When Zhao Ben heard this, he suddenly shuddered, as if he had been poured a basin of ice water on his head.

When the guards saw that he didn't move, they went straight to the door and pulled him out. The other officials who wanted to run out were shouted back by the guards with knives and closed the cell door again.

A moment later, Zhao Ben was brought in, and his eyes looked at the human-shaped coke on the big iron plate in horror, as well as the remaining hair and clothes, and there was no doubt in his heart.

Although he was not directly frightened and fainted like Du Ze, his legs were weak and he collapsed to the ground.

Li Wei glanced at him and said: "See, this is the end of not being happy, if you don't want to be like him, just hurry up and confess honestly, Du Ze will save his life only if he confesses honestly." ”

"You, what do you want me to confess?" Zhao Ben looked at Li Wei with frightened eyes and asked in a trembling voice.

"Who gave all of you the credentials to impeach me?"

When Zhao Ben heard this, he hesitated for a moment, and Li Wei immediately shouted: "Put him on the rack and roast him!" ”

"Yes!"

The guards immediately pushed him onto the big iron plate, and Zhao Ben saw the "charred corpse" getting closer and closer, and struggled violently in fright, shouting repeatedly:

"Zhang Zongyi, it's Zhang Zongyi's letter to me!"

Only then did Li Wei raise his hand to stop the operation of the guards, and continued to ask, "Where did that Zhang Zongyi come from?" ”

Zhao Ben thought about it, and Li Wei immediately shouted: "Roast him!" ”

Zhao Ben was so frightened that he shouted in panic: "Don't! My lord, let me know for a moment, I need to think about what to say! ”

"Oh, well, think about it!" Li Wei stopped the operation of the guards again.

Zhao Ben let out a sigh and pondered for a moment before speaking softly: "If what I expected is correct, Zhang Zongyi should have made contact with Xianlin. ”

"Xianlin?" Li Wei repeated the name, "Who is Xianlin?" ”

"Xianlin is not a personal name, but a place where Confucian talents gather." Zhao Ben explained.

"And where is this gathering place?" Li Wei asked.

However, in this regard, Zhao Ben shook his head: "I don't know." ”

Li Wei glared at him and immediately shouted: "Roast him!" ”

The guards immediately pushed Zhao Ben onto the iron plate.

"Don't! Listen to me, listen to me! ”

Zhao Ben was about to cry, he didn't say it, Li Wei pushed him on the fire plate at every turn, and there was a charred corpse on it, which was too scary!

Li Wei was just scaring people, he didn't really want to roast him, and when he saw that he was soft, he asked the guards to pull him back.

"Then you hurry up and explain!"

"Yes, if Xianlin wants to hold a meeting, it is usually invited by several hall masters in advance through letters, the location is not fixed, sometimes it is a academy, sometimes it is a random teahouse, sometimes it is a mountain forest attic, etc., since I entered the court, I have not received any more invitations, so I don't know where Xianlin is now." Zhao Ben sped up his speech, for fear that if he said slowly, Li Weizhen roasted him with the corpse.

When Li Wei heard this, he was shocked in his heart.

What kind of virtuous forest is this, the organization is tight enough, this kind of shooting to change places, it is difficult to catch them.

"Did Zhang Zongyi receive an invitation?" Li Wei asked.

Zhao Ben didn't know the bottom of his heart about this, and said softly: "I just guess that Xianlin has rules, and if you enter the court, you will not enter Xianlin, they will only invite talented people who have no official status, and after Zhang Zongyi is dismissed, he may have the opportunity to receive an invitation." ”

Li Wei frowned and was silent, it seems that this matter will have to wait until this Zhang Zongyi is caught before it can be revealed.

Fortunately, the people sent out have begun to return to Beijing one after another, and Zhang Zongyi is also on the list, if nothing else, he will be able to arrest and return to Beijing in the near future.

Li Wei put aside Zhang Zongyi's matter for the time being, and continued to ask Zhao Ben: "Was the murder of the emperor's grandson and the empress also done by Zhang Zongyi?" ”

"I really don't know this, didn't the emperor and the queen both die of illness, why do you repeatedly insist that someone murdered you?"

Zhao Ben was also very puzzled, he originally thought that these things that Li Wei asked about murdering the emperor and grandson were all excuses for him to take revenge for personal gain, but looking at Li Wei's appearance, it didn't seem to be the case, which made him feel very strange, the queen and the emperor and grandson obviously died of illness, and he had never heard of any signs of murder.

Li Wei also frowned, in fact, he didn't know about this matter, this was all said by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, and he didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang was based on.

"Forget it, let's talk about this Xianlin, when was this organization established, and who is in charge."

Li Wei put aside the murder of the emperor and grandson in advance and asked about Xianlin.

Zhao Ben paused, with a look of remembrance on his face, Li Wei did not let people roast him again this time, but waited patiently for a while.

"The forest of sages, the forest of sages, this is a place where Confucian sages gather, exchange knowledge, and cultivate talents." Zhao Ben finally opened his mouth leisurely, depicting a long-standing organization.

"At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongolian iron cavalry crossed the river and destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, Confucian scholars and literati, some died of observance, and some escaped in the mountains and forests......"

"There are many more who have surrendered!" Li Wei interrupted.

Zhao Ben was speechless, had to bypass this question, and continued: "Since Yashan, there is no Chinese clothing in the world, and Confucian scholars are even more despised, as the so-called seven craftsmen and eight prostitutes, nine Confucians and ten beggars, especially in the land south of the Yangtze River, are of low status, so some people with lofty ideals who are unwilling to be humiliated have gathered together to form this land of virtuous forests, in order to cultivate talents and restore the Chinese clothes and crowns. ”

When Li Wei heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised, is this still a righteous organization composed of patriots?

In fact, Zhao Ben's words are also biased, after the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, although the status of Confucianism was not as good as that of the Song Dynasty, it was similar to other religions, and it was still higher than that of the common people, but this huge gap was difficult for them literati to accept, and even shouted out that Confucianism was not as good as prostitution.

Li Wei didn't understand this, so he didn't refute, Zhao Ben continued: "Later, the Yuan court opened the department, the status of the literati was improved, and many people in the Xianlin also joined the court, and the name of Xianlin became false, but the status of the elegant after entering the court was always inferior to those Mengyuan nobles. ”

Li Wei listened to it for a long time, and finally understood, these so-called people with lofty ideals are pulling the banner of justice, and everything they do is for their own interests, Meng Yuan treats them well enough, they oppose Meng Yuan, Meng Yuan opened the department, and they came up again, and when the scourge is over, they will start a new stove to support the righteous army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, what the hell!

"So Your Majesty was also one of the rebels you supported in the first place?" Li Wei asked. (End of chapter)