"Master, the Imperial City Division is breaking in."
Liao Yu accused Zhao Jun of something serious and said, "They are planning a rebellion."
"What?"
Ding Du was shocked, then stood up and said, "I gave Fan Xiwen a favor and listened to him, asking me to wait a few days before making any decisions. I didn't expect Zhao Jun to be so arrogant. Come with me and take a look."
After saying that, he stormed towards the front yard.
At this moment, the Imperial City Division had surrounded the entire Kaifeng Prefecture, and Liu Yuanzhi, Ma Yi, Gao Dingyi, and the judge who had colluded with Han Yuan during Fan Zhongyan's time were also captured.
In theory, judges are basically Jinshi graduates and are temporary officials. At most, they will be sent to local areas to serve as prefects after serving for one or two years, and are unlikely to be involved in such dirty matters.
But Han Yuan gave the judge so much that he didn't do anything bad himself, but Han Yuan recruited him into the gang and bribed him with more than 100,000 strings of cash. When Fan Zhongyan impeached Han Yuan, the judge wrote a letter to cover up for him, which made Fan Zhongyan hate him deeply and get evidence of Han Yuan's bribery.
When Ding Du arrived at the front yamen, it was full of soldiers from the Imperial City Division. More than a hundred officials of all ranks had been arrested, and the remaining dozens were basically not in Kaifeng Prefecture, but on duty outside. Zhao Jun had already sent other people to arrest them.
The former yamen official was wailing. After Liu Yuanzhi, Ma Yi, Gao Ding and others were arrested, they were taken before Zhao Jun. They cursed at him with all kinds of foul language and were beaten by Zhao Jun's left and right guards until their mouths were full of blood.
Seeing this scene, Dingdu was furious and rushed in and shouted, "Who is Zhao Jun!"
"I am!"
Zhao Jun turned his head, his eyes seemed to be spitting fire.
Ding Du shouted, "Zhao Jun, you arrested Li Dewen the other day. I didn't go to the Imperial City Office to ask for him back because of Fan Xiwen. But you dared to break into Kaifeng Prefecture today? Are you trying to rebel?"
"hehe."
Zhao Jun didn't bother to waste time talking to this idiot. He took out a stack of documents from the arms of Wang He, the Imperial City Supervisor, and threw them in Ding Du's face, shouting, "You stupid official! This is evidence of Li Dewen's years of corruption, bribery, and cruelty to the people."
Ding Du felt insulted and angrily said, "Even if that's the case, it should be judged by the Kaifeng Prefecture and the Dali Temple. What does it have to do with you?"
"What does it have to do with me?"
Zhao Jun threw another pile of documents in his face: "This is evidence of Liu Yuanzhi's years of cruelty to the people."
"This is evidence of Ma Yi's years of cruelty to the people."
"This is evidence of Gao Dingyi's years of cruelty to the people."
"This is."
Zhao Jun threw more than ten official documents at Ding Du's face and shouted angrily, "Do you know how they colluded with the people from Wuyou Cave to harm the people?"
"I was patrolling the streets when someone from Wuyou Cave kidnapped a child. I caught them and handed them over to the yamen runners from your Kaifeng Prefecture. Within two days, those people from Wuyou Cave dared to come to the streets to retaliate against me!"
"They broke the children's hands and feet and forced them to beg on the streets. Did the Kaifeng government officials ever intervene?"
"They beat the children until they were covered in wounds, poured boiling water over the wounds, and then covered them with snake skin and monkey hair. They made human-snakes and human-monkeys and performed them in street acrobatics. Did your Kaifeng Prefecture bailiffs ever take care of that?"
"They kidnapped women and forced them into prostitution. Not only did your Kaifeng Prefecture yamen runners not do anything about it, they even went to their homes to try to buy their business."
"Do you know what they made of the girl? They cut off her limbs and put her in a two-foot-tall bottle. They made a bottle-man spectacle and exhibited it around town."
"Don't think these things have nothing to do with your Kaifeng Prefecture. I raided the Wuyou Cave branch this morning. Do you know how many letters and incriminating evidence we found? Just to bribe one of your subordinates, it would cost thousands of strings of cash, thousands of strings of cash!"
"I'm telling you, Dingdu, you're done. I've printed out all the records of their crimes and spread them throughout Bianliang. By then, everyone in Bianliang will know how much filth lies beneath this foolish official like you, Dingdu!"
"You're done!"
Zhao Jun's saliva almost sprayed on Dingdu's face.
His eyes were red as he said viciously, "The entire Kaifeng Prefecture has become a group of unscrupulous people because of your inaction and your protection. You want fame, and I'll give it to you!"
By the end of his speech, Dingdu's eyes were dull and his whole body was trembling.
(End of this chapter)
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