Cai Jing knelt in front of Zhao Xu and confessed his guilt, and he was filled with regret at this time.

It’s not that I regret framing Hua Meizhai, but that I regret being too careless. If Yu Wu had dealt with it early, there would be no such thing as it is now.

Zhao Xu was furious when he looked at Cai Jing. The minister he was polite was so lawless. This was also a huge blow to Zhao Xu.

"The official family is angry, and my brother is also confused for a moment. I hope the official family can let him go!"

Cai Bian stood up and helped plead for mercy.

Although Cai Bian was also very annoyed by Cai Jing's actions, they were brothers after all, so they could only bite the bullet and plead for him to plead for him.

"He is so inadvertent, how can you let me let him go?"

Zhao Xu slapped the table in anger, which made Cai Bian so scared that his legs and feet weakened. He immediately fell to the ground.

"Officials, although Cai Jing is guilty of this matter, he thinks he is the first offender, so he also asks the official to give his grace to the outside world!"

Zhang Dun also stood up and pleaded with mercy, and looked at Ning Fu next to him while speaking.

Ning Fu was not surprised by Zhang Dun's plea. After all, no matter how wrong Cai Jing was, he was also an important member of the new party. Zhang Dun still needs Cai Jing to contribute to the new law, so he will definitely come forward to protect him.

Although Zhao Xu was annoyed about Zhang Dun's plea, he had to seriously consider it. With Cai Jing's identity, even if it was punished, he had to consider it carefully.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Xu suddenly looked up and said, "Temporarily dismissed Cai Jing as the prefect of Kaifeng, and be imprisoned by Dali Temple awaiting trial!"

Hearing Zhao Xu's handling, Zhang Dun and Cai Bian both breathed a sigh of relief.

On the surface, Cai Jing was dismissed from office and was also imprisoned. It seemed that the matter was very serious, but Zhao Xu did not make a decision on the spot, which shows that there is still room for improvement in this matter, and the final treatment of Cai Jing should not be too serious.

"I thank the official for your kindness!"

Cai Jing bowed with a bitter face at this time.

In any case, the official position of Kaifeng Prefecture's Prefecture will definitely not be preserved, which is somewhat unacceptable to Cai Jing.

Thinking of this, Cai Jing couldn't help but glar at Ning Fu next to him.

But unexpectedly, Ning Fu smiled at Cai Jing and said, as if this matter had nothing to do with him?

Cai Jing was so angry that he almost passed away.

"You all retreat, Ning Fu stay!"

Before Zhao Xu's anger could be subsided, he waved his hand.

Zhang Dun, Cai Bian and others also hurriedly said goodbye and left. As for Cai Jing, they were taken to Dali Temple by Wei Wei and Liu Zheng.

After all the others left, Zhao Xu immediately looked at Ning Fu and asked, "Did you know what Cai Jing did?"

"This... I did have some speculations before, but because there is no evidence, I dare not say anything."

Ning Fu hesitated for a moment and told the truth.

"Then what do you think should be dealt with by Cai Jing?"

Zhao Xu asked again.

"I am also a party involved in this matter. It is really inconvenient to express my opinions, so everything is decided by the government!"

Ning Fu replied without thinking.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll deal with it too lightly?"

Zhao Xu asked, staring at Ning Fu's eyes.

"No matter how the officials deal with it, I will not complain!"

Ning Fu immediately promised.

Ning Fu never expected that Cai Jing was so big from the beginning. Now this matter is beyond his control, so everything is best for Zhao Xu to deal with.

"Okay, since you said that, I plan to demote Cai Jing to another place to an official. After all, he has been in the court for many years and has made a lot of contributions to the court."

Zhao Xu sighed and said again.

The Song Dynasty has always been tolerant of civil servants. Even if Cai Jing’s incident this time was bad, it did not cause too serious consequences. Therefore, if the punishment was too heavy, it might cause dissatisfaction among the ministers.

Ning Fu was not surprised by the result of this disposal.

Officials of the level of Cai Jing are generally demoted as long as they do not commit evil crimes.

Moreover, if they performed well during the demotion period, and if someone in the court pleaded for them, they would usually be transferred back to the capital in at most three to five years.

Cai Jing is an important member of the new party and has Cai Bian, the younger brother, so he will be transferred back soon after spending a year or two.

The reason why Zhao Xu kept Ning Fu was mainly because he was afraid that he would be dissatisfied. But now seeing that Ning Fu was not dissatisfied, Zhao Xu also felt relieved.

Finally, Zhao Xu comforted Ning Fu a few more words before he let him retreat.

Ning Fu left the Chuigong Hall expressionlessly, but when he walked out for a few steps, he suddenly stopped again, then turned his head to look at the towering hall behind him.

After a long time, Ning Fu turned around and left.

But just as Ning Fu walked out not far, he saw someone waiting in front of him.

"See Mr. Zhang!"

Ning Fu stepped forward and said, he had known for a long time that Zhang Dun would definitely be waiting for him here.

"How is it, are you very angry?"

Zhang Dun asked in Ning Fu's eyes.

"There's nothing to be angry. I didn't want to do anything to Cai Jing, but this time the official suddenly sent Dali Temple to intervene, which made the matter a big deal."

Ning Fu answered calmly.

"Although Cai Jing is a man who is not virtuous, he is very talented. Now the new policy is at the time of employing people, so I can only plead for him."

Zhang Dun sighed and said again.

"Mr. Zhang doesn't need to explain, I'm not angry with you."

Ning Fu said calmly again.

"You're really not angry?"

Zhang Dun asked suspiciously again, and he always felt that Ning Fu was a little different.

"I'm not angry, I just feel a little disappointed."

Ning Fu finally sighed, his expression slightly loose.

"Disappointment? Where did this come from?"

Zhang Dun was puzzled.

"Have you ever thought about it? This time Cai Jing framed Hua Meizhai, thanks to me behind him, so the official can find out the truth. If he had changed to an ordinary businessman, what would the consequences be?"

Ning Fu also stared at Zhang Dun with bright eyes at this time.

"this……"

Zhang Dun frowned when he heard this. Of course he knew the consequences. With the power in Cai Jing's hands, even if he had a little thought, he could make an ordinary person worse than death.

"People like Cai Jing should be only a few. Most officials know how to behave and will not use this method on ordinary people!"

Zhang Dun finally forced himself to answer.

"Don't Mr. Zhang find it ridiculous to pin his hopes on the personal ethics of officials?"

Ning Fu finally couldn't help but sneer and asked back.

"you……"

Zhang Dun wanted to refute, but in the end he felt nothing to say and his whole body fell silent.
Chapter completed!