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"General Li, I have to tell you some unfortunate news..."
Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, Li Zehe's expression changed slightly, but he seemed to have expected it. He smiled bitterly and asked: "Please Zhao Junchen, please make it clear that you don't have to worry about the humble position... But the guards under his subordinates who are humble in the position have suffered casualties. And it’s very serious? Alas! Regarding these things, Beizhi has actually been mentally prepared for a long time!"
As he spoke, Li Zehe's face turned sad and painful, as if the dead guards were all his brothers.
Seeing Li Zehe's hypocrisy, Zhao Junchen felt even more sarcastic.
But on the surface, Zhao Junchen sighed and said: "General Li Shen is indeed a clever strategist, and he is worthy of the name of a wise general! We have just received news that most of the guards under your command have indeed been damaged...
However, their deaths and injuries were not due to enemy assassinations and raids, but due to a fire... General Li, if this pavilion's prediction is correct, the fire should have been arranged by you yourself, right?
After all, although you didn't say it explicitly, the fire suddenly occurred not long after you left your camp. The timing was too coincidental! "
While speaking, Zhao Junchen observed the changes in Li Zehe's expression, but saw that Li Zehe's face was still filled with regret, and he actually showed no sign of wavering.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Junchen frowned slightly, but continued: "What's more, even if Shi Cheng's military comrades want to kill you, the time should be chosen in the second half of the night instead of the current first half of the night;
Even if they choose to kill you in the middle of the night, but because you left early and disappeared suddenly, they returned without success, there is no reason to deliberately create this fire and attract more attention;
Even if they want to use this fire to kill people and hide evidence, they should kill them all instead of leaving some alive like now...
So, it was you who set the fire, right? "
Hearing Zhao Junchen's question, Li Zehe did not directly admit it, but he did not immediately refute it, but his expression became more and more filled with regret.
After Zhao Junchen was silent for a moment, he then said: "I also know why, General Li Shen, you arranged this fire break when you were leaving. It was just to divert the enemy's attention, and then you could take advantage of the enemy being diverted." Opportunities to pay attention and maximize your chances of escape, right?
However, before the enemy actually takes action, you still have a chance to escape and save your life even if there is no fire accident. However, you just cut off your arm resolutely to increase your chance of successful escape. All the bodyguards under his command died in mysterious circumstances. Is there something wrong with him?
Alas, those guards who can be kept by General Li Shen must be loyal to General Li Shen. It is a pity to have such a worthless loss like this...for General Li Shen himself. Generally speaking, without the protection and assistance of these guards in the future, the situation will be very unfavorable! "
This time, Li Zehe finally answered slowly.
"Zhao Gechen, you have not experienced the situation of Beizhong at that time, so naturally you cannot understand Beizhong's mood at that time... Beizhong and the guards under his command were all poisoned without warning, and most of them were unable to move. After some investigation, Later, he discovered that the troops stationed nearby were all hostile forces in his army, and these hostile forces were all ready to attack and kill people at any time...
Under such circumstances, I didn't dare to bet on their time to take action, and I didn't think that I was in vain. I could only seriously consider the worst case scenario, and I had to make a prompt decision, so I couldn't care about many things! "
With this statement, Li Zehe still did not directly admit that he had set the fire with his own hands, but it was equivalent to acquiescing to this statement.
After a pause, Li Zehe continued: "As for the guards under Beizhi's command, Beizhi does not think that their deaths were worthless...
Although their casualties were heavy, they successfully covered Beizhi and fled to Zhao Gechen to seek asylum. As long as Beizhong is still alive, not only can their families be greatly compensated afterwards, but all the frontier soldiers in Liaodong Town will not be attacked by Ximen Sheng. , Shicheng, and others have completely led them astray, so although their sacrifices were tragic, they were both public and private, and they all made great contributions! "
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After hearing what Li Zehe said, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but remain silent for a moment.
Zhao Junchen discovered that his previous idea was wrong, and it was impossible for him to hit Li Zehe.
On the one hand, Zhao Junchen misjudged Li Zehe's sense of crisis and urgency at the time.
Based on common sense, Zhao Junchen believed that even if Shicheng's military comrades wanted to assassinate and eradicate Li Zehe, they would most likely choose to do so in the middle of the night. Therefore, there was no need for Li Zehe to rush to escape and he had enough time to arrange more careful self-protection. Plan, there is no need to cut off one's tail to survive and kill one's own bodyguards with one's own hands.
But Zhao Junchen ignored one thing - by chance, because of his secret design, Li Zehe and Li Zehe's guards had already developed extremely obvious symptoms of poisoning.
Therefore, Li Zehe would naturally make a misjudgment, thinking that Shicheng's military colleagues would soon eradicate him. Under the influence of this sense of urgency and crisis, Li Zehe naturally did not hesitate to save his life at any cost.
On the other hand, Zhao Junchen wanted to use the heavy casualties suffered by Li Zehe's guards to attack Li Zehe. The premise was that Li Zehe really cared about the lives of his guards, but in fact Li Zehe didn't care about such things at all.
In Li Zehe's eyes, as long as he can successfully save his life, even if it only slightly improves the chance of success, then no matter how big the sacrifice of his guards is, it will be completely worth it - compared with his own life safety, the safety of his guards His life is naturally insignificant, and the two are not things that should be compared.
So, just as you can never wake up a person who is pretending to sleep, you can never attack a selfish person who has no bottom line.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen's idea of attacking Li Zehe naturally failed completely.
In fact, Zhao Junchen wanted to take the opportunity to attack Li Zehe, not for the sake of justice for the guards who sacrificed for no reason from the beginning, but out of profit considerations-Zhao Junchen hoped that Li Zehe would suffer a psychological breakdown after suffering a major blow, and then completely lose his opinion. , position, and courage, and then they will completely rely on themselves and only follow their own lead.
In this way, Zhao Junchen can have a controllable chess piece in Liaodong Town, and many subsequent things will be easy to handle.
Unfortunately, because of Li Zehe's coldness and selfishness, this idea was completely in vain.
It has to be said that most of the time, people like Li Zehe always live an easier life.
After noticing these situations, Zhao Junchen became more and more disgusted with Li Zehe deep in his heart.
Although Zhao Junchen is surrounded by villains, Zhao Junchen himself prefers those gentlemen. This kind of liking is not only because the conduct and actions of those gentlemen are indeed worthy of admiration, but also because they can always be bullied. , so it is easier to use calculations.
On the contrary, when a villain like Li Zehe uses calculations, he needs to spend more thought and give more benefits.
Zhao Junchen often fantasizes about how wonderful it would be if there were all decent people in the world and he was the only despicable person left.
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Next, Zhao Junchen still needed Li Zehe to cooperate with him, so seeing that he could not attack Li Zehe at all and make Li Zehe lose his opinion, he quickly changed the topic and instead of trying to stimulate Li Zehe, he adopted a wooing attitude.
Zhao Junchen seemed to be thinking about Li Zehe wholeheartedly. He sighed and nodded in agreement with Li Zehe's statement, and then asked: "Alas! General Li's public heart is really admirable! But the immediate priority has already been It's not the sacrifice of those guards, but how everything that happened tonight should end!
General Li Shen, you must have forced your way into the Forbidden Army station and sought refuge from me this time. You must have been able to hide it from the eyes and ears of the Liaodong generals. I believe they will rush to this pavilion to meet you soon and ask you about various things tonight. The reason and process...
But I don’t know, General Li Shen, what are you going to do next? Could it be that he wanted to confront Shi Cheng and others on the spot? But this lawsuit is not going to be easy. Although you, General Li, have concluded that Shi Cheng wants to murder him tonight, you actually don’t have any conclusive evidence. Although I am willing to believe your judgment, if If Shi Cheng and the others firmly deny it, there is nothing they can do about it..."
Li Zehe thought of the incident where he "almost lost his life" tonight, and his teeth immediately itched with hatred. However, he did not lose his mind, and even thought of follow-up countermeasures. He replied in a cold voice: "Shi Cheng and Ximen Sheng behind him are now If they want to kill Beizi, they and I are already at odds with each other. Naturally, we can't just let the matter go. Beizi must confront Shi Cheng on the spot!
As for the evidence...the poisoning symptoms of the humble position and the guards under the humble position are the evidence! Shi Cheng secretly arranged all his military comrades near the humble camp, and all of them were wearing armor and carrying swords and were ready to move. This is also evidence!
Therefore, although the humble position cannot prove that they were secretly poisoned by people sent by Shicheng, who else besides them would do such a thing? Hey, most of the time, the word 'truth' only depends on what people want to believe, and conclusive evidence is not important!
As the saying goes, "Justice is in the heart of the people." After Beiji and Shi Cheng confronted each other on the spot, they laid out these things one by one, and the Liaodong generals would naturally make a judgment in their hearts! At that time, even if Shi Cheng categorically denies it, he will definitely be accused by a thousand people and be unjust and helpless... Then, he will have no say in the affairs of Liaodong Town! "
Seeing that Li Zehe was still thinking clearly at this time, Zhao Junchen nodded in appreciation. Just as he was about to say something more, he saw a Forbidden Army guard hurriedly entered the tent and reported: "Information to Minister Zhao, all the generals in Liaodong Town have come together to ask for an audience, saying that it is I have something urgent to report to you."
Zhao Junchen nodded and said: "These people move really fast. I originally planned to take the opportunity to have a few more words with General Li in private... Let them come in."
After hearing Zhao Junchen's instructions, Li Zehe lowered his head and said: "I hope I can listen to your teachings in private, Zhao Junchen, but there will be many opportunities in the future... And now, I ask Zhao Gechen to forgive me, I want to Lost your composure!”
After saying that, Li Zehe picked a chair and then slumped down on the chair, looking weak and dying.
In fact, although Li Zehe was poisoned by arsenic, the poisoning was not very serious. He had just undergone gastric lavage and vomiting by Zhao Junchen, and his physical condition had improved a lot, at least he had regained a little physical strength and energy.
And Li Zehe still deliberately looked so weak at this time, naturally he wanted to win the greatest degree of morality and sympathy for himself.
"This man... is really too smart!"
Seeing what Li Zehe did, Zhao Junchen secretly commented in his heart.
And just as Zhao Junchen made this comment, heavy and dense footsteps sounded outside the tent, and it was the Liaodong generals who arrived.
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