At present, regarding Yue Fei's case, not a single person in the Song army is willing to plead for Yue Fei, except for Zong Ze. Zhong Shidao has also spoken to the emperor a few times.

Wu Jie had been pondering a question: why was no one willing to plead for Yue Fei when he got into trouble? Was it because Yue Fei was so unpopular?

However, Wu Jie had met Yue Fei and spoken with him.

Yue Fei was a man of great loyalty and righteousness, and also a man of great principle.

Why does this situation still occur?

Even Wu Jie had to admit that if a person's military achievements were too great, he would offend many people without realizing it.

When Wu Jie arrived at the military governor's mansion, Zhong Shidao was playing chess with Zong Ze.

"My lord, there is a man outside who claims to be Wu Jinqing from the Northwest."

Zhong Shidao and Zong Ze were slightly taken aback, and said, "Jin Qing is here! Quickly, let him in!"

After Wu Jie entered, he bowed and said, "This humble general greets Commander Zhong! What a coincidence, Lord Zong is also here!"

"Jinqing, how is your injury?"

"Thank you for your concern, General Zhong and Duke Zong. I have fully recovered."

"It's good that you're fully recovered. When did you arrive in Tokyo?"

"Just arrived today."

"Why didn't you say a word before you came? I would have sent someone to meet you."

"No need for General Zhong to trouble himself."

"Please sit down!"

Wu Jie sat down and said, "General Zhong, Lord Zong, to be honest, I have come here hoping that you two will accompany me to the palace to meet the Emperor and plead for Pengju."

When Yue Fei was mentioned, Zong Ze sighed, and Zhong Shidao also looked quite helpless.

“Jinqing, we have said everything we needed to say, but the emperor has not yet given a clear answer.”

"Where is Pengju now?"

“He was brought from Jiangling Prefecture to Tokyo City yesterday and is currently in the prison of the Censorate.”

Wu Jie was shocked: "You Qin Hui! The emperor did not order the arrest, but he acted quickly enough."

"The evidence is conclusive, and there's nothing we can do about Qin Hui."

"No, Pengju has made great contributions to the Song Dynasty. How can he be imprisoned in the Censorate like this? Didn't His Majesty say anything?"

Zhong Shidao shook his head: "The affairs of the imperial clan are already enough to trouble His Majesty."

Zong Ze said, "Jinqing, you should not go to the Emperor to plead for Yue Fei, lest Qin Hui impeach you!"

"I'm not afraid. Does Qin Hui think he can twist the truth and arrest me on trumped-up charges?"

"Jinqing, during this special period, you should not get involved. His Majesty has his own plans."

Wu Jie is a typical straightforward person, but he is not impatient.

"I've heard that officials in the court and the public are all leaning towards Qin Hui. If Yue Fei is really exiled to the frontier, it will be the greatest loss for our Great Song Dynasty!"

He emphasized again: "It is not that I, Wu Jie, am belittling myself. In fact, one Yue Fei is worth more than the entire Lan Yue Army!"

After hearing Wu Jie's words, Zhong Shidao and Zong Ze also fell silent.

Wu Jie's words were not made from a purely military perspective, but rather from the perspective of the role on the battlefield.

Yue Fei was indeed a rare genius general. He was able to train the worst army into an iron army, which is the most important thing and cannot be compared to a large army.

If His Majesty were to demote Yue Fei, the Song Dynasty would suffer a tremendous loss.

However, from the perspective of the Taoist school of thought, not criticizing it would be even more harmful.

"You shall rest here tonight and not wander around or talk to others about Yue Fei. Qin Hui has been attacking people everywhere lately, and he almost impeached even the Grand Secretary!"

Wu Jie sighed: "Qin Hui is going to ruin our Great Song Dynasty!"

The next day, a strange wind blew from an unknown place in Tokyo.

In the restaurants outside Donghua Gate, stories about Yue Fei and his ex-wife Liu were circulating.

It is said that after Yue Fei rose to prominence, he abandoned his ex-wife Liu and instead married the emperor's sister, Princess Yifu.

Recently, besides the case involving members of the imperial family being a hot topic of discussion among the public, Yue Fei has also become the number one topic.

The fact that the Control Yuan brought the person back to Tokyo caused an even greater uproar.

The incident had already attracted a lot of attention, and then suddenly a woman surnamed Liu appeared, which caused an uproar.

It is said that this Liu was Yue Fei's first wife, whom he married through proper channels. When the Jin army marched south, Yue Fei joined the army, made military achievements, rose to prominence, and was highly regarded by the emperor.

Yue Fei actually deceived the emperor by claiming that he was unmarried, which is why the emperor betrothed Princess Yifu to him.

Liu visited Yue Fei multiple times, but was refused an audience.

From this perspective, Yue Fei did have character flaws!

Some people privately remarked: "No wonder I heard that no one in the court was willing to plead for Yue Fei; Yue Fei himself has serious problems!"

To demonstrate that they had long seen through everything, someone simply went to a restaurant and gave a lecture:

I said it long ago! I said it long ago that Yue Fei had problems. Judging from this incident, there may be other hidden stories in the war to destroy Xia, and the same goes for the war to destroy Jiaozhi. Perhaps there was also some deception involved in the emperor's northern expedition!

What? How did I deduce that?

Think about it, didn't Yue Fei deceive the emperor?

Did they deceive Princess Yifu?

Because Yue Fei deceived the emperor and Princess Yifu, he must have deceived us!

His remarks quickly spread throughout Tokyo.

This fully illustrates the saying that good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast.

When recalling the Yue Fei case, some people commented on this phenomenon: Some people never seek the truth; they have mouths, and they are more diligent in doing evil than in eating.