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Chapter 567: The Empress Dowager

What happened in Liangjiazhuang was both big and small. Hundreds of people were killed and injured in the Tianwu Army led by Xia Shouen. The relationships between these people's families were complicated. A seemingly inconspicuous incident caused uproar in the city the next day.

There is both a sense of oppression that a storm is about to come, and a sense of abnormality that there is no wave in the lake!

Everyone involved in such a big event tacitly pretended not to have seen it!

This is very wrong!

Rebellion, innocence, and private soldiers. If the Song Dynasty is associated with these words even a little bit, it will have to shed a layer of skin. Who is the mastermind? Ding Wei's domestic slave Liang Chuan, this guy has been very popular recently, very hot.

Half the sky is unknown to everyone in the court.

But the courtiers seemed to have witnessed something unbelievable. They all felt that there was something unusual in this. There must be some ulterior secret hidden under the layers of fog.

Moreover, this matter was not directly brought to the morning meeting of the imperial court, but was handed over to Empress Dowager Liu through private means. It was Empress Dowager Liu who issued the death order, and it was Empress Dowager Liu who raised it high and put it down gently.

It was like throwing a 10,000-ton boulder into a flat lake, but in the end not even a small splash was made.

Who is Empress Dowager Liu? Although she is a woman, she does not have the compassion of a female Bodhisattva. She can be called murderous without batting an eyelid with her hands!

The civil and military officials in the dynasty were all as good as human beings crawling out of the dead. They were all smarter than ghosts. They smelled something unusual. They didn't even know it was a gift until the matter was clear.

The question was still a question for points, and arbitrarily standing in line could lead to someone's death. Even Ding Wei was so embarrassed that they didn't dare to make random remarks.

Even Fan Zhongyan, who has always been upright and outspoken, Jiang Qi, Ouyang Xiu and others did not say a word when they heard these rumors. They did not know the truth of the matter, but none of them had heard of one person. This person was Liang Chuan and the protagonists of the story.

Ding Wei, the big backer behind him!

This guy is so talented that he can write beautiful articles. I never expected that this guy would have the guts to commit rebellion, and even after he did it, nothing happened at all.

A powerful prince like Zhao Yuning could not defeat him even if he tried to punish him, but Queen Mother Liu actually came forward to protect him personally. Looking at the whole court, who could be more talkative in front of Queen Mother Liu than Zhao Yuning?

Who is Xia Shouen? He is always on guard in front of the palace, and he is led by the Imperial Guards. Countless people have been killed by the Imperial Guards. He does not take any responsibility at all. He dares to challenge the Imperial Guards and is safe and sound...

I'm afraid it's the first time I've been there since.

Xia Shou'en is Zhao Zhen's latent military general. His personal soldiers are equivalent to Zhao Guan's own personal soldiers.

He killed Liang Chuan first and then quickly. After several calculations, he told Zhao Zhen about Liang Chuan secretly raising private soldiers.

Raising private soldiers also depends on the development of the times.

In the early days of the founding of the country, it was naturally a capital crime. At that time, the military was also powerful. Pan Mei, Cao Bin and other military generals were at their peak in the Spring and Autumn Period. If they had soldiers at hand, who could sleep on the emperor's couch?

Later, the situation became that there were no soldiers but no generals, the generals died, and only the scholars were left.

How can scholars prevent fire and theft if they don't have a few soldiers to guard their homes and homes?

In fact, in the Song Dynasty, privately raising private soldiers was not a serious matter. For example, in the late Northern Song Dynasty, the military strength of various state capitals and even forts was not as good as that of some villagers and fortresses.

However, the meaning of raising private soldiers changes once they collude with certain important forces, such as important court officials, vassal dignitaries, and internal and external collusion, which may have an impact on the imperial power. This is the most taboo of the emperor's family.

After hearing what Xia Shouen said, Zhao Zhen immediately went to Queen Mother Liu to inquire about the whole story. He also became very interested in Liang Chuan.

This Queen Mother was not a kind-hearted person. She would rather kill a thousand people by mistake than let one go, so she let this so-called domestic slave go. What was the reason? He couldn't help but think about it.

Empress Dowager Liu's reply was that the matter had been revealed and no one could mention it again in the future. Liang Chuan had no intention of rebellion and no one could cause trouble to him in the future.

This made it even more confusing for him. He heard about Fan Zhongyan. Fan Zhongyan was different from other people. Although this person was promoted by himself, he didn't care about many things. He would also argue with him based on reason, and his talents were outstanding.

Nobility is really rare.

Fan Zhongyan is also one of the witnesses of Liang Chuan’s wonderful appearance!

Fan Zhongyan told the story about Liang Chuan's outstanding performance at Lu Yijian's farewell banquet that day. Zhao heard that he praised him repeatedly. He didn't expect that the Song Dynasty still had such good talents, but he didn't have any fame. Everyone present at that time was from our court.

An elite figure was suppressed by a mere white man.

If you have a chance, you should meet this person yourself. It is not bad to get Fan Zhongyan's approval. This person's identity is... that he is Ding Wei's domestic slave. This will be difficult to deal with.

A group of people from Liangjiazhuang beat up the Imperial Army all over the place and made a fuss all over the city. Only the protagonist Liang Chuan was like a normal person. He didn't know that Ding Wei was going to arrest him, so he sent Zheng Ruoying to the passenger ship going south.

, he returned to Ding Mansion alone.

When everyone in the Ding family saw Liang Chuan coming back in a swaggering manner, everyone looked at him sideways and admired his courage. Cai Men didn't know that Ding Wei had received the Queen Mother's order not to touch Liang Chuan in the slightest.

As soon as he saw Liang Chuan coming back, he immediately called his guards and prepared to capture Liang Chuan.

The servants in the nursing home are also extremely powerful. When they saw Liang Chuan losing power, they immediately showed their tiger and wolf looks. A group of people bullied them to make Liang Chuan look good.

Liang Chuan didn't expect these people to turn against each other so quickly, and he was not someone who was willing to suffer. Seeing that the gates in the courtyard were closed tightly, he still refused to give in. When the nurses came up to him, he kicked one down, and he knocked down a pair when they came. After a while,

Most of the nursing staff fell to the ground and rolled in pain, but Liang Chuan still stood normally.

Cai Men did not expect that he could not defeat Liang Chuan even though he had a chance to win, so he stamped his feet angrily. Ding Wei was thinking about the cause and effect of this matter in the study. Seeing that there was so much commotion outside, he went out and saw that Liang Chuan had come back on his own initiative!

"You all stand down." This was said to all the servants.

Cai Men was eager to make meritorious deeds and said: "My lord, this person is dangerous!"

Ding Wei glared at him, looked at Liang Chuan coldly and said, "I haven't seen anything before, and why do you still need to worry about me?"

Liang Chuan also knew that there was no reason to argue with these people. If he wanted to say that, he should go directly to the person in charge, Mr. Ding, to figure out the cause and effect.

Ding Wei led Liang Chuan into the study again. He sat on the imperial chair, while Liang Chuan stood with his big eyes staring at his small ones.

Ding Wei said that he had been completely confused since he accepted the imperial edict yesterday. The political situation in the current government is treacherous. What kind of drama is Empress Dowager Liu doing?

What is the origin of the Liang Chuan beside him? He was accused of plotting a rebellion, and the Queen Mother was able to come forward to protect him. What forces were competing for him? Is he, a political advisor, a pawn in the game or an innocent victim?

?

Ding Wei looked at Liang Chuan and thought to himself, there were only two people in the court who could protect this guy from challenging Xia Shouen, either from the official family or from the Queen Mother. The official family could not let Xia Shouen suffer and sit idly by.

It is like asking your left and right to fight with your right, and whether you win or lose, you will be slapped in the face.

It is even more impossible for the Queen Mother's people. Logically speaking, the Queen Mother's people have finally found their way to her side. If they want to target her, how can they expose this chess piece so easily without further conclusive evidence?

To myself?

Besides, the contrast between before and after is too great. I even sent an internal official to announce the edict. I was afraid that I would not believe that this was the Queen Mother’s true intention. I also verified the identity of the internal official and the authenticity of the edict. It was really from

Ouchi's handiwork...

If he was really Zhao Weixian's man, he would definitely be dead. Empress Dowager Liu could not tolerate the collusion between royal family members and others to ambush forces around Bianjing.

When Liang Chuan saw that Ding Wei was silent, he took the initiative to bow down and asked respectfully: "Why do you treat me like this, sir? I have made no mistakes or caused any trouble, yet you teach your subordinates to come and get me. Why is this?"

Ding Wei looked at him coldly and allowed him to perform, but asked coldly: "Who are you? Who ordered you to sneak into my Ding residence?"

This question was quite interesting. Liang Chuan was stunned for a moment, and then answered without hesitation: "Of course I belong to Prime Minister Ding!"

Ding Wei didn't expect that this kid would still be so tough-mouthed at this time. What else could he pretend to be here after his background was revealed?

"I don't dare, let me ask you, who are the people you raise in Zhongmou Village in the west of the city? What are you going to use them for? When did you buy so much land, and I don't know anything about it?"

So that's what happened. Does Ding Wei blame himself for not sharing the meat with him? Doesn't he want to eat this little bit of oil for himself?

Liang Chuan's eyes turned and said: "You deserve to die, you villain. This village is where Wang Lin, Xu Yin and other wealthy businessmen wanted to curry favor with the villain and let him say a few nice words in front of the adults so that they could get some benefits from the project.

, The villain is afraid that such low-level things will damage the honor of the Lord, but he can't shirk it for a while, so naturally he doesn't dare to let the Lord know! This is well-documented."

Ding Wei felt a little surprised. It was so simple?

"Who are those people in Zhuangzi, and why are there still troops and horses?"

Liang Chuan smiled bitterly and said: "I'm not afraid of adults laughing when I say it. Those are the village elders from my hometown. They heard that I worked for a senior official in Bianjing City, and they came to fight against the autumn wind..."

Falling in the autumn wind? Ding Wei was stunned.

Liang Chuan said: "That day, my brothers from my hometown were desperate and came to look for me in front of the Ding Mansion. I was afraid that these people would bring disgrace to our Ding Mansion, so I didn't dare to put them in, so I simply placed them in the village of Zhongmou.

They had nothing to do, so they bought a few horses and rode them for fun. Adults can also ask the housekeepers about these things! You can also find out clearly by asking the horse dealers on Horse Street. It depends on the villain.

Isn’t it a little bit adulterated?”

Liang Chuan was telling the truth, and this was also the case. He just didn't know that someone accused him of raising people and horses as an intention to rebel, and reported it to the Queen Mother.

Ding Wei thought to himself that what he said was clear-cut and there must be no lie. How could such a trivial matter lead to such a big fight? There are several court officials with spare money who have several people and horses in their homes? Can this also be considered treason?

Liang Chuan asked weakly: "The adults and the villain are doing these things for fear of causing trouble to the adults. If so, the villain will immediately sell Zhuangzi, dismiss all the village elders, and let them go back to where they came from?"

This matter is full of weirdness. If it is so simple, why did it alarm the Queen Mother, and even the Queen Mother stepped forward to rescue him? Who is behind this?

Ding Wei waved his hand and said, "No need."

The only solution now is to wait and see what happens, until the truth behind this matter comes to light!

Ding Wei told Liang Chuan that Zhao Yunning, the king of Xin'an County, went to Empress Dowager Liu to persuade Xia Shouen to come and suppress him. Liang Chuan was almost scared to death after hearing this. It turned out that he had gone through so many circles in front of the gate of hell. Zhao Zonge, he

Mother is so vicious, and I didn’t expect this kid to be so energetic. After moving out of the Queen Mother Liu’s life, he was going to do it to me. What kind of luck did I have to escape this disaster?

Ding Wei observed his expression carefully. Liang Chuan didn't look like he was pretending at all. He couldn't even figure out the cause and effect of this matter. This was strange. Who was leading all of this?

"You should continue to stay in the house and don't wander around for the time being. When the truth comes out, I won't stop you if you want to stay or leave!"

Liang Chuan said: "Guanshi Cai doesn't like villains and has repeatedly targeted me. I'm afraid I won't be welcomed in the mansion, sir."

Ding said: "If you walk out of this door safely, what else will they dare to do to you?"
Chapter completed!
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