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"I really don't understand, you don't sleep much, why do you look very energetic? Is it because of the method of breath adjustment learned in the Jishang Academy? Is this stuff from the Jishang Academy really so effective? "Zhou Gongjin rubbed her somewhat greasy hair and complained helplessly.

Hearing Zhou Gongjin's words, the corners of Shen Dao's mouth curved slightly, and he replied softly: "I studied with my teacher when I was five years old, and the teacher gave me the right to read the school classics by myself. It has been 26 years now."

In the former dynasty, Jishang Xuegong claimed to have a collection of millions of books, and it was the library of the people of the world who are eager to learn. Even though a mutiny broke out when the former dynasty collapsed and destroyed several library pavilions, the profound foundation and the follow-up vigorous restoration of the Mohist School, This Xue Gong is still looking down on the world like the morning sun, making all the stars dim.

Although Shen Dao didn't say any more, the subtext was already very obvious: Jishang Academy has so many books in it, it's normal to have some mental rejuvenation skills.

However, instead of being relieved, Zhou Gongjin's expression collapsed, and he slammed his chin heavily on the table, complaining: "I know that you are the proud son of heaven. The privilege of walking freely in the city. But do you have to consider that the school official in front of you is a half-way monk? You show off like this, I am very hurt."

Shen Dao smiled slightly, opened his eyes and said very sincerely: "Although my lord came from the Jianghu, but the world affairs are transparent, penetrating into people's hearts, and can do what others can't do. The forms of Jing and Wu are intricate, but my lord can still take care of the school affairs. It's well organized, and it doesn't give way much compared to the students of Jishang Academy, so I admire it."

Zhou Gongjin burst into laughter immediately: "As expected of a celebrity in Jishang Academy, flattering is also a set of tricks."

Although she knew in her heart that this was flattering, Zhou Gongjin felt very comfortable hearing it. After all, how many people like Shen Dao are worthy of him condescending to flatter him?

Just accept it when you see it, and Zhou Gongjin didn't want to let others praise her. As soon as the topic changed, she got back to the business: "Speaking of intricacies, there is a complicated thing now. That boy Qin Ke suspects that there is something behind Hu's disappearance. A conspiracy plotted by a force may even affect the entire Jianye, what do you think of this?"

Regarding this matter, Shen Dao has been paying attention to it all the time, so he answered quickly: "More clues are needed, but now it seems that Qin Ke is at least half right."

Chapter 737 The Entire City Blockade

"Which half?"

"In Jianye City, there is indeed a force that we can't find out. Where does this force come from, who is it loyal to, and what is its plan? cut off."

"Tiger must have come into contact with this force." Zhou Gongjin nodded and said, "The person who dared to touch our school office is still a detective captain. From this point of view, the power of this force is not weak. Same person?"

Shen Dao still didn't answer, just shook his head slightly.

Without getting an answer, Zhou Gongjin could only shrug her shoulders, knowing that the famous legalist in front of him was always seeking truth from facts, and would not easily draw conclusions without basis.

That's why he didn't make things difficult for Shen Dao, he just narrowed his eyes and said: "Although there are many things to take into account, since this force has already attacked the school office first, we can't just let it go. Besides, I don't want to While I was sleeping, there was always someone with a knife in the dark watching me."

Shen Dao also agreed with Zhou Gongjin's opinion, and even lightly knocked on the chopping board in front of him, and asked the clerk of the school office to go to his room to take a roll of bamboo slips, and gently placed it in front of Zhou Gongjin.

"Since your lord has the heart, I, this subordinate, should share your worries. This is a waste manuscript that I wrote earlier. You can see if it is suitable."

Zhou Gongjin opened it for a few glances, and a light shone in her red and swollen eyes with big dark circles: "Lock the city gates and search the whole city?"

"Yes, at first I thought it was premature, so I sealed it up, but now that the incident with Sun Tong broke out, all the officials in the court are either waiting to see or eager to put aside their relationship with Sun Tong. As long as the adults do things in the name of searching Sun Tong's party, they will not Someone will dare to stop it."

"However, if you arrest people on such a large scale, what should you do if you catch the wrong person? You must know that the school government has made many enemies. Just the file of impeachment against me can pile up a hill. If you use such a ruthless strategy, it won't be the case. Did you hurt me?" Zhou Gongjin suddenly put on a serious expression and asked Shen Dao.

"If you don't arrest him for a trial, how do you know you were wrongly arrested?" Shen Dao asked rhetorically.

The two looked at each other in silence for a long time, as if there was a clash of knives and guns in their eyes, but then they both laughed loudly, and the laughter penetrated the hall, which made the clerk who passed by in a hurry tremble, but because of the rules, he dared not Go to inquire easily, and finally walk away in a hurry.

In the hall, Zhou Gongjin laughed the loudest. It was rare for him to have such a happy moment these days. He pointed a finger at Shen Dao with some disrespect, and scolded with a smile: "I knew you are not a serious legalist. .”

"To each other." Shen Dao restrained his smile, and there was a gentleman's demeanor in his smile, "My lord is not a serious lord, since there are already many people who have impeached your lord, then don't care about more."

Of these two people, one is a famous legalist who dared to set up prisons without following the laws and regulations, and the other, as one of the most important officials in Jingwu, dared to take the risk of using the strategy of proclaiming Dao because he didn't follow the rules very well.

However, there are many things in this world that require the sword to be slanted. If there is no determination to take advantage of the fire, how can we accurately grasp the fox's tail of that force in the chaotic situation of Jingwu?

In troubled times, heavy codes should be used.

One day later, the people of Jianye suddenly discovered that people began to post notices, including on the pillars at the gate of Jianye City and outside the entrance of the vegetable market.

There are many scholars in Jianye, and there are naturally many literate people. Someone looked at the notice and stretched out his finger while pointing at the words while whispering to the notice, but as the crowd around him grew, his voice had to be It became louder and louder: "...Sun Tong's henchmen are like wolves in the wild, hiding in the dark. Treacherous, clean up the rebellious party, and use the whole righteousness... If there is any news reported to the government, ten gold rewards will be rewarded!"

If there is anyone who makes the people resent the most, it is naturally the person who took away their property. In the notice, the government described Sun Tong's henchmen as wild wolves. The reason why they lurk in the city is to wait for the opportunity to destroy them Jianye, who can not be frightened and angry?

The first time the notice was posted, the common people were almost excited, and with the reward of ten gold, many people seemed to have a bit of coldness in their eyes.

When they looked around, they seemed like falcons hunting for prey, wishing to see a hole in everyone around them.

In just one day, the school affairs office and several other yamen arrested nearly a hundred people in a row, including high-ranking officials and nobles, as well as ordinary people. There were even a few people's notifications that played a role, and they got ten in public. After the gold award, the onlookers applauded for a while.

On the contrary, there was a lot of abuse in the court. Many people wrote a memorial to impeach Zhou Gongjin, the school official, that night, criticizing Zhou Gongjin for fear that the world would not be chaotic. The whole city is turned upside down!

"Master's lesson! If you follow the actions of the Zhou family's children, Jianye will inevitably be disturbed. Isn't this an opportunity for Sun Tong to rebel against the party? Is this for the country or for the enemy?"

Above the main hall, an old official from the Sun family's faction blew his pale beard, stared and shouted angrily: "The old official even thought that Zhou Gongjin's move was to retaliate in the name of searching against the party, eradicate dissidents, and bring chaos to the court." Church!"

After the voice fell, the entire court echoed again, the voice was so loud that it almost lifted the roof of the hall, and the 16-year-old little king Liu San's shoulders trembled in fright, and his legs began to tremble slightly.

Although there have always been disputes between courts and courts, and the little country master has heard a lot of them on weekdays, but what happened recently really made him overwhelmed.

First Sun Tong's rebellion, then Tang's army oppressed the country, and now even Jing Wu's general Gao Changgong has become a rebel. The head of the hall felt a chill run down his spine.

More importantly, everyone thought that the so-called Yidai Zhao was only forged by Sun Tong and others, but he knew that the Yidai Zhao was indeed written by him!

It's just that he is afraid of pain, and the belt edict that should have been written in blood has become a copybook with a cinnabar brush, but in his opinion, the change in the current situation is almost created by him.

Prime Minister Zhuge Wanling knelt quietly on his seat, without any expression on his face, as if the noise and abuse in the court room were not worth his attention at all, but in fact his eyes were always looking in one direction, and there was an expression in his eyes. It was like the surface of clear water, reflecting Sun Ji'an's bowed head and silent appearance.

Sometimes, things often have two completely different sides, just like a small paper boat floating on the lake, although it looks like it is about to capsize due to violent waves, but for the whole lake, it is just a breeze blowing. A faint wave of movement.

It is impossible for Zhuge Wanling, who has been in the temple for many years and is extremely intelligent, not to know this truth, and he also knows very well that no matter how the officials scold, his voice is like rolling thunder, but if Wu Yun does not move, it can only be thunder The sound is loud and the rain is small.

Sun Jian'an was that dark cloud.

As the leader of the gentry after Sun Zhong's death, Sun Ji'an's importance can be imagined. Even he only needs to take a step forward and say a word, and he can really lead the angry officials to put the man on the stand. Zhou Gongjin, who had been silently enduring the abuse in the front row, was torn to pieces.

However, at the court meeting today, he didn't say a word.

Of course, this is not to say that Sun Ji'an didn't have the guts. You must know that when he took the post of Yushi doctor, he had already publicly fought Zhuge Wanling many times. He has been attacked and suppressed several times, but this time his silence itself represents an attitude of his.

And the development of the matter was just as Zhuge Wanling expected, although the farce in the court lasted for a whole hour, but because there was no one with enough weight to take the lead, it could only be calmed down with a few words from him .

Chapter 738 It's time to make a decision

In this struggle, Zhou Gongjin can be said to have won an all-round victory. Although Zhuge Wanling also reprimanded him a few words such as "doing things without knowing how to do things", since he has not been dismissed from the official position of the school official, Then it won't hurt his fundamentals.

Moreover, Zhuge Wanling did not explicitly prohibit the closure of the city. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is actually a kind of tacit consent.

Complacent, Zhou Gongjin, who walked out of the hall, intentionally put herself in a very arrogant walking posture, even pouted her little buttocks and held her head up, like a big goose that despises everyone, and almost wrote "Come on" on her face. hit me".

Seeing this blatantly provocative behavior, the officials of the Sun faction who gathered at the side gritted their teeth. Some of the stronger ones couldn't hold back their anger. Soon he was held back by someone, and he was once again included in the ranks of officials under good words of persuasion.

All the officials in Jianye City are very familiar with Zhou Gongjin. They know that this guy who looks like a scholar is actually a small master practitioner. How many people present can really have such a cultivation level?Only fools can't find it by themselves.

Zhou Gongjin looked at those officials who were angry but couldn't get angry, couldn't help touching her chin, and said with a smile: "Young master, I have been in the officialdom for so many years, what can you old bastards do to me? But this is invincible in the court, really lonely as snow..."

But just when he was intoxicated by his heroism, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Sun Jian'an who was walking at the end of the crowd.

Turning his eyes, he suddenly showed a playful smile, trotted over with two legs, walked side by side with the head of the Sun family, and said with a playful smile as he walked: "Master Sun, after the meeting, I'm going to do something What? Go home for dinner?"

It is also thanks to the fact that Sun Ji'an is a face-saving person. Zhou Gongjin dared to do this. If a weak country is replaced by a military officer, he must be in a bad mood just after losing a game in the court. In the end, his political opponents are still pissed off. He ran over to show concern in a hypocritical manner, acting like a villain, he had to clenched his casserole-sized fist and beat him up to relieve his anger.

However, what surprised Zhou Gongjin was that instead of being angry, Sun Jianan glanced at Zhou Gongjin with a smile, and replied very politely: "There is still some time before dinner, and I still have some things to do when I go back. The few volumes of documents have to be reviewed as soon as possible, and there is no room for neglect. But if Mr. Zhou doesn’t mind, you can come to my house and have a sip of tea first. After I review the official documents, we can sit at the same table and have a drink.”

"That's okay, I'm sorry to bother Mr. Sun to entertain me." Zhou Gongjin laughed, and her evaluation of Sun Ji'an increased in her heart, and said, "But I have to thank Mr. Sun for letting me go in the court today. Ma, otherwise I will be sad today, next time I will be the host, how about treating Master Sun to a drink?"

But Sun Ji'an shook his head and said: "You will not be rewarded for your merits, Master Zhou said that I let you go, where did you start? Could it be that Master Zhou thought I thought you did something wrong?"

"Do you think I'm doing the right thing?" Zhou Gongjin looked at Sun Jian'an in surprise.

In Zhou Gongjin's view, Sun Ji'an was the most opposed to the school affairs office on weekdays, and even wrote to Zhuge Wanling many times to reduce the authority of the school affairs office. How could such a person agree with the school affairs office's current actions?The reason why he didn't speak today was at most because he knew that this matter would be meaningless even in the end.

As expected, Shen Dao is a student of Dr. Shang. He has a good eye for the situation. He knows that this is an extraordinary time. All the actions of the Shifu are learned from the name.

Even if all the officials would object, but as long as Zhou Gongjin showed something real and Zhuge Wanling was backing him, who could do anything to the school affairs office?

"I want to come to Mr. Zhou because I have repeatedly impeached and opposed the school affairs office, so I thought I was deliberately trying to get along with Mr. Zhou...even the prime minister."

Sun Ji'an was well-bred, every word and deed could show a scholarly demeanor, and his voice was just right, so that Zhou Gongjin couldn't find a single fault, "But the reason why Sun opposed the school affairs office has nothing to do with the party struggle. It’s just that in my opinion, the office of the School Affairs Office is too detached. Although it seems to be no different from the Tingwei’s Mansion, its power is far superior to that of the Tingwei’s Mansion. It can directly arrest people beyond the Jingwu Fadu, and even detain them with a single order. It may not be a good thing for me, Jing Wu, to order an official from the imperial court."

Zhou Gongjin took a look at the purge and uniform bodyguards of the imperial guards in the doorway the two were passing by, and then compared them with those wine bags and rice bags, and sneered and said, "Why did Master Sun say that? Since the establishment of the school affairs office The achievements are obvious to all. I have worked hard to handle cases every day. So far, I have handled countless cases. Among them, hundreds of corrupt officials have been arrested. "

"And what about Ting Wei's Mansion? The things related to the case of destroying dikes and flooding fields have been put into ashes in their archives, and they don't know anything about the enemy's spies sneaking into Jianye. Even a Jianghu gang..."

Speaking of this, he shook his head with a look of disdain: "As far as the former Yulong Gang and the current Shuangsha Gang, which one didn't happen under their noses? What can such a mediocre yamen be expected to do?" Things? What's more, as far as I know... Some people in Tingwei's Mansion are also involved in several major cases? It's just that the Prime Minister is benevolent, let them go, and don't pursue them."

Sun Ji'an was not in a hurry, and waited quietly for Zhou Gongjin to finish speaking before saying: "Of course I know that there are many problems in Tingwei's Mansion, but this has nothing to do with the school affairs mansion. Yes, the school affairs mansion has indeed been completed There are many things, but the reason why the school affairs office can handle these cases so quickly is inseparable from the transcendent status of the school affairs office."

"That's right, I admit it." Zhou Gongjin said in a deep voice, "Without these things, the school affairs office would have encountered many obstacles."

Sun Jianan glanced at Zhou Gongjin with relief, nodded and said, "But you should also know that the detached position seems to be stable, but in fact it is the least reliable. Master Zhou's predecessor, Master Zhuge, was a capable person and loyal. , take care of the school office in an orderly manner, and now you are the rising star Mr. Zhou, you are better than Mr. Zhuge. But after Mr. Zhuge and Mr. Zhou, who should you let take over your class? How to ensure that the successor can do things like you?"

This question caught Zhou Gongjin's attention. In all fairness, he really didn't think about this question, because he is still very young, not as gray-haired as the previous Lord Zhuge, and urgently needs to find someone to take over.

However, in this troubled world, who can guarantee that he will live to the end of his life?If one day he is in an accident, who can take his place?

Qin Ke?He is still too young and needs a lot of experience.Shen Dao?Although he didn't think that Shen Dao would betray Jing Wu, but this man's city was too deep, he thought it would be difficult to see through it, and it was a bit disturbing to give him such an important position.

Thinking about it this way, the only one who is more suitable is the little girl next to Qin Ke, who is smart and witty, and if she marries Qin Ke in the future, she will naturally be regarded as a member of Jingwu. Loyalty is always okay, but she is still a little girl at present. I love playing too much...

Thinking of this, he grinned, knowing that he couldn't make a decision at this time, and at the same time, he also understood the problem Sun Ji'an said, and said: "Master Sun's meaning is not unreasonable. But if this is the case, why does Master Sun This time you support the school affairs office again? Could it be that you have changed your mind again?"

The two walked all the way to the river, just in time to meet people from the school office who were searching a room. A rich businessman was shackled and shackled, crying for his father and mother, and then thrown into a prison van roughly. gradually go away.

At the end of the road, days of rain made the sky gray, as if a big hand was holding the city fiercely, which made people feel a little depressed.

Sun Jian'an knew where the depression in his heart came from. It came from the great general who was on the battlefield, from the 10,000+ soldiers who were supposed to protect Jing Wu, and from the stubborn and rebellious son.

He suddenly sighed, and said: "One moment and another moment. I have always believed that the Sun family needs the sky of Jingwu, and countless people need the sky of Jingwu, and now Jingwu needs the school office. You young people need to act decisively."

Chapter 739 In the Night

If the former Zhou Gongjin still had some prejudices against Sun Jianan, then the brief conversation with Sun Jianan today has changed him a lot, even though he still feels that it is impossible for him and Sun Jianan to become friends, But at least some of the time, they can avoid being... enemies?

Under the stone bridge, there is a boat lady rowing a small boat, singing with some smiles, singing Jing Wu's popular ditty, telling the story of a father and son on the bow of the boat.

Zhou Gongjin stood listening at the same spot, and when he heard the sentence "Although the father's back is strong, his white hair is like frost", looking at the back of the lonely man who was finally drowned in the crowd, he suddenly sighed: "It's a pity that this Among the gentry, how many people really care? Even your own son can't understand you."

Sun Qing is now in the rebel army. According to the news from the spies of the school affairs office, this young man's status in the army is not low, and he is even not weaker than Sun Tong in terms of speaking power. It will be a serious worry for Jing Wu.

When that day really comes, will Sun Ji'an still insist on his own ideas?Between his close relatives and the huge family behind him, which side will he choose?

"If possible, I hope there will be no day when I become an enemy." Zhou Gongjin spit out this sentence quietly, then shrugged in a self-relieving manner, and turned around to go to the school office.

The early layout of the school affairs office was completed smoothly. This time, the sudden attack did not give many forces any time to react. After several rounds of arrests, groups of prisoners who were sent to the school affairs office's prison directly ignored it. The large cells were packed to the brim.

At the same time, a group of spies and soldiers were still operating in the city, attacking those places where they had doubts, as if they would rather catch the wrong place than let it go.

"There are not enough cells, so let's put them in the big prison in Ting Wei's mansion. Ting Wei has an opinion? Then let them have the ability to talk to the young master by themselves."

Zhou Gongjin, who was standing in the hall of the school office, was reading the case file and giving orders, and at the same time, she did not forget to sneer, "Oh, today the group of people in the court couldn't do anything to the young master. What can the egg roll do to the young master?"

Shen Dao, who was sitting on the side, was much more stable. Although there was a bit of a smile between his brows, it was soon covered by a touch of coldness.

Naturally, his coldness was not aimed at Zhou Gongjin, but at his subordinates. Grid officials are arranged to the periphery.

But because things were too complicated this time, the officials who were still under observation could only be brought back for use.

Probably these officials would not have imagined that they had just been free for a short time, and they would return to this yamen that they felt kind to but now extremely scary.

After experiencing it personally, they all know that Shen Dao is a monster with a long-term memory. Even half a month later, he can accurately report one number after another, making those officials who want to defend themselves unable to hold up their heads. Later, the nickname "Shen Motou" also spread like wildfire in the school office.

Shen Dao himself didn't care about this nickname. Instead, he felt that he came to the school office to be a devil, because this is a wolf's den. If he can't have an overwhelming momentum, how can he be a scholar? To subdue those officials with seniority and many crimes?

A few days passed by in such a hurry, and the abuse in the hall was still endless, but the school affairs office was still as stable as a mountain, and under the arrangement of the two, it was almost operating to the limit.

If you don’t have enough soldiers, you go to the army to borrow soldiers; if you don’t have enough cells, you occupy the cells of other yamen;

At the gate of the school office, Qin Ke, who was dressed in black like a falcon, stroked the Bodhisattva sword at his waist, looked back at the criminals who were connected in a line by ropes, bowed briefly to the officials who greeted them with smiling faces at the door, and began to explain .

"Tell Mr. Zhou for me that Junshu ordered Dong Yi's family to search some letters between him and Sun Tong. I read it, and there are words and sentences in the three volumes that are foreign to the party, so that people can have a good trial." Qin Ke calmly Said, "I have to go to the south of the city in a while, so I won't go in for now."

"Okay. I will tell Lord Zhou everything. Don't worry, Mr. You Langzhong." The responding official answered very quickly.

"Are you... I don't think I've seen you before? Did you come from the army?" Qin Ke took a few glances, and he could see that the official had a resolute body and a pair of eyes on his young face. With a cold meaning, he couldn't help asking.

"Yes, but it's not the army that Mr. You Langzhong thought. I came from the frontier army. I just arrived in Jianye a few days ago, and I was temporarily transferred by Mr. Zhou to help." Less wind and frost, but still full of affinity.

"Then I know who you are." Qin Ke's eyes lit up slightly when he heard these words, and he said with a smile, "Master Zhou mentioned a few times, you are Huang Yao, right? General Huang's grandnephew, Abu I also mentioned you, saying that you went to the frontier army alone because you made a big fuss with the Imperial Academy."

Being suddenly mentioned about the past, Huang Yao was a little embarrassed, and waved his hand, "Don't mention these things, they are all stupid things done back then, who hasn't been young and frivolous yet."

"You're not old now." Qin Ke smiled, promised to buy someone a drink next time, and left the school office.

Zhou Gongjin and Shen Dao, who were in charge of the overall situation, were very tired. It was also not easy for him to lead people to arrest people outside these days. On several occasions, he even fought with some official house servants and priests who openly resisted arrest. Instead, it was an ordinary yamen It's really a headache.

Since working in the school affairs office, Qin Ke has also felt more and more the hardships of Zhuge Wanling. Not to mention the major cases involving treason, which of the high-ranking officials in Jianye didn't have some practitioners in their families?Once these people are twisted into a rope and deliberately cause chaos in Jianye, I am afraid that the Yamen will not be able to solve it easily.

The establishment of the school affairs office was really a helpless move, and probably only a government office with such power could be able to restrain those practitioners who seemed to blend in with the crowd but were actually very dangerous in a huge city like Jianye.

"I hope this farce will not end hastily." Qin Ke thought to himself.

In fact, compared to Zhou Gongjin's planning, he was actually more concerned about Hu's whereabouts. Although he also knew that the chance of Hu being alive after so many days was very slim, at least he didn't want Hu to disappear into the world without knowing why.