Chapter 712: No man is good forever, no flower is red forever
When he was feeling proud, he was under the watchful eyes of everyone.
The newly appointed trial captain, Lord Yang, is a man who cares about his reputation. How could he easily bow down to his old boss?
What's more, when Sun Shaozong captured the White Lotus Sect, the two sides had already fallen out. Why should we show him some courtesy now?
Therefore, Yang Licai put his sword back into the sheath and bowed his hands on his horse without being servile or arrogant: "My Lord Shaoqing summoned me, and I should have obeyed. However, I am here on an imperial order, so I am afraid it is inconvenient to ask..."
Sun Shaozong did not wait for him to finish and said loudly: "Since you are here to arrest someone at the Dali Temple under the order of the emperor, as the head of the Dali Temple, it would not be excessive for me to check your official seal, right?"
"this……"
Normally, when the Northern Pacification Office was ordered by the emperor to arrest someone, who would dare to ask a single question? Not to mention checking the official seal.
But if you really want to be serious about it, checking the official seal is actually a matter of course - if no one had asked to return it, it would have been fine, but now that they have asked to check it in public, there is naturally no reason to refuse.
However, if he really were to dismount obediently and let Sun Shaozong examine the seal in public, how could he still be so powerful?
This is really about...
etc!
Yang Licai suddenly had an idea in his mind. The person he was here to question this time must not be an official from the Dali Temple!
Since the person being questioned was not an official from the Dali Temple, how could it be Sun Shaozong's turn to inspect the official seal?
Thinking of this, Yang Licai heaved a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to raise his voice to respond, he found that the bun shop was empty.
Where are the people?
Where have the people gone?
"Master Qianhu."
Seeing that Yang Licai didn't react for a moment, his trusted aides hurriedly reminded him, "Lord Sun is waiting for you to check the seal in the store."
This cunning guy!
He didn't even give himself a chance to figure it out!
Yang Licai cursed inwardly, but he couldn't shout out his own ideas through the door, right?
What is this like?
Stop it!
I'll go in and see what he's up to.
"well."
Thinking of this, Yang Licai sighed in a pretentious manner, shook his head and said, "Since it is the old captain in person, I may have to do it reluctantly."
Having said this, he dismounted from his horse and walked into the bun shop with a dignified manner.
Seeing that Sun Shaozong had already sat back at the table, with the steamers piled up like a pagoda, he cursed him inwardly as a 'foodie', then approached him with neither arrogance nor servility, bowed slightly and said, "Sun Shaoqing, your humble servant..."
Suddenly, Sun Shaozong asked, "There were fourteen of us when we came, right? How come there are two less now?"
Yang Licai was stunned, but he never thought that Sun Shaozong had noticed this - but those two people had a special mission, and he dared not disclose it to others.
So he hurriedly covered up his embarrassment and said, "Those two..."
"Those two are from the Ministry of Punishment, right?"
Sun Shaozong was unwilling to listen to his nonsense and continued, "I don't care what their mission is. If Wu Shuigen's men make a mistake later, you will have to bear the brunt of it."
Yang Licai's heart skipped a beat again.
In fact, he had only vaguely guessed the purpose of those two people , but he never thought that Sun Shaozong just counted the number of people and revealed the key!
That’s right, those two people were ordered to contact Wu Shuigen and his wife and order them to find a way to deal with Yang Hancai.
In a trance, Yang Licai's spine bent a little more unconsciously. His original attitude of neither servility nor arrogance had long been thrown away by him. He said with a wry smile: "Sir, since you know that they are from the Ministry of Punishment, you should know that I am not their chief officer, and..."
"When I passed by the imperial mausoleum in August, I went to visit Eunuch Dai."
Yang Licai, who was interrupted again, had begun to get used to it.
But at this moment, what's the point of mentioning an old eunuch? Do you really want to use officials from the "previous dynasty" to manage the affairs of this dynasty?
"Although Eunuch Dai has never met me, he sent someone to tell me to get closer to Hu Zhenfu."
At this point, Sun Shaozong glanced at Yang Licai, and then said slowly: "I just found out that the successor Hu Zhenfu is actually the nephew of Eunuch Dai."
“Is… is this actually happening?!”
Yang Licai opened his mouth in astonishment. It had been nearly two years since Hu Zhenfu took over, but he, a dignified trial captain, had never heard of this matter, which showed how deeply he had hidden it.
However, Eunuch Dai took the initiative to reveal this matter to Sun Shaozong, and hoped that the two would get closer.
Is there any need to talk about the closeness or distance between them?
After figuring this out, Yang Licai became half a head shorter, with each of his eight front teeth slightly exposed, and his fawning attitude remained the same as before.
"Show it to me, sir."
"Go and bring me two jars of wine."
"After all, I recruited Wu Shuigen and his wife . You should take responsibility for this matter yourself and don't implicate them."
Next , Sun Shaozong acted arrogantly and treated the feared Northern Pacification Officer like a servant.
It was not until a quarter of an hour later that Yang Li was released and returned in embarrassment.
At this time, the bun shop was already crowded with people inside and outside. Outside, there was a bustling crowd of people talking, but inside, it was completely silent. It was obvious that everyone was shocked by Sun Shaozong's power just now.
However, who knew that Sun Shaozong was also feeling depressed at this time.
After discovering that the group of Dragon Guards had tied Zhou Mo up and brought him out, with two people missing from their ranks, Sun Shaozong knew that there was no hope of clearing the name of the injustice in the heart-gouging case.
After all, the Dragon Guards are the emperor's personal army, and the Northern Pacification Office is even more powerful.
In such a critical situation, even a favored king like King Zhongshun would not dare to interfere openly.
Of course, no matter how bold the Dragon Guards were, they would not dare to provoke King Zhongshun's chief secretary without permission.
Therefore, Yang Licai's leading the team to capture Zhou Mo with great fanfare must have been at the emperor's order, and it was most likely Prince Zhongshun who took the initiative to "report" - this trick of cutting off the tail to save life, only he, a prince who was born of the same mother as the emperor, was qualified to use it.
Of course, he certainly wouldn't dare to say that he was acting in the name of the emperor.
And since the emperor had dispatched the Northern Pacification Office to cover up and clean up the mess for him, there was naturally no reason for him to let Yang Hancai go.
At this time, Yang Hancai was no longer in the team and was probably no longer alive.
Alas~
Twenty-four lives were lost, but in the end, only a few lackeys were cooked, while the real mastermind behind the scenes was almost unharmed.
This world...
It really remains the same throughout the ages!
Sun Shaozong gulped down a bowl of wine and suppressed the anger that was about to burst out back into his stomach.
It’s still the same saying: No one can be good forever, and no flower can be red forever.
Even if Prince Zhongshun could be favored for a day, he might not be favored for a lifetime - and I would never just stop at a small fourth-rank Shaoqing.
This injustice that has been kept secret will eventually come to light!
