"Princess, go slowly, don't rush back when you arrive in Chang'an, wait until you practice martial arts and then come to the last general to compete! The last will be with you at any time! Zhao Ziliang smiled and shouted while waving to the princess's carriage that had gone away.

Finally sent away this troublesome essence, Zhao Ziliang felt relaxed for a while, and returned to Yunzhou City with the civil officials and military generals, and before he had time to take a breath, the chief of the guard, Blehan, walked in and reported: "General, Wang Zhaolun is here, just outside the gate of the mansion!" ”

"Oh? He came pretty fast! Zhao Ziliang said.

Shuozhou Taishou Cui Jinrong had not returned to Shuozhou at this time, he sat next to him and said with a smile: "Lord Wang is the close relative of the bitter master, of course he is in a hurry!" ”

"Go and invite him in!" Zhao Ziliang said a word to Brehan, and then said to the others: "Cui Taishou stays, and everyone else is busy going!" ”

"Xiaguan (the last general) and others will retire!" The civil and military generals got up one after another to take their leave of duty and went to deal with their official duties.

Only Zhao Ziliang and Cui Jinrong were left in the lobby, Wang Zhaolun was quickly invited in, Zhao Ziliang got up from behind the case and walked down the steps to Wang Zhaolun who came over and said: "Lord Wang is here, I will miss the welcome, forgive my sins!" ”

Wang Zhaolun squeezed out a smile and returned the salute: "General Zhao is polite, everything in Xiao'er's affairs still depends on General Zhao's contribution, Wang is too late to be grateful, where do you dare to let General Zhao come out to greet him?" ”

"Well said, well said!" Zhao Ziliang snorted, pointed to the seat next to him and said, "Lord Wang, please take a seat!" ”

"Thank you, General Zhao first, please!"

A few people exchanged a few words, sat down separately, and after waiting for the maid to serve tea, Zhao Ziliang said: "Lord Wang, the case of General Linglang Wang Shengdao's assassination is currently under the investigation and evidence collection of Cui Taishou and Shuozhou Mansion day and night, and following the clues, there are already some eyebrows, the specific situation is in the file, Lord Wang can take a look, if you have any questions, Cui Taishou is also here, he is the person who directly handles it, Lord Wang can ask him!" ”

A servant took the file from Zhao Ziliang's hand, turned around and walked over and handed it to Wang Zhaolun, Wang Zhaolun took the file with a serious expression, opened the brown paper bag, took out the documents and files inside, and began to look at it, looking very carefully.

When Wang Zhaolun saw half of it, his face suddenly changed, and he involuntarily looked up at Zhao Ziliang and Cui Jinrong, and then lowered his head and continued to look at the dossier, until he finished reading the entire content of the dossier, he raised his head and muttered, "How can this be?" How could he have anything to do with bandits? It's impossible! ”

Cui Jinrong said loudly at this time: "Lord Wang, Xia Guan didn't believe it was true at first, but the relevant human and physical evidence can prove this, this is irrefutable ironclad evidence, and Xia Guan has to believe that this is true, if Lord Wang doesn't know about this matter, Ling Lang must have a lot of things to hide from Lord Wang, but if Lord Wang knows about this matter, but he doesn't deal with it properly, his temperament will be serious!" ”

Wang Zhaolun's face changed drastically, and he said angrily: "What does Master Cui mean by this? Do you suspect that the official is behind his back, including the official's son raising bandits to cause trouble, and the party is all instructed by the official? Don't talk nonsense, if you suspect the official, you can come up with evidence, otherwise the official will definitely sue you in front of Lord Tian! ”

The local administrative system in the early and middle Tang Dynasty was basically the state and county below the center, and then the county, and the local only had these two levels of administrative institutions, but in the later period, a "Dao" was added between the state and the county and the center of the imperial court, such as Hebei Road, Longyou Road, Guannei Road, Jiannan Road, Lingnan Road, Jiangnan Road, etc., although there was such a name in the early and middle Tang Dynasty, but there was no actual local administrative body.

At this time, if it is in the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River, the higher-level officials want to participate in a certain Taishou or a book of assassins, basically they have to directly submit a copy to the imperial court, because the local administrative institutions below the imperial court are states and counties, and only the imperial court and the emperor have the right and qualification to deal with the officials at the level of Taishou and Assassin History, but it is different in the border areas. At this time, although the Jiedu envoy has no right to appoint a Taishou or assassin first-level official, but has the right to recommend to the imperial court to remove the official and resend a new official to take office, the Jiedu envoy is the highest military and political chief sent by the imperial court in the border area, for the Jiedu envoy's suggestion, the imperial court and the emperor generally will not refuse, this is to maintain the authority of the Jiedu envoy, the imperial court and the emperor can not slap themselves in the face, right? Therefore, Wang Zhaolun said that he sued Cui Jinrong in front of Tian Renwan, and if Tian Renwan thought that Cui Jinrong was framed, Cui Jinrong would not be able to eat and walk around.

Cui Jinrong said with a smile: "Lord Wang, don't be impatient, the lower official did not necessarily say that it was instructed by Lord Wang, the lower official just assumed two possibilities, as for which one it is, this will continue to investigate!" ”

Wang Zhaolun's face improved slightly, but this matter involved his son Wang Shengdao raising bandits to cause trouble to the people during his lifetime, this matter is too big, originally he and his son were victims, but if the record on this file is true, then they will become the culprits of the most heinous crimes, and Wang Shengdao is just attacked by the bandits, and the blame is just to take the blame and eat the consequences!

Wang Zhaolun looked at Zhao Ziliang and asked, "What does General Zhao plan to do?" ”

Zhao Ziliang took a sip of tea and said, "Lord Wang, it's not what the general is going to do, it's what Lord Wang wants?" First of all, I want to state that I have no intention of making enemies with the Taiyuan royal family, and this case can be closed with only one last formality, that is, to send troops to exterminate several groups of horse bandits entrenched in the area along the Yellow River, including Lin Luoya's gang of bandits entrenched in Langtou Mountain outside the Great Wall, and capture their leader, you can determine whether Ling Lang was killed by Lin Luoya and whether Ling Lang raised bandits to bring trouble to the people and seek personal interests for himself! In the end, there are both advantages and disadvantages to the investigation of this case, the advantage is that the real murderer will be caught to avenge Ling Lang, and the disadvantage is that once it is verified that Ling Lang really raised bandits to rob the people for his own personal gain, then the government and the opposition will be shocked and the emperor will be angry, not to mention how the emperor and the court will deal with the Wang family at that time, just this one, the reputation of the Wang family will stink! Lord Wang, whether this case should be investigated or not, as long as you say a word, whether it is to investigate or destroy the file, Ben will cooperate! Lord Wang doesn't have to make a decision in a hurry, you can rest at the inn and think about it before coming to the general, but the time between the general and Lord Cui is limited, so I can't wait for you all the time, and Lord Cui is in a hurry to rush back to Shuozhou, so I can't stay for a long time, so please take the time to think about it! Come on, send Lord Wang to the inn to rest, find the shopkeeper of Jingtai Inn, open the Tianzi A room for Lord Wang to rest, and record it in the general's account! ”

"No!" Brehan agreed, and said to Wang Zhaolun: "Lord Wang, please!" ”

Wang Zhaolun stupidly followed Brehan away, but Cui Jinrong in the lobby was quite puzzled by Zhao Ziliang's actions just now, and asked, "General, why did you say that just now?" Wang Shengdao can be said to be insignificant compared to the entire Taiyuan Wang family, as long as Wang Zhaolun is not stupid, he will definitely choose not to investigate, and directly destroy the files and archives, does the general really want to let the Wang family get away with it? Let go of the Wang family? When will this bring down the royal family? ”

Zhao Ziliang asked: "What is the benefit of bringing down the Wang family to you Cui Jinrong?" What's in it for General Ben? Even if Wang Shengdao dies and the reputation of the Taiyuan royal family is stinky, can they get back the land of the people they have embezzled and annexed? Besides, the Wang family is a thousand-year-old family, with big roots and deep roots, where is it so easy to topple? Since we can't bring down the Wang family all at once, why don't we do something? Even if we don't want these benefits ourselves, we can get back the land that was embezzled and annexed for the people of the three states! ”

Cui Jinrong was stunned, opened his mouth, and suddenly got up and hit the ground: "The general is far-sighted, wise as the sea, sympathetic to the common people, broad-minded, and the lower officials are not as good as the officials!" ”

On the second day, I don't know how Wang Zhaolun slept in the inn last night, he came to the left wing of the military and horse envoy mansion early in the morning with two big black circles and asked to see Zhao Ziliang.

Zhao Ziliang sent someone to call Cui Jinrong over to accompany him, and all the others retreated, and after the maid served tea, he asked, "Lord Wang, I don't know how you decided?" ”

Wang Zhaolun's expression was extremely haggard, obviously he hadn't slept all night last night, and he had a long ideological struggle in his heart, otherwise his appearance would not be so ugly, he got up and asked: "Wang has three requests, I hope General Zhao can agree!" ”

Zhao Ziliang raised his hand and said: "Lord Wang, please say, as long as this general can do it, it will never be postponed, but if it is beyond the scope of this general's ability or violates the principle of this general, please forgive this general for not being able to do anything!" ”

"First, the investigation is terminated; second, to destroy all the files related to bandits in this case; Third, send a large army to exterminate all the bandits and bandits in Shuozhou, especially a few leaders, and kill them directly during the battle, leaving no room for survival! ”

Zhao Ziliang listened to it and said with a look of embarrassment: "Lord Wang's three requirements are a bit difficult for a strong man, right?" You must know that the Left Wing Soldier and Horse Embassy Mansion, the Datong Military Festival Ambassador's Mansion and the Shuozhou Mansion are not opened by my family! ”

Wang Zhaolun looked at Zhao Ziliang without blinking, for a long time, and said: "As long as the general agrees to help, what conditions are there!" ”

"Hahaha・・・・・・" Zhao Ziliang smiled, and said: "Lord Wang is refreshing, since Lord Wang has said so, then the general will not hide it, with the wealth of the Taiyuan Wang family, he will definitely not put the conditions proposed by the general in his eyes, then the general will say directly: first, the Wang family handed over all the civil land in Yunzhou, Shuozhou, and Ulzhou that was embezzled and annexed; Second, the Datong Army, the Lan Army, and the Yunzhong Guards have been relatively short of military salaries and food salaries recently, and the Wang family sponsored 1 million yuan for our army to distribute military salaries and food salaries! ”

Wang Zhaolun listened to these two conditions, his face was very ugly, and he said: "The general's appetite is really big, my Wang family's fields in Shuo, Yun, and Wei can all be taken out, but isn't it too ruthless for the general to ask for a million yuan?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "Lord Wang, you have to think clearly, the future of the Wang family, a thousand-year-old family, is more important than one million, presumably Lord Wang should be able to distinguish clearly!" ”

Wang Zhaolun's originally black and purple face turned pale in an instant, and at this time, he couldn't think about it, even if he had to pay a big price, he had to agree to Zhao Ziliang's conditions, let him cooperate with the termination of the investigation, destroy the files, block the news, and exterminate the bandits.

Wang Zhaolun gritted his teeth and said: "800,000 yuan, this is all the money that Wang can get now!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought about it for a moment and nodded: "Okay, Cui Taishou, from now on the investigation will be terminated!" ”

"No!" Cui Jinrong got up and agreed.

Zhao Ziliang said to Wang Zhaolun again: "When Lord Wang brings all the land deeds and 800,000 guan, I will immediately hand over the files related to the bandits to Lord Wang, and promise to send a large army to exterminate the large and small bandit gangs in Shuozhou within half a month after the land deeds and 800,000 guan are sent!" ”

"Wang, go back and prepare the title deed and money!" Wang Zhaolun got up and left as he spoke. (To be continued.) )