Chapter 15: The Aftermath Shakes the Outside of the Government and the Opposition (1)
After Wang Zhong escaped from the tunnel, he started light work, and began to run wildly in the direction of Bianjing, and most of the night passed, and his real power was consumed a lot, and his pace slowed down. He knew that if he continued, not only would he not be able to get to Bianjing in the fastest time, but if he was tired, how could he be worthy of the opportunity that the people of Pear Blossom Villa exchanged for their lives?
With mixed feelings, Wang Zhong came to a small town. After eating some things, he was about to leave, and happened to meet a horse seller, and he didn't think much about it, how many silver taels did the horse merchant want, he gave it directly, and rode the horse and continued to gallop in the direction of Bianjing.
After two days, he didn't see the people of the Yama Hall catching up, he thought he had thrown him off, but it was only after arriving in Bianjing that he was shocked to find that the ghost-faced Yama did not chase him, but directly chose to wait for him in the capital.
This siege in the capital almost killed him, if it weren't for the strong belief in his heart, he might have been a dead man. He didn't know that at this time, Yang Ye had been defeated and captured, his head had been sent to Yun and Ying, the Song army was defeated and retreated, and many occupied territories were lost. Within the imperial court, there was a heated discussion about whether Yang Ye's death in the battle was a merit or a fault, as well as the tragedy of Lihuazhuang.
The imperial court will care about the affairs of the Jianghu sect of Pear Flower Villa, mainly because Shen Heyin and Su Fangtian have special identities, and at the moment Zhao Guangyi has issued an order to track down the murderer of the village, and Ye Qianhua, the leader of the martial arts alliance, also sent people to investigate, because the destruction of the village in Pear Blossom Villa is definitely a big deal for the entire martial arts.
Above the court, the ministers of civil and military affairs all bowed their heads, because at this time, Zhao Guangyi, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, was asking Tian Chongjin, Cao Bin and others about the defeat of the army. There are 200,000 troops in this expedition, and how many people can come back now?
Tian Chongjin, Cao Bin and others are all old commanders in the army, and now they are held accountable, and they are ashamed. It was Zhao Guangyi's question, and they didn't answer a word. Zhao Guangyi saw their appearance, he was upset and irritable for no reason, he suppressed the anger in his heart, looked at Pan Mei and Wang Yu again, and said: "What about you? The strength of the army on the west road is not much weaker than that on the middle road, I also specially sent Mi Xin as a single commander, for the army of the western road, Mi Xin, you come to tell me, why is this the result?"
Mi Xin didn't dare to speak at this time, just crawled on the ground.
Zhao Guangyi looked at Pan Mei again and said, "You are the commander of this Western Road army, you can come here!"
"The minister is guilty, please punish the saint!" Pan Mei's eyes were full of shame.
"Punishment, of course you have to be punished, my 200,000 army, do you know what the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun mean to our Great Song Dynasty?" Zhao Guangyi slapped the dragon chair, and a bang sounded from the top of the hall, and the ministers were all trembling.
Wang Yu's face changed a few times, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Holy Lord, the minister has something to say!"
Zhao Guangyi nodded and said: "You are the supervisor of the army, you can ask about the major affairs in the army, and the power is not under Pan Mei, then it is up to you to tell me the reason for this defeat!"
Wang Yu said loudly: "Weichen believes that the defeat of the Western Road army this time is all the fault of Deputy Marshal Yang Ye!"
Yang Ye was defeated and died of hunger strike at the mouth of Chenjia Valley, and the news had long spread to the government and the opposition, and his name of loyalty had already spread all over the world. The world is mostly praised at the moment, but Wang Yu said at this time that he was the culprit of the defeat, and above the main hall, the ministers suddenly began to discuss.
Yang Jiajun is powerful inside and outside, and there are supporters in the court, and naturally there are slanderers. At that moment, Yang Yanzhao looked at Wang Yu and said, "Wang Jian Jun, tell me, how did Father Shuai defeat the army of the Western Road?"
Wang Yu glanced at Pan Mei not far away, and said lightly: "Yang Ye is proud of his high merits, he doesn't obey orders, don't say that he is me, the prison army, and he doesn't even listen to Marshal Pan's orders, causing the lone army to go deeper, and he was defeated and captured at the mouth of Chenjia Valley.
"Nonsense, obviously you forced your father to send troops, and you didn't listen to your father's arrangement, which made him behead in a different place, and now my father and my second brother don't even know where the corpse is!" Yang Yanzhao's voice exploded like thunder, and many civil and military ministers trembled, and they all stood and didn't dare to speak.
Wang Yu said lightly: "In the army, this official is the supervisor of the army, the same position as the marshal, and the position of supervising the army, you say that the official should listen to his arrangement?"
"You ······" Yang Yanzhao's face suddenly turned red, if it weren't for the court, he would definitely give Wang Yu a good beating.
Zhao Guangyi looked at Wang Yu and said, "You go on, I have to listen carefully, how Yang Ye became the culprit of the defeat!"
At the moment, Wang Yu poured all the dirty water on Yang Ye, which was worthless to devalue Yang Ye. Yang Yanzhao and the others all had a blue face, and their eyes showed a fierce light, because Wang Yu was really too much.
"Is that really the case?" Zhao Guangyi's eyes were extremely cold. Liu Wenyu took a step forward and said, "Holy Lord, what Wang Jianjun said is true!"
It turned out that when Wang Yu returned to Bianjing, he had already discussed with Liu Wenyu, and now that the defeat is a fact and irretrievable, the saint will definitely punish them, and the only way to avoid responsibility is to put all the sins on the dead Yang Ye, and there is no proof of death.
Wang Yu also wanted to win over Pan Mei, but Pan Mei was sometimes an old stubborn, so he had to come up with a plan, that is, to pull him aside above the court. In his words just now, Pan Mei had been exaggerated, and at the same time, there were some threatening words in it, he believed that Pan Mei would definitely make the right choice, because this was above the court, and he was not allowed to consider it, nor was he allowed to choose.
"Is Wang Jianjun saying that this defeat has nothing to do with you, Lord Liu, and Pan Shuai?" The speaker was Kou Zhun, who has always strongly supported Yang Jiajun, who is good friends with Yang Yanzhao, is twenty-five years old this year, and is upright and righteous.
When Wang Yu heard this, he said loudly: "Holy Lord, every word of Weichen is true, please Holy Lord!"
Zhao Guangyi looked at Pan Mei and said, "What he said is true?"
Kou Zhun said at this time: "Pan Shuai, you must be worthy of your conscience when you always speak!"
"Master Kou, there is something in your words!" Wang Yu said lightly.
Kou Zhun said lightly: "According to Wang Jianjun's opinion, what is in this official's words?"
Wang Yu snorted coldly, but did not answer. Pan Mei is psychologically contradictory, if the teacher admits his mistake, the demotion of the official will be inevitable, but this can be at ease, if he is in the same stream with Wang Yu, the official position will be guaranteed, and the glory and wealth will still be there, but the hurdle in his heart will be difficult to pass.
Seeing that he was hesitant, Wang Yu couldn't help but start to be afraid, and then he took a step forward and said, "Holy Lord, aren't you embarrassed Marshal Pan? Although the fault of this defeat is not him, but his commander, with his old man's noble conduct, how can he shirk his responsibility and correct Yang Ye?"
Pan Meinai is a well-known veteran inside and outside the government and the opposition, who once accompanied Emperor Taizu to fight the world, and respected both inside and outside the government and the opposition. Zhao Guangyi also began to believe a little bit of what Wang Yu said at this time.
"Yang Ye is greedy for merit, and Yang Jiajun is even more unforgivable, please order the demolition of Tianbo Mansion under the Holy Order!" Wang Yu knelt on the ground at this time.
"The Yang family is a loyal martyr, Ling Gong and his two sons were both killed in battle in the Chen family's valley mouth, their name of loyalty and righteousness, noble conduct can compete with day and night, who dares to insult the name of the loyal martyr in broad daylight? Could it be that above the court today, all of them are mediocre and treacherous?" A voice with endless anger and tragedy came from outside, and the ministers of civil and military affairs all showed a look of surprise, who dared to openly be the emperor and the minister of civil and military affairs outside? Where is the imperial forest army outside? Why didn't they stop this person?
Surprised and angry, all the ministers looked outside the main hall, only to see a middle-aged man holding a thing, but the royal guards guarding the main hall were all kneeling on the ground at this time. The man had a haggard face, a long scar on his face, and he looked extremely hideous. There were blood stains on his clothes, and there were several long wounds on his hands holding things, and the blood had not long condensed, which looked extremely intimidating. There was endless anger in his eyes, and a kind of grief that could not be described in words. He is Wang Zhong who walked to the palace after nine deaths, he knew that he was late, he could not save Yang Ye and the Yang family army who went on the expedition, as well as the people who were trampled by the Liao soldiers and iron cavalry, and he was even more ashamed of Shen Heyin and Su Fangtian, the two owners of the village who sacrificed their lives for him, but he must do what should be done, even if it is to die.
"Presumptuous, who are you to dare to openly break into the court, this is a great crime to exterminate the Nine Clans!" Wang Yu shouted.
Wang Zhong snorted coldly, raised the things in front of him, and said loudly: "The Danshu iron coupon given by the first emperor is here, as if the first emperor is here, Wang Yu, you thief, dare to shout at the first emperor, just this one, it is enough to punish you!"
Wang Yu's face changed suddenly, and he shouted: "How can you have a Danshu iron coupon? This must be fake!"
"You can come to check whether it's true or not!" Wang Zhong looked at Wang Yu with a look of disdain in his eyes.
Zhao Guangyi stood up and said, "Is this really the Danshu Iron Coupon given by the First Emperor?"
"This is borrowed by the grass people from Pear Blossom Villa, and the saint can also come to inspect it!" Wang Zhong said.
"No need, the first emperor did give the Pear Blossom Villa Danshu Iron Coupon, I know it, the Pear Blossom Villa is now extinct, could it be ······ Could it be that the destruction of Pear Flower Villa has something to do with this Danshu iron coupon?" Zhao Guangyi said.
When Wang Zhong heard this, he immediately choked up a few times, closed his eyes, and said, "That's right!"
"They lent you the Danshu iron coupons, and because of this, they destroyed the door, and you will tell the truth about this!" Zhao Guangyi said.
Wang Yu knew that this Wang Zhong was a general under Yang Ye, and there was already cold sweat on his forehead at the moment, because once Wang Zhong told the truth, then he would really be finished.