn't know why they had scruples before, and now Zhao Gou concluded that they were bound to take action.
If it were anyone else, Zhao Gou would have nothing to do with their life and death, but Xu Jingheng was an honest official and was not afraid of the powerful, he was a rare good official, and he couldn't let him die easily. If it is a great traitor, Zhao Gou will ignore it.
Then, Zhao Gou got up again and secretly entered the palace again at night.
"Something to do with me this time?" Song Huizong was a little surprised when he saw Zhao Gou coming suddenly, and when he raised his head and saw his sad face, he couldn't help but be a little curious.
The helper Zhao Gou is looking for is his father, the current emperor. If the follow-up action is really carried out unharmed, the only way to get the action of the Holy One. After all, Yushitai only has impeachment, and has no power to arrest people, and he oversteps his authority without permission, just for fear of causing some unnecessary trouble.
In addition, this matter is very important, beyond imagination, and it is necessary to let your father know and be mentally prepared. So, Zhao Gou truthfully told him about his intention to enter the palace, and also submitted the evidence in his hand to Song Huizong. At first, Song Huizong was a little unconvinced.
Although he knew that Cai Jing had done a lot of evil things in his name, and his life was a little luxurious, he had never crossed that hurdle. However, Zhao Gou clearly put the evidence in front of him, but he had to believe that Song Huizong was furious when he saw the crimes and embezzlement numbers written on the paper.
With a monstrous anger burning in his heart, Tie Qing's face turned blue, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Cai Jing, I believe in you in vain, but you repay the emperor's favor like this." If I had known about your behavior like this, how could I have returned to the mountain and directly killed you, so why bother! ”
Zhao Gou saw that his father was angry, and sighed silently: "I knew why I had to do it today!" ”
If it weren't for Zhao Gou's appreciation of Cai Jing's talent and his extreme trust in him, he would even ignore the government. Although the situation forced him to do it as a last resort, if it weren't for Zhao Ji's wanton reuse, how could there be such a thing that lost his conscience, regardless of the Great Song Dynasty and only cared about personal enjoyment, and Song Huizong had to bear more than half of all the sins.
Song Huizong was furious, his heart was angry, and he heard Zhao Gou say in a positive voice: "Father, look at another piece of paper!" ”
Zhao Ji forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and when he saw Zhao Gou say this, he let go of Cai Jing's incriminating evidence. Cai Jing was already dead, and even if it was too late to punish the crime, he hurriedly picked up another piece of paper and looked at it carefully, and then he was even more angry, and roared: "It's really bold, I actually use the official money of the imperial court to cultivate power privately, it's really bold, I don't take me seriously." ”
No matter how Zhao Ji looked at it, he didn't find out who the letter was referring to, Zhao Gou said in a timely manner: "Father, you don't have to read it, this piece of evidence has been torn down in part, and that part must be written with the identity or speculation of that person." ”
Zhao Ji nodded, looked at Zhao Gou intently, and asked, "What are you looking for, it's okay to say it directly!" ”
Zhao Gou saw that his father was thinking, there was no embarrassment on his face, he was calm and relaxed, and said calmly: "Father, the son needs a will from his father!" ”
"What will?" Zhao Ji asked.
Zhao Gou replied: "Father, the son wants a holy decree to arrest Tong Guan's will. The Imperial Historical Observatory did not have the power to arrest people, only the emperor himself ordered it. If Tong Guan is detained in the Criminal Department or the Third Division, it is not very safe, those people are afraid of his obscenity, they are afraid that they will not be able to ask anything, but let him come out unscathed. ”
Yi Erchen guessed that Tong Guan, the person who participated in the year, must be one of them. If he can't be arrested in time, I'm afraid that there will be many dreams at night. Now, with conclusive evidence in hand, and that unknown evidence, I am afraid that after a long time, I am afraid that there will be many dreams at night, and it will be too late by then. ”
Zhao Gou calmly said what he thought in his heart, he didn't continue to speak, and kept quietly waiting for his father's attitude. If there is such a holy decree, coupled with his ability, it will definitely pry Tong Guan's mouth open, and he can also obediently hand over his comrades, as well as the process of things he participated in back then.
Now the initiative is in the hands of Zhao Gou, even if Zhao Ji is the current saint, Zhao Gou still ignores it, what he wants is the holy decree, only by obtaining the will, can Tong Guan be arrested openly, there is no need to investigate secretly, even if he waits for a long time, he still has to wait.