Conspiracy

Chapter 367
"The lower official only asks for death! I have nothing else to say."

County magistrate Tao looked fearless, but Master Sun, who had followed him for many years, had to speak out.

He knelt down next to County Magistrate Tao and said, "His Royal Highness! My lord is really a good official. It was they who arrested my lord's wife and children. We obeyed orders! That's why we arrested Jiang."

"Sun Shang! Shut up!"

Hearing Tao County Magistrate's stern voice, Master Sun not only didn't stop, but said more calmly, "Your Highness! My adults have good intentions and didn't intend to kill them! So I just drank them in the wine that entertained them." I took the medicine and wanted them to sleep for a while. When the matter is over, they will be released! I just didn’t expect that those people would be rescued from the dungeon by Su Shaoqing, and even asked Mr. Tang to go to the back mountain to rescue them back in a righteous way .”

Su Zhen smiled and said, "Master Sun, sometimes, the best way to solve a conspiracy is to turn it into a conspiracy and put it on the surface. Disgusting is not terrible, and whoever is dirty will be embarrassed."

"His Royal Highness, my lords, as a master, I did not fulfill my duties well, which caused my lord to fall into such a state. I beg Your Highness to forgive me! Don't harm my lord, this villain is willing to die to apologize!"

Said, Master Sun knocked his head heavily on the ground a few times, the voice was clear and loud, Master Sun's head became red and swollen instantly, and a strand of blood left along the wound.

He stood up abruptly and slammed towards the pillar next to him.

Everyone exclaimed, and those who were close wanted to stop Master Sun, but he was surprisingly strong and couldn't stop him at all.

Seeing that his head was about to hit him, Su Zhen calmly raised her hand and snapped her fingers, a golden gleam flashed, and Master Sun's leaning forward body suddenly stopped.She yawned, walked up behind Master Sun, pulled him away by the collar at the back of his neck, leaned on the pillar with her back, arms crossed her chest, her right foot was on the ground, and her heel was supporting the bottom of the pillar.

Turning to look at the magistrate Tao who was kneeling silently, he was completely indifferent to Master Sun's attempt to plead guilty and die for him.

"Oh, magistrate, you are too mean. His Royal Highness is the future prince of Luoqi, the crown prince of a country, who can scare you so much that you dare not say anything. Could it be that the person behind you is still What's the big deal?"

"Su Shaoqing, the lower official said that you have too many things. Now that the matter has been exposed, then the lower official has nothing to hide. Master Sun has also said what should be said. But everyone in the yamen is subject to the lower The officials are intimidating, and please His Highness the Crown Prince not to involve the innocent."

Shang Yuchen said, "Innocent? Intending to stir up disputes between the imperial court and the rivers and lakes is a crime that can be punished by the whole family! You are a county magistrate! Knowing the law and breaking the law! It is even more sinful!"

County magistrate Tao folded his hands, bowed solemnly and kowtowed, "Your official is guilty!"

Su Zhen walked towards him slowly, her steps landed on Magistrate Tao's heart with a sound, she glanced slightly, and saw a pair of white brocade boots with delicate embroidered patterns gradually approaching.

Su Zhen stood still in front of County Magistrate Tao, and then squatted down, with her left arm resting on her knee, and her right hand casually resting on her bent leg.

"Magistrate Tao, in fact, Su has been in Liting Town for two days, but Su has never disclosed his identity. Do you know why?"

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County Magistrate Tao said nothing, but raised his head silently.

"I heard that you went to Beijing to rush for the exam in the [-]st year of Shangde, and won the title of Civil and Military Double Champion in one fell swoop. You should have achieved fame and a smooth official career. But because you often speak fiercely in the court, and you are upright and strict, you are often squeezed out Then, he was demoted to Liting Town and became an inconspicuous seventh-rank sesame official. Your Royal Highness, is that so?"

At the end of Su Zhen's words, she looked at Shang Yuchen.

The latter lowered his eyes in thought, and silently said the name 'Tao Yongji'.

"There is an imperial examination every three years. The number one scholar six years ago was indeed named Tao Yongji. After high school, he was appointed as the servant of the household department by his father. However, I remember that later the official department reported that Tao Yongji, the servant of the household department, was pedantic and mean. Bribes, buying and selling official positions. Afterwards, Tao Yongji, who was born as a double champion in civil and military affairs, was demoted to Liting Town."

The remaining wind outside the door blew the hair on his back, County Magistrate Tao slowly raised his eyes, and there was no wave in his sharp eagle eyes.

"Oh~~So that's it!" Su Zhen deliberately prolonged the ending, and she continued to laugh, "Magistrate Tao, to be honest, Su sneaked into your yamen last night, with your little family background, it's really It’s not enough to watch! The sky is so high that the emperor is far away, after you were demoted, is it possible that you have become depraved?”

Hearing this, Tang Yinchen suddenly realized, "Yeah! I went for a walk just now, and I thought about evacuating your dog official's house, but your house is too shabby, and it can't compare to the young master's." The servant's room in the house."

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Tang Yinchen continued to ask, "Zhenzi, did he hide all the money he got from greed? Look at the people outside, they are poorly clothed and hungry, it's really miserable!"

Su Zhen shook her head, "The flood has not yet passed, and those who are greedy for money will definitely take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune. But I have checked the account books of the yamen, and Tao County magistrate distributed all the relief money and food issued by the court to It’s just that it’s been a long way, withholding layer after layer, and it’s not uncommon to have less in their hands. But what we’re talking about now is not those dog officials.”

What Su Zhen said, although there were occasional thorns in her words, they were all true.

"What exactly are you trying to say?"

The county magistrate Tao finally spoke.

"It's nothing. I just feel that it's a pity for a good talent to die like this. Of course, if you, County Magistrate Tao, have been exhausted by the pressure of the past six years, and then smoothed your edges and corners, you are willing to tend to The status quo, then, just assume that Su didn't say anything."

After the words fell, Su Zhen deliberately left him a gap to think and struggle, and counted silently in her heart.At the same time, Shang Yuchen cooperated tacitly and said, "Come here! Take it down!"

Two officers and soldiers came in immediately, one on the left and one on the right, with the arms of County Magistrate Tao behind their backs, and forcibly dragged him up from the ground.

County magistrate Tao was like a lifeless puppet, showing no resistance.But just as he was about to step out of the door, he suddenly said, "Su Shaoqing"

Su Zhen pursed her lips, "Huh?"

From Su Zhen's rising ending, Shang Yuchen and Gu Yunshu easily guessed her thoughts.

As County Magistrate Tao said, Master Sun has said what should be said, and what they want is something he cannot explain beyond words.

County magistrate Tao looked at the two soldiers beside him and motioned for them to let go.

They looked at Shang Yuchen in embarrassment, and when they saw him nodding, they clasped their hands together and walked out of the door again.

The magistrate Tao finally showed a look other than pretending to be calm, and the fleeting entanglement faded away, and he knelt down on his knees again opposite Shang Yuchen.

(End of this chapter)