Chapter 187: Interrogation
"Chen Yue, is it true that he led troops to kill innocent people? Why are you so mad? Wu Mengming asked, although the words came from his mouth, they were relayed from Chongzhen's original words.
"Back to Your Majesty, there was no killing of the people, in fact, it was the ministers who were suddenly attacked by a group of people, and in desperation, they killed people and broke out of the encirclement. The specific matter has been played by the minister. Chen Yue said aggrievedly, and every word he answered Wu Mengming relayed to Chongzhen in his original words.
"I ask you, why did you lead the cavalry out of the city during the day, do you believe that I don't believe in the imperial court, or do you abscond because you know you are guilty?" The tone of the question became heavier and heavier, it can be seen how angry Chongzhen was when he said this, what he was most angry about was not that Chen Yue killed people, but it was easy to settle it with Chen Yue's military exploits, and the most angry thing was that Chen Yue immediately led his troops out of the city after killing people, what is this? If I had ordered you to be captured, would you have run away with the army? Is such a person actually a man who is loyal to his country?
"Back to Your Majesty, it's not that the minister wants to escape, but someone deliberately wants the minister's life, and the one who participated in the assassination was the family of Wu Weiying, the Marquis of Gongshun, and several other nobles were also involved, and there were many civil officials to cover it, most of the officials of the Manchu Dynasty wanted the life of the minister, if the minister stayed in the city, he was afraid that he would die and have no place to bury. The minister was originally a rough man, and he only knew how to lead troops to kill the enemy for the country, but the minister fought for the country and the Mantars on the battlefield, and the blood-stained robes were stained, and countless sons died on the battlefield and lost their lives. Some people enjoy glory and wealth in Beijing, not to mention, desperately impeach, but they still want to plot to kill the enemy for the country, and they do not hesitate to resort to despicable assassination methods, and they have to get rid of the ministers and then quickly. The minister was puzzled and wanted to ask what happened to this world? Why can't they tolerate loyal ministers who fight bravely to kill the enemy? The more Chen Yue spoke, the more angry he became, and his tone gradually hardened. In the face of the Manchu civil and military forces in Beijing, including Emperor Chongzhen, he was already extremely disappointed.
"Evil obstacles, how can you say such indignant words to Your Majesty!" Seeing that Chen Yue was talking more and more unlikely, Chen Jianghe became anxious and hurriedly scolded. In Chen Jianghe's view, a king is a king, and a minister is a minister, even if he has suffered a great grievance, he can't complain like this and complain about the Son of Heaven! We must believe in the emperor and believe that the court administers justice.
"General Chen, it's okay." Wu Mengming waved his hand and said, "This official is ordered to ask, so naturally he wants to hear Chen Yue's true thoughts. After speaking, Chen Yue was asked to stand up, indicating that Chongzhen's questioning was over.
"Chen Yue, you are really too reckless this time, you led the troops to rush out of Beijing, do you want to use the troops in your hands to blackmail the imperial court?" Wu Mengming looked at Chen Yue and said helplessly, he and Chen Yue are now deeply involved, so he naturally doesn't want to see Chen Yue unlucky.
"Brother Wu, how dare I?" Chen Yue said aggrievedly, although he had this kind of thought in his heart, how could he say it?
"You don't know, the situation was very critical at that time, so I took two people, and they were besieged by more than a dozen people armed with sharp blades and bows and arrows in the alley, all of whom were good at fighting and fighting, if it weren't for the two righteous men who came forward to rescue, Brother Wu, you wouldn't be able to see me now. And not long after the incident, Shuntianfu Yin immediately led people to arrest me, and then the guards of Xuanwu Gate actually wanted to close the city gate, which must have been instructed by someone. Brother Wu, if I really don't run away, but follow me to Shuntian Mansion, I will definitely die in prison. Chen Yue said aggrievedly.
"How is it possible, you are the official of the imperial court, even if you are in prison, you should be summoned by my Jinyi Guard, Shuntian Mansion will send you to question at most, what right does it have to put you in prison!" Wu Mengming said disapprerovingly, he complained very much about Chen Yue's fuss and didn't know the severity.
"My eldest brother, how long have you been in charge of the Jinyi Guard? Can you make sure that everyone in the brocade will listen to you? How many of them are Luo Yang's henchmen? Don't forget, it was the two of us who ousted Luo Yangxing from power, and you became the commander. If I had been summoned to prison by the Jinyi Guard, I might have died sooner! Chen Yue shook his head and said.
"This ......" Wu Mengming was speechless, he knew his own affairs, and since he took over as the commander of Jinyiwei, he didn't have time to clean up the people inside, and he couldn't tell how many Luo Yang's henchmen were in it.
"Since they have resorted to the means of daytime assassination, they are determined to want my life, my home in the city is not safe, and your Jinyi Guard Yamen is not safe, the only safe place is my military camp, there are thousands of soldiers to protect it, which one dare to bare his teeth again?" Chen Yue said coldly, and a murderous aura suddenly spread. Wu Mengming woke up at this time, and the person in front of him was no longer the military boy who asked himself to make it convenient for the honeycomb coal store, but a brave general on the battlefield who commanded thousands of troops and fought bloody battles with the Manchurian Tatars! Such a person is not a light person, and those plotters are probably going to break their teeth!
"Don't act rashly!" Wu Mengming repeatedly instructed, and then he wanted to return to the city to resume his life.
"Brother Wu, don't be busy, there are two people you can take with you, as long as you interrogate them, you will know the truth of the matter, and you will know if I am lying!" Chen Yue said and asked people to bring Ma Zhu and Wu Keming in.
"Who is this?" Looking at Wu Keming, who was beaten in an inhuman shape, Wu Mengming asked in surprise. Chen Yue's interrogation methods were too brutal, in order to force everything to be asked, Wu Keming was beaten with almost no good flesh on his body, six of his ten fingers were plucked off, and even half of his ribs were broken.
"Lord Wu, save me, I am Wu Keming, the prince of the Hou Shizi!" Seeing Wu Mengming, Wu Keming seemed to have seen a savior, and shouted in a weak tone, he has hardly suffered a finger since he was a child, when has he suffered so much?
"What's going on?" Wu Mengming's face sank, and Chen Yue's courage was too great, he dared to arrest a little marquis!
"It's nothing, the person next to me is a hemp pole, participated in the assassination of me yesterday, and is a key witness, but yesterday this guy personally led people to kill people and kill people, and happened to be caught by the brother I sent to protect the witness and took it back." Chen Yue said in a relaxed tone.
Wu Mengming nodded, there are two key witnesses, even if the assassination of Chen Yue by the Gongshun Hou family is settled, then Wu Weiying may not even be able to keep the title of Gongshun Marquis this time.
After telling Chen Yue not to mess around again, Wu Mengming left with someone, of course, when he left, he didn't forget to take back the Shang Fang sword that Chongzhen gave Chen Yue.
Extremely sad to see Shang Fang's sword being withdrawn, Chen Yue knew that from now on, his reliance on the fox and fake tiger power was gone, and from then on he was just a sesame-sized seven-rank soldier, and after tomorrow, whether this seven-rank official position could be kept is still a matter of two words!