And the facts are just as Shen Jia thought, Shen Qi and the others have no direct evidence to prove that Shen Jia is "treasonous".

Fang Jixiang's testimony is only one-sided, and it even involves the current prince.

If it's someone else, this is a lawsuit, first take forty boards, and then roll and nail it.

The previous letters found from Yan Zhanpeng's village can't explain anything.

Therefore, the only thing Shen Qi and the others could do was to lock Shen Jia up and cut him off from everything around him.

Without Shen Jia's information, Huyanyu's destruction of materials was not smooth, and cotton armor and grain were sent to various places in the Xidong Army.

Of course, it is only the first batch, and there will be a second and third batches, until the Lan people are completely driven out.

A few days later, Shen Qi met Shen Jia in the dungeon of the Panyang City garrison.

Regarding Shen Qi's whereabouts, Tang Zongjiu was a little embarrassed at first.

But Shen Qi knew that his ability was limited, and he didn't want to drag Tang Indulgence back, so he offered to stay in Panyang City.

Tang Zongjiu did not object.

Shen Qi stayed in Panyang City with his parents, not to mention Shen Qi himself, Tang Yihe and Wen Songhan are not ordinary people.

In this way, Tang Zongjiu can get news of his family at any time, and at the same time, he can shuttle between various cities without any worries.

Shen Jia was imprisoned in the dungeon of the defenders of Panyang City.

At this time, Shen Jia has been searched up and down, inside and out, and there will be no possibility for him to cut himself.

"Shen Jia." Shen Qi still can't accept that it is his own brother who wants to target the Tang family.

In order to target the Tang family, he even did not hesitate to betray the country.

Why is that?

Unlike others, Shen Jia still gave some reaction when he saw Shen Qi.

"Your Highness." The voice is muffled.

Shen Qi realized that he had lived all these years and had never heard Shen Jia speak.

"Why?"

Shen Jia didn't speak.

"Don't even tell me?" Shen Qi said.

For a secret guard like Shen Jia, it is useless to extort confessions by torture, and no matter how cruel the criminal law is, it is impossible to pry his mouth open.

It is useless to move with affection and reason, and the righteousness of the family and the country and the world is not as good as an order from the master to them.

Therefore, except for the force used by Shen Yi to arrest him at the beginning, when Shen Jia was arrested to Xi Dongjun, Shen Jia has always been "treated with courtesy".

But this matter does not need "evidence", because it cannot be convicted in itself.

Shen Qi: What they want is victory.

As long as it's them who wins in the end, that's enough.

Whether Shen Jia is guilty or not, whether Shen Tan is guilty or not, these are not things that Shen Qi should consider.

Seeing that Shen Jia was silent, Shen Qi did not insist.

She exited the cell and saw that Tang Zongjiu was already waiting for her.

She shook her head.

"It's fine." Tang Zongjiu hugged the person in his arms, "This time I only lost a part, and it was all your credit." ”

"My credit?" Shen Qi smiled bitterly, "I didn't do anything." ”

"Without you, the Tang family would have been wiped out." Tang Zongjiu said.

"I'm sad, Junge." Shen Qi leaned towards Tang Zongjiu, "You say, how sad my father must be." ”

"Don't think about it, let's go." Tang Zongjiu led Shen Qi to his residence.

As Shen Qi said, Emperor Wanzhen was indeed very sad.

After he received Shen Qi's letter, the teacup in his hand fell to the ground, and he almost couldn't sit still.

From Fang Jixiang, to Shangguan Lan, to Yan Zhanpeng, to Ji Ningxin, and finally to the rout of Xi Dong's army, the Tang family was almost annihilated.

Shen Qi's reputation was infamous, and Tang Zongjiu's fall into the quagmire.

Everything in it has the shadow of his Shen Tan.

Emperor Wanzhen was staring at Shen Tan.

After Shen Jia disappeared, Shen Tan cleaned up the rear as quickly as possible.

Now he is still "clean".

This kind of cleanliness is useful and useful, and it is useless to say that it is useless.

What is useful is to give Emperor Wanzhen and himself a step down, but what is useless is that it is completely impossible for him Shen Tan to inherit the unification.

It was even said that Emperor Wanzhen could send someone to give him a cup of poisoned wine before he died.

Like Shen Qi, Emperor Wanzhen couldn't figure it out.

"I treat you well." Emperor Wanzhen said coldly.

Shen Tan didn't speak.

"You are already the crown prince, and you will be the emperor of Xi in the future, why are you still dissatisfied?" Emperor Wan Zhen asked.

Shen Tan still didn't speak.

"What else do you want to hide now!" Emperor Wanzhen slammed the table angrily.

"Father," Shen Tan knelt in front of Emperor Wanzhen, "Banxi and my son are innocent, she is pregnant again at the moment, for the sake of your emperor and grandson, give them a way to live." ”

"I'll let you confess!" Emperor Wanzhen said angrily, picked up the inkstone on the desk and smashed it at Shen Tan.

Shen Tan didn't move, the inkstone smashed on his forehead, black ink and red blood mixed together, flowing along his forehead to his cheeks, and then dripping on the ground.

"You do this, how can I be worthy of the ancestors of the Shen family!" Emperor Wanzhen said.

"Father." Shen Tan raised his eyes, his expression did not show the slightest panic because the matter was revealed.

"A year later, in the spring of the thirteenth year of Wanzhen, the coup d'état of the Lan State, although Huyan Yu succeeded in seizing the throne, but the Lan State fell into civil strife, and I, Xidong, could not only recapture the ten cities at this moment, but also take half of its territory.

In the summer of the thirteenth year of Wanzhen, the Chen Kingdom suffered a drought that had not been encountered in a thousand years, and the people were not able to make a living, which was the best time for my Xi State to invade.

In the autumn of the thirteenth year of Wanzhen, Yu Guo and Beimu fought a national battle, with heavy casualties, and it was a good time for our fishermen to profit.

In the spring of the fourteenth year of Wanzhen, there will be a foreign invasion war in the West Sea, and the Zhao Kingdom, which is closest to the West Sea, has suffered heavy casualties in order to defend against foreign countries, and we can also eat it. ”

After saying this, Shen Tan paused.

"Father, in the next few years, the whole world will be at war!" His voice suddenly raised a little, "If we don't become stronger, how can we defend ourselves against the Gentiles, how can we survive this troubled world?" ”

For a while, Emperor Wanzhen fell silent.

Shen Tan's words were scattered in the imperial study for a long time.

Cao Guanping listened in horror on the sidelines.

In the stove in the imperial study, the charcoal fire makes a "zizz" sound.

It was as quiet as if no one was around.

After a long time, Emperor Wanzhen spoke.

"This is what Ji Ningxin told you?"

"Yes." Shen Tan said truthfully.

"What else did she say?" Emperor Wan Zhen asked.

"No," Shen Tan shook his head, "and she'll die after saying that." ”

Then, there was silence in the study.

After a while, Emperor Wanzhen took a sip of tea, but the tea was already cold.

Cao Guan calmly comprehended and withdrew from the imperial study.

"These are not the reasons why you want to destroy the Tang family." After Cao Guanping withdrew from the imperial study, Emperor Wanzhen said.

"Tang Zongjiu has the luck of heaven and earth," Shen Tan said, "and Shu Ning's luck is in conflict, Tang Zongjiu must die." ”

"Nonsense!" Wanzhen Emperor Road.

"Father, the three generations of the Tang family have not been under the jurisdiction of my Shen family at all, they have 200,000 Tang family troops in their hands, and they have won the hearts of the people of Xidong, if they are not removed at this time, they will become troubles in the future." Shen Tan continued.

"The Tang family is loyal to the Shen family, and without the Tang family, Xi Dong can't hold it at all." Wanzhen Emperor Road.

"Father, the Tang family is immortal, Xi Dong is the Tang family, not my Shen family. Today, I will be cleaned by the hands of others, and the next day will be completely my Shen family's Xi Dong army. Shen Tan paused, "Coupled with Tang Zongjiu's luck, in the troubled times in the future, he will be a hero." If I don't go ahead of him and strangle him in the cradle, how can I fight with him for the world? ”

At this time, Emperor Wanzhen fell silent for the third time.