Feng Qing Shaoyi

Chapter 28 Face to face
Qi Ze stood up and said neither humble nor overbearing: "I do have evidence, and it's a witness."

"Oh, where is that witness?" Murong Sheng was stunned for a moment, then returned to his original state and asked.

Qi Chen also looked at Qi Ze in surprise, is there any evidence?Where is the witness?Qi Ze didn't come here randomly, did he? Where can there be witnesses in the Ministry of War?
"It will take some time for witnesses, please come down and invite them."

"Okay, I'll wait for you." This Qi Ze is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, let's see what tricks you can play.

After hearing Murong Sheng's answer, Qi Ze sent the little officials around him to bring up the so-called witness card, because the witness card was really not in the Ministry of War.

After waiting for a while, the little official brought up the witness card.

"The villain has met His Highness the Crown Prince, His Highness is a thousand years old." The person who spoke had a young face, and looked very young, and seemed a little unreliable.

"You are the witness? What's your name? What do you do?"

"The villain is a small official in charge of the household registration of the Ministry of Households, named Zhang Yi." Zhang Yi spoke without any fear, which is a bit impressive, and it is also like a witness.

"Zhang Yi?" Murong Sheng looked at Qi Ze and asked, "Qi Langzhong, how dare you be sure that your witness can prove Cui Guangzong's guilt?"

"Your Highness, the ministers of the imperial court should all know that before changing to military registration, they had the household registration of the household department. In order to make the household registration of the household department and the military registration of the military department reach an agreement, people from the military department have to go to the household department in a timely manner every once in a while. Changing the household registration. When Weichen went to the household department to investigate, he found that the household registration of the household department was exactly the same as the time on the military registration, so he was sure that the people in the household department should have seen the military department. It was not Weichen who tampered with the military registration. It should be the real culprit behind the scenes. So Weichen took the household registration guards to identify the people from the military department who went to the household registration to change their household registration."

After hearing this, Qi Chen looked at Qi Ze.Unexpectedly, this Qi Ze is really difficult to deal with. It is true that there is no witness in the Ministry of War, but it does not mean that there are no other places. It seems that this time it was really a mistake.

Murong Sheng also looked at Qi Ze with a smile for a while, and said with a smile, "Okay, let's go and identify it now."

Qi Ze took Zhang Yi to identify the people in the Ministry of War. When everyone in the Ministry of War saw Zhang Yi approaching, they were nervous and did not dare to raise their heads, for fear that Zhang Yi would identify him.

Zhang Yi bowed his head to identify among the crowd for a while, and finally pointed to a person who lowered his head deeply. From a distance, it seemed that his head was lowered into his chest, and he almost couldn't see it.

Zheng Shen sent someone to bring the accused person to Murong Sheng. Murong Sheng looked at the trembling person with some curiosity, and found that the person had a public face, and he might not be able to recognize him in the crowd. resolution.What's more, when he lowered his head very low, how did Zhang Yi recognize it.

"Zhang Yi, tell me how you identified it?"

Zhang Yi also knelt on the ground very obediently, and replied: "Although this person is a little difficult to identify, the villain remembers it very clearly. Because at that time, the people in the Ministry of War had a red mole on their necks. This feature is not for everyone. There are all."

Qi Chen stepped forward to check, and sure enough there was a red mole on the neck near the ear.This red mole looked particularly bright on the slightly pale skin, no wonder Zhang Yi could see it.

Qi Chen nodded to Murong Sheng, indicating that there was indeed a red mole.Murong Sheng looked at the people on the ground and asked, "Who are you? What do you do in the Ministry of War?"

"Little man...Little man", the people on the ground looked at Murong Sheng, as if they were shocked by Murong Sheng's coercion, they kept talking in a trembling voice, somewhat slurred.

Cui Guangzong looked at the person who was pulled out, gasped for breath, and kept staring at this person.The people on the ground seemed to have sensed Cui Guangzong's eyes, and they shook their bodies and refused to speak.

"Liu Xi, tell me. I stand up straight, and I am not afraid of being framed by others. Your wife and children will be very happy if they see you seeing His Royal Highness's holy face today." Cui Guangzong was not very bright. His brain finally had an inspiration, and he said to Liu Xi who was on the ground.

Qi Ze looked at Cui Guangzong, but he didn't expect him to use threats to force people. On the surface, he seemed to be happy for Liu Xi, but in fact he was threatening him with Liu Xi's wife and children.Remind Liu Xi that if Liu Xi dares to confess him, Liu Xi's family will die.

Liu Xi, who was kneeling, seemed to hear something, and shivered. His already pale skin became even paler. He bent down and said decisively, "The villain is... the servant of Mr. Qi Langzhong, he is Qi Langzhong. Instructing villains to go to the household department to change their household registration."

As soon as these words came out, Qi Chen looked at Qi Ze proudly. Unexpectedly, the person who was finally found was threatened by others to change his confession.Cui Guangzong also took credit for looking at Qi Ze proudly, trying to suppress me so quickly, you don't have the ability to do that, brat.

Zhang Yi looked very surprised, he wanted to open his mouth to say something but was stopped by Qi Ze.If Zhang Yi rebuts for her, she will be considered to have a relationship with the Ministry of Household Affairs. If the Ministry of Household Affairs is not involved, he will definitely be bitten back and say that what Zhang Yi did is a false testimony. At that time, even Liu Xi, the "witness" It completely lost its meaning.

So the most important thing now is to get Liu Xi to change his statement. The source is his wife and children. As long as she shows that she has the ability to keep his wife and children, it is possible to change her statement.Just when Qi Ze was about to speak, he heard a low and clear voice.

"Brother Sanhuang, it's really interesting. It turns out that Brother Sanhuang's interrogation case is interrogated in this way, allowing the prisoner to open his mouth and force witnesses to change his confession on the spot. Tsk tsk tsk, it really opened my eyes!"

Everyone turned their heads to follow the trend, and found Murong Xiu walking in stride.Hastily lowered his head and knelt down, "I have seen His Royal Highness King Jin, His Highness is thousands of years old."

Qi Ze was a little surprised when he saw Murong Xiu coming.What did Murong Xiu come here? He and Murong Sheng had always been at loggerheads. Could it be that he came to help her?Anyway, it's good if you come, as long as there is someone who is as powerful as Murong Sheng, Murong Sheng will not be so presumptuous, and she has added a hope.

But at the same time, it was similar to what she had guessed, Murong Sheng came to the Ministry of War not to save Cui Guangzong, a Cui Guangzong would not be so troublesome, but to find out about her and how much Murong Xiu valued her.

It was so strange that Murong Sheng and Qi Chen joined forces to deal with her suddenly.Qi Chen is still worthy of understanding, but Murong Sheng is somewhat incomprehensible. Although Murong Xiu came to win her over, he didn't show much importance to her, so it doesn't seem so important to let Qi Chen use military status to deal with her like this. necessary.

Therefore, the ultimate purpose of this military registration incident is to find out the bottom line and force her to show her hole cards, and by the way, confirm whether she was the one who took bribes in the imperial examination and came up with a solution.Now she has caught Cui Guangzong to prove her strength.

The goal has been achieved, so Murong Sheng doesn't need to make a special trip in person.Since he came, it means that there is another purpose, which is to see if Murong Xiu will come.If she comes, she is the enemy, if not, give her a chance to join.

And now that Murong Xiu is here, she, he and the Qi family will be enemies in the future.Regardless of whether she has joined Murong Xiu's command or not, in the eyes of outsiders, she is a member of Murong Xiu's school.Otherwise, why would the majestic King Jin come here to help someone for no reason, who would do such a good thing?And it's still the kind that doesn't get any repayment at all.

Murong Sheng wasn't very surprised when he saw Murong Xiu, but a sternness flashed in his eyes, it seemed that he was still coming.It seemed that Qi Ze would not be able to stay in the future.

When Qi Chen and Cui Guangzong saw Murong Xiu coming, a trace of surprise flashed in their eyes.Why did King Jin come?Come here as usual, it's too coincidental to come now.

Murong Sheng looked at Murong Xiu with a friendly smile on his face, as if he didn't hear what Murong Xiu said just now, "Fourth Emperor Brother, I didn't expect you to come too. My Palace is interrogating the matter of military status, Fourth Emperor Brother is here What is it for?"

Murong Xiu glanced at Qi Ze, and said: "This king is also here to interrogate the matter of military status. Seeing that the third emperor's trial is so exhausting, the emperor's brother can't bear it, so I came here to share my worries."

The smile on the corner of Murong Sheng's mouth has not changed, come to share his worries?I'm afraid you're here to make trouble.If you want to protect your people, it depends on whether you have the ability.

Seeing Murong Xiu's look at Qi Ze, Qi Chen finally understood what was going on. It turned out that His Highness the Crown Prince thought so, and it seemed that the Crown Prince and Qi Ze would be rivals in the future, which was exactly what he wanted.

Murong Xiu looked at Liu Xi who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Tell me, who are you. Don't try to cheat in front of this king, you can't afford the price."

Liu Xi looked at the crown prince, then at the king of Jin, unable to choose for a while.His body was shaking like chaff, his forehead was dripping with cold sweat, his face became paler and paler, like a terminally ill patient.He can't afford to provoke these two people, what can he do.

Everyone looked at the two big Buddhas standing in front of them, and they all lowered their heads to try to reduce their sense of existence. This is really no joke.No matter which one you choose, you will offend the other. Let alone whether you will be protected by the party you choose, but you will definitely be killed by the party you offended first.

The so-called gods fight, and imps suffer.They are ordinary people, how can they have any ability to resist.So the best way is not to be discovered and be the target of public criticism.

Liu Xi hesitated and kept wandering between the two.But Cui Guangzong couldn't take it anymore, he kept looking at Liu Xi, opening and closing his mouth, saying the names of Liu Xi's family members.If Liu Xi does not choose His Highness the Crown Prince, he will die.

Feeling Cui Guangzong's threat, Liu Xi's body trembled even more violently, his fingertips felt violently shaking, and his body felt like it wasn't his own.After taking a deep breath, Liu Xi found his voice, and said with trembling lips, "The villain is indeed Mr. Qi Langzhong's servant, the villain...not lying."

Hearing this, Murong Xiu smiled, turned around and pulled out the sword of the guard behind him, put it on Liu Xi's neck, and said quietly: "If you want to protect your family, you should first consider your own safety. If you can't tell The answer that this king wants, this king will kill you now."

Liu Xi felt that the sharp and cold weapon on his neck was being placed on his soft and warm skin. A little force seemed to be able to cut a blood vessel, so he was very scared. Looking at Murong Xiu in front of him, his lips became pale and chapped, sweating From the forehead to the chin, the clothes were also soaked in cold sweat, as if they had just been fished out of the water.

"The villain lied, the villain... The villain is Master Cui Langzhong's petty official. Just a while ago, someone suddenly came to Master Cui Langzhong and said that he wanted to spend money to buy military status. Master Cui also agreed at that time, so he accepted it. A lot of money. I also gave the villain some money and asked the villain to go to the household department to change his household registration. The villain agreed because he thought it would not be a change of military registration anyway." Liu Xi finally couldn't help but broke down and said, crying out of the corners of his eyes His tears blended with the slightly salty sweat on his face, and he couldn't tell what was tears and what was sweat.

"That's all?" Murong Xiu asked while holding the sword.

"That's all." Thinking that he had already said it anyway, and he didn't care how much he said, he smashed the jar and said: "If the prince doesn't believe it, there should be bribes received in Lord Cui's mansion, the prince can send someone to check. "

Murong Xiu glanced at the guards behind him, and the guards knowingly led the people to Cui Guangzong's mansion.After a while, he came to everyone with several boxes of silver.

When Cui Guangzong saw these boxes of silver, he realized that everything was over. If he had known earlier, he should not be greedy for money and put the money in the house.But he still looked at Murong Sheng with luck and didn't give up, and found that Murong Sheng didn't look at him, but kept staring at Murong Xiu.

After everyone saw it, they all sighed and sighed. They didn't expect that a military member could receive so much property.A few large boxes are enough for a hundred ordinary families to spend for a lifetime.

Murong Xiu stepped forward to take a look, nodded, and said to Liu Xi who was on the ground, "You can go, as for your family, you can go and ask Qi Langzhong to take care of it for you!"

After Liu Xi heard it, he knelt down in front of Qi Ze and looked at Qi Ze with pleading eyes.

Qi Ze could only nod his head, and said to Murong Xiu: "Since it is the lord's order, I must obey it wholeheartedly."

This Murong Xiu is really good at summoning people. She has been calling her like this before she enters his command. If she enters, she will pay back later.However, Liu Xi did lie for the sake of his family, although before Murong Xiu came, she originally planned to protect his family as a condition to make him change his confession.And that's exactly what should be done.

Murong Xiu smiled at Murong Sheng, "It's fine if we solve it this way. Brother Sanhuang has been tired here for a long time, so it's better to go back and rest earlier."

Cui Guangzong looked at Murong Sheng, and hurriedly cried, "His Royal Highness, save me. Your Highness, I only did this after your orders..."

Before he finished speaking, Qi Chen covered his mouth, Cui Guangzong could only watch Murong Sheng keep yelling "Uuuuuuuuuuuu".

Murong Sheng didn't seem to hear it either, and said with a gentle smile, "I'm really tired from the trial for a long time, and I'll have to worry about the fourth brother." After saying that, he left.

Qi Chen also left with Murong Sheng, and before leaving, he even glanced at Qi Ze.This time he was lucky, King Jin came to help, after that, he was not so lucky.

Murong Xiu looked at Cui Guangzong and said, "Come here, send Cui Guangzong to Dali Temple."

Cui Guangzong was also like a madman, biting and biting at the guards who came, and yelling: "I don't want to go to Dali Temple, I won't go..." After that, the voice gradually faded away.

Qi Ze stood quietly on the spot, looking at Murong Xiu who had been watching her, "Thank you, my lord, for your timely rescue."

"You're welcome, I don't want to help people casually. Since I saved you, you have to give me what I want."

"I don't know what the lord wants, but as long as I have it, I will definitely give it to the lord." Qi Ze pretended not to know.

Murong Xiu heard the words and said with a smile: "Qi Ze, don't play dumb for this king. You know what this king wants. You also understand the situation of the Qi family now, and the only choice you have now is this king." One, how long do you think you can survive without my king's care. This king never does things that don't pay you back, and I can give you time to think about it, but I hope you don't make me wait too long."

After speaking, Murong Xiu turned around and left.

Qi Ze sighed, actually what Murong Xiu said was right, she had no choice but to choose Murong Xiu's path after going through the military registration.The Qi family has already chosen the crown prince, and now people think she is from Murong Xiu, so it is impossible to get along well with the people in the Qi mansion in the future, only hostility remains.

But... She really didn't want to make a choice, even though she had no choice in this situation.Murong Xiu also graciously gave her a chance to think about it, but it was because he knew she had no other choice that he dared to let her think about it.

In the end, he still couldn't escape the fate of fighting fiercely with the enemy.

(End of this chapter)