Chapter 914 Bystander Qing
Hearing this, Yu Wenye frowned immediately, thought about it carefully, and immediately said: "Wanted, that is, failed?"
"Yes. "
"Who is it?"
"The jailer didn't recognize it, but according to their description, there was a man and a woman, both young..."
Hearing this, Yu Wenye fully understood. He turned around and looked at Shang Ruyi. The latter's eyes were solemn and his heart was clear.
A man and a woman, probably Jiang Tai and Liang Youying, want to save Jiang Yu.
It’s just that it didn’t succeed.
In fact, it is not surprising. Ordinary people may have read miscellaneous books, or listened to some storytellers telling legends. In those stories, there are often plots of knights and bandits robbing prisons to save people. But in reality, then Almost impossible.
The prison of the Ministry of Justice is tightly guarded. Once the iron gate is closed, it is impossible for ordinary people, even a small army, to break in. Behind the iron gate, there is a tunnel that is not visible from the light of day. , with thick stone walls on both sides, the corridor At the end of the tunnel is the entrance to the dungeon where felons are imprisoned; after entering, there is a narrow tunnel that can only accommodate two people walking side by side for hundreds of steps. There is no light or fire. Only when you reach the end can you enter the large cell. Even if there is only one jailor inside, One man can hold a barrier and ten thousand men can't open it.
Therefore, unless there is an internal agent, it is impossible to succeed in breaking into a prison to save someone.
When Jiang Tao and Liang Youying broke into the Prison of the Ministry of Punishment today, they obviously knew that the iron door of the Prison of the Ministry of Punishment would only be opened when prisoners were interrogated and released, so they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the Emperor to interrogate Pei Xingyuan today to break in. They tried to save people, but they still underestimated the tight guards of the Criminal Department, and finally returned in defeat.
But——
A gleam of light flashed in the eyes of the two people at the same time, and at this moment, Eunuch Yu came in again and reported: "Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince and General Lou is outside asking for an audience.”
The atmosphere in the hall fell again.
Yu Wenye slowly turned his head and listened to Yu Wenyuan's instructions to bring people in. After a while, he saw Yu Wensu and Lou Yingxiong follow Eunuch Yu into the Xuanzheng Hall. Prince Yu Wenzhen looked as calm as ever, but I don't know if it was because he had just walked into the hall from the ice and snow, and his body was also cold. Even his eyes seemed to have a layer of ice, but he didn't know which layer of ice was there. Underneath, he was as calm as ever, or still suppressed anger.
On the contrary, Lou Yingxiong beside him had undisguised anger on his face.
The two men stepped forward to kowtow and salute the emperor. Yuwen Yuan just waved his hand lightly: "Sit down. You guys came too soon."
Yu Wenyuan stood up and stood still, saying: "My son When I heard that someone was robbing prisoners, I immediately He's here." After saying that, he glanced at Yu Wenye and said, "I didn't expect that my second brother was here too."
Yu Wenye said, "Brother, I heard that someone was assassinating the prisoner. Didn't you hear about it? Is Brother Chen here too?”
Yu Wenzhen shook his head: "No."
Yu Wenye said: "Brother Chen was present and saw everything clearly. There were two groups of people who came. The first group wanted to kill Pei Xingyuan. The second group of people rescued Pei Xingyuan from the murderer, so it was not what the emperor said just now - someone kidnapped him. "
Yu Wenyuan looked at him, his eyes slightly trembling.
Yuwen Ye said calmly: "Although I don't know the details, I heard that the scene was very chaotic. I didn't expect that my second brother could see it so clearly."
Yu Wenye said: " The beholder is clear.”
Yuwen said in surprise: "I see."
At this time, Lou Yingxiong on the side said coldly: "But I heard that His Highness King Qin's people were also involved, how can they be regarded as bystanders?" Yu Wenye said: "Then the people below must have misrepresented it."
Finished , he turned to Yu Wenyuan and said: "Father, although the scene at that time was very chaotic, we can still clearly distinguish between killing and calamity. The guards should also be able to explain clearly what my subordinates did. That’s right.”
Yu Wenyuan did not speak, but looked down at the scroll placed on the imperial desk.
Then he said: "What did your people do?"
Everyone looked at him, and Yu Wenye said calmly: "Erchen and Ruyi went to the place facing the street early in the morning. The restaurant is on the second floor, waiting to escort Pei Xingyuan. You can take a look at the carriage when it passes by; when the carriage approaches us, Doctor Su appears and speaks a few words to Pei Xingyuan in the carriage, and then suddenly someone shoots an arrow at the carriage. "
Yu Wenyuan looked. He glanced at Su Qinglan who was standing aside.
These words are exactly what Su Qinglan said to him just now, and they can be fully realized.
He said: "Go on."
Yu Wenye said: "There were more than one person who fired arrows, and they were in more than one place. The escorting guards immediately went to hunt down these assassins, and the people on the street were also in chaos. At this moment, another group of assassins took advantage of the chaos and walked across the street. rushed out of the restaurant , while the guards were leaving, they wanted to directly assassinate Pei Xingyuan on the carriage. It was only then that Erchen sent someone over."
After that, he said in a serious tone: "Otherwise, Pei Xingyuan would be dead. exist In the hands of those assassins!"
At this time, Lou Yingxiong said: "Maybe these assassins are Pei Xingyuan's accomplices and rebels in Wanggang Village. They killed him because of internal strife. , just silenced.”
Yu Wenye said: "Have Pei Xingyuan given any explanation since he was imprisoned?"
Lou Yingxiong was stunned and had no words to answer. Yan Shaoxuan said solemnly: "No."
Yu Wenye said: "Since there is no one, why kill anyone?"
"..."
"Besides, Jiang Tao and Liang Youying took action only after this group of assassins appeared, and they took action, He was also dealing with these assassins and rescued Pei Xingyuan from them. It can be seen that they are two people working together to kill each other. , to save you all the way."
As he spoke, without waiting for anyone to refute, Yu Wenye immediately raised his head and looked at Yu Wenyuan, saying: "Father Mingjian, your minister is indeed present, and his men did take action. But it was just to protect witnesses from being killed, and there was nothing wrong with it.”
“…”
Yu Wenyuan said nothing, and his eyes slowly moved from his face to the scroll in front of him.
This is when the guards came back to plead guilty. The people below asked for the confessions. Although there were many people, they all agreed. At the beginning, there was indeed a group of people who wanted to assassinate Pei Xingyuan, which attracted a lot of attention. Those guards and After the people around were in chaos, someone suddenly rushed out of the ambush restaurant and wanted to put Pei Xingyuan to death. Then, someone rescued Pei Xingyuan. One of them was King Qin's men. A man and a woman who appeared later took advantage of the chaos and took him away. Come to Pei Xingyuan.
The confessions and statements from both sides are completely correct.
However, this matter is indeed too complicated. He needs to clarify his thoughts and cannot just believe.
While Yu Wenyuan was silent, Lou Yingxiong suddenly stepped forward and said angrily: "Your Majesty, no matter what, it is true that Pei Xingyuan colluded with the people in Wanggang Village. The traitors in Wanggang Village saved him. It’s true that he should leave. This is the truth about the Tangquan Palace case.”
(End of this chapter)