Li Zhang was eating and waiting in the restaurant, but when he finished his meal, the city gate still did not open. Rumors were flying in the restaurant. Some said the court was going to capture the thieves in the Yangtze River, some said that the imperial guards were treason, some said that the ghost beggars from the underground were killed, and some even said that Zhao Zhen met an assassin. Anyway, there were all kinds of rumors, and Li Zhang also deeply felt the imagination of the people.

It was getting late, and even if he left today, he couldn't get to the post station, so he could only ask the coachman to turn his horse's head and go home, and ask for information. As a result, before he could go out, he saw Lu Wu and a team of people walking by the side from the carriage, which made him hurriedly open the car door and shout, "Uncle Wu!"

When Lu Wu heard the sound, he turned around. He was also a little surprised when he saw Li Zhang, but then he understood, so he smiled and said, "Are you blocked at the city gate?"

"Yes, I was about to leave the city gate, but the city gate was closed. Now rumors are flying everywhere. Why did the court suddenly close the city gate?" Li Zhang said helplessly at this time. At this time, he found that the yamen runners behind Lu Wu were escorting two prisoners, and the two prisoners were dressed in luxurious clothes. They seemed to be either rich or noble, but now they have become prisoners under the ranks.

At this time, Lu Wu looked around and then pulled Li Zhang aside and whispered: "This is a great joy, Ding Wei was arrested!"

"What!" Li Zhang was shocked when he heard the news. Ding Wei was still in power yesterday, but in just one night, how could the other party suddenly fall? Could it be that Liu E really attacked Ding Wei?

"Hehe, are you very shocked? I was also shocked when I received the order from my superiors. But this is a fact. In the morning of the court, Wang personally participated in Ding Wei's book, listing Ding Wei's various crimes. The most cruel one was that Lei Yungong had changed the position of the imperial tomb before. The king once said that Ding Wei agreed to this matter, and the purpose was to let the royal family lose their descendants, so that Ding Wei could usurp the throne!" Lu Wu said with a smile.

"Hiss~, so cruel!" Li Zhang couldn't help but gasp when he heard this. He didn't expect that Wang Zeng, who had always been smiling, was no worse than Ding Wei in framed his political enemies. It would be fine to say that Ding Wei was tyrannical and framed loyalty, but the charge of rebellion was definitely a slander, especially when he poured the sewage from the imperial tomb on Ding Wei. Moving the imperial tomb could make the royal family lose their sons and grandchildren. It was a real loss for the king to dare to take such nonsense to the court and write it openly into the memorial.

"It's not okay to be cruel. Although the battles in the court are not as savage as those on the battlefield, they kill people without blood. Especially Ding Wei is powerful, Wang Zeng only has one chance. If he can't kill Ding Wei in one go, he would probably be the one who is unlucky today. So he poured all kinds of dirty water on Ding Wei's head. It just so happened that the eldest lady had wanted to get rid of Ding Wei long ago, so she immediately asked someone to take Ding Wei to prison and close the city gate to search for Ding Wei's followers everywhere." Lu Wu also said with some emotion at this time. He didn't want to enter the officialdom at the time, but he just didn't like the intrigue atmosphere in the officialdom, but now he can't do it.

"Ding Wei has so many gangs, when will he catch it?" Li Zhang looked at the two people behind Lu Wu who were caught by the yamen runners and said, "These two must be Ding Wei's people. Even if they were the same as Jinshan at the time, it is estimated that an exile would be indispensable. If it is more serious, it may not even be able to save their lives."

"Don't think about it today. All the yamen have received orders to arrest people everywhere. In addition, officials who are close to Ding Wei will either be arrested together or be locked up at home and monitored closely. No one will escape by then. I guess the city gate will not open today, so you should go home and wait for another day!" Lu Wu looked at the sky and said, and in two hours, the sun will set.

Li Zhang nodded when he heard this, and then said again: "I am planning to go home, but such a big thing happened, so I'd better go to the palace to inquire about the news!"

When he heard that Li Zhang was about to enter the palace, Lu Wu did not stop him. Speaking of which, Li Zhang was a very special person in the Song Dynasty. There were probably not many foreign ministers who wanted to enter the palace like him, and most of them were high-ranking people. Li Zhang was the only foreign minister who was not of a rank but could enter and exit the palace at will.

At that moment, Li Zhang said goodbye to Lu Wu, and then went straight into the palace to look for Zhao Zhen in a carriage. As a result, Zhao Zhen also shouted happily when he saw him: "Cousin, you are not leaving. I originally thought that there was no one to share such a great news today!"

"I already know. Yesterday I met Wang Zeng in Chuigong Hall. I guess he was going to discuss with the eldest lady to deal with Ding Wei." Li Zhang also smiled and said. Yesterday he told Zhao Zhen that Ding Wei was going to be unlucky, but he didn't expect that the other party was unlucky at all, and he had no preparation in advance.

"Hehe, cousin, you said it well, but you only knew that Wang Tanzheng went to see the eldest lady yesterday, but you didn't know what happened next." Zhao Zhen said with a mysterious smile at this time.

"What happened next?" Li Zhang said in surprise at the moment, "What happened next?"

"This is a long story. Let's sit down and talk slowly!" Zhao Zhen excitedly pulled Li Zhang down, and then he told him what happened later. The more Li Zhang heard it, the more surprised he didn't expect that so many things would happen later.

Li Zhang guessed it well. The king went to see Liu E yesterday to participate in the memorial. In fact, he had already presented the memorial at the court meeting today to Liu E yesterday. However, what was unexpected was that although Lei Yungong was dead, Ding Wei still had a lot of suspicion in the palace. Therefore, after Wang Zeng conspired with Liu E, Ding Wei got the news when he left the palace. He even knew about Wang Zeng's slandering him for treason.

Faced with this situation, Ding Wei also secretly complained that he was not good. At that moment, he rushed to the palace anxiously and then met Liu E and wanted to explain to her. At that time, Liu E also met her in the Chuigong Hall. Of course, Liu E was in power behind the curtains and would set up a screen in the middle when summoning ministers.

Although Ding Wei was a powerful minister, he was not a hero after all, and he had no determination to rebel. So when Wang Zeng sued him for treason, his first reaction was to go to the palace to explain. So he tried every means to defend himself in front of Liu E. Not only did he say that he was innocent, but he also sued Wang Zeng for slandering others and falsely accusing ministers of crimes.
Chapter completed!