Chapter 15: The End
Yang Guozhong was stunned for a moment, and was stunned for a while before crying and laughing: "As a man, everyone can see it, what evidence do you need for this?" If nothing else, let's just say that a certain wife is married and sons are born, and it is not a man who can still be a woman? This is obvious common sense. ”
Xiao Quzhi said: "Zhongcheng is right, there is common sense in everything, and there is a problem if it does not conform to common sense." Chang'an Wei Jia Jilin is in charge of the security of a city, and his duty is to arrest criminals, Chang'an Wei led a group of arresters to meet the assassins committing murder in broad daylight, do you want to step forward to stop and arrest the assassins? This doesn't make sense. ”
Yang Guozhong said loudly: "Naturally, it is." ”
Xiao Quzhi continued: "But that Chang'an Lieutenant Jia Jilin rushed to the scene with dozens of arresters, and saw dozens of assassins besieging me, but he stood by and watched, is this considered unreasonable?" Is there a problem with Chang'an Wei Jia Jilin? Hundreds or thousands of people in the West City can testify to this. ”
Yang Guozhong smiled and said to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, in this way, there is indeed a problem with Jia Jilin, the commander of Chang'an. "But I thought in my heart, there is such a thing, you should have said it earlier.
Li Longji nodded and said to Wang Jie: "What else do you have to say?" "This is an obvious favoritism, Wang Ji wants to donate so much money every year, and Li Longji easily doesn't want to touch Wang Jie. What he meant was that Wang Ji should quickly put aside his relationship with Jia Jilin.
Unexpectedly, Wang Ji didn't buy it, he wanted to protect Jia Jilin to the death: "Your Majesty, there is a reason for the incident, according to Jia Jilin, the Hou of Shouchang County is too powerful, those assassins can't enter at all, and there was no danger at that time." Moreover, there was a thunderous sound on the Hou of Shouchang County, and Jia Jilin was a little frightened and didn't dare to go over. ”
Li Longji frowned, this Wang Ji really doesn't know how to advance or retreat, how can such a reason be justified. If this is the case, he will be frightened, then this Chang'an lieutenant will not have to do it.
Yang Guozhong said sarcastically: "You simply said that he and his men were frightened by the swords and soldiers who were catching assassins quickly, how could they be Chang'an Lieutenant with such a rat generation?" ”
Li Linfu said: "The minister heard that the Hou of Shouchang County was extremely brave, and in the battle in the river, he killed thousands of people alone, and the army of 20,000 people could be killed. Presumably, Naja Jilin saw that the Hou of Shouchang County was so brave, and thought that stepping forward was also adding to the chaos, so he only pressed the formation on the periphery. ”
This is unreasonable, but I didn't expect Xiao Quzhi to argue about this: "What Zuo Servant said may be reasonable, after that, the assassins fled, and the minister only had one person and two legs, how could he chase him?" Why did he, Jia Jilin, and his subordinates still tie up their hands and let the assassins escape? Dr. Wang: How does this explain? ”
Li Linfu took a deep breath and was speechless. Wang Ji was depressed in his heart, Jia Jilin had reported this, they wanted to arrest him, but when those assassins suddenly scattered, they didn't have time to react; Second, seeing the attitude of Wang Welding, Xing Xuan and Jia Jilin, those who caught the assassins quickly didn't care. After a little delay, none of them were caught, and all of them were killed or arrested by Xiao Qubing and the two Taoist priests.
Seeing that Wang Ji couldn't answer for a while, Xiao Qu was ill and continued to say to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, the above may only say that Jia Jilin's arrest is not good. So here's why Chen suspected that the assassin was instigated by Jia Jilin and even Dr. Wang's younger brother Wang Zhu. Your Majesty, please listen carefully. ”
"First, the minister was walking on the street of Xishi at the time, and suddenly felt the killing intent behind him, and when the minister looked back, he saw Wang Biao, the younger brother of Dr. Wang, and a man named Xing Wei with a group of evil slaves showing a fierce look at the minister, and then the assassin on the roof attacked him. Therefore, the minister suspected that the assassin might be related to Wang Weld, and they sent the assassin to kill the minister, and they also wanted to see the minister being killed with their own eyes! But that's just a suspicion. ”
Then came the first round of crossbow arrows from three eight assassins, and blocked most of them with his horizontal sword, only one in the shoulder. At this time, the minister heard Xing Xuan, who was with Wang Zhu in the distance, angrily scolding, "It's really useless, this can't be killed." This statement expresses two meanings, one is that they hate their ministers and do not die, and the other is that they complain that the killers they have found are useless. ”
Xiao Quzhi felt the heartbeat, breathing, and emotional fluctuations of Wang Ji and Li Linfu, and turned his head to stare at the eyes of the two. Seeing Xiao Quzhi's fierce and ferocious gaze, the two immediately felt a strong killing intent, and their eyeballs had a feeling of being stabbed by needles. Even though both of them are big guys who cover the sky with one hand in the court, seeing such a pair of eyes that look like they want to kill someone, both of them are so frightened that their hearts beat wildly and their faces are pale.
Only then did they realize how terrible Xiao Qu's illness was, his fierceness, he had personally killed thousands of equally fierce food soldiers, and he dared to break through in the face of a military formation of 20,000 people alone, such a madman made them afraid!
After temporarily intimidating the two of them with his eyes, Xiao Qubing restrained his killing intent and continued to plead to Li Longji: "The third point, after that, thirty-four assassins besieged the ministers with horizontal knives, and at this time, Jia Jilin arrived with dozens of arresters. His first reaction was not to ask his subordinates to come forward and arrest the assassin, but to ask Wang Zhu, 'What's the situation?' Wang Weld replied, 'It's a pity, this pig and dog's life is really big', and then the minister listened to Wang Weld and said, 'Don't go over, watch the play first'. ”
Xiao Quzhi continued: "And the most important fourth point, the strong crossbows used by those assassins are all horned bows and crossbows with three stones and seven buckets, the standard weapons in the army, how can such an assassin with a military horned bow and crossbow be possessed?" Moreover, when the Assassins began to flee, the minister also heard the Xing Wei say to Jia Jilin, 'Those strong crossbows must not fall into their hands.' After that, all the assassins were killed or captured by the two Taoist friends of Chen and Louguan Maoshan, and Naja Jilin was a wall-to-wall watcher, but in the end, he wanted to take away the captives and these military crossbows, which is not a thief and nothing! ”
Xiao Quzhi picked up the horned bow and crossbow on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, please see that this is the strong crossbow used by the assassins, with a bow power of three stones and seven buckets, and a steel arrow is assembled." He can shoot through the war horse within twenty steps, if it weren't for the minister's extraordinary skills and strong bones, I am afraid that he would have died under the first round of strong crossbow sneak attacks. For the same reason, the men who sent this group of assassins did not know the skills of the ministers, and thought that they would be sure to do so, so they not only wanted the ministers to die, but also watched the ministers die. Although there is no direct evidence to prove that this matter was committed by Jia Jilin and them, he listed all kinds of unreasonable behaviors of them, and I believe that His Majesty will have a holy judgment. ”
Li Longji's face was gloomy as if he was about to drip water, he was just too lazy to care about the affairs of the court and politics, but he was not stupid. Xiao Quzhi listed all kinds of unreasonable things, and under the guidance of Xiao Quzhi, they were combined into a complete vein in Li Longji's mind.
That is, Wang Weld Xing Xuan sent assassins to assassinate, and arrogantly wanted to see the assassin killer Xiao Quai. But I didn't expect Xiao Quai's martial arts to be so good, so he couldn't help but scold. After that, Jia Jilin sent someone to arrive to clean up the mess, and when he saw that Xiao Qu was sick and not dead, he asked what the situation was. Later, when they saw that something was wrong, the assassins were all killed or captured alive by Xiao Quai, so they were in a hurry to destroy the evidence.
Li Longji is very angry now, he didn't expect Wang Ji to be so bold and send assassins to assassinate him on the street in order to compete for favor! This is not for Xiao Qu's illness, this is not dissatisfied with me at all. Unexpectedly, he trusted Wang Ji so much, but it made him arrogant and lawless, and he dared to hold a grudge against my decision!
That being the case, it seems necessary to snub him. For the other side of the incident, Xiao Quai, who was innocently implicated and almost died, Li Longji felt pity again, feeling that he had let him suffer grievances in vain.
"Auxiliary minister, let you be wronged, you don't have to worry, let alone talk about resigning from the official and living in seclusion in the mountains. I will get justice for you in this matter, and you can rest assured that no one will dare to bully you with me. Li Longji said to Xiao Qu with a kind face, and then his expression was fierce, and he looked at Wang Ji and said sharply: "Don't you still want to admit it?" In vain, I believe in you so much, and the envoys give endless money, but let you serve your pets and become arrogant, and become so bold and reckless! ”
Wang Ji didn't expect things to turn out like this at all, seeing that Li Longji had already come to a conclusion and said such harsh words to himself. He knew that he was completely relying on the emperor's favor to call for wind and rain, he was immediately frightened, knelt on the ground again and kowtowed, and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, the minister really doesn't know about this matter, the minister said in front of Jia Jilin that he didn't like the Marquis of Shouchang County, but the minister never instructed Jia Jilin to assassinate the Marquis of Shouchang County,......"
On the side, Li Linfu thought badly, how can you admit it, how can you admit this kind of thing, what Xiao Qubing said can't prove that the assassin was sent by Jia Jilin. Wasn't the assassin caught, the assassin's confession is the most important thing, and Xiao Quai's words are full of loopholes!
Li Linfu hurriedly interrupted Wang Ji and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has objections to the words of the Marquis of Shouchang County. In the midst of the fierce fight, how could the Hou of Shouchang County hear the words of Xing Xuan, Jia Jilin and others dozens of steps away? Shouchang County Hou's statement is really fallacious. ”
Chen Xilie echoed: "However, the Marquis of Shouchang County himself said that there is common sense in everything, and there is a problem if it does not conform to common sense. But what he just said is not logical, there is a problem! ”
Xiao Quzhi didn't speak, Li Longji smiled, and Yang Guozhong was stunned. After a while, Li Longji beckoned to Xiao Quzhi and said, "Fuchen, come here, let me see the wound on your shoulder." "He has already changed his name to Xiao Qing instead of Xiao Qing's illness.
Xiao Qu walked over, squatted down in front of him, and unbuttoned half of his shirt. Li Longji looked at it, and sure enough, it was similar to what he thought, the wound that was shot by the crossbow arrow had basically healed. There was no bleeding, no redness and swelling, only a red mark the size of Kaiyuan Tongbao and a hole not much bigger than sesame seeds.
He smiled and said, "What Mr. Zong Xuan said is right, it is indeed a half-immortal body. A crossbow with three stones and seven buckets, as the auxiliary minister said, can shoot through the war horse within twenty steps. But he couldn't shoot through the shoulder of the auxiliary minister, and the wound healed so quickly! You may not know it, but the assistant can hear a small voice from miles away, and it is not surprising to hear a voice from dozens of paces away. ”
Four people almost fainted, and there was such a thing? Is this Xiao Qubing really a half-immortal?
Li Linfu and Chen Xilie were speechless, Wang Ji was dumbfounded, Yang Guozhong looked relaxed, and Xiao Qu was sick and dressed again. Seeing that there was a hole in Xiao Qu's sick clothes, and there was blood stains in many places, Li Longji immediately took off the cloak on his body and said, "I will give you this imperial robe." ”
Xiao Quzhi quickly took it with both hands and thanked him loudly. This move made Li Linfu and the other three jealous, envious and worried, and Yang Guozhong was not happy in his heart, and he was even more determined to take Xiao Quzhi as an ally, but at the same time, he began to be very jealous.
After that, it was the handling of the incident, because Wang Ji didn't know about the assassin until he died, and put all the responsibility on Jia Jilin, plus Wang Ji paid a special tribute to Li Longji every year for more than one million dollars, and now he is crying so sadly, he should really not know. So Li Longji punished him for half a year, and asked him to discipline his younger brother and son well, and thought about it behind closed doors for three days.
Then how to deal with the dead ghost Jia Jilin, Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong argued, and the final result was that the two tried the case together. Jia Jilin was immediately arrested, and handed over to Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong for interrogation, along with the assassins.
In the end, it is the compensation and reward for Xiao Qu's illness, Li Longji asked Xiao Qu's illness what the reward is, Xiao Qu's illness wanted to say that he would give me one of the envoys of Hedong Shuofang, but it was estimated that Li Longji would not be willing, so he had to say that he did not dare to ask for a reward.
Li Longji thought for a while, and just when he didn't know what to reward, a eunuch rushed in, looking anxious. Li Longji was puzzled: "Why are you so alarmed?" ”
"Back to Your Majesty, King Jianning rode the white horse of the Marquis of Shouchang County and broke his leg."
ps: It's gone today, and I'll make up a chapter tomorrow.