Chapter 406: The Scapegoat

Qin Xiaoda had admiration for Gu Baiyi in his heart.

Although Gu Baiyi is just a clerk, his eyes are vicious, and he sees the problem to the point.

Han Yunong was detained by the Ministry of War, in danger, Qin Xiao first entered Kyoto, isolated and helpless, if it wasn't for Gu Baiyi to come up with a way to use the Ministry of Punishment, Han Yunong escaped from the Ministry of War.

At this time, hearing Gu Baiyi's assertion that Han Yunong would not be in danger, his heart was overjoyed, and he hurriedly said, "Brother Gu, do you mean that Han Duwei will be safe and sound?" ”

"Don't worry, at least for now, the Criminal Department will protect him at all costs." Gu Baiyi said calmly: "I asked you to go to the Criminal Department yesterday, but in fact, you are only seventy percent sure, and I am not sure that the Criminal Department will definitely take action." Brother, on the surface, it seems that the Criminal Department is doing something to Fan Wenzheng, but the person who really shot is not the Criminal Department. ”

Qin Xiao's eyes rolled, he understood a little, approached Gu Baiyi, and said in a low voice: "Is it a saint?" ”

Gu Baiyi bowed slightly, and also lowered his voice and said: "The Criminal Department has continuously carried out major cases back then, and countless people have been implicated, but all the cases that Lu Junzhong was involved in by himself were full of blood. Back then, the saint needed to use Lu Junzhong's knife to kill people, and the more people he killed, the better, but later the power of the opposition to the saint in the court was wiped out, and Lu Junzhong's knife naturally had to be put away, and keeping this knife was just a deterrent, and because of this, over the years, Lu Junzhong has not been able to set off a big case, just because he knows very well in his heart that the saint does not want the court to be turbulent again. ”

Qin Xiao nodded slightly, knowing that what Gu Baiyi said was reasonable.

"Lu Junzhong can sit firmly in the criminal department, in addition to being loyal to the saint, the most important thing is to be able to understand the saint's mind." Gu Baiyi said lightly: "When the saint wants to kill, his knife is immediately unsheathed, and if he wants to be quiet, he puts the knife into the sheath, and the heat is just right." ”

"So this time he made a move on the military department, so he naturally understood the sage's intentions?"

Gu Baiyi reached out and took a piece of pastry in his hand, he seemed to like sweets very much, and he was not polite to Qin Xiao, and he was relished: "Xiling rebelled, lost the city and lost the land, and soon the world will know about it." Fan Wenzheng detained Han Duwei, deliberately trying to pull people into the water to take the crime and keep his official position, but unfortunately he was destined to be difficult to escape from the beginning. He should have immediately pleaded guilty to the sage after learning of the Xiling rebellion, and took all the blame for the failure of the Changsheng Army to be transferred out of the customs in time, so that although Shangshu's position could not be saved, his life should be safe, and his family would not be implicated. ”

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"He is not confused, but unwilling to lose the power in his hands." Qin Xiao sneered: "Power makes people dizzy, let him take the initiative to hand over the power in his hands, he can't do it anyway." ”

Gu Baiyi said with a smile: "What Brother Qin said is extremely true, not only can he not do it, but how many people in this world can know how to advance and retreat?" He made a fatal mistake, just because he forgot that the saint needed someone to take responsibility for the loss of Xiling, and he was the best scapegoat from the beginning. ”

Qin Xiao bowed slightly, Gu Baiyi sighed: "The Ministry of War wants to take the silver from the Ministry of Households, and use the mobilization of the Changsheng Army out of the customs as a bargaining chip to bargain with the Ministry of Households, if the treasury is full, the military situation in Xiling is urgent, and the Ministry of Households will allocate the silver, but the treasury is tight, which of the various divisions and yamen does not wait for the silver, this household and the various divisions of the yamen are also close and different, and it is naturally not easy for the Ministry of War to get the silver, so the two yamen are entangled, and no one wants to transfer the army in time." After all, there was a problem with the treasury of the Tang Dynasty, and the household department could not escape the blame for the matter of the Immortal Army, and the direct responsibility fell on the head of the military department. ”

Qin Xiao's expression was solemn and he didn't speak.

Datang once commanded all directions and countries

In order to reduce the pressure on the warehouse, from time to time they sent troops to beat those disobedient barbarians, which consumed money and food, but also deterred those disobedient guys.

Who would have thought that the Tang Dynasty would now be weakened like this, and it would not even be able to send a team of soldiers and horses to Xiling.

"Fan Wenzheng didn't understand, Lu Junzhong did." Gu Baiyi said: "You went to the Criminal Department yesterday and reported the disappearance of Captain Han Du, and it was directly involved in the Ministry of War, Lu Junzhong immediately smelled blood and knew that his opportunity had come." ”

Qin Xiao said: "The sage's will is to only investigate the main culprit, and it is not appropriate to implicate too widely. ”

"The sage is thinking of pulling Fan Wenzheng out to give an explanation to the people of the world, but Lu Junzhong finally waited for the opportunity, although he wanted to complete the sage's thoughts, he naturally did not let go of the opportunity to show his talents." Gu Baiyi took a bite of the pastry and said softly: "A person like Lu Junzhong, if it is profitable, he will naturally do everything, but even if it is not profitable, as long as he can kill people and establish power, he will never be ambiguous." After a pause, he continued: "Han Duwei is the most important witness for him to bring down the military department, he is naturally full of protection, you and Han Duwei are both people of General Hei Yu, in other words, you represent the military, in this case, the sage just wants the two of you to be the representatives of the military, to cry out for the loss of Xiling and the killing of the general, so that Fan Wenzheng is taken out to confess, it is equivalent to the saint making the decision for the military and giving the military an explanation." ”

Qin Xiao admired Gu Baiyi's insight into the situation of the court, thinking that Gu Baiyi was such a talent, but he only served as a small clerk in Kyoto Prefecture, but it was people like Lu Junzhong and Fan Wenzheng who were in charge, but this court was really smelly.

"So you and Captain Han will be fine on the surface." Gu Baiyi said: "But there is no open robbery, but there are hidden arrows." The fall of Fan Wenzheng will damage the interests of many people, and in their eyes, it is you and Han Duwei who are two little ants who have done the wrong thing, so stepping on the two ants is naturally something to do for them. Brother Qin, Han Duwei asked you to leave Kyoto, just because he understood this, he didn't want you to encounter an accident in Kyoto, and last night's assassination may be just the beginning, no matter who planned this assassination behind it, since it has already begun, you will not give up because of a mistake, if you stay in Kyoto, you still have to be careful every step. ”

Qin Xiao smiled bitterly: "Thank you Brother Gu for reminding me." It's just that I know you and Sister Qiu Niang, and there have been many disturbances in the past two days, and those people are afraid that they already know, but this will affect you. ”

"You're overthinking." Gu Baiyi said with a smile: "I'm just a little clerk, and my sister is just a boat lady, I don't have any threat to them, and there is no stake, and there is no need for the henchmen behind Fan Wenzheng to do anything to us." If I really want to see that I am not pleasing to my eyes, a random order can get me out of Kyoto Prefecture, and in their eyes, dealing with a petty official like me and leaving me without an errand is already the biggest punishment. ”

Qin Xiao didn't know if Gu Baiyi was comforting himself, but when he said this, it made Qin Xiao's heart feel a lot more at ease.

Gu Baiyi has a gentle temperament, and it makes people feel very comfortable getting along with him, but his opinions, Qin Xiao admits are far higher than himself.

"Brother Gu, what do you think will happen next?" Qin Xiao humbly asked.

Gu Baiyi finished eating the pastries in his hand, and glanced at the pastry gift box, the pastries in this gift box are very exquisite, there are eight kinds in total, each of which is exquisite and beautiful, Gu Baiyi ate three pieces, Qiu Niang originally took a piece, but she didn't eat a bite and put it back.

There were still five pastries in the gift box, Gu Baiyi was obviously embarrassed to take it again, Qin Xiao had already seen that Gu Baiyi liked sweets, so he took one directly

handed it to Gu Baiyi and said, "The remaining four pieces are left for Sister Qiu Niang." ”

Gu Baiyi laughed, took the pastry, and said softly: "Actually, the situation is already clear, the criminal department caught the biggest fish as soon as it made a move, in the past, Lu Junzhong's handling of cases started from marginal figures, slowly involved a large number of people, and finally moved the person at the top." Now that Fan Wenzheng has been taken, since he has entered the Criminal Department and has the will of the saint, if Fan Wenzheng wants to suffer less, he should write a letter of guilt quickly, so the main culprit should be able to be convicted within a few days. Lu Junzhong is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and it is definitely not enough to bring down Fan Wenzheng, after all, the Ministry of War is such a big yamen, and many of Fan Wenzheng's henchmen are among them, leaving Fan Wenzheng's henchmen to continue to control the Ministry of War, which is not a good thing for Lu Junzhong. ”

"I understand, what Brother Gu means is that Lu Junzhong will use Fan Wenzheng's hand to implicate some people in the military department, and these people happen to be Fan Wenzheng's henchmen." Qin Xiao sighed: "Using Fan Wenzheng to eliminate Fan Wenzheng's henchmen, Lu Junzhong's method is really clever. ”

"This trick is Lu Junzhong's housekeeping skills." Gu Baiyi's tone was calm, "If Fan Wenzheng's bones are really hard, he bears the guilt by himself and doesn't implicate others, then Lu Junzhong doesn't dare to implicate too much, after all, the saint has a will, and he can't involve too many people." However, if Fan Wenzheng really had the consciousness of having one person to bear all the responsibility, he would not have fallen into the current situation, not to mention that when he entered the Criminal Department, his bones were not as hard as the sixteen doors of the Criminal Department, and it was inevitable that the officials of the Military Department would be implicated. ”

Qin Xiao bowed slightly, and Gu Baiyi said with a smile: "The best result, this case will end soon, a group of people in the military department have lost their heads because of the loss of Xiling, and the imperial court can also give an explanation to the people of the world." Those people in the Criminal Department handled this case, and they were in line with the saint's thoughts, so they would naturally be rewarded. As for Captain Han and you, they have exposed the guilt of the military department, and the court always wants to commend it, maybe they can give you some rewards, and in the end, no one will mention the loss of Xiling, and everyone will be happy. ”

Qin Xiao frowned and said, "Don't even mention it?" Brother Gu, Xiling is occupied by rebels, won't the imperial court send troops to recruit it? ”

"Naturally, they will make a big noise and mobilize troops to quell the rebellion." Gu Baiyi thought for a while, and sighed slightly: "Maybe some soldiers and horses will be sent out of the customs, but the court will not care about the victory or defeat, whether it is won or defeated, the court has no plans to use troops in Xiling." ”

"Lost the city and land, the land is lost, and they are not ready to use soldiers?" Qin Xiao was stunned and said, "What do they want to do?" ”

Gu Baiyi saw that Qin Xiao was a little excited, and was able to understand Qin Xiao's state of mind, and said warmly: "Brother Qin, don't worry, it's useless to be anxious." Xiling rebellion, if it is not well prepared, and even as you said, there are Vedas behind them, how can they have the guts? Sending troops to Xiling is by no means to encircle and suppress a group of bandits, but to start a war with the Xiling family and even the Wutuo people. ”

Qin Xiao and his entourage came to Kyoto, of course, to report news, but the most important purpose was to let the imperial court transfer troops to quell the chaos.

Gu Baiyi's words made Qin Xiao's heart sink to the bottom.

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ps: The word count of this book should be very long, because the outline has been done for almost a year, and I want to make a big book. Conspiracy, war, rivers and lakes, suspense, fragrance and all kinds of intricate clues will be intertwined, and the whole picture scroll will slowly unfold, so everyone will walk slowly with me, I will write well, you will watch slowly, in short, I personally look forward to the sun and moon will be the most dazzling work in my creative career, never give up, thank you!