"Are you sure you ordered the knife-wielding attendant to stop?"

"Sure."

"When you ordered him to stop, he had already killed?"

"The minister can be sure that when the order was stopped, it was the time when he committed the murder, and he had not yet cut off the middle school."

"Wang Langzhong, as far as your character is concerned, I can trust you, but this matter is too secretive, and your retinue disobeys your orders and kills people with knives, which cannot be explained in any way."

"What the foreign minister said is true, Your Majesty Mingguo, if this murder was instructed by the foreign minister, what is the intention of the foreign minister? What benefits can Zhou Guo get? Wang Pu had calmed down at this time, and his speech began to be a little more organized.

Baili Wuji nodded and said, "Wang Langzhong, you recall the scene at that time, don't be in a hurry, think slowly, don't miss any details." ”

"Yes." Wang Pu closed his eyes and began to recall the situation at the time, "In order to avoid direct conflict with the crowd outside, I had been hiding in the post house, and then there were more and more people, and the defenders of the post house could not stop it, I saw that dodging was not a way, so I had to take four entourages out, I wanted to convince people with reason, but I didn't want to, as soon as I appeared, the crowd swarmed." At this time, the entourage saw that the situation was not good, so they stepped forward together and blocked in front of me. ”

Baili Wuji nodded, at this time, the entourage protected the lord and covered Wang Pu in a reasonable way.

"When several students took advantage of the gap in the defenders and rushed into the post house, just as they collided with the retinue of foreign ministers, one of them drew his saber."

"Wait, when your retinue draws their knives. Have you already attacked and beaten you or your entourage? ”

Wang Pu frowned and tried to recall the scene at that time, and after a while, Wang Pu said: "When the knife is drawn." The two sides had just approached a foot or so forward, and had not yet moved. ”

"Are you sure?"

Wang Pu pondered: "The foreign minister is sure. ”

"That means that this entourage did not draw his sword in self-defense out of desperation, but deliberately killed the student?" Baili Wuji stared at Wang Pu and asked.

Wang Pu was a little hesitant, if he answered Baili Wuji, it would be to put all the responsibility on himself and Zhou Guo, but because of the distance. Wang Pu really saw it very clearly, and at that time, the four entourages stepped forward and blocked in front of him. At this time, one of the attendants drew his knife and slashed the student.

After hesitating for a while, Wang Pu resolutely replied: "That's true." ”

Baili Wuji sighed "hmm" and continued to ask: "So." You see this retinue draw a knife. Is there an immediate order to stop it? ”

Wang Pu said: "The incident happened suddenly, and the foreign minister hesitated for a while, but the foreign minister can be sure that when the foreign minister ordered to stop, the entourage had not yet killed the student." ”

Wang Pu frowned again and recalled: "Yes, definitely not, I remember that when I drank the order to stop, my eyes were always staring at his blade. It was when he raised his sword, and it had not yet fallen. ”

Baili Wuji said: "At this time." What did your other three followers do? ”

"Seeing that the incident happened suddenly, the minister was in a hurry, stretched out his hand from the middle of the three, and then grabbed their clothes, also for fear that the matter would make a bigger fuss, and the minister could be sure that these three people had been in front of the minister, except for pushing and shoving, there was no outrageous action."

"What does Wang Langzhong know about the entourage who kills people with knives?"

"The four retinues of the foreign minister came from Honglu Temple, and as the envoy retinue, they followed the foreign minister from Kaifeng Mansion."

"Are you sure?"

"Sure."

Baili Wuji thought to himself, these four people are all from the Honglu Temple of Zhou State, as the envoy's entourage, they must be people with diplomatic experience, and dare to kill people in a foreign country? It's a bit weird indeed.

"Wang Langzhong, is there any abnormality in the entourage that kills people with a knife on weekdays, such as talking and acting?"

"It should ...... No, the foreign minister came to Jinling this time, completely out of the order of our emperor, and did not have real negotiations with the Honglu Temple, therefore, and the entourage did not talk much, His Majesty Ming asked this, or asked the foreign minister to survive the two injured entourage. ”

Baili Wuji nodded slightly, turned to Xu Shiming and the others, and said: "This matter is related to the alliance between the Ming and Zhou countries, and there must be no mistakes, and the truth must be ascertained." Xu Xiang immediately negotiated with Zhou Guo and asked Zhou Guo to send a special person to Jinling to try the case with Ming. ”

Xu Shiming responded: "The minister obeys the order." ”

Baili Wuji continued: "Xu Xiang, you represent the imperial court and serve as the chief judge, Feng Xiang also has the position of the Jinling Academy's decree and can participate in the trial as a representative, this matter is fully handed over to the two Aiqing, find out the truth, and don't let me face the students of the academy without shame." ”

Xu Shiming and Feng Dao bowed and said, "The ministers must do their best." ”

Baili Wuji turned around and said to Wang Pu: "Wang Langzhong, before the matter is investigated, I want to wronged you to stay in Mingguo temporarily." ”

Wang Pu lowered his head and did not speak, and Baili Wuji was a little surprised.

Xu Shiming stepped forward to remind Wang Pu of this faux pas, but was stopped by Baili Wuji, because Baili Wuji saw Wang Pu's contemplative demeanor, Baili Wuji waved his hand, signaling everyone not to disturb him.

After a while, Wang Pu raised his head and said to Baili Wuji blankly: "Your Majesty Mingguo, the foreign minister remembered something, and it was very strange, and the foreign minister was puzzled. ”

Baili Wuji said: "Wang Langzhong boldly said that I said, no details should be missed." ”

"The foreign minister vaguely remembered that the murderous entourage shouted before drawing a knife and slashing and killing, but the voice was noisy at that time, and he couldn't hear it clearly."

Baili Wuji perked up and hurriedly asked, "What did he shout?" ”

Wang Pu shook his head vigorously and tried to recall: "It seems to say, preserved meat, no, it should be Ruotong or something." I only remember the word Lord, and the latter one was not audible because it had its back to me and had rushed forward. ”

"If you ...... the rule." Baili Wuji silently read it a few times, but he couldn't figure out what it meant, turned his head and glanced at Xu Shiming and the others inquiringly, and Xu Shiming and the three of them shook their heads slightly, indicating that they didn't know what they meant.

Baili Wuji couldn't figure it out for a while, so he didn't want to, and instead repeated what he just said to Wang Pu again.

Wang Pu got up and saluted: "Before the matter is clarified, the foreign minister is willing to cooperate with the stay in the Ming State, which can also return the innocence of the foreign minister and the Zhou State." ”

Baili Wuji nodded and said, "Very good, Xu Xiang, hurry up and inquire about the injured students and entourage, and if there is progress, report to me immediately." ”

Xu Shiming responded: "The minister obeys the order." ”

When the messenger of the Ming State informed the Zhou State of the bloody incident that occurred in Jinling, the Zhou State was shaken.

If the support of the Ming State is lost, the Zhou State will face the attack of the Liao army alone, so the Zhou State will be in turmoil.

But some people also suggested that Ming Guo deceived people too much, even though Zhou Guo's entourage killed two Ming students, but Zhou Guo also had two people who died in the Ming State Post House, so it doesn't matter who is right and who is wrong, at least, Zhou Guo is also a victim. (To be continued......)