"First, his daughter is just a concubine who succeeded to the throne of Dingguo, whether the father of this concubine is considered a relative of the emperor or not, and he has a big question, that is to say, he himself is a mud bodhisattva and it is difficult to protect himself, how to protect you?"

"Second, you're just a puppet he spent money to support, just kick it when you run out, you are not related to him, why should he protect you?"

"Third, it can be concluded that he committed rebellion, which is a heinous felony, for no special reason, the emperor cannot be extrajudicial to be gracious, even if he is gracious, at most he will change your Ling Chi to beheading, which is already a great favor, but why should the emperor give you this kind of favor? There are more people who are more talented than you and more meritorious than you, as long as you are involved in this rebellion, think about it yourself, how many people have escaped? He may not be able to hide outside the team, how to protect you? ”

"Fourth, you know so many secrets about him, and the day you live, the threat to him is one more day, and he wishes you were dead to kill him. He's just going to push everything on you and make you a scapegoat! ”

"Fifth, what's the use of him keeping you safe? If you have such a big thing, even if the court exempts you from capital crimes, do you think you can continue to be your political envoy? I'm afraid that even a Jiupin Sesame Official won't give it to you! Since you can't be an official anymore, what will you do if he protects your life? It takes so much effort to keep a waste person out, is he full of food? If he still wants to be a puppet, won't he cultivate it himself? ”

"Sixth, and most crucially, this case is so big, if you don't kill a few, can it deter others? You have such a big thing, you just happen to be a scapegoat, who will you kill if you don't kill you? Moreover, killing a high-ranking official like you can show the court's determination to punish [***], and the deterrent effect is incomparable to killing other people! ”

"So, not only will he not save you, but he will also push everything on you through the relationship, recognize your sin, and only then can he get out and you become a substitute for the dead. In addition, when it comes to rebellion, it is difficult for him to protect himself, let alone protect you! ”

Yang Qiuchi has already thought about the joints in this, and some of these ideas come from Master Jin's previous analysis, because he has already made a bamboo in his chest, so Yang Qiuchi said it as if he was frying beans in one go, and shocked the political envoy of personal power, and his face was colorless.

Yang Qiuchi slapped the armrest, stood up from the chair, walked behind the political envoy of Quan Bu, bent down and asked in a low voice: "After listening to my analysis, Lord Quan, do you still think that Mi Yuanwai will save you?" In addition to colluding with your public and private parties to embezzle disaster relief grain, he also has the felony of inciting grain snatching in an attempt to cause a riot among the hungry people, which is a rebellion and wants to exterminate the nine tribes! If it is pushed on you, what will be your results? Do you think someone in the court will speak for you? ”

Kwon's whole body collapsed in his chair, his eyes closed, and he gasped heavily.

Yang Qiuchi knew that his psychological defense line had been completely destroyed by himself, and now it was time to close the net. He whispered again: "Lord Quan, I have a clear path, and I don't know if I can save your life." ”

The envoy opened his eyes suddenly, his eyes were full of begging, he slowly slid off the chair and knelt on the ground: "My lord, Lord Yang, please save me, I don't want to die, I still have an eighty-year-old mother at home to take care of." I can't die. "Kowtowing is like pounding garlic, hitting the bluestone slab with a bang.

Yang Qiuchi said: "Lord Quan, there is only one way for you to confess, confess, on the one hand, you must truthfully confess your own crimes, report and expose the co-defendants, on the other hand, you have to report other people's crimes, it is best to report the crimes of an official who is bigger than you, the more serious the crime of reporting him, the greater your merit, the higher your chance of survival, of course, you can't make false accusations for meritorious service." ”

"In other words, find someone who is more suitable than you to be a scapegoat, a 'chicken' who kills chickens to show monkeys. Maybe this will save your life. ”

The envoy hesitated: "But, can what I said work?" Will others press and not report it? ”

Yang Qiuchi knew that he needed to gain his trust now and make him believe that he would report his report, so that he could have hope of life and make peace with him. Then he said: "I am in charge of your case, and I can assure you that I will definitely report your confession and report truthfully, and let the emperor decide for himself whether to spare you from death." After a pause, he continued: "If you can confess truthfully, report and expose other people's crimes, and have major meritorious contributions, I think the emperor will definitely consider it." ”

It is still relatively common for embezzlers to be spared death because they report and expose other people's major crimes, and it is still relatively common for a high-ranking official like the political envoy of Quan Bu to pull out the radish and bring out the mud once the report is exposed, and a large number of corrupt officials, big and small, will be dismissed.

Of course, once a high-ranking official like him commits a capital crime such as embezzlement and bribery, he will often become a negative example, and although he has made major meritorious contributions, he often cannot escape death, but before he is pushed to the guillotine, hope will not be dashed, even if this hope is actually just a straw, he will hold on tightly.

Yang Qiuchi accurately grasped the psychology of the political envoy of Quan Bu, and gave him this straw, so that he had to say, he had to say, he had to do everything possible to collect his intestines and scrape his belly, thinking that he could report and expose meritorious deeds, you don't need to urge, let alone force, he himself will beg you to find you, and you want to pour out the things that you can think of and that may be considered meritorious service.

After listening to Yang Qiuchi's words, the political envoy of Quan Bu stayed for a long time, shed tears in a daze, and fell to the ground, choked up. Yang Qiuchi could understand the excitement of a dying person seeing hope, and when he slowly regained his composure, he said, "Lord Quan, you are injured, just sit and talk." ”

The Jinyi guard next to him stepped forward to help the political envoy of Quan Bu up and let him sit on the chair, but his ass had been opened by the mess just now, and he couldn't sit at all, and he didn't sit on the chair just now. Yang Qiuchi asked Jinyiwei to move a recliner and let the political envoy of Quan Bu lie on the recliner and talk, which made the envoy of Quan Bu grateful to tears.

Yang Qiuchi returned to the public table. When Luo Qianhu saw Yang Qiuchi coming back, he hurriedly owed a debt, and only after Yang Qiuchi sat down did he dare to sit down.

The old man with his swollen cheeks was inconvenient to speak, and he leaned his neck and said vaguely, speaking more slowly, but he could hear it clearly: "Lord Yang, thank you for speaking for me, no matter whether my old life can be saved or not, I will accept your affection." I will be honest and honest. ”

Yang Qiuchi nodded slightly and asked, "The disaster relief grain was embezzled by you in collusion with Mi Yuanwai and Governor Tan's mansion, right?" ”

The political envoy said: "Yes, Mi Yuanwai said that he wanted all the relief grain, and he wanted all of it twice, and I was worried that something would happen at first, but my official ability to get to this point all depends on his relationship with Dingguo Gong and his strong financial resources, and I can't say a word." ”

"After listening to Lord Yang's analysis just now, I realized that I was just a puppet of him, and over the years, he asked me to raise food for his four defense ideas, whether it was privately swallowed or bought at a low price, anyway, through various means, a large amount of food was raised."

"In addition to Wuchang City, he secretly built granaries in Jingshi Chizhou, Taiping, Yangzhou, Changsha and other places, and hoarded a large amount of grain. After listening to the adult's analysis, I realized that he was preparing military rations for a future rebellion. I really didn't know that he was going to rebel, otherwise, death wouldn't have helped him. ”

Yang Qiuchi asked: "Think about it, in addition to hoarding a large amount of food, what other signs of rebellion does he have?" ”

The political envoy of Quan Bu said: "Although he helped me to be promoted to a senior official, and I also helped him do a lot of things, but in order to avoid suspicion, he always ordered me to carry it out, and I rarely got together in peacetime, so I don't know many things about him." ”

Yang Qiuchi thought to himself that this is right, a pig-headed third like you, of course I can't tell you about such a rebellion, unless I pull you into the gang. Since they don't pull you into the gang, it means that they have seen through that you are not a traitor at all, and it is quite good to be a gunman.

Yang Qiuchi asked again: "Have you seen a middle-aged man with squinted eyes at Mi Yuan's house?" ”

"Squint-eyed middle-aged man?" Quan Buzheng used his elbows to prop up his upper body, looked at Yang Qiuchi, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Is Lord Yang talking about Mr. Wang from the Mi Yuan family?" ”

"Who is Mr. Wang? Is he squinted? Where are you now? Yang Qiuchi also propped up half of his body and asked eagerly.

"Mr. Wang is a middle-aged man, one eye is a little squinted, I heard Mi Yuanwai introduce that it is his family's teaching gentleman, Mi Yuanwai's attitude towards him is very respectful. I saw him some time ago, and I haven't seen him before. He was a very arrogant man who rarely spoke. Since he is a teacher outside the rice house, he should live in the rice house. ”

Before this, Nangong Xiong had already come back to tell Yang Qiuchi that he had not found the squint-eyed middle-aged man in Mi Yuan's house, so Yang Qiuchi said: "There is no Mi Mansion, I sent Jinyi Wei to search, and there is no such person in the Mi family." ”

The envoy said: "There are two mansions in Mifu in Wuchang City, have you searched them all?" ”

"What?" Yang Qiuchi asked in surprise, "This dwarf winter melon has two residences in Wuchang City?" ”

"Yes, Mi Yuanwai's wife is a famous woman, although Mi Yuanwai is a businessman, I haven't read a few books, but I like to pretend to be Sven, and often make friends with some talented Qinglou women, he fancy the woman, and he did not hesitate to buy it as a concubine, because his wife is fierce, so he didn't dare to put it at home, so he built another secret building in Wuchang City, and his concubines were secretly raised in this mansion."

"Mi Yuanwai's wife didn't dare to go too far, although it was estimated that he was hiding in the golden house, but as long as she didn't take it home, she would turn a blind eye. Mi Yuanwai's hidden golden house is very hidden, and he himself is tight-lipped like a bottle, so almost no one knows. ”

(To be continued)