The second day.
The Chinese army's tent was rebuilt overnight.
Dou Changsheng sat in the main seat, and the generals were separated on both sides.
After a night passed, the two sides gathered here today as if nothing happened yesterday.
Liang Gongyu stood aside. After carefully screening the generals one by one, he said to Dou Changsheng: "Except for those on the front line, all the generals have arrived."
Dou Changsheng looked around, looking at the titled generals. Each one of them was not weak in strength. They were all third-level masters. The strongest among them was the second-level martial arts grand master, and then the third-level martial arts grandmaster.
There is not even a single supreme master of the first level of martial arts.
This is not because there are no such strong men in the Southern Army, but because there are no such strong men in the Zhou Dynasty official army.
Anyone who breaks through to the first level of martial arts and becomes a supreme master will immediately have his status soar a hundred times. Naturally, he will not choose to stay in the army, but will directly fall under the command of the gods and demons.
Among the three major departments of the Southern Army, not to mention the crime department, the official department absorbed the lower-level generals from the civilian department, but for the high-level generals, it was the other way around. The strong ones among the official department would take the initiative to go to the civilian department and break away from the Great Zhou court.
Luxurious houses, beautiful families, and martial arts titles are attractive to ordinary warriors. There are also third-level martial arts masters and second-level martial arts grand masters. However, they are not very attractive to first-level martial arts supreme masters. What they pursue is to prove the way. No matter how unsatisfactory they are, they will follow. After all, once you reach this level, you will have the opportunity to come into contact with gods and demons.
Some people who are unmoved will also take the initiative to leave the battlefield. Choosing Da Zhou is the last choice.
The first-level martial arts masters on the Great Zhou side will also take the initiative to transfer away. Otherwise, how can King Xiang suppress the other party? Of course, they are going back to enjoy their blessings.
Dou Changsheng said in a deep voice: "Everyone knows my purpose of coming, so there is no need to repeat it."
"Prince Xiang is a blood relative of the saint and an important official of the country. Now he died in an unknown manner. The court will not let it go. Now that I have come to investigate the case, I need your cooperation."
"If you have some clues, you can speak freely. If you don't want to be in the limelight and make people jealous, you can take the initiative to find me privately, or send information anonymously. However, the information must be true, and do not rely on speculation and speculation. .”
Dou Changsheng talked for a while and then asked in a routine manner: "Is there anyone willing to provide information?"
"The imperial court will never treat people badly, and it will never lack your rewards."
General Yaoguang lowered his hands and stood on the right side of Dou Changsheng. His face was expressionless at the moment, but he felt disappointed in his heart. This was Dou Changsheng, the world-famous detective, who was famous among all peoples. He was so careless in investigating the case that he actually asked people to provide clues. If cases could be investigated in this way, there would be no unjust cases in the world.
Even if someone has a clue, it is impossible to tell it in public, or even in private. Even King Xiang is dead. This time the turmoil is not small. Who is willing to get involved and ask for trouble? Well, he was killed and silenced.
But the next moment General Yaoguang was slapped in the face. When Dou Changsheng finished speaking, General Huwei immediately strode out and stood in front of Dou Changsheng. He directly clasped his hands and said: "The final general has important clues."
Dou Changsheng raised his hand and said, "Speak."
General Huwei said loudly: "On the day His Highness King Xiang died, General Mo personally saw the conflict between General Yaoguang and His Highness King Xiang."
General Yaoguang was originally high-spirited and watched this scene coldly. He felt disdainful of General Huwei's coming forward. These guys with mud-legged backgrounds have always been disgusting to General Yaoguang, especially this General Huwei. , clashed with him many times, and if General Hengshui hadn't saved him to death, he would have been dismissed from his post long ago.
Hearing General Huwei's words at this moment, General Yaoguang couldn't believe it. He didn't expect that General Huwei would dare to retaliate at this time. In order to retaliate, he took the initiative to get involved in the case of King Xiang. This was purely seeking death.
The death of King Xiang is extremely involved. They can't participate in it. Even if they take the initiative to get involved, even if they are not the murderer, it is very difficult to escape unscathed. Otherwise, they will be torn apart by all forces. Crush.
After being startled, General Yaoguang immediately reacted and yelled loudly: "Fart."
"When did I have a conflict with His Highness Prince Xiang?"
"You are full of nonsense and it is all revenge."
"Isn't it just because I struck harder in the last sparring session that you hold a grudge?"
General Hengshui stared coldly at General Yaoguang. This general's disciple was also quick-witted. He directly grasped the key point, ignored King Xiang, and characterized the matter as a personal grudge. As long as this premise is established, then General Huwei's words It lacks credibility and makes people doubt whether this is really retaliation.
General Hengshui took a step forward and spoke in a deep voice: "Not only did General Huwei see this, the last general also saw it with his own eyes."
"General Yaoguang and His Highness Prince Xiang had a conflict, and there are still witnesses here."
"Although the location is remote, there were patrols passing by that day. Please call the witnesses. As long as you confront General Yaoguang, you can know the truth of the matter."
General Yaoguang said angrily: "You fart."
Dou Changsheng raised his hand to stop General Yaoguang and looked at the generals, especially Chen Wanlong. No one took the initiative to stand up and defend General Yaoguang. His eyes were mainly focused on the Seven Beidou Generals, who were the generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He has a close relationship with General Yaoguang, but no one supports him.
Dou Changsheng finally said: "Please witness."
After a while, several people came into the Chinese army's tent.
Dou Changsheng looked at the person in front, with doubts in his eyes, because the person who came was Dou Changsheng, who was very familiar, and it turned out to be Lao Chen.
This person didn't have much time to come to the Southern Army. I remember that when Lao Chen left the capital, he must have known that something happened to King Xiang, so he took the initiative to help. How could he witness what happened before King Xiang's death.
He had completely forgotten that he knew in advance because the imperial court wanted him to go south to investigate the case. In fact, the information was sealed and it was still a secret in the divine capital.
Old Chen changed from Chen Shenping to today's Colonel Chen. When he arrived, he clasped his fists and said, "I bid you the Colonel of Hengling. These people are the Taoist soldiers of Hengling."
"Because the previous generation of Hengling Colonel died in battle, the Hengling Dao soldiers lost their leader, so they were transferred from the front line to the rear camp for repairs. They were usually responsible for patrolling the northwest of the camp, so they happened to see the conflict between His Highness Prince Xiang and General Yaoguang. "
Lao Chen had an expressionless face and was business-like. He reached out and patted a Taoist soldier beside him, and took the initiative to speak: "Don't be nervous. What is your Highness asking? Just answer directly."
"Remember not to hide anything."
Dou Changsheng looked at the Taoist soldiers. The Hengling Taoist soldiers were short in stature, about one and a half meters tall. They had a slender figure and looked like monkeys. It can be imagined that this Taoist soldier was good at agility and speed, and The word "Hengling" doesn't quite match.
Several other Hengling Tao soldiers are all about the same height, and this Tao soldier is very unique.
He asked directly: "Did you witness the conflict between General Yaoguang and Prince Xiang with your own eyes?"
The Tao soldiers were slightly nervous and rather cramped. With so many titled generals, it was rare to see any of them in normal times. Now they were surrounded by them in the center, and they were watching with bright eyes. They felt great pressure.
But he still nodded and said in a slight panic: "This is not the first time I saw it on patrol. Recently, General Yaoguang and His Highness Prince Xiang have been meeting here frequently."
"Because of the distance, I couldn't hear what General Yaoguang and the others were saying, but General Yaoguang was very emotional at that time, and so was His Highness Prince Xiang. Their fierce quarrel was much louder than before, and the word "Heavenly Demon" was faintly heard."
General Yaoguang couldn't tolerate it. He dared to arrange himself in this way. His eyes widened with anger and he rushed towards the Taoist soldiers with overwhelming momentum. He roared angrily: "Fart."
Old Chen took a step forward and stood between the Dao soldiers and General Yaoguang. He withstood the overwhelming momentum and spoke coldly: "His Royal Highness, Prince Chen, is here. Do you want to kill people and silence them in public?"
"I'm just asking a question?"
"What's wrong with what my subordinates said?"
"Have you seen His Highness Prince Xiang that day?"
General Yaoguang was as furious as thunder. He looked at Captain Hengling standing in front of him, his eyes revealed a cold light, and he said in a cold voice: "His Royal Highness Prince Xiang summoned him that day, but I did not have any conflict with His Highness Prince Xiang."
"And this is also the first time I met His Highness Prince Xiang at the edge of the northwest camp. I have never met His Highness Prince Xiang there many times before, and I didn't talk about the devil."
"Even if you are setting up a false accusation, you still need to use more advanced methods. I want to discuss important matters with Prince Xiang. How could I not have any cover and be seen by the patrolling Taoist soldiers, and even hear our conversation."
Old Chen sneered and said, "I'm not here to talk about whether the means are superior or not, but to verify whether you have met with His Highness Prince Xiang."
"Do you have any conflict with His Highness Prince Xiang?"
"Now that you and His Highness Prince Xiang have met, it is natural for the remaining conflicts to arise."
"Your Highness, please give me a clear warning."
General Huwei also said loudly: "Your Highness, please give me a clear warning."
General Hengshui watched this scene and stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, please be clear."
General Yaoguang is extremely corrupt. At this moment, he is extremely angry and vigilant. Why is General Huwei so powerful? He actually accuses a deer of being a horse and frames him. If he had done this earlier, he would not have been suppressed by him.
This set of small combos completely blinded him. General Yaoguang looked carefully at the Hengling Colonel in front of him. Where did this thing come from? There is someone in the Southern Army who dares to oppose the Beidou Army. people.
After General Yaoguang looked carefully, he suddenly found that this face was very familiar. Who was it?
After General Yaoguang thought carefully about it, he looked at Dou Changsheng again and suddenly knew who this was.
Isn't this Dou Changsheng's follower, the Chen Shenping who frequently appeared in the Tianji newspaper? Now he has suddenly transformed into a captain of the Hengling School of the Southern Army.
Conspiracy, this is definitely a conspiracy.
General Yaoguang felt a chill in his heart. It was not General Huwei who wanted to attack him, but the Chen Wang Dou Changsheng in front of him.
"First Evolution"
One hand has been clenched tightly, and the nails have penetrated deeply into the flesh. There is pain in the hand, but the pain in General Yaoguang's heart is even worse.
A look of despair can't help but appear, to use the vernacular of later generations, when your defense lawyer wants to trick you, and the judge presiding over the court also wants to harm you, they are all connected with the enemy, they are all the same, and everyone who looks at you wants you dead. , how desperate this is.
They are all the Seven Generals of the Big Dipper, but those six have remained indifferent from the beginning to the end, which is enough to explain everything.
Chen Wanlong took a step forward, clasped his hands and said: "Now that the matter has come to a point, I will confess to His Highness, and I will be guilty."
"The last general accepted three jars of fine wine brought by General Yaoguang a month ago. He was so happy that he and General Yaoguang got so drunk that they delayed the night patrol."
"The general did not dare to mention this incident. I thought that after many days, the camp was safe and the incident would be over. However, I never thought that His Highness King Xiang was dead. At that time, the general was alert, but I am still lucky, now that I know that General Yaoguang and Prince Xiang are in conflict, the general will not take any chances."
"Please punish me, Your Highness."
Chen Wanlong knelt down on one knee, as if he was asking for forgiveness. This was like a signal. Many titled generals took the initiative to speak. The content of their speech had nothing to do with the death case of King Xiang, but it was closely related to General Yaoguang. What kind of deduction? Military pay, grabbing credit, trapping friendly troops to death, etc.
A laundry list of messy charges appeared in front of Dou Changsheng, and everyone pushed him down.
General Yaoguang is finished.
Even if King Xiang is an innocent person in the case, it is absolutely impossible for all the other charges to be false. The opening of so many titled generals has completely offended General Yaoguang. If General Yaoguang's charges are not confirmed, how can we wait for him to wait? General Yaoguang acquitted himself and took revenge on them.
The case is very clear. General Yaoguang had a conflict with King Xiang, and then he got Chen Wanlong drunk, which caused a loophole in the camp's security that night, thus attracting strong outsiders to sneak into the camp and assassinate King Xiang.
As for where are the foreign aid coming? This is also very clear. Didn't you hear the Taoist soldiers say the word "Tian Mo"?
Everything is justified, and a clear chain of evidence has appeared in front of Dou Changsheng.
Dou Changsheng couldn't help but feel happy. He looked at Old Chen with eyes full of approval. He was indeed Old Chen. He was so considerate. He didn't have a moment to spare after arriving early and started investigating the truth of the case. He didn't know how much time he had left.
If this was a stranger, Dou Changsheng would have doubts in his heart. After all, the investigation was so smooth and frighteningly smooth. How could there be such an easy case to solve in the world, especially the one who died was the Prince of Zhou.
But this is Lao Chen.
They are good brothers who share life and death and share adversity.
If you don’t believe Lao Chen, who can you trust?
He didn’t run away, this was what General Yaoguang did to hook up with the Tianmo Sect.
Dou Changsheng slapped the table and immediately suppressed the accusations of many titled generals, and spoke in a deep voice:
"Because you had a conflict with King Xiang, you hooked up with the Heavenly Demon Sect and secretly killed King Xiang."
"As of now, the evidence is conclusive."
"General Yaoguang, why don't you tell the truth about everything?"
“If you confess, you will be treated with leniency, if you resist, you will be treated with severity.”
"Think about the family behind you. They cannot afford to bear the crime of killing the prince."
"Whether it involves you alone or the whole family depends on how you behave next?"
