When Gonggong Sun heard this, he saw that Gong Su didn't mean to blame him, so he hurriedly got up and said, "The miscellaneous family is going to keep an eye on it." ”

The guards dragged Wang Zan outside the hall and saw that Wang Zan was still paralyzed, so he simply waited on the ground for the guards to arrive. Shaoqing's six-person palace guards hurriedly came, and after handing over to the guards to check their identities, they set up Wang Zan and dragged them outside the palace.

Outside the west gate of the palace is an open space, because the sky is too dark, the guards simply take advantage of the huge braziers on both sides of the gate to carry out the execution a few meters outside the west gate.

One of the guards, carrying a long bench and a wooden stick the thickness of an arm, and holding a rope in his hand, said to the other guards beside him:

"Tie it up, don't let the pigs run away."

A group of guards laughed in unison, and they thought it was no different from the bondage before the pig was killed, and the pig was used instead of the human name more often.

Although Wang Zan's legs were paralyzed, his head was still sober, and he pleaded with the guards who were walking towards him: "A few officials, the small ones still have some silver taels here, you can take them to drink tea, just ask for lighter." ”

The guards all laughed when they heard this, this was their rare oil and water, one of them leaned forward to Wang Zan and took the silver and weighed it, estimating that it was a full four taels, but his face did not show a satisfied look but it was surprisingly cold, he looked at the silver in his hand and then looked at the other guards, and finally looked at Wang Zan.

Wang Zan knew in his heart that this little silver could not be fed, and then he touched around his body again, and touched the jade ring that he had just bought on his waist. Immediately untie it and hold it in both hands:

"Look at this."

The guard took the jade ring and looked at it carefully, probably because he didn't understand the beauty of the jade or couldn't see clearly in the dark, the guard's face was still cold, and he spit out a sentence coldly:

"Anything else?"

"That's all, but I can ask someone to deliver it, and my home is not far away." Wang Zan hurriedly said.

"Oh, how do you get there?" The guard asked.

"It's the Haiqu salt shop in front."

"It turned out to be the shopkeeper, how much can you take?"

"You name the number."

The guard didn't speak, but extended his right hand, which was spread out with five fingers.

"Fifty taels?" Wang Zan asked timidly. Seeing that the guard shook his head slightly, he changed his words and said, "Five hundred taels? ”

Hearing this, the cold face finally had a little smile.

"The shopkeeper's generosity, let the insider take five hundred taels plus two pillows." After the guard finished speaking, he turned his head and said loudly to the other guards: "Brothers, who will go to the Haiqu salt shop, and let the king's shopkeeper take five hundred taels of silver and two pillows." ”

"I'll go, there are three Haiqu salt shops in the city, which one to go to?" A guard took over and walked towards Wang Zan.

"It's only 200 meters to the west." Wang Zan hurriedly said.

The guard who delivered the message got up and left when he got the exact address, and when he arrived at the salt shop, he summoned Wang Zannei, and asked her to take five hundred taels of silver and two pillows and drive the carriage to the west gate of the palace.

Wang Zannei Qi Feng is a person who understands the hall, although he doesn't know why the guards summoned him so much, but he knows that Wang Zan is going to see Su Gong today, it is estimated that something bad has happened, although he is panicked, but he still stabilized his position, and immediately found a housekeeper with silver and a pillow to follow the guard in a carriage to the west gate of the palace city, and saw Wang Zan who had been tied to the bench, which was relieved.

The guard took the silver and came to Wang Zan with a pillow and said: "The criminal law stipulates that the cane punishment needs to be flesh and skin, so the pain of skin and flesh is inevitable, but don't worry, I will try to be as light as possible, these two pillows are used to protect the root of life." ”

When Wang Zan heard this, he nodded his head in thanks, and after the execution guard finished his instructions, he started to move.

In the first few sticks, Wang Zan screamed, but later he was numb, and there was no screaming, just fainting with a headache. And Qi Feng was much calmer, in her opinion, it was a blessing that Su Gong didn't take his life.

As the execution guard said, the clothes on his buttocks were stained red with blood after the twenty blows.

After the execution, after the guards untied the rope, Qi Feng and the housekeeper hurriedly carried Wang Zan, who was lying on the bench and gradually sober, to the carriage.

"Oops, tap, it hurts ......! Hurt......! Wang Zan shouted.

"Hey, it's just the pain of flesh and skin, and the affairs of this court are something that we ordinary people can mix?" Qi Feng complained.

"I should have listened to Madame in the first place." Wang Zan said softly, frowning from time to time and carrying the pain of flesh.

On the top of the city tower, Sun Gonggong kept an eye on it, for fear of missing any details, and after confirming to the execution guards that the person who borrowed Wang Zan was his insider and housekeeper, he left in a hurry.

On the second day, Sun Gonggong ran through all the institutions that could find Wang Zan's information, collected and compiled it, and found that Wang Zan had no other complicated social relations except for some money exchanges with some local officials, and Wang Zan was a great businessman, who had only sold sea salt for ten years, and his semicolons were all over the world, and he paid no less than 10,000 taels of taxes and silver to the imperial court every year. Extrapolating backwards from tax silver, its annual income is no less than 40,000 taels.

Gonggong Sun explained Wang Zan's situation to Duke Su one by one.

After listening to all his thoughts, Su Gong got up and walked back and forth for a long time before he said to Sun Gonggong:

"You find a reliable and non-dazzling person, go to his house to visit me on my behalf, and when Wang Zan can sit up, I will immediately find a way to secretly bring him to the palace."

Sun Gonggong got the order, and on the same day, he found a reliable person, Chen Jing, and went to Wang Zan's residence to spread the meaning of Su Gong.

Wang Zan, who was determined not to participate in political affairs anymore, finally raised his depressed mood and the flesh on his buttocks, and listened to what Chen Jing said, his heart began to churn again, it turned out that Su Gong's bitter plan was to cover up the ears and eyes of the auxiliary minister, but he didn't expect this seventeen-year-old Su Gong to have such a city.

"When Mr. Wang can act, the Sun Gong Guild will find a way to bring you into the palace to meet Su Gong." Chen Jingyan.

"Don't wait, I wish I could go see Su Gong today." Wang Zanyan.

"Sir, don't worry, it's better to heal your injuries. I will also convey Mr. Su's intentions to Su Gong. There is also a gentleman who must keep his mouth, if it leaks out, I am afraid that Su Gong will be implicated. At present, Su Gong does not have any actual power, and the three auxiliary ministers are called auxiliary ministers, but they are actually the prime ministers, and one person is arbitrary. There are many ears and eyes, and I advise Mr. not to be public. Chen Jingying said.

Hearing this, Wang Zan's fiery heart was half cold, his original intention was to push the boat down the river to help Su Gong take charge as soon as possible, but he never thought that it would be to seize power, if so, all the previous plans must be reversed and restarted, and if you don't get it right, you have to take your life, Wang Zan, Wang Zan, you can't just rely on the idle words on the street and read a few history books to mix, and now I am afraid that it is difficult to ride a tiger, so you can only bite the bullet.

"Wang Zan remembers."

"Mr. Wang, then go back and report to Grandpa Sun. If the gentleman is okay or has something to do, he can send someone to the east gate of Miyagi to find a guard named Guo Shi. As soon as I get the news, I will come to the door myself. ”

"There's Lord Law. I ask for your forgiveness for the inconvenience. Wang Zan was lying on the bed and it was inconvenient to get up to see him off.

"Mr. Wang, take care." After Chen Jing finished speaking, he refused Wang Zan to greet Qi Feng and left alone.

After Chen Jing left, Wang Zan called Qi Feng to come in, told Chen Jing about his intentions, and then said: "You and I are estimated to be here first, you go and get enough money to take Cheng'er back to Haiqu, incognito." If I fail, I will not be implicated, and if I do, I will let the government post a notice to find your mother and son. What do you think? ”

Qi Feng didn't react too much when he heard this, but he was reluctant.

"Husband wants to do great things, since Su Gong is also interested, you might as well do it with peace of mind, Cheng'er and I will return to Haiqu according to what you say, waiting for you to find me."

"Madame is really a heroine among women, and she is not chaotic in the face of danger. With you, you will become a great talent! However, there is no need to rush back to Haiqu, and I will make a decision after I enter the palace and talk to Su Gong. ”