Chapter 382: The Dust Will Settle Sometime
"Prime Minister, now that the evidence is conclusive, what else do you have to say?" Zhang Tang asked coldly, "Murdering the general of the Han Dynasty, plotting with the enemy, and communicating with the kingdom to disrupt the government, no matter which one of these crimes is enough for you to die!" ”
"Prime Minister, now you can plead guilty?"
Xue Ze was not frightened by Zhang Tang, but resisted to the end with an iron heart, he raised his neck and said disdainfully: "The original appearance is not guilty, why confess?" This is clearly someone deliberately designed to kill the true appearance! ”
"Someone is plotting to kill you?" Zhang Tang couldn't stop sneering again and again, "Then the prime minister is talking about it, who wants to murder you?" ”
Xue Ze snorted and said: "Lady Xiao is a person who is familiar with General Zuo, and she has been begging for a living in the market for a long time, killing people and doing everything, only seeking money, and being rude and righteous. And Zuo Shu is not to mention, and General Zuo is small, and it was previously the deployment of General Zuo, and now it is under the jurisdiction of the Northern Army. ”
"Prime Minister, do you mean that Ben will not hesitate to mobilize everyone to commit perjury in order to avenge his own personal vendetta?" Qin Cheng heard the meaning of Xue Ze's words, and he didn't bother to go around in circles with him, so he simply asked clearly.
"What the general has done, anyone with a discerning eye can see." Xue Ze squinted at Qin Cheng Dao.
"Huh!" Qin Cheng smiled dumbly, "Prime Minister, this is to save the hearts of others with his own belly." Did the prime minister think that he would be like the prime minister, in order to achieve ulterior motives, to falsify evidence? ”
"Qin Cheng!" Xue Ze shouted angrily, "You don't want to spew blood!" ”
"Ben will not be a bloody squirt, Ben will not count what he said, and it doesn't count if the prime minister said it." Qin Cheng said leisurely, "The evidence is the only one." All the previous evidence shows that the prime minister is doing that, everyone knows it, why did he spew blood? Prime Minister, what is a cocoon and self-restraint, you are a cocoon and self-restraint! ”
"Qincheng ......"
"Prime Minister! Don't you want proof? Don't you think the evidence of Lady Xiao, Nangong Shang and others is not credible? Aren't you not dead until you don't see the Yellow River, and you don't cry when you don't see the coffin? That will give you a convincing proof right now! Qin Cheng said excitedly, laughed twice, and said to Xue Ze in a different tone: "Previously, the prime minister asked Princess Yixue to prove that she would have secretly communicated with the Huns, which means that in the prime minister's opinion, Princess Yixue's words are credible, and Princess Yixue can be a witness, isn't it?" ”
"......" Xue Ze stayed there for a moment, and he had vaguely guessed the intention of Qin Cheng's words.
"How did the prime minister win over Princess Yixue to frame the general, how to cooperate with the Xiongnu to forge evidence of the general's secret communication with the Xiongnu, and listen to Princess Yixue explain to everyone?" Qin Cheng naturally knew that if he wanted to bring down Xue Ze, especially to make Xue Ze speechless, he couldn't do it without ironclad evidence. As Qin Cheng just said, Xue Ze will never know how the dead characters are written if he doesn't see the coffin now, so his evidence must be extremely sufficient. Not only that, but to bring down Xue Ze, but also to block the mouths of the scholars behind Xue Ze, then today's interrogation must be seamless, and there is no place for those scholars to find fault!
And now, Qin Cheng knew that it was time to give Xue Ze the final blow.
This blow is the testimony of Icher herself and her!
"Snow, please!" Zhang Tang drank at the right time.
After a while, Yi Xueer entered the lobby again.
It's just that compared to before, after a short period of time, Yi Xue'er's face is a little worse, and her spirit is even more sluggish. I don't know if Qin Cheng is dazzled, at this time, Qin Cheng even feels that Yi Xue'er is soft and boneless, and there is a possibility of falling down at any time, which is different kind of pitiful and lonely.
At this time, Yi Xue'er, who came up, glanced at Qin Cheng seemingly unintentionally.
Touching Yi Xue'er's slightly godless eyes, Qin Cheng's heart ached for no reason.
It's a real feeling!
From Yi Xue'er's seemingly casual, but actually containing too much affection, Qin Cheng suddenly woke up at this time, today's events are so torturous for Yi Xue'er!
Today, Yi Xue'er testified for herself twice and saved herself, and at the same time became the last weight on the balance that overwhelmed Xue Ze, but for Yi Xue'er, for this once and now dominant Xiongnu princess, it means that she has completely broken with Yi Zhixian, the Xiongnu, and the grassland!
Because she personally sent Xue Ze, an ally of the Huns, to hell, and saved Qin Cheng, the biggest enemy of the Huns, from hell!
It was only at this time that Qin Cheng suddenly discovered that this princess, who had always been extremely strong, extremely strong, and extremely tenacious, had given up everything she had before today, between these two court visits!
Qin Cheng's hand suddenly grasped a scroll of books and clenched it tightly, because the force was too strong, the back of his hand was already full of green tendons. In Qin Cheng's hand, the scroll gradually made a "squeak" wail, and it seemed that it might turn into crumbs at any time.
Wei Qing and Qin Cheng sat close to each other, at this time he keenly discovered Qin Cheng's abnormality, and when he looked around, he saw Qin Cheng who did not squint, his eyes were red, his teeth were clenched, and his right hand trembled slightly.
"Brother Qin, Brother Qin!" Wei Qing thought that Qin Cheng was not having a good time in prison, and his body was weak, so he said eagerly: "Brother Qin, are you okay?" ”
Qin Cheng showed a pretended indifferent smile and said, "It's okay." ”
Wei Qing heard that Qin Cheng's voice trembled a little, and those two words seemed to be squeezed out of his teeth, and under concern, Wei Qing could only say: "Hold on for a while, the case will be finished soon." ”
Qin Cheng nodded.
At the moment when Qin Cheng and Wei Qing were talking, Yi Xue'er had already told Xue Ze in a gentle tone about pulling herself to give false testimony to Qin Cheng, and at the same time, she also presented the handwritten letter from Yi Zhixian that Xue Ze gave her to Liu Che's desk.
At this point, Xue Ze had nothing to say.
Even if you can deny it again, no matter how thick your face is like a wall, there is no room for refutation at this time. Like a frosted eggplant, Xue Ze collapsed to the ground in an instant, no longer had the slightest demeanor, no longer half an aura, the whole person was decadent or decadent, as if he had aged more than ten years in the blink of an eye.
Xue Ze has finally realized now that he has no way to live, and he has finally embarked on the old path of his predecessor Tian Wei, the prime minister, - death.
"What is it to lift a stone and shoot yourself in the foot, can the prime minister understand now?" Zhang Tang looked at Xue Ze like a dead man, without any emotion at all. As a cool official, for a criminal like Xue Ze, Zhang Tang naturally would not give them half of the affection.
Ixel stepped back. Qin Cheng's gaze fell on her until her figure disappeared at the door.
Qin Cheng found that since Yi Xue'er came in and spoke, she hadn't looked at herself again. Even walking, they all walked resolutely and neatly.
Liu Che stood up, walked out from behind the desk without saying a word, and walked out of the door, his eyes did not touch Xue Ze, who was like a dead man.
"Your Majesty!" When Liu Che passed by Xue Ze's side, Xue Ze suddenly shouted, turned around and bowed deeply to Liu Che's heels, "The guilty minister has the trust of His Majesty, I am sorry for Your Majesty's trust, although the criminal minister will die, he will not be able to escape the blame!" ”
Liu Che stopped, but didn't turn back, "Prime Minister, you have indeed disappointed me and made me sad and angry!" Today you have reaped the consequences of your own evil, and I am deeply saddened and hated! ”
With that, stride out.
"Your Majesty!" The old minister, who was close to the sixtieth birthday, cried bitterly behind Liu Che, bowed deeply, and shouted: "I'm sorry for Your Majesty, I'm sorry for Your Majesty....."
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When the case of General Zuo Qincheng, which shocked the world, came to an end, it was not the subsidence of a storm, but the beginning of another turmoil, and this turmoil began with Xue Ze, the prime minister of the dynasty, being sentenced to death for murdering his colleagues and secretly collaborating with the enemy.
At this point, the general trend of the world has changed again!
And this big change, its impact, will shake everyone.
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After Liu Che left, Qin Cheng turned around and arched his hands to Zhang Tang and Wei Qing, "Thank you two today!" ”
"We are all on orders, why do you thank me for doing so?" Today's major event is over, and the results can't be better, Wei Qing and Zhang Tang both felt relaxed for a while, and then smiled and said: "If you want to say thank you, you should thank Your Majesty, and you should thank Nangong Shang, Lady Xiao, Princess Yixue and others who are running around to testify for you!" ”
Qin Cheng thought so, and sighed: "Your Majesty's great talent, rare in ancient times, it is an honor for us to be Your Majesty's courtier!" After that, he sighed a little, "This time I am in prison alone, and it is really a sin for everyone involved." ”
"Come on, General, you don't have to be cheap and sell well!" Zhang Tang said with a smile, "This time, you lure the enemy with your body, and you will do all the work in one battle, and the resistance of the new law should be broken, and in the future, the Han government and the opposition, I am afraid that no one will dare to oppose the new law again, and no one will dare to make peace with the Huns!" ”
"With Xue Ze's experience, who is willing to be the wronged boss who makes the world scold?" Wei Qing rarely "fell into the well", he said: "In the future, anyone who dares to obstruct the new law and talk about making peace with the Huns, not to mention what the intentions are, everyone in the world will take Xue Ze as a comparison!" ”
After that, Wei Qing exclaimed: "Brother Qin, this time you really opened my eyes!" ”
Qin Cheng chuckled, shook his head and said: "Major events in the world, whether they succeed or fail, are all dictated by the times, not the work of one person. Don't make fun of you two anymore! ”
"Indeed!" Zhang Tang and Wei Qing both thought so.
"By the way, Brother Qin, I still don't know something, and I ask Brother Qin for advice." Wei Qing said suddenly.
"Brother Wei, but it's okay to say!" Qincheng Road.
Wei Qing held his chin in one hand and said: "The former Hun princess Yi Xue'er, as a Huns, came to Chang'an because of you, not to mention hating you, there should be some prejudices." This time not only proved your innocence, but also helped you impeach Xue Ze, which seems to make some sense! What are the joints in this, I hope Brother Qin will give you advice! ”
Wei Qing's words were extremely serious, completely out of curiosity, but when Qin Cheng heard it, there was some gossip.
Helplessly, when it comes to his past with Ixher, few people really don't know it.
However, Qin Cheng didn't intend to explain, he just smiled and said: "This matter, leave it for the next time to decompose, and I'll go back to the house first!" Two of you, go first! ”