Ouyang Lin walked into the cell, looked at the poor Rui Ji, and couldn't help but have a thought in his heart: What is this woman for? Which of the words she said to Murong Xue was true? Which sentence is false?

Does she really not care about her own life?

Ouyang Lin pulled up a chair, sat down opposite Rui Ji, and said in a deep voice, "What did you say to Grand Commander Murong just now that caused him to lose his temper so much?" ”

Rui Ji smiled miserably: "I just told some truth, but it's a pity that he can't accept it." ”

"Maybe this official can accept it," Ouyang Lin smiled: "You might as well talk to me more carefully." ”

Rui Ji glanced at him and replied calmly: "I have already told Murong Xue everything that should be said, just ask him personally." ”

Ouyang Lin was silent for a moment, and said lightly: "Rui Ji, don't think about playing tricks with me, the emperor can pardon you, and he can also take back the pardon." If you want to live, you can only cooperate honestly, but don't force me to be rude to you. After a night of tossing and turning, my patience was running out. ”

Rui Ji smiled: "I told Murong Xue that Li Jiangyao planned to assassinate the queen, but he refused to believe it, what can I do?" ”

"Why did Li Jiangyao want to kill the queen? What does this have to do with you and Lao Jianhua? Ouyang Lin asked.

Rui Ji replied unhurriedly, "It's very simple. Because his uncle Cheng Xi offended Li Jiangyao, he was assassinated by his intelligence department. Li Jiangyao was afraid that the queen would chase after him, so he planned to strike first. However, after all, he had identity concerns, and it was not good to go too far, so Lao Jianhua took this opportunity to take the initiative to send me to the imperial capital to get rid of the queen for Li Jiangyao, and then promote the cooperation between the two sides. ”

Ouyang Lin frowned when he heard this: "They have been fighting to the death and fighting fiercely, how can they cooperate?" ”

"Fight and fight, but politics is such a thing, there is never a real enemy." Rui Ji sneered: "For Lao Jianhua, he needs to recuperate; For Li Jiangyao, it is necessary to raise self-respect, isn't this the best foundation for cooperation? ”

Ouyang Lin was noncommittal about this, and continued to ask, "What is your task and how to carry it out?" Who are your internal responses here? ”

Rui Ji replied unhurriedly: "I am responsible for infiltrating the palace and assassinating Cheng Wen." And my internal response is the history of the director of the reverse scales of the year, Shen Lie. ”

"Shen Lie?" Ouyang Lin was taken aback: "He's in the imperial capital?!" ”

Rui Ji nodded: "Shen Lie has already betrayed the imperial court and taken refuge in Li Jiangyao. That day, I pretended to pass out on the side of the road, just to take advantage of your convenience and try to sneak into the palace, but I didn't expect that you would find out your identity and fall short. I just met Shen Lie before I stopped you. ”

These words, there are truths and falsehoods, a combination of truth and falsehood, even if it is a veteran of judging cases who is good at observing words and colors, it is easy to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

Ouyang Lin thought for a moment and asked a key question: "How do you contact Shen Lie?" ”

Rui Ji was prepared for this: "I can't find him, but he can find me." My lord, you just need to let the news out, and he will naturally show up to save me. ”

Ouyang Lin was skeptical: "Joke! If I tell the outside world that you are locked up in the forbidden guard, Shen Lie will dare to break in? ”

"That's definitely not going to work." Rui Ji shook her head: "Change places, relatively loose guard, Shen Lie will definitely come." ”

Ouyang Lin didn't answer this, and instead asked, "To what extent is Li Jiangyao and Lao Jianhua colluded?" Did the two sides reach any secret agreement? ”

Rui Ji replied, "I don't know about this. That's all a matter discussed by high-level bigwigs, how can I know? However, I can also reveal a message to Lord Ouyang, before Li Jiangyao and Xu Youchang led their troops to cross the river and attack Xuancheng, in fact, it was all for the imperial court to see, but it was just a play. ”

Ouyang Lin was a little surprised: "You mean, the Zhenjiang Army didn't attack Xuancheng at all?" ”

"Not only did they not attack Xuancheng, but even the crossing of the river was secretly discussed by the two sides in advance." Rui Ji said lightly: "Otherwise, why do you think Li Jiangyao dares to lead more than 100,000 people to Jiangnan?" Aren't you afraid of being cut off? ”

Ouyang Lin couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart: If what Rui Ji said was the truth, it would really be a terrifying event in the Holy Tang Dynasty.

In the battle of crossing the river, it was true that only the Zhenjiang army participated, and none of the other imperial court regiments sent a single soldier. How did Jiangnan fight over there? What did it look like? It was almost all told by the Zhenjiang Army itself, and there was no evidence from others. Even though the imperial court faction in Jiangnan has reported this, because they are far away from the battlefield, a lot of it is hearsay.

Seeing that Ouyang Lin's expression changed color a little, Rui Ji couldn't help but smile secretly in her heart. She didn't expect to be able to bring down Li Jiangyao with this lie, but just to play the other party was also very satisfied.

However, the issue of Li Jiangyao and the Zhenjiang Army has always been a stubborn problem hanging in Li Bingjunchen's heart, although Ouyang Lin did not fully believe what Rui Ji said, he still had to pay attention to it.

Especially Shen Lie was also in the imperial capital, and it was also related to Rui Ji's secret mission to enter the palace to assassinate the queen, Ouyang Lin couldn't help but get nervous, and he didn't care about asking for other information, while ordering his subordinates to strictly guard Rui Ji, he went to Taiji Palace alone to report the latest situation to the emperor.

After listening to Ouyang Lin's description, Li Bing couldn't help frowning.

He didn't suspect that the Zhenjiang army had lied about the results of crossing the river, because it was too ridiculous to be worth caring about.

And Li Jiangyao's secret collusion with Lao Jianhua is pure nonsense.

Although Li Bing has never relaxed his precautions against those generals who command the army, he still has the most basic sense, and he is sure that Li Jiangyao will never get involved with Lao Jianhua and his ilk.

What worries Li Bing is actually Shen Lie.

For this former benefactor, Emperor Saint Tang's mood is quite complicated.

He once put Shen Lie directly into prison because of the secret file of the Reverse Scale Division involving the mystery of his life experience, and later because of Princess Fenyang's false accusation, he almost tortured Shen Lie to death. Later, on the one hand, out of guilt, and on the other hand, in order to stabilize the overall situation of the court, Li Bing accepted and acquiesced to the fact that Li Jiangyao secretly rescued Shen Lie, which was equivalent to ending this unspeakable grievance in an inexplicable way.

However, Li Bing has never forgotten the horror of the first seat of the Reverse Scale Division.

This kind of impression and memory was there when he was a teenager, and as he entered the youth and entered the palace of the Holy Tang Dynasty, it became deeper and deeper.

Li Bing couldn't help but worry, Shen Lie appeared in the imperial capital at this time, did he want to take revenge on him?

After all, it was a living Hades with a reputation for ruthlessness, and "retribution" was almost his motto.

"Ouyang, what do you think of Shen Lie's matter?" Li Bing said in a deep voice: "Do you think he really came to the imperial capital?" ”

Ouyang Lin arched his hand and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is better to believe that it is better to believe it than to believe that it is not." Shen Lie has been in the government and the opposition for more than 20 years, and there is no need to mention the horrors. ”

Li Bing nodded silently, thought for a moment, and sighed: "Last time, I saw the face of the first emperor and let him go, I thought that he should know kindness and knowledge, and under the protection of Li Jiangyao, he would spend the rest of his life in peace. Unexpectedly, he actually had the courage to sneak into the imperial capital city again, and he simply didn't take me and the court seriously. ”

Ouyang Lin heard the meaning of his words, and responded: "The minister immediately began to arrange and arrest Shen Lie in order to find out the truth of Rui Ji's confession." ”

"Well, let's do it." Li Bing asked, "How are you going to implement it?" You must know that Shen Lie has been in charge of the Northern Ya Reverse Scale Division for a long time, whether it is martial arts and strategy, or the connections of the government and the opposition, or the familiarity with the imperial capital itself, it is by no means comparable to ordinary officials. What's more, he has Li Jiangyao's support behind him. ”

Ouyang Lin smiled confidently: "Rui Ji's method is good, I want to try it." ”

Li Bing shook his head: "You don't know the grudge between Shen Lie and Lao Jianhua, that's why you will believe Rui Ji's nonsense." Shen Lie has been miserable for half his life, and his greatest wish is to personally break Lao Jianhua's body into ten thousand pieces. And with an identity like Rui Ji, when Shen Lie encounters it, he will only kill him on the spot, and it is impossible to work together, let alone run to save her. ”

Ouyang Lin bowed slightly: "Your Majesty, the relationship between Shen Lie and Lao Jianhua, the minister has heard about it more or less before, and he probably has an understanding." It is precisely because of this that the minister is more confident to use Rui Ji to fish him out. ”

Li Bing asked in surprise: "You mean, Shen Lie is not rescuing Rui Ji, but is going to kidnap Rui Ji in order to find out more secrets about Lao Jianhua from her, so there is also a chance to lure her into the trap?" ”

"That's right," Ouyang Lin said, "Whether it's rescue or calamity, Rui Ji's identity is very special, enough to arouse Shen Lie's interest." As long as he is really in the imperial capital, he will definitely not miss such a good opportunity. ”

Li Bing thought about it seriously and agreed: "Well, what you said makes sense. Then you just go and do it, I have my full support. However, when arresting Shen Lie, try to keep the movement as small as possible, so as not to make everyone know. I don't want Li Jiangyao to come here again to make trouble for him. ”

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Ouyang Lin returned to the guard, and his subordinates came to report that Murong Xue had returned home, while Rui Ji was normal, and he hummed a small song with great interest, looking very relaxed.

Ouyang Lin frowned and thought for a moment, and coldly ordered: Within two days, you are not allowed to send water and food to Rui Ji, to see if she is still in the mood to sing.

The subordinate nodded in agreement, and then asked what to do next.

Ouyang Lin asked him what place in this imperial capital city was suitable for detaining prisoners, and he was neither ostentatious nor particularly heavily guarded.

The subordinates thought about it seriously and said two places: Chang'an County Prison and Wannian County Prison.

The imperial capital is bounded by Suzaku Street, with Chang'an County in the west and Wannian County in the east, and each side has its own subordination.

Compared with the Criminal Department Prison, Dali Temple Court Prison, Reverse Scale Division Prison, and Jingzhao Yinfu Prison, the small cells of the two county offices are quite lax, and the people imprisoned inside are all petty thieves.

Ouyang Lin pondered slightly, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth: Okay, that's it.