"Of course you can choose not to die, but in this way, the price you will pay will only be greater. What kind of crime do you think collusion with a bandit will be? Is it enough to kill you alone?" Sun Tu asked with a sneer.

"You...what do you mean?" Yuan Wang was shocked, and his face was already a little panicked.

"With the evidence we can show now, it is more than enough to convict you of a serious crime of treason. At that time, not only you, but your family will probably not escape death. Now Taishou Cai gives you a chance. As long as you are willing to commit suicide as we want, we can at least leave you a little bloodline so that your Yuan family will not be completely cut off. But if you are still stubborn at this time, don't blame us for not talking about the feelings of colleagues." Sun Tu said, throwing a white silk to him, turning around and saying, "I will say that, so that you can still keep you with a decent attitude. You can choose for yourself."

Yuan Wang's whole face quickly twisted, and his body began to tremble violently. Looking at the white silk in front of him, it was like seeing a terrible poisonous snake. He didn't want to die, but his current situation seemed to have no other choice except to die.

After a while, Yuan Wang finally sighed and pulled the white silk, threw it over the beam above, and then tied a knot. When he sent his head into the ring, he said in a trembling voice: "Sun Tu... do you know that you are accomplicing the tiger..." Then he kicked his foot and kicked the stool below to the ground, and the person immediately struggled in the air.

"I know, but I have no better choice now!" It was not until the other party disappeared that Sun Tu said this softly.

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Halfway through February, the cold air between heaven and earth has dissipated, warm spring has arrived, and everything has revived. Even the wind blowing comes with a hint of warmth, which makes people feel very happy.

Now is a great time for farming in the new year. The most talked about by the imperial court recently is how to encourage farmers and trivial matters to be taught, encourage the people inside and outside the city of Bianjing to work harder to sow farmers, and think about better use of the water of the Bian River outside the city to irrigate many farmland on both sides of the river.

But today's court meeting was different. After several ministers reported to Zhao Ji about the relevant matters, they saw the Privy Councilor Tong Guan suddenly stepped out of his rank and said with a serious expression: "Your Majesty, I have just received a memorial from Jiangzhou. Thirty-six officials of the government jointly submitted a memorial to the court, saying that Yuan Wang, the procurator of the state yamen, colluded with the Liangshan bandits, and made a big fuss in the city, killing nearly a hundred of our people, more than one hundred soldiers, and rescued the important rebel Song Jiang. Fortunately, the local regiment Sun Tu and the governor Lin Henian led their troops to resist, fought hard, and finally drove the thieves out of the city."

As soon as this statement was made, all the ministers present changed their color. Although the bandits and bandits are blooming everywhere in the Song Dynasty for various reasons, the fact that bandits dare to invade the city has never happened, especially Jiangzhou is also a major commercial transportation center in the Song Dynasty, and its status is really not low.

Zhao Ji's long face also changed color quickly and said, "This is the case! How did the local officials in Jiangzhou do the trick? Why did they let the thieves enter the city easily? They are responsible for defending their territory!"

"Your Majesty, this is because the thieves in the city not only protect them from stealing into Jiangzhou, but also told them the key points in the city early in the morning and made arrangements early to catch the defenders in the city off guard." Tong Guan was in a panic and explained calmly.

"The Jiangzhou Promoter Yuan Wang is so bold! Where is he now? He colluded with traitors to invade our city and had a conspiracy to rebel. He must not spare him easily!" The emperor said with anger.

"When quelling this rebellion, Yuan Wang had been captured by the local government troops. Later, he knew that he could not escape the blame, so he committed suicide in prison." After saying the last sentence, Tong Guan submitted the memorial in his hand.

An eunuch in his forties and handsome appearance next to the emperor came forward to accept the memorial. When he met Tong Guan's eyes, a glimmer suddenly flashed in his eyes. The other party really caught him off guard. Although he had known about the Jiangzhou Incident as early as yesterday, he still did not expect that Tong Guan would be so determined to put the charges completely on Yuan Wang's head in public, which was to completely break up with him.

Yes, the eunuch in the palace who looked down and looked down, was Yuan Wang's master and backer. He was deeply trusted by the emperor and held great power. He was called the "hidden star". Since the current emperor Zhao Ji ascended the throne, many rules set by Taizu of the Song Dynasty have been broken one after another. Among them, the most severely damaged one is that many of the close servants of the emperor have been entrusted with important tasks, Tong Guan and Liang Shicheng are also so.

However, compared to Tong Guan who has almost completely become a minister of the Song Dynasty, Liang Shicheng still plays more the role of an eunuch in the palace. Although this is not very good in terms of appearance, it is very affordable. He can often accompany him, thus affecting the emperor more.

But today's situation was obviously a bit unfavorable to him, because at the court meeting, he was just an eunuch, and even if he was willing to speak for Yuan Wang, he was not qualified to speak. And his gangsters were also caught off guard by Tong Guan. At this time, he only wanted to protect himself, but he did not dare to excuse Yuan Wang.

Tong Guan understood this, so he took the opportunity to finalize the whole matter, and then said: "Your Majesty, as far as I see, Yuan Wang committed suicide due to fear of his crime, his crime cannot be eliminated. The court should continue to investigate this matter strictly to prevent any collusion between officials and thieves in the court. In addition, the serious crime of corruption cannot be offset by one person's death. I think it should be the three tribes of Yuan to warn the world!"

When he heard this, Liang Shicheng's face became more gloomy and he immediately gave a wink to one of his gangsters, who immediately understood. If the emperor really allowed Tong Guan's request at this time, Yuan Wang's crime would not be completely washed away. In this way, they could also take the opportunity to expand the attack and find the excuse of Yuan Wang's accomplice to implicate them in the court. I am afraid that many Liang Shicheng's people would be implicated.

So whether it is to help his master or to protect himself, they can no longer remain silent. At this moment, Xiao Fu, the Minister of Works, took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, I think this fact is a bit strange, and I should investigate it carefully before making a decision. Although Yuan Wang is only a sixth-rank prosecutor, he is also a Jinshi and has always been loyal to the court. How could he do such a ruthless thing?"

"What? Mr. Xiao thought that this official was wrongly accusing Yuan Wang?" Tong Guan asked with his eyes narrowed, his expression was quite unkind.

"I dare not, the officials just felt that the court should not have made a hasty decision on such a major matter." Xiao Fu's answer was neither arrogant nor humble.

"I may wrong him, but more than 30 civil and military officials in Jiangzhou would not all wrong him, right?" Tong Guan sneered and saluted Zhao Ji and said, "Your Majesty, I have also received an extremely important piece of evidence this time. The crime written by Yuan Wang himself about colluding with Jiangzhou water bandits and disturbing the local people and causing disasters to the local people. It is just because Jiangzhou Prefect Cai Dezhang believed that he had a good reputation in the local government and did not want the people to have other ideas about the court, so he was very tolerant of him. But he didn't expect that soon, he colluded with Liangshan bandits again."

"What? He has already colluded with the bandits?" Not only did Zhao Ji change his color, but His Highness and the ministers also showed an incredible look.

At this time, Cai Jing also took a step forward and spoke slowly: "Your Majesty, the old minister actually received a letter from Cai Dezhang a few months ago. He asked the old minister how to deal with this matter. The old minister suggested that he should put the overall situation first and that Jiangzhou was located on a major transportation road, so there must be no mistakes. So as long as Yuan Wang could change his past, we should give him a chance to reform himself. But he didn't expect that he... was the old minister's fault, which tolerated the traitor and even caused the disaster today. I would like to ask Your Majesty to punish him." As he said that, he raised his robe and knelt down.

This shocked the people present. It has been so many years since Grand Master Cai had not apologized to the emperor so solemnly for a long time. Even Zhao Ji was frightened and quickly reached out to help him: "Tire Master, please come up quickly, you are also for the stability of my Song Dynasty, so why are you guilty?" As he said that, he hurriedly winked at Liang Shicheng beside him.

Even if Liang Shicheng was reluctant, he could only smile and try to help Cai Jing up, saying, "The Grand Master doesn't have to do this. Your Majesty naturally understands the Grand Master's painstaking efforts." As he spoke, he deliberately increased the tone of the word "Teacher" and obviously was sending a signal to the other party.

Cai Jing stood up with the trend and said lightly: "As the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, I am really guilty of not being able to distinguish between loyalty and treason. If I had known this, I would have asked Dezhang to impeach Yuan Wang directly, and should not let him go because of some concerns." When he said the word "concern", his old eyes were slid on Liang Shicheng's face.

Master Liang knew it clearly that he was threatening himself. If he dared to continue to obstruct and protect Yuan Wang, he would have to say that their fingers would come to him next.

Today, the incident happened suddenly, and Tong Guan and Cai Jing joined forces to attack again. Even if Liang Shicheng gets the favor, he cannot resist. Now he can only abandon the car and protect the coach. He said immediately: "The Grand Master does not have to blame himself so much. It is really not worth hurting himself for a small criminal. I think Your Majesty also understands that you have done your hard work and will not blame you."

"Yes, I naturally won't blame the Grand Master and Cai Dezhang. I also understand that you are worried that when this matter is spread, the government and the public will discuss that you favor your son. In fact, you don't have to think so much. I believe you and Cai Dezhang is all dedicated to the public." Zhao Ji quickly comforted the other party again. At this time, he was not in a hurry to pursue Yuan Wang's charge, but cared about Cai Jing's thoughts, which shows his importance and favor to Cai Jing.

"I thank Your Majesty for your trust. I am so grateful..." Cai Jing kowtowed again with excitement, and then slowly stood up.

With this revenge, Yuan Wang's incident was completely foregone conclusion. Even if Liang Shicheng was the one who could not reverse the case...
Chapter completed!