Zhao Yungang wanted to fight back hard, but Empress Dowager Yang said: "What Xianggong Shi said is true. Fan Chu has made mistakes, so he should bear them."
Queen Mother Yang's words sealed Fan Chu's fate. Fan Chu had no choice but to hand over his imperial hut and left the court with regrets.
As soon as Fan Chu left, Shi Miyuan attacked Du Wen again. Shi Miyuan said: "Du Wen, as the general magistrate of Lin'an, it has been so long since the official was assassinated, and you have no clue how the murderer got into Lin'an City. Is there any evidence of the murderer?"
When you left Lin'an City, you knew nothing about it. How could you still have the dignity to stand in court and face all the officials like you?"
Du Wen's face turned pale. He didn't expect that Shi Miyuan would make a fuss about Zhao Yun's assassination. This was a sword hanging over everyone's head. If one person failed, his body would be destroyed and his family would be destroyed.
Could it be that Shi Miyuan was aware of his persuasion to Cheng Ju?
Du Wen knew that it was probably someone who discovered this matter, and now Shi Miyuan came to take revenge.
Du Wen knew that he was unable to resist Shi Miyuan's attacks and revenge, so he took the initiative to resign as a punishment for himself.
Shi Miyuan was so powerful that he forced two ministers away with one move. Feeling proud, he looked at Zhao Yun with both pride and warning in his eyes.
Shi Miyuan was so arrogant and domineering, how could Zhao Yun endure this?
Zhao Yun glanced around and saw Li Zhixiao, the Minister of Punishment. Zhao Yun pretended not to know and said: "I personally investigated the major assassination case and there has been progress, but the file of the case is still in the Ministry of Punishment and requires the cooperation of the Ministry of Punishment. Where is the Shangshu of the Punishment Department?"
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After Li Zhixiao heard this, he came out and said, "Your Majesty, I am here."
Zhao Yun was surprised for a while, looked at Li Zhixiao, and said in amazement: "Li Zhixiao, didn't you submit your resignation? Why are you still here? You are so virtuous in handling a major assassination case. You are really ignorant and talentless. What's more?
Incompetent, I don’t understand why your resignation was not approved?”
Zhao Yun's words caused many officials to laugh at Li Zhixiao. Everyone looked at Li Zhixiao with their eyes wrong.
It is conceivable that Zhao Yun's evaluation of Li Zhixiao's ignorance and incompetence must be spread to everyone. From then on, he became famous.
Li Zhixiao was born as a scholar and loved his face the most. When Zhao Yun said this in front of everyone in the court, he was so embarrassed that his old face turned red and he wanted to crawl into the cracks in the ground.
Feeling ashamed, Li Zhixiao reluctantly handed over his imperial hut, hid his face and left the court.
After driving away Li Zhixiao, Zhao Yun finally calmed down a little. He looked at Shi Miyuan and found some confidence.
Shi Miyuan's teeth were itching with hatred and his eyes were fierce.
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At the gate of Lin'an City, a carriage entered quietly. The streets were bustling with pedestrians, but no one noticed the carriage.
After wandering around Lin'an City, the carriage finally came to a stop in a small courtyard. A child of twelve or thirteen years old got out of it, with a handsome face, and an old man in his fifties came down with him.
After they entered, they never left the courtyard. Their daily stipends for food and clothing were also brought to them, and the neighbors never saw them go out.
Ten days passed in a row, and in the evening, a carriage came to the back door of the yard, and a person got out of the carriage.
This man's name was Shi Zhong, and he was the steward of Shi Miyuan, the prime minister at the time.
Shi Zhong appeared here, which surprised one of the guards following him.
After Shi Zhong left with a child, the guards began to ask the neighbors about who lived here. Finally, they learned from an old woman selling vegetables that an old man and a young man had gone in more than ten days ago.
Didn't see it come out.
After hearing the news, the imperial guards were unable to verify the identities of the old man and the young man. They speculated that they might be Shi Zhong's illegitimate son or the son of an old friend, but they didn't take it too seriously.
However, when reporting the situation to Xia Gui regularly, the guard still reported the situation to Xia Gui.
Xia Gui was ordered by Zhao Yun to arrange many guards to pretend to be common people and inquire about information among the people. Every day, he had to deal with a lot of various information, and then found opportunities to send important information to Zhao Yun.
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That day Xia Gui came to Prince Rong's Mansion and reported to Zhao Yun that Shi Miyuan had been in and out of Cining Hall frequently in the past few days and felt something was wrong.
Zhao Yun thought about it and said: "Now that I am in Prince Rong's Mansion, they are not monitoring me enough. In addition, many officials are now sympathetic to me. From time to time, someone will write to impeach Shi Miyuan for his arbitrary power and advise the Queen Mother to allow the wedding. They want to discuss it
Countermeasures are easy to understand if we meet frequently."
Zhao Yun has everything in his mind, which makes Xia Gui feel more at ease.
The monarch and his ministers came to the garden for a walk. Xia Gui told Zhao Yun as a joke about Shi Zhong's placement of his illegitimate son outside. Zhao Yun was stunned and stopped immediately.
Xia Gui was surprised. He looked at Zhao Yun and saw that Zhao Yun's face changed color and became extremely gloomy. Xia Gui could even feel Zhao Yun's body trembling, and Xia Gui was frightened.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"
Zhao Yun gritted his teeth, became emotional, and said almost word for word: "In the past, I was taken into Lin'an by him like this."
Xia Guideng's mind immediately went blank, and he could only feel the darkness in front of his eyes, and he almost fainted.
"Xia Gui, you must keep an eye on Shi Miyuan for me now. If he has any trouble, I will know about it."
Zhao Yun was extremely serious, almost ferocious, and gave Xia Gui a death order.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will keep an eye on him personally."
Xia Gui was also frightened for a while. Fortunately, Zhao Yun discovered the trick in this in time, otherwise, a whole boat of people would have died without knowing how.
After Xia Gui left, Zhao Yun immediately wrote a letter to tell Zheng Qingzhi of the situation, asking him to make preparations in advance. He must not go out during this period, and must always wait for his orders and keep both sides open.
Zheng Qingzhi was a veteran of three dynasties and had a wide network of contacts. This was why Zhao Yun valued him very much after he came here.
Now that Zhao Yun has not taken office personally, for many people, Zhao Yun's words are not as effective as Zheng Qingzhi's.
At Shi Miyuan's house, today was Shi Miyuan's wife's birthday. There was a big banquet, and carriages one after another stopped in front of Shi Miyuan's house.
The people who got off the carriage were all high-ranking officials and dignitaries. They had a close relationship with Shi Miyuan and occupied important positions in the court.
Shi Miyuan warmly entertained the guests and chatted and laughed with them.
An opera troupe was performing an opera in the courtyard, causing many guests to applaud.
At this time, Shi Miyuan winked at a few of his confidants while no one was paying attention, and then left quietly.
Several confidants understood the idea, quietly stood up, and followed Shi Miyuan. Soon, they faded out of people's sight and came to the secret room with Shi Miyuan. This chapter has been completed!