Fan Wenzheng's heart sank.

"Han Yunong, your excerpt, the official sent it to the palace, the sage has already seen it, and he has also made a decree to investigate this matter." Lu Junzhong looked at Han Yunong and said: "Fan Butang has also read your excerpt and denied everything written in it, in other words, Fan Butang thinks that you are slandering and framing, and he has never said those words." ”

Han Yunong glanced at Fan Wenzheng, and his voice was calm: "Humble in the excerpt, not a word is false, if there is a word of falsehood, I am willing to accept any punishment and be willing to die!" ”

Fan Wenzheng clenched one hand into a fist and quickly let go, but immediately clenched it again, and said sharply: "Han Yunong, you are spewing blood and slandering important ministers of the court, do you know what crime it is?" ”

"If Fan Butang feels that being inferior is slandering, he can ask the Criminal Department to investigate in detail." Han Yunong said lightly: "The humble is just a saint who has seen everything that happened in Xiling, and by the way, he has truthfully revealed what he has seen and heard in the past few days. ”

"But you're not telling the truth." Fan Wenzheng said angrily: "You framed your own official, were you instructed by someone?" ”

Dou Wei on the side finally said: "Ministry, the saints have already ordered a thorough investigation, do we still want to deceive the saints?" Bullying the king is an unforgivable sin. ”

"You...... What do you mean? Fan Wenzheng stared at Dou Wei.

Dou Wei sighed: "Ministry, although the lower official is an official of the military department and your subordinate, the lower official is a sage's minister. The lower officials can't be disloyal to the saint, your detention of Han Yunong is true, and the lower officials can't hide it for you. The content of your conversation with Han Yunong alone, the lower official was not present, but he couldn't testify, but you forced Han Yunong to write a confession, and wanted to implicate the officials and even General Hei Yu with it, but you should never have been. And ......!" He shook his head with a wry smile and said, "As an official of the military department, how can you come up with a trick to kill people and kill people?" ”

Fan Wenzheng's face changed greatly, and he lost his voice and said, "You..... What did you say? Dou Wei, are you crazy? ”

"The lower officials are not crazy, but the lord of the ministry seems to be really crazy, otherwise how can he have the idea of killing people and killing people." Dou Wei said: "You are worried that Han Yunong will retract his confession after leaving the military department, so in order to make his crime irrevocable, poison him, and then declare that he committed suicide in fear of crime, and after he dies, he can't refute himself if he wants to." ”

Fan Wen is like falling into an ice cellar.

He never thought that Dou Wei would strike back at this time and give himself a fatal knife.

If Han Yunong's testimony can still be refuted with all his might, but the Chinese military officials of the DPRK know that they have a close relationship with Dou Wei, and Dou Wei is still a cronie who he has pulled up, and the testimony of others is open to discussion, but who can doubt that Dou Wei's testimony is false?

Fan Wenzheng stood up, raised his hand and pointed at Dou Wei, his lips moved, but he didn't make a sound, and then he felt lightheaded, his eyes were black, and he sat back in the chair.

"Your Excellency, you ..... How about you? Dou Wei ran over quickly and held Fan Wenzheng's wrist: "Are you unwell?" ”

He looked concerned, sincere, and seemed to have an abnormal relationship with Fan Wenzheng, Fan Wenzheng saw that Dou Wei was so hypocritical, and he was even more anxious, his chest rolled, and a stream of qi and blood rushed straight to his throat, and he leaned forward suddenly, "Wow", and spurted out a mouthful of blood.

"Ministry, Ministry, .....!" Dou Wei cares very much.

"Get out of .....!" Fan Wenzheng tried his best to push Dou Wei away, and said sharply: "Dou Wei, you brute, don't think about it."

Arrive..... I can't imagine that you eat inside and out, and you actually ..... actually colluded with Lu Junzhong, you ...... You don't have to die well, old man..... The old man was frightened, and he actually ..... I even reuse your dog.....!"

Lu Junzhong watched Fan Wenzheng spurt out a mouthful of blood, unmoved, for Lu Butang, who was used to all kinds of torture, this was really nothing, and no one invited a doctor, but said with a smile: "Fan Butang is really wrong this time, Dou Shilang did not collude with this official." You said that Han Yunong spewed blood, but now it seems that you are the one who spews blood. You slandered the official and Dou Shilang for colluding in private, this is another crime, the official enforces the law impartially, and he will not let go if he is guilty. He asked: "Dongshan, slandering the important ministers of the court, what should be the crime?" ”

I don't know when, Zhu Dongshan, the waiter of the Criminal Department, has also entered the main hall, not far from Lu Junzhong's side, and said respectfully: "Back to the Ministry, the Tang Dynasty, slandering the important ministers of the court, depending on the severity of the crime, is usually sentenced to a fine of 30 canes and detained for one year." ”

"Fan Butang, did you hear that?" Lu Junzhong smiled and said, "It's not easy for you to offend." The crime of slandering the courtiers is not punished in a hurry, and when the case is clear, they will be punished together. Looking at Dou Wei, he asked, "Dou Wei, you said that Fan Butang wanted to poison Han Yunong, is it true or false?" ”

"Lu Butang, isn't it..... It's not that the old man wants to poison Han Yunong, it's ..... It was this person's idea, he was vicious, and he wanted to kill people and kill .....! Fan Wenzheng tried his best to argue, but after saying two words, his qi and blood were not smooth, and he coughed violently.

Dou Wei still patted Fan Wenzheng's back very intimately, comforting him, and said while patting: "Lu Butang, what the lower officials said is true. Xiaguan and Han Yunong have no grievances, why did they come up with the idea to poison him? Even if you kill people, but ..... If the lower officials want to kill their mouths, there must be a reason, right? He smiled bitterly: "It was Lord Ministries who wanted to put the blame for Xiling's loss on others, and forced Han Yunong to write a confession, he was worried that Han Yunong's confession would not be good for him, so he wanted to kill people and kill his mouth, what does it have to do with the lower officials?" The immortal army was not transferred to Xiling in time, it was the fault of the military department, the ministry could not escape the blame, the imperial court investigated, and the official position of the ministry was difficult to protect, so he came up with a strategy to implicate others, and the subordinate did not agree from the beginning, and persuaded the ministry not to do this, but ...... It's hard to change what the ministry decides. ”

"In this way, you already knew that Fan Butang was going to involve other people?" Lu Junzhong said lightly: "In that case, why didn't you play to the saint earlier?" Did you try to shield him in the first place? ”

Dou Wei said: "At that time, although Fan Butang had this intention, he did not take action, and the lower officials couldn't just because the ministry had this idea, so he had to pay tribute to the sage?" If there is no evidence, it is a false accusation, so the lower officials did not act rashly. And Xia Guan has always thought that Fan Butang is just talking casually, he is old and serious, and he shouldn't really do that, so he ......! He shook his head, looking helpless.

"So you waited until Fan Butang wanted to poison Han Yunong before you were sure that he really harbored evil intentions." Lu Junzhong nodded slightly: "This official understands your thoughts." It's just that..... To poison Han Yunong, he shouldn't have let others know about such a confidential matter, why would you know? ”

"Because the ministry wants the subordinate to do it himself." Dou Wei smiled bitterly: "He asked the lower officials to poison the wine and food, as long as Han Yunong eats, he will be poisoned and killed immediately, so it can be said that Han Yunong brought poison and committed suicide in fear of sin." Shaking his head, he said: "But of course the lower official will not do this, he is worried that if he refuses directly, he will send another person to cause harm, so he pretended to agree, but he told Han Yunong the truth, and asked him to write the truth of the matter, and then the lower official will find a way to present it, and before the will of the saint comes down, he will secretly take Han Yunong out of the military department and find a place to hide." It's just that Han Yunong has just folded it

When it was written, Lord Zhu of the Criminal Department arrived at the Ministry of War, so Xia Guan just took advantage of the opportunity to let Han Yunong hand over the excerpt to Lord Zhu. ”

Han Yunong's face was calm, statue-like motionless, and he didn't speak.

"I see." Lu Junzhong said with a smile: "Then this case will be clear." Fan Butang, this is not yours. Han Yunong rushed to Kyoto day and night from Xiling, bent on reporting the military situation to the imperial court, which can be regarded as a great achievement, not only did you present the emergency army to the palace in time, but in order to reduce your own guilt, you also blamed others, and even wanted to kill people, which ..... This is a bit excessive. He raised his hand and stroked the goat's whiskers: "Now you can confess?" ”

"The two of them are talking nonsense, colluding together, and the old man is not guilty!" Fan Wenzheng said sharply: "If you want to slander the old man, it's not so easy. ”

Lu Junzhong was calm and ordered: "Dongshan, you take Han Yunong and Lord Dou down to rest first." ”

After Zhu Dongshan led the two to retreat, only Fan Wenzheng and Lu Junzhong were left in the main hall.

Lu Junzhong got up, walked to the chair next to Fan Wenzheng and sat down, leaning closer, Fan Wenzheng saw him approaching, a little uncomfortable, and said, "Lu Butang, you don't really think what they said is true, right?" ”

"It doesn't matter if what they say is true or not." Lu Junzhong sighed: "Fan Butang, I announced the decree in the Ministry of War before, in addition to letting the official investigate the case, the sage also asked Gonggong Qian to say a few words on his behalf, you should have heard it, do you remember?" Without waiting for Fan Wenzheng to speak, he said softly: "The sage asked the official to investigate the case carefully, not to implicate too much, and only to investigate the main culprit." ”

"Yes." Fan Wenzheng said: "The old man remembers. ”

Lu Junzhong glanced at Fan Wenzheng and said, "Fan Butang is a smart person, the words of the saint, do you really not know what you mean, or do you pretend not to understand?" ”

Fan Wenzheng frowned and said, "What does Lu Butang mean by this?" ”

"Xiling rebelled, Hei Yu was killed, and the saint always had to give an explanation to the people of the world." Lu Junzhong sighed: "Lu Butang, if you are really smart, after learning the news of the Xiling rebellion, you should immediately write a letter to ask for guilt, although you can't keep your position as a scholar, but take the initiative to ask for guilt, the saint may be able to open the net, treat you lightly, and your life will not be at risk." ”

Fan Wenzheng's lips moved, but he didn't speak.

"But you've chosen the worst path." Lu Junzhong said: "You want to implicate more people, so that the saint has to be lightly punished, do you know that if you do this, you are blackmailing the saint, how can the saint not be angry?" If the saint wants to give an explanation to the people of the world, he must let people bear the responsibility for the loss of Xiling, and you happen to annoy the saint again. If the saint would still think about letting others stand up and take the blame, or even the princess would say a few good words for you behind her back, now you jumped out by yourself, competing to be the first bird, how do you say the princess will speak for you? The will of the saint went down to the military department, and the decision had already been made, the criminal department was just a scene, you have been selected by the saint as the guilty minister for the loss of Xiling this time, and it is irretrievable, do you still understand it now? ”

Fan Wenzheng's face turned pale, cold sweat finally flowed down his forehead, and he trembled, wanting to say something, but his lips only trembled, and he couldn't speak.

"You've been in the position of the secretary of the military department for so many years, what storms haven't you seen?" Lu Junzhong sighed: "But at a critical time, you were confused for a while, and made such a stupid mistake, Fan Butang, so far, no one can save you, but your family, and you want to save it, you don't want to be beheaded, right?" ”