"Come on, bring a certificate from the martial arts!"

Since Li Yuntian refused to admit his guilt, Chen Tai could only confront Li Yuntian's witnesses in the martial arts hall and gave the order with a blank face.

Not only Chen Tai, but also the members of the military cabinet and the governors of the five military governors' mansions also showed gloomy expressions on their faces, and no one was willing to face this embarrassing situation.

Soon, more than a dozen men wearing the black military uniforms of the lecture hall helped each other into the hall under the gaze of everyone, and they were all school-level military attachés in terms of military rank.

Like the witnesses in front of them, these military attachés in the martial arts hall were neatly dressed, and even shaved their beards, and they looked groomed before going to the hall.

Although they were neatly dressed, the mental state of these military attachés was not very good, and they all looked haggard, and some of them were limping when they walked.

"I've seen all of you!" After coming to the lobby, these military attaches quickly lined up according to their ranks, and then bowed in unison to all the civil and military officials present, and shouted with full anger.

Seeing this situation, Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu and the others couldn't help but nod secretly, even to the point of this kind of confrontation in court, these military attachés who spoke martial arts still maintained a strict appearance, and they had to feel admiration, if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, it would be difficult to believe that Li Yuntian could train a military attache with such excellent military qualities.

"Excuse me!" Chen Tai is the chief judge, and this kind of occasion is naturally up to him, and after bowing his head slightly, he lifted up to those military attachés who were teaching martial arts, and said in a deep voice.

"I've seen the chief instructor!" More than a dozen martial arts speakers got up when they heard this, and then turned to Li Yuntian on the side together, smashed their chests with their right fists, and said loudly.

Seeing this, Li Yuntian smiled slightly, and also stretched out his fist and smashed his chest, his eyes showing a look of relief.

In the martial arts hall, the occasion of this chest-smashing ceremony is on the battlefield, because the battlefield has to wear armor and helmets, so it is inconvenient to bow down or raise hands to salute the army, so this kind of chest-smashing ceremony is the most appropriate, not only convenient and grand, there is the implication of entrusting life to the other party.

At this moment, these officers of the martial arts hall were uncharacteristically smashing their chests to Li Yuntian in the lobby, which was only done on the battlefield, and it was obvious that they did not betray Li Yuntian.

"These confessions were written by you, accusing Zhen Guogong of privately building firearms with bad intentions?" Where did Chen Tai and the others know the ways of talking about the martial arts, he picked up a stack of confessions on the table in front of him, and asked in a deep voice to those military attachés who taught martial arts.

"Lord Governor, these confessions were indeed written by us, but there is something else hidden in them." Hearing this, a burly colonel with a national character face standing at the front of the group of martial arts attachés stepped forward and shouted in a deep voice after arching his hand at Chen Tai.

"Oh?" Chen Taiwan never expected that the colonel with the face of the national character would say this, so he couldn't help but show a look of surprise on his face, and vaguely felt that the situation seemed to be a little bad, and then asked quietly, "What's the secret!" ”

"Brothers, let the adults here take a look!" Hearing this, the colonel turned around and shouted to the military attachés behind him, and then began to unbutton his clothes.

Under the leadership of the colonel with the national character face, the military attachés of the martial arts hall in the lobby began to untie their clothes one after another, which made the civil and military ministers on the scene feel a little inexplicable, and they whispered to each other, secretly guessing the intentions of these military attachés of the martial arts hall.

Seeing this situation, Wei Xin's face suddenly became ugly, he had already realized what the colonel and the others wanted to do, and he was just about to open his mouth to stop Li Yuntian, who suddenly saw the hall, glared at him sharply, and suddenly felt a chill for no reason, and subconsciously swallowed back the words that had fallen into his mouth.

"How...... How so? ”

When the colonel took off his shirt on the face of the national character, there was a burst of exclamation in the lobby, Yang Shiqi and Zhang Fu and others showed stunned expressions, only to see that the upper body of the colonel on the face of the national character was densely covered with fresh scars, some were whipped by whips, some were cut with knives, and some were burned with a soldering iron, which looked shocking.

Not only the colonel of Guozi face, but also the military attachés who spoke martial arts hall present were all scarred, and there were scars on their upper bodies, legs, and even feet, as long as they could be covered by clothes, and they were all new injuries, which shows that they had been tortured.

Wei Xin's face became extremely ugly, in order to get the desired confession from the mouths of these military attachés in the martial arts hall, those brocade guards under him can be described as "hard work", because those military attaches who speak martial arts are all hard bones, and no less than ten were killed on the spot alone, this situation is far beyond his expectations, he never expected that the military attachés in the martial arts hall would defend Li Yuntian so much.

However, fortunately, later, the colonel and others couldn't stand the torture and relented, and wrote a confession under the guidance of Jin Yiwei, admitting that Li Yuntian had secretly hoarded firearms with bad intentions, which made Wei Xin breathe a sigh of relief.

But now it seems that Wei Xin found that he was too optimistic, these martial arts attachés were much more difficult to deal with than he imagined, and the reason why he confessed was probably to use a delaying tactic, now things are going to be worse, these reckless martial artists are likely to make a big mess.

"Chen Dudu, humble since the pacification of the rebellion of the Han King in the Xiaowu Army, these years of southern conquest and northern war, able to be promoted from a soldier to the Ming Dynasty's four-rank military attaché, can be described as a glorious ancestor, no regrets in this life."

In the midst of everyone's discussions, the colonel put on his military uniform, and then said to Chen Tai with a stern expression, "To be honest, lowly is not afraid of death, but if lowly is dead like this, he can't avenge our chief instructor." ”

"Governor Chen, although I don't know who is responsible for this, our chief instructor has taught us to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country from the beginning of the establishment of the Xiaowu Army, so the lowly official absolutely does not believe that he will secretly hide firearms, let alone discuss with the lowly rank and others about increasing the production of firearms."

As he spoke, Guozi's face turned pale, and he looked at Chen Tai solemnly, "The confessions written by the lowly people are completely taught by those Jinyi Wei, and they are not the wishes of the lowly people!" ”

"Bold, this case is a Qin case set by the emperor, and you actually retracted your confession in court, you can know that this is a crime of defrauding the king!" Hearing this, Wei Xin couldn't hold back any longer, stood up from his seat suddenly, pointed to the face of the colonel and asked loudly.

Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, if he was guilty of bullying the king, Yang Fu and the others who had changed their confessions before should have been punished a long time ago.

In the face of Wei Xin's attack, Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu and others showed disdain on their faces, not only expressing dissatisfaction with Wei Xin's double standards, but also despising Jinyiwei's practice of torture to extract confessions.

"Commander Wei doesn't need to worry, he knows that he has committed the great crime of defrauding the king, so he will atone for his guilt!" To Wei Xin's surprise, the colonel smiled slightly when he heard this, and said proudly, "People who speak martial arts have always been responsible for their own actions. ”

"My lords, the lowly criminals deceived the king, and they know that they are deeply responsible, so I implore you to find out the case of firearms in the Bafang Warehouse, so that the emperor will not be deceived by traitors, and even if he dies, he can feel at ease."

Just when Wei Xin's face became more ugly, the colonel of Guozi Face bowed his hand to Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu and the others present, and pleaded earnestly.

"Please find out about the firearms case of the Bafang Warehouse!" When the rest of the military attachés of the martial arts hall heard this, they bowed down and saluted the civil and military officials in the hall.

"Chief instructor, the martial arts hall can be without lowly people, but it must not be without the chief instructor, now that the Ming frontier is not stable, the chief instructor must continue to expand the territory for the emperor." Then, the colonel turned to Li Yuntian and said with a stern expression.

"This instructor will not let you down." The corners of Li Yuntian's eyebrows twitched, and then he slammed his chest with his right fist.

"Take the first step in the humble position, I hope the chief instructor can clear his name!" Seeing this, a smile suddenly appeared on the colonel's face, and he smashed his chest to Li Yuntian after standing upright.

With this action of the colonel of Guozi Face, the military attachés of the Lecture Hall standing behind him also stood up and smashed their chests at Li Yuntianxing, which made the atmosphere of the scene solemn.

"Chen Dudu, I am waiting for a reversal, not only the criminals have deceived the king, but also tarnished the reputation of the martial arts, and I have no face to live again, so I decided to make my own decision to atone for my guilt!" After the chest-smashing ceremony, the colonel turned to Chen Tai in the public court, bowed to him and said with a stern expression.

"Break it yourself?" Chen Tai's eyes suddenly appeared suspicious when he heard this, and he didn't understand the intention of the colonel on the face of the national character for a while.

Just when Chen Tai was stunned, the colonel suddenly made a strange movement, and sent his left hand to his mouth, as if he had stuffed something into his mouth, and then swallowed it with a movement of the Adam's apple.

Immediately, the military attachés in the lobby made the same movements as colonels on the face of the national character, which made everyone at the scene taken aback, and they didn't know what they were doing.

"Chief instructor, lowly people will never be embarrassed by the martial arts hall!" Under the surprised gaze of everyone, the colonel of Guozi turned around and raised his hand to Li Yuntian to salute a military salute, and said in a deep voice, "If there is an afterlife, I will definitely be your subordinate!" ”

Subsequently, the military attachés of the martial arts hall who stood behind the colonel on the face of the national character also saluted Li Yuntian one after another.

"This official is proud of you!" Li Yuntian smiled slightly, and also returned a military salute to the colonel and the others.

"Zhen Guogong, what the hell is going on?" The scene in front of Chen Tai's eyes was confused, and he couldn't help but ask suspiciously.

"Maintain the dignity of the martial arts hall!" Li Yuntian put down his saluting right hand and said solemnly to Chen Tai, "Governor Chen, this duke implores Chen Dudu to find a quiet place for these subordinates of this duke, they have swallowed the poison, I am afraid that it will not be long before the medicine will attack, and this duke hopes that they will go peacefully." ”

"What?" Chen Tai was taken aback when he heard this, he never imagined that the colonel would take poison on his face, and his face showed a shocked look.

"Quick, the doctor will come to diagnose and treat!" Yang Shiqi and Zhang Fu and others were also stunned, they began to think that the colonel and others could not bear the torture of Jinyiwei before confessing, but they didn't expect that the colonel and others had already put life and death out of the way, and Zhang Fu hurriedly shouted at the guards of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion standing at the door, as a veteran of the Southern and Northern Wars, he didn't want to see these outstanding military attaches who had experienced the baptism of war die like this.

"Taishi, don't bother, the poison swallowed by the lowly people comes from Miao Jiang, and it is a highly poisonous thing that has no medicine to solve, and even the Academy of Sciences of the Martial Arts Department is helpless." Without waiting for the guards of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion outside the door to leave, the colonel with the national character face arched his hand to Zhang Fuyi and said in a deep voice.

The Academy of Sciences of Jiangwutang has a department dedicated to the development of drugs, which collects poisons from all over the Ming Dynasty for research in order to develop corresponding antidotes, not only to protect the local people, but also to pave the way for officials and troops to enter the area.

For example, some areas of Miao Xinjiang and Lingnan were remote and had rugged roads, so the power of the government was unattainable for a while, and its power was controlled by local indigenous tribal leaders, and the government would inevitably have to conflict with those indigenous tribes if it wanted to bring these areas under the rule of the king.

The local mountains are high and dense, there are many poisonous insects and poisonous beasts, and the indigenous tribes will use poisons extracted from poisonous insects and poisonous beasts, so Li Yuntian must make corresponding preparations to reduce the casualties of the officers and soldiers.

Moreover, studying those poisons will also help improve the level of the Ming in the field of poisons and enhance the comprehensive national strength of the Ming Dynasty.

"Please Governor Chen Du and give them the last trace of dignity!" Li Yuntian naturally knew that what the colonel said on the face of the national character was true, so he took advantage of the situation at the scene to become chaotic and bowed his hand to Chen Taiyi and said in a deep voice.

"Come on, take them to the wing!" Chen Tai came back from shock when he heard this, and saw Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu and others looking at him with stern expressions, so he groaned for a while, and shouted in a deep voice to the Gyeonggi Governor's Office sergeant standing in front of the hall, he didn't want to offend the public anger, and he felt admiration for the colonel and others in his heart.

"Lord Xie Dudu!" Colonel Guozi and the others arched their hands to Chen Tai and strode away with the sergeant from the Gyeonggi Governor's Office.

In the face of those military attachés who generously went to death, the hall fell into a dead silence, and a dull and depressing atmosphere was enveloped.

Everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them, even Wei Xin couldn't help but be moved, as the saying goes, ants still steal life, not to mention these martial arts attachés with reputation and status, they should be more nostalgic for this world.

Li Yuntian's fists were clenched tightly, his eyes were full of sadness, he knew very well why the colonel and others did this, not only to protect the reputation of the martial arts hall, but also to advise Emperor Xuande with death.

"My lord, the military attachés of the Wutang have been poisoned and died, how should they be handled?" I don't know how long later, a voice broke the silence in the lobby, and a military attache from the Gyeonggi Governor's Office rushed to announce it in a loud voice.

"Properly settled, and the decision will be made after the governor reports to the emperor." Chen Tai came back to his senses and said to the military attache in a deep voice, because the colonel and others were criminals, and the arquebus case had not yet been concluded, he had no right to dispose of the bodies of the colonel and others in Guozi, so he could only ask Emperor Xuande to come to the Holy Judgment.

"Zhen Guogong, can you form a party for personal gain, intending to rebel?" Afterwards, Chen Tai looked at Li Yuntian expressionlessly, ready to continue the interrogation, Jin Yiwei had arrested so many officials and businessmen before, just to fabricate the crime of rebellion for Li Yuntian.

Obviously, if Li Yuntian wants to rebel, there will definitely not be only one person, and there must be corresponding accomplices, so the officials and businessmen who were tortured into recruitment in the prison of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion have become Li Yuntian's accomplices in the rebellion.

"Governor Chen, in addition to those muskets in the Bafang Warehouse, dare to ask if there is any physical evidence that this father intends to rebel?" Li Yuntian looked up at Chen Tai when he heard this, he didn't answer Chen Tai's question this time, but asked with a stern expression.

"Of course, Ben Du has your letter to the conspirators!" Chen Tai saw Li Yuntian suddenly asking, and panicked for no reason, not knowing what Li Yuntian meant, so he pretended to be calm and said.

"In that case, can you let the adults here check it and see if it was written by my father?" A sneer flashed at the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth when he heard this, and he quietly proposed a proposal to Chen Tai.

"Someone, take out those letters and give them to the adults here to check!" Chen Tai was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Li Yuntian to make such a request, and discussed a few words in a low voice with Wei Xin and Hu Dahai beside him, and then gave an order to the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion sergeant in front of the hall.

Soon, two sergeants from the Gyeonggi Governor's Office brought a stack of letters, including Li Yuntian's "counter-letters" to his comrades, as well as documents he issued on weekdays for proofreading.

Under Chen Tai's instructions, the two sergeants of the Gyeonggi Governor's Office handed over the stack of letters to the cabinet elders and the officials of the six ministries present.

When the cabinet elders and the officials of the six departments were inspecting, the military cabinet members and the governors of the five military governors' mansions gathered around to check, Li Yuntian stood in front of the hall with an expressionless face, frowning and falling into deep thought, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Governor Chen, this pavilion wants to see the document provided by Yang Fu before." Not long after, Yang Shiqi looked up at Chen Tai, who was sitting behind the desk talking to Wei Xin and Hu Dahai in a low voice, and said with a stern expression.

Chen Tai felt a little strange when he heard this, so he ordered someone to hand over Yang Shiqi's letter of commitment that Yang Fu identified as Li Yuntian, and Yang Shiqi immediately gathered with Yang Rong, Jian Yi and others to discuss something in a whisper.

Seeing this, a wry smile appeared at the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, no matter whether he can get out of today's court trial, it is actually a failure, because the colonel and others can be said to have died for him, but as the chief instructor of the Martial Arts Hall, he has not been able to keep these subordinates, in his opinion, he has actually been defeated.

At the same time, in a teahouse near the south gate of the imperial city in the south of the city, Fang Liang and Ah Qiu were leisurely sipping tea there, waiting for the end of the court trial of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion.

"Mr. Qiu, I didn't expect those people who speak martial arts to be so pedantic that they would die for the Duke of Zhenguo, it's really stupid, and this will only anger the emperor." While talking and laughing, Fang Liang's words turned around and said to Ah Qiu with a disdainful expression.

"Li Yuntian is the spiritual pillar of the martial arts hall, if he falls, the martial arts hall will be over."

Ah Qiu frowned when he heard this, then smiled slightly, and replied slowly while sipping the fragrant tea in the teacup, "The people of Jinyiwei are too anxious, the military attaches they arrested were all pulled up by Li Yuntian, and they have followed Li Yuntian to fight in the south and north over the years, I don't know how many times I have walked before the Ghost Gate, how can I be afraid of death?" ”

According to Ah Qiu and Fang Liang's previous plan, as long as Li Yuntian's cronies and military attachés were caught and tortured to extract confessions, after all, the matter of privately adding arquebuses was important, and Li Yuntian would definitely act cautiously and not let too many people know.

However, because the captured military attaches would rather die than frame Li Yuntian, the meritorious Jinyiwei arrested a group of military attachés who lectured on martial arts to torture them, but they did not want to move a stone to shoot themselves in the foot, resulting in the current embarrassing situation, which will undoubtedly make the Manchu civil and military even more hateful to Jinyiwei.

"Your Excellency, the Zhenguo Gong asked the adults who heard the trial to check whether those 'counter-letters' were written by him." At this moment, the door was pushed open, and a man in civilian clothes walked in quickly, and said to Fang Liang in a deep voice.

"Oh?" Hearing this, Ah Qiu couldn't help but remove the teacup from his mouth, and his brows slowly furrowed together, he didn't think that Li Yuntian made this move for no reason. In the lobby, these civil officials who have been studying hard for ten years and are brilliant in writing.

When the cabinet elders and the officials of the six departments were inspecting, the military cabinet members and the governors of the five military governors' mansions gathered around to check, Li Yuntian stood in front of the hall with an expressionless face, frowning and falling into deep thought, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Governor Chen, this pavilion wants to see the document provided by Yang Fu before." Not long after, Yang Shiqi looked up at Chen Tai, who was sitting behind the desk talking to Wei Xin and Hu Dahai in a low voice, and said with a stern expression.

Chen Tai felt a little strange when he heard this, so he ordered someone to hand over Yang Shiqi's letter of commitment that Yang Fu identified as Li Yuntian, and Yang Shiqi immediately gathered with Yang Rong, Jian Yi and others to discuss something in a whisper.

Seeing this, a wry smile appeared at the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, no matter whether he can get out of today's court trial, it is actually a failure, because the colonel and others can be said to have died for him, but as the chief instructor of the Martial Arts Hall, he has not been able to keep these subordinates, in his opinion, he has actually been defeated.

At the same time, in a teahouse near the south gate of the imperial city in the south of the city, Fang Liang and Ah Qiu were leisurely sipping tea there, waiting for the end of the court trial of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion.

"Mr. Qiu, I didn't expect those people who speak martial arts to be so pedantic that they would die for the Duke of Zhenguo, it's really stupid, and this will only anger the emperor." While talking and laughing, Fang Liang's words turned around and said to Ah Qiu with a disdainful expression.

"Li Yuntian is the spiritual pillar of the martial arts hall, if he falls, the martial arts hall will be over."

Ah Qiu frowned when he heard this, then smiled slightly, and replied slowly while sipping the fragrant tea in the teacup, "The people of Jinyiwei are too anxious, the military attaches they arrested were all pulled up by Li Yuntian, and they have followed Li Yuntian to fight in the south and north over the years, I don't know how many times I have walked before the Ghost Gate, how can I be afraid of death?" ”

According to Ah Qiu and Fang Liang's previous plan, as long as Li Yuntian's cronies and military attachés were caught and tortured to extract confessions, after all, the matter of privately adding arquebuses was important, and Li Yuntian would definitely act cautiously and not let too many people know.

However, because the captured military attaches would rather die than frame Li Yuntian, the meritorious Jinyiwei arrested a group of military attachés who lectured on martial arts to torture them, but they did not want to move a stone to shoot themselves in the foot, resulting in the current embarrassing situation, which will undoubtedly make the Manchu civil and military even more hateful to Jinyiwei.

"Your Excellency, the Zhenguo Gong asked the adults who heard the trial to check whether those 'counter-letters' were written by him." At this moment, the door was pushed open, and a man in civilian clothes walked in quickly, and said to Fang Liang in a deep voice.

"Oh?" Hearing this, Ah Qiu couldn't help but remove the teacup from his mouth, and his brows slowly furrowed together, he didn't think that Li Yuntian made this move for no reason.