Chapter Seventy-One: Suspicion of Approach, Side Defense (2)
"The ship sank?" Liu Zhennian's face was incredulous, "Why is it sinking?" ”
"Lord, the villain just looked at the harbor from afar, at that time I saw the waves suddenly rising, the warship was firing cannons, because the hull of the ship is not big, so a slight tilt, let the wind and waves roll a few times, overturned into the water, no one survived." The chamberlain looked a little frightened when he recalled it.
"What about the rest?"
"It's all pulled back to shore. None of them caused trouble, and they were all willing to wait for the emperor's dispatch. ”
"Did these soldiers ever participate in Zhang Longlu's conspiracy?" The successive sudden situations greatly disrupted Liu Zhennian's thoughts.
"The servants asked them, but most of the soldiers didn't know about it, and they hadn't even heard about the morning drill; Only a few officers of the Chinese army are at odds and seem to know. ”
"Let them get here!" Liu Zhennian shouted like a thunderbolt.
The officers were pushed into the tent, and when they saw the emperor, they quickly knelt down to apologize and wept bitterly.
"Okay, okay," Liu Zhennian waved his hand impatiently, "You are all just doing things for people, and you can't talk about a big crime." But if you hide the truth and don't say anything, you will end up with the same fate as Zhang Longlu! ”
These words frightened the officers and confessed: "A few days ago, Zhang Longlu showed us a letter, saying that he was ordered to kill us by the emperor's secret order...... No, rebellion. Fortunately, God blessed the country today, so that the country escaped a catastrophe. ”
"Letter?" Liu Zhennian suddenly became nervous, "But really? ”
The officers looked up and looked at each other, only to know that they had said the wrong thing. "Well...... this"
"Tell the truth, or ask you for the capital crime!" Liu Zhennian patted the case.
"I didn't know the rules of the court, but I only saw that there was a royal seal on it, and I believed it at that time. The letter was then placed on the sunken ship, and now it is feared that it has drifted into the sea and cannot be recovered. ”
After hearing this, Rong Qing exhaled softly and glanced at the emperor on the seat.
It doesn't matter if the letter is a forgery or not...... There will also be accomplices among them. Liu Zhennian slowly raised his head, and his eyes glared, revealing a fierce light like a lion, "Who is the accomplice of that guy?" Say it! ”
Rong Qing really pinched a handful of sweat beside him, and deliberately glanced out to hide his weakness.
The team officers didn't want to carry this cauldron, so they hurriedly explained: "I'm just a pawn, how can we know about confidential matters?" Zhang Longlu is also a cautious person, and he will never tell others about these things. ”
Rong Qing looked at Liu Zhennian with his remaining light. The latter also knew that he could no longer pursue it, so he had to put away his doubts for the time being, got up and said: "Your Majesty, the thief has been corrected, and the accomplice cannot be forgiven. The adjutant general and others around him were also guilty of capital punishment and should be beheaded on Zhu Gao Mountain; As for the soldiers, they are innocent and should be pardoned as a sign of the magnanimity of the Sacred Heart. ”
"Quasi-play." There was no trace of panic on the emperor's face, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.
Liu Zhennian walked out of the big tent, that is, he ordered people to let go of those team officers, and sent Rong Qing to lead the guards to kill the accomplices, and after the order was completed, he walked down the mountain step by step.
"Is Ye Shilang okay over there?" He walked down the stone steps by holding on to the mountain wall.
The henchman next to him replied: "I heard from the people over there that thanks to God's help, your movements are one step faster, otherwise he would have been calculated to death by Zhang Longlu a long time ago." ”
Liu Zhennian's footsteps suddenly stopped, and he looked at his henchman in a daze, with a guilty face.
"Well, it's a few of my ......," he muttered, shaking his head.
Ye Yongjia and Cai Xianqing are still tied up outside the tent. During this time, no one of them came in, and there was no sound from the top of the mountain, and even the birdsong was gone, which deepened their anxiety.
Ye Yongjia didn't say anything at all, he put his mind completely into the door of the barracks - the footsteps suddenly sounded, and the people who came from there would decide their own survival.
"Ye Shilang!" This shout simply pulled Ye Yongjia back from the side of the ghost gate, and he felt that the scenery in front of him was much brighter, and the air was not as thin as Fang Cai.
He wanted to respond out loud, but when Liu Zhennian's figure actually appeared there, Ye Yongjia's shining eyes suddenly darkened. 'Liu Zhennian'......' He chewed these three words back and forth in his heart, and he felt more and more unfamiliar. Just look at him.
"Why don't you untie Tinglong? Let him suffer so many grievances for no reason! ”
Liu Zhennian gave an order, and the henchman hurriedly stepped forward to untie the rope, but who knew that it was a dead knot, and it couldn't be untied for a while.
"You go aside." Liu Zhennian simply took the saber himself, and only slashed it twice behind the hemp rope, so that the two of them were freed.
"Xie ......" Ye Yongjia frowned, "Engong." ”
"I never thought that the thief who betrayed the lord would be so vicious, and wanted you to be buried with me," Liu Zhennian stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, "It's really hard to suffer these crimes." ”
"The lower officials don't feel that there is any hardship." Ye Yongjia bowed down and thanked.
"Alas, you are different from others, you have a lot of infamy for working with me, because those things were ...... before" Liu Zhennian held his arm with both hands, his eyes were filled with tears, and he looked at him like his own child, "Now because I am bent on going my own way, I didn't expect so many changes, and I almost gave Tinglong's life, I am really guilty...... "After that, his grip became heavier, and his breath was a little choked.
Ye Yongjia has also experienced countless ups and downs, and now seeing him like this, he felt quite incomprehensible, so he had to follow his meaning and said: "Engong, this matter has subsided, don't feel sorry for it." ”
"That's right, that's right......" Liu Zhennian nodded, wiped away his tears with his sleeve, and walked into the tent with the two of them to talk.
"The villain also thinks this thing is very strange," Cai Xianqing listened to Liu Zhennian talk about the shipwreck, and couldn't help but say, "I don't know if the two of you can talk more." ”
"You are the brains of Tinglong, and you are about to ask, but it doesn't hurt to say it."
"Isn't it suspicious that the so-called letter with the imperial seal, as well as a few soldiers who knew the inside story, were all in the same boat, and all of them died in the sea? Presumably, some people have committed murderous acts to kill people, or it is not known. ”
"This official thinks so too," Liu Zhennian said, "I don't think it is possible for His Majesty to get involved." But the defense sergeants here are not stupid people, and the imperial seal is completely different from ordinary seals, and they don't know what they look like. Most likely...... It was the minister next to His Majesty who took the opportunity to collude with the thieves and wanted to kill me in this Zhu Gao Mountain. ”
"Who?" Ye Yongjia asked.
Liu Zhennian stroked his beard depressedly, and said for a long time: "I don't know, I won't make a decision easily." ”
"Liu Xiang, this is a big matter, so you don't have to think about it here. Feng Xiang and the other group of subordinates are still in Laizhou, so it is better to make His Majesty move to Laizhou first, and slowly add it up, which is also a wonderful method. Cai Xianqing had no choice but to make a safe plan for him first.