Chapter 335 Guess

During the New Year holidays, a heavy snowfall can be regarded as a sign of a good harvest.

But perhaps because it was the emperor's first return, the political atmosphere was still a little tense, everyone was a little cautious, and the city of Tokyo was also eerily quiet... No matter what, this was still the backward feudal monarchy era, and the emperor was still the emperor.

However, after the New Year's Day ceremony, as a copy of "Water Margin" signed by Wu Yong suddenly appeared in the official bulletin, occupying the original position of "Miscellaneous Records of Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", there was an obvious commotion in the capital.

Everyone knows who wrote this new so-called "novel", but the more it is known, the more absurd and bizarre it seems. Because the book actually opens with the history of Gao Qiu's rise to wealth!

God has mercy on me. It has only been a few years since Gao Qiu died. Although Gao's sons were beaten up, they are still alive, okay?

Then there is the straightforward Prince Duan. Who is Prince Duan? Is there any need to explain?

The people involved are still alive! And it's been adapted into a novel?

Fortunately, the transformation of Prince Duan into Emperor Daojun was only a flash in the pan, and then Wang Jin, who was persecuted by Gao Qiu, fled with his mother and met Shi Dalang, who then learned martial arts and made friends with the three people from Shaohua Mountain. He was then forced to flee, which led to the appearance of Lu Tingjie again...

This story is very out of tune. In one day, how many people asked each other who Wang Jin was? Why did Shi Jin and Shi Dalang sound familiar? And who was Lu Tingjie, who was born in the Zhong family?

Finally, it was Zhang Jun, the Grand Commandant who was still in the capital and had just finished the New Year's Day court, who spoke up and told several acquaintances who came to ask about it, saying that there was absolutely no such Lu Tijie, otherwise he would have found it long ago. He was also very sure that the story of this Lu Tijie was something the emperor had heard about in the Daxiangguo Temple a long time ago, and had repeated it to Zhang Rong, the Grand Commandant, and there was a reason for it... As for Zhang Rong, the Grand Commandant who was on the Yellow River north of the capital, who later had someone read the court report to verify this statement, it goes without saying.

Not only that, in the next few days, the updates of "Water Margin" were very fast and very frequent, but they were all centered on this Lu Zhijie, from the time he killed Zhen Guanxi with three punches, to his becoming a monk in Mount Wutai, to the time he made a big fuss in Taohua Village, burned down the Waguan Temple, and finally came to the Daxiangguo Temple to uproot the willow tree. It was surprisingly smooth all the way.

The story was so exciting that soon, the storytellers in the main store who returned to work after the New Year's Day directly included the story of the Flowery Monk Lu Zhishen. It was even said that related plays were also being adapted... This treatment and speed are enough to make many coders in later generations envious.

Back to the point, these vulgar developments also relieved many people of their political burdens. At this point, many people really thought that Emperor Zhao was bored during the New Year and was going to serialize a heroic story he had heard of, and he had no other intentions. Even a few people thought that Emperor Zhao's actions were somewhat contrary to the country's legal system, but when they saw that the background was with the Emperor Taishang Daojun, they became silent.

But... then, with the end of the New Year holiday, the popular character Lu Zhishen was offline, and Leopard Head Lin Chong officially appeared, and the court was gradually stunned.

First of all, everyone knows that Gao Qiu has three biological sons, and there is no such a lecherous godson, so everyone has also realized that Gao Qiu is just a trigger. Who asked the Gao family's cook to throw the sheep's head and shout "Ruo Gouzi"? If not disgusting, who are you disgusted with? Moreover, Gao Qiu is a close minister of the Emperor Taishang Daojun. Although he is not among the six thieves, he will definitely be on the list if he is to be the seventh or eighth thief.

No one cared about the reputation of this impoverished family.

Secondly, whether it is Leopard Head Lin Chong or Cangzhou Chai Jin, the background is written so clearly that you can know it with just a little inquiry. They are obviously fictional characters like Ruhua Monk... and at this time, those who are knowledgeable and have good memory have found some lists from an ordinary rebellion quelled by Zhang Shuye, and roughly confirmed that Lin Chong and Chai Jin seem to be the same as Shi Dalang, both of whom are leaders under the bandit Song Jiang... This further proves one thing, that is, stories are just stories, and Emperor Zhao may have seen the names in some memorial and used them at random.

Besides, there is the appearance of Liangshan Marsh. There was only one great leader on Liangshan Marsh from beginning to end, Marshal Zhang Rong. How did this scholar in white come about, and he took the same name as Li Bai's friend, Wang Lun?

It was nothing more than that the only big Jianghu stronghold that Emperor Zhao was familiar with was Liangshan Marsh, so he just used it for the purpose. As long as General Zhang himself didn't mind, no one else would say anything about it.

However, even though they knew that the background was fictitious, the content was made up by the government, and the names were randomly picked out, but seeing Lin Chong's plot unfold, seeing a good and law-abiding officer being forced step by step to the temple in the snowy mountain and to Liangshan on a snowy night just because his wife was beautiful, the people at all levels could no longer sit still.

Because, anyone with a little literary knowledge can see what this official means. Isn't it that the officials forced the people to rebel? ! It's fine if the officials forced the people to rebel, but you, Wu Yong, obviously have the official behind you? Can the official also jump out and say that the officials forced the people to rebel?

And he made the story so fascinating? So full of twists and turns?

It made ordinary people believe it was true, and the Gao family couldn’t even buy ginger and fermented black beans after the Chinese New Year, okay?

So, starting from the incident when Master Lin went to Liangshan on a snowy night, and also during the first ten days when the court resumed normal work, strange memorials began to appear:

First, the two brothers of the Gao family who were still officials resigned and returned home;

Then the Minister of Justice Ma Shen wrote a letter, saying that the court newspaper had published absurd stories that damaged people's reputations, but he also proposed in another letter that the prison should be properly cleaned up to reduce unjust cases, and finally he wrote another letter to plead guilty, saying that he had misbehaved in the palace that day... After all, he had been criticized for two months, and with this wave of official oppression, he could no longer bear the emperor's temper;

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