At the end of October of the first year of Yuan Shuo, the case of Qin Cheng, the general of Zuo, who shocked the world, was finally interrogated in the Chang'an Imperial Governor's Office.

On the day of the interrogation, there was a crowd of people inside and outside the Imperial Authority's Office.

Those who can watch the doorway, and those who can't watch the excitement. People of insight know that the outcome of this interrogation of Qincheng will be related to the political trend of the upper echelons of the Han Dynasty: whether the new law can continue to be implemented, whether the military can maintain the momentum in the court in recent years, and in what direction the relationship between the Han and the Xiongnu will develop in the future.

The interrogation was still presided over by Tingwei Zhang Tang. It's just that the two deputy trial officials are also full of weight: one is Xue Ze, the prime minister of the dynasty, and the other is Wei Qing, the right general.

At the end of the day, just after all the relevant officials were in place, there was a commotion outside the Imperial Lieutenant's Office, followed by a tumult and shouts: "Meet Your Majesty!" ”

Moments before the interrogation began, Liu Che personally went to the Imperial Commander's Office.

"I'm just here to see, the chief and deputy judges are each performing their duties, and this case should be decided how it should be decided, and there is no need to ask me." After Liu Che said this, he sat down in the first place and signaled that Zhang Tang could start.

After worshipping Qincheng, the officials took their seats.

At this time, Qin Cheng walked out of the prison and followed an official to the main hall.

When I left the prison and walked outside, the bright sunlight was a little dazzling. Qin Cheng stretched out his hand to block his forehead, looked at the sky, and said with a feeling: "The so-called clearing the clouds and seeing the sun is at this time. ”

After Qin Cheng arrived at the main hall and verified his identity, Zhang Tang announced the beginning of the interrogation.

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Chang'an Xingping Hall.

Liu Ling got up very early today, and she was still wearing glamorous makeup, and I don't know if she had no other clothes except for glamorous makeup. When he got up in the morning, it was still dawn, and Liu Ling stood on the pavilion for a long time, and saw the process of sunrise completely, although there was no taste to watch the sunrise in the city.

"Master, it's time for breakfast." A personal maid brought her to the room early and came out and whispered to Liu Ling who was in a daze in the corridor of the pavilion.

"The sun is shining brightly today!" Liu Ling didn't answer the maid's question, but squinted his eyes and looked out of the building and said leisurely, looking a little lonely, "It's okay, let him see the sunshine for the last time when his hopes are not completely shattered, which can be regarded as a kind of comfort to him." ”

"Master ......" Seeing Liu Ling's appearance, the maid didn't know what to do.

"It's still a pity, though." Liu Ling sighed lightly, his eyes even more lonely, "The sun hasn't set yet, and hope is about to be shattered, isn't it cruel?" ”

"The master is talking about Qin Cheng?" The maid said cautiously.

"Who else but him?" Liu Ling looked sideways at the maid, "Apart from him, who else has a lifetime of hope that will be shattered today, and then usher in a catastrophe?" ”

"If Qin Cheng is sentenced to death, shouldn't the master be happy? Why is it that the little servant is not very interested in seeing his master? The maid looked at Liu Ling, her eyes full of curiosity under her eyelashes.

Liu Ling sighed, and said a little gloomy: "If you are in my position, you can understand my mood at this time. Not every opponent will make you happy after being suppressed, and the days without opponents can be very lonely, especially if an opponent you have pinned a lot of hopes on will easily fall in front of you, and you will find that there is no enemy in front of you who can threaten you, you will feel that the days are boring. ”

After that, Liu Ling's eyes turned to the outside of the building again, "The days without opponents will really be boring." ”

"But, doesn't Lord Weng hate this Qin City?" The maid was puzzled, "The last time that Qin Cheng left here, the master said that he was going to kill him!" ”

Liu Ling smiled noncommittally, "I thought Qin Cheng was a wonderful person and a guy with means, and I was always looking forward to how he would solve the situation in front of him, but unfortunately, today, when it was time for the trial, he still didn't take any action." This disappointed me because I was looking at the wrong person. ”

Liu Ling's eyes gradually became a little confused, or in her opinion, what disappointed Qin Cheng was not only that there was no obvious counterattack until now, but also that Qin Cheng left that day - not so much that he held on to the temptation, but also that he didn't have the guts?

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Qin Cheng's interrogation was first the issue of Minyue Zhang's rule of the city, and then the envoy who beat the king of Huainan, but these charges sound big, but in fact, they are all big or small issues, and it is not clear for a while, after all, the two sides have their own opinions, the key is to see the meaning of the chief judge, or in the end, it depends on Liu Che's attitude.

And today Liu Che personally went to the Imperial Governor's Office, although he did not express any attitude, but it made all parties speculate about Liu Che's intentions.

After all, the previous imprisonment of Qin Cheng was not so much that Qin Cheng was guilty, but that Liu Che was under great pressure.

So today, has this situation changed? If not, how could Liu Che suddenly come to the scene?

At this time, Qin Cheng and Zhang Tang repeated the conversation during the previous interrogation.

"In April this year, the general was ordered to go to Minyue to solve the Minyue matter, and when he passed through Huainan Kingdom, why did he injure the envoy sent by the king of Huainan to offer condolences?"

"It's not an injury, but in fact, the warriors of each faction on both sides are learning martial arts, and the envoy of the King of Huainan is defeated, which causes some bruises, and all the officials present in this matter can testify."

"When the general sent troops to Zhangzhi outside the city of Wulongjiang, when the situation in Fujian and Vietnam did not deteriorate significantly, why did he send troops to capture Zhangzhi City without authorization?"

"At that time, the situation in Minyue had deteriorated, and we stayed in Wucheng for a few days, and then stationed on the Wulong River for a few days, but the king of Dongyue did not come to explain the situation, which was already disrespectful. Moreover, the king of Dongyue is using troops against South Vietnam, and has been attacking Panyu City for a long time. This general sent troops to govern the city, in order to avoid the city of Panyu being breached, and South Vietnam ceased to exist, which was the need of the times! ”

"When the general was in the Minyue King City, did he give advice to the King of Minyue and help him suppress the King of Dongyue? This is unauthorized interference in the affairs of the Kingdom. ”

"At that time, I was in the royal city with the Dongfang Shilang, and the king of Minyue asked me about the political affairs of the royal city, and we only helped the king of Minyue to deal with political affairs in our own positions, and did not say anything beyond the rules."

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Qin Cheng and Zhang Tang's mechanical questions and answers also made Xue Ze angry when they caused a lot of discussion among the officials in the hall. What Xue Ze didn't expect was that with Liu Che in charge, Zhang Tang would dare to "deal with things" like this, which made Xue Ze, who was already in the bureau and had no way out, extremely uneasy and annoyed.

Wei Qing naturally wouldn't be embarrassed for Qin Cheng, he wished that Qin Cheng would be fine, so Xue Ze couldn't count on him, so he had no choice, Xue Ze could only go out himself.

After Zhang Tang and Qin Cheng finished answering another mechanical question, Xue Ze didn't have time to observe Liu Che's face, so he couldn't wait to shout:

"Qin Cheng, even if you quibble a thousand times, it is a fact that the envoy of the King of Hainan was beaten by your men, and it is also a fact that the Minyue army in Zhangzhi City did not move and you moved first, these are all things that you can't erase, can you still not admit it?"

"The prime minister's words are wrong!" Without waiting for Qin Cheng to speak, Wei Qing preemptively said, "General Zuo has already explained these problems, why is the prime minister still holding on?" Could it be that the prime minister just went to see Zhou Gong and didn't hear what General Zuo said? ”

"The prime minister's words are not only bad, but also illogical!" Qin Cheng continued, looking at Xue Ze's angry gaze, as if looking at a calm lake, there was no ripple in his eyes, "If you follow what the prime minister said, you don't need to interrogate Qin, the prime minister wants to convict Qin of what crime he wants, anyway, what Qin said is the same as not saying it." Isn't that interesting, though? ”

As soon as Qin Cheng's last rhetorical question came out, the hall immediately burst into laughter.

"General Zuo!" Xue Ze gritted his teeth, and the anger in his eyes was even worse, "In front of Your Majesty, how can you be lawless and clever in your words?" Do you still have Your Majesty in your eyes? ”

"Your Majesty!" Qin Cheng saluted Liu Che, who was expressionless, "What the minister said, every sentence is true, I hope Your Majesty will see it!" ”

"Your Majesty, please!" Xue Ze also bowed.

Liu Che let out a non-serious "um", and said calmly: "I have already said that I am only here to see today, and I will not participate in the interrogation, so you can do whatever you want." ”

"Your Majesty......" Xue Ze was very entangled with Liu Che, who was obviously impossible to stay out of the matter, but he just made a look of staying out of the matter.

"Obey your orders!" Zhang Tang and Wei Qing said to Liu Che at the same time, and then Zhang Tang continued: "If the prime minister has no other words, he will start the next one. ”

"......" Xue Ze frowned, at this time he finally reacted, today's interrogation was a little unusual.

In front of Liu Che, Zhang Tang's attitude was ambiguous, obviously perfunctory, and Wei Qing was even naked-naked to defend Qincheng, and all this happened under Liu Che's nose, but Liu Che didn't react at all!

Xue Ze came back to his senses, his hand shook, and he almost slapped himself on the forehead: how could he pin his hopes of convicting Qin Cheng on Liu Che? Liu Che was originally defending Qincheng! He had no choice but to put Qin Cheng in prison, so how could it be unfavorable to Qin Cheng now?

Thinking of this, Xue Ze understood that Liu Che came today, I am afraid that he is here to support Qin Cheng!

Liu Che didn't want Qin Cheng to be convicted at all!

Because Qin Cheng is his Liu Che's governing philosophy - the minister of Sheji who defeated the Huns!

Xue Ze, who had an epiphany, immediately realized the grim situation he was facing. If he can't come up with strong evidence to convict Qin Cheng in this case, once Qin Cheng is safe and sound, then it will be difficult to embarrass Qin Cheng in the future! After all, the opportunity to put Qin Cheng in prison is not something that can be obtained casually!

Thinking of this, Xue Ze made up his mind and decided to come up with a killer idea!

Xue Ze sneered: "General Zuo, do you think that if you don't admit that you are disrespectful to the royal family and misbehaved in Minyue, you will have nothing to do with your true appearance?" ”