The next day, Zhao Ta went out early in the morning and went straight to the military prison outside Tokyo.

At this moment, the military prison is no better than last year, the four prison walls have been much taller and thicker, and even the gate has been replaced with round new wood.

There are quite a few tents around the military prison, and there are forbidden troops standing outside, and after the prisoner cart came over yesterday, the forbidden army stayed here to guard it.

Seeing Zhao Ta's arrival, the supervisor in front of the door hurriedly saluted, and then opened the door to invite Zhao Ta to enter.

The prison festival level is still the same as last year, but it looks a lot fatter, and it is obvious that Zhao Ta allocated a lot of money to the construction of the military prison is not less greedy for ink into his own arms.

Also with the prison festival level were Zhou Xiao and Shi Zhanye, the commander of the Jiu Battalion in the left wing of the Long Wei Army, and the three of them saluted together, Zhao Ta asked, "How are people?" ”

Zhou Xiao said: "The shackles have been removed, and the food and drink are not short, but the prison of the military prison has not been inhabited for a long time, and it is quite dry without so many pickles." ”

Zhao Ta nodded, he didn't explain too much yesterday, and Zhou Xiao did it in order, he said, "Bring Shi Wenkui to see me." ”

After a while, Shi Wenkui entered the room, and at this time he had already changed his clothes, and his hair was tied up, but his eyes were still a little dull, and he was in a trance after seeing Zhao Ta, and immediately knelt on the ground: "Lord, Lord, Help!" ”

Zhao Ta looked at him, Yanggu should not have been punished on the way to the capital, but it is difficult to say when he entered Dali Temple, if he really framed his colleagues, and Ximenqing died and his home was emptied, then this matter is a big deal.

Zhao Ta looked at Shi Wenkui and said, "Shi Zhixian has suffered, sit down." ”

Shi Wenkui's tears almost fell out when he heard this, and said: "Wen Kui doesn't dare, the prince is here, where is there a place for Wen Kui to sit." ”

Zhao Ta shook his head and said, "Sit down and tell this king what happened." ”

Shi Wenkui looked at the chair and hesitated, and Su Shi said on the side: "The prince asked you to sit on the toilet, what are you talking about!" ”

Shi Wenkui sat down at this time, and then talked about how he was arrested and taken into Beijing.

It turned out that after Zhao Ta left, Shi Wenkui thought left and right, because he had been a magistrate for a long time, he knew that he couldn't suppress the scales, so he didn't dare to do anything superfluous, he came step by step.

Ximen Qing naturally wrote that he went to check the real time, the other party suddenly resisted, resisted arrest and killed him, and the other main people should be directly detained, released, and then reported layer by layer with documents and evidence.

At this time, there was nothing to do, and the state road officials came to examine, scraped the silver taels and left, because Ximen Qing had an official status and was involved in bandit rebellion, so he took his family and family members to Tokyo for trial.

Then Shi Wenkui hid the obtained property, disposed of it in the crude medicine shop, and continued to make a county order with peace of mind, without showing any traces of arrogance, just waiting for Zhao Ta to spread the word in the future and promote him to a higher position.

But who expected that just a few months later, someone suddenly came to the capital, and he arrested his whole family without saying a word, and even the state road officials all changed their faces, scolding him for framing his colleagues and greedy for the property of good people.

Then he was escorted to Beijing after a search, and he was interrogated several times during the period, but because he was finally handed over to Dali Temple, he did not take any punishment.

After listening to this, Zhao Ta said: "The other party said that it was framed, but he didn't say any reason?" ”

Shi Wenkui said: "Lord Wang, where is the reason, but I listened to the official's words a few words when I was interrogated, it seems that it was Taishi Cai's birthday this year, and I didn't see Ximen Qing when I was calculating the gift list of Yizi Gan'er, so I asked about it, and then Cai Sangongzi found out about it." ”

Zhao Ta heard this and said, "Cai Ling? However, Ximen Qing is dead, and the crime is bandit rebellion, and there is evidence, he is just a rich man who clings to Cai's mansion, such a person has not a thousand but eight hundred, how can Cai Yi continue to care about this idle matter? ”

Shi Wenkui smiled bitterly: "Lord, it should be so, but I listened to the officials whispering at the time, as if to say that when Cai Sangongzi was investigating the matter, he somehow saw a concubine of Ximenqing, named Li Jiaoer......"

"Li Jiao'er?" Zhao Ta thought about it, and suddenly laughed, Li Jiao'er is not outstanding in appearance among Ximenqing's wives and concubines, fat and white, and her appearance is only average, and Cai Cheng has a title in Kaifeng Mansion, called Tang Gongzi, which means that he has Tang style and likes obese women.

Zhao Ta said: "I know it, you live here, don't worry about this matter." ”

When Shi Wenkui heard this, he hurriedly knelt down and said: "Wen Kui thanks the prince for his great kindness, if he gets his life, he will repay the prince with a grass title." ”

Zhao Ta waved his hand, got up and walked out, Shi Wenkui wiped his sweat on the ground, his legs kept trembling, what he was most afraid of at this time was that Zhao Ta killed people, he didn't know where this was, this was a military prison, and if he killed his whole family and dug a pit and buried it, who could take Zhao Ta how.

Zhao Ta went out to take the carriage back to the house, and when he arrived at the door of the house, he saw a sedan chair parked there, and he just got off the carriage here, and a person with frosty white temples came out of the sedan chair, which was Chen Chuixiang, the secretary of Dali Temple.

Zhao Ta glanced at him, took out a silk handkerchief and coughed for a while, until his face flushed, and then slowly stabilized his breath.

Chen Chuixiang hurriedly saluted and said: "The prince has worked hard for state affairs, injured your body, and is ashamed." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Come in and talk." ”

Chen Chuixiang is greedy, but he is much stronger than others and has some ability, and he is old, and he will soon become a leader, so Zhao Ta didn't give him a cold face.

When he arrived at the front hall, he asked Chen Chuixiang to sit down, and Zhao Ta said, "It's for the Yanggu County Order, right?" ”

Chen Chuixiang hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, Yanggu County's Dali Temple is just going through the motions, in fact, the investigation before and after is very sloppy, and the reason for the matter has not really been clarified, so I don't know the Yanggu County Order and the ...... of the prince."

"Yanggu County has nothing to do with this king." Zhao Ta shook his head and said: "This king just met on the road, and I heard the prisoner car shouting grievances, I wanted to ask a few words, but I didn't expect that the officials of your Dali Temple were flying high." ”

Chen Chuixiang hurriedly stood up and apologized: "That person has already been punished by the lower official, and the lower official has asked him to come over later to make amends to the prince." ”

Zhao Ta waved his hand: "Even if I make amends, I am also annoyed to see him, I asked that Yanggu County, only shouted that he was wronged, and said that he was framed by someone, and said that he would die if he entered Dali Temple, I was worried that there would be an unjust case, so I took the person away first." ”

Chen Chuixiang smiled bitterly in his heart when he heard this, this is a mess of mud, even if he has the ability, he can't be reconciled: "The prince Gao Jian, the lower officials have not fully understood this matter, and they can't say it well, it was Cai Shilang who came to Dali Temple to tell it, and the lower officials thought it was not wrong, so they did it first." ”

Zhao Tan nodded: "Cai Cheng is right, he is not old and confused, if he asks about people, let him come to this king, as for Yanggu County, I will give a reply to Ling Dali Temple in three or two days." ”

Chen Chuixiang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and at this moment he shirked this matter, which was the completion of this purpose, and stood up and resigned: "Then the hanging elephant will not disturb the prince's rest." ”

Zhao Ta nodded, looking at Chen Chuixiang's back and pondering in his heart, Cai Cheng is now a servant of the ministry, and he can be regarded as a high-ranking power, so he doesn't know which one to occupy in the affairs of the Cai family, he remembers that it seems to be on Cai Jing's side, but Cai Dagongzi has been fighting alone, facing the Cai family.

In the afternoon, Zhu Xiaoyi arrived, and as soon as he entered the study, he bowed down and said: "Lord Wang, that little man has been found!" ”

Zhao Ta put down the wax core Taoist embroidery book in his hand, and said with flashing eyes: "Found it so quickly?" ”

Zhu Xiaoyi flattered: "If you don't find it early, won't you be raised by the prince in vain." ”

Zhao Ta smiled: "Tell me what's going on." ”

Zhu Xiaoyi said: "There are many small subordinates, and I went back in the middle of the night last night to start arranging, and let everyone see the portrait, and then I went to squat in front of Cai's Mansion in a few places." ”

Zhao Ta said: "But which family is it?" ”

Zhu Xiaoyi said: "I saw the black fat man enter Taishi Cai's mansion early in the morning, and I thought it was the housekeeper, but who knew that I went out again in less than half an hour, and I actually went to Cai Shilang's mansion." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Is it Cai Chong's person?" ”

Zhu Xiaoyi said: "That's right, the little one hurriedly tried to find a way to inquire about this person, and then I learned that this person was Zhai Dalang, the son of Zhai Qian, the chief butler of the Taishi Mansion, and now he is a three-in-command steward in the Shilang Mansion." ”

Zhao Ta sneered when he heard this: "The son of the great housekeeper of Cai Jing's mansion? As the saying goes, the seven-rank officials in front of the prime minister's door, the big butler of the Taishi Mansion is amazing, and it is said that there are fewer seven-grade officials. ”

Zhu Xiaoyi said: "Originally, the little one wanted to wait for Zhai Dalang to come out of the house again, but then he felt that it was inappropriate, and he inquired again to find out, but this is a homeless person, so he lives in the Shilang Mansion, and I don't know when he will come out next time." ”

Zhao Ta nodded and said: "You have done a good job, people are optimistic about Cai Chen, and if there is any trouble, come over and report it immediately." ”

Zhu Xiaoyi got a compliment and left, Zhao Ta sat on the chair and squinted for a while, suddenly picked up the pen and wrote a letter, and then called Lei Sandao: "Send this letter to Cai You's mansion." ”

Lei San took the letter and went out, Zhao Ta continued to pick up the notebook and read it with interest.

At dusk, the housekeeper at the gate of the mansion suddenly came to report that Scholar Cai asked to see him.

Zhao Ta smiled: "Please come in!" ”

This time, the guests were placed in the middle hall, and the tea was brewed first, and after a while, I saw Cai You walking in from outside the door.

Zhao Ta looked at this eldest son of the Cai family, who was already in his forties, but he was very well maintained, his appearance was elegant, his skin was fair, he had a mustache with a touch of spirit, he looked five or six years younger than his actual age, wearing a purple dark flower collar, and a pendant of mutton fat and white jade on his waist, with a smile on his face.

"Cai You took the liberty to meet and ask the prince to forgive him."

"Hahaha, what is this Mr. Cai, this king is afraid that he will not be able to invite him on weekdays!"

"I'm ashamed, how dare I be the prince with this statement, it really makes Cai You ashamed!"

"Master Cai, sit down and drink tea."

After Zhao Ta finished speaking, he picked up the tea bowl, skimmed the floating leaves on it, and took a sip of tea soup.

Cai You sat on the chair and looked around, Zhao Ta was here for the first time, in fact, no one else in the Cai family had come to Zhao Ta's mansion, because the Cai family had always supported the third prince Zhao Kai, and had always been wary and distant towards Zhao Ta.

The third prince Zhao Kai is like Emperor Daojun in all aspects, and the Cai family believes that Emperor Daojun will definitely pass on the throne to Zhao Kai in the future, even if the crown prince is established now, and Emperor Daojun has secretly shown this posture more than once.

Therefore, the Cai family's thinking in this regard will not change, and they have been operating for this matter for many years, and they have attracted countless people inside and outside the court, and it is almost impossible to change even if they want to change.

Cai You looked around the hall, and there were only two words in his heart, shabby, it was really shabby, the prince of the hall held the authority in his hand, and the furnishings and arrangements of the middle hall of this mansion were not as good as his own.

I don't know much about Zhao Ta and Cai You, probably in the past two years, if I did do a lot of amazing articles earlier, but then there was no follow-up, I heard that it was good at martial arts again, so I never paid attention to it again.

"I heard that the prince went out on an errand and worked hard, and he was tired of your body, Cai You should have come to visit as soon as possible, and gave a small gift today, and asked the prince to smile." Cai You took out a box from his body, opened it and sent it over.

Zhao Ta smiled, he came back for only two days in total, but this is estimated to have spread all over Tokyo City, although few people will know how he is doing, but many people have heard about his illness.

He took out a silk handkerchief to cover his mouth and coughed a few times, looked at the box that Cai You had sent, there was an emerald green bead in the box, crystal clear, faintly shining brightly, and couldn't help but say: "This pearl is valuable, how can I make Mr. Cai break the bank." ”

Cai You thought to himself, I knew that you were poor here, so I brought more things over, there are a lot of these things in the warehouse at home, and there is no one to give them except for the official family on weekdays, basically others give me gifts.

He smiled and said: "Meager things, it's good to be able to enter the eyes of the prince, Cai You only hopes that the prince has a good morning." ”

Zhao Ta smiled, this is despised by the other party, this Cai You is very angry, sure enough, he has a lot of money and a strong waist, he secretly wondered in his heart that if the entire Cai family is copied, it is estimated that military expenses and food will not be a problem, if Yanfu Palace is copied again......

He said: "Master Cai is too polite. ”

Cai You watched Zhao Ta close the bead cover and said, "The prince's letter was carefully read by the official, and what he said ...... said."

Zhao Ta smiled and said: "Of course the thing is true, I will never take a half-leave, I was originally going to talk to my husband, but thinking that my husband is old, I am afraid that I can't listen to this kind of pickling, and it will be bad if there is a bad pool, this Wang thinks about it, no matter the temple and the people, isn't the eldest son Gu Banbian in the family, so I wrote it to Mr. Cai!" ”

Cai You's face moved when he heard this, and said: "What the prince said is extremely true, but Cai You is ignorant, and when he saw the letter, he panicked and rushed to disturb him, I don't know which one of the third brother's mansions colluded with bandits?" ”

Zhao Ta shook his head and said: "This king's letter is subtle, I am afraid that someone will leak the news and spread the news, in fact, not only Cai Shilang's side, but also someone in the husband's mansion, if it is raised, it will damage the reputation of the husband." ”

Cai You stood up suddenly when he heard this, and saluted: "Lord, if this is the case, please don't appease the prince, the laws of the country are like this, Cai You will never protect it, and is willing to assist the prince in taking people." ”

Zhao Ta looked at Cai You, I really don't know what to say, although you Cai You have relied on Emperor Daojun all these years, not the Cai family, but is this reaction a bit too much?

However, he carefully recalled Cai You, what he did was really not ordinary ruthless, and he didn't even blink an eye when he attacked his father and brothers.

In order to compete for the favor of Emperor Daojun, Cai You set up his own door, did not live in the first place, pulled up a small force, and Cai Jing's forces attacked each other, fighting for power and profit, and after being named a young master, his power gradually increased, and he intensified his attack on Cai Jing's family, and the father and son almost became enemies.

Once, Cai You went to Cai Jing's mansion to visit, Cai Jing was busy asking the guests to avoid it, Cai You stepped forward to hold Cai Jing's hand to diagnose his pulse, and said, "Father's pulse is soothing, is he unwell?" Cai Jing replied, "No." Then Cai You left in a hurry under the pretext that there was official business in the ban. The guest saw it and didn't understand Cai You's move, so he asked Cai Jing, and Cai Jing replied: "This person wants to use my illness as an excuse to force me to resign from the court." ”

Even later, when Cai Jing visited the prime minister four times, "he was dizzy and couldn't do anything", and all the decisions were handed over to the fourth son Cai Qian to deal with, Cai You was jealous in his heart, so he repeatedly reprimanded Emperor Daojun for Cai Juan's crimes, and even persuaded Emperor Daojun to kill his younger brother Cai Juan.

Emperor Daojun also felt that he was a little too much, and in the end he just ordered Cai Qian to be suspended and not allowed to interfere in the government, and Cai You was still resentful at this time, and even went to the mansion, wanting to force his younger brother to leave the capital.

When Zhao Ta thought of this, he couldn't help coughing and said, "There is a steward named Zhai Dalang in Cai Shilang's mansion, does Master Cai know?" ”

Cai You heard this: "Xia Guan knows that this person is the son of Zhai Qian, the great housekeeper of the Taishi Mansion, and he often comes and goes to the Taishi Mansion. ”

Zhao Ta nodded: "This person colluded with the Green Forest bandits and committed evil crimes, especially if he had a lot to do with Ghost Fan Lou, it was a ...... The fish that slipped through the net in the ghost fan building! ”

When Cai You heard this, his expression changed, and he said: "Lord, this is worth it, this is simply an unforgivable sin, when will you take someone?" ”

(End of chapter)