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In fact, although Qu Chang negative was still sharp and sober in his speech and demeanor at this time, his face was already very pale.

After all, he ran around for half a day, and spent a whole night outside, and couldn't sleep well. In fact, it's no wonder that Jing Qianjiang, who has always been obedient to him, is in a hurry.

The carriage of the Prime Minister's Mansion had been waiting outside, and after the group finally got out of the Criminal Department, Qi Hui stood in front of the carriage and said in a low voice: "Don't worry about this matter, take a good rest when you go back, drink some soup and medicine, you are weak, so as not to It's cold again."

Before Qu Changcheng could speak, Jing Qianjiang had a half-smile: "Even a fool knows about this, and there was no need for the prince to tell you. It's not useful."

He really couldn't control his desire to argue, and he didn't want to waste time. After he finished speaking, without waiting for Qi Hui's response, he just "hummed", turned and walked aside.

Out of sight, out of mind, out of mind, this little slut who is so courteous.

Only then did Qu Changcheng rush to Qi Hui and say, "Your Highness, thank you for interceding for my minister just now, and thank you for your reminder."

Qi Hui was almost flattered, and quickly said, "No, no thanks."

"But—I don't know if His Highness set aside this day to find more evidence for Lord Qi, or to help the minister, so that the minister can find an opportunity to destroy the evidence that I killed Li Qiuhe?"

Qu Chang felt playful: "I'm a little curious. For your current gestures and regrets, do you regret that you blamed me, or do you regret that even if you know I'm wrong, you shouldn't blame me?"

Qi Hui said: "You—"

Qu Chang negative looked at him, shook his head with a smile, turned around and left.

Qi Hui stretched out his hand subconsciously, only touching a piece of his sleeve, the sleeve slipped from between his fingers, and he also slowly lowered his arm, watching Qu Changcheng leave.

Qu Chang negative always hides his thoughts too deeply, which makes him obsessed and at a loss.

Qu Changshou went to the Criminal Department early the next morning.

As an official of the imperial court, and his official position is not low, the treatment he received was not bad, and he had tea and seats in the government affairs hall, waiting for interrogation.

Because the emperor has decreed that this case will be jointly heard by the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple, so the people present today are Minister Xue Guang of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Minister Guo Shoutang of Dali Temple.

It's a pity that the situation is not optimistic. After a day of investigation yesterday, the suspicion of Qu Chang's responsibility has not been cleared up, but it has become even bigger.

The soldier who found the note on his body was named Wan Bin, and he had already explained the basic situation yesterday.

Before, half of the soldiers in the food transportation team were allocated to return to the capital first. There was no Wan Bin among these people.

Then Qu Chang negative and the others heard strange laughter from the official road in the valley where they were sheltering from the cold, so they asked Wan Bin to catch up with the returning sergeants who had left not long ago, and told them not to pass the official road.

But Wan Bin said that before he left, he got a note secretly handed over by Qu Changcheng, ordering him to lead the soldiers to divert the danger away.

He complied, but the other party did not send support as promised, which caused the sergeants to be fascinated by the incense and caused many casualties.

According to Wan Bin's current situation, although he has no other witnesses, the note with Qu Chang's negative handwriting seems very convincing.

Xue Guang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, is almost at the age of becoming an official, and he is most kind to talented juniors on weekdays.

Qu Changcheng had worked under him before, and he was also a practical person. Xue Guang didn't really believe that this matter had anything to do with him.

After briefly explaining what happened, he said: "Although there are both human and physical evidence, there are many things that cannot be explained. If Mr. Qu wants to argue, it's okay to speak up."

Qu Chang said: "Thank you, my lord, it is true that I have never done this."

"Let's not talk about how absurd it is to send out half of the sergeants to lure away the disaster because of a few inexplicable laughs. Even if a subordinate official wants to issue such an order, he should find my cronies, and he will not leave a note To be honest, this is too deliberate."

Xue Guang nodded and said, "It's very reasonable."

Guo Shoutang, Minister of Dali Temple, disagreed, and said with a sullen face: "Master Qu's words are probably being confused and prevaricated. What you said sounds reasonable at first glance, but given the situation at that time, the jurisdiction of the food transportation team is not yours. Responsibility, how can you send cronies to intervene? After comparing the handwriting on the note, it also matches what you usually write. What's more..."

He paused for a while and slowed down his speech: "Master Qu, do you have any contact with Nanrong?"

Before Qu Changlu came, he had expected that Guo Shoutang would make things difficult for him. The reason was simple, Guo Shoutang and Qu Xiao were at odds.

Although he and Qu Xiao are actually at odds, in the eyes of outsiders, they are still father and son, and even Qu Xiao loves Qu Chang.

Now that Guo Shoutang asks this question, it is obvious that he wants to expand the matter, from "Qu Changlu sacrificed the lives of other soldiers for self-protection and the safety of military rations" to "Qu Changlu and even the Qu family fornicated foreign countries, and cooperated with Nan Rong to murder Ying. country soldiers".

This crime is too serious.

Qu Chang said: "Except for the Nanrong envoy's visit, we talked with each other several times, but never left alone, and the rest have not come and gone. But can I ask you why Mr. Guo said this?"

Guo Shoutang sneered slightly, and put a stack of things in his hand on the table: "This is from your Qu family."

Qu Chang negative flipped through it casually, and found that it was some letters from Nan Rong.

He is proficient in the languages ​​of various countries. After a quick scan, although he didn't see any important secrets, it can be seen that the above words are very familiar and familiar. It is not clearly marked who it is written to, and it only starts with "brother".

This is not aimed at him at all, there are only two possibilities now, either Qu Xiao hooked up with Nan Rong, or someone wants to cheat Qu's family and take the knife from him.

At this moment, the situation was unfavorable and there were many doubts, but the note that did not come from him was connected with the letter that came from nowhere in front of him, pointing to the most impossible conjecture.

Contrary to his usual domineering and sharp words, Qu Chang negative only said slowly: "The lower officials have never seen this thing before."

Xue Guang said reassuringly, "Although this thing was found from the prime minister's mansion, other possibilities cannot be ruled out. Since Mr. Qu said he hadn't seen it, I will wait for the presiding judge to investigate carefully..."

A slight sneer appeared on Guo Shoutang's lips, and he said, "What Xue Shangshu said is very true, and this matter needs to be investigated further. Qu Yushi has never seen it, so has Qu Xiang seen it?"

He and Qu Xiao were originally Scholars in the same year, before they entered the officialdom, they had some quarrels, now, year after year, the two have different political views and temperaments.

Guo Shoutang saw Qu Xiaoping's rise to the top, gradually throwing himself further and further away, and he had long been looking forward to seeing his downcast appearance one day.

Now that the other party's son has finally bumped into his own hands, how can he let go of such an opportunity?

At that moment, Guo Shoutang ordered Qu Xiao to be summoned to ask him if he knew the relevant situation.

Qu Changlu leaned his back on the chair, closed his eyes and slowly pressed the space between his brows, but he didn't seem panicked.

Not long after, Qu Xiao came.

In the side hall of the government affairs hall, Jing Qianjiang couldn't help frowning.

The side hall of the government affairs hall is connected to the main hall and separated by a screen. It was originally used for some special people who want to hear the trial but are inconvenient to show up.

As the crown prince, Qi Hui already has the power to assist in political affairs, but Jing Qianjiang went to the palace yesterday to ask the emperor to ask for an order, saying that he was there when the accident happened to the soldiers, and he felt uneasy and wanted to listen to the trial. understand situation.

This was not an extraordinary request, and the emperor agreed to it.

Both of them knew that the death case of Li Qiuhe in the previous life was full of strange things, and they also had doubts in their hearts. They were not surprised to see each other here, and they ignored each other, and each sat drinking tea.

Hearing Guo Shoutang's aggressiveness at this time, even Qu Xiao was called here, which made people dissatisfied and worried.

Hearing the news, Qu Xiao arrived soon.

The prime minister was above all officials, Xue Guang and Guo Shoutang stood up and saluted him first, Qu Changlu also stood up, bowed and said, "Father."

Qu Xiao looked at him with complicated eyes: "Get up."

He smiled again and said to Xue Guang and Guo Shoutang: "Lord Xue, Lord Guo, I have already heard about the matter. The dog is young and ignorant, and he is not thoughtful in handling things. This is because of the improper discipline of the truth. Please also invite the two of you." Please forgive me, my lord. If you have any questions, I will tell you everything."

Qu Changying didn't say a word.

Several people sat down again, Guo Shoutang smiled and said: "If it's just that you don't handle things thoughtfully, then it's okay, but the accusation of being in touch with foreign countries is not ordinary, please be very careful, Mr. Qu."

He clicked on the physical evidence on the table: "These things were found by the officials from your house. Just now Qu Yushi has looked through it and said that he has never seen it before, so I don't know if he has any impression of it? "

Qu Xiao's face was serious, he opened it and glanced twice before saying, "I've never seen it before."

He paused and asked Xue Guangdao: "Xue Shangshu also thinks that these alone can be used as evidence that the truth father and son colluded with Nanrong and murdered the soldiers of the Kingdom of Ying?"

Xue Guangdao: "Of course not. The letter is just a family story, and no political affairs are mentioned. Besides, no other witnesses have been found in the prime minister's mansion. The lower officials will definitely not convict people based on this. , I invited Qu Xiang to come here today, and I just want to understand the situation. But..."

He said matter-of-factly: "The soldiers transporting grain took notes, claiming that Qu Yushi secretly instigated him to lead the sergeants to take the dangerous official road; the spices that stunned those people came from Nanrong; The letters, this pile of pieces put together, really makes people suspicious."

Guo Shoutang sneered and said, "Exactly. Even if that soldier dared to slander Qu Yushi without knowing what he had eaten, he couldn't get the letter into your mansion, right?"

"Is there anyone who can predict Qu Yushi's decision, knowing that he will definitely order those poor soldiers to die, so they hide these things in advance to slander?"

Although he is a hateful person, what he said makes sense.

It took a long time to prepare the letter from Nan Rong, and Qu Chang's action was just a temporary idea, no one could have predicted it, if someone really framed it, how could the two sides cooperate so well?

Qu Xiao's thoughts are very clear, and he is not affected by Guo Shoutang at all:

"There are only letters from Nan Rong, not letters sent from the prime minister's mansion, and the title is vague. Who sent the letter and what channel sent it is unknown at present. Master Guo is so arbitrary, it is inevitable It's too hasty."

He put the letter on the table, pushed it forward, and unexpectedly taught Guo Shoutang a lesson:

"As the head of a hundred officials, I have the responsibility to restrain my words and deeds. Mr. Guo acts aggressively. If he handles cases like this in Dali Temple on weekdays, it will create countless souls and make Truth suspect you. Shouldn't it be here?"

He was usually easy-going and refined, but this lesson showed no mercy, he only turned pale when Guo Shoutang said, but kept silent, and he hated Qu Xiao even more.

"If the two adults want to ask the truth about Nanrong, the truth can only say that this is pure nonsense. Please find all the evidence before making a conclusion. As for what the dog did..."

Qu Xiao turned around and stared at Qu Chang negative: "Did you write that note? Do you really want to sacrifice the lives of so many people in exchange for the safe transport of food and grass?"

What Qu Xiao said so well, experts would shout shrewd when they heard it.

He first dismissed the most serious crime of "communicating with foreign countries", and at the same time put Guo Shoutang in the army, so that he would not dare to speak freely.

The following conversation with Qu Chang negative, on the surface, was asking about his son's actions, but in fact it was telling others that all the current matters had nothing to do with him, and Qu Xiao didn't even know about it.

And the last sentence, "You really want to sacrifice the lives of so many people in exchange for food and grass to be transported back safely", implies that even if Qu Changshou really did this, it was for the sake of the overall situation, hoping to protect the military rations, not I am greedy for life and afraid of death.

In this way, even if Qu Changsheng is finally convicted, Qu Xiao will not be affected by "lax parenting".

With just a few words, it is not unwise to write off such a very serious matter.

With Qu Chang's cleverness, he could naturally hear what Qu Xiao meant when he said these words, but he didn't interrupt.

It wasn't until this moment that Qu Chang negative smiled and said, "Everyone says 'knowing a son is like a father', so what does my father think I would do?"

When he spoke, his eyes were fixed on Qu Xiao.

What outsiders say is outsider's business. They only see each other in their eyes, and only at this moment is the confrontation and...test they are really waiting for in their hearts.

Qu Xiao paused.

After a while, he didn't answer Qu Chang's question, but said, "Lantai, this note is indeed in your handwriting."

Qu Chang negative was startled, and then suddenly couldn't help laughing.

He had probably never laughed like this in his life, and the few people just watched Qu Chang negative as if he was overjoyed, and bent over laughing.

"Knowledge is better than father, hahahahaha, it's really good!"

Qu Changlu finally stopped laughing, he raised his head, and looked at Qu Xiao's eyes, shining like a sharp blade: "Father, tell me, does your son look like you?"

He actually has a lot of things he wants to say to Qu Xiao, he wants to ask, is this note forged by you, and is that soldier someone you planted.

He also wanted to say, I, Qu Changshou, read the books of sages and sages since I was a child, saw the suffering of all beings, and knew the preciousness of life, so how could I trample and neglect it like this?

You are my biological father. You have taught me how many words, books, and worldly principles since I was a child. Don't you believe me?

It's just that fate is like a shackle on the body, and the words come to the lips, but at this moment, it really makes people feel very tired.

If people have doubts or even intentions to do harm, your futile defense will only look pitiful and ridiculous.

Ever since he was a child, he has long been used to not exposing his weaknesses to others, many words have already become tasteless, he is too lazy to speak, it is better to wipe the edge.

Qu Changcheng's actions only made people baffled, if it wasn't for Qu Xiao's overbearing power just now, Guo Shoutang would have been impatient long ago.

Then he said: "Qu Yushi, what you said admits that this note came from you? Do you know that one order from you is equivalent to putting countless people under the knife!"

The anger towards Qu Xiao just now couldn't help venting out at this moment, Guo Shoutang's voice was stern:

"I have heard that you are young and promising, but you are aggressive and unscrupulous. Today, I believe it. You sacrificed others so easily, and you dare to take credit for the accumulation of so many lives and flesh!"

Hearing this, Qi Hui finally couldn't help standing up from his seat, clenching his hands into fists.

As the smell of gunpowder in the government affairs hall became more and more serious, he looked at this matter from the perspective of a bystander, feeling distressed, angry, unwilling, and truly understood what he had done wrong.

Faced with Guo Shoutang's accusations, Qu Changlu leaned back on his seat, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Master Guo, what you said is wrong."

There was indescribable malice in his tone: "Even if those people's lives were sacrificed, so what? When I was born and died in Huiyang to raise food and disaster relief, Mr. Guo should still be sleeping in the capital? I You don't even care about your own life, and you care about the lives of others? What's more—"

"What's more, what position do you stand on to accuse me?"

Qu Zhang's negative smile faded away, and his voice turned cold: "Isn't it because you are at odds with Prime Minister Qu, and you want to take revenge on the Qu family? Ha, Mr. Guo is not very noble."

He called Qu Xiao "Prime Minister Qu", but at this time, except for Qu Xiao himself, no one else would notice such details.

Guo Shoutang didn't expect Qu Changcheng to be so arrogant, he was choked by his anger, he slammed the table and stood up: "Qu Changcheng, how dare you ridicule me like this!"

Xue Guang didn't expect that the matter would turn to this point. The old man couldn't bear the stimulation, so he stood up after a while.

He persuaded both sides: "My lords, calm down first, the matter is not yet settled, and it is useless to quarrel, you two, please be safe and don't be impatient!"

At the most lively moment, a person strode into the government affairs hall, walked directly in front of Qu Changcheng, and said, "You really gave that order?"

The person who came in was Jing Qianjiang.

Several people didn't react for a while, and they didn't salute him. Jing Qianjiang didn't care, he just looked at Qu Chang.

Qu Chang negatively said: "Yes. How about it, is His Royal Highness King Jing coming to accuse me?"

Jing Qianjiang said: "Yes, I want to accuse you!"

He said loudly: "I accuse you of duplicity. I don't believe a word of what you said just now, because you are not that kind of person at all!"

Every word is loud and clear, without hesitation.

Even Qu Changshou didn't expect Jing Qianjiang to say this, so he didn't catch his words for a moment.

"I know that you have never been a soft-hearted person, and you are not afraid to use some means to achieve your goals, but I also know that Qu Changlu is full of enthusiasm and has a bright heart. Everything you do is to realize your own ambitions and have your own principles. How can a person who wants to save lives from fire and water, and want peace in the world, to disregard human life?"

Jing Qianjiang stared into Qu Chang's eyes: "There is no one... who knows the value of life better than you, doesn't he? It's clearly not your crime, so why use those words to belittle yourself!"

At that moment, Qu Chang negative didn't know what it was like.

He has never enjoyed a few days of warm days in his life, he is either tired and sick every day, or parted from life and death, lonely and wandering, so his temperament is also very withdrawn and weird, and he does not expect others to understand.

He doesn't care if others hate him, and he doesn't care much if others love him.

If Jing Qianjiang came today and said to him "Whether those people were killed by you or not, I will definitely protect you", then this heart is sincere enough, but it is difficult to get Qu Zhang negative to care.

But now his words suddenly made Qu Changhong feel a little more vitality in his chest.

It seemed to tell him, "You are a human being", there are still people in this world who know.

Not an unscrupulous conspirator, not a ruthless body made of iron and stone, but a person who has blood, ambition, and intolerance, and lives in this world dignifiedly.

It's strange, he never needs to rely on this kind of thing to live, but when he heard this sentence, his emotions rose quickly and urgently, almost feeling a mouthful of hot air hanging in his throat.

Qu Changcheng closed his eyes, turned his head slightly to avoid Jing Qianjiang's gaze, pressed his knuckles to his forehead, and rubbed it lightly to cover up his momentary gaffe.

Guo Shoutang said: "His Royal Highness King Jing, but the evidence is already here. The digital calligraphy has been verified by everyone yesterday, and they believe that this handwriting is definitely not a copy..."

Jing Qianjiang interrupted him directly: "This king is also a master of calligraphy, let me take a look at it."

Guo Shoutang was startled and said, "This..."

Is this self-proclaimed?

Jing Qianjiang was aggressive: "If there are any irregularities in this matter, this king will plead guilty to the emperor when he returns. Is Master Guo guilty of not letting me see it?"

While speaking, he had already seen the evidence, and his immediate action was as fast as lightning. He directly reached out to take it, bowed his head, and said, "It's fake."

The tone was fast and decisive, just as he said to Qu Changcheng, "You can't do such a thing" just now.

Guo Shoutang suppressed his dissatisfaction and said, "Your Highness, King Jing, this matter cannot be determined based on your words. The official listened to the results of the handwriting screening at the same time as Mr. Xue. If it is a copy, this word is absolutely impossible..."

At this time, Qu Changnegative, who had been silent all this time, said indifferently: "What if it's not imitation, but copying?"

Ever since Qu Xiao appeared, his attitude had always shown that he would not cooperate. Until now, he had some intention of defending himself.

Guo Shoutang said stiffly, "What do you mean by that?"

Qu Chang's words were sarcasm: "Master Guo has sharp eyesight, didn't he notice that the space between the two lines of this note is a bit weird?"

There are dozens of words in a note, five or six lines in total, but occasionally there are a few words that are far and short, or even misaligned up and down.

In fact, it is a very subtle difference, and it is difficult to find without careful observation.

However, if it is handwritten by a person in one breath, it may also appear that the size is different or the top and bottom are uneven, but it will not appear so blunt.