Kou Ji is very kind to Di Qing, if he runs to bully Kou Tianci, it will be ungrateful.

But Di Qing is not an ungrateful person.

Therefore, he, a famous general who has left a name in history, is destined to not fight.

You can only wipe and wipe your armor when you are fine, so as not to rust.

"Aren't there some small tribes in the north of the Wei Mur? You didn't go to practice? ”

Kou Ji asked.

Di Qing smiled bitterly and said, "The largest clan is only more than 1,300 people. Before I led the soldiers and horses to their pasture, they knelt on the ground and waited quietly to pay tribute to the court.

What can I do?

You can't kill a bunch of people who kneel on the ground and surrender, can you?

I don't care about killing good people and taking risks. ”

Kou Ji sighed faintly: "It's strange that Jiao Guluo, Li Deming, Li Yuanhao, Yelu Longxu, and Yelu Zong really don't fight. ”

Di Qing thought deeply and nodded heavily.

Then he added, "And the king of Goryeo ......"

Kou Ji looked at Di Qing in amazement and said, "King Goryeo is also a strong enemy in your eyes?" ”

Di Qing thought that he had broken through the capital of Goryeo in one go, and decisively shook his head and admitted his mistake: "The king of Goryeo is not a strong enemy......

The two brothers glanced at each other and sighed helplessly.

The two of them had a thought together.

It's not that we're invincible, it's that our opponents are too weak.

Kou Ji accompanied Di Qing to chat about some household matters, asked Di Qing to go down to wash, and ordered the kitchen to prepare a table of wine and food.

The two brothers, plus Kou Ji's students.

Feasting and drinking.

Di Yong, that kid is also there.

It's just that I don't want to be close to Di Qing.

This is the case with the children of the general's family.

As soon as the generals set out to fight, it was several years.

When you go out, your child may still be a little girl, and when you come home, you may become a young man.

Liu Boxu is like this.

When Liu Heng left Bianjing City to go to the Wa Kingdom, Liu Boxu was still a child, and by the time Liu Heng appeared in front of Liu Boxu again, Liu Boxu had already become a handsome young man.

It took Liu Heng several months to reluctantly re-cultivate his relationship with Liu Boxu.

Now, it's Di Qing's turn.

But Di Yong is not Liu Boxu.

Liu Boxu is knowledgeable and kind-hearted.

So it's easy to be soft-hearted.

Di Yong's temper is very stubborn and arrogant.

His stubborn temper is probably with his mother, and his arrogance is contaminated from Su Shi.

Di Yong doesn't have Su Shi's splendid articles, but he has a good talent for martial arts.

But almost everyone who came to visit the bamboo courtyard praised Di Yong and Su Shi as prodigies with one article and one martial arts.

Di Yong is not as shy as Liu Boxu, although he saw Di Qing once when Di Qing returned to Beijing, but when he saw Di Qing again, he still tilted his head stinky and asked, "Are you my father?" ”

Di Qing didn't know how to get along with his son, so he said in a somewhat tough tone: "It's like a fake!" ”

Di Yong wiped his oily mouth with his sleeve, patted his little chest arrogantly and said, "I heard people say that my father is excellent in martial arts, and my martial arts are also good."

If you beat me, I will admit that you are my father. ”

Di Qing stared at Di Yong without speaking.

Su Shi was holding a bowl of braised pork, and while slashing into his mouth, he provoked trouble.

"Di Yong, you can definitely win!"

And then.

And then there was no then.

The most effective way to deal with a bear child is never to be reasonable.

Because the more you talk about it, the more annoying the bear child finds you.

The most effective means is to get fat.

Di Qing slapped Di Yong's ass twice with his hand, and Di Yong was obedient.

Di Qing picked up Di Yong arrogantly and wiped the tears on Di Yong's face with his broad palm.

Kou Ji slapped Su Shi's ass twice, and Su Shi obediently went back to the study to study.

Solved the bear child.

Di Qing and Kou Ji chatted for a while, and after Di Qing repeatedly confirmed that Kou Ji was not in danger, he left the bamboo courtyard.

Not long after Di Qing left, Chen Lin hurried to the bamboo courtyard.

Kou Ji was drinking tea after dinner in the side hall, and after seeing Chen Lin, he put down the teacup, "What did you find?" ”

Chen Lin said with a gloomy face: "There is no gunpowder flowing into the palace. ”

Kou Ji breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, if there was no gunpowder flowing into the palace, it meant that Zhao Zhen would not worry about his life.

"Since no gunpowder has flowed into the palace, why do you still look like a dead father?"

Chen Lin said in a deep voice: "But our family found the eunuch who bought it, and got a full hundred catties of gunpowder from Changxinglong Cannon Workshop, and I don't know where to go."

No matter where the gunpowder goes, no matter what movement happens, our family is partly responsible. ”

Kou Ji frowned and said, "One hundred catties, it's really a lot." People who can do business in Bianjing City have a keen sense of smell. They may not know other people, but looking at the eunuchs, it is a sight to behold.

Chang Xinglong's shopkeeper dared to sell a hundred catties of gunpowder to a eunuch, which means that he also has a problem. ”

Chen Lin said: "Our family has already sent someone to check, Chang Xinglong's shopkeeper and owner were killed in Chang Xinglong last night. Only a few women and children were left, and those women and children did not know anything.

In their respective private homes, some dirty money was found, but other than that, there was nothing. ”

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and said, "There is no account book?" ”

Chen Lin shook his head.

Kou Ji narrowed his eyes and said, "It seems to be a cronie." ”

Chen Lin nodded solemnly.

Kou Ji said: "In this way, a hundred catties of gunpowder are missing, and the clue is broken?" ”

Chen Lin nodded again.

Kou Ji pondered for a moment and asked, "Now there is only the maid left before Fang Meiren entered the palace?" ”

Speaking of this, Kou Ji looked at Chen Lin and said, "What you can find, others can also find." You've got to make sure we get the maid's confession.

If she is also killed, then our clues will be completely broken.

Since the other party has made a move, if he does not achieve his goal, he will definitely not stop.

We can't let others lead us by the nose. ”

Chen Lin said solemnly: "Our family has sent three groups of people, and we will definitely get the confession of the maid." ”

Kou Ji nodded and said, "Fang Meiren's death and the Chang Xinglong Cannon Workshop explosion may not have been committed by one person. Therefore, the pursuit on the other side cannot be relaxed.

Since the other party has taken away a hundred catties of gunpowder, then they will definitely do something with gunpowder.

As long as you find gunpowder, you have a chance to catch each other. ”

"We understand ......"

Kou Ji picked up the teacup and motioned for Chen Lin to leave.

Chen Lin didn't stay long, and left the bamboo courtyard decisively.

For the next few days, the wind was calm.

There was no movement in Bianjing City.

The person sent by Chen Lin spent four days to get the confession of the maid.

It is said that when the maid was found, a thief wanted to kill the maid, and was killed by the people of Wu Desi.

After Chen Lin got the confession, she found Kou Ji.

Kou Ji was stunned for a long time after reading the confession Chen Lin got.

"Suzhou scholar Zhang Bing?"

"Now it's the Vice-Department of Military Membership under the Privy Council."

"My protégé......"

Kou Ji returned the confession to Chen Lin, stared at Chen Lin and said, "I don't have a deep impression of this person, he is on the same list as Ouyang Xiu and others, but he has never lived in my mansion." ”

Chen Lin nodded and said, "Our family has checked, when you let a group of scholars enter the mansion, he didn't go, but lived in the Suzhou Guild Hall."

He didn't have enough knowledge, so he reluctantly ordered a third-class jinshi.

After leaving the office, his political performance was mediocre, but he was repeatedly promoted. ”

Kou Ji frowned and said, "If Bao Zheng and others are not outstanding, why are they repeatedly promoted?" ”

Chen Lin pursed her lips and said nothing.

Kou Ji glanced at him and said with some astonishment: "Something to do with me?" ”

Chen Lin nodded and said, "They all said that he was irradiated by you." ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "Nonsense! If I promote him, can I make him a deputy who doesn't have much merit? ”

Chen Lin said frankly: "That's what his colleagues said, and he himself revealed it to the outside world. ”

Kou Ji asserted: "This man is very problematic. Can a beautiful woman die with just a love poem? ”

Judging from the confession Chen Lin took, Fang Meiren does have a secret, but this secret is not a matter at all.

According to the confession of the maidservant, Zhang Bing also participated in the imperial examination before he was a Zhongjinshi.

On the way to participate in the imperial examination that time, he showed his hometown of Fang Meiren and was invited to participate in a poetry meeting.

During the banquet, when I saw Fang Meiren, I wrote a love poem and gave it to Fang Meiren.

Fang Meiren likes to taste poetry, and thinks that his poems are still a little literary, so she didn't think much about it and accepted it.

After Zhang Bing accepted his love poem from Fang Meiren, he put down his arrogance, saying that after he won the Jinshi, he would definitely go to Fang's family to propose marriage.

Fang Meiren didn't care.

Then, there is no then.

Zhang Bing missed once, and he didn't have the face to go to Fang's family to propose.

This matter is actually Zhang Bing's own words, and most of Fang's people don't know.

After Fang Meiren returned from participating in the poetry meeting, she didn't tell her family.

Later, when the court picked up women, the head of the Fang family sent Fang Meiren to the palace.

This matter is also over.

That's why Kou Ji didn't think it was a big deal.

Fang Meiren accepted other people's love poems, and there are indeed some things that should not be.

But from beginning to end, Fang Meiren didn't seem to have had a relationship with Zhang Bing.

Naturally, it is impossible to die for Zhang Bing.

However, when Zhang Bing was in the local government, his political performance was mediocre, but he was repeatedly promoted, and there were indeed problems.

"After you go back, please make a will, take Zhang Bingxian to the Wudesi prison and starve him for two days, and I will try him two days later."

Kou Ji thought about it for a while, and then said to Chen Lin.

Chen Lin hesitated: "If you enter the prison of Wu Desi, you won't be able to get out." ”

Kou Ji understood the meaning of Chen Lin's words, "If you want to take it, you can take it, even if he has nothing to do with this matter." Then he should also die, whether he was promoted under my banner or used other means behind his back, it violated the laws of the imperial court. ”

Chen Lin nodded, "Since that's the case, then our family will go and arrest people." ”

Kou Ji let Chen Lin leave.

Chen Lin went to the palace, asked for a decree, went to the government affairs court, added a seal, rushed to Zhang's mansion, and took Zhang Bing.

Two days later, under the guidance of Chen Lin, Kou Ji entered the Wudesi Prison.

The Vudes Prison is clean and doesn't smell at all.

It was the cleanest of the many cells Kou Ji had ever seen.

Chen Lin led Kou Ji to the depths, and when he saw Kou Ji looking around in the passage of the prison, he explained a few words in a whisper.

"The prison of Wu Desi is made of stone, and although it is underground, it is not damp......"

"Those who enter the Wudesi Prison will not be held for long, and the longest will not exceed five days. In the end, almost all of them died in the torture cell, so they didn't smell any stench......"

“……”

Chen Lin led Kou Ji to the door of the torture room.

Kou Ji only smelled a faint smell of blood.

There was someone in the torture room, Chen Lin walked to the door of the torture room, knocked on the iron door of the torture room, and a hole was exposed in the iron door.

Chen Lin tilted his head so that the people inside could see his face clearly.

The person inside immediately opened the door.

Chen Lin took Kou Ji into the torture room.

There were three people inside, a young man guarding the door, a middle-aged man dressed in black and clean, and Zhang Bing tied to the torture instrument.

Zhang Bing is the same age as Di Qing, and now he is middle-aged.

Remind that Bidi Qing is thinner.

Looks.

There is no way to compare with Di Qing.

In the entire Great Song Dynasty, it is estimated that the only one who can compete with Di Qing in terms of appearance is Di Yong when he grows up.

Although Zhang Bing's appearance is not as good as Di Qing, he is better looking than ordinary people.

Zhang Bing sat on a torture chair with a piece of linen stuffed in his mouth, and his eyes were a little red.

"Haven't you seen Kou Gong soon?"

Chen Lin scolded the middle-aged man who was wiping the torture equipment.

The middle-aged man seemed to have a special affection for torture instruments.

A slender steel needle in his hand, shiny and shiny from the oil he wiped, he still didn't let go.

You can see that he likes his industry very much.

Every torture instrument was wiped clean, and the entire torture room was cleaned up spotlessly.

Perhaps in his mind, punishment is an art.

The faint smell of blood that Kou Ji smelled was probably due to the fact that there were too many dead people in the torture chamber, so the walls and floor were soaked with blood.

The middle-aged man carefully put down the steel needle in his hand and bowed to Kou Ji, "Humble Feng Si, I've seen Kou Gong'......"

Ko Ji stared at him, "You like torture instruments very much?" ”

Feng Si chuckled and said, "My ancestors have relied on this craft to eat for generations, and it's hard to like it or not. ”

Koji nodded.

Up and down the government and the opposition, in public office, there are two positions that can almost be said to have been passed down from generation to generation.

One is the emperor's throne, and the other is the throne of the minor officials.

For example, in terms of punishment, these people who eat crafts are almost all passed from father to son and son to grandchild.

Although it is a position that cannot be put on the table.

But there are stable incomes, and there are also some small rights.

"Have you ever been to the Heavenly Saint Forensic Clinic?"

Kou Ji asked.

Feng Si shook his head, "I have been staying in the Wude Division Prison and rarely go out. ”

Kou Ji said: "That's if you haven't been?" ”

Feng Si hurriedly nodded.

Kou Ji said bluntly: "You can go there when you have a chance, there are many things you like in it." ”

Feng Si arched his hand and said, "......"

Kou Ji didn't talk to Feng Si anymore, he pointed at Zhang Bing and instructed Feng Si's apprentice to take off the sackcloth from Zhang Bing's mouth.

As soon as the sackcloth was taken, Zhang Bing shouted, "Sir! Mr! The students did nothing! Students are wronged! ”

Kou Ji stared at Zhang Bing coldly, "Shut up!" I ask you to answer! If you answer well, you can live, and if you don't answer well, you will die! ”

Zhang Bing shuddered and hurriedly closed his mouth.

Kou Ji asked, "Have you ever had a relationship with Fang Meiren?" ”

Zhang Bing trembled again, struggling in his heart, without words.

Kou Ji didn't say anything.

Feng Si took a steel needle with great interest and walked towards Zhang Bing.

"I say! I say! I did have a relationship with Fang Niangniang! ”

Zhang Bing screamed in horror, but no one paid attention to him.

Feng Si walked to Zhang Bing's side and squatted down, wiped Zhang Bing's fingers very seriously, and inserted the steel needle into Zhang Bing's fingers little by little in Zhang Bing's miserable screams.

When Zhang Bing's shouting stopped, Kou Ji spoke again, "You also gave Fang Meiren a love poem......

Zhang Bing trembled and said, "Yes......"

Kou Ji nodded and said, "Fang Meiren still accepted it?" ”

"Yes......"

“……”

After Kou Ji asked Zhang Bing several questions in a row, he suddenly said: "After you won the Jinshi, you used love poems to blackmail Fang Meiren and let Fang Meiren help you get promoted?!" ”

"Yes...... No! ”

Zhang Bing responded first, but after reacting, he immediately shouted.

Kou Ji slowly closed his mouth, and Feng Si stepped forward again with a steel needle.

The steel needle pierced Zhang Bing's index finger, and Zhang Bing, who was in pain, shouted frantically.

"I've only seen Gong E in Fang Meiren's Palace! I haven't seen Fang Meiren! There is no blackmail of the beauty of the house! ”

"Then how did you get promoted? Is it in my name? ”

"I ...... I have played the banner of my husband, and my classmates have also been irradiated. But they didn't have anyone to help me get promoted. ”

“……”

With only two steel needles, Zhang Bing burst into tears, sweat on his forehead was like rain, green tendons were bursting up, and his mouth was trembling, and he was talking.

Kou Ji asked, "Who's that?" Help you get promoted! ”

Zhang Bing struggled and said: "After I joined the army, I either joined the army as a soldier, or served as a supervisor in the army, and after I was transferred back to Beijing, I also served in the military department and the military department...... Naturally, I walked in the military......"

Kou Ji's face turned cold, and he instructed Feng Si: "Ten fingers are inserted, so that he can clearly know what he has to answer when I ask." ”

Feng Si answered and walked over with eight steel needles.

Then one by one, he pricked Zhang Bing's fingers.

After the death of the sixth root, Zhang Bing shouted hysterically, "It's Concubine Xian!" It's a virtuous concubine! It's a virtuous concubine! Yes!! ”

"I begged for Fang Niangniang's head! Fang Niangniang helped me introduce the female officials around Concubine Xian! ”

"Concubine Xian's father and uncle, one is in Ningzhou and the other is in Shizhou, and they are both in charge of military affairs! The Shizhou Town Army and the Ningzhou Town Army Supervision Army, which I served as one after another, were arranged by them! ”

“……”

Zhang Bing shouted and said everything he knew.

Kou Ji and Chen Lin frowned when they heard the word Concubine Xian.

is not Concubine He De, not Concubine Zhang Guifei, not Concubine Zhou Shu, but Concubine Zhang Xian, who has no son.

Concubine Zhang Xian is quiet like an invisible person on weekdays.

How could it be involved in this?

Kou Ji and Chen Lin felt a little incredulous after hearing Zhang Bing shout out Concubine Zhang Xian.

After frowning and thinking about it for a long time, the two of them had some guesses in their hearts.

Could it be that Concubine Zhang Xian is helping Concubine Zhang Guifei to do something?

Kou Ji stared at Zhang Bing and asked, "Why would Concubine Xian help you?" ”

Zhang Bing shouted: "First, Fang Niangniang asked for help, and second, I sent a large amount of money. ”

Kou Ji and Chen Lin's brows furrowed even tighter.

Zhao Zhen doted on the Zhang sisters, and there was never a shortage of rewards at the four times, and the share was also quite generous.

In addition, Zhang Guifei has a prince under her knees, so she will give more examples.

Concubine Zhang Xian's daughter married a good family, and she was also sent to the palace with filial piety at four o'clock.

It can be said that in addition to Queen Cao, the Zhang sisters are the richest in the palace.

They don't look like people who are greedy for money, how can they help Zhang Bing get promoted for a little money?

Even if you want to cultivate a few henchmen for the prince under Zhang Guifei's knees, you shouldn't support Zhang Bingcai.

What's more, even if you want to cultivate henchmen, you shouldn't stuff them into the martial arts pile.

Wu Chen often played a deterrent role in the matter of seizing the heir.

The right to speak is far less than that of Wenchen.

Moreover, there are Kou Ji, Yang Wenguang, and Di Qing, and other military ministers do not play a deterrent role in the court.

Therefore, stuffing henchmen into the ranks of military ministers is a waste move.

The only thing that can be done is to take advantage of the power to find the weaknesses of some local town government generals, break them one by one, win them one by one, and prepare for the mutiny.

However, it is difficult for local soldiers and horses to gather together, and even if they go together without concealment, they can't get together many soldiers and horses.

Except for the 10,000 soldiers and horses guarded by the local government and town, almost all the other soldiers and horses were assigned to the localities.

It's hard to assemble.

The local ministers are not blind.

Even if he bought off a part of the local civil servants, reluctantly gathered local soldiers and horses, and rushed to Bianjing City by luck, he had to kneel in the face of the Tianwu Army and the Japanese Army, two forbidden armies armed to the teeth.

I want to overthrow the military army, praise the Japanese army, and the royal guards.

The local soldiers and horses had to be made up several times, and they could barely give it a try.

After all, a group of thugs who came out of the killing field were also armed with firearms.

It's far more than those soldiers and horses in the area who have never seen any big killing fields and are armed with swords.

As for finding out the weaknesses of the generals of the forbidden army, that is not something that Zhang Bing can do.

Even if Zhang Bing was promoted to the envoy of the military department, it would not be easy to ask about the forbidden army.

It is even more impossible to consult the military secrets of the Department of the Forbidden Forces.

Therefore, Concubine Zhang Xian helped Zhang Bing be promoted for a little money, which makes no sense at all.

If Zhang Bing said that Concubine Zhang Xian's father and uncle were greedy for money and helped him find officials, it would barely make sense.

But the problem is that Concubine Zhang Xian's father and uncle don't have the ability to put Zhang Bing in the position of a deputy department.

Today's relatives are not as good as before, and the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics.

The Zhang brothers are not strongmen like Kou Ji.

How can Zhang Bing be placed in a position from the fourth grade?

They had to have that ability, and they sat down on their own.

Can you still get Zhang Bing's turn?

As for Fang Meiren's request, will Concubine Zhang Xian care?

Fang Meiren has such a big face that a Concubine Zhang Xian has to go to great lengths to support an unsuccessful thing to the position of the fourth grade?

Besides, Fang Meiren only has a one-sided relationship with Zhang Bing, and she doesn't fall in love with him, how can she go to great lengths to let Concubine Zhang Xian help Zhang Bing?

So, there is a problem.

Either there is a problem with Zhang Bing's words.

Either that, this matter is definitely not as simple as Zhang Bing said.

"Since you don't want to tell the truth, let's get serious."

Kou Ji lightly instructed Feng Si, and he looked at Zhang Bing's gaze as if he was looking at a dead man.