Chapter 283: A Thousand Shots
Niu Ben's sudden appearance and turmoil certainly made Li Xiantong's heart a little chaotic, but he still calmed down.
Small roles, can't become a big climate! It's just such a plaything, do you still want to turn the sky upside down? Li Xiantong secretly sighed and sneered.
"Wait here!" Li Jin walked to the front of the main hall of the yamen and shouted to his guards.
"Yes, old general!" All the sergeants clasped their fists together and promised, and they made a sound of shock.
Then, Li Jinxing only took Xue Shao and Niu Ben and walked in front of Li Xiantong in the main hall.
Li Xiantong has been paying attention to Niu Ben, who is tall and out of the limelight, and then he turned his eyes to look at the sideguard beside Li Jinxing, and immediately smiled.
"It's really a place where you don't meet in life!" Li Xiantong sat up from the big chair, "I haven't seen you for a few days, dignified Xue Gongzi, how did you do the old general's personal entourage?" ”
As soon as he said this, Wei Yuanzhong noticed that Xue Shao took a few more looks, and was suddenly shocked: It's really Xue Shao, the disguise is so wonderful, I didn't see it for a while! …… The old general is reckless, why are you following Hu too?
Wei Yuanzhong only complained in his heart, and he was extremely entangled.
Xue Shao smiled indifferently and said, "What's wrong with being an old general's personal entourage?" I was just an ordinary recruit before, but now I'm getting promoted. Didn't Li join the army know the way for a long time? ”
Li Xiantong's eyes narrowed slightly, and he knew that Xue Shao was alluding to his private detention and assassination of Niu Ben.
"The old man is here to talk about important military affairs, and the two of you want to catch up on the old days, so you might as well wait." Li Jinxing spoke up to stop their cold and dark confrontation, and said, "The old man heard that Governor Shi has been murdered, and there has been a mutiny in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and some people have indiscriminately killed innocents to eradicate dissidents, waiting for an opportunity to seize power with the intention of rebellion. So, the old man came to verify it in person. If someone really mutinies and seizes power, the old man will put down the rebellion! ”
"What a regular soldier to quell the rebellion, how righteous and awe-inspiring he said!" Li Xiantong sneered and said, "Old general, who did you hear say that there are people here who mutiny and seize power?" Is this Xue Gongzi? ”
"You don't care!" Li Jinxing said loudly, "Anyway, the old man knows that the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has been controlled by force, many officials and their families have been imprisoned, and many innocent people have also been arrested. Moreover, even Governor Shi was murdered, isn't this a mutiny? ”
"Ha Lu Ha!" Li Xiantong smiled, "That's right, something happened to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and arrested some people." But those people were all party bandits who participated in Wei Juyuan's murder of Li Changshi, and they were not innocent people. ”
"Do you say that party bandits are party bandits?" Li Jinxing shouted, "I don't know what others do, what did General Li Duozuo do, and why was he detained?" ”
"He has the closest collusion with Wei Juyuan, secretly raising the protection of military rights, and instigating Wei Juyuan to kill people and seize power." Li Xiantong said unhurriedly, "This is Wei Juyuan's personal confession, can it be fake?" ”
"Your nonsense!" Li Jinxing shouted, "Call Wei Juyuan out and confront him face to face!" ”
Li Xiantong sighed and shook his head, looking rather sad.
Wei Yuanzhong walked out and said calmly: "Old general, Wei Juyuan hanged himself last night. ”
Li Jinxing's eyes widened, as expected!
"Yes, my father-in-law, Lord Wei Sima, committed suicide last night. However, the confession left behind by his previous trial is recorded in detail, and it is the strongest legal evidence against his party and bandits. Li Xiantong added, emphasizing "suicide in fear of crime" and "evidence".
Xue Shao sneered, "How can you see that Wei Juyuan committed suicide in fear of sin?" Who can prove that his confession was not a private fabrication by you, and then someone killed someone to kill him? ”
"I knew that there would be people who would be so cunning and mean, and they would not let my father-in-law go after he died." Li Xiantong shook his head, looked distressed, and said: "Wei Sima was afraid that Wei Yushi would find out the truth about his power and trouble, so he was forced to kill Li Changshi, and he tried to put all the responsibility on Li Changshi. In fact, before, Wei Sima and Li Changshi were like father and son, and after the incident, he regretted that he cried bitterly at the beginning, and he simply wanted to die and be relieved without a place. In such a state of bitter repentance, he confessed all the sins he had committed and identified his bandits. Think about it, if a Sima wants to seize the power of a metropolitan governor's mansion, how can a lonely person do it? The party bandits he confessed to included generals, county magistrates, and important bureaucrats in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. It's really a big tree with deep roots, and Ben was taken aback on the spot when he joined the army! ”
"After a lot of reasonable fallacies, I was taken aback!" Xue Shao sneered, "Li Xiantong, Wei Juyuan has always been used and manipulated by you, and under your instigation, he has done many things that have brought disaster to the country and the people. You, the mastermind behind the scenes, have been hiding and hiding, putting Wei Juyuan in front as a shield. When you see that things are about to be revealed, you kill people and put all your sins on the dead, you are so vicious! ”
"Bloody mouth!" Li Xiantong reprimanded, "Wei Sima and my grandfather Li Changshi are like father and son, and everyone in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion knows it. Wesima is still my father-in-law, and my relationship with him has always been very deep and harmonious, so how can I fight in the same room? - Xue Shao, it is too much for you to sow discord in public and destroy other people's family affection! ”
"So, you don't know anything about the crimes that Wei Juyuan committed before?" Xue Shao asked step by step.
"Of course I don't know!" Li Xiantong was stern, "Otherwise, I would have stopped him a long time ago, why did he end up like this!" ”
"Nonsense!" Xue Shaoli snorted, and stretched out his hand to pull Niu Ben forward, "Do you recognize him?" ”
Niu Ben glared at Li Xiantong angrily, looking at the frame, he couldn't wait to jump forward on the spot and tear him alive!
"My Li family has been a prince for generations, how can I recognize a Kunlun slave!" Li Xiantong sneered disdainfully.
"Miscellaneous hair, I'm fighting with you!" Niu Ben roared angrily.
"Don't make a noise!" Xue Shao snorted, and Niu Ben quieted down.
"You don't know him, but he knows you, and he knows Wei Juyuan." Xue Shao said, "Everyone, this person is not Kunlun Nu, but a guard of the Tang Dynasty, named Niu Ben, who is the guard of the Third Brigade of the Yue Cavalry of the Right Guard. That is, my fellow travelers. A few months ago, our 3rd Brigade was ordered to go north to find out about the fallen Daizhou army, but it was encountered by the Turkic soldiers, and almost the entire brigade was wiped out. At that time, the brigade commander asked me to break through the siege and go south with Niu Ben, and sent the information of the emergency army of Daizhou to the Metropolitan Governor's Office, asking the Metropolitan Governor's Office to immediately send reinforcements to recover the city, and more importantly, to rescue the poor people who were displaced in the rebellion. ”
Li Xiantong's expression was cold and unmoved, and Xue Shao was allowed to speak.
Xue Shao continued: "At that time, I took some defeated troops and protected many civilians and fled into the dense forest to avoid the pursuit of the Turks. I sent Niu Ben to take the first step, with the military intelligence report I wrote in code, asking for reinforcements. As a result, for seven days and seven nights, reinforcements did not arrive. Soon even Shuozhou fell, many villages in Shuodai were looted by the Turks, and many displaced people died in the war. At first, I thought that the Niu Ben brothers who were sent to deliver the letter had an accident halfway. Later, I learned that it turned out that the Metropolitan Governor's Office of Bingzhou had privately withheld the military intelligence report I sent, and then transferred the evil from Fengzhou to Cheng Wuting to recover the city. There was a time difference of several days, and the Metropolitan Governorate sat back and watched the Turks ransack the villages and kill the people! At that time, because Li Xiantong didn't know the cipher military document I wrote, he and Wei Juyuan interrogated Niu Ben in person, and Niu Ben told the truth. Afterwards, instead of immediately sending troops to rescue, Li Xiantong and Wei Juyuan wanted to kill Niu Ben, pretend not to know the military situation in Daizhou, and connive at the Turkic soldiers to burn and kill and torture in Shuodai Erzhou - how can such a big crime be denied? ”
"Nonsense! The Dadu Governor's Mansion obviously saw that there were fleeing people from the north to the territory, and only then did they know that there was an enemy situation in the two prefectures of the Shuo Dynasty, and then immediately sent Cheng Wuting to do reinforcements. Li Xiantong sneered, "When did the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion receive the report from you?" I haven't even seen this Kunlun slave! This man is but a lowly slave, and of course he dares to say anything when instigated! ”
"Miscellaneous hair, you actually deny it and don't admit it!!" Niu Ben was furious.
"Stand down!" Xue Shao was very calm, and even smiled slightly, "I expected you to die and deny it." ”
"It's just a shadowless thing, why should I admit it?" Li Xiantong was not in a hurry.
"Okay, let's move on to the second thing." Xue Shao was also unhurried, and said, "At that time, the Turkic army pressed the border to attack Shuozhou, and Cheng Wuting was in an emergency, so he sent several Feng Chi reports and asked for help. But the reinforcements arrived for a long time, and I only went to you, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Fa Cao, to join the army, and I want to get people! - Is there such a thing? ”
"Yes." Li Xiantong admitted in one mouth, "This official joined the army as the Fa Cao of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and he only cares about the law and discipline." At that time, someone reported a case of desertion, and Ben joined the army and found that there was an important suspect in Shuozhou, so he went to get someone - what's wrong with that? ”
"Since you can go into Shuozhou City to get people in a grand manner, why are the reinforcements delayed?" Xue Shao said, "This was a conspiracy from the beginning, first let Cheng Wuting recover Shuozhou and Erzhou and put him at the forefront, and then borrow the Turkic forces to brutally suppress him." Obviously there was time to send troops to rescue, but they did not move. When Shuozhou is about to fall, you will run slowly with your soldiers to make a show and cover up. Li Xiantong, you won't say that you are not responsible, right? ”
"Of course I'm not responsible!" Li Xiantong spread out his hands in astonishment and said, "I'm just a Fa Cao in charge of justice to join the army, when will I have military power?" At that time, Li Changshi was seriously ill and bedridden, and temporarily entrusted the military and political power to Wei Sima. Whether or not to send troops and when to send them is all in the hands of Wei Sima. I'm a little Facao to join the army, what can I do? Later, Wei Sima ordered me to go to save Shuozhou, and I followed the order and led the troops forward. Everything is in accordance with the law and obeys the law, what is the responsibility of the official? ”
"Sure enough, all the responsibility was put on the deceased Wei Juyuan!" Xue Shao said in a deep voice, "In short, you just don't admit that you and Wei Juyuan are accomplices, and you are still the mastermind, and you have been directing and planning behind the scenes, right?" ”
"Nonsense!" Li Xiantong sneered, "He is both my father-in-law and my superior. How can I command him? Is your speculation and speculation more realistic? ”
Li Jinxing and Wei Yuanzhong listened on the side, and the more they listened, the more they felt that something was wrong, Li Xiantong was strictly guarded, and Xue Shao didn't seem to have anything to do with him!
"Are you done asking? Now it's my turn to question you! Li Xiantong raised his voice, "Old General Li, you and Xue Shao led the troops to break through and collide with the government, and regarded them as complicity!" Previously, Wei Juyuan had personally confessed that the two of you were complicit in it, and the government had already prepared the sea fishing documents to bring you to justice! - Now you are all sent to the door, and you will be punished for both crimes! ”
"Come on, take down these two thieves!!".
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