The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 275
After hearing Jiang You's words, Zhao Tun remained silent, and said after a long time: "If it's just these things, the king can help you, as long as the imperial edict has been received, and no one will review this kind of thing, so you can get away with it."

Hearing this, Jiang You fell to his knees again: "Your Majesty is so kind, Jiang You doesn't know how to repay him. If the Majesty asks you to do anything in the future, Jiang You will not dare to refuse."

Zhao Tun glanced at him, shook his head and said, "Jiang Shangshu, get up and talk."

Jiang You got Zhao Tama's promise, and his heart immediately brightened up. The mood that seemed to be dark and dying like a storm was coming, turned into dark clouds and clear sky in a blink of an eye.

It seems that after a lifetime of catastrophe, the next moment is calm.

The feeling of regaining the right after losing it really made Jiang You feel terrified, as if it were illusory.

But he knew that this was not an illusion. If the news of the loss of the imperial decree was really spread and the officials were furious, then the dispatch to Lingnan or Qiongzhou would be considered a good result, even worse than the dispatch.

There are many ways to demote criminal officials in this dynasty. According to the severity of the punishment, they generally have the following forms: fine copper, dismissal, demotion, dispatch, replacement, chasing officials, suspension, expulsion, residence, resettlement , editing, custody, etc.

Zong Ze's punishment at that time was to be taken to Zhenjiang for custody. Jiang You thought to himself that this kind of punishment might not be on him.

In fact, he was right. Zongze’s subsequent recovery was extremely rare. The reason was that Zongze’s crime was not related to political affairs, so it was relatively light in truth, and after Lin Lingsu’s downfall, the crime was no longer valid, so was re-enabled.

But once his crime of losing the imperial decree was imprisoned, if the Taoist emperor did not forgive him, even if Zhao Huan came to the throne in the future, he would not be able to use a courtier like him.

After Jiang You sat down tremblingly, he said again: "This matter is all depended on by the prince. From now on, the prince will only take orders, and all subordinate officials will obey."

Zhao Tong looked at him and shook his head, and said: "What are your orders, after this king returns to Beijing this time, I will resign from all errands with the officials and stay away from the court."

"Ah, lord?" Jiang You was stunned when he heard the words, but didn't react for a while.

Zhao Tong sighed: "This king is quitting. After returning to Tokyo, I will resign from my post. I will never lead any troops or join the court."

Jiang You still had tears on his face at the moment, he stretched out his hand to wipe it, and said in a low voice: "My lord, do you mean to resign from office?"

Zhao Tong said: "Don't do it, it's too tiring and too dangerous. The battle in Huaixi this time almost cost me half my life. You also saw that there are still thieves hiding in Luzhou City, but there is nothing I can do. , Recapturing Huaixi can be regarded as an explanation to the officials and the court, and the king will resign from the officials when he returns."

"My lord, this..." Jiang You didn't know what to say for a moment. If Zhao Tang saw the intention of the official sending him here and said this deliberately to vent his grievances, he would definitely not help him conceal the imperial decree, but if he didn't Seeing his intention in coming to Luzhou, it might be that he really doesn't want to do it anymore.

Zhao Tong stretched his waist, then picked up the tea bowl and said: "It's better to be an idle prince, what kind of soldiers do you care about, it's boring to be exhausted, I'm tired."

Jiang You couldn't take over, and watched Zhao Tun bring tea to see off the guests, so he had to stand up and said nonchalantly, "My lord, then I will resign, please take care of your health, but there is something for me to do, just say hello."

Zhao Tun nodded, then slightly closed his eyes.

After Jiang You left, Huang Gu came in and said with a smile, "My lord, Jiang Shangshu was quite frightened this time."

Zhao Tong shook his head and said, "Who told you to steal the imperial decree, how can he not be afraid of losing the imperial decree? Jiang You is a member of the official family, but even the imperial edict can be lost. Think about it, can the official family trust him again. "

Huang Gu said: "My lord, did you promise him to hide this matter?"

Zhao Tun nodded, "Agreed."

Huang Gu said: "Then if this matter is revealed in the future, won't the young master commit the crime of deceiving the emperor?"

Zhao Tong said: "What crime did this king commit to deceiving the king?"

Huang Gu said: "It's not about concealing the imperial decree..."

Zhao Tong looked at him and frowned and said, "When did this king conceal the imperial decree? This king never knew that there was an imperial edict issued by the government, and Jiang You never said that there was an imperial edict for this king!"

Huang Gu: "..."

In the evening, Zhao Tun came to Luzhou Prison, at the moment all the prisoners in the prison were bandits, Wang Qing, Duan Er, Fang Han and others were all here.

The head of the cell led the way and came to an independent cell. This cell was farther away from the others, and it was much cleaner. There was actually a wooden bed inside.

Standing in front of the prison door, Zhao Tang saw a big man sitting by the bed. This big man had thick eyebrows, a lion nose and a big mouth. His arms, legs and feet were as thick as a normal person's, and his muscles seemed to explode.

Zhao Tang looked at the big man with his hands behind his back, and the big man also saw him, and couldn't help being taken aback.

Zhao Tong said, "How is Brother Du?"

The big man was none other than Du Po, who was captured alive by Lu Junyi, and was later ordered by Zhao Tong to keep him in solitary confinement until now.

Hearing this, Du Po looked Zhao Tun up and down, and the more he looked, the more familiar he looked, especially the voice, no matter how he heard it, he sounded like an acquaintance.

"You are... Li Fei?" Du Po tentatively asked, not sure in his heart, but judging from his figure and voice, it should be Li Fei, but the appearance has changed too much, so I can't confirm it, and how could Li Fei outside?

Although Du Po was captured when he failed to steal the camp, he knew something about what happened later. After all, when the Song army attacked Luzhou, he was in the prison car behind him, and he knew that the Song army was able to break through Luzhou by cooperating with the inside and outside. .

At this moment, looking at the person outside who looks like Li Fei, and thinking about this again, he couldn't help jumping up on the bed, pointing at Zhao Tun and saying, "Li Fei, it's you...you're a spy!"

Huang Gu shouted outside the prison: "Bold, this is His Royal Highness King Qi, don't kneel down yet!"

His Royal Highness King Qi?Du Po opened his mouth, the king of Qi is Zhao Tong, the commander of the Song army, but shouldn't it be Li Fei who is outside the prison?How did it become Zhao Tun?

Zhao Tun waved his hand at Huang Gu, and said: "Forget it, Brother Du and I hit it off that day, we became friends as brothers, talking about military affairs and martial arts, it's very pleasant, there's no need to do that."

No matter how slow Du Po's mind was, he could still react at this moment. He stared at Zhao Tun with two big copper bell-like eyes and said, "Li Fei...you, you are Qi Wang Zhao Tun?"

Zhao Tong said: "Back then, he was part of the bandit-breaking army. He changed his appearance a little and sneaked into the city. Brother Du laughed."

Du Po stared blankly at Zhao Tun, and murmured: "You are so brave..."

Zhao Tong said: "Brother Du, you joined the bandit army that day because of Li Zhu's gambling oath, and you didn't follow the bandit willingly. Now that Wang Qing has been defeated, I came this time to ask Brother Du what his plans are in the future."

Du Po was surprised when he heard the words: "You won't kill me?"

Zhao Tong shook his head and said: "I said that I hit it off with Brother Du, and Brother Du is not willing to be a thief, so how could I kill someone? If Brother Du wants to join the army, I can decide to give Brother Du an official position. If Brother Du doesn't want to , I can let Brother Du go home."

Seeing that his expression did not seem to be fake, Du Po couldn't help saying: "I... want to go home and have a look first."

Zhao Tong nodded and said: "Okay, then I'll let Brother Du go home. It's already late today, and tomorrow morning I'll have someone prepare for a quick ride, so Brother Du will spend another night and leave tomorrow."

After speaking, he turned around and walked out.

Du Po looked at his receding figure, and suddenly shouted: "His Royal Highness, how is Li Zhu?"

Zhao Tun's voice came: "Dead."

Du Po was stunned when he heard the words, and then sat down on the wooden bed with a "plop"...

(End of this chapter)