"Students... The student does not understand the teacher's words. Yue Xuan hesitated, and his face gradually turned from pale to earthy.

"Don't understand?!" Yin Zheng's black sword eyebrows raised slightly, and his sharp gaze looked straight at the other party, "Then we might as well spread it out." As you said, all weapons cast by the Ministry of War will bear the official seal of the imperial court, but do you know that the weapons of the Ministry of War not only have official seals, but also a scratch is engraved on the back of the blade, so that the craftsmen can distinguish which blades are qualified for casting, and this is an unwritten rule for experienced craftsmen. As a soldier in the army, you have also fought on the battlefield, so you don't even know this, right? ”

After Yin Zheng said these words, he deliberately paused for a moment, squinting to see Yue Xuan's reaction. I saw that the other party bowed his head and was silent, and his gray eyes were full of confusion. Yin Zheng tugged at the corners of his mouth and continued: "And there is exactly such a nick on this dagger. ”

Yue Xuan shrank down, "Maybe it's just a coincidence, and it doesn't prove that this dagger was forged by the Ministry of War?" ”

Yin Zheng didn't have the slightest intention of letting Yue Xuan go, but still asked aggressively, "Oh? If you want to say that this is just a coincidence, then there is a notch on each of the five major boxes of weapons dug up from King Rui's mansion, this is probably not as simple as a coincidence, right?! ”

Yue Xuan said in a panic: "Student... The students did not know anything about this matter, and did not know that the craftsmen of the military department had such a habit. If the teacher feels that the origin of these weapons is strange and needs to be verified, then the teacher can report to the Criminal Department, or directly play the Ming Sheng. ”

"You don't know?" Yin Zheng snorted disdainfully, "Didn't you just say conclusively that the Ministry of War has always been strict in the control of weapons, as long as it is a weapon from the Ministry of War, each handle will be branded with an official seal on the handle?" Why is it all pushed back now? ”

"Perhaps..."Yue Xuan still gritted his teeth and said in a dying struggle, "Maybe the craftsmen who cast the military supervision department secretly did their tricks and tricks to secretly transport the cast swords and blades out of the military department?" ”

Yin Zheng nodded indifferently, as if he agreed but also seemed to mock, "What you said is not unreasonable, if it is only a dozen or twenty weapons, it may be possible." But there are five big boxes, not to mention hundreds of swords, if there are no officials of the Ministry of War who teach and receive them privately, and turn a blind eye, how can a few craftsmen of the Military Supervision Department get through the test under the noses of so many officials of the Ministry of War? You said you didn't know, what about Feng Weilin, the secretary of the military department? Is he being kept in the dark, or is this qiē simply his self-stealing! ”

Yue Xuan's face gradually showed a panicked look, and his mouth was muttering indistinctly. "No... No...."

"Where these weapons are going, and why they finally appear in the Rui Wangfu, I think you should know very well!" Yin Zheng walked back to the tea table, sat down slowly, and the words that came out of his mouth lightly were like a steel knife straight into the other party's heart. "The Ministry of War stole some of the half-made weapons from the Military Supervision Department, and then secretly smuggled them out of the capital and sold them to so-called black market buyers to make a profit. Although you were not directly involved in this dirty transaction, you are afraid that you have already perceived the details of the process, why do you keep silent and ignore it with a clear conscience? ”

Hearing Yin Zheng say the name of the secretary of the military department, and mention the final whereabouts of the weapon, Yue Xuan understood that Yin Zheng already knew a qiē, and he was irrefutable at this moment, so he immediately knelt on the ground in horror and wailed: "The student does have the teacher's expectations, I hope the teacher can spare the student's life in the teacher-student relationship back then!"

Yin Zheng looked at the young man kneeling beside him, and his raised eyebrows showed his pain and sorrow at the moment. "What was the love of the year? I picked you out of the crowd of soldiers, do you know what I fancy about you? It's not because of how smart you are, it's not because of how bold you are, it's because you have the passion to defend your home and country, and I know how much you love the battlefield. But then you resolutely left the front line and embarked on a career, what are you for? Is it to use power for personal gain and earn those silver that hurts nature and reason?! ”

Yue Xuan lowered his head in shame, his faint tone full of helplessness. "Teacher, you are upright, but you don't understand, this pool of officialdom is too deep, and everything is not black and white, there are too many people who can't help themselves!"

"Can you cover up all your crimes with the phrase 'you can't help yourself'? Can you help the abuse with peace of mind? Watching King Rui become the scapegoat of your military department?! Yin Zheng slapped the table hard, his face slightly flushed with anger. He sighed deeply, and his tone suddenly softened, "No one knows better than me what kind of child you are, the reason why you embarked on a career and entered the military department is not because you are greedy for power and wealth, but because you know that fighting in battle is just the courage of a horseman, no one wants to fight, only by changing the military system of the imperial court from the root can the soldiers on the front line have no worries and let the people live and work in peace and contentment." Now your ambitions and ideals have all been devoured by the word 'officialdom'?! ”

When Yin Zheng said this, Yue Xuan was already lying on the ground and crying silently. It took a long time to get up, wipe the tears on his face with his sleeve, and sobbed in a low voice: "Teacher! Students are guilty! If the teacher reports this matter to the emperor now, the student also deserves it the most. But that Feng Weirin acted cautiously and did not leave any evidence, and besides, he was a clan relative and trusted by the emperor, how could you and I be able to bring him down with a few words? Isn't the reason why he dared to act so recklessly over the years because he was a close confidant of the emperor, and no one dared to touch him? ”

Yin Zheng snorted disdainfully, "If others don't dare to touch him, it doesn't mean I can't!" The key is whether you want to or not? ”

Yue Xuan was stunned for a moment and asked, "Does the teacher want me to go directly to the emperor to report Feng Weirin's crimes?" ”

Yin Zheng naturally understood Yue Xuan's thoughts at the moment, although this matter was planned by Feng Weilin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and concealed it, but Yue Xuan, as a squire of the Ministry of War, was more or less trapped in this quagmire, if he was allowed to come forward to report, he was afraid that the crime of this strain would not escape. Yin Zheng took out the yellowed paper handed to him by Mu Qing from his sleeve, handed it to Yue Xuan, and said, "No! I understand your concerns, and I can't bear to see you ruined and imprisoned. You don't have to do me a little favor! ”

Yue Xuan didn't mean to reach out to take it, just frowned, hesitantly looking at the small yellowed piece of paper on the table, and there was a battle between heaven and man in his heart.

Yin Zheng picked up the teacup again, drank all the tea that had been cooled in the cup, and looked at the other party again, with a clear light in his eyes. "You are right, many things in this world are not black and white, but there are many times in life when you need to make decisions, how to choose in the face of right and wrong, how to choose, is the biggest difference between people. True kindness is not ignorance of the world, but after seeing the sinister darkness of this world, you can still insist on the clarity and righteousness of your heart. You're a good boy, don't let your thoughts get into trouble! ”