"Let General Wang tell you the details of this case!" After Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, he nodded to Wang Can. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Yes!" Wang Can agreed, handed a transcript of the interrogation to Zonaras, and said: "This is the record of the three arrested cannibals on our side, and all three of them confessed that it was Aziz who contacted them as the deputy envoy of the Great Eclipse Country, and they had been hiding in Henglus and rarely met with Aziz in normal times, and Aziz asked them to follow Julius and his party and wait for an opportunity to kill him. The three men also confessed that after Aziz left, Mahdi also sent people to find them, fearing that their strength was weak, so they hired a team of thirty mercenaries to participate in the assassination. At present, the corpses of the thirty hired mercenaries and the master and servant of Julius have been transported to Alark by our side through secret methods to prevent decay, if you need to claim the corpses, you can send someone to go, and we will send someone to accompany you! ”

Zonaras listened and said angrily: "If it is really the big cannibals who did it, they are deliberately provoking trouble!" Great King, General Wang, I want to meet these three great cannibals, I want to hear their confessions with my own ears! ”

Zhao Ziliang promised: "Yes, Wang Can, you can take Your Excellency the Deputy Envoy to the prison!" ”

"Yes, King!"

After Wang Can took Zonaras away, Zhao Ziliang thought for a while, and shouted outside the door: "Xiao Qin! ”

Xiao Qin, a personal soldier, walked in and saluted, "What does the king command?" ”

"Come here!" Zhao Ziliang beckoned, and whispered a few words in the ear of Xiao Qin, who came over: "You go and tell Wang Can, just say ・・・・・・"

"Got it!" Xiao Qin agreed, saluted again, and turned to leave.

・・・・・・

Wang Can walked out of the prison with Zonaras and said: "Your Excellency Deputy Envoy, you should have a clear understanding of the current situation, the Great Cannibal has ill intentions and wants to stir up disputes between our two countries through this matter, and I hope that Your Excellency the Deputy Envoy will make the matter clear to the emperor and the imperial court of your country, and don't fall for the tricks of the Great Cannibal!" ”

Zonaras said with a grim face: "The matter is already very clear, in the face of so many witnesses and evidence, if we still fall for the scheme, it can only show that we are too stupid!" General Wang, please tell His Royal Highness the King of Western Qin, please rest assured, I will immediately report the conspiracy of the Great Cannibal and send someone back to the Eastern Roman Empire to present it to His Majesty the Emperor of our country, Constantine V, His Majesty the Emperor of our country is a wise lord, and I believe that he will take the right approach to deal with this matter! This incident should not affect the normal diplomatic relations between you and me."

Wang Can stopped and turned to Zonaras and said, "I also believe that the emperor of your country is a wise lord, and he will definitely not fall for the tricks of the big cannibals." In the aftermath of His Excellency Julius, if you need any help, just come to me, I will not give up! ”

"Thank you, General Wang!" Zonaras stroked his chest and saluted, and said: "In view of the fact that His Excellency Julius's master and servant were killed by the Great Cannibal within your sphere of influence, on behalf of the Eastern Roman Empire, I ask the Western Qin officials to immediately send someone to arrest the masterminds behind the scenes, Mahdi and Aziz, and transfer them to us along with the three Great Food Killers, and we will dispose of them in the Eastern Roman Empire!" ”

Wang Can said with a rare face: "Your Excellency Zonaras, I'm sorry, we can't do this. First of all, the leader of the big cannibal killer contacted by Aziz is dead, and the three people who were arrested did not meet with Aziz directly, one of them was sent by Mahdi, so there is insufficient evidence for them to identify Aziz, and we can only arrest Mahdi! Your Excellency, if we want to judge whether a person is guilty or not, we must act according to the law, and we cannot mess around at will, and I hope Your Excellency understands this. We have sent people to arrest Mahdi, as for the transfer of him and the three food killers to you for disposal, please also forgive your Excellency, we also cannot agree to you in this matter, Mahdi and the three food killers are assassinating and killing people in our territory, no matter what nationality they kill, they must be tried and dealt with by our side, we will not hand them over to anyone and the country, they will be tried and executed in our judicial temple! ”

"It's a shame!" Zonaras said a sentence and then asked, "May I ask General Wang, according to your experience, if the Judicial Temple of your country were to try Mahdi and the three great food killers, would they be sentenced to death?" ”

Wang Can said: "The three big food killers must be dead, as for Mahdi・・・・・・

Zonaras hurriedly said: "Please also let the general know!" ”

Wang Can looked left and right, and when he saw that there was no one around, he said in a low voice: "Your Excellency, that is, I will tell you the truth about your personal relationship with me, and if it were someone else, I would never say it."

"Yes, yes, I must keep in mind the general's feelings today, and I will definitely invite the general to drink a few cups another day!"

Wang Can said in a low voice: "Based on my experience, our king will definitely not be inclined to sentence Mahdi to death. You also know that the law is not always impartial, and it also needs to serve politics! Sentencing Mahdi to death will only do us a bad deal in our relationship with the Great Food Country, and the above authorities do not want to fall out with the Big Food Country because of this matter. Of course, the judges of the Judicial Temple will act according to the face of the king of my family, so Mahdi will only be sentenced to five or eight years in prison at most, and not more than ten years at most! If the Great Food Country negotiates with our Xiqin and gives something in exchange, the official may reduce Mahdi's sentence, even if he is imprisoned this month, he will be released next month! ”

Zonaras's face was a little ugly, "So it's very likely that Mahdi will get away with it, continue to be his prince after killing someone, and may succeed to the throne as the Great Food Caliph in the future?" ”

"It's possible!" Wang Can nodded, "Actually, we, including the king of my family, want to kill Mahdi, this person is too arrogant and belligerent, if he is given the opportunity to succeed to the throne as the Great Diet Caliph, it will not be a good thing for me in Western Qin and your Eastern Roman Empire." But as you know, politics can sometimes be very frustrating, and no one including my king can do what he wants. However・・・・・・・ though we cannot put the Mahdi to death, you do have a chance, and I wonder if you would be interested in listening to me?" ”

Zonaras hurriedly said: "What are you talking about, please let the general know!" ”

Wang Can said: "Although Mahdi was arrested by us, but before he was found guilty, he was detained in the detention room of the patrol room, and only after he was found guilty will he be transferred to the prison to serve his sentence, and in terms of guards, the patrol room is undoubtedly much more lax than the prison, if you are determined to get Mahdi away, you can only take the extreme method of taking Mahdi from the detention room, we can secretly cooperate, but this matter cannot be put on the table and said, you and I just tacitly do it." Even if you poke it out afterwards, we won't admit it! ”

"Of course, of course, how can I bring this kind of thing to the table and say, isn't this a slap in the face? The general can rest assured! ”

Wang Can nodded, and said, "That's good!" One more thing, the people who participate in the operation must not use your own people, you can go to hire mercenaries, or other outlaws, the price is higher, I believe there are still people who are willing to take risks! After you get people back to China, you can only say to the outside world that you bought them from the outlaws, and you can't say that you sent people to snatch them back, otherwise our side will definitely not give up, this matter is related to the dignity and face of a country, if you Eastern Roman Empire talk nonsense, our country will find this dignity even if it starts a war! ”

Zonaras smiled: "Your Excellency General, we are not so stupid, we are not so stupid, make trouble for ourselves, please rest assured that these things will be done by the General, we will do it well!" ”

"That's good!"

After Mahdi was arrested, Aziz was anxious, this is the prince, if something happens to Mahdi, he is afraid that he will not be able to go back, he immediately came to Zhao Ziliang, but was told that Zhao Ziliang had gone out to inspect the local government affairs and was not in Henglus.

Aziz had to immediately come to the Foreign Affairs Yamen Honglu Temple to find Hongluqing Liu Dan, Liu Shan was an old man who followed Zhao Ziliang, when he was in the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion, Liu Shan worked under Zhao Ziliang, and was responsible for foreign affairs for a long time, and often sent envoys to countries in the Western Regions, and had a better understanding of the situation in the countries of the Western Regions.

Liu Shan met with Aziz, invited him to sit down, and asked, "Your Excellency the envoy has something to do with me today?" ”

Aziz said: "Lord Liu, His Royal Highness the Prince of my family was arrested by your side and was imprisoned in the patrol room, do you know about this?" ”

Liu Shan nodded and said, "I heard about it, I heard it this morning!" But I can't take care of criminal matters, and if you come to me for this, you're really looking for the wrong person! ”

Aziz hurriedly said: "No, no, no, Lord Liu, you are the Honglu Temple, of course you have the right to ask about this matter, this matter is related to the diplomatic relations between you and me, how can you not manage it?" Please help, I want to go to the patrol room to meet my Royal Highness! ”

Liu Shan said: "You can go directly to the patrol room and ask to see the suspect, you don't have to come to me!" ”

"I went, but the patrolmen told me that my prince had committed something too big to visit. Please also ask Lord Liu to help and come forward to say hello! ”

Liu Shan frowned and thought about it, and agreed: "Okay, I'll send someone to accompany you to the patrol room."

"Thank you, Lord Liu!"

The next day, Aziz came to Liu Shan again and asked, "Lord Liu, I heard that the Judicial Temple is preparing to hear this case, in your opinion, how will the Judicial Temple decide?" ”

Liu Shan shook his head and said: "According to the laws and regulations, Prince Mahdi is likely to be sentenced to a summary execution!" ”

"What? This, this is not good, if you sentence it like this, then the diplomatic relations between our two countries will be over, no matter what Prince Mahdi says, he is also the prince of my big food country, if your country sentences him to death, it will be a slap in the face of my big food country, this will cause serious diplomatic incidents, and it may also lead to war, I hope that the king of your country and the government will think clearly! ”

Liu Shan Zhengse said: "Your Excellency, I hope you can understand that we do not accept any threats and intimidation, our Tang Empire and the Western Qin Imperial Court have never had this tradition, there was no in the past, there is no now, and there will still be no in the future!" If anyone wants to provoke a war, we, Xiqin, will accompany us to the end! The law is the law, and it cannot be blasphemed! We will not abandon the punishment of Prince Mahdi just because we have been threatened by your country. However, after all, this matter involves diplomatic relations between the two countries, and it is natural that a proper solution can be resolved through diplomatic negotiations."