"Duke Song. Director of the Council of Political Affairs?"

Guo Chengyou opened his mouth wide.

Huang Sanlang pulled out Zhao Jun's badge and said, "The Director of the Constitutional Court is here. Everyone, put down your weapons immediately. Before leaving, the emperor issued an edict that anyone who harms the Director will have their entire clan exterminated. Do you understand? Anyone who dares to harm the Director today will have their entire clan exterminated!"

“Ding ding ding ding ding!”

The sounds of various weapons being thrown on the ground suddenly rang out. It was not because these people were intimidated by Zhao Jun's power, but because the cavalry outside the city also rushed in, all wearing the armor of the Song Dynasty's Shenwu Imperial Guards.

The imperial guards were also divided into different levels. Some of them didn't even have armor and their weapons and equipment were very poor.

Some of the imperial guards were not only fully armed, with a set of armor costing 58 strings of cash, but were also equipped with war horses, powerful bows and crossbows. The two sides were completely not on the same level.

In addition to the 200-plus Imperial City Guards on board, Zhao Jun was escorted by two battalions of Divine Martial Guards, one consisting of 800 infantrymen, and the other of over 300 cavalrymen, the most elite of the Imperial Guards.

More than 300 cavalrymen wearing the best armor and holding the best weapons surrounded them. Not only the Bozhou garrison troops with weak fighting spirit, but even the Bozhou imperial guards who were slightly stronger than them were frightened.

Now, even if the imperial edict did not come out, no one dared to question Zhao Jun's identity.

Several commanders of the wing armies and the commander of Bozhou quickly obeyed the order and threw down their weapons and equipment.

Under Huang Sanlang's scolding and the threats from Zhao Jun's guards around him, the soldiers squatted on the ground, holding their heads and not daring to move.

Soon Zhao Jun's personal guards rushed up and disarmed them.

Zhao Jun walked out yawning. He was really tired and sleepy after a whole night of running around.

He originally thought that he would have a sleep, and then wait for the canal to be cleared, and then he would take a boat. The army would escort a group of prisoners and evidence to Qiao County to deal with Guo Chengyou, but he didn't expect that he would come to the door himself.

"Zhizhou Guo, you came to me so early this morning with so many troops, looking for me aggressively."

Zhao Jun approached, raised his head and looked at Guo Chengyou on horseback, and said with a smile: "Are you planning a rebellion? Or are you planning to murder your superior?"

This accusation made Guo Chengyou tremble with fear, but he suddenly remembered his backers and calmed himself down. He said, "It's the Magistrate. I didn't know you were coming to Bozhou. I was unable to greet you. Please forgive me. I heard from the magistrate of Peng County that there was a rebellion among soldiers and bandits in Peng County, so I led the troops to quell the rebellion."

"oh?"

Zhao Jun glanced at the squatting garrison troops and imperial guards and said, "You don't have the Privy Council's troop mobilization order and the tiger talisman. Who gave you the courage to mobilize so many troops?"

"Since we're suppressing a rebellion, speed is naturally paramount. Hasn't the prefect heard the saying 'speed is of the essence in war'?"

Although Guo Chengyou had vaguely heard of Zhao Jun's power, he had never seen it with his own eyes. Secondly, his backer was the current emperor. As the son-in-law of the Zhao family and an attendant of the Eastern Palace, he could be said to be Zhao Zhen's close follower. Naturally, he was not afraid of foreign officials.

But he had obviously found the wrong person. Zhao Jun sneered and said, "Speed ​​is of the essence in war, but firstly, you haven't thoroughly investigated the other party's identity. Secondly, you treat the imperial guards as your own guards and disregard the laws of the court. How dare you make such a fuss?"

Guo Chengyou was clearly being bullied, and he chuckled, "The imperial court has its own laws, but the prefect shouldn't cling to them. If bandits had really come to riot tonight, who knows how many people would have died in the city. Can the prefect take on that responsibility?"

"Oh throat?"

Zhao Jun thought about it and nodded, a rare gesture. "You actually have some truth in what you said. I believe you. Then I will pardon you from the charge of mobilizing troops."

"Thank you, Zhiyuan!"

Guo Chengyou bowed immediately with a proud look on his face.

Who doesn't know his background?

Even if the prime minister has all the power in the court, doesn't he still have to give him some face?

However, Zhao Jun continued, "The charge of mobilizing troops is waived. Now, let's talk about your corruption and abuse of power, which caused the people to lose their homes and their lives for the sake of a famous painting."

A skinny old man stood up beside Zhao Jun, glaring at him angrily. "Prefect, this is the bastard. My brother Zhang has been a virtuous and kind man throughout his life, and he's very well-known in Bozhou. But for that painting, he fabricated a crime and murdered my brother. Please, Prefect, help me!"

Tian Chang has a life-and-death relationship with the wealthy Zhang family in Bozhou. If it were someone else, even if they had become powerful, they might not dare to do the same when facing another powerful person.

Because the essence of officials protecting each other is actually the exchange of interests.

The relationship between officials is essentially a mutual assistance of power. With power in hand, they can naturally output it in their own interests.

As for ordinary people, what can they bring to an official? Nothing at all.

Even for an honest official, the cost and price to stand up for the people are very high, especially in the Song Dynasty, which has a very high tolerance for corrupt officials.

People like Fan Zhongyan, Bao Zheng, Zhao Pin and Chen Xiliang are just a minority.

The vast majority of them are either like Wang Sui, who is idle and does nothing, or like Guo Chengyou, who acts recklessly and lawless.

Therefore, as a businessman who can see through the essence of these things, Tian Chang was able to muster up the courage to expose Guo Chengyou to Zhao Jun, which was considered to be the utmost kindness to his brother.

Fortunately, he did not make a wrong bet.

Hearing Tian Chang's words, Guo Chengyou was shocked and then denied it in every possible way, saying, "Master, this is all a frame-up. There is no such thing. Zhang Fu is oppressing innocent people. The evidence is solid and has been reported to the Huainan Judicial Department, and it has been investigated."

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