Ai Zong's soul flew away, looking at Dongfang Xin, Dongfang Xin took a step forward, and before he could open his mouth, Chu Huan had already said lightly: "What does Dongfang General want to say?" ”

Dongfang Xin was stunned, but at this time he found that he had nothing to say, as Chu Huan said, Gongsun Chu's so-called criminal evidence is not a trick that is difficult to decipher, the Criminal Department is in charge of a criminal prison, and the case files of various states and counties must be remitted to the Criminal Department for approval.

A person with a little insight can see that the letter has been soaked in oil, and can deduce the time when the letter was written.

However, these so-called "criminal evidence" were actually regarded as ironclad evidence by the Department of Criminal Affairs, and on this evidence, more than a dozen officials, including Gongsun Chu, were convicted of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, and even reported this to the Criminal Department, which approved it and issued an order to exterminate the three clans.

If it weren't for Chu Huan's slight means today, Gongsun Chu and these people would have become unjust souls.

Ai Zong, who tried this case, undoubtedly has to bear a great responsibility, as Chu Huan asked, there are only two possibilities for such negligence, either negligence and slackness to the extreme, including Ai Zong, the director of the Criminal Department, and the officials of the Criminal Department are a group of wine bags and rice bags, extremely incompetent, and the other possibility can only be that someone deliberately frames Gongsun Chu, no matter which one, Ai Zong is already in a catastrophe.

Seeing that Dongfang Xin was just clenching his fists and unable to speak, Ai Zong turned his gaze to Dong Shizhen again, with a begging look in his eyes, Dong Shizhen didn't look at him, but he had already bowed his hand to Chu Huan and said: "Lord Governor, there has been such a major negligence in the Criminal Department, and the subordinate officials have failed to investigate in detail, and they are guilty of dereliction of duty, and I ask the Governor to surrender the crime!" ”

Chu Huan shook his head and said: "Master Dong has a lot of opportunities, and it is understandable that he can't take care of the Criminal Department, but Ai Zong is in his position, and his corpse is vegetarian, how can such a stupid person be in charge of a major criminal and prison matter?" He said in a deep voice: "Someone came, took off Ai Zong's crown robe, detained and imprisoned, and waited for the governor to explain this matter to the court, and then deal with it!" ”

Ai Zong screamed, "You...... You dare, you ...... You can't dismiss me from my official ......! As soon as the words came out, I knew that I was speechless, but since I said them all, there was no reason to take them back.

Chu Huan sneered: "As the governor of Xiguan, it seems reasonable to temporarily remove the officials of the yamen of various departments, according to common sense, the governor can first pick up your crown robe and ask for the will of the court, and then you can remove your official position, but today the governor might as well tell you that before the governor came to take office, he was given the right to act cheaply by the grace of the holy emperor, and the governor originally wanted to save some face for you, but now the governor has changed his mind, from now on, you will no longer have an official status!" ”

Ai Zong's body weakened, and he hissed: "My lord, the lower official ......!" ”

"Since he is no longer an official, An dares to call himself an official?" Xuanyuan Shengcai beside Chu Huan said with a cold face: "There is a violation of etiquette, pretending to be an official of the imperial court, and you should be beheaded according to the crime!" ”

Ai Zong's face was pale, and he had already lost his previous smug attitude, seeing that Dongfang Xin and Dong Shizhen both turned their faces away from him, knowing that these two people would no longer help each other, he was angry for a while, and said: "Lord Governor, in fact, things ...... It's not a ...... It's not ...... for me! ”

Dong Shizhen suddenly looked at Ai Zong, and said lightly: "Ai Zong, at this time, you still have to quibble?" It wasn't you, but whom? You confess your sins now, but you are only negligent in your duties, and your life may be saved, but if you talk nonsense, you will be ...... nonsense! He smiled coldly, his voice threatening, "If you really anger the Governor, it won't be a matter that can be solved with one life." ”

Ai Zong saw Dong Shizhen's eyes narrowed almost into a slit, his body was agitated, and he lowered his head, but he didn't dare to say anything more.

"Come on, take down Aizong." Dong Shizhen waved his hand, "Gongsun Chu and the others opened the shackles and temporarily imprisoned them in the prison of the Criminal Department, and they will be sent by the Governor." ”

Chu Huan waved his hand and said with a smile: "The prison of the Criminal Department is cold and damp, Gongsun Chu and they have already suffered a lot, before the order of the imperial court is issued, they will be handed over to the governor for the time being, there is a guard camp station next to the governor's mansion, and it should be more appropriate to temporarily put them in the guard camp station and be guarded by the governor's guard battalion." ”

Dong Shizhen smiled on his face and said respectfully: "It's all up to the adults!" ”

Chu Huan rescued Gongsun Chu and others from the execution ground, and even took advantage of the situation to pull out the nail of Ai Zong, Ai Zong was escorted to the prison of the Criminal Department, and Gongsun Chu and others were taken into the camp by Xuanyuan Shengcai.

The garrison was not far from the governor's palace, and Gongsun Chu and the others were of course not imprisoned, after being sent to the garrison, several houses had already been vacated here, cleaned cleanly, with brand new bedding, and the garrison soon prepared a set of light casual clothes for each of the fourteen officials, and even prepared hot water for these people.

Gongsun Chu didn't feel a little unreal until he bathed and changed his clothes, as if he was in a dream, and waited until Xuanyuan Sheng came, invited Gongsun Chu to a room, and breathed the outside air, Gongsun Chu finally calmed down, and finally confirmed that he was indeed alive.

The door of the house was not closed, Gongsun Chu had just approached, and a person had already come out of the house, without saying a word, bowing down was a deep salute, Gongsun Chu was a little surprised, took a step back, and waited for the person to stand up, only to see clearly, the person was in his fifties, his expression was excited, Gongsun Chu opened his mouth, and couldn't help but say: "Yes...... Is it Fu Gong? ”

The person who appeared in front of him was none other than Fu Yusheng, one of the seven surnames of Kansai, the head of the Fu family.

Fu Yusheng used to be a great gentleman in Xiguan, and Gongsun Chu was also the governor of Yuezhou, the two had already intersected, but Gongsun Chu knew Fu Yusheng and recognized it at a glance.

Fu Yusheng said with emotion: "Lord Gongsun, God has eyes, you are safe and sound, this is a good person with good rewards, my Fu family prays day and night that God can let Lord Gongsun avoid this catastrophe, and today is finally what he wants!" ”

Gongsun Chu seemed to be a little surprised by Fu Yusheng's attitude, but he quickly calmed down and sighed lightly: "Fu Gong is too polite, Gongsun remembers that he seemed to have had an unhappy relationship with Fu Gong because of political affairs, but he doesn't know ......?" ”

Fu Yusheng smiled bitterly and said: "Lord Gongsun, Fu has a bad temper, but he is a person who knows what is good and bad, if it wasn't for Lord Gongsun sticking to Shuoquan City, my Fu family would have become the soul of Xiliang Tie, and I wouldn't have had the opportunity to stand here and talk to Lord Gongsun today." ”

Gongsun Chu was a little stunned, and after a long time, he sighed and said, "The merits and demerits will be left to future generations to comment...... Buddhism has a saying that saving a life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, I just thought that it was one more life to save one, which is also a matter of the official's duty, and Fu Gong doesn't have to take it to heart......! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a voice from inside the room: "I have heard that Lord Gongsun has the reputation of the King of White Yama, he is upright, fair and honest, and he should be righteous first before he sees him...... But today's Gongsun Chu seems to have no uprightness, but more of a sense of depression, this is not the Gongsun Chu I want to see! ”

Gongsun Chu frowned slightly, but then suddenly burst out laughing, Fu Yusheng was very strange when he saw this, and soon heard Gongsun Chu stroked his beard and said: "Do you know that your actions today have offended many people, do you think it is worth it?" ”

A voice came from inside: "Lord Gongsun, don't you think that I am going to fight them in order to save you?" Do you think it's worth it for you to offend them? ”

"Isn't that so?"

"I admire Gongsun's talent for reading people, but that doesn't mean that Gongsun can see through everyone." As he spoke, Gongsun Chu saw a person slowly walking out of the house, dressed in brocade and jade belts, wearing a crown and hat, and carrying his hands, but he was only twenty-five or sixteen years old, "It's not that I want to be their enemy, but from the time I set foot on the northwest land, I was destined to be their eye nail and flesh, so no matter whether I offend or not, they will regard me as an enemy!" ”

The person who came out of the house was naturally Chu Huan.

Gongsun Chu was not surprised when he saw Chu Huan, but he also carried one hand behind his back, and the other hand stroked his long beard, looking at Chu Huan very calmly, "Actually, it is not very difficult for them not to regard you as an enemy." ”

"Oh?" Chu Huan said with a smile: "Please advise!" ”

"They make you their enemy simply because your color is different from theirs." Gongsun Chu stared at Chu Huan and said slowly: "As long as you change your color to be the same as them, they will no longer regard you as an enemy, and even as a friend......!" ”

"But I don't know what color they are?"

"It doesn't matter." Gongsun Chu shook his head, "If they are black, you will become black, and if they are white, you will become white...... Adults are smart people, and it is not difficult for adults to change when they see color! ”

"And what about Gongsun-sama?" Chu Huan said with a smile: "Lord Gongsun was arrested and imprisoned, and some people even want to put you to death, is it because Lord Gongsun is unwilling to change color?" ”

Gongsun Chu sighed lightly: "I'm a stupid person, from beginning to end, there is only one color ......!" ”

Chu Huan laughed and said: "I am different from Lord Gongsun, I have never been willing to change my color because of other people's colors, I just want others to change because of my color...... When they can't do that, even if they don't see me as an enemy, I still have to treat them as an enemy......! Shrugging, "It's that simple!" ”

Gongsun Chu looked at Chu Huan, his eyes were a little more playful, Chu Huan had already raised his hand and said, "Prepare a little wine and food, I don't know if Lord Gongsun can enjoy his face and have a few drinks?" ”

Gongsun Chu straightened his clothes and arched his hand: "I forgot to tell my lord, Gongsun is now a commoner, and he deserves to be called an adult, and there is another matter, it is also necessary to tell my lord that Gongsun has a habit of never refusing the white food that is sent!" ”