The letter left by Tie Wenxiong was a sharp blade, a sharp blade aimed at Zhao Run.
Fortunately, Queen Mother Li and Zhao Zhen were not stupid and did not believe that Zhao Run had really molested Fang Meiren.
If either mother or son believed it, Tie Wenxiong's letter would fall on Zhao Run.
The civil servants were colleagues with Tie Wenxiong, and Tie Wenxiong risked his own life to fight against him. Some of the civil servants would inevitably write a letter to impeach Zhao Run.
As long as there are enough officials who impeach Zhao Run, people in both the government and the public will regard Zhao Run's molestation of Fang Mei as the truth.
Destruction of human relations will be intolerable to heaven and earth.
Zhao Run will inevitably be deposed as crown prince, and Empress Cao will also be implicated.
The strategy to deal with Zhao Run and Queen Cao and his son can be said to be one link within another.
Kou Ji is almost certain that 99% of the roommates have been taken advantage of.
If she had the ability to make a promising Jixian Pavilion candidate willing to die for her, then she would not put herself in a dangerous situation and die in Zhao Zhen's dormitory.
Kou Ji used to be a master at setting up traps. He knew very well that a person who set up traps would never put himself in danger.
It is even less possible to risk your own life.
Using other people's lives to achieve one's own goals is the method a master of setting up a trap should have.
I'm afraid there's not just one Fang Meiren or Tie Wenxiong involved in this matter.
I'm afraid there's someone behind it, and there's more than one.
A simple trap, laid out so carefully, with one ring inside the other.
The mastermind behind the scenes is very sophisticated.
Although the more people use it, the easier it is to leave traces.
But with such a layout, it is easier to erase your own traces and cut off clues.
Kou Ji guessed this and looked at Fang Meiren who had been reduced to a corpse with some pity.
I'm afraid that Fang Mei will not know the whole story until her death, let alone who the person behind it is.
Kou Ji's eyes fell on Chen Lin and asked: "Where are the people related to Fang Meiren?"
Chen Lin said bluntly: "Three people from the same country and six relatives, we have met quite a lot..."
Kou Ji sighed, "I've seen them all in civil and military positions, including me?"
Chen Lin nodded.
Kou Jidao: "First imprison three people with the same nationality and six relatives. Then send people to check whether Fang Mei has left the palace in the past year, who she has come into contact with, who her close associates have come into contact with, and whether Fang Mei has been in contact with her.
people have come into contact with those officials."
Chen Lin nodded again.
Kou Ji chuckled, "Now the clues are gone, but the matter of the prince molesting the beauty has been found out, and it is purely a false accusation. I will report it to the official Ming family. Chen Lin, please send someone to the Criminal Law Department and tell the chief minister Bao Zheng to let him know.
He arrested all three Fang clan members and brought them to justice.
After I finish the case, we will all be dispatched to the border."
Chen Lin hesitated for a moment, "Minister Prime Minister...will the punishment be lenient? Framing the prince is a serious crime."
Kou Ji said calmly: "I will report it to the Ming officials, so you don't need to worry. By the way, it was spread that Fang Mei was neglected by the officials and suffered from heart disease. She was like a madman who mistakenly mistook the prince for an official.
The clothes were destroyed, and the palace people mistakenly thought that the prince wanted to do something wrong, so they filed a lawsuit against him.
It has now been found out that the palace official who made the false accusation has been beaten to death.
The beauty went crazy and died, which shocked the Queen Mother.
The officials were furious and sentenced the three clans to be divided among themselves."
Chen Lin was stunned for a moment, then bowed and said: "Here!"
Chen Lin finally understood why Kou Ji let the Fang clan go.
It was purely to hide the shame of the royal family.
Chen Lin understands Zhao Zhen.
With Zhao Zhen's temperament, he would definitely agree with Kou Ji's approach.
After giving instructions to Chen Lin, Kou Ji smiled and said to the concubines in the dormitory: "You ladies will probably keep silent, right? After all, if the truth of this matter spreads, it will not only be detrimental to the reputation of the royal family, but also your reputation."
When Fang Mei made her confession before, the words "I am empty and lonely" were very lethal.
Otherwise, Concubine Zhang would not have ignored her manners and rushed up to slap her.
If word spreads, all the women in the palace will probably be labeled as resentful women.
Each of them has a noble status and does not want to be called a resentful woman.
Concubine Zhang snorted and spoke first: "I and others naturally know the importance of this and will never reveal anything about it, let alone let the slaves in the palace go out and gossip."
Concubine Zhou Shu gritted her teeth and said: "For the sake of the reputation of me and others, I can only take advantage of that bitch's family."
Kou Ji smiled lightly, cupped his hands, and left the dormitory.
Chen Lin hurriedly followed out.
The two of them walked to a place with few people.
Kou Ji waved to Chen Lin.
Chen Lin hurriedly stepped forward, and Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Go and check to see which noble person has been to Fang Meiren's palace in the past year."
Chen Lin frowned and said, "Do you suspect that there are other noble people involved?"
Kou Ji glanced at Chen Lin.
He didn't believe Chen Lin, an old ghost, and couldn't see anything fishy in it.
Seeing this, Chen Lin said dryly: "This matter is not easy to investigate..."
Kou Ji said unexpectedly: "There are still people in the palace that you, Chen Lin, dare not investigate."
Chen Lin said quietly: "If our family told you that the person who visited Fangmeiren Palace the most times in the past year was Concubine Xian, how would you deal with it?"
"Wonderful Concubine?"
Kou Ji frowned.
Chen Lin nodded, "A good concubine likes to be quiet, and so does a beautiful lady. Both nobles like to read and read poems, so they often read poems together."
Kou Ji pondered: "Xianfei... there is no reason."
Concubine Zhang Xian didn’t have a prince, so why did she take this trip into troubled waters?
Is it to help her sister Zhang Guifei?
But if she was helping Concubine Zhang, she wouldn't have to use this method.
She and Kou Ji are sons and daughters.
Using this, it was easy to send Concubine Zhang's son to Kou Ji's house.
It's easy to win over Kou Ji with this.
There is no need to risk plotting against Empress Cao and Zhao Run mother and son.
Concubine Zhang Xian was not a fool. She decisively betrothed Princess Baoqing to Kou Tianci when she was young.
It was enough to show that she saw that the Kou family was very wealthy.
In this case, she would not be unaware of Kou Ji's influence on the road to seizing the throne.
There’s no way anyone would leave the Tongtian Avenue and walk along the cliffs instead, right?
Chen Lin nodded and said: "Our family also thinks that she cannot be a virtuous concubine."
Kou Ji asked: "Except for the Xian Concubine, no other concubines have ever been to Fang Meiren's palace?"
Chen Lin said frankly: "There are three other nobles, but they all bully Fang Mei. It is impossible for Fang Mei to believe them."
Kou Jidao: "It's better to check."
Chen Lin promised: "We will send someone to investigate when we get back."
After Kou Ji and Chen Lin finished speaking, they rushed to see Zhao Zhen in silence.
After arriving at the meeting hall, they learned that Zhao Zhen and Queen Cao had gone to the Imperial Hospital.
Kou Ji did not go to the Royal Hospital, but waited in the meeting hall.
Chen Lin rushed to the Royal Hospital to report.
After a long time, Zhao Zhen hurried back to the meeting hall from the Imperial Hospital.
As soon as he entered the door of the meeting hall, he asked: "Is Run'er wrongly accused?"
Kou Ji saw that Zhao Zhen had no intention of letting him salute, so he simply did not salute.
He smiled and said: "Didn't you already know that the prince was wronged?"
Zhao Zhen sighed: "I know, I know, but I can't just say that Run'er is not guilty without asking the truth, right? I am willing, but the women in the harem are not willing, and neither are the civil and military officials of the dynasty."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "So I need you to find out the truth and give everyone an answer."
Zhao Zhen lamented, "Everyone thinks that as an emperor, I can do whatever I want, but everyone knows that everything I do must be convincing.
The problem is, everyone has selfish motives, so how can they do everything convincingly?"
After saying this, Zhao Zhen ordered Chen Lin to move the lounge chair, prepare refreshments, and then asked Chen Lin to exit the meeting hall.
Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji were the only two people left in the meeting hall.
The two of them were lying on a lounge chair.
Zhao Zhen was no longer as free and easy as before, and said with a ferocious face: "Someone wants to use this to remind me of the dirty things Liu Congmei did in the palace back then, and let me go on a killing spree.
It is best to lose your mind and kill Empress Cao and Run'er."
Kou Ji sighed and said, "The past has passed. I don't even want to mention it, let alone think about it again."
Kou Ji knew clearly that Zhao Zhen was right, this was also one of the killer moves of the person behind the plan.
Otherwise, there is no need for the person behind it to use the women in the harem to set up a trap.
There are too many ways to deal with the prince.
There is no special reason, and there is absolutely no need to use this method to attract everyone's attention.
Kou Ji didn't want to think about this because he really didn't want to bring up the old matter again and make Zhao Zhen unhappy.
After all, there are still people alive in the Liu family, and they are in Bianjing City.
Zhao Zhen clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and said, "But there are people who don't want our monarchs and ministers to forget [Biquge www.biqugex.biz] this moment."
Kou Jicheng sighed, "Then we, the emperor and our ministers, will try our best to make everyone forget about this matter."
After saying this, before Zhao Zhen could speak again, Kou Ji said again: "What do the officials think of my handling of the Fang family?"
Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "Chen Lin has already told me about this matter, and you spared the Fang family just to protect the royal family's face.
After my mother learned about this, she sent someone to the Royal Hospital to tell me that you handled it well and asked me to give you a generous reward.
It can be seen that the queen mother is not willing to let the scandal of the royal family be leaked."
Kou Ji said frankly: "In fact, the reason why I treated Fang's people lightly was to protect the royal family's face, and second, because Fang Meiren was not actually the mastermind, she was just being used.
I'm afraid the Fang clan members don't know anything, so it wouldn't be appropriate to start killing people."
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji, stared straight at Kou Ji and said, "She has someone outside, right?"
Kou Ji asked: "Why did the officials say this?"
Zhao Zhen said coldly: "You threatened the lives of her whole family, but she refused to plead guilty. When you wanted to investigate the people who were related to her, she confessed and was punished, and even bumped her head to death in my palace.
Here comes a dead man with no evidence.
This shows that she is protecting someone.
She doesn't even care about her family, but she can kill herself for the sake of people other than her family.
That means the person she wants to protect is more important to her than her family.
For a stupid woman, the only thing more important than her family is her lover."
Kou Ji frowned and said in a deep voice: "She was a virgin when she entered the palace. Otherwise, she would not have been able to pass the test of Cai Nu Palace.
When Liu Congmei committed evil, she was not involved.
After Liu Congmei committed evil, she didn't have a chance."
Since Liu Congmei brought trouble to the harem, except for Zhao Zhen and a few princes, no other normal men can have contact with the women in the palace.
Therefore, it is impossible for Fang Mei to be unfaithful to Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen said coldly: "If you are unfaithful in your heart, you are also unfaithful!"
When Kou Ji heard this, he sighed inwardly.
He felt that Zhao Zhen was a bit deceiving himself.
There are so many women in the palace, it is impossible for every one of them to fall in love with him.
Those women were not raised in the palace from childhood.
It's not surprising that they have one or two childhood sweethearts in their hearts.
After all, Zhao Zhen had so many women, and he didn't like to share the rain and dew very much, so he only favored those few.
It is very common for other concubines to think about their childhood sweethearts when they are sleepless.
But Kou Ji had no way to tell Zhao Zhen these words.
Emperors were all lonely and single husbands.
His stuff definitely doesn't want anyone to worry about it.
Even if he doesn't care about his things, he can't be disloyal.
Kou Ji sighed: "I feel that she is more like being threatened."
Zhao Zhen didn't believe it and said: "She is not even afraid of death, but she is also afraid of being threatened?"
Kou Ji said quietly: "Some threats are more terrifying than death."
Zhao Zhen sat up and stared at Kou Ji, "For example?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "For example, if someone threatens me with the lives of Tianci and Hui'er, I will immediately submit."
Zhao Zhen shook his head, "This doesn't count..."
Kou Ji was silent for a moment and said: "If someone can come up with a good cure for the plague and force me to die, I will not hesitate."
Zhao Zhen frowned and said: "You mean, someone holds a secret worth the life of Fang Mei?"
Kou Ji nodded.
Zhao Zhen said decisively: "I don't believe it! You investigate it for me! Only after you investigate it clearly and get the evidence can I believe it!"
Kou Ji clasped his fists and said, "I am naturally obliged to do so."
Zhao Zhen continued: "By the way, help me dig out the mastermind behind this. I want her to know the price of provoking me."
Kou Ji instigated: "As long as the officials kill all the concubines in the harem, they will definitely kill the real mastermind."
Zhao Zhen stood up, stared at Kou Ji and said angrily: "Do I seem to be sick?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said with a smile: "It doesn't look like that!"
Zhao Zhen glared at Kou Ji and said, "Then I would do such a mindless thing?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "I would rather kill the wrong person than let him go."
Zhao Zhen rolled his eyes and said, "I have gone to the Royal Hospital, and I will leave this matter entirely to you."
Kou Ji stood up.
"I obey the decree!"
Zhao Zhen waved his sleeves and left the meeting hall.
The smile on Kou Ji's face slowly dissipated and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhao Zhen was clearly full of murderous intentions just now.
Fortunately, he made some jokes and stir things up, so Zhao Zhen temporarily gave up his murderous intention.
Kou Ji sighed: "I hope Fang Mei is not unfaithful, otherwise all three members of the Fang family may die."
Kou Ji left the meeting hall with his hands behind his back and saw Chen Lin waiting outside the meeting hall.
Kou Ji asked: "Didn't you go to the Royal Hospital with the officials?"
Chen Lin said calmly: "The official family asked our family to follow you in the past few days."
Kou Ji nodded and said to Chen Lin, "Can you not tell everything to the officials?"
Chen Lin shook her head, "Our family will not deceive officials."
Kou Ji said bluntly: "But everything has not been clarified yet. Just relying on a little inference and speculation will hurt the official family."
Chen Lin lamented, stared at Kou Ji, and said seriously: "Do you think the officials would be pitiful if they guessed that Fang Mei was unfaithful to him?
Have you ever thought about what would happen if our family didn't tell the truth to the officials?
There is no one in this world who can tell the truth to officials anymore.
At that time, the official family will be even more pitiful."
When Kou Ji heard what Chen Lin said, he was speechless and couldn't say anything to refute.
Kou Ji shook his head, said nothing, and walked out of the palace with his hands behind his back.
Chen Lin trotted to keep up with Kou Ji.
Kou Ji saw Chen Lin following him and frowned: "Why are you following me if you don't go investigate?"
Chen Lin said calmly: "Of course someone will investigate the things that need to be investigated. The officials asked our family to follow you, so of course we have to follow you."
Kou Ji glanced at Chen Lin and said, "Then you go and interrogate the people you captured."
Chen Lin hesitated and asked, "Are you sure you want our family to go to trial?"
Kou Ji asked: "Is there a problem?"
Chen Lin said calmly: "Except for the six people from the Fang family who will be dismissed from office, the remaining three people with the same nationality may not be dismissed from office. If our family goes to trial, the three of them will not survive."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "You won't be gentler?"
Chen Lin said confidently: "Our family has always done whatever it takes to achieve our goals."
Kou Ji glared at Chen Lin. He was obviously acting like a villain, but he was stunned by Chen Lin's words of righteousness.
"Go and check whether those three guys have been to Tiansheng Hall. Then check the Jinshi students in the same class as Ouyang Xiu, Bao Zheng and others to see if any of them are close to the palace or have any relationship.
"
Kou Ji ordered.
Chen Lin frowned and said, "Those are all your disciples, and Ouyang Xiu is already in the second rank and is an important minister."
"Did you ask me to investigate it openly? This matter is very involved. No one can sleep until we investigate it clearly."
Kou Ji sighed.
Chen Lin hesitated again and again, but finally nodded.
People like Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan and others are already high-ranking ministers in the court. Such important ministers cannot be easily investigated.
Once discovered, it is easy to hurt the relationship between the king and his ministers.
It is also easy to force others to give up their choices.
Chen Lin needs to personally preside over this matter so that no traces are left.
So Chen Lin didn't follow Kou Ji anymore.
Kou Ji got on the carriage and left the palace, and saw Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu and others gathered in front of Donghua Gate again.
Seeing Kou Ji's carriage, a crowd of people gathered around it.
After giving the gift.
Fan Zhongyan, the eldest, asked, "Sir, how is the situation in the palace?"
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said: "It has been found out that the prince was framed. Someone in the palace will tell you the specific details."
Fan Zhongyan and others looked at each other.
Fan Zhongyan hesitated and said, "Is that true?"
Kou Ji laughed, "What else? Are you still expecting some scandal to happen in the palace?"
Fan Zhongyan smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Sir, you are joking. As ministers, how can we expect scandals from the emperor? It's just a matter of the prince, so we have to be careful."
Kou Ji said frankly: "I won't hide it from you. The cause of this matter is related to the Dashi books. When I was translating the Dashi books, a medical book recorded a prescription for treating fever.
Because there are huge disadvantages, I didn’t let anyone publicize it.
But Fang Meiren didn’t know how she knew this recipe.
After the slaves in her palace got fever, she tried it again.
Confirm that the formula is effective.
The prince didn't know that the prescription was obtained from the Dashi book. He knew that Fang Mei had medicine to cure fever, so he wanted to ask for the prescription to benefit the people.
But Fang Mei became ill with worry and mistakenly thought that the prince was an official.
During the pulling, the clothes were damaged.
The palace officials mistakenly thought that the prince wanted to do something evil, so they captured the prince and handed him over to the officials.
After the officials found out the reason, they planned to laugh it off.
Unexpectedly, Fang Meiren woke up at this moment, and in shame and anger, she hit a pillar and died.
This move disturbed the Queen Mother, the officials were furious, and the Fang family was afraid that they would suffer."
Kou Ji said it at the end, full of regret.
Fan Zhongyan and others were stunned for a while after listening to Kou Ji's speech.
The 'truth' that Koji said was completely different from what they heard.
They couldn't react for a while.
"The prince cares about the people, and I will drink and sing..."
Bao Zheng suddenly shouted loudly.
Fan Zhongyan and others all looked at Bao Zheng.
Bao Zheng said with a serious face: "Am I wrong?"
Fan Zhongyan and others reacted immediately and nodded in unison.
"The prince cares about the people, we should indeed celebrate..."
"The prince's kindness should be commended in a letter..."
"We should also submit a letter to the officials, so that the officials can get the rain and dew..."
"Isn't it a bit too much..."
"How can we survive? The official family is affected by rain and dew, maybe there will be more princes and princesses..."
"It's a pity for the Fang family..."
"How can it be such a pity? If we quarrel with the officials, we can write a letter to defend the Fang family, but if we quarrel with the Queen Mother, how can we defend ourselves? As ministers, are we going to accuse the king of being unfilial?"
"..."
Fan Zhongyan and others were all talking nonsense.
They are all smart people. After Bao Zheng reminded them, they immediately understood the joints involved.
The rhetoric given by Kou Ji was in line with their wishes.
More importantly, Kou Ji said this, which means that the prince really did not want to do anything evil or do anything outrageous.
Otherwise, Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji would never be able to get around the prince.
Since the prince has no intention of doing evil, then the world will be in good health.
They don't care whether the beauties live or die.
They don't care whether the Fang family lives or dies.
The life and death of Fang Mei and the Fang family could not shake the foundation of the Song Dynasty, nor could they cause any big waves in Bianjing City.
The reaction of Fan Zhongyan and others was expected by Kou Ji.
Although Kou Ji told a lie, Kou Ji had already revealed the information that Fan Zhongyan and others cared about.
After Fan Zhongyan and others' discussion became quieter, Kou Ji said with a smile: "The officials and the empress are currently discussing the prescription of a large diet in the imperial hospital. They want to see if they can use the pharmacology of yin and yang to eliminate the harm in the prescription of a large food.
.
If it succeeds, the people of the Song Dynasty will never be troubled by fever again.
By then, tens of millions of people will benefit from this.
Gentlemen, we should recommend the medical experts as soon as possible to benefit the people."
Kou Ji spoke impassionedly at the end.
Fan Zhongyan and others listened with excitement.
It wouldn't work without warm blood. Fever was too lethal to the people of the Song Dynasty.
If fever could be solved, the survival rate of people in the Song Dynasty would skyrocket.