"Are you Huang Mengcheng?" The King asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is."

"Minister?" The king laughed a little, "So, you should be guilty of running away back then?" ”

"No."

The king frowned slightly.

"Before the minister left, he had written a recital, imploring the first king to remove me from my official position and let me return to my hometown."

"Then the first king can be down?"

"The minister had already left Beijing at that time, and I don't know what the follow-up will be."

"Nonsense!" The king slapped the table angrily, "Isn't it a crime to leave office without getting a will?!" ”

"If Your Majesty thinks so, then so."

The implication of this statement is that he still denies the crime.

The king was angry, but he couldn't refute it: "Then I ask you, communicate privately with foreigners, but what did you do?" ”

"The minister exchanged letters with old friends, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong."

"Isn't there anything wrong? When it comes to domestic affairs, there is nothing wrong with it? Is there anything wrong with leaking national secrets? Is there nothing wrong with interfering with the use of troops? ”

The ruler's sentences are like bows, shooting at the center of the problem.

Huang Mengcheng was silent, and his kneeling body was still straight.

The king then asked, "What is your relationship with Qu Mingli?" ”

"The minister and General Qu are also old acquaintances, he respects me as an elder and calls me a book."

"So, you didn't conspire, you did all those things alone?"

"If the king speaks of the exchange of letters between his ministers and his old friends, yes."

"General Qu doesn't know?"

Huang Mengcheng paused: "Mingli only learned about it later. He persuaded me to stop, and I never went on. ”

The king rubbed his fingers, as if wondering whether these words were true or false.

"Before this incident, is there anything else, correspondence with old foreign friends?"

The king bit the words "old friends of foreign races" very hard, as if to vent his anger.

After hearing this, Huang Mengcheng was silent for a long time.

Only when it is against oneself will one choose to remain silent and minimize the severity of the consequences.

The smile on the face of the political king has frozen, and it is very stiff.

"Come, take him to the side hall, and gag his mouth for me. Since you don't want to talk, don't talk about it! The king said angrily with a stiff smile, looking a little like a papier-mâché villain, unreal, and frightening.

Huang Mengcheng was rudely gagged with a sackcloth and carried to the side hall.

Subsequently, the king ordered Qu Mingli to be brought in prison and interrogated again to verify the confessions of the two people.

Qu Mingli stayed in prison for a few days, although he was supported by the physique of the soldiers, he was also a little embarrassed, his hair was disheveled, and his clothes were disheveled.

"Your Uncle Ling has recruited everything, now it's your turn." The king said coldly.

In this way, Uncle Ling has been arrested.

Qu Mingli didn't know if he was helpless or lost confidence, and his towering shoulders were also a little off.

The king asked the question that Huang Mengcheng had just asked again, and most of the answers were not different, but when he asked the last question, he hesitated.

The king seized on this point and asked again: "Before that, was there any correspondence with the foreigners?" ”

Qu Mingli thought for a long time, and nodded heavily: "Yes." ”

Ning Zeqing, who was on the side, couldn't bear to hear it and closed his eyes.

Huang Mengcheng in the side hall knew his temperament, but when he heard him say this, he still sighed.

After all, it's still too young.

No matter what kind of answer he heard, the king was able to accept it calmly, or rather, not hopefully.

"What are the things that come and go, and what are the things that are written in the letters?" The political king's tone was flat, and there were no waves.

"At that time, Uncle Ling had not yet lived in the mansion, and I wrote to him, talking about some things in the court, and sometimes I didn't know how to make a decision, and I would make inquiries."

"And what about him, what to say to you?"

He ...... Teaching me how to make a choice, in terms of military affairs, was very helpful. ”

No matter how Qu Mingli beautifies the words, he can't hide the truth behind it: Huang Mengcheng interfered a lot in the military affairs of the Zifeng through Qu Mingli's relationship.

Under the clear operation of the court, there is still an invisible hand, operating the puppet to achieve its own goals.

What was he doing all this for? Collusion with foreign enemies? Subverting the sub-attack? Or is it something else-owned? ”

"No," Qu Ming said hurriedly, "Uncle Ling...... I did not do this for the sake of harming the offspring, but for ...... It's for selfish desires, and to take revenge with the power of the son's attack. ”

"Revenge?"

This word surprised everyone in the room.

"What revenge?"

Qu Mingli clenched his fists in his hands, his heart was calm, brewing, and he spit out the things buried deep in his heart: "This matter is related to my family affairs, and it is inconvenient to tell you." Now that he has known that it was a misunderstanding, he has asked Uncle Ling to stop and no longer interact with foreign clans. ”

"What is the carrier pigeon that Lord Wen intercepted?"

"What happened a month ago, it was Uncle Ling's resentment in his heart that had not disappeared, so he contacted that side again. But it was not put into action, it was just a private correspondence. Let the king see it. ”

Qu Ming's words were sincere, but he had a little more sincerity.

No matter how you explain it, communicating with foreign enemies and leaking government affairs are all facts.

With a blushing face, the king got up and said to the attendant: "Passing on the will of the king, General Qu fornicated with foreign enemies, leaked the government and deceived the king, everything is true. Now he is removed from the post of general, demoted to a concubine, issued a border, and can never be returned! ”

Ning Zeqing: "Please also ask the king to think twice, General Qu is not guilty of this!" ”

Wen Gradually: "The king is wise, and it is really a blessing for the son." ”

The two of them said at the same time, one happy and one sad, as if they were singing a double reed.

They stared at each other and chattered again.

Ning Zeqing: Your Majesty, General Qu is guilty, and the crime is for his own use, seeking the benefit of one person, but it has not harmed the government. Moreover, General Qu is not the mastermind, and if he wants to be guilty, he should not bear this main responsibility.

Wen Gradually: Your Majesty, General Qu's major crimes have been confirmed, how can he be exempted from his criminal responsibility. If the law of the country is regarded as nothing, how can we settle down, how can we settle the country, and how can we calm the hearts of the people.

When the king saw them arguing again, he was even more upset and irritable: "Okay, okay, are you so noisy because you are afraid that others will not know that you are the minister of this king's humerus?" ”

His father left him a group of ministers, and although the edict was tactful, it was also heard that he was indecisive and afraid that he would have difficulty in making a choice.

Since he felt that he couldn't make up his own mind, he preferred to make this one.

The king said sharply: "What, what this king said doesn't work? Don't hurry up and press it down! Huang Mengcheng was guilty of one more degree, and he was handcuffed and shackled. Since they have a deep relationship, let's be companions all the way! ”

"The king ......" Ning Zeqing still has something to say.

The king didn't want to listen to him, and asked directly: "General Qu, can you accept such a punishment?" ”

"The last general...... Accept. Qu Mingli kowtowed heavily and bowed to the king.

He was already hopeless about this matter, and he didn't want Shi Shu to do it.

Fang Cai Ning Zeqing spoke for him, and he already had a joy. If you continue to entangle, it will affect those who are good for yourself.

The current ending is exactly what he is satisfied with.

Ning Zeqing looked at Qu Mingli, he seemed to be different from before, and he still seemed to be like that.

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