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Chapter 755: Murder and Silencing, Plain and Simple [Seeking monthly votes! ]

Ouyang Rong stared at Rong Zhen's expression silently for a while.

Rong Zhen also glanced at him.

He had a cold and arrogant expression as if to say, "What are you looking at? It's your turn or not."

Ouyang Rong shook his head:

"It's okay, I just asked. After all, the dining etiquette between the north and the south is a little different. In some places, the guest of honor does sit at the head seat."

He answered like a gentleman, as if he had automatically ignored her question "bring me home and have dinner at the table" in his mind, as if nothing had happened.

Ouyang Rong withdrew his hand, which was no longer painful, and said thank you.

"Let's go, let's go back to the big Buddha first."

He gestured in the direction of the giant Buddha in the main cave and walked towards that direction first.

Rong Zhen tilted his head to look at his back and followed him.

After walking together for a while, she suddenly became angry and annoyed for no reason:
"Don't ask me those childish questions anymore. They're inexplicable, a waste of time, and you're hesitant and evasive..." Rong Zhen sneered and nodded to himself, "Which table do you want to eat at? Haha, just sit at the table with the kids. It's much easier."

She became more and more angry:
"Ouyang Lianghan, am I too lenient with you? Also, what did you call me just now? Don't get too close! You are becoming more and more disrespectful..."

Ouyang Rong walked forward with his head down, being scolded all the way. He did not respond, and he could not respond.

It's indeed what he deserves.

The two returned to the high platform at the foot of the Donglin Buddha.

Nanny Song and Duan Quanwu were both there, but Yi Qianqiu was nowhere to be seen and no one knew where he was doing.

Li Congshan also disappeared. He might have left after being rejected by Ouyang Rong.

Ouyang Rong had a calm expression as he looked around the platform.

Rong Zhen at the back gradually stopped cursing. After approaching the platform, he had a stern face and drew up his sleeves, as if he was practicing silent meditation.

She suddenly noticed that Ouyang Rong quickly stepped forward, climbed onto the high platform, and asked loudly to everyone:
"Where's General Lee?"

Duan Quanwu crossed his arms and said, "I just went back."

Nanny Song said calmly, "Didn't you tell him to stay calm and go back to Shuangfengjian Ferry to continue guarding?"

Ouyang Rong suddenly shouted:
"The situation has changed. Go after them immediately and bring this officer's message."

Without waiting for everyone to wonder, he turned around, with a serious face, and said to Rong Zhen solemnly:

"Ms. Rong, immediately send someone to the south bank to inform Ms. Li Congshan and Ms. Miaozhen, and order them to lead the team immediately, board the ship from Shuangfengjian Ferry, take the waterway, return to Xunyang City, first block Xunyang Ferry, and then rush to the palace to help! Quick, quick, quick, go!"

Rong Zhen frowned and asked, "Why is this?"

Nanny Song said somewhat unhappily:

"Why did it change again? If they leave, what will we do here at Shuangfeng Peak? We don't have enough manpower. What if the ferry is seized by the pirates from Tiannan River and the connection between the north and the south is cut off? Wouldn't our main grotto be in a passive position? Junior Scholar, are you mistaken..."

When Nanny Song was questioning, Rong Zhen looked at Ouyang Rong's determined expression and without waiting for him to frown and answer, she immediately turned around and went to make the arrangements.

The girl in palace dress called a trusted female official, gave her detailed instructions, and ordered her to go to the ferry on the south bank to deliver a message, ordering Li Congshan, Ms. Miaozhen and others to obey Ouyang Lianghan's arrangements.

With such tacit understanding and trust, Ouyang Rong looked at Rong Zhen deeply.

He looked around again and asked:
"Where's Commander Yi? Call her over! And General Wei, call him over as well."

Nanny Song waved her hand and said, "General Wei is in charge of the Xuanwu Guard formation and cannot come for the time being."

Rong Zhen pursed her lips, turned around and asked someone to call Yi Qianqiu.

Soon, the tiger-faced female general who received the news hurried back. She was dressed in snow-white heavy armor and climbed onto the high platform. The "ferocious tiger-faced" looked around at everyone and asked in a muffled voice:
"What happened? Aren't you waiting for the sound of the piano? Is there something wrong with Senior Yu?"

Yi Qianqiu saw Rong Zhen shaking his head and looking at Ouyang Rong with dark eyes.

The others also looked at Ouyang Rong. Yi Qianqiu looked puzzled and followed their gaze.

"Governor Ouyang, if there is anything, please call everyone over?" she asked with some dissatisfaction.

Ouyang Rong, who was thinking with his sleeves rolled up, turned around and instructed the trusted female official next to Rong Zhen:
"Please bring Old Yang and the criminal up here. They are waiting outside the bamboo forest. I have given instructions..."

The trusted female official first looked at Rong Zhen's expression.

Rong Zhen hesitated for a moment and said to Ouyang Rong: "Ouyang Lianghan, is this matter really so urgent? Can we talk about it later..."

Ouyang Rong stared at her, eye to eye, and said sincerely: "Please trust me, Ms.

Rong Zhen silently shifted his gaze: "This palace letter."

The trusted female official then clasped her fists in salute and left.
"Yes, the female historian, the governor."

After everything was arranged, Ouyang Rong took a step forward, stood up, and took out a blood-stained confession from his sleeve in front of everyone. His expression was very solemn, and he shouted loudly:
"I recently cracked a serious case and discovered a shocking conspiracy! It is so filthy and disgusting that it must be made public to expose the evil deeds. All of you present are the pillars of the country and the confidants of the saint. Please testify together in the public trial and report to Luoyang later. Please make a wise decision and punish the traitors!"

On the high platform, the young governor's voice was sonorous and powerful, echoing throughout the whole venue. Even the female officials and soldiers guarding in the distance could hear it clearly and couldn't help but glance towards the platform.

The whole audience was silent for a moment.

Everyone on the stage looked at each other and exchanged glances.

Nanny Song frowned: "What shocking conspiracy? Who is the traitor?"

Duan Quanwu also asked: "Sir, are you saying that there is one among us?"

Ouyang Rong did not answer, but asked the two calmly:
"Excuse me, what is the punishment for secretly communicating with the rebels in the Tiannan Jianghu and making peace in secret, endangering the safety of Xunyang City and the Donglin Buddha?"

Yi Qianqiu said coldly: "Of course it is a capital crime, the crime deserves death, colluding with the enemy, the crime is unforgivable."

Nanny Song and Duan Quanwu also nodded: "That's right."

"it is good."

Ouyang Rong asked calmly: "What if the person who did this is the princess or the prince of the dynasty?"

The whole place fell into silence.

Everyone stared at the young governor who was holding up the confession in front of them. The smart ones among them had already reacted and had vague associations with something.

Duan Quanwu waved his hand:

"Governor Ouyang, please stop joking. I am a rough man and I know that in our Zhou Dynasty, the emperor is wise and the ministers are virtuous. The ministers and the emperor are of one mind. In the government hall, the upper and lower classes are in harmony. How could it be possible for a prince or princess to have secret dealings with the enemy? It is really absurd."

Nanny Song's face darkened:
"Xiaoxueshi, what do you mean? What's wrong with you today? You keep talking nonsense. Do you know that if some words are sent to the scale by someone with ulterior motives, the official hats of the governor and the scholar will be lost? I advise you to be careful with your words. We will pretend that we didn't hear what you said just now."

Yi Qianqiu looked at Rong Zhen inexplicably without saying a word.

Rong Zhenzhen turned his head slightly and looked at Ouyang Rong's righteous profile. His little face was a little dazed and no one knew what he was thinking.

Yi Qianqiu suddenly spoke:
"Governor Ouyang, the most important thing right now is to defend the Buddha and seduce the rebels in the Tiannan Jianghu. It's not about hearing about the cases you solved. These cases may be very important, but everything has its priorities. The most important thing right now is the former."

She walked forward, trying to pull Ouyang Rong off the stage:

"Please come down first. We can talk later if there is anything. You can discuss it with Ms. Rong Zhen first. Don't delay our work now."

"This is business! It's a big business, a business that can't be avoided!"

Ouyang Rong waved his hand and rejected Yi Qianqiu's suggestion with righteousness. He raised the bloodstained confession in his hand and said confidently:

"Commander Yi, this case involves the safety of the Donglin Buddha. Don't you think it's a serious matter? It must be made public so that we can expose the conspiracy of the traitors. It will be very helpful for our next actions. At least let everyone know who is behind it and who to be wary of."

At this time, the trusted female official who had just received the order to leave came back and brought back Old Yang and his group.

Old Yang walked in front, holding a handkerchief in his hand and lowering his head to wipe the blood-stained bamboo sticks on his palms. Behind him followed four followers, carrying a dying and bloody man.

The latter lowered his head and let his hair hang down, making it difficult to see his face. Blood was dripping from his body all the way, and he seemed to be sobbing weakly.

Nanny Song, Yi Qianqiu and the others looked at each other in bewilderment. Old Yang led the team up to the platform.

The four men who followed dragged the dying Qian Chen and threw him in front of everyone.

Qian Chen barely turned over, as if he had been traumatized by the 'Bamboo Gentleman'. He didn't know where he got the strength from, but with a look of fear on his face he knelt down and begged for mercy from Old Yang and Ouyang Rong.

Ouyang Rong ignored him and nodded slightly to one of his followers.

The latter immediately took out a set of clothes from his bag and motioned to everyone.

All I saw was a tight-fitting back armor and a pair of short shirt and pants, with a special style.

Nanny Song was a little surprised and asked, "What is this?"

Ouyang Rong held up his confession and said loudly:

"This is human evidence! Physical evidence!"

He turned his head and asked Duan Quanwu calmly:

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"General Duan has been fighting bandits in Hukou County for so long, so he must be familiar with this outfit, right?"

Duan Quanwu, who was in charge of the bandit suppression campaign in Hukou County, was certainly familiar with it.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the gloomy warrior was silent for a while, took a deep breath, and admitted:

"I know. Those pirates wore them."

"It's good to know him. It would be strange if we didn't know each other."

Ouyang Rong chuckled, pointed at Qian Chen, and said slowly to everyone:
"This man's name is Qian Chen. He looks a little sloppy. It's okay. You can go closer and take a look. Maybe some of you have seen him before. He is from the residence of Princess Anhui. The princess often comes to Xunyang Grottoes. He has also been there. He is a guard who accompanies and protects the princess... These have been confirmed by the Governor's Office."

In the silent air, the young governor continued to speak. Only his clear voice echoed on the podium, attracting everyone's attention. The content also made many people in the audience gradually tremble with fear:
"A few days ago, he left Princess Anhui's residence and went to the Guanyin Temple in Fenghuangling, Hukou County to do some work. In name, he was paving the way for Princess Anhui's Buddhist worship today. However, at midnight yesterday, he secretly met with bandits in the back hills of the Guanyin Temple and was arrested by people from my governor's office. These pirates' clothes were found on these bandits. Among them was a military practitioner who practiced the authentic northern border army's Qi training technique..."

Nanny Song couldn't help but interrupt: "What does Xiaoshi mean?"

"What do you mean?" Ouyang Rong narrowed his eyes and pointed out in a cold voice: "This morning, Hukou County was breached by these pirates. They seized the official ship and headed south. Now they are approaching Xunyang and heading towards us. Deputy Supervisor Song asked what it meant. Isn't this clear enough?"

The old woman stared at the young governor with a white eye and said word by word: "Princess Anhui is kind-hearted. I am sure she would not do such a thing. There must be a misunderstanding."

Ouyang Rong nodded calmly:
"Well, maybe the princess really didn't do this, but it's strange. These people came from the princess's mansion. If they didn't listen to her, then who did they listen to? Oh, I remember. She is the princess of the Wei family. Doesn't that mean that this person was ordered by the Liang Palace and the Wei Palace above? It makes sense, it makes a lot of sense. As expected, Deputy Supervisor Song is smart and clever, with clear logic and hits the nail on the head.

"Well, from what we can see now, the mastermind behind this dirty business is either Princess Anhui, the King of Liang, or the King of Wei. One of them cannot escape the connection. I think everyone should agree on this point."

Without waiting for Nanny Song and the others to speak, Ouyang Rong sighed and said:

"I'm sorry, there's no point in objecting. The evidence is here, and more is on the way."

Ouyang Rong smiled shyly, handed the bloodstained confession to Rong Zhen calmly, and motioned for her to pass it around:

"This is the recorded confession, Ms. Rong, and everyone else please take a look."

Rong Zhen stared at the blood-stained confession with her dark eyes, then fell silent for a moment. She took it with her small hand from under her sleeve, stood still with her eyes lowered, and read it carefully.

Her pretty face gradually became gloomy.

Ouyang Rong waited for a while and waved his hand to the side:

"Qian Chen, please say it again. The adults are here and will make the decision for you."

Qian Chen curled up his head, sobbing quietly, and remained silent for a long time.

Before Ouyang Rong could turn his head, Old Yang had already walked forward calmly. Qian Chen was immediately terrified and revealed everything:

"Don't come over, don't come over, I confess, I confess! I was sent to deliver a message, but I really didn't know that the person I met was actually a pirate... The message I delivered was... It was [Go when the time comes]... I am from the Prince of Wei's Mansion, and I suddenly received an order a few days ago and was sent to Xunyang City to serve as the guard of Princess Anhui..."

Under the gaze of Old Yang, Qian Chen held his head and cried:

"I have told you everything I know. Please spare my life, Governor. Please spare my life, all the lords. Please don't kill me. I beg you, please don't kill me."

Ouyang Rong looked around the room and nodded slightly.

"You have heard that the Prince of Wei's Mansion is secretly communicating with the rebels in the Tiannan River and Lake. There is a dirty deal behind the scenes. In other words, these pirates are simply the imprisoned death squads of the Prince of Wei's Mansion, intending to do something bad. The most likely possibility is that they will use the pirates to attack the Prince of Xunyang's Mansion and endanger our Donglin Buddha. This is a serious crime of rebellion and deceiving the emperor, and the evidence is irrefutable.

"It turns out that the pirates from Hukou County that we have been guarding against are actually controlled by the Prince of Wei's Mansion! No wonder we are so hard to guard against. They are colluding with the enemy and providing intelligence. This is despicable and shameless, and they have no bottom line."

After Ouyang Rong finished speaking, the whole place fell into an unusual silence.

No one spoke.

Yi Qianqiu and the others remained silent, Rong Zhen just lowered his eyes in silence.

Ouyang Rong looked at them and asked sincerely:

"Why are you all silent? Do you think the evidence is not enough? Don't worry, the next thing is very simple. Ms. Rong, Commander Yi, we will immediately send people to arrest Princess Anhui and her group, seal off the Princess's mansion, interrogate those involved, and then capture the pirates alive and torture them severely to obtain more solid evidence. But before that, everyone cooperate with me and jointly report to the court first. Tell the saint about Qian Chen's incident and we will investigate it later. Oh, and this white cloth was also seized from this person."

Ouyang Rong untied the white cloth wrapped around the wound on his palm and said softly:

"I remember that there was an inconspicuous groom beside Princess Anhui at that time. Didn't he often wear the same white cloth strip as Princess Anhui? Everyone should still remember it. This person needs to be arrested as a priority."

At this point, he suddenly called out, "Qian Chen?"

Qian Chen shuddered and confessed everything:

"That's Master Wu, the confidant of King Wei, who came from the capital. This... this piece of cloth was given to me by Master Wu... He told me to wear it today. He also instructed me on these matters in Hukou County. He is in charge of all matters in Princess Anhui's mansion..."

Ouyang Rong nodded slightly and threw the white cloth on the ground:

"Wu? Still Master? That's a pretty impressive name."

Just then, Ouyang Rong noticed someone's gaze changed and looked back.

I saw a square-faced man walking out of the main cave.

The man wore a white cloth on his head and ordinary groom's clothes. He arrived in front of the platform without any hindrance.

He entered the main cave which was originally heavily guarded and blocked with layers of blockades, but it was as if there was no one inside. Strangely, no female officials or soldiers came to stop him.

In full view of the crowd, Wei Wu climbed onto the platform, passed by Yi Qianqiu, Nanny Song and others, and stopped in front of Ouyang Rong. Without any hesitation, he bent down and picked up the white cloth strip at Ouyang Rong's feet.

Without looking at Ouyang Rong, Wei Wu turned around, holding the white cloth, and walked in front of Qian Chen. He looked down at his dull face and asked curiously:

"Qian Chen, everyone else is dead, why don't you die, huh?"

Under Qian Chen's collapsed and terrified gaze, Wei Wu stuffed the white cloth strip directly into his mouth without any intention of listening to any explanation.

Wei Wu drew out Duan Quanwu's sword from his waist, walked behind Qian Chen, grabbed his hair, lifted his head up high, and then the blade directly cut across Qian Chen's throat as he was "whimpering" and struggling.

Hot blood spurted out.

It splashed on the white robes of Duan Quanwu and Yi Qianqiu, who were closer, like wintersweets blooming in the snow in late winter.

Qian Chen's throat made two hoarse sounds and he tried to cover his mouth with all his strength, but he couldn't stop the blood from flowing and his body fell down like mud.

Witnesses were killed in public.

The young governor tilted his head:
"Master Wu?"

The square-faced man lowered his head and carefully wiped the blood-stained blade with Qian Chen's robe:
"Wei Wu. The governor is looking for me?"

Ouyang Rong didn't say anything. He glanced at Wei Wu's back, then looked at Qian Chen's gradually cooling body, then turned his head to look at the people who had remained silent.

Wei Wu wiped the sword clean as if he had obsessive-compulsive disorder, and then threw it back to Duan Quanwu.

He stood beside Qian Chen's cold body, turned around, and asked Ouyang Rong, who was examining the whole scene, with a serious face:

"What case? Sir Governor, please call everyone over here. Is there anything else?"

(End of this chapter)