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Chapter 1740: Traitor
"It's good that you don't doubt me. I don't need to go to such great lengths to kill the Zhao family. When I beheaded them, their crimes were numerous. Just the Flower and Stone Gang alone would be enough to kill Zhao Ji ten times."

Sun Lei said that he was not a minister of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and the crime of regicide had no binding force on him. As a rebel from the bottom, killing corrupt officials and tyrants was natural for him.

"Although the guards at Mickey Mouse Clubhouse were not strict, it was impossible for Zhao Ji to send so many letters out, so it was impossible that Zhao Ji and his brothers and descendants did it."

"As for this seal, Zhao Ji had many seals, so it's not surprising that one or two of them leaked out in the early years."

Sun Lei put down the letters and said.

"Your Majesty, we are not worried about these things!"

Zong Ze shook his head and said, if they could see these things, the emperor could naturally see them as well.

"Are you worried about your reputation?"

Sun Lei looked at them and asked, "They are all old men over 60 years old, and now they just want to have a good reputation after their death."

"We don't care about our reputation now. We are worried that someone will use this to stir up trouble. I heard that many idlers have come to the city recently."

Zhong Shidao said that they were already surrendered ministers, and their names were already engraved on the list of traitors, and nothing could be done to change that.

"These are just small matters, just a bunch of people coming out to confuse people!"

Sun Lei shook his head.

"Your Majesty, I am worried that the people behind this are hiding a huge conspiracy. They have done so many things, and their plot must be big. Now that the world is stable, the people will not follow suit to revolt. They have no soldiers and only a small number of people. All they can do is assassinate the emperor."

Li Gang reminded.

"What you said actually coincides with my thoughts. This is the only way those people can go."

Sun Lei looked at Li Gang with approval. Among these people, Li Gang saw the clearest.

"Your coming here today was actually a mistake. I think rumors will spread tomorrow and people will definitely scold you. For such things, you just need to send someone to tell me. I won't doubt you just for such a small rumor."

Sun Lei looked at several people and said, since others could deliver the letter to their mansion, they would naturally send people to keep an eye on them. If they ran to the palace, the other party would know that they had tipped off the others and would definitely retaliate. Those people did not dare to and could not kill people, so they could only start with their reputation.

"We have thought it through when we came here. We don't care about these things."

Several people saluted to Sun Lei.

"Look at you guys. You're already so old, but you're still so impulsive. If I had known, I would have exiled you to a faraway place, like the Western Regions!"

Sun Lei was speechless. If these people hadn't come, he could still make use of them. But now that they have come, everything is ruined.

"Your servants are willing to go to the Western Regions!"

Everyone actively bowed and requested for permission. They also wanted to stay away from troubles. The Western Regions were far away, and they would never be bothered by these bad things again once they went there.

"I was thinking, but I'm afraid that you guys are too old to handle it. If you die halfway, I'll have to select new people! Just stay here and I'll let you go to a place with better transportation later."

Sun Lei shook his head. These old guys were really capable and definitely useful, but they were just too old. The Western Regions and overseas were too far and too hard. These old guys really couldn't stand that environment.

"Your Majesty, Lian Po..."

Zhang Shuye still wanted to fight for it.

"Don't be Lian Po. Lian Po died a few years after he said that. It's rare for a person to live to be 70. I won't let you go to places that are too far away!"

Sun Lei directly interrupted Zhang Shuye and said, "People have to accept aging, which means that even if the brain can keep up, the body and spirit cannot."

"You guys go back and stay indoors for a few days. This will be over in a few days!"

Sun Lei looked at the few people and spoke. He knew that these people were unwilling to accept their age and if they continued to stay, they would definitely find ways to make him agree to send them out.

the next day.

Rumors were spreading in Liangshan City. Some said that the former officials who surrendered were going to rebel.

It was said that those surrendered ministers of the previous dynasty wrote a letter to the emperor requesting the massacre of the entire Zhao family.

Some say that those people betrayed the heroes who fought against Qi and restored Song for fame and fortune.

It is said that these people contacted some ministers to plot major events.

……

"How vicious!"

Sun Lei looked at the rumors he had collected. People's words are scary. They are like knives that kill people without shedding blood. If someone with weaker psychological quality were to hear these rumors, he would be driven to death.

"Your Majesty, the person behind this plot is so vicious that I have never heard of it before. We must investigate thoroughly!"

Xiao Jiasui advised that if this kind of thing was allowed to continue, the officialdom that had just been stabilized would be in turmoil again, which would not be a good thing for the entire country. The country needs officials to govern, and if the officials were made panic-stricken by these rumors, how could they concentrate on governing the place?

"You can't handle such a small amount of gossip. You are too fragile. As the saying goes, to be an official, you need to be thick-skinned, dark-minded and ruthless. Although it's not accurate, it's probably what it means."

Sun Lei said.

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"Your Majesty, there are rumors all over Liangshan City now. Should we send someone to control it?"

Pei Xuan said.

"Let's not worry about this for now. I want to lure out those people behind this. The guards of Liangshan City should be relaxed on the outside but tight on the inside these days. Don't scare those people away."

Sun Lei looked at Pei Xuan and said.

……

Inside the inn.

"Brother, have you heard? The former ministers are very close to the cabinet, and they are going to rebel!"

Zhang San looked at Liu Da and said.

"Nonsense, what I heard was that the sky is dead..."

Guan Er corrected.

"Stop talking, I heard something different! Military Advisor, what do you think is going on? Why are there so many different opinions?"

Liu Da looked at Wu Yong and asked.

"The rumors were spread deliberately by someone, probably to cover up the Heroes Conference. Think about it, the court may not allow this Heroes Conference. When all the heroes gather together, what will the government do if they come in? So let the government be busy first and have no time to deal with us!"

Wu Yong made up a seemingly reasonable reason.

"I see. The military advisor really sees things clearly. I was wondering why it was such a mess."

Liu Da suddenly realized.

"That's right!"

Guan Er and Zhang San also accepted this statement and were very impressed with Wu Yong.

"I'm afraid they want Your Majesty to kill those surrendered ministers. However, the person behind this underestimates Your Majesty's wisdom. How could a mere rumor disturb Your Majesty's mind? It seems that the person behind this has no connection with the court and does not understand Your Majesty at all. He is still looking through the old almanac and using the habits of previous emperors to speculate on the current His Majesty."

Wu Yong thought to himself that as soon as he heard those rumors, he knew that someone wanted to kill Li Gang, Zong Ze and others, and the reason was probably that the people here were not cooperating, so they wanted to kill someone with a borrowed knife.

If the emperor became suspicious and killed someone, the person behind the scenes would spread rumors to clarify the matter and accuse the emperor of being suspicious and slaughtering surrendered officials.

If the emperor did not kill him, according to the examples of the past and present, there would be a rift between the monarch and his subjects, and they would no longer be able to work together. After all, the matter of the traitor was brought up again, and both sides would feel a little uncomfortable.