Ding Zhigao was dumbfounded!
Jia Ji was also dumbfounded. Zhao Mengguan's face had long been ashen, while Zhao Heyun's eyes were complicated and obscure, with a hint of obvious regret. The other imperial students were even more shocked.
"I'm free of charge." Zhao Mengqi said calmly, "You guys are indeed a little slack. It's okay if someone wantonly slanders me in broad daylight, but this is a blatant assassination. You can't detect it beforehand, and you can't defend it during the incident. , I came so late afterwards, I’m afraid I can’t explain it anyway.”
The two leading officers were slowly getting up. After hearing the words behind them, they bent over and froze, breaking out in cold sweat. As soon as Zhao Mengqi finished speaking, the two of them knelt down again.
"The rank is guilty, please punish me, Your Highness!"
The first apology just now was just a cliché, just like asking you if you have eaten in person.
But now he is really apologizing. If King Zhong intends to hold him accountable, based on the three reasons he mentioned, it would be light to remove more than a dozen official hats. If it were more severe, banishment from the army would be enough. .
Zhao Mengqi looked leisurely at the two people kneeling on the ground, "You guys always keep saying sorry, but you don't take it to your heart at all. I will just remember the punishment this time. I hope you will be more sincere in the future. Please get up." "
He didn't really intend to pursue it, so he just hammered it away casually to make them remember it longer.
"Your Highness is magnanimous. You must keep your rank in mind and work diligently." The two stood up respectfully, not daring to wipe the sweat from their faces.
"Then I'll wait and see." Zhao Mengqi smiled, then looked at Ding Zhigao, "Brother Ding, may I ask what Wang Fa is?"
Ding Zhigao had a tight breath in his chest and abdomen. He couldn't move up and down. When Zhao Mengqi's words poked him, he immediately lost his energy. When he let it out, he became extremely depressed. Even the pimples on his face shriveled up a bit, " Your Majesty... Your Highness, Wang Fa... you are Wang Fa."
"Haha, you can't say that. If you have to do it, my father is the one." Zhao Mengqi shrugged, looking modest, "It seems that I should have won this fight with my father, so now is it me?" Do you have the final say?"
Ding Zhigao held his chest in his mouth, hunched his back, and said with a sad face, "Of course you have the final say."
"Then let's talk about the 600,000 yuan. You see, I am still very reasonable. As long as you pay, I will pretend that what happened today never happened. What do you think?"
Zhao Mengqi said this ridiculous thing very seriously, just like Ding Zhigao just now.
"Your Highness, how could I have so much money..." Ding Zhigao never thought that this loyal king would also rip off people.
"No? Then why do you dare to open such a big mouth?" Zhao Mengqi frowned slightly, as if he was dissatisfied that Ding Zhigao said he had no money, "Let me do the math, your grandfather is Ding Daquan, and now he is Shi Yushi As a concurrent student, the monthly salary should be 60 guan, and the additional payment for various items is about 150 guan. In one year, it will be about 2,500 guan. This will make up 600,000 guan. Without corruption, it will be Two hundred and forty years, tsk tsk, he probably won’t live that long, what should we do?”
Ding Zhigao was stupid again. This loyal king actually calculated the Ding family's income seriously...
The calculated result made Zhao Mengqi very sad, and then he looked at Jia Ji beside him, "Jia Yanei? According to Brother Ding, your father is Jia Sidao?"
Jia Ji was a little flustered just now, but he didn't know what he was thinking. When he heard Zhao Mengqi's question, he stiffened his neck and said, "Exactly!"
"Oh, that's pretty cool, tsk tsk, I was still thinking that your father's official position requires at least more than 10,000 yuan a year. If you think of a way, you can make up some money, but it seems that you don't appreciate it. Well, forget it, let’s just keep things official.”
Zhao Mengqi saw that Jia Ji looked like a middle school student, so he didn't bother to tease him, "Hou Gan will do it!"
"I have a humble duty, please give me your orders, Your Highness." Hou Tao bowed and waited for orders.
Zhao Mengqi pointed to the eight slaves who had been chained up, "These criminals just tried to assassinate Yu Gu. Their masters are none other than Ding Zhigao and Jia Ji. This case will be handed over to your Imperial City Division. You can do whatever you want." manage."
"Here!" Hou Tao took the order and directed his subordinates to lock up Ding Zhigao and Jia Ji.
Ding Zhigao was still a little confused, but Jia Ji jumped to his feet and shouted, "False accusation! You are making a false accusation! My father is an important minister of the court! My aunt is Jia Guifei! The official family will not allow you to mess around!"
"Haha..." Zhao Mengqi was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and waved his hand.
Hou Tao stepped forward in person, knocked Jia Ji unconscious with a single blow of his knife, and then ordered his subordinates, "Take him away! Put him in a prison cell!"
The Imperial City Division separated half a team and took away the ten masters and servants.
Zhao Mengqi rubbed his chin and looked towards the Imperial College student, "Oh, Cousin Wei, Brother Heyun, why are you here? Oh, brother Meng Qi is here too, why didn't you call me when you were having a party? "
The three of them looked frightened and confused. They didn't know what Zhao Mengqi meant by 'partying'. They nodded and shook their heads for a while.
Zhao Mengguan smiled sarcastically, his voice very dry, "Back to Your Highness, I have nothing to do, so I invited a few friends to talk about poetry..."
"Haha!" Zhao Mengqi interrupted his explanation, "Are you so busy? It seems that I have to keep you busy, lest others think that our clan in the Song Dynasty is all idle. How about this? I have chosen the address of the school today. You are now Just enroll in school, Hou Gan will take care of it, I’m sorry to bother you, send the three of them to Yuan Qian’s farm in the eastern suburbs!”
Qian Long, who was not far away, felt very ridiculous when he heard this. His farm had already been turned into the 'Original Qian Family Farm' before it was sold, but he didn't dare to protest!
Hou Tao thought for a while and then realized what King Zhong meant, which was to imprison the three clan members in disguise.
This matter was obviously against the rules, but the Imperial City Secretary now followed the instructions of King Zhong and naturally complied with the request, so the three clan members were 'invited' to leave.
There were still more than a dozen imperial students left. Zhao Mengqi thought for a while and said to Zhang Zelin, "I remember that your pro-military department also has a prison. Well, that's good. These imperial students have slandered me a lot, and they are also involved in plotting to assassinate me. The king's two men, Ding Jia, are closely connected, take them back and examine them carefully!"
Zhang Zelin felt miserable when he was assigned this task.
Although these are just some scholars without fame, they have some background to be able to enter the Imperial College. Putting people in jail based on some far-fetched charges will definitely offend many people, and if it goes wrong, it will also cause the scholar-bureaucrats to their public outrage.
But Zhang Zelin also understood that this was Prince Zhong's attempt to test the attitude of the military commander. If he refused to carry out the crime, the crime he had just been slapped on him would be immediately implemented.
After thinking clearly, Zhang Zelin planned to protect himself first, hand over the certificate of surrender, take the person back, and give his boss a headache, "I will obey the order!"
Surrounded by heavily armed sergeants, the students were trembling and did not dare to protest. They were led downstairs like a flock of quails.
