In early June, wild flowers were splendid outside Kaifeng Prefecture.

The rainy weather for many consecutive days has passed, and the summer sun shines all over the Kaifeng Prefecture Realm. All kinds of wild flowers that cannot be named on both sides of the official road are blooming in full bloom, colorful and beautiful.

The temperature during the day is a bit hot, but it is cooler than the heat in later generations and does not affect the journey.

Going further forward, you can see the city wall of Kaifeng Prefecture.

The city walls that have been disrepair have long been dilapidated. Many places have collapsed in the sun, and the inexplicable sense of vicissitudes of life are in the sun. They are in sharp contrast with the most prosperous city in the world it protects.

The official road is as lively and crowded as ever, with endless streams of cars and horses, creating a vibrant scene.

Wu Haogu led the horse and walked slowly with Su Shi, which seemed very low-key. This is not his own Jiehe Market, but Kaifeng Prefecture! Even if he was the number one confidant of Song Huizong, he should not forget the principle of being a low-key person in this city, especially the previous fire in Beidaying, which was not so easy to settle!

After hearing about the fire in the military camp in Guancheng County, Wu Haogu admired Gao Qiu's good methods on the one hand, and knew that this was a big hit!

Of course, he had no intention of blaming Gao Qiu. Since he was lucky enough to be close to a villain, he had to have the means of a villain. When he should frame the treacherous minister, he must not be lenient. Otherwise, the villain would not be allowed to give the treacherous minister a living?

However, no matter how you frame it, it is still necessary to keep a low profile. This villain is a kind villain who is harmless and innocent, and is innocent...

"Dalang is here to come back this time, can he arrange to greet relatives and friends?"

Su Shi has now called Wu Haogu "Dalang". At least on the surface, the relationship between the two parties can be described as intimacy.

"No arrangements," Wuhao Ancient Road, "It takes too much energy and time to welcome and send off. I still have a lot of things in Kaifeng Prefecture."

Su Shi smiled, "Haha, I didn't ask anyone to greet him."

He is a man who has no real power and is very proud of his father, and his father is in trouble. Who would come to the pick-up tent outside Kaifeng Prefecture to pick him up?

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "It turns out that my second brother (Su Shixinger) also likes to be indifferent. I have a place in the west of Kaifeng Prefecture City, near Jinming Lake. It is a very quiet and elegant yard with various flowers planted. Now it is time to bloom. Let's do this, why not wait until my second brother settles down and come and stay. We can enjoy the flowers and drinks, which can be called a kind of elegant thing. What do you think?"

The house he mentioned is near Jinmingchi. It was Pan Qiaolian who purchased it with the money from the inner account according to Wu Haogu's care. Although Wu Haogu was not optimistic about the real estate in Kaifeng Prefecture, he was still willing to buy some land and real estate within the planned Qionglin Palace City. When the Qionglin Palace City is built in the future, it will be stable to sell it several times.

In addition, the real estate near Jin Mingchi and Qionglin Palace are both villas of wealthy and bureaucrats in Kaifeng Prefecture. They are usually very elegant and can be provided for Sumen brothers to live when they enter Beijing. He invited Su Shi to "stay in a small place", but in fact he was invited to live there for a long time.

Wu Haogu warmly invited him. Su Shi, who had just arrived at Kaifeng Prefecture to be an official, was worried that he had no suitable residence, so he agreed.

The two of them made an appointment and were about to part, but they heard someone shouting: "Wu Dalang!"

Wu Haogu followed the sound and saw a tall and thin boy wearing a white long gown and a Dongpo scarf with acne on his face walking quickly. When he got closer, Wu Haogu recognized that this man was originally one of his cousins, named Wu Haode, who was recommended by Henan Prefecture School to come to Kaifeng Prefecture to take the imperial examination. He arrived a few months ago when Wu Haogu left Kaifeng Prefecture and lived in the Wu family mansion in Kaifeng Prefecture City.

"Are you Sanjuro?" Wu Haogu was a little surprised, "Why are you here?"

Wu Haode came to Kaifeng Prefecture early, naturally to "make up lessons" at Kaifeng Prefecture Chengnan Academy, which has a higher education level, and to prepare for the Imperial College round-up entrance examination at the end of the year.

He should be studying hard in the academy now, why did he come out to play?

"It's really Dalang!"

Wu Haode walked forward, bowed his hands and sang a fat look, "It's the second brother who knows you are going back to the city today, and asks me to go out of the city to wait. Let's not enter the city first, and wait for him at the Lihua Villa."

"Erlang asked me to go to the Lihua Villa?" Wu Haogu was stunned when he heard this, "What's going on?"

Wu Haogu lived in Lihua Villa for a long time when he was in Kaifeng Prefecture. However, when he came back from another place, he must first go to the Wu family mansion in the city to pay homage to his father and mother. He had to enter the palace to meet the saint the next day, so he must have to enter the city to live.

"It's Lu Benzhi who died!"

"Is Lu Benzhi dead?" Su Shi, who was smiling, interrupted, "No, right? Even if he was sentenced to death, he would have to be reduced by one or two levels, and at most he would be given a donation to Shaman Island."

"Suicide!" Wu Haode said, "Before his death, he wrote a letter to the blood, saying that he had to bear the burden, and he also shouted for justice, saying that there was another dark story in the fire in the northern military camp of the state, so he requested a thorough investigation."

"Ah!?" Su Shi's face changed drastically, "What a cruel method!"

Wu Haogu turned his head to look at him, and Su Shi lowered his voice and said, "There are many people here, not a place to speak."

Wu Hao Ancient Road: "The Huaxian Temple not far ahead is my place, so go there and sit there."

"good."

The group soon arrived at the Huaxian Temple. Guo Jing, who has now become a great Taoist priest, is also in the Huaxian Temple today. Seeing that Wu Haogu came, he immediately asked the Taoist priest to close the Taoist priest, prepare wine and food, and invite Wu Haogu, Su Shi and Wu Haode to the back hall of the Taoist temple.

Before the tea was served, Guo Jing asked anxiously: "Dalang, do you know that Lu Benzhi committed suicide by taking poison in the Censorate Prison?"

"Inside the Censorate Prison?" Wu Haogu did not wrinkle, "Did he commit suicide or was he committed suicide?"

"Being committed suicide?" Su Shi burst into laughter, "It's now, Dalang, you still have the heart to joke."

"What?" Wu Haogu frowned, "Second brother, don't you think this matter is strange?"

"So what can I do?" Su Shi waved his hand and said, "Can you still ask you to investigate the Censorate Prison?"

Where is the Censorate? It is a yamen that the prime minister is afraid of. Even if someone is killed by suicide in the Censorate Prison, it is not the turn of Wu Haogu to investigate it recently!

Moreover, Wu Haogu is not the victim. He is Lu Benzhi's enemy. It's not his turn to cry for justice!

"Yes!" Guo Jing nodded, "Dalang, the wind direction in Kaifeng Prefecture has changed now. It is said that Lu Benzhi was a filial son who had received his father on his behalf... The sound of fire in the northern military camp of the state has also risen."

"Who is talking about it?" Wu Haogu frowned.

Su Shi took over the question and said with a wry smile: "Who else can you? It's the Xining traitor (New Party). Dalang, you are smart and you are not stupid! You can definitely guess that the fire in the military camp in the north of the Zhoubei was released by you..."

"Why is it me?" Wu Haogu felt like he couldn't even wash it even if he jumped into the Yellow River. "It's really not what I did!"

"That's okay," Su Shi said, "They have big mouths and you have small mouths. This sewage has to be poured on you.

Do you know the Qingliu Liquor's business discussion? It's the right to speak and discuss politics! This right is held in the hands of scholars. If they want to pour sewage on you, you can only bear it."

This is the right to speak!

Basically, the disarmed scholars and officials rely on monopolizing their voice to share the world with the king!

Before, Wu Haogu was not at a high level and did not seriously violate the interests of any clique, so he never experienced the greatness of Qingliu Logistics.

And this time, because the "filial son" Lu Benzhi committed suicide, the passive New Party had an opportunity to use the ultimate weapon of the scholar-officials to fight back!

...

On the afternoon of the afternoon when Wu Haogu arrived outside Kaifeng Prefecture City, in the capital of An Tao, the right prime minister Zeng Bu had just arrived. Zeng Bu was nominally here to discuss with An Tao about the trial of the prefecture system that was about to begin, but as soon as the idle people left, he talked to An Tao about the arrangement of "mouth war".

"Zixuan," An Tao said, "Is there good news from Uncle Guo Ming?"

Uncle Guo Ming is the newly appointed Quanzhi Kaifeng Prefecture Guo Zhizhang. He is urging the Kaifeng Prefecture to thoroughly investigate the arson case in Beidaying, Zhou.

"No." Zeng Bu shook his head and smiled bitterly, "How could it be? Wu Haogu, Pan Xiao'an and Gao Qiu acted so that people could easily catch the handle."

"It won't be really good, right?"

Zeng Bu smiled and said, "There is no matter in the world that there is no leak? It's just that the three of them have managed it too much and can cover up all the leaking water.

However, when the situation is big, there will inevitably be more loopholes! As long as Kaifeng Prefecture works hard to investigate, a lot of problems will be found sooner or later. Even if they cannot find out their relationship with the fire in the Beida camp in the state, they can still be criticized for being treacherous villains."

Zeng Bu is worthy of being a master of party struggles. After gaining the right to speak, he will not stick to one thing at all, and will attack in full swing, leaving the opponent exhausted from dealing with it.

Zeng Bu paused and said, "As long as Wu Haogu is implicated as a treacherous, even if the official protects him, Han Zhongyan and Fan Chunli will definitely stay away from him. At that time, we will be able to defeat them one by one!"

The power of the Song Dynasty officials was very high, but they were far from reaching the level of being able to cover the sky in the Qing Dynasty later. Wu Haogu is now awesome because Zhao Ji, Han Zhongyan and Fan Chunli are protecting him together.

Of course, the reason why Han Zhongyan and Fan Chunli are still arrogant now is that Wu Haogu is. Therefore, if the new party wants to win, it must first separate the gentleman and the villain.

To achieve this goal, you have to rely on your mouth to spray it!
Chapter completed!