Funing Hall

Before Zhao Shiqi went to the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion, he did not forget to send an insider to Taiyuan Mansion to report the letter, so that Zhao Cong would know that there was a reason for the incident.

He will never go against Zhao Cong's will.

And Shao Yi had already rushed to Taiyuan Mansion, when he found His Majesty's foothold and saw the people following His Majesty, he was taken aback.

Zhao Cong looked down at the book, didn't notice his eyes, looked up for a while, saw him, and asked with a smile, "Why are you here?"

Shao Yi put his mind away, saluted first, then lowered his head and lowered his hands, obviously as if he had something to say.

Zhao Cong took a sip of tea, smiled and said to Mu Fu who was behind him, "You go out first, and go to see Rantao for me."

Mu Fu responded and walked out very politely.

Zhao Cong was still holding the teacup in his hand, squinting at Mu Fu's back, he said that he was a eunuch from Korea, but he had only been with him for a day, and he found that this man was very well-behaved, it was obvious that he was very Those who are familiar with the rules and laws of the Song Dynasty have no mistakes or omissions.

Very odd.

Zhao Cong took another sip of tea, Shao Yi asked anxiously, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with Miss Rantao?"

Zhao Cong came back to his senses, put down the teacup, and sighed, "It's a long story. Rantao was injured, but fortunately, it didn't hurt the root." He knew that Shao Yi and Xiao Tang were sworn brothers, and they had a very good relationship , and said, "Tell Zifan later, tell him not to worry."

Shao Yi nodded and quickly got down to business.

Halfway through speaking, Zhao Cong frowned: "Du Cheng?"

"Exactly, it's Du Xianggong——no, it's Du Zhifu's nephew."

Zhao Conghun didn't care, Du Yu would return to Kaifeng to be prime minister sooner or later.Huang Shu is really a weird person. He said that he was not used to being in Kaifeng, but he still wanted to go to Guangnan West Road to be a state governor, and wanted to really do something for the people.Zhao Cong really couldn't laugh or cry, it was the first time he saw someone so afraid of being a high-ranking official.In the future, he will transfer Du Yu back to Beijing, and he will fulfill Huang Shu's wish.

only--

"How did Du Cheng know this all of a sudden? Is it true or not?" Zhao Cong knew that Yi Yu had a lot of thoughts, but he didn't expect that even this matter was related to him.

This person's ability is actually great, he really deserves to die.

"Your Majesty, Du Cheng has collected a lot of evidence. Zheng Qiao's wife and daughter also have confessions, all of which are correct. It was read by Lord Eleven himself, and also shown to the lower officials. It is indeed all right."

"It's a good thing to be able to find out this person. I sent someone to send a letter to me in private. Why did you come to Taiyuan in person?"

"Oh, Your Majesty, do you know how Du Cheng let people know about this?"

"how?"

"Du Cheng went to beat the Dengwen drum."

"...Why is this?" This was the first time since he took office that someone beat Dengwen Drum, but he was not in Beijing yet, Zhao Cong also felt a little surprised.

"What is Du Cheng's identity? No one believes him, and it happens to be during the Ruiqing Festival..."

Zhao Cong understood that on Ruiqing Festival, no one dares to make mistakes, and they definitely don't want to listen to Du Cheng's words.He sighed: "He got hit by a board?"

"No, it's such a big deal. Yi Yu is only a county magistrate, and he can drag the prime minister off his horse, and also damage the reputation of the word "Kaixi Zhuangyuan". Not only are the people dissatisfied, but officials from the DPRK and China are entering the palace every day, Even Mr. Qian and Mr. Huang come to the palace every day to ask for an audience. Your Majesty, please ask Yi Yu to interrogate him face to face so that this matter can be resolved and everyone will be at peace." Shao Yi cupped his hands, "Before your Majesty comes to Taiyuan, please tell me No one is allowed to look at Yi Yu. The Eleventh Lord and his subjects dare not disobey the emperor's orders, but the urging in Kaifeng is tight, so the Eleventh Lord sent his officials to go this way."

Zhao Cong frowned.

If Yi Yu, who has been locked up for so many days and has never had any contact with anyone, is released, who can guarantee that he will talk nonsense?Yi Yu has never been an easy-to-control person, he should have met Jiang Wei earlier, regained his military power, and brought their family back to Kaifeng.When he returned to Kaifeng, he took care of it himself.

But Xie Wenrui hadn't arrived in Taiyuan yet, so it was inconvenient to act, so he asked again: "How many people did you bring with you when you came to Taiyuan?"

"The minister came in a hurry and was alone."

Zhao Cong quickly calculated in his mind before sending Shao Yi to Hebei East and West Road to call people over, which would be faster, or waiting for Xie Wenrui to come to Taiyuan, and while he was doing the calculation, Lu Yuan outside said: "Your Majesty, thank you for your letter."

"Bring it in."

Zhao Cong took the letter from Lu Yuan's hand, tore it open, and after reading it, his brows parted, Xie Wenrui had already arrived in Xinzhou, but he would arrive in Taiyuan in a few hours.

Lu Yuan sent the letter in, then backed out.

Zhao Cong said to Shao Yi, "I've settled Jiang Wei's affairs today, and I'll return to Kaifeng tomorrow."

Originally, Shao Yi only wanted to ask for His Majesty's will, but when he heard that His Majesty would be able to go back tomorrow, he felt relieved, but he still worried and said: "Your Majesty, will you rush too far, which will not benefit your body?"

Zhao Cong smiled nonchalantly: "It's okay, it's a special time. Besides, you can go back to Kaifeng immediately and tell Xiao Shiyi, so that everyone can feel at ease."

Shao Yi felt that this arrangement was very good, so he smiled and responded.

He was going back to Kaifeng immediately, but Zhao Cong heard that he hadn't eaten properly for a day, so he told him to eat a full meal before going back.Then call Mu Fu to come in, and said to Shao Yi: "This is Xiao Fu, he will take you to dinner."

Shao Yi raised his head and looked at Mu Fu, who had used a pseudonym. This man belonged to Lord Eleven, and when he came, His Majesty did not bring this man by his side.Does Your Majesty know that he belongs to Eleven Lords?Shao Yi was about to ask, when Lu Yuan came in again, he had other important matters to report.

Then eat the meal, and ask His Majesty again before leaving.Shao Yi didn't bother, exited the room, and walked back together with Mu Fu.He walked behind Mu Fu, his eyes flashed, since His Majesty kept it by his side, he probably already knew that this person was an eunuch.

He wanted to set this person's words first, and how to set the words will not be mentioned for now.

Regardless of Zhao Cong or Shao Yi, the trip to Taiyuan was not smooth, but it really exceeded everyone's expectations.

As the saying goes, all accidents are caused by one unexpected after another.

When Shao Yi was having dinner, he was in Taiyuan Mansion, Jiang Mansion, which was the former Duke of Qi's mansion. Jiang Wei was facing an important turning point in his life.

He was sitting in the study, and there was a person standing in front of the desk, who looked familiar.This person is no one else, but the confidant of Li Liangcheng, the Third Prince of Western Xia, who also went to Zhao Shiqi's residence to inquire about news.

Now he is earnestly saying: "Our Third Prince is [-]% sure that your Majesty is in Taiyuan Mansion right now."

Jiang Wei bowed his head, not letting others see his eyes and complexion, in fact his eyes flickered from time to time, with all kinds of thoughts in his mind.

"Master Jiang, you and our third prince have frequent contacts. You know each other's character."

Jiang Wei secretly sneered, he flattered Li Liangcheng so much, Li Liangcheng never gave him a word of approval, Li Liangcheng never believed him.Li Liangcheng only cared about the [-] troops of the Jiang family still in Taiyuan Mansion.For the prosperity of his family, he does often act stupid, and it is true that he is not very smart, but there are many people who come up with ideas behind him, and he is never really stupid.

Seeing that he still didn't speak, the confidant felt a little anxious.The three princes have reached a critical moment. Seeing that the Emperor Xia is about to die and the eldest prince is going to ascend the throne, the three princes are making their last fight, and success or failure depends on this time.

He said again: "Master Jiang, our third prince said that as long as we can kill the Song emperor, our third prince will successfully ascend the throne and help your Jiang family return to Kaifeng mansion!"

Jiang Wei only raised his head at this time, with a smirk: "Our Jiang family has been in Taiyuan for a hundred years, why should I go back to Kaifeng Mansion?"

My confidant choked.

Jiang didn't sneer anymore.

The confidant simply opened up and said: "Master Jiang, it is a critical moment, Ming people don't speak secretly. If Zhao Cong dies, the Eleventh Lord will ascend the throne. The Eleventh Lord——"

"How about Eleven Lord?"

"The Eleventh Prince and our third prince..." the confidant said five points.

Jiang Wei understood the words immediately, and he was judging how true the words were.Zhao Cong is really a smart man, he looks sick, but he is actually more difficult to deal with than the late emperor and great ancestor.Someone was willing to help him kill Zhao Cong, he was willing, but Li Liangcheng was not sincere.

If Zhao Shiqi had cooperated with Li Liangcheng long ago, how would he be any different from Zhao Cong when he ascended the throne? !

The Zhao family has nothing good to say!

Jiang Wei hummed, but didn't speak.

The cronies are even more anxious, 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, the three princes looked down on Jiang Wei back then, but now they can only rely on Jiang Wei.

"Master Jiang, Lord Eleven is from your Prince Wei's Mansion! They are still locked up in the Prince's Mansion! You don't want to rescue them?"

Jiang Wei laughed again: "Eleventh Lord is not my sister's biological son, what has he to do with me?"

"Your Excellency's younger sister is his aunt! Eleventh Prince ascends the throne, she is the queen mother! He ascends the throne, why should he make Sir Jiang a general of the auxiliary country? Besides, there is our third prince!"

Jiang Wei sneered again, who cares about a general of the auxiliary country?

In fact, when Li Liangcheng didn't respond, Jiang Wei had already made arrangements in private, and he already had other plans. Thinking of Zhao Congde's front row, he pondered for a moment.Xin Dao, is this the luck God gave him?

Is it their Jiang family who wants to wear a red shirt?

When Wan Yanliang came to Taiyuan, Li Liangcheng begged him in private.

But at this time, Zhao Cong was sent to Taiyuan Mansion again?

Although this person only said that he was [-]% sure, Jiang Wei believed it, probably [-]%!Otherwise, a cautious person like Li Liangcheng would not be able to do this.

After thinking about it, he suddenly smiled: "This matter is easy to talk about, but..."

Jiang Wei's younger sister, Princess Wei, is very good-looking.He has the appearance of a serious military general, he trains troops and never shaves his beard. He is big and tall, and when he smiles like this, he even looks a bit ferocious.

The confidant was indeed overjoyed, it would be great if he could accept it, although there was a "just" behind it, he immediately asked: "Master Jiang, what else do you think?"

"Our Jiang family is dedicated to His Majesty and has been loyal to the Zhao family for a hundred years. We don't want to do such a thing against the sky. Gein has a fateful friendship with your three princes..." Jiang Wei only said himself in a noble way, Talked eloquently for a while.

The confidant knows that Jiang Wei wants to benefit from this.

But right now is not the time for them to be powerful, so the cronies directly took out a letter from the front of the chest and handed it to Jiang Wei: "This is the letter that our third prince ordered his subordinates to deliver to Mr. Jiang before coming here. Please read it. I will know."

Jiang Wei reached out to take it, opened the letter, glanced at the three lines, read it carefully, and suddenly laughed.

The confidant is not sure what his attitude is.

Jiang Wei stretched out his hand and slapped him hard: "Let's do it!"

The confidant finally let go of his heart.

But Jiang Wei's eyes were full of light, when he killed Zhao Cong, and Li Liangcheng and Zhao Congde two idiots cleared the way for him, he would be that oriole!

What is he in a hurry for? !

It's time for the Jiang family to be the emperor.

Chapter 201 "If you dare to bully my sister, I will tell the world about you and Your Majesty!"

Because he wanted to hide his whereabouts, even though someone had quietly walked to Du Yu's mansion and told His Majesty where he was staying, Du Yu didn't dare to take a look in person.But he has been paying attention to the slightest movement in the city, and every hour, the people who follow Jiang's mansion will come to tell him what's going on.

From His Majesty to Taiyuan Mansion till now, the Jiang Mansion is still the same as before, nothing unusual.

Seeing that after another hour, someone came to report that the Jiang family was still fine, Du Yu was very relieved.As soon as His Majesty gave an order, he rushed to the Jiang Mansion in time, and as the prefect of Taiyuan, reported to His Majesty the mistakes of the Jiang family over the years.

Today happened to be taking a rest, and Du Yu didn't need to go to the yamen. He had just calmed down and drank a cup of tea. About a quarter of an hour later, the housekeeper suddenly walked in from the outside, bowed his head and said, "My lord! Jiang Wei suddenly personally He took people to close the gate of the city, and sent people to search the city, and he brought some elite soldiers, all of whom were his absolute cronies!"

Du Yu got up immediately: "What name is he for?!"

"He said that there are Xixia secret agents in the city! He found our military training place on the outskirts of the city, and even peeked at the new military formation!"

"Absurd! I chose the new site for military training. If I don't tell you, how will it be known?!" Du Yu felt that His Majesty's whereabouts had been exposed.Although he didn't know why he was exposed, but it was too late to think about it. The troops in the suburbs were all under his jurisdiction, but Jiang Wei directly closed the city gate and cut off the connection.

With this move, Jiang Wei clearly wanted to find out where His Majesty ended up!Outflank them!

It is a very critical moment.

He lifted his feet and walked out, and said loudly: "Call all the existing guards in the yamen to gather in front of my mansion quickly! You go to Li Wei again, gather all the Xiang troops in Taiyuan mansion, and take them to Jiang Wei to find him. I!"

"Yes!" The butler obeyed and called for someone.

Du Yu had already walked a few steps, and hurried back to change into his official uniform and hat.Before going out, he hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether to use the secret decree His Majesty had given him.After thinking for a moment, he closed the study himself, took out a roll of bright yellow short scroll from the top and innermost locked drawer, and put it carefully in his sleeve pocket.

Afterwards, he put on his official authority and walked out of Du's mansion seriously.

Zhao Shiqi stepped into the prison and saw the difference between this place and other places.

Zhao Shiqi went in and out of the prison many times in his previous life, not because he was imprisoned, but because he went in and out to interrogate, torture, and kill those imprisoned.

He could already sense the weirdness here.

The big prison in Kaifeng Mansion held ordinary criminals who committed ordinary crimes.

What Yi Yu did should be directly taken to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but Zhao Cong only locked him here, and locked him alone.When he went in, the guards at the gate refused to let him in.He is not against any will of Zhao Cong, explain why.

The guard at the gate heard Shao Yishao's intention to go to Taiyuan to invite His Majesty, and also knew the current situation in Beijing, and considering Zhao Shiqi's identity, he was allowed to enter.Just before entering, he asked for a body search.

Zhao Shiqi glanced at him lightly.

His legs trembled, he knelt down on the ground, trembling, and finally said: "Please forgive me, Mr. Eleventh, it's because His Majesty has explained it first, I dare not... Only Yi Yu was imprisoned here, and he even sent food to me." The food is served by deaf-mute people. The prison doors inside are all made of refined iron.”

Zhao Shiqi thought of Zhao Cong and knew what the guard meant, so he took out the knife that Zhao Cong gave him from his sleeve.He simply tore off a piece of cloth from his body, wrapped it carefully, put it on the table beside him, and asked coldly, "May I go in?"

The guard lowered his head respectfully, and cupped his hands high: "Please come in, sir, I will take care of this knife for you."

Zhao Shiqi strode into the empty cell.

Yi Yu was locked up for so many days, although there was no shortage of food every day, some people came in.

It's just that these meals are only one meal a day, and the people who come in are deaf-mute people.He was born in Yangzhou, and lived a delicate life since he was a child. He has never suffered such hardships, and he was a little starved.

And because no one talked to him, he stayed in such a place for a long time, and he became gloomy.In the past, no matter what, the self-motivation that was never lacking in him seems to have disappeared.

When he came in, he was wearing an indigo official robe, which was still the same at this time, but it was full of wrinkles and mess.His hair was even more messy.He huddled in a corner of the cell, when he heard slight footsteps, he thought it was the delivery man.He has no sense of time, no matter how much he eats, he is still hungry.

But something is always good to eat.

He braced himself up and was about to get up to get food, but he saw an extremely familiar figure outside the prison.

He was startled.

In fact, Yi Yu said that he didn't know why he always hated Zhao Shiqi so much.

Logically speaking, Zhao Shiqi and him took two completely different paths.Zhao Shiqi's identity is very different from his, but it is this world difference that makes him even more incomprehensible.

Zhao Shiqi was just a concubine, and it was said that his biological mother was just a cake seller and had even been married.This should be placed in the homes of ordinary people, and the mistress would beat him out of the house long ago.But his surname is Zhao, and with this surname alone, he surpasses everyone else.

And he, Yi Yu, has everything, but his status is just one level lower, so he can't compare to Zhao Shiqi in everything.

It wasn't until he saw His Majesty hugging and kissing Zhao Shiqi with his own eyes that he gradually understood what he hated and what he was jealous of.

Seeing the two of them like that, Yi Yu finally understood that it can be like this between men.

It is true that Yi Yu is a son of a rich family, but he never behaved like others. He knew since he was a child that he wanted to stand out, and he only read books every day.After researching and printing, there was more of this matter.After becoming an official, the only way to get promoted is in my mind all day long.

Although there are masculinity in this dynasty, he really has never set foot in it.

He has never even been to Hualou, and he has no concubines.

Only then did he understand what his inexplicable admiration for His Majesty meant.

Unfortunately--

At this time, Zhao Shiqi was standing in front of him.

There was hatred in his heart, and he knew what he was like now, he was full of embarrassment, for a while, he couldn't say a word.

With a cold face, Zhao Shiqi stood a few steps away from him, and said in a business-like manner: "Your deeds have been exposed, so what do you have to say?"

Yi Yu came back to his senses, he knew that he should treat this Eleven Lord with kind words, he has always understood human relationship very well, but he couldn't do it.He also had a cold face, and said in a deep voice: "What does Eleven Lord mean?" In fact, although Yi Yu's life has been gloomy these past few days, he has thought a lot, knowing that his future is ruined, and even more aware of his future. I'm afraid the matter has been exposed.

It's just that he didn't know how much he had exposed.

"You killed your own servant, Chang Feng."

Yi Yu's palms turned cold, although Chang Feng was his domestic slave, he was already an official, and he couldn't kill people easily.Furthermore, the laws of this dynasty are not extremely strict, but it is not allowed to kill domestic slaves at will.With this alone, Yi Yu knew that his future was really coming to an end.

Even if you are lucky enough to go out, you will come to the end.

His heart was cold, his body was a little soft, and he stretched out his hand to support the wall.

Zhao Shiqi simply said again: "And you stole other people's printing skills and deceived His Majesty—"

Yi Yu retorted loudly: "I didn't steal it! It's mine!" His eyes were bloodshot, he had worked so hard to develop it for many years, how could it be stolen!

Zhao Shiqi was unmoved, and continued: "You bribed many officials, framed the prime minister, and disturbed the court."

Yi Yu's teeth trembled slightly, did you know that?

"And those who died many of your hands, and so on, all things have been exposed."

Yi Yu's body became softer, leaning against the wall, without saying a word.His mind was in a mess, although he wanted to hold on in front of Zhao Shiqi, but he was really disturbed by these things and it was really hard to hold on.

After a moment of silence, Yi Yu raised his head and said, "Since I was imprisoned here, the Eleventh Lord was the first to visit me. Did the Eleventh Lord have His Majesty's instruction?"

Zhao Shiqi ignored him.

Yi Yu smiled lightly: "Mr. Eleven expects me to confess other things? It's a pity that I don't even remember what else I did."

This is what I don't want to say anymore, in fact, based on the known things Yi Yu has done, it is enough for him to die many times.

However, the evidence is never afraid of lacking. Zhao Shiqi wanted to force him to say more, so he said again: "Those are all on the surface. In private, I also have something to settle with you."

Yi Yu sneered: "Eleventh Lord, but it's okay to say."

"In order to avenge your grievances, your sister went to beat the Dengwen drum."

Yi Yu was shocked and looked at him in disbelief.Yi Yu is a very bad person, but he is really good to his own sister, after all, he is a compatriot, he said urgently: "Knock Dengwen Drum?!"

"He suffered [-] slaps, and his whole body was soaked in blood."

Yi Yu stretched out his hand and grabbed the wall, all the veins popped out on his skinny hands.

Zhao Shiqi said again: "My heart hurts?"

Yi Yu looked up at him with hatred in his eyes.

Zhao Shiqi showed a smile: "When you plot against me, why don't you feel sorry for your sister?"

"You know everything?!" Yi Yu said loudly.

Zhao Shiqi knew that others regarded him as an idiot, he smiled indifferently, and wrote lightly: "Master Yi, don't worry, I will treat your sister well."

Yi Yu lost his voice: "You threatened me?!"

"You? Are you worthy of my threat?" Zhao Shiqi dismissed it.

Yi Yu knew that it was Zhao Shiqi who was cheating on him, and he hated him even more, so he couldn't help asking: "What are you going to do to my sister?!"

Zhao Shiqi responded with a sneer, and this trip was just a pretense.She didn't want to talk too much with him, she didn't even look at him, and turned to leave.

"Eleventh Lord!" Yi Yu called him again, kept holding and releasing his hands, and finally said, "Please let my sister go, these things are all done by me and have nothing to do with her, she doesn't know anything !"

Zhao Shiqi was secretly surprised, he didn't expect Yi Yu to be sincere towards his girl.Since he was sincere, why did he have to send the girl in front of him?But he and Yi Yu really had nothing to say, so he didn't listen to Yi Yu's words and continued to walk outside.

Yi Yu was actually very flustered, he had been struggling until now, and the matter of his sister overwhelmed him.

He thought that if he came out to take care of everything, his family would be safe and sound, they were just common people.Only then did he realize that Zhao Shiqi didn't even want to let his family members go.

There was finally some frustration in his voice, and he asked bitterly: "How can I let my sister go? I did all those things alone!"

Zhao Shiqi turned to look at him, smiled, and said softly, "It doesn't matter if you did it or not. As long as you are her brother and she is your sister, she will have to suffer."

"What are you going to do to her?!" Yi Yu asked.

Zhao Shiqi said in a low voice: "You ruin my reputation, how about I ruin her reputation if I pay for it?"

Yi Yu strode to the edge of the prison, grasping the fine iron railing with both hands, staring at Zhao Shiqi's face.He knew that Zhao Shiqi would do what he said.These clan children have always regarded human life as trivial, so what if they are wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou, his sister is just an ordinary civilian.

Even if she is so rich, even if she dies, no one will avenge her!

At such a moment, Yi Yu already hated him so much and his mind was so chaotic, he could no longer think of the absurd and wrong things he did, let alone who caused his sister to come to this point.

What he thought of was the world of difference between Zhao Shiqi and him.

It's bloody different.

What he thought of was Zhao Shiqi, who was hugging and kissing His Majesty under the moonlight of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Yi Yu suddenly laughed out loud.

The laughter was so weird that it made people feel numb when they heard it.

Zhao Shiqi was about to leave, but he turned around and frowned at him.

Yi Yu had been in prison for several days, and his body was so dirty, but at this moment, his face suddenly glowed.

He stared at Zhao Shiqi's face, and said word by word: "If you dare to deceive my sister, I will tell the world about you and Your Majesty!"