In the barracks, in the tent.

The veteran general Li Jinxing met with Xue Shao alone, listened to his careful analysis before and after, and was speechless for a long time.

Xue Shao glanced outside the tent, and a trace of fish belly white appeared in the sky, and it was almost dawn.

"Xue Gongzi, according to what you said, the old thief has been at the mercy of the trap from the beginning, trying to frame the old man and Cheng Wuting?" Li Jinxing said.

Xue Shao nodded, "It's a fact that Cheng Wuting was framed. The danger of the old general is imminent. ”

"The tragedy and danger of the previous battle in Shuozhou, the old man has already heard about it." Li Jinxing said, "The old thief is really not a thing, and he actually abandoned the military affairs to frame Cheng Wuting." A hundred battles iron army brought out by evil came out with great difficulty, and the entire army totaled 12,500 men and horses, and only 800 remnants were killed! If it weren't for Xue Gongzi's successful surprise attack on Heisha, Cheng Wuting would have lost all Shuozhou, and even died at the hands of the Turks! - The old thief is ruthless enough! Isn't he afraid that the court will settle accounts with him afterwards? ”

"Of course he was afraid." Xue Shao said, "So he pretended to be seriously ill and couldn't serve the council, and temporarily entrusted the military and political power to Wei Juyuan, who has always had the power and ambition. Then, Li Xiantong used various methods to gain Wei Juyuan's trust and reached a cooperation with him, containing and instructing Wei Juyuan from the side. Their grandfather and grandson colluded to treat Wei Juyuan as a fool, and pretended to be Wei Juyuan's hand to give orders and do all the bad things. If the imperial court wants to investigate it afterwards, Li Chongyi will only have the fault of 'improper employment' at most. The one who should bear all the charges is for the dead ghost Wei Juyuan! ”

Li Jinxing's eyes widened, "So, Wei Juyuan is just like the old man who cut off his head Guo Yiduwei, they are all substitute ghosts used by their grandfather and grandson?" ”

Xue Shao nodded, "If it is unexpected, Wei Juyuan will also die before the imperial court launches an investigation." Only the mouth of the dead man is the tightest, and the dead man will not jump out and turn the case around. ”

"Old thief, poisonous enough!" Li Jinxing slapped his palm on the table, "The old man didn't check for a while, but he was actually killed by the old thief with a knife and killed the General Song for him!" On the contrary, he let himself fall into the charge of indiscriminate killing of generals! ”

Xue Shao smiled and said, "Actually, even if the old general doesn't kill that Song general, he won't live long." ”

"He deserves to die, but the old man is tricked and unlucky!" Li Jinxing was annoyed.

Xue Shao said: "Li Chongyi must know the truth, and when the old general sees what happened to Cheng Wuting, he will definitely be vigilant and take strict precautions." The mutiny in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was indeed a trick to kill three birds with one stone. Not only did he successfully splash all the dirty water on Wei Juyuan's body, but also gave Li Chongyi and Li Xiantong an excuse to make a big deal and eradicate dissidents. Many officials in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion were imprisoned for being Wei Juyuan's comrades during this mutiny. Even small characters like General Li Duozuo and Xue were not spared because of some old grudges. Of course, their ultimate goal is to deal with the old general! ”

"They want to frame the old man as well?" Li Jinxing's pair of tiger eyes widened.

"Their plan is definitely not that simple." Xue Shao smiled and said, "I guess that before they sent General Song to deliver the military order, they had already figured out the old general's temper and vigilance at the moment, and they were already ready to do both. If the old general goes to the Dadu Governor's Mansion according to the military order, then waiting for the old general is likely to be accused of being a 'fellow party of Wei Juyuan'. Even if the Metropolitan Governor's Office does not have the right to formally convict and punish you, Li Chongyi, the marching commander in charge of military law, at least has the right to take you into custody for investigation first. At the same time, the old general's military power must be handed over! ”

Li Jinxing sneered, "Unless the old man lives back to when he was three years old, how can he be so at the mercy of them?" ”

Xue Shao raised two fingers, "So they have a second hand preparation." That is the situation in front of him - the old general sniffed out the danger signals in the military order and saw that there was a mutiny in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Bingzhou. So he disobeyed the military order and killed the messenger, and prepared to lead the troops to quell the rebellion. ”

"That's right." Li Jinxing said, "The marching commander Shi was killed, what is it if it is not a mutiny?" As a general with troops, the old man maintains the state and county to protect the people and ensure that the yamen of the governor's mansion is not controlled by traitors, which is an unshirkable thing! - Of course, the old man has a good reason to lead his troops to quell the rebellion! ”

Xue Shao smiled, "But when the old general led his troops into the Dadu Governor's Mansion and found that Li Chongyi was not dead, what should I do?" ”

Li Jinxing's face trembled, gritted his teeth, and said: "That old man really disobeyed the military order, killed the general who ordered the order, and used troops to raid the city and storm the official mansion without authorization, and there is a suspicion of rebellion!" - If Li Chongyi is really cheating on death, then the old man is a capital crime! ”

"Therefore, their preparations with both hands have already calculated the old general to death!" Xue Shao said, "Now I can't be sure if Li Chongyi is really dead. If he dies, the situation is a little better, it may be that Li Xiantong wants to take advantage of the chaos to seize power. After all, he is only a small character, and it is difficult to make any big waves. If Li Chongyi hadn't died, then ...... Hehe! ”

Li Jinxing heard Xue Shao's most reluctant "hehe", this veteran of the battlefield who was not shocked by the collapse of Mount Tai, couldn't help but shudder, and his face trembled slightly.

"Old thief, it's too vicious!" Li Jinxing gritted his teeth with hatred, "The old man vows to skin him, pull his tendons, and dig up the ancestral graves of his ancestors for eighteen generations!" ”

"The old general is angry." Xue Shao said, "Only now, we are at a disadvantage, and everything is in the hands of the other party." But in our hands, after all, we still have the most powerful counterattack weapon! ”

"You mean, the more than 200,000 troops under the old man?" Li Jinxing said.

"That's right!"

Li Jinxing shook his head with an embarrassed face, "Knowing that if you move troops without permission now, you will be guilty of a capital crime, how can the old man dare to move lightly?" Moreover, although the old man was entrusted by Pei Gong to temporarily lead the army, there was also a deputy chief of the marching army, Tang Huaibi, after all. The fish talisman that can mobilize most of the soldiers and horses is divided into two, and the old man and Tang Huaibi each hold half of it. Unless he can get his consent, the old man can only mobilize the regiment of guards around him at most, and there are only two hundred guards! ”

"Two hundred? Enough! Xue Shao was not only not worried, but took a breath and said: "As we all know, the old general is now in charge of the army, but no one has ever really brought thousands of troops with him. If the old general dares to travel with two hundred iron armor, it is enough to shock people's hearts. The key is whether the old general dares to go to the state? ”

"What are you going to do?" Li Jinxing asked with thick eyebrows.

"Pretend to be in the middle of the plan and lead the troops to counter the rebellion. Then the plan will be calculated, and the defeat will be turned into victory! Xue Shao's eyebrows tightened and his expression was very serious, "The risk is very high." Defeat or win! - Old general, do you dare to fight? ”

Li Jinxing was silent, his lips pursed and his old face tightened.

"In the battle of Heisha, the junior Xue Shao took a hundred boys who were not afraid of death to fight for thousands of miles, and captured the enemy chief in the midst of ten thousand troops. At this point, the stakes are much greater than they are now. Xue Shao said these things in a relaxed tone, smiled, and said, "The old general Gai Shihu has been famous for a long time, but now he has thousands of troops and horses, but he doesn't dare to fight?" ”

Xue Shao's words obviously greatly stimulated Li Jinxing!

"The old man has fought all his life, which time did he not fight with his life!" Li Jinxing slapped the table angrily a few times like thunder, "How to plan and turn defeat into victory?" Just say it, the old man will obey his words, and there will be no two words! ”

Xue Shao clenched his fists and bowed, "Old general, so righteous!" ”

"Speak quickly!"

……

It's dawn.

Wei Yuanzhong had no sleep all night but had no sleep, sitting upright in the main hall of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, his eyes were shining, and his face was like a sculpture.

There is no proof of death, and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is their territory, surrounded by their people, how can I deal with it and reverse the current unfavorable situation?

Li Xiantong walked in, tied a white filial piety cloth around his waist, and mourned Wei Juyuan.

"Wei Yushi, major events have happened one after another, the house is busy, and Li has been neglected and offended." Li Xiantong stepped forward to bow and said, "My grandfather sent me to tell Wei Yushi that Wei Juyuan confessed to many of his comrades before committing suicide in fear of crime, and most of them are now detained in prison, but there are still some fugitives. Therefore, the Metropolitan Governor's Office is now going to issue a sea fishing document and report it to the court. Wei Yushi, as the superintendent of the imperial court, is also an eyewitness to this case, I don't know what his opinion is? ”

Wei Yuanzhong's heart tightened.

This pair of grandfathers and grandsons are not shrewd, they failed to kill me, and then turned to use my status as a royal historian. Wei Juyuan "committed suicide" before the arch of which comrades, the ghost knows! Now, isn't it up to them to count the heads and make a big deal of it? However, these practices of theirs are in line with the statutes of the Tang Dynasty's laws, and they pulled me, the imperial historian, to testify - knowing that the road is all greasy, but I have no evidence to refute it!

"Who are the comrades of Wei Juyuan's confession?" Wei Yuanzhong neither agreed nor objected, but just asked.

"Probably, they are all people that Wei Yushi doesn't know and don't know very well!" Li Xiantong pretended to be relaxed and said, "What, Wei Yushi is worried that there are people close to you in the list?" ”

"This official talks about things and is dedicated to the public." Wei Yuanzhong said lightly, "Unless I know the detailed list of accomplices, I will not agree to you issuing a sea fishing document without authorization, not even acquiescing." You don't want to pull the official in the aftermath and help you! ”

"Hehe, it's just a trivial matter, why is Wei Yushi so nervous?" Li Xiantong laughed twice, took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Wei Yuanzhong, "The list of Wei Juyuan's confessions and confessions is here, Wei Yushi, please take a look!" ”

Wei Yuanzhong took it and took a look, okay, as expected. Wei Juyuan's confession was of course a comprehensive confession of all the crimes committed, and he even confessed to many of his comrades in the end.

First of all, the first one, the old general Li Jinxing; The second, Zhonglang will Li Duozuo.

The third, Xue Shao!

Next to Xue Shao's name, there is also a line of remarks - he once used the pseudonym "Chengyu".

Later, there are many officials under the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Hebei and Prefecture, including the adjutant generals and adjutants in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and the local assassins, governors and county orders.

After reading this thing, Wei Yuanzhong set off a storm in his heart, this is clearly a political purge! Li Chongyi eradicated dissent on such a large scale, what did he want to do?

Does he want to eradicate all the officials and generals who are at odds with him under the rule of the entire Dadu Governorate, take away the military power of Li Jinxing and Li Duozuo, and then rebel against the court and become king?!.

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