"Bring the Jin envoy up here!" Zong Shu shouted outside the palace.

Golden Messenger??

Listening to Zong Shu's tone, it seems that there is still a real envoy of the Jin people?

Now, it’s lively!

The real and fake golden messengers have come together!

Under the leadership of Wu Fei, the two gold envoys walked proudly to the front of the palace and became respectful when they saw Zong Shu.

After saluting Huizong, the Jin envoy handed over his credentials, and Gao Qiu took them first and inspected them.

Gao Qiu confirmed that this was the real envoy of the Jin people.

Only then did everyone realize that, yes, any envoy traveling abroad must have credentials such as "envoy" and "talent letter".

With these credentials, you can represent a country.

Otherwise, any cat or dog can represent the country. Wouldn’t it be a mess?

This comparison further proves that the golden man kneeling on the ground is fake.

Because these three Xibei guys did not produce the envoy's credentials at all, let alone their credentials.

What they said in the court before was nothing on paper.

Because they have golden faces, especially the iconic rat tail braids, people can't help but believe that they are messengers.

The main reason why they ignored whether they had Fu Xin or not was because Zhao Gou and Tong Guan testified for them.

No one would have thought that Zhao Gou and Tong Guan would dare to find ordinary Jin people to pretend to be.

The arrival of the Jin envoy made Tong Guan silent for a while.

"Wanyanhong, look, do you know these three people?" Zong Shu asked.

"Replying to Ma, I don't know these three people. They are not officials of our Kingdom of Jin."

Wan Yanhong, the Jin man, replied respectfully.

The deputy envoy from Jin then said: "This year, before our mission, we did not send any envoys to your country."

The genuine Jin envoys all proved that the Jin Kingdom had not sent envoys before.

Tong Guan was speechless, and with a plop, he knelt down in the main hall like the fake golden messenger.

What a joy! Zhao Huan never thought that Zong Shu would have such a big killer move later!

Grandmaster is simply amazing!

How was this fake Jin envoy caught?

Why is it that only the Grand Master knows about the arrival of the real Golden Envoy and no one else knows?

Everything can only be asked when the court is over.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I was confused for a moment and was deceived by others. Oh, no, I was not deceived by others. I was deceived by lard and made a big mistake! Please have mercy on me, Your Majesty!"

Tong Guan burst into tears and kowtowed like pounding garlic, which was in sharp contrast to his previous toughness.

"Your Majesty, Tong Guan has always had no regard for the imperial court, lawlessness, and corruption. He must not be treated lightly!" Cai Jing was the first to stand up.

"Your Majesty, the crime committed by Tong Guan is unprecedented since the founding of the Song Dynasty. If we are not punished severely, I fear that both humans and gods will be angry!"

"Your Majesty, the world has been suffering from Tong Guan for a long time! Half of the people's land around the capital has been annexed by Tong Guan. The number of refugees in the capital has increased, and they all owe it to Tong Guan."

"Your Majesty, the imperial court advocates frugality, but Tong Guan is extravagant and lustful, and takes advantage of his position to accept money and goods from others."

"Your Majesty, Tong Guan rapes women of the people, sings and sings night after night, and talks obscenely until tomorrow. This is really a cancer in the officialdom and must be eliminated."

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The officials in the palace were excited and worked hard to expose Tong Guan's various crimes.

Huizong was furious after hearing this. He didn't expect that Tong Guan would do so many shameless things, unjust and disloyal acts behind others' backs!

Zong Shu disagreed. This is the characteristic of literati and officials: beating the dog in the water will not be in vain.

At this time, everyone except Zhao Gou accused Tong Guan of his evil deeds.

Grafting money and accepting bribes, seizing fertile land, bullying men and dominating women, all were exposed through the officials. This Tong Guan was even worse than recorded in history!

At this time, Tong Guan's face was as pale as earth. He knew that the situation was over and there was no one to intercede with him, so he could only blindly beg Zhao Ji for mercy.

Zhao Ji originally wanted to spare Tong Guan lightly, after all, Tong Guan was very easy to handle.

Many times, a considerable part of the money Tong Guan embezzled was fed back to himself through different channels.

For example, Tong Guanye brought calligraphy and paintings from all over the country. Wu Daozi's paintings and Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy are all authentic.

But now Tong Guan's crime is not only corruption and wealth-seeking, but also disloyalty!

He actually recruited Jin people to pretend to be envoys of the Jin Kingdom, spread rumors that Fu Ma was dead, and also said that the Jin Kingdom would cooperate with the Song Dynasty, trying to make him change his foreign strategy.

We also need to ask the imperial court to come forward and let the "Great Song Volunteer Army" withdraw from the Great Song Dynasty!

At this time, the officials had almost finished describing Tong Guan's evil deeds. After laying out the facts, they began to talk about the negative impact of Tong Guan's evil deeds.

Many officials have suggested that those who commit such a heinous crime must be killed quickly.

Other ministers demanded severe punishment for Tong Guan, and Huizong had made up his mind at this moment.

Tong Guan's crime was exposed entirely because of Zong Shu.

Then, let Zong Shu decide Tong Guan's crime.

"Sheyu, in your opinion, how should we deal with Tong Guan's crime?" Huizong asked.

Zong Shu felt that this was a good opportunity to overthrow Tong Guan. Thinking about the fate of the Northern Song Dynasty in history, he must not have any sympathy for Tong Guan.

The year before last, Tong Guan and Zhao Gou were defeated by Yelu Dashi. When they came back, they blamed Zhong Shidao's arrogance and his own surrender to Liao for the defeat.

Everyone in the court believed Tong Guan and Zhao Gou's words and thought that they were spies of the Liao people.

Finally, Huizong ordered that the clan be sentenced to "execute the nine tribes".

If it weren't for Yingluo's intercession, the empress dowager's mercy, and Liang Hongyu rushing to the execution site first, the Zong family would have been wiped out.

Tong Guan must be beaten to death with a stick so that he will never recover.

Zong Shu was heartbroken and said: "Your Majesty, according to Tong Guan's crime, it is not an exaggeration to punish the nine tribes. But considering that God has the virtue of good life, I suggest that only Tong Guan be punished, and the others should not be punished together. No need to ask after Qiu.

Behead him, escort him out of the palace, and execute him immediately!"

Seeing that no one objected, Zong Shu added: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will take the lead in liquidating Tong Guan's crimes, and then issue an edict to the world to warn the world. The property, house, and land that Tong Guan was greedy for will all be sealed up and should be returned to him.

Give back to the people what belongs to the people, and confiscate what should be confiscated.”

Huizong immediately agreed. The Imperial Guards had already dragged Tong Guan out. Tong Guan's shrill wails echoed in the palace, which made people's hair stand on end.

Tong Guan was dragged out. Zhao Gou's face was dripping with sweat and his body was trembling slightly. He was obviously extremely frightened.

When Zhao Ji saw Zhao Gou, he was very angry. Although the Jin envoy changed his story, he knew that the fake Jin envoy was definitely closely related to Zhao Gou.

After all, Zhao Gou is his own bloodline, how can he kill him because of this?

Looking at Zhao Gou's current state, Zhao Ji was afraid that he would collapse in the hall. If he fell, what would the ministers say?

Seeing this scene, Gao Qiu immediately sent someone to help Zhao Gou out.

Huizong looked at the three fake envoys kneeling on the ground and wanted to kill them, but when he thought about it, they were not people from the Song Dynasty, but real Jin people.

What would the Jin Congress think if the Jin people were killed?

What's more, these three Jin men were originally doing small business and pretending to be messengers, and it was Tong Guan who found them.

It is better to give these three golden men to the real golden envoys and let Wanyanhong handle them by himself.

Wanyanhong thanked Huizong lightly at first, and then turned to Zong Shu: "Fu Ma, you caught these three people, and you should deal with them yourself."

Zong Shu smiled and said, "That would be disrespectful. Boyuan, take these three Jin men away, um, to dig coal in Mi County."

Zong Shu actually sent three Jin men to Mi County to work as coolies in front of the current Jin envoy!

Just now Wan Yanhong was just being polite to him, but Zong Shu actually accepted it and actually took matters into his own hands.

To treat a gold man as a coolie is simply not to give him face!

Unexpectedly, Wan Yanhong was not angry, but said to Huizong:

"These three people pretended to be envoys and were brought back by me. It is also a capital crime. It is very appropriate to deal with them this way. You have internal affairs to deal with. We will leave today and come back to discuss state affairs another day."

After Wan Yanhong finished speaking, he gave a special salute to Zong Shu and walked out of the hall.
Chapter completed!