After noon, the snow in Tokyo was even stronger. The bitter north wind mixed with flying snow whimpered in the air, which greatly affected the outdoor sight. Coupled with the falling temperature, the bustling capital seemed more and more deserted at this moment. Even some shops closed their doors and stopped doing anything.

As usual, in such a harsh climate, those officials with respect for status should not be able to go out in the wind and snow, either go home early or deal with it for a night in the yamen. But today there is an exception. A luxuriously decorated double-horse carriage was driving rapidly on the wide imperial street, heading towards the palace.

The driver who was riding on the shaft of the carriage wanted to be safe, but was constantly urging the owner inside. In the end, he could only keep whipping and urging the horse, and he didn't care about the snowy roads on the street at this time. If a pedestrian on the side saw this, he would doubt whether there was any important battle situation in the border, and this official with a good identity would need to go and report it.

But the carriage did not come to the palace, but stopped in front of the political hall near the palace. Then the officials sitting inside got out in a hurry, without even carving out the wrinkled official uniforms that were a little wrinkled because of the bumpy road. They rushed up so quickly. After revealing their identity, they quickly passed the door that was still guarded by the imperial soldiers. He was the Minister of Justice Tang Jing. Before him, two slightly smaller carriages had already been parked here, and it was obvious that someone had arrived one step earlier than him.

Of course, it was impossible for him to be a minister and a senior official from the court to meet him in the snow. It was the ordinary officials in the Political Affairs Hall that were summoned from his yamen with a word from the Grand Tutor Cai Jing, and he did not dare to be negligent. At the same time, he also knew why the other party was eager to call him to come to see him, and it was not the chaos that was earlier today.

In fact, Tang Jing only learned about this chaos earlier, and there were many people from the Ministry of Justice involved. What made him even more shocked and angry was that as the head of the headquarters, he only knew about this at that time, and no one had ever reported it to him. Before he got angry and ordered a strict investigation of who was making a decision, Cai Jing had already asked him to summon him to the Political Affairs Hall to discuss the matter, which scared Tang Shangshu. Finally, when he went out, he realized that all this was arranged by his subordinates, Wei Daozhang.

When he went out, Wei Daozhang had not even arrived at the yamen, which made Tang Jing even more angry. He ordered that once he came back, he would take it off first, and then he would come to see Cai Jing first. It was not until he came to the closed hall that Tang Jing quickly adjusted his mentality and corrected the official hat on his head, and then he whispered: "Tang Jing, the Ministry of Justice, asked to see Grand Master Cai."

After a moment, a corner of the hall door opened, and a follower smiled and said, "Shangshu Tang is also invited to speak." He gave up his way out so that he could enter smoothly.

The main hall of this political hall covers a large area and is decorated with high style. There are several calligraphy and paintings hanging on each wall. Below are long bookshelf with various books placed on it, which looks like a study rather than a public hall. At this time, two pots of smokeless animal charcoal were burned in the far corner, making the entire hall warm, just like spring, separated from the cold winter outside.

But after seeing the old man with silver hair and wrinkles on the head of the plan, Tang Jing felt a chill, which made him feel even colder than outside. After he stepped forward to see him, Cai Jing looked up and swept over the two officials who were waiting aside earlier but didn't even dare to breathe: "Can you explain to me why this happened to Jingzhong, but I have been kept in the dark?"

Cai Jing's words were not stern and his voice was not very loud, but when he heard these three people's ears, their bodies could not help but tremble. It was not until this time that Tang Jing could see clearly that the other two were Wei Sizheng, the street minister and Zhou Gong of Kaifeng Prefecture.

A third-rank minister, a fourth-rank prefect, and a fourth-rank official. Although the three officials have different statuses, they are all trembling in front of Grandmaster Cai at this time, and they cannot tell at all that they are the chief officer of the yamen. It was only after a while that Tang Jing, the highest-ranking official, said: "The Grandmaster calms down, and the subordinates who have just learned about this matter. It is Wei Daozhang, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, made a decision without authorization, and suddenly mobilizes subordinates to take people randomly..."

With him starting, the other two finally calmed down a little and said, "Taishou, I am the same. I have been kept in the dark and are completely doing it privately. This matter must be someone who is behind the scenes. As long as the Taishou gives us time, we will be able to punish the relevant people as soon as possible so as not to have too much impact on the chaos."

Everyone knows that what Master Cai values ​​most is the stability of the capital. Today, there was such a big trouble in Tokyo, so he naturally wanted to pursue it angrily. But none of them dared to take such responsibility, so they could only stabilize the other party first, and then take down those who cause trouble indiscriminately to punish themselves.

"Wei Daozhang of the Ministry of Justice, Han Xianchu, the Promoter of Kaifeng Prefecture, and Zhao Kangming, the Secretary of the Street Secretary, suddenly joined forces to cause the chaos today. Of course, I know that this matter has nothing to do with you, but does it really have nothing to do with you? As the chief officials of these three yamen, you are completely unaware of this matter. They didn't tell me this until the incident happened?" Cai Jing glanced forward a little, his eyes were even more sharp, and he had no old attitude.

"The lower-ranking officials know that they are wrong, but the lower-ranking officials are indeed a little negligent in their duties." The three of them were thrilled in their hearts, but they did not dare to excuse themselves anymore, so they could only admit their mistakes honestly.

"Do you know who the three yamen are dealing with, and why they suddenly joined forces?" Cai Jing smiled sarcastically and suddenly raised this question.

This made the three of them shake their heads again. They just knew that this mess had occurred, and Cai Jing was summoned, so they naturally knew very little about the inside story. Tang Jing hesitated for a moment, but he still plucked up the courage to ask in a low voice: "I don't know if the Grand Master can teach me..."

"It's all good things you do on weekdays. For those yellow and white things, the thieves and bandits in the capital are rampant. The name of Wuyou Cave is something I have heard of from time to time."

"They... they suddenly joined forces to attack Wuyou Cave?" The few people changed their qualities again. In front of Cai Jing, they had no intention of hiding the matter, because they knew that they could not hide the things they did in private, and the other party had always been letting it go. After all, he is the most greedy official in the world. Compared with this, what can he be?

The Zhou Gongyin looked even more panicked: "They are so brave. Behind this Wuyou Cave is..."

"Hmph, can the person behind Wuyou Cave really be so obscene? Even I am afraid I don't have such courage." Cai Jing interrupted his subconscious remarks and said with a deep look: "It seems that you can't answer the question behind me."

"Isn't it because the guys in Wuyou Cave have done so many evil things that have caused public resentment?" Wei Sizheng asked in a low voice.

"This is certainly one of the keys, but more importantly, someone has brought these three together. Guess who will be?"

How could the three of them guess such a puzzle out of thin air? They were silent for a while before shook their heads.

Cai Jing's expression became more and more unhappy. The three of them were really useless and didn't even realize anything like this. No wonder they were hiding it by their subordinates. It was not until the incident happened that they learned that this change was: "Who has the most famous name in Tokyo recently?"

With this question, the three of them quickly understood: "Marquis of Yue? Didn't he lead his troops to wipe out some bandits?"

"So you usually eat in a corpse position, but you don't even know about this. I will tell you now that Sun Tu is still in Tokyo at all, and now he is in Liufang, waiting for further news."

Hearing this, the three of them were shocked again: "This is actually happening." At the same time, they secretly hated that Sun Tu was really hateful. He actually did so many things behind his back, causing him to end up in such a passive situation. But at the same time, they felt a little confused. Since Master Cai had already grasped Sun Tu's movements, why didn't he directly take action and call them to say so much?

They didn't think that Grand Master Cai would be afraid of Sun Tu. Even if he was a marquis who had made contributions, he was still just a small person in front of Grand Master Cai who was powerful in the dynasty. Just turn his hands around and you can completely defeat him.

Cai Jing did not want them to think more, and waved his hand and said, "Since it is the disaster you planted, you will try to calm down. Whether it is to help quell the bandits and take this opportunity to take Sun Tu, I will not ask. But there is only one request, to get things done as soon as possible, and tomorrow at the latest, I will restore the capital to its original state and there will be no more chaos."

When the three of them heard this, they hurriedly responded. Zhou Fuyin and Wei Sizheng had made a quick decision in their hearts. The master behind Wuyou Cave was not something they could provoke. Since the Grand Master said that, of course he had to take down Sun Tu and the others.

Only Tang Jing was more careful at this time. He always felt that there was still something wrong with the matter. Mr. Cai’s attitude towards this matter was a bit strange. It seemed that he had to come steadily, at least he could not act hastily.

After the three of them left, Cai Jing let out a breath of turbid air. Originally, he summoned the three of them here to put pressure on them and let them take action to take down Sun Tu and others. However, after receiving two amazing news later, he suddenly changed his mind.
Chapter completed!