Northern Song Dynasty gangster: Start the game with a dog's head, and Mr. Bao spares his life

So it was like grabbing a life-saving straw, and seeing a little hope in an instant, he quickly argued:

"The lower officials dare not suspect that Marquis Zhongjing is cheating."

"It's just that I'm not sure whether Zhongjinghou secretly reached a conspiracy with Xixia and did something to harm the country."

"So even if the official sees the letter of credence with his own eyes, he still has to check the private letters between Marquis Zhongjing and the Empress Dowager of Xixia."

"If Marquis Zhongjing is dedicated to serving the public, he is upright and upright, and there is no need to urge him, the subordinate official will die to thank the world."

Such behavior is not because he is afraid of death, but because he is afraid of going to death in this way.

If Cao Bin forced him to commit suicide because of betraying his country and seeking glory, he would also be cast aside by history books thousands of years later, which he absolutely cannot accept.

In his opinion, governing the world has always been more important than opening up frontiers, so when he was studying history, he didn't think highly of iron-blooded emperors like Han Wu.

It is precisely because of this idea that he came up with the idea of ​​"territory for peace". ,

But to say that he intends to betray the country for glory, he himself feels aggrieved.

Cao Bin didn't care about his thoughts, he only knew that Sima Guang's thoughts and actions would neither bring about peace nor lose territory.

Prosperity never backed down.

Again, if you seek peace through struggle, you will live peacefully; if you seek unity through compromise, you will perish.

This is true for both individuals and countries.

In his opinion, a person like Sima Guang should not hold the power of the court. Even if he does not intend to do evil, he will ruin the state affairs, kill him as soon as possible and clean up as soon as possible.

It's just that this guy is a bit difficult to fool, so Cao Bin had to show his truth and said:

"This is my personal letter, but I can't show it to you."

Sima Guang was about to question, when Cao Bin continued:

"The empress dowager...and the concubine can watch one or two."

"You don't even believe the queen mother and concubine, do you?"

It's not that he doesn't want to publish the letter, it's that the letter written by Wuzang Heiyun is a bit explicit and cannot be made public.

No matter if it is shown to anyone present, the Empress Dowager Pan cannot be passed. In this case, Cao Bin can only narrow the scope as much as possible, and only appoint her to watch it alone.

But what left him speechless was that when he appointed Empress Dowager Pan, the sister-in-law would be sour and jealous in this regard, and even gave him a look full of resentment, and Cao Bin could only add her one more.

After finishing speaking, Cao Bin took a hard look at Sima Guang and said:

"If this is the case, if you still want to be cunning and savage, don't blame me for being rude!"

"At that time, I will slowly stab you to death with one sword..."

Seeing that Cao Bin no longer concealed the content of the letter, Sima Guang suddenly became nervous, and could only bite the bullet and say:

"The lower officials naturally believe in the queen mother and the concubine."

At this time, he hoped that there was a conspiracy in Cao Bin's letter, otherwise, he could only die in humiliation.

When Li Qingzhao saw the situation developing like this, he covered his face and couldn't see it.

She knows the inside story.

With the boldness of a barbarian woman, she couldn't even imagine that there would be such words as tigers and wolves in the letter.

It's enough for Cao Bin to show the empress dowager and concubine this kind of letter. He is not afraid that the two nobles will be ashamed and add to his crime?

This is so courageous.

However, Li Qingzhao changed her mind and thought that Cao Bin might have done this to solve her own problems, and her heart shook violently, and she could no longer dislike her anymore.

So he quickly looked up and observed the reactions of the two noblemen.

"what!"

After Empress Dowager Pan opened the letter, she immediately began to read it. She thought that what the Empress Dowager Xixia wrote was official affairs of the court, and her words would be serious.

Unexpectedly, the more you look at it, the more it tastes wrong.

But after all, she has not been in court for a long time, and she is not familiar with the country's diplomacy, so she thought it was a normal diplomatic rhetoric.

Unexpectedly, a word of tiger and wolf suddenly came into view, which directly made her exclaim.

Only then did she realize that this was not a diplomatic rhetoric, it was clearly a love letter from an adulterer and a wealthy woman,

She raised her head in a panic, and saw that the ministers below were looking at her eagerly. She was like a thief who had been caught and showed up, with a guilty conscience.

Above the court, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the feeling of reading Xiaohuang's book was so exciting that she broke out in a cold sweat.

"Sister, is there something wrong with the letter?"

Seeing her appearance like this, Concubine Pang couldn't help leaning over and asked.

Empress Dowager Pan quickly covered the letter and said in a panic:

"No, there's nothing wrong with it."

Wang Yanling said in a deep voice:

"Dare to ask the empress dowager, but Xixia has another conspiracy?"

Although Empress Dowager Pan gave birth to the little emperor, she had not been in the palace for a long time, and she was not a few years older than Cao Bin.

At such an age, when she is sensitive to the affairs of men and women, where has she seen such provocative words?Simply immersive.

At this moment, seeing people questioning her, she felt restless, feeling restless, so she hurriedly said:

"The Empress Dowager Wuzang is reasonable, she has no demands, and she has no conspiracy. She has a very good friendship with Hou Zhongjing."

As she spoke, she gave Cao Bin a hard look and said:

"I feel a little unwell, retreat!"

After speaking, without waiting for the ministers to respond, he got up and left.

"Queen, Queen..."

Wang Yanling was about to ask the reason, but Empress Dowager Pan had already disappeared. Seeing this, all the ministers looked at each other, speechless for a while.

When the upward direction is at the critical moment, how can you just leave?

What does it mean?

Is Sima Guang still dead?

Cao Bin was also dumbfounded when he saw this situation, and he rubbed his chin in confusion and muttered:

"As for it? The writing is not too royal, is it?"

To him, the letter was nothing more than a few words of reminiscence mixed in with the business, and Empress Dowager Pan really shouldn't react so strongly.

But he forgot that his realm has reached the point where he has read all kinds of books without any waves. How can Queen Mother Pan compare?

After Pan returned to the harem, her heart was still beating wildly.

This bastard, for allowing himself to watch this kind of thing, almost made himself look ugly in court.

She stroked her chest, looked at the letter in her hand, and felt the urge to burn it.

But thinking that the letter was still useful and that it belonged to Cao Bin, she held back and didn't do anything.

"Empress Dowager, what's the matter with you?"

At this moment, Concubine Pang also chased in, asking with a full face.

Empress Dowager Pan hurriedly put the letter into her sleeve and said with a smile:

"It's nothing, I'm a little unwell."

Concubine Pang didn't care about her either, she just stared at her sleeve and said:

"That letter?"

Listening to her inquiry about the letter, Empress Dowager Pan instinctively refused:

"That letter you can't..."

Speaking of this, she suddenly felt a move in her heart, she felt secretly upset, she couldn't be surprised by me alone, so she immediately changed her words:

"This letter is really a bit...Sister Concubine Pang must be mentally prepared."

As she spoke, she took the letter out of her sleeve and handed it to Concubine Pang as if it was hot, looking at her expression with some expectation.

Concubine Pang was curious, so she didn't refuse.

She was much calmer than Queen Mother Pan, although her face was flushed, she didn't have much reaction.

After reading it, she muttered bitterly:

"This coquettish fox is really shameless, even writing a letter does not forget to seduce handsome talents!"

"Hey?"

Empress Dowager Pan was a little surprised, this reaction was a bit beyond her expectation, this sister has a really big heart.

However, she let Concubine Pang read the letter precisely because of this heavy worry, she frowned and asked:

"Marquis Zhongjing won't be seduced by that woman, so go and join Xixia."

She admired Cao Bin's ability very much, and she was really worried that Cao Bin would abandon Song Touxia.

In that case, Da Song would suffer a great loss.

Concubine Pang hurriedly said:

"Don't worry, Empress Dowager, the Cao family has been a noble for generations, and has been entrusted by the late emperor with a high position and authority. How could it be so unwise?"

"If he really wanted to, he wouldn't let the Queen Mother read this letter."

Empress Dowager Pan nodded, and thought that her son had recognized Cao Bin as foster father, she immediately felt relieved.

She never thought of withholding this letter as a hole card to restrain Cao Bin in the future.

One is that the Pan and Cao families are in the mid-moon period, which she did not expect.

The two are just letters written by the Empress Dowager Xixia to Cao Bin. Even if there is a trouble in the future, it will not hurt the root of it, and it will destroy the current relationship between the two families. Moreover, she has a more dangerous hole card left by the late emperor.

Now what she was thinking about was how to continue to win over Cao Bin. The Xixia woman was too open-minded, which made her feel a little bit of pressure.

While she was thinking hard, a little eunuch suddenly ran in and said:

"Empress Dowager, something is wrong, you should go and have a look, there is a fight going up."

"Master Cao insisted on killing Sima Zhiyuan..."

Empress Dowager Pan was startled, she got up quickly and said:

"Quick, follow me back to Zichen Palace!"

Concubine Pang was also a little anxious. She thought Cao Bin was just talking, but she didn't expect that he would really do something.

Sima Guang could be forced to commit suicide, but it must not be Cao Bin who took the initiative. Once he did, he would become a thorn in the eyes and a thorn in the flesh of scholars all over the world.

At this time, the Zichen Palace was extremely lively.

Some ministers stepped forward to fight, some added fuel to the fire, and some were eating melons and watching the excitement.

But seeing that Sima Guang was still there, both Empress Dowager Pan breathed a sigh of relief.

He put the Qingzhi sword on his neck, looked at Cao Bin with grief and indignation, and said:

"Don't bother Zhong Jinghou to do it, the subordinate will die by himself, but the subordinate refuses to accept!"

As he said that, he wanted to kill himself with a horizontal sword.

Empress Dowager Pan was about to speak to stop her, but she felt that her clothes tightened behind her, and the words stuck in her throat. Thanks to Wang Yanling who stepped forward to stop him, otherwise Sima Guang would have died.

"The concubine's dishonesty, the queen mother forgives her."

She turned her head to look at Concubine Pang, seeing her expression of pity, she couldn't help being very speechless.

Although Empress Dowager Pan also hated Sima Guang, she still cared about the dignity of the court and would not let him die in the court.

However, she didn't have time to argue with Concubine Pang, she walked quickly to the throne, and after accepting the worship of all the officials, she looked at Sima Guang and said with a cold snort:

"What's your objection?"

"Didn't you make the bet yourself?"