Chapter 955. Face to face.
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Hearing Liang Fuchen's questioning tone and seeing Liang Fuchen's serious expression, everyone was shocked.
The so-called "asking for an explanation" actually means that the teacher asks for guilt and asks for explanation.
Because of Zhao Junchen's reward, the main hall of the Governor's Mansion was originally full of festive atmosphere, but as Liang Fuchen's words fell, the atmosphere in the main hall of the Governor's Mansion suddenly became cold.
All the officials were silent and didn't dare to say much, but cautiously looked at the changes in the expressions of Zhao Junchen and Liang Fuchen.
This is a matter between the ministers of the cabinet, and the officials present do not dare to participate in it at will.
On the other side, under Liang Fuchen's questioning and forced gaze, Zhao Junchen still looked calm, but his expression was slightly surprised, and asked, "Oh? Liang Ge wants to ask the younger generation for an explanation? What is it about this that it is so serious? β
Liang Fuchen did not directly answer Zhao Junchen's inquiry, but turned to the officials present and said, "Colleagues! A month and a half ago, this pavilion was ordered by His Majesty to come to Huamachi Camp to preside over the military and political affairs of Shaanxi and Gansu! This pavilion naturally did not dare to slack off, after the order left the center of the capital on the same day, all the way can be described as day and night, non-stop, it stands to reason that this pavilion should have appeared in the Huamachi camp a long time ago...... But in fact, this pavilion didn't appear until half a month ago! Do you know why this pavilion was delayed for so long? β
Liang Fuchen was unable to arrive at Huamachi Camp for a long time, and claimed that he was seriously ill halfway, but everyone in the main hall was a high-level official in Shaanxi and Gansu, so he naturally knew the truth of this matter!
In fact, Liang Fuchen was not delayed because he was sick halfway, but because he was kidnapped by horse bandits on the way!
However, even though we know the truth of the matter, how can we tell this kind of thing in public? What's more, all officials have been pretending not to know these days, and now they can't suddenly change their position.
Therefore, after hearing Liang Fuchen's inquiry, all the officials present were a little embarrassed and did not dare to answer.
Only Zuo Lanshan, who had just arrived at the Huamachi camp, really didn't know the truth, and his expression was full of doubts.
When Liang Fuchen looked around, he saw the changes in everyone's expressions, and immediately understood everyone's thoughts, but he sneered on his face, and said: "It seems that all my colleagues know the truth, but they just don't dare to tell the truth!" In that case, if you don't dare to talk about it, then I will tell it myself! The reason why I arrived at Huamachi Camp a long time late this time was not because I was sick halfway, but because I was kidnapped by horse bandits on the way! He was even imprisoned by the horse bandits for twenty days! β
Hearing Liang Fuchen's words, everyone present was shocked!
Among them, Zuo Lanshan and Bao Wenjie couldn't help but stand up out of shock!
Among them, Bao Wenjie was even more shocked: "What? Liang Ge Lao was kidnapped by horse bandits? What kind of horse bandit is so bold that even the old man of the court dares to kidnap him? β
However, among the people, except for Zuo Lanshan and Bao Wenjie, who knew about this for the first time and were shocked, the reason why the rest of the officials were shocked was that they didn't expect Liang Fuchen to expose his shortcomings!
A cabinet assistant was kidnapped by horse bandits! This gang of horse bandits is naturally bold and heinous, but this incident is also a huge prestige blow to a cabinet auxiliary minister with experience in leading troops!
Liang Fuchen didn't pay attention to the big change in everyone's faces, and just said to himself: "But there are a lot of strange things about this matter!" The reason why I was kidnapped by horse bandits was that I was dropped croton when I was passing through the post station to eat, and when the horse bandits attacked, I and my guards were already weak, which was obviously a long-planned move!
After being imprisoned by the horse bandits for twenty days, my Lord Zhao's eldest entourage Xu Qingyan suddenly appeared and rescued me, but before I could interrogate the horse bandits, I learned that they had all self-immolated and died! Not a single one of the horse bandits who knew about it survived! It makes people feel a little bit of a taste!
Fortunately, the kidnapping of this cabinet did not affect the situation of the war on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, and Lord Zhao annihilated the Mongolian coalition army on the south bank of Weishui, and made great achievements...... Hehe, it's really rewarding!
What's even more coincidental is that as soon as Lord Zhao completely annihilated the Mongol coalition army on the front foot, I was rescued on the back foot...... If I am rescued earlier, I am afraid that I will have to share the credit with Lord Zhao, if I am rescued later, with the strength of Lord Zhao alone, I am afraid that I will not be able to promote the imperial court's plan to send troops to recover the Hetao! But the time when I was rescued was neither early nor late, not only did I not have the opportunity to share the credit with Lord Zhao, but also helped Lord Zhao promote the plan of sending troops to the Hetao...... It's as if everything has been arranged a long time ago! β
As he spoke, Liang Fuchen's gaze turned to Zhao Junchen, and his eyes became more and more compelling.
In fact, not only Liang Fuchen, but all the officials quietly observed the change in Zhao Junchen's expression from the corner of their eyes after hearing Liang Fuchen's words.
Under the guidance of Liang Fuchen, everyone was suspicious, thinking that Zhao Junchen was very likely to be the culprit who instructed the horse bandits to kidnap Liang Fuchen!
In this matter, not only Zhao Junchen benefited the most, but all the timing was too coincidental, and when Xu Qingyan came forward to rescue Liang Fuchen, the horse bandits actually died by collective self-immolation, and there was not a single living mouth, this situation is too weird, and it is quite self-directed and self-acting.
All politicians are loyal audiences for conspiracy theories, and it's no wonder they make some bad associations at this time.
Under the gaze of everyone, Zhao Junchen's expression gradually became gloomy, as if he was angry.
After being silent for a long time, Zhao Junchen said slowly: "Elder Liang Ge, these words of yours, do you suspect that I am the mastermind behind the kidnapping of the horse bandits who instructed you?" But if it were just some unfounded suspicions, you wouldn't choose this time to suddenly attack me in public...... If you have any doubts, say them clearly! If you find some proof, you might as well show it now! After receiving the order, I have to rush back to the capital as soon as possible, but I don't want to delay time with you. β
Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen suddenly changed his words, his eyes turned to Liang Fuchen, but he didn't give an inch, and said: "But this cabinet is here to say a word in advance, if your suspicions and corroborations can't stand scrutiny at all, don't blame this cabinet for impeaching you at that time!" β
Previously, Zhao Junchen always called himself a "junior" in front of Liang Fuchen, but he also meant to be deliberately close, but now Zhao Junchen suddenly called himself "Benge", but it was a bit of a sense of kindness.
After hearing Zhao Junchen's threat, Liang Fuchen was disdainful! He thinks that Zhao Junchen is just dying and struggling.
So, Liang Fuchen immediately responded and said, "That's right! I do suspect that you are behind the kidnapping of the horse bandits! And this matter is the specific responsibility of your long-term follower Xu Qingyan! From start to finish, he was involved! He was the one in charge of contacting the horse bandits who kidnapped me! He is the one who is responsible for killing the horse bandits, and he is the one who is responsible for imprisoning me! In the end, he was the one who pretended to rescue me!
Lord Zhao, let me ask you! During the time when I was kidnapped by horse bandits, where was Xu Qingyan, who has always been inseparable from you? Colleagues, you can also imagine that around the time when I was kidnapped by horse bandits, did you see any traces of Xu Qingyan? β
Hearing Liang Fuchen's inquiry, the expressions of all the officials became more and more suspicious.
Indeed, if Zhao Junchen wants to use the horse bandits to kidnap Liang Fuchen, he will only arrange his most trusted henchman to be in charge of this matter, and Zhao Junchen's most trusted henchman is naturally Xu Qingyan!
In fact, long before Liang Fuchen was kidnapped by horse bandits, Xu Qingyan, who had always been by Zhao Junchen's side, disappeared, and no one knew where he went, which obviously increased Zhao Junchen's suspicion again!
Under the suspicious gaze of everyone, Zhao Junchen's expression became more and more gloomy, as if he was holding back his anger, and asked again: "Elder Liang Ge, let me remind you again!" All these things you have said are just specious and do not stand up to scrutiny! Let me also ask you again, is there any tangible evidence for your suspicions and accusations? β
Seeing that Zhao Junchen was still a dead duck with a hard mouth and didn't cry when he didn't see the coffin, Liang Fuchen sneered: "If I didn't find tangible evidence, how could I reveal this matter in public?" β
After speaking, Liang Fuchen raised his voice and called to the outside of the main hall: "Bring that person in!" β
As Liang Fuchen's words fell, Zhang Daozhen took Zhang Mao into the main hall of the Governor's Mansion.
Then, Zhang Daozhen instructed Zhang Mao: "In front of all the adults, you tell you everything you know in detail!" β
Under the close gaze of all the officials, Zhang Mao only felt extremely pressured, but he did not dare to disobey Zhang Daozhen's order, and hurriedly told all the information.
From the relationship between him and the "Black Tiger Army", to the fact that he witnessed a young man's private conversation with Wang Laohu, the leader of the "Black Tiger Army", and finally that he was taken to the Huamachi camp and secretly confirmed that Xu Qingyan was the young man who met and talked secretly with Wang Laohu, the leader of the "Black Tiger Army".
After listening to Zhang Mao's speech, the eyes of all the officials looking at Zhao Junchen had changed.
These evidences are enough to prove that the kidnapping of Liang Fuchen by the horse bandits is indeed related to Zhao Junchen!
Secretly colluding with horse bandits to kidnap the elder of the court, such a heinous felony is enough to make Zhao Junchen rob his house and behead ten times!
Suddenly, many people have secretly regretted in their hearts, feeling that they have been too close to Zhao Junchen these days, and they will have to find a way to clear up the relationship with Zhao Junchen in the future, and some people are even more remorseful, they have all given heavy gifts to Zhao Junchen during this time, and now they only feel that they have given heavy gifts in vain!
And just under the complicated gaze of everyone, Zhao Junchen, who had always had a gloomy expression and seemed to be forcibly pressing his anger, suddenly stood up and immediately startled everyone!
After Zhao Junchen stood up, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Wang Mao, and sneered: "In other words, this person is just a bad businessman who secretly colludes with horse bandits, and the young man who secretly contacted horse bandits, he just glanced at it from afar!" And it is not certain that the person contacted the horse bandit to kidnap Liang Gelao...... And Liang Ge Lao, just by relying on the words of such a person, you decided that I was the mastermind behind the kidnapping of the horse bandits against you? β
Liang Fuchen said expressionlessly: "The evidence is conclusive, I have to believe it!" All the signs I have tracked down are directed at you! β
After hearing Liang Fuchen's answer, Zhao Junchen was also expressionless, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly shouted: "Xu Qingyan, you let me in!" β
Hearing Zhao Junchen's loud shout, everyone couldn't help but be startled.
Unconsciously, Zhao Junchen regained control of the rhythm in the main hall.
After hearing Zhao Junchen's call, Xu Qingyan, who was waiting outside the main hall, hurriedly rushed into the main hall.
Without waiting for Xu Qingyan to ask for instructions, Zhao Junchen stretched out his hand to Wang Mao again and said, "Xu Qingyan, you stand in front of this person, let him take a good look at you!" β
Xu Qingyan seemed to be a little inexplicable, but he still walked in front of Wang Mao.
And Zhao Junchen said to Wang Mao in a cold voice: "Now, you can take a good look at me, whether the person in front of you is the young man you saw in the horse bandit's den!" You must know that your current behavior has seriously slandered the elders and nobles of the court! The nature is so bad that it is enough to punish your nine clans! If you dare to lie again, I will definitely put you through the torture of the world! You can't survive, you can't die! β
Hearing Zhao Junchen's statement, Liang Fuchen immediately frowned and said, "Lord Zhao, now that the matter is over, do you still want to intimidate witnesses?" β
Zhao Junchen didn't pay attention to Liang Fuchen, but urged Wang Mao in a cold voice: "Observe carefully!" Check it out! Remember, this is your last chance to tell the truth! β
At this time, Xu Qingyan was standing one meter in front of Wang Mao.
Wang Mao didn't dare to disobey Zhao Junchen's order, and hurriedly identified the person in front of him again.
However, the more closely he observed, the more empty Wang Mao became.
When Xu Qingyan met and talked secretly with Wang Laohu, the leader of the horse bandits, he naturally changed his appearance with makeup, but the makeup technology of this era was extremely backward, and it could not completely cover up Xu Qingyan's physical characteristics, but after makeup, there were obvious differences in many aspects.
For example, after Xu Qingyan found that he couldn't use makeup to cover the brown mole at the corner of his eyebrows, he simply drew this brown mole bigger; For another example, Xu Qingyan's eyebrows are somewhat feminine willow eyebrows, but when he met Wang Laohu, he deliberately disguised them as sword eyebrows; For another example, when Xu Qingyan met Wang Laohu, he deliberately stuffed some cotton into his clothes to make his figure look bloated;
Wang Mao only saw Xu Qingyan from a distance, but it was only because Xu Qingyan's appearance and characteristics did not look like a northerner, so he was impressed.
Now, after observing Xu Qingyan up close, Wang Mao couldn't help but feel a little flustered, only feeling that there seemed to be some obvious differences between Xu Qingyan in front of him and the person he saw at the beginning.
When he secretly identified Xu Qingyan from a distance before, he still felt that Xu Qingyan was six or seven percent similar to the person he saw at the beginning, but now after a closer look, he felt that it was only five or six percent similar.
But things have developed to this point, and Wang Mao can only grit his teeth and carry it to the end!
So, Wang Mao finally said in a trembling voice: "It's, it's him!" He was the first person I met! β
Liang Fuchen sneered: "Lord Zhao, what else do you have to say now?" Xu Qingyan disappeared for no reason, and then appeared in the horse bandit stronghold, and then this group of horse bandits kidnapped me for no reason...... Do you dare to say that all this has nothing to do with you? β
Zhao Junchen asked coldly: "You said that Xu Qingyan disappeared for no reason?" But what if I can find out Xu Qingyan's whereabouts and find a credible witness? β
After speaking, without waiting for Liang Fuchen to respond, Zhao Junchen turned around and looked at a military attache at the end of the hall.
Under Zhao Junchen's gaze, the military attache took the initiative to stand up.
This military attache is none other than Wang Ying, who has just arrived at the Huamachi camp!
Seeing Wang Ying coming out, everyone's expressions changed, as if they had thought of something.
Zhao Junchen asked, "Wang Ying, let me ask you!" How many times have I met with you? β
Wang Ying replied: "I have met Lord Zhao three times in total, the first time was after the victory in Weishui, and I met Lord Zhao with Qi Gemu; The last time we met was after the day before yesterday when the humble official arrived at the Huamachi camp, Lord Zhao, you summoned the humble official to inquire about what he had seen in the Hetao Plain; Another meeting is today! β
Zhao Junchen nodded lightly and asked again: "Yes, I have only met three times, that is, it is impossible for you to commit perjury for me?" Do you know that since you and I have never met before, why would I reuse it for you during this fire, and let you pretend to join the Mongol coalition as an internal response? β
After Wang Ying hesitated for a moment, he replied, "This is because, Lord Zhao, after you arrived at the Huamachi camp, you inspected all the military attachΓ© materials on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu...... Among these military attache materials, Lord Zhao found that since he enlisted in the army, he has never lied about the military situation, killed good people and risked his merits, or exaggerated his military exploits...... What's more, the lowly position also has some talent for leading troops, and during the past few years, there has never been a problem in the lowly defense area! β
Zhao Junchen asked again: "Oh? You and I have never seen each other before, so why do you know why I reuse you? β
"Yes...... It was your long-term attendant Xu Qingyan who told me! Forty days ago, Xu Qingyan suddenly found me and conveyed your secret military order, saying that the Mongol coalition army was about to attack the defense area of the lowly position, and let the lowly post find an opportunity to pretend to surrender to the Mongolian coalition army, on the one hand, to breed the contempt of the Mongols and let them go deep alone, and on the other hand, to make the lowly position your internal response in the Mongolian coalition army! β
After hearing Wang Ying's words, the expressions of everyone present suddenly changed again!
Liang Fuchen's witness also said just now that he had seen Xu Qingyan with his own eyes in the den of the Black Tiger Army forty-one days ago, and now Wang Ying said that he had also seen Xu Qingyan with his own eyes forty days ago, in his defense area, and also received Zhao Junchen's secret military order from Xu Qingyan!
However, the Black Tiger Army's den is located in the eastern part of Shaanxi, while Wang Ying's garrison is located in the southern part of Shaanxi, which is thousands of miles apart, and it is impossible for them to appear at the same time in one day.
Zhao Junchen ignored the change in everyone's expressions, just turned his head to look at Xu Qingyan again, and asked again: "Xu Qingyan, let me ask you, forty days ago, you were in the den of the Black Tiger Army in eastern Shaanxi?" Or is it in Wang Ying's garrison defense area Zhen'anbao? β
Xu Qingyan immediately replied: "I remember that day I just rushed to Zhen'anbao to meet with General Wang Ying, this is something you personally ordered, young master, it is impossible to appear in eastern Shaanxi at the same time!" β
Zhao Junchen asked again: "I sent you to see Wang Ying at that time?" β
Xu Qingyan still replied immediately: "At that time, there was a matter of the Wang family's betrayal of the imperial court and collusion with the Mongols, and General Wang Ying's mission was the most confidential matter, so young master, you can't trust others, so let me rush to Zhen'anbao to meet General Wang Ying in person!" β
Hearing the Q&A between Zhao Junchen, Xu Qingyan and Wang Ying, Liang Fuchen's face suddenly changed greatly.
Zhao Junchen still ignored Liang Fuchen, but just swept around the officials in the hall.
Then, Zhao Junchen said slowly again: "Okay! Up to now, my long-term follower Xu Qingyan has appeared in two places almost at the same time! Liang Gelao's witnessβa profiteer who colluded with horse bandits and had a bad recordβsaid that Xu Qingyan was in a horse bandit stronghold in eastern Shaanxi and was secretly trading with the leader of the horse bandits; And the witness of this cabinet, Wang Ying, who was a military attache of a hundred households in the imperial court who had just made great achievements, who had been willing to take risks and endure humiliation during this time, lurked in the Mongol coalition army as an internal response, and also rebelled against Sigmu at a critical moment - he said that Xu Qingyan was meeting him at that time! β
After a pause, Zhao Junchen said: "Haha, two completely different witnesses, two contradictory evidence, two contradictory stories...... "Who should you believe?" you say. β
As soon as Zhao Junchen's words fell, Zuo Lanshan immediately stood up and said in a loud voice: "Can we still not believe in a meritorious military attache of the imperial court, but instead believe in a profiteer? β
Just now, when everyone suspected that Zhao Junchen was the mastermind behind the kidnapping of Liang Fuchen by the horse bandits, Zuo Lanshan's face turned pale and trembled, and he was almost frightened, but now that Zhao Junchen regained control of the situation, Zuo Lanshan also regained his composure and couldn't wait to express his support for Zhao Junchen!
With Zuo Lanshan taking the lead in expressing his position, all officials have responded!
"Of course I believe in Wang Baihu!"
"Wang Baihu's personality and temperament, I admire it the most, how can he lie?"
"This profiteer is not an honest man at first glance!"
As more and more officials responded, the tide turned in an instant.
Liang Fuchen looked at all this in front of him, and his face gradually turned pale!
Zhao Junchen still ignored Liang Fuchen, just stretched out his hand and pointed at Wang Mao, and ordered: "Come on, escort him outside the lobby, and then call the chief executioner in the military prison!" Outside the main hall of the Governor's Palace, in front of everyone, torture him and interrogate him! I want him to tell the truth within a stick of incense! β
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Before you know it, the progress bar is over again.
It's a sure thing to extend the progress bar again, but whether it's going to be extended to 40 or 50, the bugs are a little undecided.
When he hesitated, countless blood-boiling slogans emerged in the hearts of the insects - "Life is short for 20,000 days, when to fight today", "How bold people are, how productive the land is", "10,000 years is too long, seize the day", "Horizontal heart, resolutely want to go out", "Break more and be cool for a while, and be cool for a while" (the last two are crossed out)
Eventually, the bug gritted his teeth and decided to stretch the progress bar to 50, saving you from staring at the progress bar all day long!
In other words, this progress bar is just a means for the bugs to push themselves, it's not a countdown to the change, and it's not that I'm intimidating you, right?
All in all β 30/50!
When this decision was made, the bug picked up the mirror and looked at his face - well, his expression was as steady as an old dog!
Also, thanks to Reiner. Ronte gave another 1,000 yuan! Seriously, I'm a little scared when you tip so much in one go.
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