"What's your last name?"

"Ouyang, single name Rong, word Lianghan."

"Origin."

"Luling, Nanlong County, Ouyang Clan."

"Position."

"From the history of the governor of Shangjiang in Wupin, he once served as the commander of Longcheng in Zhengqipin...... In the first year of Jiushi, he became a ...... of Kejinshi"

Two voices, one question and one answer, echoed in the empty lobby.

Ouyang Rong didn't wear an official uniform, stood in the hall, stood with his hands behind his back, replied calmly, and answered fluently.

After a Q&A.

The familiar voice of inquiry directly above the lobby paused slightly, and then asked the key question:

"Ouyang Lianghan, at the West City Gate, executed Zhu Lingxu, the former army commander, in public, was it intentional or careless?"

Ouyang Rong affirmed: "Deliberately." ”

"Okay, since you said you were careless, how to prove it...... Hey? Wait, what do you say! The inquirring man suspected that he had misheard.

"On purpose." Ouyang Rong nodded, and said bluntly: "The expedition is imminent, the main general will abscond in fear of crime, trying to deceive the city defense, and dare to attack and kill the defenders, the city rules and military law are not tolerated, there is no forgiveness for killing, and if you do it again, you will fall the sword below, and the beheading is deliberate." ”

"This ...... Brother Lianghan, what you say ......"

At the top of the lobby, Sima Yuan Huaimin of Jiangzhou, who was in charge of interrogation, couldn't help but look embarrassed and muttered quietly.

The clerk next to him who was in charge of recording the confession couldn't help but pause his pen, glanced sideways at Yuan Sima, and asked whether this confession should be recorded.

Yuan Huaimin, who was brought in today and temporarily interrogated, also had a headache, quietly looked around left and right, and took advantage of the absence of the cold palace girl figure, he said cautiously:

"Brother Lianghan, this is a bit inappropriate, go through the procedure and go through the procedure, the confession is still very important, it is generally a confession to be convicted, and the confession is the most important...... Or...... Why don't you ask again? ”

Ouyang Rong took a look at the Yuan Da Sima who looked like he was wearing an official hat today.

"Ahem."

Yuan Huaimin cleared his throat, and then his expression was serious, and he spoke loudly again, echoing in the lobby:

"Ouyang Lianghan, this official and ask you, at the West City Gate, the former army commander Zhu Lingxu was executed in public, was it intentional or careless?"

"On purpose."

"......" Yuan Huaimin, clerk.

Ouyang Rong knew that Yuan Huaimin was doing it for his good, nodded at his friend, and shook his head again.

Yuan Huaimin sighed helplessly, why was he so strong.

"What a deliberate one."

A cold voice came from outside the lobby, Rong Zhenlongsleeve walked into the lobby, and said expressionlessly:

"Remember."

Yuan Huaimin hurriedly did not squint and sat upright.

The clerk immediately straightened up and wrote down all the confessions.

Ouyang Rong's expression was calm.

The girl in palace costume passed by Ouyang Rong in the center of the lobby without squinting, walked to the top, stood next to Yuan Huaimin's public case, turned around, and looked down at Ouyang Rong coldly.

In the lobby, the atmosphere fell into freezing, and for a while, no one spoke.

Ouyang Rong felt more and more that this cold and cold girl was like a refrigerator, cooling down wherever she went.

"Ahem."

Yuan Huaimin clenched his fists and covered his mouth, coughed, and asked seriously:

"Lord Nushi, has Wang Tingshi finished interrogating and recording his confession?"

Rong Zhen ignored it, took the clerk's confession file, lowered his eyelashes, and quickly swept it.

Yuan Huaimin is quite thick-skinned and not embarrassed.

It's late at night.

It has been a day and half of the night since Zhu Yuheng led the vanguard army to defect;

Five hours had passed since Zhu Lingxu was beheaded by Ouyang Rong's city gate.

Xunyang City is now in a state of emergency combat readiness.

Families were ordered to close their doors and not allowed to go out at will, and the streets were lined with solemn patrols, led by female officials.

It is strictly forbidden throughout the city.

Several of Zhu Lingxu's cronies have all been controlled.

The generals of the former army camp outside the city were all confiscated by Rong Zhen, the envoy of the prison army, with His Majesty's warrant of "acting cheaply", and the huge military camp was not opened without this thin and petite palace girl, and not a single soldier could be mobilized for the time being.

The same is true for the Jiangzhou lobby.

Rong Zhen and other female officials took over directly.

Ouyang Rong, Wang Lengran and other officials involved in the Jiangzhou hall were temporarily dismissed and handed over to the official seal.

They need to be interrogated day and night by the criminal officer Sima of the state and the imperial history of the state, and record confessions about the defection of the striker and Zhu Ling's absconding in fear of crime.

Clear the suspicion before you can get out.

At present, the Jiangzhou lobby, even if it is midnight and three watches, is still brightly lit, and officials at all levels are here, forcing them to stay up late and work overtime.

The remains of Zhu Ling's virtual corpse, head, and arm were put together at random and placed in the open-air courtyard covered with a white cloth.

Outside the lobby, it was surrounded and guarded by heavy troops.

Before the incident was investigated and characterized, not a single mosquito could fly out.

Not only the Jiangzhou lobby that is as bright as day, but also the low-key and silent Xunyang Mansion in Chaisangfang in the north of the city, to the Xunyang Ferry Wharf with a strict curfew on the riverside in the south of the city, the entire Xunyang City, I don't know how many people have insomnia tonight.

However, from the handling of the current emergency, it can also be roughly seen that the Empress Wei of Luoyang, who acted as the referee, has a degree of control over Xunyang City, thousands of miles away.

On the night when Guo Yu and Meng Shouguang faked the news of the palace, if Ouyang Rong and the family dared to leave the Xunyang Palace.

The fate of being directly beheaded at the city gate like Zhu Lingxu is probably left to them, and there is no room for explanation.

And tonight, such a state of being fully taken over by a female official and strictly forbidden will not be absent.

This is the cruelty of political struggle, which does not pay attention to the process, but only to the result and the established facts.

As for the process, as long as you don't leave a handle, you can give people the opportunity to get on the scale.

That is, the rules of the game that I sighed in front of the ruins of Juxian Garden on the night I left Bao'er.

It's just that right now, this monstrous "treatment" has fallen on Zhu Lingxu, Wang Lengran and other Wei's helpers.

Ouyang Rong pursed his lips, and his gaze was withdrawn from the white cloth corpse of Zhu Ling in the courtyard outside the door behind him.

He happened to collide with Rong Zhen's gaze when he saw the confession.

The two looked at each other.

She asked coldly:

"I told you to put down your sword, are you deaf?"

"I heard it, but I didn't know the female historian well, so I didn't recognize it too much."

Ouyang Rong nodded and praised: "But the voice of the female master is indeed a little scary, and the hands of the lower officials shook when they executed the prisoners, but fortunately, the sword was still sharp, and it did not disgrace the mission of the official." ”

"So, you're still proud?"

"Don't dare." After a pause, he was sincere: "There is still room for progress, and we must guard against arrogance and rashness." ”

Rong Zhen didn't come to talk about it, so he was too lazy to rip it off, so he directly took out a "heavy" red cloth and threw it on the table.

Everyone looked at it, and it was wrapped with the fragments of Chen You's brittle short sword.

The palace girl pointed to the remnant sword and asked indifferently:

"Zhu Ling snatched Chen You's sword and attacked you, but what is the explanation for this sword?"

"That's what I asked."

Ouyang Rong smiled:

"Is the female master blaming the lower neck too hard, or blaming the sword for not cutting the lower neck, well, no matter what it is, it must not be blaming Chief Zhu for attacking and killing, but blaming the official life for being too hard.

"It's not good to bring personal likes and dislikes into the trial."

"I don't like it, I don't like it." Rong Zhen said coldly: "I won't help anyone." ”

You don't help anyone, you put on a bad face for everyone.

Ouyang Rong nodded: "This sword belonged to Chen to join the army, and his confession, Master Nushi must have read it, so why bother asking again." ”

Rong Zhen frowned slightly:

"He confessed that this sword is the sword of peace that has been opened to the light of Donglin Temple, and it is used as decorations and peace charms on weekdays, but he said that this temple is recommended by you casually."

Ouyang Rong Cheng head:

"That's right, I was sick in Donglin Temple, naturally familiar, and I recommend this temple.

"However, Ping An Sword, Ping An is kind, you can't kill people, it's normal."

He nodded solemnly.

Rong Zhen's face was expressionless.

Ouyang Rong coughed:

"Okay, why is the quality of this sword so poor, it must be related to the Donglin Temple that is responsible for opening the light, by the way, the host of the Donglin Temple, the great wisdom monk, is in the city, the female historian, please take care of yourself."

He reminded.

Rong Zhen squinted at Ouyang Rong.

Chen You was in charge of interrogation, and she didn't find a lie, and on the side of the great Hui monk Shandao, she actually went to ask, but this old monk is also a master of Tai Chi, and his proficiency is even more outrageous than Ouyang Lianghan.

I talked to her about the Zen theory of "dependent arising emptiness", and said that the sword of the Buddha kills ...... Crossing people needs to be fateful.

This great wisdom monk even promoted the business of marriage and seeking children to her.

Rong Zhen didn't demolish his dilapidated temple, which was already very face-saving.

After all, it is a high-ranking monk who has been appointed by His Majesty to protect the country, and it is also involved in the construction of the Donglin Giant Buddha.

So it is difficult to prove that he was instructed by Ouyang Rong.

can think about it, even if this "peace" short sword is a foreshadowing deliberately set by Ouyang Lianghan, what can it mean?

At most, it shows that Ouyang Lianghan is hostile to Zhu Lingxu, and has always been on guard, and even fished to enforce the law, taking the opportunity to behead.

But the two are hostile, which is known to everyone in private.

Zhu Lingxu is still absconding in fear of crime, and he is still suspected of storming the city gate guards, which can't be cleared up.

Thinking of this, Rong Zhen was not interested in spending it with these two big and small foxes.

The most important thing at the moment is to find out the defection of Zhu Lingxu's eldest son with the vanguard army, this is the source of the earthquake, and the Great Zhou Dynasty in Luoyang will inevitably be shaken.

Rong Zhen pursed his lips.

At the moment, Zhu Yuheng had fled to Hongzhou City and took refuge with Cai Qin.

Rong Zhen couldn't go to him and interrogate him about the reason for his defection.

What's more, they all defected, and they asked the reason for the fart, they have been punished with death, and there is no forgiveness for killing.

And on Zhu Lingxu's side, the person is dead again, and the fear of crime and absconding has been hammered, what else can be said?

Besides, this kind of old fritter chose to abscond, which has already shown that he is either weak-hearted, or he knows that he can't argue, so he can only abscond.

So even if he is alive, Wang Lengran and other people of the Wei clan protect him, just to act as the substitute ghost of the Wei clan when he fights in the court, and the end is not necessarily better than being beheaded by the city gate, and there will be a suicide with three swords in the back of the prison in prison.

On the other side where Rong Zhen just came, when the Persian merchant Li Li, the Jiangzhou Assassin King Leng Ran and others were interrogated, they insisted that it was Ouyang Lianghan's conspiracy.

As for the reason, they couldn't figure it out at all, and even after the emergency, some people said that only Ouyang Lianghan could do such things, and they didn't know whether it was praise or scolding.

So this pile of confessions is more like a backbite.

Rong Zhen suddenly asked: "The day before Zhu Lingxu's death, you took a day off, where did you go?" ”

Ouyang Rong frowned: "This kind of private matter is also asked?" ”

"You can be a little more presumptuous." Rong Zhen nodded, his eyes as cold as a knife.

A strand of sideburns fell from Ouyang Rong's sideburns, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and decided that a good man would not fight with a woman, and give in to this female prostitute for the time being:

"Okay, the lower official is in the Xunyang Palace, and the prince is invited to enjoy the piano, and in the newly renovated Juxian Garden, a banquet is set up to invite each other, saying that if you don't get drunk, you won't return......"

"So I stayed for a day and two nights."

Ouyang Rong smiled embarrassedly.

"Are there any witnesses?"

Ouyang Rong thought for a while: "That day, there should be many people who saw Xia Guan walk into the palace and never come out, Master Nushi can go and ask you." ”

"Okay."

Rong Zhen snorted coldly, walked out of the lobby, and dropped a sentence.

"Go on."

Ouyang Rong watched her leave.

Yuan Huaimin breathed a sigh of relief and continued to interrogate Ouyang Rong.

Subsequently, a number of new imperial histories came to take over the interrogation.

The night passed quickly.

Rong Zhen went to Xunyang Wangfu early in the morning and asked Shizi Lida Lang and others.

As a result, the answer was affirmative, and even when many maids passed by Juxian Garden, they saw Ouyang Lianghan's red-clothed figure playing the piano in the pavilion from a distance.

However, because of private reasons, the maids couldn't get close, so they could only look at the red shadow from a distance, and it was the princess Wei Mei and the little princess who left Bao'er to personally deliver refreshments.

And the mother and daughter both testified to Ouyang Rong.

Rong Zhen was silent.

In the following two days, the entire city of Xunyang fell into a dead silence.

The news of the striker's defection and Zhu Ling's absconding in fear of crime and being beheaded by the guards has been transmitted back to Luoyang, and it is now in the window period, and Luoyang's reaction has not yet come.

At the same time, Rong Zhen and other female officials also submitted all the confessions of the officials involved in the incident one after another.

Everyone in Xunyang City was quietly waiting for the reaction from Luoyang's side.

Everyone knows that that's where the big storm really brews.

Just when the people were panicking, Jiangnan Province appeased the ambassador and the king of Xunyang and went out in person to go to the Jiangzhou lobby to chat privately with Rong Zhen and other female officials.

No one knows what was discussed.

However, in the afternoon of the same day, the ban on the Jiangzhou lobby was lifted.

The gate slowly opened, and the officials were frightened and went out one after another, returning home for the time being.

However, he was still ordered not to leave Xunyang City for half a step.

After all, it is a wartime state, and there is also the great enemy of Hongzhou Cai Qin, Xunyang City cannot be suspended for too long.

In particular, Shi Ouyang Rong, the governor of Jiangzhou, is also responsible for the construction of the Jiangzhou Giant Buddha.

may also be the reason why Rong Zhen is relieved.

As a result, the order in Xunyang City has been roughly restored and back on track.

However, before the order from Luoyang came, it was still loose on the outside and tight on the inside.

Under the sunset at dusk, Ouyang Rong walked out of the Jiangzhou lobby and boarded a long-awaited carriage.

Inside the carriage, Xie Lingjiang was dressed in a plain white men's sword suit today, no longer wearing a red dress on the day Ouyang Rong asked for leave, she looked at Ouyang Rong with bloodshot eyes, and couldn't help touching the back of his cold hand:

"Senior brother is fine, take a sip ......" handed out the ginger soup.

Ouyang Rong shook his head, he was continuously interrogated by the imperial history and the old criminal officer, even if his identity as the governor of Jiang made everyone dare not use torture to coerce, but it was also very exhausting, those were all masters of investigation, Ouyang Rong had always had a tight heartstrings, and he didn't tell all the truth, and he didn't say all the lies.

After getting into the carriage, he first instructed Yan Liulang outside: "Keep an eye on Li Li and Wang Lengran, there are signs of leaving the city, report immediately." ”

Xie Lingjiang suddenly asked:

"Eight pins?"

Ouyang Rong nodded and took a sip of ginger soup.

He felt the mythical spirituality flowing through his body, just like the warm flow of ginger soup in his throat:

"The name of the nine grades is Hanshi, and the name of the eight grades is ...... Artisans. ”

Xie Lingjiang didn't speak, and took out a handkerchief from his sleeve.

The beautiful woman leaned forward and gently wiped the tired but resolute face of the young man who had been promoted to a "craftsman" sword bearer.

The carriage swayed, and the two were heart-to-heart, and the tacit understanding was silent.

(End of chapter)