"Thief Cao Peng Shi Ding Liutong!" Ning Ze sat in the main seat in the middle of the official office, standing side by side with civil and military forces, and shouted, "Lone summoned the civil and military officials of Qingshan County, but you didn't want to come, why did you come?"

Ding Liutong trembled and lay on the ground, and he didn't dare to raise his head: "Huh...... Lord Yu, the lower official is seriously ill, and he must seek a famous doctor......"

"Bang!" Ning Ze patted the case, "Typhoid fever and pain, you can know it at a glance." You are not sick or painful, I am afraid that you have a disease in your heart! The murder of Geng Zhijun has a great deal to do with you!"

"Wronged!!" Ding Liutong's face changed greatly, and he kowtowed on the ground again and again, "The lower official is really wronged, ask the prince to find out!"

"In front of Lone, there is no need to act!" Ning Ze said coldly, "No one in the world can hide Lone's eyes." Hu Hua!"

"The minister is here!" Aoyama Taishou Hu Hua hurriedly stood up and clasped his fists and saluted.

"You recruited this man?"

"Yes!" Hu Hua replied respectfully, "This person is somewhat famous in the local area, and his martial arts are good. Therefore, he was recruited as a thief and was in charge of catching thieves. ”

"Hmph!" Ning Ze snorted coldly, "How can there be such a stupid thing as recruiting thieves and catching thieves?"

"This ......" Hu Hua looked puzzled.

"This person is the enemy's country, and he has turned to serve Ma Jian!" Ning Ze said coldly, "Your vision is not good!"

"Ma Jian's fine work? this, how is this possible? The thief Cao's family lived in Qingshan ...... era"

"It is very common to buy off enemy people as a fine work. Ning Ze said, "In terms of recruitment, you have to pay more attention!"

"The prince is wronged! The lower official is definitely not Ma Jian's meticulous work, absolutely not!" the thief Cao Pengshi hurriedly shouted.

"In front of Lonely, there is no need to act!" Ning Ze said, "You must have been the first to arrive at the scene of the crime that day, because you knew in advance that Geng Yuanjun would die." Therefore, before others arrive, the evidence will be destroyed and the investigation will be obstructed. ”

Hu Hua was taken aback when he heard this, and turned his head to look at the thief Cao: "It was indeed you who discovered it first that day......

With such a reminder, Tang Wenwu remembered: "That's right, that's right! It was indeed the thief Cao who arrived first ......."

All suspicious eyes were focused on the thief, who panicked and shouted loudly that he had been wronged.

"Do you dare to quibble?" Seeing that the thief Cao Cao did not admit it, Ning Ze said coldly, "If you fall into the hands of a lonely, if you don't explain honestly, you will definitely be worse off than dead." ”

"Lord Wang, you said that the lower official was made by Ma Jian, but there is evidence? If there is no evidence, the lower official will not accept it!" The thief Cao panicked, raised his head and shouted loudly.

"Evidence?" Ning Ze sneered when he heard this, "Lone said that you are, you are, you don't need evidence! Everyone present, who doubts Lone's judgment?"

Who dared to doubt the civil and military forces at the scene? All of them clenched their fists and replied: "The prince's eyes are as wise as a torch!"

Ning Ze nodded with satisfaction, and immediately ordered: "Strip him of his official uniform and put him in a prison to extort a confession!"

Immediately, several fierce soldiers rushed up, quickly took off the official uniform of the thief, and dragged him out of the official office amid his continuous shouting of grievances.

After taking down the thief Cao, he was tortured every day to extract a confession.

A few days later, a telegram came from Eagle Mine, saying that he had captured the messenger Cao Ping and sent troops to escort him to Aoyama.

When Cao Ping arrived, Ning Ze locked him and the thief Cao next door.

Ning Ze personally tortured them, and quickly broke down the psychological defense line of these two people, all confessed and wrote confessions, admitting that he was Nan Cheng Xizuo, and a few days ago he received an order from the military advisor Feng Qiao, asking them to get rid of Geng Zhi and create chaos for Huaguo.

Feng Qiao was explaining the assassination plan, and Cao Ping pretended to be Geng Zhi's friend and put a strange poison that sniffed and died in a special envelope. The envelope contains a hidden trap, which is extremely delicately made, and once opened, the poison inside will shoot out and quickly spread. The poison enters the human body through the nasal cavity and can affect the nerves in a short period of time, blocking breathing and causing rapid death.

"Okay, you Feng Qiao, you are really impatient!" Ning Ze got the confession, and immediately led his troops to the battle, crossed the Shengyuan River, and slaughtered Chengde County, Yanzhou, to ask Ma Jian for his guilt.

Ma Jian was shocked when he learned that Ning Ze suddenly led his troops to kill, and hurriedly summoned the civil and military ministers: "The Four Kingdoms have stopped fighting for more than a year, and Ning Ze suddenly raised troops to attack, why?"

The servant Zhao Tong came out and said: "Ning Ze has always been cunning, and it is normal for him to tear up the agreement!"

Feng Qiao thought for a while, and came out to clench his fists: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that things are not simple!"

"Oh, why did the military advisor say that?" Ma Jian hurriedly asked.

"Back to Your Majesty," Feng Qiao replied respectfully, "Now that all parties have died down and focused on internal affairs, it is also an opportunity for Ning Ze. There is a shortage of talents in China, especially in the increasing number of prefectures and counties, and the talent problem is even more serious. If there are no special circumstances, we will definitely solve such a major problem first, and we will not send troops lightly! Moreover, if the two sides sign an agreement, if no accident occurs, Huaguo suddenly comes to commit a crime that damages Liu Yuanxiang's name!"

"The military advisor has a point. Ma Jian nodded, "Then why did he raise troops to attack?"

"The minister thinks that we should immediately send an envoy to ask the reason in person!" Feng Qiao said, "Now that the problem of youth and strength in our country has not been fundamentally solved, it is not appropriate to fight again." ”

"General Yang, what do you think?" Ma Jian turned to the other side.

It was Yang Zhao who was asked by him, because he had made contributions before, although he still lost the two cities of Zeshan and Loushan in the end, Yang Zhao's ability was fully revealed, so he was named General Sanpin Anton and stayed by his side to listen to it.

Several clan leaders along with Yang Zhao were also reused and made generals to serve in the court.

After being asked, Yang Zhao immediately stood up and replied respectfully: "The last general thinks that what the military advisor said is very true! Now it is not easy for our army to start a war lightly. ”

Ma Jian nodded: "In this case, according to the words of the military advisor, immediately send a messenger to ask Ning Ze for the reason!"

The envoy hurriedly set off and arrived in Chengde without stopping.

Ning Zejun was attacking Chengde County, and Chengde Taishou led the troops to support it, and when he saw the messenger coming, he hurriedly asked where the reinforcements were.

The envoy replied that he had been ordered to ask Ning Ze in person why he attacked Nancheng to resolve the crisis, and there were no reinforcements.

So Chengde Taishou put the messenger in a bamboo basket and slowly lowered the city with a rope.

The messenger came to the front of the army, claiming to be sent by Ma Jian, and asked to see Ning Ze.

Ning Zexin said that he would send a messenger over at this time, what was there to talk about? But he still arranged a meeting to see what Ma Jian had to say.

Unexpectedly, when the envoy arrived in front of Ning Ze, he directly took out the armistice agreement and asked, "Why did the prince violate the agreement and suddenly hit me Chengde County?"

Ning Ze laughed when he heard this, and then changed his face and patted the case: "You know it, and you still want to ask me?"

The envoy looked dazed: "What does the prince mean by this?"

"See for yourself!" Ning Ze directly threw the confessions of Cao Ping and the thief Cao, as well as Feng Qiao's letter, to the messenger.

The envoy picked it up and looked at it, and his face changed greatly: "Impossible! Impossible! Lord, there must be a misunderstanding!"

"Misunderstanding?" Ning Ze sneered, "Master Feng has a good means, and a letter takes the life of my important minister in Xizhou." Really don't you get angry? When the two sides signed an armistice agreement, it was Lone who let you. Now that he has taken the initiative to provoke, how can he be spared? Lone wants to lead his troops to Wubao County and confront Feng Qiao face to face!"

The envoy trembled with fright, and hurriedly said: "The prince is angry, there must be a misunderstanding! The foreign minister will go back to report to His Majesty, and he will definitely give you an explanation! Please let the prince rest the wrath of the thunder, and this matter will definitely come to light!"

"Still using the investigation? With Feng Qiao's handwritten letter and the confessions of the two of them, the matter is very clear!" Ning Ze said coldly.

"Lord Wang, the military advisor really doesn't know! There must be a misunderstanding!"

"Is it? Cao Ping and Yi Xun, Gu can be sure that the two of them are your Nancheng meticulous work, there is no need to deny it! They all said that they were instructed by Feng Qiao, and there would be mistakes?"

Yixun is the thief.

The messenger was sweating on his forehead, in fact, he also knew that these two people were his own meticulous work, and it was really a little unclear. But he still tried his best to persuade Ning Ze: "Lord Wang, please calm your anger for the time being, and let me wait for the investigation to be clear! If it is really our negligence, we will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation!"

Negligent? Really can speak. Such a big thing, just use the word negligence to bring it over?

Ning Ze squinted his eyes and said: "That's good! Lone will give you seven days, if you don't explain after seven days, the army will definitely kill Wubao County and confront Feng Qiao face to face!"

"Lord, seven days is too little, and the ministers can't even hurry!" the messenger hurriedly said, "How about more grace, how about the twelfth?"

"Ten days, don't talk nonsense!" Ning Ze said coldly.

"Yes, ten days, ten days!" said the messenger, "can this letter and confession be ......?"

"You take it back and let Feng Qiao see what he has to say!" Ning Ze snorted lightly, "Anyway, after ten days, the Huaguo army will definitely attack the city again!"

Ning Zejun temporarily retreated to the vicinity of Chengde County and set up camp.

With letters and confessions, the messenger hurried back to Wubao County to report to Ma Jian and Feng Qiao.

Above the court, Ma Jian frowned and asked, "This Cao Ping and Yixun are really subordinates of the military division?"

Feng Qiao nodded: "These two are indeed subordinates of the minister, and they have been lurking in Xizhou. It's just that the minister didn't give the order to let them assassinate Geng Zhi!"

"How do you explain this letter?" Ma Jian asked suspiciously, "I looked, it was indeed the handwriting of the military advisor. ”

Feng Qiao took the letter, read it carefully for a long time, shook his head and said: "The handwriting can be imitated, the minister has never written this letter, he must have fallen into the plot of others to provoke him, and someone deliberately provoked a war between Huaguo and my south!"

"Strategist, can you take out your ink treasure and compare it with it?" Yang Zhao asked.

Feng Qiao immediately nodded: "There is an official document that has just been approved in the hall." ”

So Yang Zhao took the official document and the letter for comparison, and other ministers of civil and military affairs came to check it one after another.

After reading it carefully, Yang Zhao arched his hand and said to Ma Jian: "Your Majesty, although the handwriting is similar, it is not from the hand of one person! The minister can conclude that this letter was not written by the military advisor!"

"Really?" asked Ma Jian hurriedly.

"Dare to save his life!" Yang Zhao replied loudly, "Someone must have deliberately framed me to plunge our country into war again!"

Feng Qiao glanced at Yang Zhao gratefully, and said to Ma Jian: "Your Majesty, the current situation of our country is not conducive to war, how can the minister easily provoke Ning Ze and cause the disaster of war? This matter is not beneficial to Nan Cheng or to the minister. ”

"Since he is not a military advisor, who could it be?" Ma Jian frowned, "Can this person imitate the handwriting of the military advisor, and know that Cao Ping and Yixun are subordinates of the military advisor, could it be that they are familiar people around the military advisor?"

Feng Qiao shook his head and said, "The minister thinks that this person is not a person from Nancheng, nor is he a person from the minister's side. I'm afraid it's a trick by another country's advisers!"

"In addition to Hua Guo and I, it is Tang Niu and Lu Cong, who does the military advisor think this is?"

"Tang Niu has no plan, the only thing the minister can think of is Sima Fa!" Feng Qiao replied affirmatively, "This person is the most cunning and has outstanding ability." It is possible to intercept our information and use it. Once Hua and Nancheng start a war, the combat strength of the two countries can be weakened at the same time, and he will watch the fire from the other side, and the fisherman will benefit!"