The spacious teaching field was illuminated like daylight by the erected torches.
The lawless Jin Yiwei were like primary school students who had done something wrong. They lined up quietly on the teaching field and lowered their heads like quails.
Li Jinglong sat on the high platform used for ordering troops, his face gloomy.
"I would like to ask you again, who asked you to arrest high-ranking officials above the third rank?"
As soon as Li Jinglong said this, Fang Xu in the crowd suddenly buried his head lower with a guilty conscience.
The Jinyi captains looked at each other. The capital was in such chaos today. Who knows who attacked the third-rank officials first.
Besides, the Commander-in-Chief never said officials above the third rank could not be arrested.
The teaching venue, where thousands of people stood, was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
"Very good, you won't admit it, right?"
Li Jinglong narrowed his eyes slightly, and a look of helplessness flashed in his eyes.
Looking at the dark crowd below, Li Jinglong shouted: "Where is Qianhu Shiwen?"
Shi Wen pushed aside the crowd and stepped forward, subconsciously glancing at Chen Kan who was standing next to Li Jinglong.
After receiving a reassuring look from Chen Kan, he knelt on one knee and said, "My subordinate is here."
"I heard that your Jin Yiwei was the only one who did not participate in the arrest tonight, right?"
Shi Wen said in a deep voice: "My lord, after receiving the order from the commander today, I led people to arrest Jianwen's remaining party members in various places in the capital. However, at dusk, I saw that there were gradually more than three-rank officials in the prison. When he was arrested and imprisoned, he went to ask for instructions from Governor Wei Zhenfu. At that time, Governor Wei Zhenfu ordered his subordinates to lead people to protect the safety of the prisoners, so the subordinates have been guarding the prison."
"Very well, you did well."
Li Jinglong glanced at Chen Kan appreciatively, and after praising Shi Wen, he turned to look at Chen Kan and asked, "How should we deal with this matter next?"
Chen Kanwei said, "Sir, I just don't know how to deal with this, so I asked you to come back and take charge of the overall situation."
"Hmm~"
Li Jinglong frowned and said, "What kind of bullshit is this? Ji Gang is such a bitch."
Then he closed his eyes and began to think deeply, obviously hesitating about what to do.
"Sir, I know who made the first move against the third-grade officer."
Suddenly, a high-pitched voice broke the silence of the classroom.
Hearing this, Li Jinglong was overjoyed.
"who is it?"
But when he saw this person, Chen Kan's brows furrowed slightly.
Because this person was Li Yan who was resentful of Chen Kan poaching him.
Li Yan took a step forward, knelt down on one knee, and cupped his hands and said: "The first person to arrest the third-rank official was the official Xu of the general banner of Baihu Xingfang. His subordinates saw with their own eyes that he arrested the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and sent him to the imperial edict. , and the first third-grade official accepted in the imperial prison was Chen Qia, the minister of official affairs."
As soon as Li Yan said this, Fang Xu in the crowd was instantly soaked in cold sweat.
Then he quickly looked at Chen Kan asking for help.
Chen Kan shook his head imperceptibly, signaling him not to panic.
"oh?"
Li Jinglong suddenly glared angrily and shouted: "Where is Fang Xu, the general banner of Xingfang Household?"
"My subordinate is here."
Xing Fang and Fang Xu did not dare to neglect, and quickly came out of the queue and knelt down in front of Li Jinglong.
Li Jinglong glanced at the two people thoughtfully. He knew that of these two people, it was Chen Kan who personally asked Fang Xu to be his subordinate.
These two people seemed to have been under Li Yan's command before, right?
"What do you two have to say?"
"My subordinates don't know this."
Xing Fang buried his head and defended.
Fang Xu's face turned pale and he hesitated: "Subordinate, I don't know who I'm arresting."
"Humph, sir, according to my subordinates, this Fang Xu is harboring evil intentions and intends to trap the Jinyi Guards into eternal disaster."
By now, everyone knows that the situation has gotten out of control, and someone must be found to take the blame.
The reason why Li Yan stepped forward to identify Fang Xu was not simply out of hatred for Xing Fang and Fang Xu for betraying him.
He also wanted to use this to drag Chen Kan into trouble, so as soon as he opened his mouth, he directly put a big hat on Fang Xu's head.
Everyone knows that Fang Xu and Xing Fang are now Chen Kan's subordinates. Without Chen Kan's instructions, how could Fang Xu, a small flag officer, have the courage to rush into the home of a third-grade official and take someone away?
Fang Xu was frightened by Li Yan's words, and instantly broke out in sweat.
While looking at Chen Kan for help, he looked at Li Jinglong and shouted, "Sir, I'm wronged. I really don't know who I'm arresting. It was so chaotic at the time. Everyone was arresting people. I'm sorry." Unjustly accused..."
Chen Kan glanced at Li Yan angrily. He didn't expect that Li Yan would come out to disrupt the situation at the critical moment.
Moreover, the meaning behind Li Yan's words was obviously directed at him.
Looking at Xing Fang and Fang Xu kneeling down in sweat, as well as Shi Wen staring at him intently, Chen Kan was very angry.
But he also knew that at this time, he must not give in. He must take action to protect Xing Fang and Fang Xu, otherwise people's hearts would be scattered.
When the people's hearts are broken, it will be difficult to lead the team. No one wants to follow a Shangguan who can't handle anything.
"Sir, this is just Li Zhenfu's one-sided statement."
Chen Kan opened his mouth to defend the two of them, then looked at Li Jinglong and said, "Sir, although Li Zhenfu swore that he saw with his own eyes that Fang Xu, the commander-in-chief of Xiaguan, was the first to capture the third-rank officer, but in view of Fang Xu's Xu was formerly under the command of Li Zhenfu, and the lower official has reason to suspect that this is an act made by Mr. Li to vent his anger because he was resentful of Fang Xu's transfer to the lower official."
"You fart. I saw this with my own eyes. How could I still deceive the governor? But you, Chen Kan, couldn't wait to stand up and defend Fang Xu. I still have reason to doubt and arrest him. It was you who instigated this matter of being a third-grade officer."
After listening to Chen Kan's words, Li Yan suddenly looked like a cat with fried fur, raised his head and faced Chen Kan with a meal.
"Shut up, everyone!"
Li Jinglong couldn't listen anymore, looked at the two of them and shouted angrily: "What time has it been? You are still playing tricks on me for a trivial matter. If you have the time, you might as well let me figure out how to end this matter." .”
"snort!"
Chen Kan and Li Yan glared at each other angrily, snorted coldly, and then stopped.
"Sir, it's not easy to know who was the first to arrest a third-grade officer?"
At this moment, another person came out of the queue.
The visitor was at two extremes from Li Changchang, a middle-aged man with a bookish look on his face.
Li Jinglong asked suspiciously: "Xu Yuan, do you have any idea?"
The person who came was none other than Fu Xuyuan, another guard of Beizhen Fusi. He cupped his hands towards Li Jinglong and said, "It's very simple. You just need to ask Chen Shilang to come and identify him."
