Framing requires skills. He hurriedly went up and told the emperor that this rumor was caused by your cousin. I think you, the old man, just don't like him. Let's kill him together. If you feel comfortable, I will promote you. No need for anyone else. Wouldn't everyone be happy if they were hung from the treetops by the board? Well, not only would it not accomplish anything, but the key point would be that their own lives would be wasted.
First of all, the saint himself has an erratic mind and a suspicious personality, but he is also very smart. You must not let him realize that he, the emperor, is being used... Therefore, the incident itself must be traceless.
Secondly, everyone knows that the saint is obsessed with his own fortune, but why haven't so many people speculated wildly to help the saint fight against those noble people who affect his mood? Because everyone knows that those nobles themselves have the ability to strangle you to death. Once things fail, they will encounter revenge from the nobles. At that time, they will be dismissed from office, or they will die without a burial place.
For example, take Zhang Wenda and Zhang Han. Zhang Wenda had succeeded in speculation, but he still died in an unknown manner, while Zhang Han was speculating under the pressure of the entire Nanya. It was true that their life, future, and reputation were all fighting together, and only then was there a Fulong. The result of escorting into Nanya.
To put it bluntly, it is up to people to make things happen. On the one hand, it is necessary to pave the way for good channels. On the other hand, speculators need to be steady and ruthless at critical moments to kill with one blow.
Boys should know how to protect themselves outside.
The incident arose from a routine enlargement of the pursuit after a banquet at the back of Lishan Mountain.
In fact, nothing happened at the interrogation scene. They just talked about it as soon as they were asked. It was just a few low-level military attachés, and it did not cause any unnecessary discussion.
However, that night, after the intelligence was collected and sent to the anxious father-in-law of Beiya, the father-in-law who was responsible for sorting it out just compared it with the table and immediately realized from the time and place that when the Western Inspection Team passed through Tongguan, There should have been a private gathering mainly of low-level officers from Yongzhou, and then someone spread rumors among them.
Because in this batch of confessions, at least four people mentioned the party at the same time. Although they were not first-hand information, they basically matched the time and place.
When I asked the question the next morning, it turned out that the party had definitely happened. About twenty or thirty people had participated. There was no way to deny it.
Then naturally, a new round of expanded pursuit occurs.
And this kind of routine expansion of pursuit occurred in almost ten cases on the same day, in Beiya, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of War, and there was nothing particularly eye-catching about it.
But even so, this gathering was taken seriously after another table summary - because it happened a little early, it belongs to the top of all the cases of accurate rumor spreading, and the source needs to be traced carefully.
Therefore, in the afternoon of that day, all participants in the gathering were uniformly and separately questioned.
The result of the inquiry was very vague, mainly because it was too early, and the location of the banquet that night was actually outside the Guangtong warehouse beside the Guangtong Canal behind Tongguan. The supplies were relatively abundant, and there were rewards from above, so that everyone drank that night. More...many people couldn't bear the pressure and compared their confessions. They all admitted to hearing the rumors, but they all said they heard them while drunk, making it difficult to distinguish the true source of the rumors.
Frankly speaking, if the saint had not been angry, the pursuit of this banquet might have ended here.
But isn't this the saint's thunderous wrath? And did the father-in-laws of Beiya also feel insulted by this rumor? In addition, the timing of this banquet was indeed too early, and the basic process of tracing the origin should be paid attention to... Therefore, more stringent review and pursuit, and even torture occurred.
And soon, a very direct loophole surfaced easily - that is, among the participants of the banquet that day, two people were not currently in the Western Patrol team, so they could not be interrogated.
What's interesting is that these two low-ranking officers of the Yongzhou Governor's Mansion actually came with their master and boss, Mu Guogong, who led the Yongzhou Governor, and the saint's cousin Cao Cheng, who came to see the emperor, also followed Mu. Together with the public, he left in a hurry before the rumors were taken seriously as a case.
Things have developed to this point, and some people have already smelled a strange atmosphere.
Whether to continue the investigation, who to investigate, and how to investigate have become questions.
The next day, the three main channels for investigating the case, Beiya, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of War, faced this information and had different reactions.
Beiya didn't have any concerns and directly sent out an official document in the morning, asking the Jinwu Guards in Daxing to find a way to bring the person; the Ministry of Punishment was a little slower. After hesitating for most of the day, they sent a document to Jing'an Taitung in Daxing in the afternoon. Zhenfu Secretary Zhu Shou and Daxing's left-behind Yin Chang Division asked the latter to assist in the investigation; the Ministry of War was the slowest. After they learned the news that day, they did not make any reaction... This is understandable, because they are undoubtedly dealing with Mu Guo My father-in-law and the General Manager of Yongzhou, if we follow the procedures from them, they will inevitably appear aggressive, so it is better to let Beiya and the Ministry of Justice take the lead.
But just this day of silence, or just one day of opportunity, aroused the dissatisfaction of a very loyal minister within the Ministry of War. This Minister of War, Wailang, who always regarded the saint as a being with three radiances and four emperors, directly wrote a letter, thinking that The Ministry of War should not be so timid because of Duke Mu's special status, so as to waste his kindness... Moreover, the man named Wang Daiji, a member of the Ministry of War, also said that the current situation is probably due to the absence of Duan Shangshu, so that No one is willing to take responsibility, but he is willing to risk his life to share the saint's worries.
Such a document that undermined unity certainly caused great dissatisfaction within the Ministry of War.
But it was a coincidence that Duan Weiren, Minister of the Ministry of War, was in Daxing, the Western Capital. The minister stayed behind in the Eastern Capital. Here in Lishan, no one could stop a mere Yuanwailang, so that several Yuanwailang at the same level could only wait for Wang Daiji. Showing his power and quarreling with the officials, they watched helplessly as the document expressing the internal strife in the Ministry of War was easily sent to the two husband-in-law.
Of course, given the rich experience of the two husbands, they would not let such ridiculous documents that ruined the atmosphere of the Ministry of War reach the imperial court easily.
That night, when Zhang Xing returned to his camp tent, he was not surprised to see Li Ding.
"What are you doing?" Li Ding sat by the bonfire outside the tent with his hands folded, and became alert when he saw Zhang Xing who had just returned. "Qin Bao said you drank with Wang Daiji a few days ago?"
"I went to Eunuch Yu's place in Beiya." Zhang Xing calmly sat down on the bench opposite and spoke frankly. "Wang Daiji came to me for this reason before. He said at that time that he might take advantage of your absence, Duan Shangshu, to write a memorial and bet on his future. Because our Fulong Guards are close servants and are familiar with Beiya, so he specifically asked me to go there. Clear it out..."
Li Ding was stunned for a moment, then his face turned pale, and his voice trembled unconsciously: "Did you just go to help with the drainage?"
"Yes." Zhang Xing's tone was extremely calm. "Fifty taels of silver, together with the memorial, came into my hands yesterday, and the seal of the silver was not broken. It was just handed over directly to Eunuch Yu... Eunuch Yu checked the silver and promised on the spot that this memorial will be released tonight. This side of Beiya goes directly to the imperial palace."
Li Ding stood up suddenly, his face getting paler: "Have you sent the memorial?"
Zhang Xing was silent for a moment, then looked at the other party, and then frowned slightly: "Li Silang, Wang Daiji couldn't help but waste many years and seek his own future. Doing this will make Duan Shangshu angry, or ruin the atmosphere in the Ministry of War. What are you doing?" Why are you so rude? Haven't you always been a hermit?"
"I'm not worried about the Ministry of War because I broke the rules." Li Ding quickly explained. "You have no idea what this memorial says. As I expected, this guy wants to imitate Mr. Zhang from the Ministry of Civil Affairs..."
The first words were quite eloquent, but later on, Li Ding's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally stopped abruptly. Then he shivered on the spot, quickly put his hands together and sat back, and then remained silent.
"Are you doubting me?" Zhang Xing squinted his eyes to look at the other party. "Is that right... do you think I am involved in this matter? Or even the mastermind?"
Li Silang looked around and lost his voice, while Zhang Xing also took a bowl of sour plum soup from the bucket next to him.
"So, what is written in it?" After getting the soup, Zhang Xing was not in a hurry to drink it. Instead, he used his true energy to make it iced while thinking deeply. "Let me guess... you said he learned from Zhang Han, but Zhang Han didn't just rush to fight for the saints against the Nanya princes. He grasped the key to the saint's desire to build the golden pillar of Tianshu, so that there could be a saint. Support...could it be that Wang Jiulang found the source of the rumors and thought he could extinguish the saint's anger?"
Li Ding responded with a sigh: "Look, I knew that even if you didn't conspire with Wang Daiji, you at least guessed the content early on and then followed suit."
Zhang Xing took a sip of the ice-cold sour soup, shook his head and said with a smile: "So, Wang Daiji went to gamble on his future, and the saint calmed down. Maybe a lot of people will die less. Even if it is no good, it will not be bad for us people. I will help an acquaintance." I'm so busy and adding fuel to the flames, why did your face look so pale just now?"
"Because we have said before that such rumors must not find the true source. No matter who Wang Daiji uses to vent His Majesty's anger, he is framing innocent people." Li Ding regained his breath and sat there to speak with all his strength. "But I was not afraid that Wang Daiji would do such a thing, but I was afraid that you would do such a thing...so I turned pale."
"Why are you afraid that I will be ashamed if I do such a thing?" Zhang Xing held up the chilly bowl and asked.
"Because Wang Daiji is just a yin, and you are a hero... When he does this kind of thing, a few noble people will bleed, but if you do it, the world will bleed!" Li Ding replied sincerely. "I thought something like this would happen in the future, but I didn't expect that the deeds would be as clear as a line and could be followed clearly to me."
Zhang Xing sneered and put down the bowl: "How did you know that I am a hero who can make the world bleed? From the fact that I couldn't break through the last positive meridian for more than a month? Or from the night when I was chatting on the mountain and picked up a book ? Or maybe you believed my lies and thought I was an immortal? Li Silang, Wang Daiji did this anyway. How come it has come to your mouth that I have caused the world to bleed? You must understand, I am not a mere Fulongwei deputy inspector who forces people to bleed just because they want to see them bleed."
Beside the bonfire, Li Ding was silent for a long time before he responded: "Dudu's last words left me speechless... I can't stop this person, so who am I to stop you? But Zhang Sanlang, I still feel that you It’s wrong to do this, especially if you want to do big things, you can’t become an asshole just because everyone else is an asshole. What’s the point?”
"Maybe." Zhang Xing looked at the twin moons above his head and sighed. "If you can't be better than some people, and you can't be more virtuous than some people, why should you condescendingly criticize and ridicule others? What you said makes sense, but I am not that tall now, so I can only do my best."
Li Ding said nothing again, and the two just sat together across the bonfire, waiting for some result.
As for Qin Bao, Xiao Zhou and others, although they passed by several times, they just felt that the atmosphere was not good and had no idea what was going on.
Without further ado, that night, after reading the proclamations compiled by the Bei Yamen, the saint suddenly sent the documents from the Bei Yamen and the Ministry of Punishment to pursue the documents of Duke Mu's entourage, as well as the memorials of Wang Daiji, a member of the Ministry of War, to the two prime ministers Sima and Yu who had been very anxious in recent days.
The two husbands read it in a building that served as a temporary south government office halfway up Lishan Mountain. They naturally understood it, but had different reactions.
"What I mean is very simple." Sima Changying, the elder, spoke first. "His Majesty's attitude towards a strict investigation is here. Why not immediately send a message overnight to Duan Wei, the Minister of War in Daxing, asking him to take charge of the matter and personally ask Duke Mu for an entourage to investigate."
"Since the saint issued this memorial to Wang Daiji, he made some promises to let Wang Daiji take charge of this matter. So, how can we let this person come to investigate." After hesitating, Mr. Yu Changji chose to cater to his superior intention.
Having been busy all day, the exhausted Sima Changying paused for a moment. He wanted to argue, but when the words reached his lips, he swallowed them back and could only remain silent.
Yu Changji smiled slightly when he saw this, and said calmly: "But that's right, this Wang Daiji sent us the memorial on the right path, and at the same time secretly walked straight to the emperor's palace, with sinister intentions, so we have to punish him... That's good, let's stay up all night Send a message to Mr. Duan in Daxing, and also send serious provisions, asking this foreign minister of the Ministry of War to find someone to go to Daxing to investigate the case. In this way, no one can say anything, but you can calmly dispatch Mr. Duan to deal with this person, and isolate him at the same time. Risk...what does Mr. Sima think?"
Sima Changying thought for a moment and nodded immediately.
Let the matter go.
The situation took an interesting turn. Half an hour later, Wang Daiji turned pale and hurriedly came to look for Zhang Xing. Then he saw the deputy inspector sitting across the bonfire from Li Ding.
Li Ding used the moonlight to see this colleague from the Ministry of War approaching from a distance, and stood up silently under Zhang Xing's gaze and hid in the rear.
"Zhang Sanlang." Wang Daiji was desperate and hurriedly relayed the story as soon as he arrived, and then couldn't hide his panic. "Things are completely different from what we thought. The saint really wanted to touch Duke Mu. Although Nanya did not favor Duke Mu, it favored our minister because of my private delivery of documents. He wanted to punish me for no reason. If this is the case, We, Duan Shangshu, got those two people and used them to plot against me, and the situation would be ruined. Now I am in a state of confusion, what do you think I should do?!"
"There's nothing worth messing with." Zhang Sanlang, the instigator, relaxed naturally. "No strategy can avoid accidents, not to mention that this strategy has to go through many masters. It is normal for such accidents to happen... Now it's time to make a last resort. We have calculated mentally but not intentionally. There must be a way to go... Now Calm down, drink a bowl of sour plum soup, listen carefully to my questions, and you can answer them yourself, okay?"
With that said, Zhang Xing actually brought the other party a bowl of iced sour plum soup.
Wang Daiji was startled for a moment, nodded heavily, then sat down and took the soup and drank it in one gulp. He shivered on the spot, then threw the bowl to the ground and let out a long breath: "Say it!"
"Have you brought the documents Nanya gave you?" Zhang Xing asked expressionlessly.
"Bring it."
"Have you brought any money?"
"No."
"Can we find enough good horses immediately?"
"able."
"Do you know the way to Daxing?"
"Just follow the road all the way west."
"Okay." Zhang Xing answered calmly. "Now our troops are divided into two groups. You give me the documents authorized by Nanya. I still have a few taels of gold here, and I will immediately bribe a few Jinwu Guard officers for you to recruit; then you go back to get the silver and horses... ...After meeting together, set off for Daxing immediately... First try to catch up with the envoy sent by Nanya to Duke Duan, bribe him with a heavy sum of money, or threaten him to ask him to stay later; then you can take Nanya's documents and arrive first as an imperial envoy. In Daxing City, we led the Jinwu Guards overnight to find Duke Mu to get someone."
Wang Daiji immediately felt at ease, then nodded heavily and stood up.
But as soon as he got up, he sat down again, then reached out to grab the other person's hand, and said sincerely: "Zhang Sanlang... I know this invitation is a bit excessive, but can you please come with me in person? I don't want to Threatening you with what you came up with, but saying that you also saw what I was doing just now. If we sit down and plan together, there will be no difference between the two of us. But when it comes to critical moments like this, I always make mistakes, but you always do. If you can come up with the most appropriate idea... I want to make a big splash for our group, I don’t know what will happen, and I need you to analyze it and embolden me!"
"Okay." Zhang Xing thought for a moment and agreed immediately. "But I'm the only one, and the rest of the Fulong Guards can't move."
Wang Daiji took the opponent's hand, shook it heavily on the spot, left the Nanya official document, and then got up and left.
As soon as this person left, Zhang Xing immediately stood up, took out money from the account, and prepared to find the person. But when he took out a few pieces of gold from under the pillow, put the compass and the golden awl in his waist, and was about to leave, he was moved to the entrance of the tent by Li Ding, who was standing in the tent with his hands tied and watching coldly. stop.
"What?" Zhang Xing asked coldly. "Does Li Silang want to stop me?"
"I will go to Daxing with you." Li Ding calmly responded with his hands tied. "Firstly, I will be a witness to see how you are going to do this. Secondly, if things are not harmonious, I can also be a middleman and lead Wang Daiji to go to Duan Gong to plead guilty, so as to prevent him from being completely defeated and unable to turn back. , and then pull you out."
Zhang Xing took a serious look at the other party, nodded heavily, and then couldn't help but laugh on the spot: "If Zhang, Li, and three join forces, where in the world can't they go?"
ps: Good night everyone.
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