There was blood, and the socket of his right eye was black, as if Cui Yong had punched him in the eye, and he was very embarrassed.

Seeing this scene, Li Qi, Zhou Kui and Cai Qinhu couldn't help laughing. Even Gao Kuo was holding back his laughter and it was very hard to hold it in.

"Everyone, stand down. No one is allowed to tell anyone what happened today!"

After ordering the Wei soldiers to retreat, Gao Kuo, Li Qian, Zhou Kui and Cai Qinhu walked into the study and closed the door.

"Two adults..."

Glancing at Cui Yong and Zhang Qigong who were arranging their clothes, Gao Kuo asked with a bit of laughter and tears: "Both of them are worthy ministers appointed by His Royal Highness, and will be important ministers in the court in the future. Why..."

"Master Zongwei, go ask him!" Cui Yong glared at Zhang Qigong and cursed in a low voice: "What did you do!"

Hearing this, Zhang Qigong covered his eyes and said calmly: "Zhang doesn't think there is anything wrong. On the contrary, Mr. Cui. Although Zhang is your deputy envoy, he was appointed by the court after all. Mr. Cui openly beat the subordinate. This

Regarding this matter, I will truthfully report it to His Highness the Crown Prince in the future..."

Seeing that Cui Yong's face was even more angry, Gao Kuo rushed forward and pulled Cui Yong and Zhang Qigong away, trying to smooth things over and said: "You two, you two, please don't act out of anger. Why don't you sit down and explain it clearly?"

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After hearing this, Cui Yong found a chair in the house, sat down, and told Gao Kuo everything that had happened, including the fact that Zhang Qigong secretly sent people to kill the Chang family, the Ding family, and the Tao family.

"Zhang Qigong sent people to kill the Chang family, the Ding family, and the Tao family?"

Gao Kuo was stunned when he heard this.

He suddenly remembered that a few days ago, Zhang Qigong had expressed his wish to use his black crows.

At that time, Gao Kuo was still wondering what Zhang Qigong wanted those murderers to do, but he didn't expect that Zhang Qigong would play such a big role.

"Master Zhang, is this really the case?" Gao Kuo asked.

Zhang Qigong thought for a while and felt that now that the overall situation had been decided, he simply no longer wanted to hide anything, so he said truthfully: "Yes, it was Zhang who did it."

"Why?" Gao Kuo asked calmly.

"Because of Changzhen, there is a high probability that he has close contact with the Beibo Army." At this point, Zhang Qigong turned to look at Cui Yong and asked: "Master Cui can't refute this, right?"

"..." Cui Yong remained silent.

Of course he knew that Zhang Qigong was right, but just to mention one thing - he remembered that when they first visited the Chang family, they came as special envoys from the Wei court, and at that time, Changyi was already under the control of the Beibo Army.

In other words, under the nose of the Beibo Army, they reached various agreements with Changzhi on "Song County Autonomy", which also included that the Beibo Army must withdraw from Changyi County.

And the Beibo Army had no idea about this. Even when the Wei army attacked Changyi yesterday, the Chang family actually sent people to sneak attack the city gate and let the Wei army in. How powerful was the Beibo Army?

How stupid can you get to this point?

It is no exaggeration to say that if the Beibo Army were all this kind of people, why would the imperial court bother to encircle and suppress them?

Therefore, Changyi actually had a close relationship with the Beibo Army. In fact, the Beibo Army also recognized the agreement on "Song County Autonomy", so it took the initiative to withdraw from Changyi County.

Thinking of this, Cui Yong said sternly: "Chang'an, the Chang family, may have a close relationship with the Bei'an Army, but yesterday, Chang'an had distanced himself from the Bei'an Army outside the county office in public..."

"This is meaningless." Zhang Qigong interrupted: "On the surface, we distance ourselves from each other, but behind the scenes, we are disconnected. Keeping such people around is a disaster!"

"But Changzhen can become a role model for the imperial court." Cui Yong said seriously.

"A role model?" Zhang Qigong sneered and said, "There are as many role models as you want, so why choose a traitor who is different from what he looks like?"

"You can't deny Chang's prestige in Song County!"

"That's why we want to use him to discredit the Beibo Army!" Zhang Qigong snorted.

Cui Yong was furious. You must know that these days, he spared no effort to win over Chang Yan, Chang Man and his son. In his opinion, even though the Chang family has a close relationship with the Beibo Army, Chang Yan's reputation and prestige in Song County

, even if he only superficially draws a clear line with the Beibo Army, he can still greatly affect the hearts and minds of the people in Song Dynasty.

Even if the Chang clan is still secretly connected with the Bei Bo Army in the future, so what? Can the Chang clan still jump out and openly support the Bei Bo Army?

It's simply impossible!

To put it bluntly, Cui Yong only needs to use Chang's mouth to promote the good of the imperial court and the bad of the Beibo Army. As for what Chang's own thoughts, Cui Yong doesn't care at all - because it will not affect the overall situation of Song County at all.

However, Zhang Qigong sent someone to kill Chang Xi. Although he successfully put the blame on the Bei Bo Army, the court also lost such a powerful chess piece as Chang Xi.

What's more, because of Zhang Qigong's provocative behavior, some of Cui Yong's considerations about the Changs and his son, as well as some subsequent operations, all came to naught.

Looking at Cui Yong's livid face, Zhang Qigong said calmly: "Master Cui, doesn't he think the current situation is more beneficial to the court?... The highly respected Chang Yan came forward to expose the true face of the Beibo Army, and was later arrested.

The brutal killings of the Beibo Army further confirmed the rebellious evil deeds of the Beibo Army, but Changyi is still under our control. You and I can still choose a Song Dynasty person who loves the court and make him a Changyi.

The county magistrate of the city..."

Cui Yong sneered twice and said nothing.

To be fair, Zhang Qigong's strategy was actually good, and Cui Yong's strategy was even more effective. However, Cui Yong could not accept Zhang Qigong's behavior.

In his opinion, this is a crooked way!

If it is exposed in the future and someone takes advantage of it, the court will pay an immeasurable price for it!

What's more important is that Cui Yong is very shameless towards Zhang Qigong's behavior.

Especially when he recalled the tragedy in the Chang Mansion, when he recalled that the whole family of the Chang family was slaughtered, and even the infant babies were brutally nailed to wooden pillars with blades, he was very disappointed with Zhang Qigong's methods.

I feel extremely disgusted - so unbecoming of a human being!

Li Qi, Zhou Kui and Cai Qinhu also felt that they were shying away from Zhang Qigong.

Only Gao Kuo didn't feel much about Zhang Qigong's various methods.

In his opinion, as long as Zhang Qigong is loyal to Prince Zhao Run and can properly solve the problem, then he can choose to turn a blind eye to some of Zhang Qigong's behaviors.

After all, Gao Kuo always believed that a king needs people like Zhang Qigong, even if this person is sometimes shameful.

Thinking of this, Gao Kuo coughed and smoothed things over by saying: "Master Zhang's plan, although it is a bit ruthless, but as the saying goes, extraordinary time, extraordinary means, Gao can still... Well, it's understandable, but well, Gao thinks

, Mr. Zhang should discuss such important matters with Mr. Cui in advance..."

Perhaps because of Gao Kuo's sake, Cui Yong did not argue with Zhang Qigong anymore, but said coldly: "Anyway, Cui will report this matter to His Highness the Crown Prince truthfully... Mr. Zhang, please take care of yourself!"

"Heh." Zhang Qigong smiled lightly.

Three days later, the secret letters from Cui Yong and Zhang Qigong were sent to Daliang at almost the same time and delivered to the hands of Prince Zhao Run.

After reading these two secret letters, Zhao Hongrun really felt a little headache.

Cui Yong's considerations are certainly biased. In fact, Zhao Hongrun also believed that a living Chang Xi would be more beneficial to the court.

But on the other hand, Zhang Qigong first asked Chang Yan to criticize the Bei Bo Army in public, and then sent people to secretly get rid of the Song County magnate who was interested in the Bei Bo Army, framed the Bei Bo Army, and cleverly put the Bei Bo Army into trouble.

In the situation of double slander, I can't defend myself... I have to say that it is extremely clever to eliminate the chilling method.

Then the problem comes.

As the crown prince and crown prince, which side should he support?

"Well..."

Enjoying the service of his concubine Zhao Que, who was squeezing his shoulders, Zhao Hongrun was lying on a lounge chair, bathing in the spring sunshine, thinking about how to respond to Cui Yong and Zhang Qigong's mutual impeachment.

Suddenly, he faintly heard the sound of footsteps.

He opened his eyes and immediately saw Du You, the Minister of Rites, leading the inner court ministers Xu Guan, Li Liang, Lin Yuyang, and Feng Yu, walking towards him with a straight face.

"It's coming fiercely..."
Chapter completed!