Chapter 32: The Truth Revealed
Liu Miaoyun's breezy but intimidating words made the assassin shudder, and he endured the pain all over his body and quickly confessed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"In the name of Mr. Li Ru, I was mixed in with the three hundred soldiers sent to Liu Taishou, and there are many people like me. We don't usually need to do anything out of our minds, and we only get a short notice when we have a task. This time, the mission was to assassinate Lord Shikong, the assassin of Yuzhou, and try to blame Liu Taishou, if he was accidentally caught, he confessed that it was instigated by Liu Taishou. ”
"Why did Li Ru do this?" Liu Miao asked.
"This, I don't know, the person who gave the task didn't say it." However, when the assassin saw that Liu Miao seemed dissatisfied, he hurriedly said: "At the beginning, Mr. Li Ru told us a latent general principle, which is to try to create contradictions between the princes, and it is best to provoke a war. ”
Liu Miao understood that Li Ru did this in order to provoke infighting among the princes in various places, so that they would not always set their sights on Chang'an. Liu Miao knew that such a trick might really work, the princes who raised the army originally had their own selfishness and contradictions, even if they didn't need to provoke, they would fall apart in the future, and if they were effectively provoked, this day would be advanced.
Take this time as an example, if Kong Ling dies, it is certain that Liu Miao, who was blamed, will not be able to get out of the way, and the biggest impact is Yuzhou, a splendid place of articles. The position of Yuzhou Assassin History, Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao and even the rest of the princes who are a little ambitious may want it, so the battle is indispensable. In the historical process that Liu Miao knew, didn't Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and Cao Cao fight several times because of Yuzhou? It's just that I don't know if Kong Ling was assassinated at that time, if so, without Liu Miao in that life, Kong Ling is probably a tragedy.
"Who was the mastermind and commander of this assassination attempt?" Liu Miao continued to ask.
"I don't know, the man wasn't with us, and he was masked when he met us." The assassin timidly glanced at Liu Miao, and continued, "I know several spies under the command of General Zhang Liao, and I am willing to serve Gongzi and identify them all. ”
The Assassin knew very well that people were most afraid of having no use value, and if they had no value, they would be abandoned. Although he has long been aware of death, he doesn't mind living well, if there is no confession, he will die, and it will be meaningless to be slaughtered after confessing.
Liu Miao was noncommittal, he no longer paid attention to this nervous assassin, and turned his head to ask Kong Ling and Li Min: "Envoy, Li Taishou, what do you think?" Was what the Assassin said true? ”
"I think it's credible, so it makes sense." Kong Ling nodded, and basically anyone with a little brain could judge the credibility of the Assassin's two confessions.
And Li Min may still be shocked by Liu Miao's methods, and did not answer Liu Miao in time. It wasn't until Liu Miao asked again that Li Min said he had no objection with a complicated face.
Given the confession of this one assassin, Liu Miao set his sights on another assassin.
Before Liu Miao could speak, the assassin took the initiative to lie on the ground, prostrated himself and kowtowed, signaling that he was willing to confess truthfully.
"What does Li Taishou think this assassin should do?" Liu Miao suddenly asked Li Min again.
Li Min was looking for an opportunity to speak, but he didn't expect Liu Miao to throw the question intimately, and he hurriedly replied: "This guy is the first to stab the master, and the Hou of Yangdu is the last, it is a great crime, treacherous and cunning." Now that his accomplices have confessed truthfully, I don't think there is any need to ask them again. It's better to kill it directly to set an example. ”
"Oh? Li Taishou thinks they are accomplices? I can't see it, can I? Liu Miao looked at Li Min with a smile.
"They were involved in the assassination, of course, and the Assassin had said that they were more than one. The truth has been revealed, and this is all done by Dong Thief. I don't think we might as well end this matter quickly and go to dinner first. It's getting late now, I'm already hungry, and although the sword wound of Master Kong is no longer serious, I still need a lot of rest. Master Kong, what do you think? ”
Kong Ling nodded slightly, and was about to agree, but heard Liu Miao take over the conversation and say, "With my elixir, Lord Shi's body will definitely be fine." What's more, the body of an adult is important, but the life of an adult is even more important. If the culprit is ignored because of a little negligence, then the next attempt, Lord Assassin Shi will be really dangerous. ”
"Zhiyuan, listen to what you mean, there is another culprit in this assassination?" Hearing that his life was at stake, Kong Ling didn't dare to be sloppy.
"I'm not sure it's always wrong to be careful during this special time. Kong Envoy Jun is the overall situation of Yuzhou, except for Dong Zhuo, maybe there are other people who are interested in the life of the envoy? ”
Liu Miao stared at Kong Ling's eyes and found that his pupils shrank slightly, so he continued: "For example, Yuan Shu? ”
Kong Ling's eyes widened.
"Li Taishou, what do you think? Well, perhaps your second brother, Mr. Li Yan, and I have the same opinion. Liu Miao smiled, "Mr. Li Yan, is it?" ”
"How do I know?" Li Yan's heart was shocked, what does Liu Miao know?
Liu Miao stopped teasing them, and directly motioned for the guards to step forward, so that the assassin could also taste the taste of the elixir.
In fact, he had already known the identities of the two assassins through the system, the previous one belonged to Li Ru, and this one was Yuan Shu.
Although it is not clear why Yuan Shu sent someone to assassinate Kong Ling, but thinking that Li Yan is also Yuan Shu's person, this matter must be related to Li Yan, so is Li Yan's constant targeting of Liu Miao before also related to Yuan Shu?
Liu Miao passed by Yingchuan, originally to recruit talents, but he didn't expect to be first placed under house arrest, then framed, and involved in Kong Ling's assassination. If it weren't for everything, he wouldn't want to be nosy.
But since he provoked him, he won't suffer in vain, so let's take a look at this lid first.
The Assassin confessed truthfully, but the result was not satisfactory to Liu Miao.
The assassin confided that he was ordered by Yuan Shu to find an opportunity to assassinate Kong Ling, because the Yuzhou army led by Kong Ling did not listen to the orders of the alliance leader and wanted to get rid of Kong Ling and replace him with someone else.
These were not Liu Miao's concerns, but unfortunately the Assassin did not say anything related to Liu Miao, nor did he confess whether the two brothers, Li Min and Li Yan, played a role in it. Perhaps the Assassin really knew very little, and Liu Miao asked the Assassin several times in a vague manner in front of the two of them, but the Assassin did not give an answer.
The assassination had to end like this.
Li Min mentioned the banquet again, Liu Miao had no interest in it, and Kong Ling also refused.
However, Kong Ling unexpectedly invited Liu Miao to his camp, and Liu Miao thought about it and agreed.
Before leaving, Liu Miao came to Li Yan and said, "Mr. Li Yan, please go back and tell your master Yuan Shu, don't provoke me again, otherwise I will make him pay." ”
"I don't understand what you're talking about." Li Yan's eyes were a little evasive.
"You know!" Liu Miao stared at him.
"Yangdu Hou!" At this moment, Liu Miao heard a person shouting behind him.
When he turned around, he found that it was Li Qing he had seen before, Liu Miao thought that he was here to help his second brother Li Yan persuade him, but Li Yan said: "I apologize to Yangduhou on behalf of my second brother, and I hope that Yangduhou can forgive my second brother for the crime of offending Yangduhou." For this reason, I am willing to pledge my allegiance to the Marquis of Yangdu. ”
"What?" Liu Miao was surprised, and saw that Li Qing's eyes were firm, obviously serious.
Li Qing continued: "I have changed my name to Li Jing, and if I want to follow the Ming Lord to make meritorious contributions, the Marquis of Yangdu is the Ming Lord chosen by Li Jing!" ”
"Li Jing?" Liu Miao was busy using the system to query, and the system replied, "The target general has not yet been transformed, please query its attributes after completion." ”
Liu Miao finally knew what was going on, this Li Qing was actually selected by the system as the new general.
Now that he knows what's going on, Liu Miao doesn't need to talk nonsense, "Li Jing, I accept your allegiance, but I hope you understand that this has nothing to do with other people, I hope you are a person who has a clear distinction between public and private." ”
Li Jing was ashamed and said: "Thank you for the teachings of the lord, Jing will keep it in mind, and in the future, I will never affect the lord's affairs because of my personal feelings!" ”
"Good! Actually, I didn't mean to embarrass your second brother, I just hoped that he could do it himself. Liu Miao still plans to give Li Jing a face after all.
Li Qing in the past, but now Li Jing's actions shocked Li Yan, and when he saw that his younger brother chose to be loyal to Liu Miao because of him, he couldn't help but shout: "How dare you do this, I don't agree!" ”
Liu Miao looked at Li Jing, his family affairs Liu Miao was not ready to intervene again.
Li Jing knew what Liu Miao meant, so he said, "Second brother, I hope this is not the last time I call you like this!" I also hope that you will respect my choice. Also, please think carefully about what I said yesterday. ”
"Li Qing, you-"
"My name is Li Jing now." Li Jing corrected lightly.
"What's going on?" Li Min found that the two brothers were with Liu Miao, and it seemed that there was something wrong with the atmosphere, so he walked over.
Li Yan hurriedly told Li Qing about his loyalty to Liu Miao and changing his name, and Li Min was also anxious, "Li Qing, your name was given by your father, how dare you change it privately?" ”
Li Qing was still unmoved: "I said that my name is Li Jing now, my life is naturally up to me, and if my father is here, he will agree to my choice." But you, if you can't see the situation clearly and don't listen to my advice, you will regret it in the future! ”
"Liu Zhiyuan, what did you do to Li Qing? Did he become like this? Li Yan pushed the reason on Liu Miao again.
Liu Miao said coldly: "Li Jing has his own thoughts, and he is not a vassal of anyone. His choice of allegiance to me was his personal decision. However, Li Jing is a great talent, I am honored that he made the right choice, and I will definitely help him make meritorious contributions, Li Jing's future is not what you can imagine now! I hope you have self-knowledge, don't embarrass him, and don't try to embarrass me Liu Miao. ”
"Kong Envoy Jun, Li Jing, let's go!" Liu Miao called Kong Ling, who was silent on the side, and walked away.
Only the two brothers Li Min and Li Yan were left speechless in place.