'Bang!'

Tong Guan slapped the table heavily and shouted angrily at his adopted son Tong Yansi: "How did you do it? The person actually died. Did I say that he wanted him to die?"

Tong Yansi lowered his head deeply, and he was also extremely regretful. He should have let Zhong Lin go in the afternoon, but he didn't expect that the prison doctor treated him with the wound at noon. Zhong Lin was suddenly poisoned and died suddenly. What made Tong Yansi even more angry was that the prison doctor hanged himself in the room. He didn't understand everything. He realized that the mantis was stalking the cicada, and the oriole was behind him, and someone played them in his palm.

Tong Guan was extremely irritated and paced back and forth in the room with his hands on his back. He received news from the palace an hour ago that the official had canceled the triumphal ceremony of the Northern Expedition Army. Of course, Tong Guan knew what this meant. This was not only a heavy blow to Zhong Shidao, but also a warning to the prince.

Tong Guan was already very satisfied with this ending, so there was no need for Zhong Lin to be locked in prison anymore. Just when he was about to order the release of the person, his adopted son told him that Zhong Lin was poisoned to death.

Tong Guan felt like he was stabbed hard in the back. He knew that he had already made enemies with Master Zhong, and it would be fine if Master Zhong had made enemies. The key is that the prince would know that he was behind the scenes of canceling the triumphal ceremony. He also offended the prince this time.

But the reason why Tong Guan felt that someone was stabbed in the back was not because of offending the prince, but because someone was plotting against him behind him. Who would this person be? Gao Qiu, Tan Zhen, Cai Jing, or Liang Shicheng, Tong Guan felt that it was possible. He must dig out the person stabbed in the back.

Thinking of this, he calmed down. It was meaningless to lose his temper now. The key is to solve the problem.

Tong Guan sat down again, waved his hand to his adopted son and said, "I won't scold you anymore, listen to me..."

Tong Yansi immediately became energetic. He knew that his father's temper had already been lost, and the following was the opportunity to make up for his merits.

He straightened his back, just like a general obeying the order, his ears straightened and no word was missed.

"You have to find out how Zhong Lin died? How did that prison doctor die? During this period, who had contacted Zhong Lin? Find out these three questions clearly and you will probably have a clue about this matter."

Of course, Tong Yansi knew that Zhong Lin was poisoned to death, but his father asked not this, but who poisoned him. In fact, he probably had a clear idea in his heart. Except for Kaifeng Prefecture Wang Ding, others did not have this ability, but he had no evidence, so he did not dare to speak nonsense in front of his father.

"Kid, remember, check it now!"

"Go!"

Tong Yansi walked quickly, and Tong Guan fell into deep thought again. He needed to calm down and think carefully about how to deal with the upcoming storm.

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Three days later, 80,000 Northern Expedition Army arrived at Beidaying, and a large amount of wealth that they went south with were transferred to Daming Mansion and escorted back to the capital by 3,000 troops. Thousands of skilled craftsmen were also picked up by the Ministry of Works and the Military Arts Supervisor.

Beidaying has a ready-made barracks, and there is no need to set up temporary tents. The soldiers marched all the way, and they were really tired. After allocating the barracks, everyone went into the camp to rest.

In the afternoon, Zhong Shidao was discussing the details of the triumphal ceremony with everyone. This was a big event. The triumphal ceremony was to line up into the city and then be reviewed by the emperor in front of Xuande Building. Since Emperor Shenzong, such triumphal ceremony has not been held for decades. Everyone was both excited and looking forward to it.

Zhong Shidao smiled and waved his hand, "Okay, I know everyone is excited, but it's not enough to be excited. Millions of people in the capital are watching us! When the brothers in the city entered the city did not understand the rules and messed up the matter, our Northern Expedition Army was completely discouraged."

Everyone calmed down, and Zhong Shidao smiled and said, "The entry ceremony is about majestic and majestic, and the team is neat. In addition, the cavalry cannot participate. This is to prevent the war horses from being frightened and injured by the onlookers. Therefore, the cavalry lined up into the city like infantry."

"Master Chung, what should we generals riding horses do?" Wang Yuan raised his hand and asked with a smile.

"It's okay for you!"

Master Zhong laughed and said, "If you generals can't even control your own horse, I'm afraid you can't hold your own face!"

Everyone laughed. At this moment, a personal soldier walked in quickly and whispered a few words in Zhong Shidao's ear. Zhong Shidao nodded with a smile and said to everyone: "You make suggestions, I will write down all the horses and soldiers, and I'll just go back and sort them out."

He winked at Ma Kuo, who had been promoted to the record room to join the army, and Ma Kuo quickly stood up and bowed.

Master Zhong quickly walked into the next room and saw Gao Shen standing in front of a map of the capital with his hands behind his back. It was a detailed road map for them to enter the city.

"Which gust of fragrant wind blows the affairs of the High Court?" Mr. Zhong laughed.

Gao Shen turned around and looked at him, and said lightly: "I'm here to inform you that the triumphal ceremony has been cancelled."

Zhong Shidao was stunned, "High Court affairs, how do you say this?"

Gao Shen continued: "It's the official's meaning. It was originally arranged, but the official still decided to cancel it."

"Why?"

Master Zhong was a little anxious, "How do I explain this to my brothers?"

"Old man, you are a wise man. If you have to ask for a reason, I can give you a glamorous reason, but do you believe this reason?"

Mr. Zhong was stunned for a while and said, "Then tell me! What's the reason?"

"Now the Song and Jin Dynasty are negotiating. The Jin Dynasty is in the midst of the national mourning. We are disrespectful to others in this way, so keep a low profile."

“Disrespect?”

Zhong Shidao was furious and shouted at the top of his voice: "His 100,000 troops attacked Yanjing City. Have the Jin soldiers respected us? We won the battle and still had their tails in front of the enemy. What's the reason for this?"

Master Zhong’s voice was loud, and the generals in the next room heard it and rushed out.

"Shishou, what happened?"

Gao Shen glanced at the general outside and said coldly: "Old man, I advise you not to do this. If you stir up a mutiny, I'm afraid you won't end it."

At this time, Master Zhong calmed down. He realized that it might involve the relationship between the emperor and the prince, and the real reason was not that he could know.

He nodded, "Since the court is about to cancel the triumphal ceremony, I have no objection, but I want to know whether the rewards of our Eastern Army soldiers must be cancelled?"

"This is not the case. The Privy Council has reported the reward from the soldiers of the Eastern Army to Zhizhengtang. As far as I know, Zhizhengtang has also been approved. Just wait for the final approval of the official family, and then it can be officially promulgated and implemented."

"Okay! Thank you for your information about the High Court."

Gao Shen nodded, turned around and left the room. Outside the gate, he glanced deeply at Li Yanqing and then accelerated his pace.

As soon as Gao Shen left, the generals surrounded Master Zhong and asked in a verbal manner: "What happened to the Grand Marshal?"

Zhong Shidao smiled bitterly and said, "The court has cancelled the triumphal ceremony!"

Everyone exploded and shouted: "We work hard to fight, and we don't give us any dignity at the last moment, so we will stop doing it!"

"Shut up all!"

Master Zhong roared like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, and everyone became quiet.

Zhong Shidao shouted again: "Everyone goes back to his own military camp, and you will pretend that the triumphal ceremony has never been done before, and no one is allowed to mention it again!"

Zhong Shidao suppressed his generals with his prestige. Although the generals were dissatisfied, they had no choice but to return to their military camp listlessly.

At this time, Master Zhong winked at Li Yanqing and asked him to stay.

Li Yanqing kept standing aside. When the generals were dissatisfied with him, he also remained silent. Mr. Zhong seemed to have seen something.

Walking into the room, Zhong Shidao sat down and said, "You were very silent just now, why?"

Li Yanqing smiled, "Actually, I was thinking along the way, can this triumphal ceremony really be completed? But I can't say anything casually, so today is as expected!"

"Why?" Zhong Shidao stared at Li Yanqing with sharp eyes.

Li Yanqing sighed in his heart, this old military leader really doesn’t understand politics!

"The people in the capital want to see the city-entry style, but some people in the court don't want to see it!"

It was not until then that Shidao Zhong realized, "You mean... Tong Guan?"

"It should be more than Tong Guan. I think Gao Qiu, Wang Fu, Cai Jing, and Liang Shicheng, almost everyone opposed it."

"Tell me just now! Why is that?" Mr. Zhong was a little anxious.

Li Yanqing sighed softly, "It's because of Zhuang Shuai's new hat."

Mr. Zhong was completely stunned. After a long time, he finally realized that the new hat of Prince Guangyang was not as heavy as it was!

At this moment, a personal soldier reported at the door: "Shipman Zhong, your housekeeper is here, he......"

Zhong Shidao's housekeeper's surname was Chen. He has been with Zhong Shidao for more than 20 years and his personal soldiers have known him, but he is so unfortunate now that Li Yanqing waved his hand quickly and stopped his personal soldiers and said to him.

At this time, Master Zhong's mind was in chaos. He needed to be calm. Li Yanqing understood in his heart and stood up and said, "Shipman Zhong, I'll help you receive the butler. Please calm down first!"

Zhong Shidao nodded in hush, he had not yet been freed from the chaos.

Li Yanqing followed his personal soldiers to the next room, and saw an old man with gray hair sitting in the room, wiping his tears from time to time.

Li Yanqing was surprised. Could something happened to Zhong Shuai's family? He winked at his personal soldiers. The personal soldiers retreated, and Li Yanqing walked directly into the room.

"Uncle Chen, do you still know me?"

Butler Chen quickly wiped away his tears and looked at Li Yanqing, "You... you are Li Zhanjun."

Li Yanqing laughed. He was the first to be a subordinate of Zhong Shidao to serve as a military officer, and the old housekeeper knew him.

"It's me! Our handsome guy is in a bad mood. If you have anything, tell me."

"The master is in a bad mood!" Butler Chen hesitated, "Then I'll come back another day!"

"Tell me first, I'll find a chance to tell Dashuai tomorrow."

Butler Chen couldn't help crying and whimpered: "A death happened in the Zon's mansion!"
To be continued...