I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 203 There were so many people just now

After sitting down, Zhao Zhong ordered his followers to wait outside the door. When the door of the room was closed, there were only two people left in the room. As soon as he turned around, he heard a "pop".

"Mr. Zhao, there were a lot of people just now, so I spoke a bit bluntly. I was wrong. I beg you, Mr. Zhao, for the sake of past friendship, please save me."

Zhao Zhong looked at Qu Mu who kept kowtowing to him regardless of his dignity.

He still preferred Qu Mu's unruly look when he first entered.

"You should get up first." Zhao Zhong said.

Qu Mu couldn't hold on anymore and continued to plead: "Please save me, Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Zhong recognized Qu Mu's persistence and said, "Okay, then just lie down on the ground and talk to me!"

Qu Mu: "..."

He also counted on Zhao Zhong to be his last life-saving straw. After hearing this, he continued to kneel on the ground and did not dare to get up.

Zhao Zhong sighed: "If you had thought more about today when you were reselling the palace objects, why would you end up like this... I have a few words to ask you."

"Of course!"

Zhao Zhong knew that there were many people hiding in Luoyang alone who wanted to kill them, and some of them had even shown kindness to him.

"We'll talk about this later." Zhao Zhong interrupted Qu Mu, "Let me ask you, you are already a regular attendant of more than two thousand stones, and you also have the title of Marquis of Guannei and a salary. You will have the opportunity to be buried in the imperial mausoleum in the future. … When you first became powerful, you were just madly in love with money. That’s how we all came here. Now at your age, why are you still greedy? You don’t know how to restrain yourself for such a small amount of money, so why bother!”

With the convenience of having access to intelligence, Zhang Rang sometimes couldn't help but reveal things to Zhao Zhong that shocked him.

"You know how many scholars out there think that His Majesty should kill a few of his regular servants to cheer up the new dynasty. Now that I see you, I think this statement makes sense."

Zhao Zhong frowned, was it him?

Gao Wang has always been close to Zhang Rang. Was Zhang Rang involved in this matter? Zhao Zhong felt hesitant and uneasy, and he planned to go back and confirm with Sun Lun.

"Do you know how many people out there are trying to kill you! The fact that you can continue to serve as a regular servant and be able to safely serve as Shang Fangling is all because His Majesty is willing to protect you out of the kindness of the late Emperor."

"Then I have to say it." Qu Mu finally got Zhao Zhong's nod and tried to straighten up.

Hearing Qu Mu mention Sun Lun, Zhao Zhong snorted coldly: "The mere meeting between you two is enough to arouse suspicion. Who is he?"

Qu Mu's voice came from below: "Mr. Zhao just asks, I will tell you everything, there are others involved in this matter..."

"If I didn't be greedy for money, what else would I be doing in my life?"

"The little yellow gate looks high."

"You have been princes for a long time, but I have no hope in this life. It is not my seed to raise children from my own children, and I don't worry about them."

"Mr. Zhao, I, Qu Mu, are different from you and Gong Zhang. We have been by your majesty's side since the late emperor's reign, and we have face in front of your majesty. But as for me, how many times has your majesty seen me? His majesty's trust is given to you. Yes, not for me!"

Zhao Zhong continued: "Not even talking about outside the palace, how many brats in the palace are staring at your position?"

"Let me ask you, who knows this and will expose you? Do you know what's going on?"

"But he shouldn't be able to hear my conversation with Sun Lun!"

Zhao Zhong was heartbroken when he heard this and cursed: "You are confused!"

"Mr. Zhao, do you want to hear the truth?"

Qu Mu thought hard for a long time and said: "Everyone who participated shared the money, but there was one person who once saw me having a private meeting with Sun Lun."

After that, Zhao Zhongcai asked Qu Mu to explain his accomplices clearly and record them one by one.

After Qu Mu explained clearly, Zhao Zhong asked: "Is it finished?"

"I've finished writing. I wonder how Mr. Zhao plans to save me!"

Zhao Zhong did not answer, but shouted: "Here comes someone!" The attendants outside immediately opened the door and came in.

"Ask him to sign and seal it."

Didn't the seal confirm his guilt? Qu Mu panicked and said, "Mr. Zhao, you just promised to save me."

"What did I promise you?"

Zhao Zhong had already gotten all the information he wanted. Facing Qu Mu, who was no longer of use, he stood up and said condescendingly: "How do you think you were exposed? This matter has been heard by Datian!"

Sun Lun, who was under his control, was involved. If he didn't add insult to injury, Zhao Zhong would already have high moral standards.

Do you still expect yourself to save him? Just thinking about good things!

Qu Mu's whole body softened into a puddle of mud, and he could no longer look decent.

When he heard that the emperor knew about it, he understood that there was no reason for him to be spared.

But Zhao Zhong's performance when he entered the door made him mistakenly think that he still had hope. Then his performance just now...

Qu Mu looked at Zhao Zhong, then quickly lowered his head, hiding the resentment in his eyes.

……

"Your Majesty, this is what Qu Mu, an unfaithful and unfilial person, said. He has wasted His Majesty's kindness to him and betrayed the late Emperor's trust in him. He deserves death."

Liu Bian asked: "Mr. Zhao, do the eunuchs really have nothing to pursue but money, as Qu Mu said?"

Zhao Zhong was well prepared and replied: "Your Majesty, Qu Mu's words are heart-breaking. As a regular servant, he will enjoy glory and have no worries about food and clothing. If he does not commit this serious crime, he will have no worries after his death. Ordinary eunuchs They often worry about their daily food and clothing and where they will end up when they grow old, and there is no such thing as greed."

Liu Bian only nodded when he heard this, without commenting.

In his opinion, Qu Mu and Sun Lun were by no means exceptions.

Zhao Zhong continued: "Your Majesty, I am not strict with you, which has led to traitors like Sun Lun among my subordinates. Please punish me!"

Liu Bian nodded and said: "Mr. Zhao, there is no need to underestimate yourself. The so-called knowing people, knowing faces but not knowing the heart is Sun Lun's fault. And without Mr. Zhao, how could the case be solved so quickly?"

"My lord, thank you for your forgiveness!"

From beginning to end, Zhao Zhong never got a clear decision from the emperor on how to deal with Qu Mu.

After Zhao Zhong left, Liu Bian looked at the file on the case. One page recorded the stolen goods obtained by the two leaders, Qu Mu and Sun Lun, from reselling palace utensils in the past few months.

Liu Bian took out the page and wrote another stroke next to the two numbers with a red pen.

I haven't put this page back since.

There are no secrets in the palace.

By the next day, the news that Qu Mu, the minister of the Central Military Commission, had been sent to the prison of Huangmen North Temple and his crimes had spread.

Speak with nose and eyes, as if the speaker is present.

Even the amounts of dirty money obtained by Qu Mu and Sun Lun were clearly stated to be more than 500,000 yuan and more than 300,000 yuan respectively.

On the third day, Yushitai had already submitted a letter on this matter.

Among them, Kong Rong, the imperial censor who was the most talkative, and Bian Rang wrote letters one after another, demanding that Qu Mu, Sun Lun and other eunuchs be severely punished as a warning to others.

According to Liu Bian's understanding, the palace artifacts resold by Qu Mu and others were not marked with palace marks during the production process, and their guilt was closer to corruption.

(End of this chapter)