Chapter 305: Relief
All in all, Hou Shilu and a cadre of generals under him did not know about the new business of the merchants such as Fan Yongdou and Wang Dengku, and they were caught off guard, in fact, if Yang Tao hadn't gone to transfer troops with the emperor's will, Hou Shilu and them would still be kept in the dark. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Luo Yangxing looked at Hou Shilu's face with both remorse and anger, and the expression was not pretended, but his true feelings were revealed, after all, he had accepted Wang Dengku's filial piety silver, and now Wang Dengku drove out the enemy behavior of fornicating with slaves, so that Hou Shilu simply jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it, just like the yellow mud stuffed into the crotch of his pants - it's not but, and in the future, things will come to the emperor, in front of the civil and military officials of the court, even if he tries his best to justify that he doesn't know anything about Wang Dengku's fornication and slave building, I don't think anyone will believe it.
Especially now that Wang Dengku's account book has fallen into the hands of Luo Yangxing, although Luo Yangxing just said that this account book is not necessarily true, but who knows if Luo Yangxing said it on purpose? It is very likely that this account book is true, and Luo Yangxing deliberately said it in order to test himself, and it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
Taking a step back, even if this account book is really true and difficult to distinguish, there is still a high probability that it is true, then the bribery of Wang Dengku to himself and the generals of Xuanfu recorded on it will be known by Luo Yangxing, what is Luo Yangxing's old business Hou Shilu is naturally very clear in his heart, Hou Shilu asked himself if he let Luo Yangxing know that he had taken Wang Dengku's filial piety silver, then he would definitely present it to the emperor one by one, instead of helping himself to keep it secret, after all, he and Luo Yangxing are not related to each other, He had no reason to cover himself up.
Therefore, in Hou Shilu's view, Luo Yangxing has a great possibility that he will know that he has accepted bribes from Wang Dengku, so after some psychological struggle, Hou Shilu still decided not to have any luck mentality, or to explain the truth better, at least there is a chance to defend himself, and he can also leave a good impression of taking the initiative to admit his mistakes in front of the emperor.
In addition, this time they won another battle, not only successfully destroying the materials that Wang Dengku and they transported to Jiannu, but also killing a lot of Jiannu, how should it be able to offset the merits, right? - In fact, this is the main reason why Hou Shilu dares to admit it, and Hou Shilu's confidence after winning the battle is also enough, after all, the Ming Dynasty has not achieved such a major victory over Jiannu for a long time, and it is the Ming official army that took the initiative to attack and defeated Jiannu outside the Saiwai, which is of great significance, and Hou Shilu feels that he has no reason to be dismissed and questioned no matter what.
However, although he had some confidence in his heart, Hou Shilu naturally still looked very annoyed on his face - after all, this matter is indeed very disgusting, if there is no such thing, he Hou Shilu is undoubtedly a hero, why do you need to worry about this?
"I can also understand the difficulties of General Hou's management of the army, but General Hou shouldn't, he shouldn't, he shouldn't accept bribes from those businessmen." Luo Yangxuan said very realistically, which made Hou Shilu feel very cordial, "But the information provided by General Hou is really important, I will ask people to check it carefully later, to see if the record in Wang Dengkun's account book is as General Hou said, in this matter, General Hou is still meritorious." ā
"It's a shame to say, how can you talk about 'meritorious'?" Hou Shilu said with a ashamed face, "I just ask the emperor to give Ben Jiang a chance to repent, and Ben Jiang will be satisfied." ā
"General Hou doesn't have to be too pessimistic." Luo Yangxing persuaded again, "Today's emperor Shengming will definitely understand General Hou's difficulties and hardships, and besides, General Hou raided Jiannu's camp the day before yesterday and won such a major victory, how can he make up for the mistake of accepting bribes before, presumably the emperor will not be too harsh on General Hou in this matter." ā
"In this way, I will inherit Lord Luo's auspicious words." General Hou said and bowed his hand to Luo Yangxing, "It's just that in front of the emperor, please also ask Lord Luo to say a few more kind words for this general......
"General Hou rest assured, when I play the emperor, I will definitely explain General Hou's difficulties and hardships to the emperor one by one, General Hou doesn't have to worry too much, the emperor is merciful now, and there were many remnants of the Wei Eunuch Party before, and all of them have been pardoned by the emperor......'s decree."
Speaking of this, Hou Shilu found that Luo Yangxing seemed to suddenly remember something, and the whole person suddenly became excited.
This is indeed the case, and I saw Luo Yangxing continue to say to Hou Shilu, "General Hou just said, the last time Wang Dengku sent money to the general was a year ago?" ā
"Exactly, what Ben Jiang just said, every sentence is true, Ben Jiang is already ashamed now, how dare he lie about this kind of thing?" Hou Shilu replied.
"General Hou misunderstood, I didn't mean that." Seeing that Hou Shilu seemed to have misunderstood himself, Luo Yangxing hurriedly explained, "If the last time Wang Dengku sent money to General Hou was a year ago, then General Hou wouldn't have to worry about it?" ā
"Why did Lord Luo say this?" Hou Shilu was a little stunned by Luo Yangxing, he received Wang Dengku's silver, what does it matter when this root?
"Haha, General Hou, a few days ago, in order to pardon so many eunuch remnants, the emperor specially issued an amnesty to the world, didn't General Hou receive this will?" Luo Yangxing said with a smile.
"That's right! If it weren't for Lord Luo's reminder, Ben would have almost forgotten about it! A few days ago, Ben Jiang received the emperor's will, saying that the queen mother is pregnant, and the prince will be born in the future. Hou Shilu suddenly realized at this time, patted his head and said, "At that time, the general was still muttering in his heart, the queen mother is just pregnant, how can the emperor be sure that it must be the prince?" Now it seems that the emperor's amnesty really saved the general's life, and for the general, it is really a blessing in misfortune! ā
"Haha, exactly, so, in my opinion, General Hou doesn't have to worry too much, since the emperor has issued an amnesty to the world, and then General Hou has not accepted bribes from the fornicating slave merchants, plus General Hou has made a great contribution this time, the previous matter, I think the emperor will definitely not pursue it!"
Hou Shilu was also overjoyed, seeing that the problem was solved, he hugged his fist and thanked Luo Yangxing, "Thank you Lord Luo for reminding you, Lord Luo's kindness this time will be unforgettable!" ā