Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 412 Helpless in the middle of the game
British government.

Seeing Zhang Min coming in, the three came forward one after another, and Chen Mao asked first.

"Have you seen the third master? How's the situation? What's going on?"

Zhang Min's face was a little heavy, he first asked everyone to sit down, and then he opened his mouth.

"I see, the third brother is fine for the time being, Jin Yiwei did not dare to use torture, but they have encountered a lot of trouble this time, I am afraid that I will really have to trouble the son-in-law to go to Cheng Guogong's mansion again."

The expressions of Chen Mao and the others changed, and their brows also frowned.

Since the news of the arrest of the mission came back, they have been making various preparations non-stop.

Among them, of course, is to recruit as many nobles as possible to come forward and help rescue Zhang Fu together.

However, the actual situation is not so good.

There are indeed several mansions with very deep friendship in the British government. Hearing that Zhang Fu was arrested, they agreed to join the book without further ado.

But more mansions are actually holding a wait-and-see attitude. It is certain that they have friendship with the British government.

But Zhang Xiang didn't even know what happened, and he wanted to persuade them to help, but he was actually a little guilty.

So in the end, Xungui's side actually started to move, and there weren't many families.

On the contrary, some of the rumors they spread in Beijing had an effect. During this period, because of their long-term vigilance against Jin Yiwei, those civil servants continued to be in Shangben.

On Zhang Fu's side, they took advantage of this opportunity to keep looking for various connections, hoping to meet Zhang Fu.

After all, only by figuring out what happened, can we find a solution to the case.

Facing everyone's worried eyes, Zhang Min sighed and said.

"It's like this..."

As for Zhang Fu, Zhang Fu naturally would not hide anything, as soon as the two met, Zhang Fu explained everything to Zhang Fu clearly.

"The current situation is that Xu Bin didn't stand up to Jin Yiwei's interrogation, and he vented to the bottom in order to save his life, and pushed everything on the head of the Supreme Emperor, but he couldn't produce any evidence."

"Xiao Weizhen insisted that everything was instigated by Xu Bin. As for the third brother, he still did not admit it."

After hearing the inside story of the arrest of the mission, everyone also fell into silence.

This matter involves too much, including Zhang Xiang, it will take some time to digest it.

Even Jiao Jing, he only guessed that the envoy's capture was related to the Battle of Shawo, but he never imagined that the Supreme Emperor was also involved.

After a full cup of tea, Chen Maofang said.

"From this point of view, the Son of Heaven probably not only wants to convict the mission, but also wants to drag the Supreme Emperor into the water. Otherwise, it will not be postponed until this time, and it will not be announced for a long time."

At this moment, Jiao Jing seemed to have sorted out his thoughts, and asked with flickering eyes, "Since the third master told the whole story, he also said what to do next?"

Zhang Min nodded and said.

"To tell you the truth, before arriving at the Xuan Mansion, because Tao Jin failed to set up an ambush on the Wild Fox Ridge as promised, the third younger brother faintly felt that something was wrong, so he made arrangements for this matter in advance."

So, everyone cheered up.

Obviously, in terms of planning, they still believed in Zhang Fu.

But this time, Zhang Xiang was obviously more cautious. He pondered for a moment, first waved his hands and ordered the surrounding servants to go out to guard, and then looked around, Fang said.

"This matter is related to the family and life of my younger brother. Please don't spread it to the outside world, otherwise, it will be the mortal enemy of my British government."

This was a serious word, and everyone looked at each other, and nodded with serious expressions.

Only then did Zhang Xuan say: "Actually, the third younger brother thought it was too risky to use this strategy to kill Xining, but Yuan Bin held the Supreme Emperor's Golden Sword to persuade him repeatedly, and the third younger brother had no other choice, so he had to take the risk. "

"So, when Tao Jin didn't set up an ambush according to the plan, the third brother realized that something might have happened. Once Xining made it to the capital alive, they would definitely not be able to hide the military information."

"Therefore, during the period from Yehuling to Xuanfu, the third younger brother had private talks with Xu Bin and Xiao Weizhen respectively. In fact, the confessions of Xu Bin and Xiao Weizhen are all ordered by the third younger brother."

"what?"

Jiao Jing couldn't help frowning, and let out a sound of surprise.

I have to say, this is really surprising news.

Who would have thought that Xu Bin's betrayal was planned in advance, but...

"Why did the third master do this? How did he plan? Also, it's okay for Xiao Weizhen to say, after all, he pushed the matter to Xu Bin, but Xu Bin, once he pushed it to the Supreme Emperor, there is nothing wrong with it." How did the third master persuade him to retreat?"

A series of questions followed one after another, but Zhang Fu raised his hand and pressed it down, signaling Jiao Jing and others to be calm, and then said.

"According to the third brother's thinking, the best result is naturally to refuse to admit it to death, but with Xi Ning's testimony, this obviously won't work, so we have to find another way."

"He asked Xiao Weizhen to push everything to Xu Bin, and told Xu Bin to tell the whole truth, just because he wanted to see the situation in the capital."

After hearing this, Ren Li suddenly asked: "So, Xu Bin and Xiao Weizhen don't know what the other will say, right?"

Zhang Min nodded, his face turned red which was rare, and said.

"Yes, at least before Jin Yiwei showed them the other party's testimony, the two of them didn't know what the other party would say, or in other words, they thought the other party would agree with themselves."

In other words, Zhang Fu deceived both of them at the same time.

After Jin Yiwei arrested the three of them, they would be detained separately in order to prevent collusion, so they could not communicate with each other.

However, the question remains, why do you want to do this?

At this time, Jiao Jing tentatively asked: "The third master did this to delay time?"

After all, if the Supreme Emperor hadn't been involved, this case might have caused a lot of trouble in the city.

Zhang Yu nodded and said: "That's right, the testimony of the three of them is different, so the case can't be finalized for a long time, so we can delay until we find a way to rescue outside. Besides, the arrangement in advance is also to prevent someone from being unable to withstand the interrogation of Jin Yiwei. , talking nonsense."

Hearing that Zhang Fu had anticipated the situation in advance, everyone felt relieved, and Chen Mao asked, "Then what does the third master need us to do?"

Zhang Xuan said: "It depends on the situation in the capital. If this case continues to be tried, there are only three outcomes."

"The first is that, regardless of other things, the imperial court directly punished the mission for the crime of leaking military aircraft. This is what we are unwilling to see, and it is also the reason why the third brother made Xu Bin, Xiao Weizhen and others talk back."

"Secondly, the Son of Heaven will continue to investigate, follow the clues, implicate the Supreme Emperor, and damage the reputation of the Supreme Emperor. However, because the mission is acting according to the order, it can be dismissed lightly."

At this point, Jiao Jing's face changed slightly, and he secretly glanced at Ren Li at the side.

But Zhang Min followed suit.

"This result should be what the emperor wants to see the most. After all, in the heart of the emperor, the third brother and others are probably far less important than the emperor."

"As long as this matter is confirmed, the ruling and opposition parties will definitely criticize the Supreme Emperor, and it will be even more difficult to bring up the matter of welcoming him back."

"The third brother's original words at the time were that although this can save the lives of several members of the mission, it will waste our painstaking efforts for so long, so we should try our best to avoid it."

So, everyone felt a little taste.

Since these two are not in their interests, there is only a third way left. If there is no accident, it should be...

"The third brother's most ideal plan is to give up Xu Bin. Not only will he be accused of leaking military aircraft, but he will also be accused of slandering the Supreme Emperor!"

(End of this chapter)