Chapter 123: Coercing a confession in person

Unexpectedly, he saw the old general Long with an angry face, and suddenly pulled down the temperature in the room. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

And after entering the door and seeing Ning Yue, General Long was obviously stunned for a moment, but then he knelt on the ground at Zhou Bian, "The old man has been doing his best to appease the soldiers of the former Zhou Duke for the king, even at night, he also lived in the barracks, and he has not been home for two days, but when he went home today, it was infuriating." The king said that he would give preferential treatment to me and other old ministers of Zhou, but why did he allow the soldiers to steal my family's belongings when my mother and my son were both controlled? My samurai resisted and were killed, it was a matter of fighting, and the old man did not blame him, but my whole mother and my son had already surrendered to the king, why did the royal soldiers still steal my family's wealth, did the king treat me and other former ministers of Zhou like this? ā€

It's okay for the samurai to be killed, but the property is lost but not followed, I don't know what logic this is, but looking at the indignation on General Long's face, and since they have all made trouble here, it seems that he is really angry in his heart. The subordinates of Luoyang are naturally appeased, not to mention that the royal army should also be disciplined and serious, but now there are soldiers stealing other people's property, and this matter is really necessary to be re-investigated.

Zhou Bian thought about it for a while, and then had an idea in his heart, since Bai Gui was in charge of Luoyang's affairs before, then he must be asked about this matter, so Zhou Bian opened his mouth to comfort the angry Old General Long for a few words, and then asked Bai Gui to come over.

Ning Yue also followed to persuade General Long, nothing more than to say that the king would be impartial, but the obvious effect was better than Zhou Bian's own persuasion, I think it was because he was also a minister of Luoyang, or maybe General Long had already obeyed Ning Yue. After persuading for a while, General Long's face was much better, and after a while, Ning Yue's words changed, talking about the old soldiers in Luoyang, I didn't want to talk about this General Long, it turned out that the four thousand soldiers under the command of Zhou Gong before, in addition to Tu's 1,000 Tu Ping's orders, and the other 1,000 dead and wounded who were stationed in the Ming Palace, the remaining more than 2,000 soldiers were all under General Long.

Looking at General Long's excited face, Zhou Bian knew in his heart that birds died for food, people died for money, whoever gave money would give his life, this is an eternal truth, now that Zhou Gong is dead, the royal family has entered Luoyang, this is a foregone conclusion, not to mention that the king's salary is higher than that of Zhou Gong before, who will be stupid to go against the royal family again? However, the quality of these 2,000 soldiers is mixed, and Zhou Bian's next plan is to reduce the troops, but the current situation is not stable, and it is inconvenient to make a big move.

When the three of them were chatting about military affairs, they suddenly heard a hearty laugh coming from outside the door, "King, why did you talk so happily with General Long and Dr. Ning, how about Bai also come to join in the fun?" ā€

At the moment, Bai Gui is the first favorite minister under the king, and he can enter without announcing it, so Bai Gui walked in directly. Zhou Bian naturally smiled, but Ning Yue smiled slightly and seemed to have a deep meaning, and when his eyes turned to General Long again, Bai Gui was puzzled, it turned out that the moment Bai Gui came in, General Long suddenly remembered the purpose of his visit, and his face naturally lowered when he had just eased up.

"The junior Bai has seen General Long, how is it that he dares to be General Long, why is he so disrespectful when he sees Bai, but is there anything rude and disrespectful about Bai?" As shrewd as Bai Gui naturally saw the purpose of the king's recruitment at a glance, he first asked General Long a question.

"Humph! Doctor Bai is an important minister of the royal family, and the favor of the Son of Heaven is as endless as the first day of his rise, and the old man is a hero in his twilight years, and he is about to die, how can he be the respect of Doctor Bai? "General Long turned his head away, obviously because of his temper.

Bai Gui was naturally stunned, but he didn't know what to mean, so he set his eyes on the king. Unexpectedly, Zhou Bian pushed it up, "Let's let Ning Qing come to it." ā€

Seeing that the king pointed to himself, Ning Yue naturally took the lead, and after a while, Bai Gui understood the cause and effect, sighed, stomped his feet, and knelt down at Zhou Bian, "The king, it was Liu Yun's people who stayed in the Dragon Mansion at that time, and his subordinates called him to ask, if anything, it was Bai Mou's lax rule, please treat the king's crime." ā€

"Whether you are guilty or not, wait until you find the soldier who committed the crime. The first thing to do now is to seek General Long's understanding. ā€

Bai Gui then knelt down and turned to General Long, but the latter turned to the side, not knowing whether he hated Bai Gui's family for taking him prisoner and blackmailing him, or only hated Bai Gui's lax discipline that caused his family to lose their belongings.

"Old General Long, but I don't know what you lost in your mansion? Either way, my royal family will give you an explanation. ā€

"Hmph. I don't dare to ask Doctor Bai, it's just a small tripod rewarded by King Pingping, and a few other small things such as the wine lord meat tripod rewarded by the previous kings of several generations, and there are five catties of gold. ā€

Zhou Bian and Ning Yue hadn't asked what they had lost before, but when they heard it at this time, the three of them were stunned, not to mention anything else, if it was really a Ding rewarded by King Ping, it would be really a priceless treasure. Zhou Bian couldn't help licking his tongue and asked tentatively, "Old General Long, don't worry, only the soldiers of my royal family have come to your mansion two days ago, and no one else?" Or is there any servant or something missing in your house? ā€

Unexpectedly, General Long became angry, flicked his sleeves, stood up, and shouted, "King, do you suspect that someone from my family stole it, and the old man came to rely on you?" ā€

I didn't think that this old man was really anxious, but fortunately Ning Yue was there, I saw that Ning Yue reacted quickly, jumped up from his seat, stroked his chest and patted his back, and it took a long time to calm down General Long's anger.

Zhou Bian was also a little afraid, if he forced General Long to rebel at this time, it would be a waste of his previous efforts, and after thinking about it, Zhou Bian decided to show his sincerity and make a transparent statement. "Old General Long, if this is not the case, we will not call those soldiers, we will go directly to the west gate of the Ming Palace, the people of my royal family are stationed there, and the old general will go with us to ask how it is?"

General Long thought about it and nodded quickly, it seemed that the king's attitude was still quite satisfactory.

Walking west from the Mingde Palace, there are some palace courtyards on both sides, and from the courtyard gates and courtyard walls on both sides, it can be seen that it is much newer than the Chengzhou Palace, at least the places that the Son of Heaven can see, almost all of them are new, but Zhou Bian didn't have the heart to appreciate these, and all he thought about along the way was the theft of property by his soldiers. Since the royal family recruited new soldiers, they have paid special attention to military discipline, but they didn't think that there was a problem with the people and horses in Jinmagou, and it seemed that they had to be severely punished.

I was thinking about it for a while and walked to the west gate, the west gate is much smaller than the gate, but there is also a small square in the west gate, at this time several teams of people are practicing, it seems that there is really no day without relaxation.

Seeing the king coming over from afar, Liu Yun hurriedly shouted to stop, and the soldiers all stood still neatly. Wiping the sweat on his face, Liu Yun greeted him, "Why is the king here, is he here to inspect Liu's military training?" The king rest assured, the little one knew that outside the west gate was the original Zhou Gong's barracks, so he didn't dare to relax for a moment, except for the sentry man, the rest shouted up to practice, and now the weapons practiced are real guys, but they can't compare to when they are in Jinmagou, hehe. ā€

Liu Yun stopped as he spoke, no matter how stupid he was, he also found that the atmosphere was wrong at this time, the king had no expression, Bai Guitie blushed, Ning Yue's face was as usual, but the key was that Ning Yue's face was normally a treacherous image, while General Long on the side was flushed, obviously angry. Liu Yun was puzzled, he didn't have such a face when he saw General Long yesterday, and he said that he was grateful for not hurting the Longfu family, what happened today?

Zhou Bian snorted, "Liu Yun kneels down!" ā€

Although he was puzzled, Liu Yun still knelt down obediently because of Wang Wei. Zhou Bian turned his mouth away, but it was Bai Gui who told the matter. Liu Yun's face changed as soon as he heard this, and after Bai Gui finished speaking in a calm tone, Liu Yun was suddenly furious, kowtowed to the king, and then kowtowed to General Long, saying that the king was waiting, turned around and rushed into the team behind.

Zhou Bian and the others watched from a distance, only to see Liu Yun shouting a few times, pulling out a dozen people from the team, driving them over, kneeling in a row in front of Zhou Bian and others, Liu Yun didn't know who grabbed a stick from someone, and before asking, he fought first. Although those ten people didn't know why they were raised, they were obviously forced by Liu Yun's obscenity, and none of them fought back or fought back.

Liu Yun was obviously angry, one person hit a few times, and after a row of beatings, the stick actually broke, Liu Yun still felt angry, turned around and went to get a stick again, but was about to fight but was stopped by Bai Gui. "General Liu is slow, maybe it's just two or three of them, why punish them together. Wait for someone to ask. ā€

"Ten of them are all in the house, how can they not know the reason, they must all have a share." Liu Yun muttered a few words in his mouth, but after seeing Bai Gui's iron-blue face, he still consciously stepped aside.

Bai Gui took a step forward, "General Long's mansion lost its property, and it was a few of you who were there at the time, who did it, you can leave a way to live if you say it yourself, otherwise if we find out, we will die." ā€

Only then did those soldiers know the reason for the beating, and they immediately kowtowed and shouted wronged, "The military discipline in the army is strict, and the small ones naturally know, not to mention that General Liu specially told him when he left, don't covet the property of the Dragon Mansion, saying that the king will naturally reward the military merits, and the small ones have never stolen a coin from the Dragon Mansion, the king Mingjian!" ā€

After hearing this, Liu Yun raised his stick again and beat at the few people who screamed unjustly, "So that you don't recognize it, you were the only ones at the time, not who you are, don't confess quickly, otherwise I will see you killed." ā€

Seeing this, Zhou Bian couldn't bear it, he had never punished a soldier like this, and was about to open his mouth to stop, but he was blocked by Bai Gui, and only heard Bai Gui say in a low voice, "King, General Long is angry at this time, so he can dissipate his anger." Besides, the execution of military discipline in the army is like this, and the king does not have to be pitied, and wait and see. Zhou Bian thought about it, so he stepped aside to watch.

I saw Liu Yun scolding in his mouth that he was fighting more and more, and after a round of fighting, he felt that it was not enough, so he called a few more personal soldiers to fight with him, and the stick with thick arms was beaten down one by one, and the one that was beaten was on the flesh, and the one that was beaten was on the bones. After a while, the movement here attracted the rest of the soldiers on the field, and gradually they all surrounded from a distance.

After a while, he knocked out two, and after a while, he heard someone report and recruit two. Bai Gui was immediately furious and motioned for him to bring someone up. I saw Liu Yun holding one in one hand, dragging it in front of Zhou Bian and the others, and throwing it to the ground, the two of them immediately collapsed to the ground, covered in blood, obviously beaten to the ground.

Seeing this, Zhou Bian felt a pain in his heart, it was too inhuman, and after thinking about it, he stretched out his hand to stop Bai Gui, who stepped forward, and asked, "Since you have two tricks, then let's talk about what you stole from the Dragon Mansion." ā€

"The king, the little one was confused for a while, and stole a few hundred coins from the Dragon Mansion, begging the king to spare his life!"

Hearing this, Bai Gui and Ning Yue frowned, and Bai Gui hurriedly asked, "You really stole a few hundred dollars?" ā€

"Really, only a few hundred dollars, oh no, a thousand." Seeing Liu Yun's face turned angry, the soldier hurriedly changed his words.

"Didn't steal anything else?"

"No, that's it."

"What about the money?"

"It's in the barracks, oh, no, it was spent last night, and the brothers went out to spend it together."

"Why did you spend a thousand dollars?"

"Drinking, well, yes, just drinking."

"What about you, did you steal money too?" Baekyu turned to another person again.

"Well, well, yes, but the little one was afraid on the way back, so he lost it. The king spares his life, and the little one will not dare anymore. ā€

"Just stolen money?"

"Hmm. No, they stole the meat, yes, the big meat, and let the small ones eat it. ā€

"Ding, didn't you steal Ding?"

"No, how big is that ding, the small ones can't steal if they want to. Ah, no, no, the little one stole the tripod, stole the tripod. It's a big tripod, and the small ones are carried out. ā€

Bai Gui wanted to ask again, but was stopped by Zhou Bian, which was obviously a trick. Zhou Bian whispered a few words to Bai Gui, Bai Gui nodded, bypassed the two soldiers, and pulled Liu Yun to the rear of the onlookers.