Chapter 251: The end of the powerful minister, accompany me to a place
Wang Heng!
When the spy uttered this name, everyone, including the empress, felt astonished in their hearts.
Is it him? !
How could it be him?
Xue Shence's expression suddenly changed. He turned his head and stared at the second-in-command of the Privy Council sitting next to him, trying to see the truth from his face.
The Minister of War suddenly stood up. The old Minister's eyes widened in astonishment and he lost his composure on the spot.
Ma Yan, Shi Meng and other third-grade military officers were stunned, and the sound of breathing could be heard in their ears.
Know the affairs of the Privy Council!
What kind of big shot? Even Pei Kaizhi, Zhou Cheng and others who had fallen before were unable to compare with Wang Heng.
Without it, it’s just because of the word “military power”!
"Master Wang, you..."
Someone lost his voice, with disbelief in his tone:
"Could it be that this thief is slandering, or the wild god is causing trouble..."
There are still too many people in the military who cannot believe it and do not want to believe the answer.
There was no expression on the empress's face, she just looked at Wang Heng steadily.
In her heart, she even hoped that the trial was wrong and that Wang Heng would deny it.
However……
Facing countless surprised and uncertain glances, Governor Wang just sighed.
In an instant, everyone's hearts seemed to have been hit hard by a heavy hammer at the same time, and they felt depressed.
Zhao Duan's pupils also suddenly narrowed. He couldn't help but look at Gongshu Tianyuan and wanted to ask:
Is this thing reliable...
But Gongshu Tianyuan looked confident, saying that the fox he raised would be fine.
"I'll ask you again," Zhao Duan locked the spy and said in a deep voice, "Do you have any evidence?"
The spy leader said:
"I have secret letters to and from him, but most of them have been destroyed, and I can't judge by the handwriting. But the big shot behind me holds the handle on him."
He was completely obsessed by the "Fox Fairy", as if he had lost his mind and became a machine that answered every question.
Zhao Duan took a deep breath and said:
"Besides him, who else is there?"
The spy leader read out five or six more names one after another, but these were not big names, just some middle and low-level military attachés.
And scattered among the tens of thousands of forbidden troops, some of the names were familiar to Zhao Duan, but most of them were unfamiliar and were not from the Shenji Camp.
"How many of you are still in the capital? What are you doing now?"
"I only know that the team I am in charge of came to steal the firearms blueprints tonight and was divided into three teams... We came to the capital not long ago, and we replaced the last batch of dead spies, so we haven't had time to make meritorious deeds."
"How do you contact the person behind you?"
"Someone who is responsible for communication will come to contact us. I don't know the identity of the other party..."
The sound of a needle dropping could be heard in the hall, and only Zhao Duan and the spy were left asking and answering questions.
“Who are the people behind your scenes?”
The spy opened his mouth and said: "King..."
"That's it."
At this time, a cold voice suddenly sounded, interrupting the interrogation.
Along with it, there is a mysterious power that fills the air.
The "Fox Fairy" lying on the bamboo tube suddenly screamed, trembling with fear, white hairs all over his body stood up, turned into a ball of white smoke with a "bang", and got back into the bamboo tube.
But without the power of the "Fox Fairy", the spy leader bleeded from all his orifices and fell straight to the ground. He was still breathing, but his soul was completely broken and he became a living dead.
Zhao Duan felt moved, turned around, and saw the empress' face shrouded in frost on the throne.
That's right... Your Majesty doesn't want the name "Prince Jing" to appear on this occasion... This is all the valuable information a mere spy has...
The interrogation is over.
However, the interrogation has just begun.
In an almost dead atmosphere, Empress Dayu, wearing a dragon robe and a golden crown, looked at Governor Wang indifferently and said:
"Wang Heng, I want to hear an explanation."
There was no expected aggrievedness, denial, struggle, begging for mercy...
This important figure, who could almost stand in the front row among the military attachés in charge of most affairs of the Privy Council, looked unusually calm.
Sitting at the table, his back was still straight, and there was even a slight sense of relief in his eyes.
Wang Heng shook his head and said calmly: "My lord, I have nothing to say."
Nothing to say!
He actually admitted it!
At this moment, even Zhao Duan was surprised, not to mention the other military officials.
Xu Zhenguan was silent for a moment, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and exhaled slowly.
When he opened his eyes again, he only asked:
"Why."
Wang Heng's face already showed some signs of aging, but he slowly revealed a self-deprecating smile: "Why do you have to ask me for an answer? There is nothing new in the world. It's just choosing sides and betting on the future." It’s just an option for anyone.”
He picked up the wine bottle on the table and poured himself a glass.
In the quiet hall, you can clearly hear the clear sound of wine pouring into columns and clinking against cups.
Xu Zhenguan said: "How can I be inferior to others?"
Wang Heng paused and spilled some wine outside. He put down the wine bottle and solemnly shook his head: "Your Majesty is not inferior to others in any way."
Xu Zhenguan said nothing, but the meaning in his eyes was obvious:
I am not inferior to others, so why do you bet on others?
Wang Heng understood this meaning, so the self-deprecating look on his lips became more and more depressed:
"It's a pity that Your Majesty is a step too late."
He raised his head, looked at the dull starry sky outside the hall, and said: "When His Majesty came to the throne, in the first year, although he stabilized the court situation with strong means, at that time His Majesty was not in charge of political affairs and had no status. It's inappropriate, as she is also a princess... I only saw the bloody Jade Dragon Sword, but I couldn't see the future.
At that time, the other party found me. At that time, the court was like a capsized boat, so I naturally chose a good tree to rest on.
In the second year, His Majesty miraculously stabilized the court, became more and more proficient in government affairs, and began to assume the image of an emperor.
In the past three years, His Majesty has worked hard to govern, maneuvered vertically and horizontally, and leveraged his own efforts to make the throne more and more stable. Now, as soon as the New Deal comes out, who dares to say that His Majesty is inferior to others? But……"
He laughed at himself:
"I have already wet my shoes, there is no turning back... If I had known this, why would I have done this..."
Having said this, he shook his head and picked up the wine in the glass.
Lift your neck and drink it all!
Then, with everyone watching, Governor Wang stood up tremblingly. He raised his hands, took off the black gauze on his head, and placed it gently on the table.
He stepped out of his seat, suddenly looked at Zhao Duan, and said with a complicated expression:
"You are really powerful. I have seen everything you have done in the past six months. You are to be feared in the future. You are to be feared in the future.
Maybe you don't believe it, but from the day His Majesty sent you to the Divine Machine Camp, I had a premonition of today, but... I didn't expect it to come so soon. "
Zhao Duan was silent.
Governor Wang looked at Ma Yan on one side, stretched out his hands in front of him, and said with a smile:
"Ma Du Gong, please send me to prison. According to the laws of Yu, an official of my rank, even if I want to take off my official robe, I have to take a complete set of documents and use a jade seal.
Therefore, I am still the governor. Among the people present, you are the only one who can arrest me, not Zhao Qianshi. "
Ma Yan looked at the empress with no expression on his face.
Xu Zhenguan closed his eyes: "Take it away."
"According to the order!"
Ma Yan cupped his hands, then glanced at Wang Heng and made a "please" gesture.
Although Wang Heng was a military attache, he was not good at using force. Ma Yan alone was enough to suppress him and was not afraid of tricks.
Wang Heng nodded, held his head high, and walked out of the banquet hall, followed closely by Ma Yan.
After the two left, Xu Zhenguan said again:
"Xue Shence, you have to deal with the names that the spy just mentioned. If you let one of them go..."
Xue Shence took a deep breath: "If one of you leaves, I will lead the military strategy myself!"
"Yes." Xu Zhen nodded.
Xue Shence walked out with heavy steps, wrapped in the autumn wind.
As I walked, the candles on both sides flickered violently.
Xu Zhenguan spoke again, but this time she stood up and walked out step by step.
When he walked to the door, he said in a low mood:
"Let's go."
Nothing more.
The empress walked away, followed by the eunuchs waiting in the courtyard with lanterns.
A famous general was silent and flowed out silently.
No one spoke, and in the blink of an eye, the originally crowded banquet hall became empty.
Haitang also left silently and rode out of the city.
——She has not forgotten that Zhang Han and the others are still struggling to track the enemy.
…
…
"Is this the end?"
Gongshu Tianyuan was still unfinished and caressed the bamboo tube tied with hemp rope, slightly disappointed that the scene ended abruptly.
"Otherwise?" Zhao Duan sighed, rolled up his sleeves, and looked at the courtyard outside:
"This is the most dignified ending."
After a pause, he looked at the bamboo tube curiously:
"What's the origin of this fox you raised? Is this thing so useful for interrogating prisoners?"
Gongshu Tianyuan glanced at him in surprise: "You don't know? That's right, you are a martial artist... It's normal not to know.
Generally speaking, gods are roughly divided into two categories, good gods and evil gods... You must know this, and there is another category, which is either a small place, such as a tribe that believes in and supports very weak gods.
Or, it is the spirit of heaven and earth that appears by some kind of fate... Well, the latter kind is not common in Dayu. It has to go to very remote places, such as Mubei Forest, Thousand Islands in the East China Sea... and so on, there are a little more... …
In short, this kind of god-like thing, but much weaker, is called the ‘Wild God’. I was gifted by my master, and interrogation is just one of its abilities...”
"As for what you think, using it to judge cases... don't think about it. First of all, there are too few, and there are very few warlocks who can control it.
Secondly... Hehe, this thing's interrogation is unreliable. For example, if I wanted to, I could even control the fox fairy and make the spy tell any lie... So you know, warlocks are human beings too. "
The little fat man winked, looking like you know something.
Zhao Duan suddenly realized that he had learned it, and then looked at him strangely:
"Then what the spy said just now, did you do anything to it?"
Gongshu Tianyuan smiled bitterly and said:
"Do I dare to play tricks in front of His Majesty? Well... I just intervened slightly. For example, every time he wanted to say the word 'Prince', I would control the fox fairy and give him He held it back."
"...Awesome." Zhao Duan silently raised his big finger.
Compared to the silly and sweet Jin Jian, Brother Gongshu is a big step ahead in emotional intelligence.
"Okay, I have to go. If you need anything, come see me."
Gongshu Tianyuan carried the big bamboo tube on his back and tied it tightly with hemp rope to express his farewell.
Then he made a magic trick, and an illusory arm suddenly reached out from the sky, scooped up the little fat man, and quickly went away.
Zhao Duan watched him leave, thinking:
When will Wu Fu have such a cool way to travel?
…
When Zhao Duan walked out of the house gate, he was suddenly stopped by the eunuch waiting here:
"Master Zhao, your Majesty invites you to come over."
"Your Majesty hasn't left yet?" Zhao Duan was surprised.
Following the little eunuch, I walked out of a street, and sure enough, I saw the empress' chariot at a quiet street corner - today she was driving lightly and simply.
He only brought no more than ten attendants, and now there were only five left.
"Mo Zhaorong has been ordered to return to the palace first to deal with any subsequent troubles." The eunuch explained in a low voice.
Got it... How could there be no news about Wang Heng's downfall?
Zhao Duan walked to the car respectfully: "Your Majesty, I am here."
The curtain of the carriage was opened, and under the moonlight, the empress's seductive face flickered:
"Come up and accompany me to a place."
…
ps: After careful consideration, the author decided to follow the readers' suggestions and change the name of "Tianxia Realm" in the practice system of this book to "Heaven and Human Realm".
Most of the previous chapters have been revised, leaving a few fragments that do not affect reading.
In fact, I've wanted to change it for a long time. When I started the book, I didn't know why I came up with such a weird name... It's much better this time.
(End of chapter)