Ouyang Lin walked into the cell and looked at the pitiful Rui Ji. He couldn't help but have a thought in his heart: What is this woman doing? Which of those words she said to Murong Xue were 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 on earth did you say to Commander Murong just now that made him lose such a temper?"
Ruiji smiled miserably: "I just told some truths, but it's a pity that he couldn't accept it."
"Perhaps I can accept it," Ouyang Lin smiled: "You might as well explain it to me carefully."
Rui Ji glanced at him and responded calmly: "I have told Murong Xue everything that needs to be said, you can just ask him himself."
Ouyang Lin was silent for a moment and said calmly: "Rui Ji, don't try to play tricks with me. The emperor can pardon you, and he can also withdraw his pardon. If you want to survive, you can only cooperate honestly, but don't You force me to be really violent with you. After a long night of tossing, my patience is about to run out."
Rui Ji smiled and said: "I told Murong Xue that Li Jiangyao planned to assassinate the queen, but he refused to believe it, so what can I do?"
"Why did Li Jiangyao want to harm the queen? What does this have to do with you and Lao Jianhua?" Ouyang Lin asked.
Rui Ji replied calmly: "It's very simple. Because the uncle Cheng Xi offended Li Jiangyao, he was assassinated by his intelligence department. Li Jiangyao was afraid that the queen would pursue the matter, so he planned to take action first. To be strong. However, after all, he had status concerns and could not go too far, and Lao Jianhua took this as an opportunity to take the initiative to send me to the imperial capital to get rid of the queen for Li Jiangyao, thereby promoting cooperation between the two parties."
Ouyang Lin frowned when he heard this: "They have been fighting to death and fighting fiercely. How can they cooperate?"
"A fight is a fight, but there are never real enemies in politics." Rui Ji sneered: "For Lao Jianhua, he needs to recuperate; for Li Jiangyao, he needs to cultivate his self-respect. This is not the best. Is there a basis for cooperation?”
Ouyang Lin did not comment on this and continued to ask: "What is your mission and how to carry it out? Who is your internal agent here?"
Rui Ji replied calmly: "I am responsible for sneaking into the palace and assassinating Cheng Wen. And my internal agent is the then Nilin Director Shi, Shen Lie."
"Shen Lie?" Ouyang Lin was shocked: "He is in the imperial capital?!"
Ruiji nodded: "Shen Lie had already betrayed the imperial court and took refuge with Li Jiangyao. I pretended to be unconscious on the roadside that day, just to try to sneak into the palace with your convenience, but I didn't expect that you would find out my identity and my success fell short." I just met Shen Lie before I stopped you."
These words are both true and false. The combination of true and false makes it difficult for even a seasoned case solver who is good at observing words and emotions to easily distinguish the truth from the truth.
Ouyang Lin thought for a moment and asked a key question: "How do you contact Shen Lie?"
Ruiji was well prepared for this: "I can't find him, but he can find me. Sir, all you need to do is spread the word, and he will naturally show up to save me."
Ouyang Lin was doubtful: "What a joke! If I tell the outside world that you are being held in the Forbidden Army Guards Station, will Shen Lie dare to break in?"
"That's definitely not possible." Rui Ji shook her head: "In a different place, with a lighter guard, Shen Lie will definitely come."
Ouyang Lin did not answer the question and asked instead: "To what extent are Li Jiangyao and Lao Jianhua connected? Have the two parties reached any secret agreement?"
Rui Ji responded: "I don't know about this. Those are all matters discussed by high-level dignitaries. How could I know? However, I can also reveal a message to Mr. Ouyang. Previously, Li Jiangyao and Xu Youchang led his troops to cross the river and attack Xuancheng, in fact, it was all done for the court, it was just a show."
Ouyang Lin was a little surprised: "You mean, the Zhenjiang Army didn't attack Xuancheng at all?"
"Not only did they not attack Xuancheng, even crossing the river was secretly discussed by both parties in advance." Rui Ji said lightly: "Otherwise, why do you think Li Jiangyao dared to lead hundreds of thousands of people to the south of the Yangtze River? Not afraid of being cut off. Road?"
Ouyang Lin couldn't help but feel a shiver in his heart: If what Rui Ji said was true, it would really be a shocking event in the Shengtang Dynasty.
In the battle across the river, only the Zhenjiang Army participated, and no other imperial army sent a single soldier. How on earth was the fight going on in Jiangnan? What was the result? Almost all of it was told by the Zhenjiang Army himself, with no evidence from others. Even the imperial agents in Jiangnan had reported on this, but because they were far away from the battlefield, many of them were hearsay.
Seeing Ouyang Lin's expression change slightly, Rui Ji couldn't help but smile secretly in her heart. She didn't really expect to be able to bring down Li Jiangyao with this lie, but just teasing him was very satisfying.
However, the issue of Li Jiangyao and the Zhenjiang Army has always been a stubborn problem in the hearts of Li Bingjun and his ministers. Although Ouyang Lin did not completely believe what Rui Ji said, he still had to pay attention to it.
Especially since Shen Lie was also in the imperial capital and was related to Rui Ji's secret mission of entering the palace to assassinate the queen, Ouyang Lin couldn't help but become nervous and didn't bother to ask for other information. He ordered his men to keep a close eye on Rui Ji while heading to Tai Chi alone. Palace, report the latest situation to the emperor.
After listening to Ouyang Lin's description, Li Bing couldn't help but frown.
It was not that he suspected that the Zhenjiang Army had lied about the results of crossing the river, because that was too ridiculous to be worth paying attention to.
And Li Jiangyao's secret collusion with Lao Jianhua is sheer nonsense.
Although Li Bing has never relaxed his guard against those generals, he still has the minimum sense of reason and is convinced that Li Jiangyao will never get involved with Lao Jianhua and his like.
What worries Li Bing is actually Shen Lie.
For this former benefactor, Emperor Shengtang had quite complicated feelings.
He once put Shen Lie directly in jail because of the secret files of Nilin Secretary that involved the mystery of his life experience. Later, he almost tortured Shen Lie to death because of the false accusation made by Princess Fenyang. Later, out of guilt on the one hand, and to stabilize the overall situation of the court on the other, Li Bing accepted and acquiesced to the fact that Li Jiangyao secretly rescued Shen Lie, which ended in an inconclusive way. This unspeakable grudge.
However, Li Bing has never forgotten the horror of the leader of the Nilin Division.
This kind of impression and memory existed when he was a boy, and it became more and more profound as he entered his youth and the palace of the Holy Tang Dynasty.
Li Bing couldn't help but worry. Did Shen Lie want to take revenge on him when he appeared in the imperial capital?
After all, he was a living King of Hell known for his ruthlessness, and "retribution must be repaid" was almost his motto.
"Ouyang, what do you think about Shen Lie?" Li Bing said solemnly: "Do you think he really came to the imperial capital?"
Ouyang Lin cupped his hands and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I think it is better to believe that he has something than to believe that he has nothing. Shen Lie has been in power for more than twenty years. There is no need to elaborate on the horror."
Li Bing nodded silently, thought for a moment, and sighed: "Last time, for the sake of the late emperor, I let him go. I thought he should be kind and sensible, and be safe and sound under the protection of Li Jiangyao." Live the rest of his life stably. I didn’t expect that he would have the courage to sneak into the imperial capital again, and he simply doesn’t take me and the imperial court seriously.”
Ouyang Lin heard the meaning of his words and responded: "I immediately set out to arrest Shen Lie in order to find out the authenticity of Rui Ji's confession."
"Well, let's do it like this." Li Bing asked: "How are you going to implement it? You know, Shen Lie has been in charge of the Beiya Nilin Division for a long time, and he has absolutely nothing to do in terms of martial arts tactics, connections between the government and the public, or his familiarity with the imperial capital itself. An extraordinary official can be compared. What’s more, he has Li Jiangyao’s support behind him.”
Ouyang Lin smiled confidently: "The method Rui Ji said is good, I want to try it."
Li Bing shook his head: "You don't know the grudge between Shen Lie and Lao Jianhua, so you believe Rui Ji's lies. Shen Lie has been miserable for half his life, and his biggest wish is to cut Lao Jianhua into pieces with his own hands. And like Rui Ji, If Shen Lie encounters someone with Ji's status, he will only kill her on the spot, there is no way he can work together, and there is no reason to come to save her."
Ouyang Lin nodded slightly: "Your Majesty, I have heard about the relationship between Shen Lie and Lao Jianhua before, and I have a general understanding. Because of this, I am 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 wants to kidnap Rui Ji in order to get more secrets from Lao Jianhua, so he also has the opportunity to lure her into a trap." ?”
"That's right," Ouyang Lin said: "Whether it's rescue or disaster, 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 not miss such a good opportunity."
Li Bing thought about it seriously and agreed: "Well, what he said makes sense. Then just go ahead and do it. I fully support you. However, when arresting Shen Lie, try to make as little noise as possible so as not to disturb anyone. Everyone knows. I don’t want Li Jiangyao to come here and cause trouble for him again.”
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Ouyang Lin returned to the guardhouse, and his subordinates came to report that Murong Xue had returned home and that Rui Ji was doing fine. She even hummed a ditty with interest for a while, looking very relaxed.
Ouyang Lin frowned and thought for a moment, then coldly ordered: Rui Ji is not allowed to receive water or food for two days to see if she is still in the mood to sing.
The men nodded in agreement, and then asked what they would do next.
Ouyang Lin asked him where in the imperial capital city it was suitable to hold prisoners. It was neither ostentatious nor particularly heavily guarded.
The men thought carefully and mentioned two places: Chang'an County Prison and Wannian County Prison.
The imperial capital is bounded by Zhuque Street, with Chang'an County in the west and Wannian County in the east. Each side has its own territory.
Compared with the Penal Department Prison, Dali Temple Court Prison, Nilinsi Chao Prison, and Jingzhao Yin Mansion Prison, the small cells in the two county offices are quite loosely guarded, and the people detained in them are all petty thieves. Touching the ruffian.
Ouyang Lin thought for a moment, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth: Okay, that's it.
