Kou Qianzhi and Cui Hao both looked very embarrassed when they saw Zhao Junsheng, and the two of them bowed their hands to Zhao Junsheng together: "Envoy, I and my entourage have stayed in the cell in Youzhou for a few days, and we have caused trouble to the envoy!" ”

Look, these two people are both face-saving people, and they are both elegant people, and they actually say that going to prison is a small stay.

Zhao Junsheng smiled secretly in his heart, that day Kou Qianzhi and Cui Hao sneaked away with their entourage, and did not say a word, he guessed that these two must have fled in the direction of Youzhou, but he was afraid that he wanted to return to Pingcheng as soon as possible, hoping to take the lead in the matter of canonizing the new emperor and reap some benefits, but unfortunately people are not as good as the sky, they bought off the Wei army that set up cards along the way and the Southern Dynasty generals who occupied Jieshi Mountain, but they were caught by patrol cavalry on the border of Youzhou.

Pei Jin said very ignorant of current affairs next to him: "General, this Kou Tianshi is a person with great ability, when the patrol found them that day, this old Taoist relied on martial arts to kill three cavalrymen in an instant, if it wasn't for the drag of this Cui Taichang and his entourage, I am afraid that the remaining few cavalry will be killed by him, and the remaining generals control Cui Taichang and his entourage, and Kou Tianshi will be captured!" ”

When Zhao Junsheng heard this, his face changed, but Kou Qianzhi and Cui Taichang were even more embarrassed and embarrassed.

Zhao Junsheng instructed the cell boss: "Go and prepare some wine and food and send them over, this general meets the old man here, and he must do his best to be a landlord!" ”

"Yes, General, my subordinates will go and buy it immediately!"

Cui Hao and Kou Qianzhi's faces changed, and Cui Hao said with some displeasure: "Could it be that the envoy is planning to set up a banquet here to entertain us and others?" ”

Zhao Junsheng's face was calm: "Where does Gong Cui think this general should entertain the two?" ”

An apprentice behind Kou Qianzhi was very angry, "As an old friend, even if you don't set up a banquet at home to entertain Shizun and Cui Gong, you should also set up a table in the Assassin's Mansion to catch the wind and wash the dust for your old friend, so that Jun's act of setting up a banquet in prison won't make the world cold?" ”

Zhao Junsheng looked at Kou Qianzhi and Cui Hao and smiled slightly: "If General Ben holds a banquet at home to entertain criminals and prisoners, won't the world laugh at me Zhao Junsheng is right and wrong?" No distinction between public and private? Treat the law as nothing? How will Zhao control his subordinates and govern Youzhou in the future? ”

Kou Qianzhi and Cui Hao listened to it and their hearts sank, knowing that they were only afraid of big trouble this time, this Zhao Junsheng turned his face and didn't recognize people for such a trivial matter?

There was silence in the room for a while, and no one spoke.

After a while, the cell boss returned with two jailers with a few food boxes, a jar of wine, and a few pairs of bowls, chopsticks, and wine bowls, and he ordered the jailers to bring the table and put the wine and food on the table.

"Envoy, you use it slowly, your subordinates are waiting outside, just give an order, and your subordinates will retire!" After the cell boss finished speaking, he gestured to several jailers and retreated together.

Zhao Junsheng bowed his hand to Kou Qianzhi and Cui Hao: "Two, a little thin wine, not a tribute, please!" ”

Cui Hao had a gloomy face, Kou Qianzhi seemed to let go, and said to Cui Hao with a smile: "Cui Boyuan, this severed head meal will be eaten sooner or later, let's not let down Zhao Yuanjun's wishes." Come on, Lao Dao has not seen such a sumptuous dish and wine for more than ten days! After speaking, he walked to his mouth and knelt down.

Cui Hao had no choice but to come over gloomily and sit down on his knees.

Zhao Junsheng picked up the wine jar and poured wine in three pottery bowls, he picked up the wine bowl in front of him and lifted it up: "The conditions in the prison are limited, you can only use the pottery bowl to eat wine, and the wine and food are also unsatisfactory. ”

After drinking it dry, Zhao Junsheng turned the bowl upside down, and not a drop of wine fell.

Cui Hao angrily picked up the wine bowl and poured it into his mouth, and Kou Qianzhi's movements were steady and slow.

"Come, eat the vegetables, eat the vegetables!" Zhao Junsheng picked up the chopsticks again to greet him.

Cui Hao picked up the wine jar and poured the wine by himself, and his face was slightly red after two bowls in a row. Some people can't say some things when they are conscious, and they are embarrassed to say it, but they have no worries after drinking, as the saying goes, wine is bold and courageous, and this is what it means, obviously, Cui Hao is such a person.

He exhaled the wine vessel and asked Zhao Junsheng: "Zhao Envoy, the national teacher just killed three patrol cavalry, can the envoy be so ruthless?" How do you disregard the old friendship? ”

Zhao Junsheng put down his chopsticks and looked at the two of them with a straight face: "Cui Gong said that the national teacher only killed three cavalrymen, and the three words 'just' came out of Cui Gong's mouth without any pressure, and General Ben was very shocked, which completely subverted my perception of life!" How worthless is life in your eyes? When Cui Gong said this, can this general be understood that even the lives of hundreds or thousands of soldiers are not as good as the lives of the national teachers? So if they die, they will die in vain, and General Ben can't hold him accountable for this? ”

Cui Hao hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, Cui didn't mean that, the situation was urgent, and the national teacher was worried that these soldiers would endanger the lives of Cui and the entourage behind him, so the national teacher did not intentionally kill people!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "I understand, since Cui Gong doesn't mean this, is it to blame me for not being emotional?" As an old friend, do you think that I, Zhao, should not be guilty of ruling the country regardless of my feelings? ”

Cui Hao didn't say anything more, which was tantamount to admitting this in disguise.

Zhao Junsheng said: "I admit that this is a world that talks about human feelings, but human feelings cannot be greater than the sky, otherwise the world will collapse, what is the sky?" Heaven is the law and the rule! What do you look like in Dawei now? It is because there is no law, and there is a law, but it cannot be enforced. The Xianbei people forcibly ruled the world with brutal force and killing, so that chaos broke out everywhere, and the people continued to rise up to resist, and even in the succession to the throne, the national strength and vitality were greatly damaged! ”

Cui Hao heard that Zhao Junsheng brought this matter to the court, remembered that Tuoba Jian was dead, and he didn't know what the situation was on the Pingcheng side, so he hurriedly asked: "Zhao Yuanjun, I have been locked up in this cell for more than ten days, and I don't know anything about the outside world, so I don't know what the situation is on the Pingcheng side?" What was the final outcome of the Yan War? ”

Zhao Junsheng: "When I was in the class, neither of the two sides got a bargain, and I killed one thousand enemies and lost eight hundred!" As for the Pingcheng side, now that the dust has settled, the eldest son of the first emperor, that is, the four-year-old prince Ren, inherited the unification, and the matter was presided over by the Empress Dowager Bao, Zhongchang Shi Zongai and a cadre of military generals. Tuoba Fan, King of Le'an, and Tuoba Chong, King of Jianning, were killed on the spot because they failed to succeed to the throne! ”

Cui Hao and Kou Qianzhi breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, that is, the current person in charge of the imperial court should be the Empress Dowager Bao, Zong Ai is the helper of the Empress Dowager Bao, Emperor Tuoba Ren is only four years old, obviously unable to call the shots, if they return to Pingcheng, it should not be a big problem for the official to be reinstated with the good relationship with the Empress Dowager Bao and Zong Ai.

Cui Hao looked at Zhao Junsheng: "What does the envoy plan to do with us?" ”

"Death to the murderer!"

"What?" Cui Hao stood up angrily, "Zhao Junsheng, why are you so ruthless?" ”

Kou Qianzhi waved his hand: "Bo Yuan, forget it!" Zhao Zhijun is right, and he is not wrong, only by strictly enforcing the law and discipline and rectifying the program can the society be stable! ”

After he finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Zhao Junsheng and said, "Zhao Yuanjun, I killed the person, and it has nothing to do with Cui Boyuan, my apprentices and a few followers, they should be innocent, right?" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "That's right, they are not guilty, tomorrow tomorrow, they will be released!" ”

"Thank you!" Kou Qianzhi poured a bowl of wine to Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Jinsheng picked up the wine bowl and drank it dry, "The national teacher doesn't have to thank Zhao, if they commit a crime, it is useless for anyone to intercede, now they are not guilty, even if they want to stay with you, this general will never allow it, the prison funds are limited, and people can't eat and drink in vain!" ”

In a quarter of an hour, Zhao Junsheng walked out of the prison with Pei Jin and his own soldiers.

Pei Jin hesitated for a moment and said to Zhao Junsheng: "General, I heard that the national teacher is Mr. Dongfang's master, should I tell him about this matter!" ”

Zhao Junsheng smiled bitterly: "Can you hide this?" I can't hide it, if he knows about it in the future, I will inevitably complain that I am too unkind, and I have to hide it from him for such a big thing, I don't believe him! ”

Pei Jin sighed: "The subordinates are worried that the national teacher is Mr. Dongfang's master after all, if the general wants to handle it impartially, Mr. Dongfang will inevitably have a mustard in his heart!" ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head: "There's no way, if I am fair and strict with others, but bend the law for personal gain with my own people, wouldn't I do one thing in front of me and one thing behind my back, how can I serve the public?" ”

"But······ If it is handled impartially, this is the crime of killing the head, and the general and Mr. Dongfang don't have a grudge against the teacher? How will Mr. Dongfang still work under the general in the future? ”

Zhao Junsheng stopped and turned his head to look at Pei Jin: "Is it that I want to kill Kou Qianzhi?" It's the law that wants to kill him! I, Zhao Junsheng, am just a firm enforcer of the Fa, and I have no personal enmity with him! ”

Early the next morning, Cui Hao and his three entourages and Kou Qianzhi's three apprentices were released, and Cui Hao immediately asked his entourage to buy horses and rush back to Pingcheng as quickly as possible to find a way to rescue Kou Qianzhi.

It stands to reason that Kou Qianzhi is an important minister of the imperial court as a national teacher, and Zhao Junsheng has no right to dispose of him as a state assassin, but Kou Qianzhi and Cui Hao secretly ran away on the battlefield in Liaodong and became deserters, which is actually equivalent to giving up his official position and title, and he did not show his identity when he was arrested in Youbeiping, if he showed his identity at that time, there would be no death, so until now, Kou Qianzhi is a black household, since it is a black household, Zhao Junsheng naturally does not have to report to the imperial court.

In the morning, Hua Mulan heard about Cui Hao and Kou Qianzhi when she came to the Thorn History Mansion, she immediately found Zhao Junsheng and said: "Brother Junsheng, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to do this, Kou Lao Dao is also a national teacher, you have no right to deal with the history of assassination in a place, I think it's better to report to the imperial court, even if it is an ordinary person, if you want to execute a capital crime in accordance with the law, you must report it to the relevant yamen of the imperial court for approval, right?" ”

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