Late at night, inside the camp of Shangchun Prison.

While Jiang Tianba was sleeping soundly, two soldiers broke into the cell and dragged him to the interrogation room without saying a word.

In front of the bookcase, a man in a navy blue robe is sitting and drinking tea, his left leg is folded on his right leg, and his handsome face is slightly smiling, comfortable and leisurely.

He knew the man, but he hadn't interacted with him yet.

"Who should I toss people at night so big, it turns out that the third prince has arrived."

Mu Beituo put down the teacup, raised his eyelids to look at the past, looked people up and down, and said with a light smile: "I have long heard that you Jiang Bawang is bold and uninhibited, not afraid of authority, today is really true, dare to be so rude in front of this king, you are the first one." ”

"Jiang Bawang" is the nickname of Jiang Tianba when he was the king of Junshan in Yunzhou.

"Now that the villain has changed his ways, the former nickname is no longer needed, and the prince still calls the villain's name." Jiang Tianba straightened his back and stared straight at Mu Beituo, without the slightest respect or fear.

"It's so late, the prince is here, should he invite the villain to a bar?"

Du Yan on the side immediately raised his eyebrows and scolded: "Don't be presumptuous in front of the prince!" ”

Jiang Tianba scoffed and didn't look at him.

"I have been in the camp for more than a month, and the villain has not drunk a drop of alcohol, and now it is a panic of gluttony, except for drinking, I am not interested in anything else."

Du Yan was about to attack again, but was stopped by Mu Beituo raising his hand.

"Isn't it easy if you want to drink? As long as you obediently agree to a condition for this king, you can drink as much as you want! Mu Beituo threw out a bait.

Jiang Tianba's eyes lit up, and he grinned and asked, "Really?" So what do you want me to do? ”

Mu Beituo replied: "This matter is very simple, you just need to go with me to the emperor tomorrow to testify that the prince wants to seize military power and plot against him, and then no matter how much reward you want, this king can satisfy you." ”

"Hehe......" Jiang Tianba sneered, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared, "Does the prince think that I am Luo Mazi and Liu Sizhi and the like?" With a little reward from you, you want me to frame Zhongliang and open my eyes and tell nonsense? ”

Mu Beituo's face changed slightly, and his right index finger rubbed back and forth on the edge of the teacup.

"So what do you want in return? This king will not allow anything. ”

"Can you satisfy anything I want?"

"Of course."

Jiang Tianba hooked the corners of his lips, and a ruthless look flashed in his eyes.

"I want your life, pay for the tragic death of Brother Luo Yu!"

Hearing this, Mu Beituo's face was immediately covered with a layer of yin, and his right hand was so strong that he almost crushed the teacup.

"Jiang Tianba! What are you talking nonsense, you don't want to live anymore, do you? On your knees! Du Yan scolded loudly, and the soldiers on the left and right stepped forward and kicked Jiang Tianba's leg a few times, pinning him to the ground.

Mu Beituo stood up and said with a gloomy face: "Jiang Tianba, this king is giving you a chance, don't toast or eat and drink!" ”

"Humph! Don't think I don't know, all this is a conspiracy between you and Du Yan, Luo Yu died in your hands, and your purpose is to use this incident to frame His Royal Highness the Prince! ”

Jiang Tianba raised his head and glared at the two viciously.

"Let me tell you, if it goes against my conscience, I, Jiang Tianba, would rather die than do it, if I want to kill or chop, listen to it!"

"You ......" Du Yan was so angry that he actually punched Jiang Tianba a few times.

Mu Beituo paced over, and suddenly said with a sneer: "This king wants to see how hard your bones are, come, go to the torture instrument!" ”

After a while, the soldiers came up with all kinds of torture instruments and placed them in front of Jiang Tianba one by one.

He had tasted a lot of hardships these days, but at most he had only eaten a board or been whipped, and had never really tried the various tortures in prison, and at this time, when he saw a large number of strange things in front of him, his straight back suddenly could not stand it.

Mu Beituo noticed that his face changed, and he was confident, if he had promised himself from the beginning, he would not be at ease.

So he waved his hand and said, "Greet him well, and when he is willing to give in, when he will come back to report me, remember, don't beat him to death!" ”

Then he turned and walked out of the interrogation room, and went outside to get some fresh air.

After a while, there was a scream from inside, each more miserable than the other.

Mu Beituo held his hands behind him, looking up at the starry sky, counting the time in his heart.

After about a stick of incense, the shouting stopped, and Du Yan came out to report: "Lord Wang, the person has passed out." ”

When Mu Beituo returned to the interrogation room, the soldier happened to pour a basin of cold water on Jiang Tianba's head, and the person suddenly woke up.

"Stop fighting, I promise you terms...... You can do whatever you want me to do, stop fighting......"

Without waiting for Mu Beituo to speak, Jiang Tianba said intermittently.

Mu Beituo was very proud, looked at Jiang Tianba, who was covered in blood, shook his head and said, "Tsk, if you had promised this king earlier, wouldn't there be no such things?" ”

"Okay, General Du, hurry up and take it down to treat your injuries, change into clean clothes, and prepare to enter the palace tomorrow to face the saint!"

"Yes." Du Yan hurriedly arranged for the soldiers to take people away, and after everyone left, he expressed his worries to Mu Beituo: "Lord Wang, this Jiang Tianba is a repeated person, can you really believe it, if you come to the Holy Lord tomorrow, wouldn't it be ...... to suddenly turn back?"

Mu Beituo frowned and said: "General Du, you are old, and you always look ahead and backward in doing things, and you are afraid to do things, how can you achieve great things?" ”

"Don't forget, what a shrewd man the prince is, if he is not completely defeated while he is still in solitary confinement now, and gives him a chance to breathe, he will probably turn over in a few days.

"Then you and I will fall short, and we will be suppressed by him in turn, and it will be a trivial matter if you can't keep your position as a general at that time, and moving your head is a big deal, understand?"

Du Yan lowered his head, not to say more.

In his opinion, what Mu Beituo said is indeed reasonable, but he is too anxious and too risky.

Just after the time of the early dynasty, Mu Liancheng, who was moving his muscles and bones in the courtyard, received a holy edict from the palace and was urgently summoned to the palace.

is still in the side hall of the imperial study, and the people are basically those people, but there is one more Jiang Tianba.

"Everyone is here, third child, can you tell the results of the investigation now?" The emperor said with a straight face.

Mu Beituo arched his hand and replied: "Yes, after a few days of detailed investigation and interrogation of Jiang Tianba, Erchen finally figured out the whole thing. ”

"It turned out that Jiang Tianba's killing of the soldier Luo Yu was not deliberate, nor was it a mistake, but was forced by others to do it as a last resort in order to protect himself."

"Who persecuted?" Mu Zun actually already has the answer in his heart, but he must get a definite answer.

Unsurprisingly, Mu Beituo's gaze turned to Mu Liancheng.

"It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Mu Liancheng didn't laugh angrily, and calmly retorted: "What a joke, I have no grudge against that soldier, why kill him?" There should always be a motive for a person's life, right? ”

"Of course you have a motive." Mu Beituo's eyebrows were full of confidence, and he turned to look at Jiang Tianba, "As for what the motive is, let Jiang Tianba tell his father." ”

Mu Zun glanced at Mu Liancheng coldly and moved his gaze to Jiang Tianba.

"You are truthful, not a word is allowed to be adulterated, otherwise I will immediately push you out and behead you!"

Jiang Tianba raised his head and said slowly.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once secretly went to the Shangchun camp to meet with the villain in private, and instructed the villain to try to kill a soldier in the camp, any one of them is fine, anyway, as long as it can cause a riot among the soldiers of the Shangchun camp."

"When the time comes, he will take the opportunity to stand up under the pretext of finding out the truth, and then point the finger at General Du Yan, and guide the emperor to remove General Du from his post and replace him with someone he recommended, so as to hold the command of the Shangchun Battalion in his hands."

"The villain knows that this matter is not trivial, and he also understands what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to do, he is not willing to cooperate, but the life of the villain's family is in his hands, so he can only give in."

After hearing these words, the emperor was already trembling with anger, his eyes fell on Mu Liancheng like a sharp blade, and his eyes were red, as if he could drip blood.

Mu Beituo also looked at Mu Liancheng, and the corners of his mouth gradually rose.

It's going to be a success!

It's just that the emperor broke out for the last time, Mu Liancheng will no longer be on the throne, everything will be his, and he finally won!

However, he was carried away by the impending victory, and did not notice the indifference in Mu Liancheng's eyes.

When the hall was eerily quiet, Jiang Tianba suddenly spoke again: "These are all things that the third prince forced the villain to say, and every word is fake!" ”

Mu Beituo's whole person was stunned, as if he was rigid.

"What did you say?" Mu Zun was half furious, Huo Ran left his seat, "Explain it to me!" ”

Jiang Tianba put on a righteous and awe-inspiring posture and said: "Your Majesty, last night, the third prince personally went to the prison camp and tortured the villain, forcing the villain to agree to go to the emperor to frame His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for plotting against him, and the villain could only pretend to agree in order to save his life. ”

"This morning, the third prince prepared another paragraph for the villain to memorize, the villain was afraid of being killed by him, so he had to do it, and now under the emperor's nose, the villain dared to tell the facts."

"The villain and Luo Yu did have a fight that day, but we reconciled that night, why did he die of poisoning later, the villain doesn't know at all, people are never killed by villains, please let the emperor know!"

"Jiang Tianba! What nonsense are you talking about? Mu Beituo pointed at Jiang Tianba's nose and scolded angrily, "When did this king force you?" Don't be bribed by others, just spray people with blood! ”

This "other" refers to Mu Liancheng.

Mu Zun watched them fight back and forth, and he didn't know whose words were true and whose words were false, and his head began to swell again.

"Prince, what do you have to say?"

Mu Liancheng replied calmly: "Back to my father, Luo Yu's death, Erchen has always felt that something is strange, but he has not been able to find out the truth, whether Jiang Tianba is really a murderer, Erchen does not know, however, Erchen has definitely not bribed or forced Jiang Tianba to do anything, Erchen is wronged." ”

At this time, he must not show his belief in Jiang Tianba's attitude, otherwise it will definitely arouse the emperor's suspicion, so he can only take himself out first.