Text Chapter 8 The Squire Confesses and the Spy Confesses
Ouchi of the Imperial Palace.
The Ninety-Five Honorable and his cousin Zhao Ning took a walk in the imperial garden.
"Your Majesty, in fact, I know what my husband is doing outside. It's just that I don't like him for so many years, so..."Although he was nearly forty years old, Zhao Ning looked no different from a woman in her twenties, and her slender jade hands gently swept over her sideburns.
"I know that you don't like him, and he doesn't deserve you. Your union is just Uncle Wang's act of repaying his kindness back then. I think you should get along, and I'll find a good one for you. "Emperor He Cheng felt a little sorry for this cousin who often took him to play when he was a child.
"The emperor's kind-hearted sister understands it, but the women of our Zhao family are all from the beginning, and I would rather be widowed than separated. Zhao Ning turned his head to look at Emperor Hecheng, smiled and shook his head, his eyes were full of perseverance and fearlessness.
Emperor Hecheng sighed lightly and nodded: "Don't worry, Guo Yongchun will spare his life." ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty, then I'll go back. Zhao Ning saluted and was about to leave.
"I've got lunch ready, let's eat and then let's go, let's eat in the pavilion in front of us. I still want to talk to you more, since I succeeded to the throne, you have rarely come to the palace. Emperor Hecheng said without refusal.
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Goshidai.
Imperial historian Zheng bluntly said that in Guo Yongchun's 'cell', he carefully read the confession written by Guo Yongchun, and he explained one by one quite seriously and clearly. After reading it for a while, Zheng said bluntly: "The writing is quite honest, the county lord begged the emperor, Lin Shangshu, and me for you, running around every day, don't blame me for speaking ugly, just like you, to be able to marry the county lord, it is really the ancestral tomb that is smoking." ”
"Yes, yes, the lesson of the adults is that I now regret very much what I have done before, and I will definitely change my past mistakes in the future, and live up to the saints and the people. Guo Yongchun knelt down and kowtowed three times in the direction of the palace to show his determination. He knew very well that since Lord Goshi had mentioned that his county lord's wife was running around to protect him, he could at least save his life.
Zheng bluntly waited for him to kowtow and said: "We are officials, at least worthy of Your Majesty, worthy of the people, what we need in the Great Song Dynasty is first of all everyone to abide by the law, and then everyone in their position can do their part well, that's all." Back then, Emperor Wu opened up the territory and expanded the territory, and tens of thousands of Wenchen and military generals died, in exchange for the strength of our Great Song Dynasty, but you are doing a moth, you have also passed the imperial examination, don't you understand this reason?"
"I see. In the next is a poor family, since the promotion after the promotion, I forgot the original intention, it seems to be poor and ruthless, all of a sudden after the power and money, I lost my way, please rest assured, I will change in the future. Guo Yongchun said sincerely.
Zheng Zhiyan waved his hand and said, "Okay, we will present your case to Your Majesty, and how to deal with you will have to wait for Your Majesty to make it clear." Let's reflect on it these days. With that, he took Guo Yongchun's confession and left.
The laws of the Great Song Dynasty stipulate that officials who violate the law, especially high-ranking officials who Guo Yongchun has done so to serve in the Ministry of Officials, will be tried in the Imperial History Terrace, and the circumstances are particularly serious, and they will definitely die before they will be finally transferred to the Criminal Department. Guo Yongchun's matter, since he is waiting for the final handling at the Yushi Tower, there is a chance that he will save his head, and it doesn't matter whether he is exiled or demoted to a commoner, after all, the case that His Majesty personally intervened into, it is already very good to be able to save his life.
Guo Yongchun breathed a long sigh of relief, thinking of the lady he hadn't even touched his fingers after getting married, a husband and wife for twenty years, he only had resentment and fear towards her, but thinking of her today, he was grateful to her for the first time in his life. I'm afraid she knows all the things he did outside, but now that he is arrested and imprisoned, she is the one who is running around, and she has not ignored or even fallen into stone, which is greatly unexpected to him. He knew that she had never liked him, and would rather be a widow than say anything to him, but now it was she who saved him.
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The prison of the Criminal Department.
It was midnight outside, and the autumn night was very cold, although there was no curfew in the Great Song Dynasty, but there were very few pedestrians around this prison of the Ministry of Punishment. The people may be afraid of the bloody smell of the prison and the occasional wailing from inside, so they are reluctant to wander around.
There was a man in black hidden under the high wall, motionless, as if blending into the night.
When it comes to the third watch, everything is silent.
The black shadow jumped onto the high wall, bent down to observe for a moment, and then jumped into the inner courtyard of the Ministry of Punishment.
The guards in the prison of the Criminal Department can be called strict, but under the hands of the man in black, he didn't even have a chance to issue a warning, and he fell. After killing five people in a row, the man in black came to Wu.
Wu Fang was thrown into the cell in the corner at this time, and he was locked in the sea of caves by Liang Tiandao, and now he couldn't lift any strength in his body, and he didn't even have the strength to commit suicide.
"Wu Fang, I'm late. The man in black covered himself very tightly, revealing only two indifferent eyes.
"Yes, you're late, let's do it. Of course, Wu Fang knew that the man in black was here to kill him, and this was also the ironclad ending of their Wei State spy after he was caught, from the time he decided to be a spy, he accepted his fate, and he was very calm at the moment.
"Wu Fang, to be a spy, the most important thing is to spy on intelligence, not to make trouble, you have crossed the line. The man in black taught, he was really a little reluctant to kill Wu Fang, after all, a cultivator in the Xia Realm was very rare, and if he killed one, there would be one less in the Wei Kingdom.
"I just want to do more...... But it's useless to say anything now, you do it quickly, I don't know how long I can hold out, you came just in time, lest I do anything treasonous, hurry up. As soon as Wu Fang thought of the Yue'er girl who had returned to the nest, the blood immediately rushed to his head, and he urged impatiently. He didn't even dare to think about whether he would be able to hold on if those people brought Miss Yue'er here. He is naturally not afraid of torture or death, but he is afraid that others will hurt Miss Yue'er.
The man in black shook his head and slowly raised his hand, ready to start.
"Haha, boy, you're talking too much nonsense. When you're done, it's dawn. "Liang Tiandao, the first guard of the General's Mansion, and Shang Shulin of the Criminal Department descended from the sky.
A trace of blood flashed in the eyes of the man in black, and he quickly struck. His move is very dangerous, and it can even be said that he is gambling with his own life, betting that these people will not attack him first, but prevent him from killing Wu Fang first.
Seeing that the man in black delivered a life-threatening blow, Liang Tiandao and Lin Chaoran both chose to save Wu Fang. Obviously, Wu Fang is about to be unable to hold on. The value of the information that can be dug out of Wu Fang's mouth is far greater than killing Wu Fang and the man in black.
The man in black fought for his life in the summer realm, and if he wanted to offset it head-on, there was only one possibility, and that was the hard shoulder of the two summer realm cultivators. When the cultivator arrived at the summer realm, the destructive power of each blow was huge, if the two were fighting, then in the face of such a blow, I could dodge, but now Liang Tiandao and Lin Chaoran wanted to save the Wu Fang who was lying on the ground, and in such a short moment, they could only carry it hard.
The man in black struck out with a single blow, jumped into the roof, broke through the roof, killed several jailers guarding the roof, and escaped.
Wu Fang smiled and said, "Thank you for saving my life..."
"I saved you for the information you had in your mouth. Chen Letian also walked out of the corner at this time.
In fact, he, Lin Chaoran, and Liang Tiandao had long been hiding in the cell and waiting for someone to come. Nine times out of ten, the Wei spies will be killed by other Wei spies after they are caught, one is to avoid the leakage of Wei intelligence, and the other is to use it as a means of punishment. As a spy, you have made a big mistake by exposing your deeds.
This is completely different from the Great Song Spy. After the Great Song spy was caught, the spy agency would try its best to rescue the spy, and the rescued spy could choose freely, whether to continue to stay in the spy agency or join the front-line army. But the official advice of the Great Song Dynasty is to stay in the spy agency as a teacher and use his rich experience to train better spies.
The reason is very simple, and the spy agencies of Wei State do not understand this truth, but it is more difficult and troublesome to implement. First of all, the risk of rescuing the spies is very high, and if the rescue fails, you have to catch a few more spies, and the gains outweigh the losses. Moreover, the senior officials of Wei's intelligence agencies unanimously agreed that the loss of a spy would be equivalent to the elimination of an unqualified or incompetent spy. Eliminating the weak in actual combat is the best way to keep the team strong.
Therefore, it is impossible for Wu Fang to be saved, and he must die, as for whether he died at the hands of the Wei people or the Song people, the Wei people didn't care at all, as long as he died.
Chen Letian walked into the cell, sat down on the ground beside Wu Fang, and said, "I'll give you another stick of incense, if you don't confess again, I will ask Lin Shangshu to send someone to arrest Miss Yue'er." ”
Wu Fang was silent, struggling to sit up and looking down at his feet.
The time for a stick of incense soon came, Chen Letian shook his head, and said to Lin Chaoran: "Or please ask Lin Shangshu to ......"
"Slow. Wu Fang said, "I'll move." ”
"Okay, it's a gentleman, get a pen and paper. Chen Letian and Lin Chaoran glanced at each other and smiled confidently. Finally, he guessed it. Before, Lin Chaoran guessed that Wu Fang could not be willing to recruit because of a woman, while Chen Letian guessed that Wu Fang would definitely recruit. The reason is that Wu Fang has been living in the Great Song Dynasty for more than ten years, and the only woman he loves, or the only woman he touches, is Miss Yue'er in these ten years. A long-term spy, there is only one possibility, he really loves Miss Yue'er.
Since love, it will not hurt the beloved woman.
From the perspective of a spy, Wu Fang is unqualified, and he violates the minimum ethics of his spy for the sake of a woman. At this point, whether it is in the Song State or the Wei State, Wu Fang deserves to die.
But from the perspective of people's hearts, Wu Fang will do this, which shows that Wu Fang still has a human touch, and Chen Letian feels that such a person may be used by the Great Song Dynasty.