Although Su Jin regretted it, things had come to this point, and he could only continue to act.

But Su Jin decided to give Xia Zhu a big warning later, clearly telling him that if he still took human life as a child's play, killing if he wanted, completely ignoring everything else, his endurance would be limited.

Although Su Jin is not full of loyalty to the country like many people in this era, he doesn't want the era he lives in to have too much blood, in the final analysis, he is also one of them.

Although he hated Xia Zhu's vicious methods, he also had to admire Xia Zhu's clever methods, so that he met the two requirements put forward by Su Jin, one was to wash away the grievances of Fubi Shijie and others, and the other was to completely clear up the relationship between Xia Zhu and this matter; In order to make this matter more perfect, it is only necessary to conceal the confessions of the six thugs who were captured, and only present the confessions of Jin Ge'er and him.

Jin Ge'er didn't know who the mastermind behind the scenes was, he only knew that a group of people killed Lao Gu and gave him silver, as for what the identity of this group of people was, what their origin was, he didn't know anything, and it made sense to say that the group was the person hired by Xiong Dekang.

Next, the Kaifeng Prefecture Criminal Investigation Department found several copying letters in the guest room where Xiong Dekang lived, and the content was the content of the framed letter, but there were several errors in copying, so they were discarded; also found Shi Jie's handwritten letter and a few blank stamped letterheads, which further confirmed the authenticity of the content of Xiong Dekang's suicide note; At this point, it can be regarded as conclusive evidence, and this Xiong Dekang has become the mastermind undoubtedly.

In the afternoon of the same day, Su Jin brought these evidence into the palace to meet the emperor, and narrated the case one by one, Zhao Zhen was also very surprised after hearing it, the whole thing was like a tortuous drama, no one thought that a deposed official who was dormant in Beijing could actually design this good play, but in the end, his conscience found that he committed suicide in fear of sin.

Zhao Zhen sighed for a long time, and immediately issued an edict to reveal the facts of the case, and immediately released Shi Jie.

Su Jin didn't want to stay too much in Beijing, his errand had been completed, so he resigned to Zhao Zhen on the grounds that Qinzhou was busy with affairs, but Zhao Zhen didn't let him leave, but beckoned him to sit down.

"Su Jin, you and I haven't talked for a long time, if you come back to the capital recently, if I don't summon you to the palace, you are hiding and not seeing, what's the reason?"

Su Jin said: "Where is it to avoid the emperor, sometimes it is to enter Beijing for private matters, for fear that the emperor will scold Weichen for abolishing the public for private reasons, sometimes for official business, but it will be done as soon as he comes to Beijing, and he can't come to disturb the emperor if he has nothing to do. ”

Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said: "You don't want to say the reason, I know, you don't want to get involved in the new deal, originally I made up my mind to change the law because of your palace trial strategy theory of ten evils, now the new policy has been implemented for almost a year, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Fu Bi and others have also done their best, but the effect does not seem to be great, but the opposition is intensifying, you are the initiator, you should know what the reason is." ”

Su Jin shook his head and said, "I don't know why. ”

Zhao Zhen said unhappily: "Do you not know or don't want to talk?" ”

Su Jindao: "The emperor should not embarrass the ministers, at the beginning of the new policy, the ministers made their positions clear, neither participating nor opposing, and now I jump out and say what is it?" ”

Zhao Zhen said: "If you talk to me in private, who will gossip?" ”

Su Jin said: "The emperor should ask Lord Fan and Lord Han and Lord Fu, they are naturally insightful, but the emperor came to ask me, with all due respect, this is a distrust of them." ”

Zhao Zhen glanced at Su Jin twice, and sighed: "You still know my thoughts, I really don't believe that they can do this, you see, the new policy has been implemented for almost a year, although the rule of officials has been slightly clarified, but the opposition in various places is getting stronger and stronger, my original intention is to hope that they will adopt gentle means, but they have provoked the anger of the heavens and people; In the capital alone, the abolished officials gathered to make trouble, shouted and cried and hanged themselves, which made people panic; As far as this matter is concerned, a small county magistrate actually said that they would admonish each other with death, saying that they were traitors who blinded me and could force people to die to admonish each other, is this new deal really unbearable? ”

Su Jin said quietly: "The emperor doesn't want to say this, the new deal will naturally offend many people, people die for money, birds die for food, interests are touched, and it is not strange to force each other to die; If the emperor didn't believe in the ability of a few of them, why did he need to issue an edict to implement the new policy in the first place? ”

Zhao Zhen got up slowly and said: "Having said that, but I am not an almighty person, how do I know that the situation has developed to such a point, more than half of the ministers of the DPRK and China do not support the new policy, which makes me feel very surprised, you think about it, Yan Xiang, Du Shumi, Chen Xiang, three of the six Shangshu, these people are indifferent to the new policy, although I clearly ordered them not to participate in this matter, but their attitude I can still see, especially to my surprise is you, I thought you would support, but I didn't expect you to take the lead but categorically did not participate, This is even more incomprehensible. ”

Su Jin smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, the minister only put forward these drawbacks and countermeasures that day, but it does not mean that they can be implemented immediately, and with the power of the ministers, it is in vain to participate; Prestige such as Fan Shuai, Han Shuai and others, ascending to the heights and calling the world to respond to the ministers are still so resisted. system, what is the use of ministers even if they join? Besides, the affairs of the northwest are complicated, and the matter of hundreds of thousands of people eating, drinking, and Lazar has already made me anxious, how can I have the spare energy to involve anything else? ”

Zhao Zhen muttered, "Ascend to the top and shout...... The world responded, do you think of Han Qi and Fan Zhong drowning them like this? ”

Su Jin was stunned, keenly sensed that something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "What the minister means is that Han Fan and the two lords are both famous ministers in the world, and everyone knows that they are loyal ministers for the country and the people, and their reputation is naturally higher than that of the ministers......"

Zhao Zhen interrupted Su Jin's words and asked abruptly: "Have you heard the discussion of friends in the court?" ”

Su Jin was dumbfounded, and said in his heart: "It's finally here, Zhao Zhen has become wary of Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others." ”

Zhao Zhen slowly turned his head, pointed to a pile of folds on the desk and said: "I have received a lot of excerpts from people in the past few days, Qian Mingyi, Wang Gongchen, Li Yaocheng, the envoy of Jinghu North Road, Cheng Suihuan, the prefect of Jiangning Prefecture, and more than a dozen officials of the Central Counselor, and more than a dozen officials from the six ministries have all made excerpts, saying that Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Fu Bi, Ouyang Xiu and others have formed a party and used my trust to form a party to exclude dissidents, and some people even say that even the people around me, among the inner servants of the harem, have been co-opted by them, you say, is this matter true or false?" ”

Su Jin's heart jumped, stabilized his emotions and said: "Is it true or false, the minister doesn't dare to talk nonsense, but Yichen's understanding of these adults shouldn't be like this." ”

Zhao Zhen sneered: "You are slippery, you can't be offended on both sides, that morning above the court, I asked Fan Zhongyan about his opinion on the matter of friends, he actually said that above the court, it is not surprising that if the two parties are divided into good and evil." said that as long as I observe with my heart, I can distinguish between loyalty and treachery. What else do you say If you form a party and do good deeds, it will be harmless to the country, you listen to his arguments, this is a blatant excuse for the friends, since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the three dynasties of Taizu Taizong Zhenzong have left ancestral teachings, and they will never allow the existence of friends in the court, and the danger of the collapse of the previous dynasty is still in front of us. ”

Su Jin hurriedly got up and said: "The emperor is angry, these are not enough to prove that Lord Fan, Lord Han and others are indeed forming a party, the emperor must not believe it because of one-sided words, it still needs to be investigated, maybe...... Maybe it's because of the New Deal, and it's unknown if it's been slandered. ”

Zhao Zhen looked at Su Jin coldly: "You seem to be defending them, could it be that you are also among them?" ”

Su Jin Zhengse said: "Your Majesty, the minister just suggested that the emperor be clear, the emperor asked, the minister couldn't help but answer, but he was suspicious when he answered, what else did the minister have to say?" The minister just didn't want the court to make waves again, the minister returned to the northwest on the same day, and the emperor could decide on the matter of the court, and the minister decided not to say a word on this matter. ”

Zhao Zhen looked at Su Jin, who was red-faced, suddenly smiled, and said gently: "You are still so bold, I will say two words to you, but you will refute me speechless; You really don't know the trouble that this matter has formed in my heart, although I am not a promising king, but I don't want to be a faint king, I don't want to see someone form a party under my nose to cause trouble, once the society is turbulent, how can I be worthy of my ancestors' country, how can I be worthy of my people in the Song Dynasty? ”

Su Jin sighed and said: "The emperor's mind is understood, but the minister can't help you in this matter, the only advice the minister can give is to find out and say, other ministers are inconvenient to say." ”

Zhao Zhen sighed and sat on the chair in contemplation, Su Jin didn't want to stay for a long time, got up and said goodbye and left the palace, Zhao Zhen didn't realize it, when Su Jin withdrew, he still sat and pondered like a clay wood sculpture.

……

Su Jin faintly felt the coming of the storm, although he also did not dare to agree with Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others' quick success, but it was obvious that Zhao Zhen's attitude had changed, and in this way, the status of Han Fan and others was in jeopardy.

The implementation of the new policy is difficult, causing repeated opposition, and strange things inside and outside the court are frequent, these things Zhao Zhen can still tolerate, because no matter what Zhao Zhen's true attitude is, he also publicly expressed his support for the new policy, so if the new policy fails, it means that Zhao Zhen's decision-making is wrong.

Zhao Zhen naturally did not want to bear the reputation of this decision-making mistake, but he could not publicly express his retreat, at this time, this friend proposal was proposed, which happened to give Zhao Zhen a reason, if Fan Zhongyan Han Qi and others were proved to be really friends, Zhao Zhen could logically dismiss them, and the new policy would naturally not be over, but the crime was caused by the friends, not Zhao Zhen's fault.

Moreover, the friends party is the bottom line of the Song Dynasty, once the important ministers of the court form a group of friends, it is obviously a threat to the imperial power, the important ministers control the government, and there are countless things to abolish the monarch and establish another party, Zhao Zhen's worries are not superfluous, and it is no wonder that he is cautious and regards it as a tiger wolf.

Su Jin, who returned to Su Mansion to pack his bags and prepare to return to Qinzhou, felt more and more the cruelty of this era, being in the position of a courtier, no matter how loyal you are, serving the emperor for the court, the end is not good.

Although Su Jin knew that the failure of this change was inevitable, Su Jin still wanted to do something for Fan Zhongyan and the others, and when the storm was coming, he couldn't be indifferent, but what he could do was really limited.

After thinking about it, Su Jin wrote a letter without signature and without payment, in which the content of today's conversation between Zhao Zhen and himself was roughly listed, pointing out that the emperor had seen the matter of suspicion of his friends, and hoped that someone would stand up and quickly clarify the matter.

After writing the letter, Su Jin wanted to order someone to send it to Fan Zhongyan or Han Qi's mansion, but when he thought that with the arrogance of the two adults, he might not care about it at all, but he wasted his thoughts, Fu Bi is not suitable, only Ouyang Xiu is the most suitable, Ouyang Xiu is cunning and cunning, and when he saw this anonymous letter, he naturally understood the power of it.

After deciding, Su Jin sealed the letter and instructed the servants to leave by themselves tomorrow before they could send the letter to Lord Ouyang's mansion and hand it over to his butler without revealing his identity.

Early the next morning, Su Jin only said goodbye to Yan Shu, and hurried on the road with his family, when he left the capital, Su Jin turned his head to look back, I don't know whether it was a psychological effect or indeed a man-made disaster, only to see that the sky above Bianliang City was gloomy and bleak, a gloomy and lonely color, looking at the teaching people was very uncomfortable, Su Jin quickly turned his head and did not want to do idealistic thoughts, quickly whipped up, and left Beijing.