Lao Jianhua never dreamed that among his lifelong nemesis, in addition to Shen Lie and Li Jiangyao, there would also be a little-known little person - Ouyang Lin.
Seriously speaking, Lao Jianhua should know Ouyang Lin.
At that time, a case of rape of a civilian girl by the deputy captain of the Xuanjia Army in Luoyi directly alarmed the prince Li Bing. At that time, in order to stabilize the relationship between the East Palace and the Xuanjia Army and secretly promote the Turkic invasion, Lao Jianhua suggested that Xie Guang suppress his anger, give Li Bing a face, and let go of the insignificant patrol battalion officer.
If Lao Jianhua at that time could predict the future, just a few years later, Ouyang Lin, the small battalion officer whom he recommended to be released, would actually cause huge trouble for himself. He would definitely let Xie Guang put him there without hesitation. He would be killed, even if he fell out with Prince Li Bing on the spot.
At the moment, Lao Jianhua was unaware that his two most important chess pieces were all in Ouyang Lin's hands.
One Rui Ji and one Wei Zixuan.
Needless to say, Rui Ji. Possessed by a degenerate spirit and facing bad luck, she was inexplicably placed under house arrest in the imperial city guardhouse by the Forbidden Army's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. She was surrounded by seven or eight armed guards who were on high alert and under strict supervision every day. Trying to escape is as difficult as climbing to the sky.
Ouyang Lin was really calm, as if he had forgotten Rui Ji, leaving the person there without paying attention, leaving Rui Ji with random thoughts all day long, but without any focus.
It's no wonder that Lord Ouyang's thoughts at the moment are all devoted to Wei Zixuan, another chess piece of Lao Jianhua, so he doesn't care about Rui Ji at all.
With the deepening of the secret investigation, various doubts related to Shangshu Zuopu's shooting of Wei Zixuan are gradually emerging.
Just as Li Jiangyao said to Li Xi before, the rebel traitor Wasp is actually far from perfect to the point of being impossible to detect. The key lies in whether the emperor really suspects Wei Zixuan, and whether there is a capable person who is willing to pursue Wei Zixuan.
As long as you are willing to investigate seriously, even the left prime minister of the Holy Tang Dynasty, who was a very popular minister, will eventually be exposed one day.
Due to the accidental capture of the Japanese bandit general Hamano Masao, Dong Tianxing and the others uncovered clues about the traitor in the court. Li Bing, deeply worried about his own safety, determined to start a careful investigation to cut off the claws hidden nearby. .
Fortunately, Ouyang Lin happens to be the kind of capable person Li Jiangyao said.
Although most of Ouyang Lin and his men came from the military, their efficiency in investigating and handling cases was much higher than that of Beiya Nilin Division at the same time.
In more than a month, Ouyang Lin gradually learned a lot about Wei Zixuan. From the imperial capital to Luoyi, from Luoyi to Yizhou, and from Yizhou to the imperial capital. Wei Zixuan's upward trajectory and interpersonal relationships since becoming an official have become increasingly clear. Even the issue between Wei Peng and Hongxiu Zhai could not escape Ouyang Lin's eyes.
At the end of the investigation, an unusual name finally appeared in front of everyone.
Di Xian.
In today's Shengtang, there is no need to elaborate on who Di Xian was.
Ouyang Lin held the case file and hurried to the imperial study room. As soon as Li Bing heard that he was coming, he immediately guessed that he must have made some important discovery, so he summoned him immediately.
After reading the thick file and listening to Ouyang Lin's detailed report, Li Bing's face was as gloomy as a dark cloud. It is no exaggeration to say that if this case is verified, it can almost be directly included in the list of the ten most serious cases in the Holy Tang Dynasty. The dignified Shangshu Zuopushe and the second-rank prime minister are actually traitors of the rebels!
Li Bing stared at the inkstone on the table in silence for a long time, and suddenly asked quietly: "What evidence is left?"
"Oral confession." Ouyang Lin cupped his hands and responded: "The oral confession of all parties involved."
Li Bing said in a deep voice: "Ouyang, you have to understand that if you make a mistake, I...I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you."
Ouyang Lin said loudly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. I am confident that I will not make a mistake."
Li Bing raised his eyes and looked at Ouyang Lin, who was full of confidence. As if he had made great determination, he slapped the desk and said, "Okay, let's interrogate each one one by one! If you need a confession, just ask whoever you want. I fully support it!" "
Ouyang Lin asked lightly: "What if he refuses to resist?"
"Then just take it!"
"What if his followers gather to cause chaos?"
"I'll give you two thousand tigers and leopards. Anyone who dares to cause trouble will be killed! If the trouble gets bigger, I'll send you more troops at any time!"
Ouyang Lin cupped his hands and responded, "I must do my best to live up to Your Majesty."
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At midnight, in the quiet imperial capital city, a group of fully armed soldiers and horses drove out from the imperial city and headed straight for the Prime Minister Zuo's Mansion.
The aggressive soldiers directly broke open the gate of the square, rushed into the inner square, and then quickly surrounded the official residence of Shangshu Zuopushe. Immediately afterwards, the captain who led the team slammed the door knocker and shouted for someone to open the door.
Not long after, the guardians of the Prime Minister's Mansion came out one after another, shouting and asking what was causing the disturbance.
The captain was too lazy to explain, so he immediately ordered his men to control the other party, and then asked the guard to lead the way into the back house.
At this time, the chaos in the front yard had spread to the back. People in various houses and courtyards stood up one after another, holding lamps, and came out in panic to see what was going on outside. Wei Zixuan was not sleeping yet. He put down the official document in his hand and was about to ask his subordinates what was going on. Suddenly, he saw a dozen forbidden soldiers breaking into his study with murderous intent. He couldn't help but be slightly startled.
"What are you going to do?!" Wei Zixuan stood up and asked.
The captain raised his token: "According to the emperor's order, I am asking questions in Wei Zixuan Palace!"
Hearing this, Wei Zixuan's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
The word "raise" means that the problem has become very serious. Otherwise, we should at least use the word "please" to Shangshu Zuopushe.
He took a deep breath, straightened out his thoughts, and made his final struggle: "I am a second-grade court official. If you want to take me away, you must issue a formal imperial edict. It would be too much to rely on just a token." That’s sloppy.”
The school captain sneered and said: "Wei Zixuan, don't drink wine as a penalty. The emperor asked you to ask questions. Just go and do it honestly. Do you really think we have to save face for you?"
Wei Zixuan was silent for a moment, and finally sighed helplessly, following the soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry out of the study. When he arrived at the front yard, he discovered that the housekeeper Wei Peng had already been tied up and was kneeling on the ground dejectedly.
Wei Zixuan's heart sank when he saw it, and he guessed that he might have been exposed, and the secret of the hornet had been grasped by the emperor.
It's over, everything is over.
A kind of complete despair instantly filled Wei Zixuan's heart.
He is not the kind of man who is determined to die with lofty goals and determination. To reach this point, whether it is the identity of Shangshu Zuopushe or the identity of a rebel traitor, he was actually coerced and pushed by others to achieve it. Although Wei Zixuan himself longed in his heart to be able to become a prince, prime minister, and honor his ancestors, as time went by, he became less and less able to control and influence the path forward.
After all, he is just a pawn in the hands of some people. Back then, he had nothing but sold his soul to those people for the sake of glory and wealth.
Today may be the time to redeem your soul.
The price of redemption is his still young life.
Before being escorted into the car by Hubaoqi, the other party deliberately searched Wei Zixuan's body to prevent him from carrying weapons or poisons. However, these soldiers did not know that the truly fatal poison pill had been hidden in the tooth socket of Wei Zixuan's mouth.
On the bumpy carriage, the dignified left minister of the Tang Dynasty cried. He covered his mouth with his hands, trying not to cry. Tears rolled down his cheeks and he couldn't stop them.
When approaching the palace gate, Wei Zixuan finally put aside all hesitation and bit into the poisonous pill.
He really didn't have the courage to face Li Bing, let alone the Forbidden Army Hubaoqi and Beiya Nilinsi.
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Shangshu Zuopushe committed suicide out of fear of crime, but the case did not end there.
Ouyang Lin arrested 22 suspects overnight, including Wei Zixuan and Wei Peng, and interrogated them from the stars in the moonlight to the middle of the day. Under the threat of torture, Wei Peng and other nine rebels should tell the truth and confess all the information about the Wasp group.
Although the remaining twelve people had no direct relationship with the rebels, because they had more or less secretly assisted Wei Zixuan in doing things that harmed the court, Ouyang Lin also did not let them go. They were all classified as spies and imprisoned in the sky prison. .
After Li Bing read the confessions of Wei Peng and others, he was so angry that he smashed the jade cup on the spot and directly ordered the imperial army to search the Wei family. More than 100 people in the whole house were all arrested, the men were beheaded, and the women were sent to the church and used as official prostitutes.
Suddenly, the government and the public were shocked.
All civil and military officials were inexplicably surprised by the "Wasp Case", especially those ministers who usually fawned over Wei Zixuan. They were all in panic all day long, for fear of being implicated and being convicted together.
However, they did not have the opportunity to take the initiative to prove their innocence, and they did not dare to express their loyalty to the emperor without three hundred taels of silver. Therefore, they could only hide at home and pray to gods and Buddhas, hoping that God would bless them and allow them to pass safely.
Among these people, the two most panicked were Tian Mu and Gong Chengze. These two guys were very close to Wei Zixuan in the past. Everyone in the civil and military circles of the court knew that they were brothers and brothers, and they often did bad things together. If we talk about suspicions of collaboration with the enemy, Tian Mu and Gong Chengze must be among the top two.
Especially during the investigation of this case, the emperor did not use the Nilin Division of Bei Ya, but instead found a group of tiger and leopard riders to act in secret, which made Tian Mu, the head of the Nilin Division, feel that something was wrong.
This is definitely a danger signal!
And Tian Mu's good brother Gong Chengze is also a master of six gods. I have been to the front line twice, and each time I came back dejected. Not only did I fail to make any achievements, but I also caused a lot of trouble for the two main armies of Suzaku Qinglong. No matter how you look at it, it looks like an insider of the rebels.
Damn it, I can’t survive now!
The two desperate hapless guys got together and discussed countermeasures overnight. At one moment they said that we should run away, at another moment they said that we should take the initiative to plead guilty, and at another moment they comforted each other, saying that they did not have a close relationship with Wei Zixuan, and the court would not unjustly accuse a good person.
In short, after talking and talking, it is of no use except that I feel more and more unsure.
In the end, Tian Mu slapped the table and said, "For now, the only way is to surrender to that person. Maybe we can keep our future!"
