"Don't hand them over?"

Watching Zhou Yi go west under the escort of six roared war ships, Deng Tai looked at the dozen or so soldiers who were tied up by the five flowers behind him, and asked Li Zhihe suspiciously.

If you don't treat these people as substitutes for the dead ghosts and hand them over to Han Qian for an explanation, then what are you going to do with them detained?

Li Xiu glanced at these soldiers thoughtfully, and saw that Yang En, the Marquis of Liyang, walked directly in the direction of the camp without saying anything, and he also pulled Li Zhen and motioned for them to leave first.

After everyone left one after another, Li Zhihe motioned to the guards to stand away, and then ordered Deng Tai with a gloomy face:

"You will separate these dozen soldiers for me to interrogate one by one, how they fought their way out of the encirclement these days, how they hid and gathered together, escaped the enemy's round-up, and how they met Li Chong along the way and fled to Shuzhou, all the details must be interrogated to me clearly. Whoever dares to conceal the slightest bit, or if there is something wrong, can be punished heavily. Deng Tai, although I have always regarded you as my brother-in-law, but the military law is ruthless, if there is a little slack this time, please don't blame me for not remembering the old feelings, and hold you accountable......"

Deng Tai's face was shocked, and for a while it seemed that it was impossible to imagine what Li Zhihe was going to do.

"......" Hearing this, Yao Xishui said puzzledly, "Even if Han Qian, in order to exonerate himself, must say that these soldiers have enemies hidden in them, and even want to pour dirty water on Li Chong, the eldest brother can hand over these people to him, whether it is torture, coercion or temptation, or torture into tricks, how can Han Qian come, but why does the eldest brother need to dirty his hands?" ”

"Regardless of whether Li Chong has a problem or not, he is your brother after all, and you shouldn't be here to uncover this matter!" Su Hongyu persuaded.

The filial piety talked about in the world, in addition to the filial piety of the father and the son, also pays attention to a brother, friend and brother.

Seeing Li Zhihe's arrangement, Su Hongyu also knew that he obviously suspected that it was likely to be problematic for Li Chong to escape from the enemy siege after nearly a month, but in any case, according to the ethical requirements of the world's relatives and relatives, this problem should not be revealed by Li Zhihe.

The so-called righteous annihilation of relatives refers to those who commit the great crime of rebellion.

"I will arrange a boat, and you and Xishui will go back to Jinling today." Li Zhihe said with a straight face.

Seeing that Li Zhihe had made such a decision, Su Hongyu stood aside with red eyes and stopped saying anything.

Yao Xishui didn't expect that Li Zhihe might not listen to persuasion, it was hard to imagine that they would be driven back to Jinling, and unwillingly raised his voice and asked: "Big brother, although we have negligence in this matter, we are not people who don't know the priorities!" ”

"No, you don't realize how serious the problem is, I will explain it to my wife afterwards, but in the affairs of the army, you should interfere less in the future," Li Zhihe said with a gloomy face, "After you go back, tell your wife that after this incident, Han Qian is likely to choose to support His Majesty to re-take charge of the government, and his actions today may not be without the intention of showing His Majesty." And His Majesty doesn't want the power of the court to completely fall into the hands of the Queen Mother, and he will probably think of the benefits of 'Master Han' again. However, until the situation of the battle is stabilized, I would like to ask you not to make any more rash moves. ”

"He wants to renew the master-apprentice relationship with Yang Yuanpu, I'm afraid it's just a short-term use, why worry?" Yao Xishui asked disappreciatively.

They have such a big killer weapon, she doesn't believe that Han Qian will put multiple chips on Yang Yuanpu, of course, they will not play this killer weapon until they have to.

Li Zhihe knew what Yao Xishui was referring to, and he would not argue with her about trivial matters, in order to prevent them from ignorance and breeding right and wrong, he simply said some things more thoroughly, saying:

At the same time, he and his father Han Daoxun implemented a new policy, which offended the interests of too many people, so many people did not like him, and of course, there were many people who suspected him of having bad intentions in Wen Ruilin. However, no one will believe that he colluded with Liang Jun, and even if the truth of this matter is revealed, everyone will only think that he has the intention of framing the Changguo Mansion. This may be able to severely damage Han Qian's prestige for a while, but what is the situation now, have you ever thought about it? Now that the Liang army is pressing the border, Huaidong and Huaixi are in danger, no matter how much the court ministers dislike Han Qian, at this time, they will only pin their hopes for repelling the Liang army on Han Qian's body, and will not put their hopes on the head of the Changguo Mansion who lost their division and defeated the army, nor on me who has not fallen after attacking Chaozhou City for half a year. Not to mention, Han Qian still has the only naval power between Jianghuai and Huai. Think about it, such rumors continue to spread wildly, especially from our army, Han Qian sent a letter to Beijing, saying that he was sick to avoid suspicion, insisted on handing over the military power, and led the Xuzhou water camp to retreat to Xuzhou, what do you think the whole thing will end in the end? ”

"......" Yao Xishui was silent for a long time, although he didn't want to admit it, but listening to Li Zhihe's words, it was not difficult to guess how the whole thing would end, and asked hesitantly, "In the end, they may coerce the eldest brother to hand over the military power to appease Han Qian?" ”

"You probably know why I have to dirty my hands, right?" Li Zhihe let out a long sigh and asked.

"......" Deng Tai stood there stunned, and only then did he really understand what Li Zhihe's true intention was in this arrangement.

In other words, regardless of whether Li Chong has a problem or not, the results of their detention of more than a dozen soldiers for interrogation must be able to "confirm" that Li Chong has a problem.

In this way, he can give Han Qian an "explanation"; And if Han Qian still makes trouble with this matter, they will be able to clear up the relationship.

Yao Xishui wanted to say that the matter might not be so serious, but when he thought of another thing, he thought that the eldest brother might have other considerations, so he didn't say anything again.

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Li Pu has not been held accountable, and his power is high, even if he is not in charge of the army, he also has an independent small battalion stationed in the large battalion, and there are dozens of soldiers around him to serve and protect the safety.

and no one shall trespass into his tent.

He temporarily gave up his plan to cross the river and return to Jinling, but he had nothing to do when he returned to the station.

He didn't even know how far Han Qian's side would make a fuss about this matter before he was willing to stop, and Li Zhihe was too weak in the face of the almost blatant coercion of force by Tangyi's soldiers.

At the same time, he didn't know how the Queen Mother, His Majesty, Shen Yang and others would react after this matter reached Jinling, and at the end of the day, his mood was also irritable.

Li Chong was also restless.

He wanted to incite Li Xiu and Li Zhen to put pressure on Li Zhihe and release the dozen or so soldiers who were detained, but Li Xiu and Li Mo ignored him.

He sent people to the camp several times to inquire about the news, but he was also ruthlessly blocked back, only knowing that Su Hongyu and Yao Xishui returned to Jinling by boat in the afternoon.

Su Hongyu and Yao Xishui dared to return to Jinling by boat, but they were still worried that the patrol camp of Xuzhou Water Camp on the river would be detained, so they still did not dare to act rashly.

At night, Li Zhihe sent someone over: "Grandpa Guo, the commander has invited you and Li Jiang and others to the tooth tent to discuss things." ”

"Didn't his wings harden early, what do you want to discuss with me?"

Li Pu was on fire in his heart, and he was reluctant to leave to see Li Zhihe, but in the end, Li Chong had something hanging in his heart and persuaded his father, Li Xiu, and Li Zhen to rush to the camp together.

When Li Zhihe and the others arrived at the big tent, they saw that Yang En, the Marquis of Liyang, and Zhou Shu, who took over as the commander of the Zuowu Guards after Du Chongtao, seemed to have just been summoned by Li Zhihe, and Li Chong really didn't know what to discuss at this time.

Li Zhihe sat behind the main case, talking to Yang En and Zhou Shu, when he saw Li Pu and Li Chong coming over, he bowed his body and invited them to take a seat, so he went directly to the topic, with a gloomy face, and said: "Summoning everyone here so late, there are some things that I want to make clear to my brother and everyone here in person......

"What do you want me to make clear?" Li Chong asked weakly.

Li Zhihe waved his hand and motioned to Deng Tai to drag the three soldiers whose flesh and blood were so blurred that they could hardly see the human form into the big tent, and said:

"More than a dozen soldiers and Brother Chong went through disasters and fled back to Shuzhou, which was originally a fortunate thing, but these soldiers spread rumors behind their backs and disturbed the hearts of our army, which is really hateful. And I thought that these soldiers would do such a thing, and they must have hidden some intention to not see people, or they were deceived by something, so Deng Tai arrested them and interrogated them for a day. Now it can be determined that the two brothers Liu Yue and Liu Shan, when they broke out of the siege from Zhongli City, were captured by the Liang army, and the Liang army deliberately fell into the middle. And the soldier Zhou Laoshan hid among the reeds and grass when he fled from Zhongli City to the east bank of Longyou Lake, and accidentally saw Brother Chong fall off his horse and be captured by the Liang army when he broke through, and the guards around him were all killed by the Liang army, and the others were hidden in the grass of Hongzepu, and finally escaped back together by Brother Chong, you have to understand, can you clear the suspicion, and what you have to say in front of Yang Houye is the most critical. If you have anything to hide, don't blame your brother for killing your relatives for righteousness, and don't show mercy......"

"Li Zhihe, you are afraid of Han Qian like a tiger, and you don't think about brotherhood, okay, you have to give me to Han Qian for an explanation," Li Chong jumped up as if he was jumping, took off the saber on his waist, and threw it at Li Zhihe's head, "You kill me at this time, see if I will frown, and let the people of the world see your true face clearly, and see what kind of white-eyed wolf our Li family has raised over the years!" ”

"The witness is here, but it doesn't mean that you must have a problem, and I will ask you to cooperate with Yang Houye's interrogation in many follow-up matters, if you really have no problem, no one in the world will insist that you have a problem......" Li Zhihe turned his head and dodged the saber that Li Chong threw on his head, and said without waves.

Four guards walked up to Li Chong, grabbed his wrists, grabbed his shoulders, and forced him to sit back at the back of the case, which was to interrogate him in front of everyone......