Volume 3] Chapter 76: Capture——

Chapter 76: Capture

"Presumptuous!" Seeing Wu Sinan laughing loudly and being sarcastic, Cui Jingrong became angry at that time. He shouted loudly and then said: "Master Wu, have you ever talked to a Shangguan like this?"

"Mr. Cui, there is a saying that it is disrespectful to call someone back but not to go back. Your Excellency has accused me of a lot of crimes at once. Isn't it okay for me to just say something about my feelings?" Wu Sinan said coldly.

"I see you are not expressing emotion, but are you saying that the governor framed you?" Cui Jingrong said in a bad tone.

"Isn't it?" Wu Sinan sneered.

"Master Wu, you are really stubborn. At this moment, if you bow your head and plead guilty, I may be able to ask the emperor to show mercy outside the law and spare your life. But now, with your unrepentance, I

The governor made a memorial to the emperor and severely convicted him!" Cui Jingrong said harshly.

"Whether the emperor has seriously convicted you or not, I don't need to worry about it, Mr. Cui. Although the lower officials are under your control, they are still governors and officials in the border areas. If you want to investigate and deal with it, you must at least obtain the imperial decree from the emperor and then be taken to the capital for interrogation. Your Excellency

At most, the official can be impeached. However, the case in front of the official, as well as the words that your Excellency came to say today, the official will report to the court truthfully. When he saw it, the emperor believed in the official, or did he believe it?

Your Majesty. If your Majesty has nothing else to do now, then please forgive me for not sending it off!" After Wu Sinan finished speaking, he stood up and made a gesture of invitation.

Now that they have become opponents and put the matter on the table, Wu Sinan no longer needs to be polite. After all, the dignified governor is not someone to be bullied. At this level, there is no such thing as a senior official to crush someone to death.

Sublimated to a political struggle. Just like the Shangshu in Beijing wants to overthrow the minister. Even though the minister is the leader, it is not easy to overthrow his deputy. There is even a possibility of being overthrown by the minister.

Seeing that Wu Sinan issued an order to expel guests, Cui Jingrong's face darkened. He sat motionless on his chair and said: "Master Wu, please don't rush to drive me away. What you just said is not necessarily true. If the governor

It involves a major case and the evidence is conclusive. As the governor, he has the right to restrict the governor's actions. Wouldn't Mr. Wu not know this?"

"Master Cui, the charges you have accused Xiaguan are just one-sided. Where is the evidence? The most important thing is that the witnesses you mentioned are all criminals here. If so, they can be said to be witnesses.

There is all the physical evidence, I'm afraid it's hard to convince. Also, even if this case is really irrefutable, it is just a crime of corruption. In such a case, if it is a prefect, your Excellency can directly suspend and detain him without asking for an order, but

Your Majesty is the governor, and you have no right to restrict your actions except for cases where you want to exterminate your family. If your Majesty insists on having your own way, the guards in your mansion will not live for nothing!" Hearing that Cui Jingrong meant to take action, then

Wu Sinan can't show weakness. What about the governor? Is the governor really just a piece of paper?

"Okay! Now that the words have come to this point, don't blame me for being ruthless today. I really convinced you!" Cui Jingrong said, slamming the coffee table next to him, and stood up.

stand up.

"My lord, you don't have to show any mercy. We've come from all over the world. If you had mercy, how could you come to Zhangjiakou for inspection today by such a coincidence?" Wu Sinan showed no signs of weakness and directly confronted Cui Jinrong.

In the second hall, Tian Xiu, Zhao Yan, Qin Nansong, and Jin Liangyu became proud, and their faces were inevitably bright. On the other hand, Liao Fei, Xu Guangda, and Liu Zhenyou were beating in their hearts and looked very ugly.

After all, the governor is older than the governor, so he loses out in official positions. Moreover, behind Cui Jinrong, there are tens of thousands of eunuchs who oversee the army. These eunuchs are all well-established in the Forbidden City. Moreover, the Shanxi merchants have backstage in the capital.

And who is behind Mr. Wu, you must not just do it alone. The most important thing is that in this flower hall, there is already a head-to-head confrontation. The Governor himself is more senior than Mr. Wu, and there is Xuan beside him.

As for the chief soldier of the mansion and the supervisor of the Xuan mansion, looking at their posture, Mr. Cui is planning to take Mr. Wu directly first.

"Master Wu, do you think your charges are too small for the governor to deal with you on the spot? Haha..." Cui Jingrong sneered and said, "Then the governor will count your charges now to see if they are enough.

I will take you down on the spot! The first charge is accepting bribes; the second charge is setting up a clever name to steal people's wealth; the third charge is extorting good businessmen; the fourth charge is misappropriating military supplies, framing, and taking human lives lightly;

The fifth charge is for slandering the generals and supervisors of Bianzhen, framing Zhongliang, and intending to cover up the truth; the sixth charge is for arresting Tian Shenglan and Fan Yongdou without intending to kill and silence them. Aren't these six charges enough for Mr. Wu to confiscate his home and destroy his family?

"

"If these six charges are all true, even if the official has ten heads, they are not enough to chop him off. What's the use of your empty words, but can there be real evidence? If there is evidence, it is your conjecture at best. If you are impeached, you can come to this court even if you are impeached.

That’s it!” Wu Sinan said loudly without showing any signs of weakness.

"If you want evidence, it's easy. I will show you the evidence now. Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, you two took the goods out of customs this morning. What was the goods on the car?" Cui Jingrong asked Jin Liangyu.

, Wang Dayu asked loudly.

"My lord, it's porcelain." The two replied quickly.

"Tian Xiu, Mr. Wu, can you go to Eunuch Zhao to raise ordnance in the name of distributing ordnance to the new army? What is the number?" Cui Jingrong asked.

"It is indeed true. A total of 10,000 units have been allocated." Cui Jingrong said it so clearly just now. Tian Xiu is not a fool, so he can just answer it smoothly.

"Zhao Yan, can Tian Xiu come to your place to allocate 10,000 sets of ordnance?" Cui Jingrong looked at Zhao Yan again.

"Yes." Zhao Yan replied immediately.

"This morning, Mr. Wu said that Wang Dayu and Jin Liangyu smuggled arms out of customs. Did the so-called evidence come from you?"

"Yes, sir." Zhao Yan replied smoothly again.

"The matter is very clear. Mr. Wu, what else do you have to say?" Finally, Cui Jingrong looked at Wu Sinan again.

"Of course I have something to say. I wonder if there will be unjust deaths in the world when you ask a case like this. Is this how your Excellency always judges cases? All the people your Excellency asked are involved in this case."

Since the criminals are involved in the case, how can they provide witnesses? Also, the official has just shown the confessions of Jin Liangyu and Wang Dayu to your Excellency. I don’t know how they want to explain these confessions. The official did not impose severe punishment.

To force a confession, and there was General Tian testifying on it, and he personally signed the bond, you said he was complaining on behalf of Jin and Wang, so why did he still put the bond on it? Now there are ten carts of ordnance in the palace, and they are still parked at the north gate.

There are hundreds of cars. If you don’t believe me, I can take you to check it out. Forty thousand sets of ordnance. Even if Zhangjiakou recruits new troops, it won’t need so many. Your Excellency said, I will ask Tian Xiu to transfer them from Zhao Yan.

A large number of weapons and armors, where did the extra 30,000 sets come from? Where is the proof that Zhao Yan distributed the ordnance. If those ordnance were sent to Xiaguan, do they have a receipt written by Xiaguan?" Wu Sinan's mouth

He kept asking questions like a barrage of questions. His words made sense, but it was hard to answer.

Cui Jingrong took a deep breath, then smiled and said: "You are so eloquent, I admire you, I admire you. Mr. Wu really impressed the governor today..." Mr. Cui was obviously at a loss for words, Wu Sinan was reasonable, and he himself

It's just reasonable, but if it's really true, there's no way it can be said against others.

But it was already an attempt to impose a crime. When Cui Jingrong came here, he had no intention of reasoning with Wu Sinan. He did not answer the question raised by Wu Sinan, but said: "Master Wu, didn't you say that the suspect involved in the case cannot prove his crime?"

?Then the governor will find a suspect who is not involved in the case now. Who is the general guarding the north gate?"

"It's the last general..."

After hearing this, Liu Zhenyou quickly stepped out of the queue and responded carefully.

"Master Wu, is his testimony accurate?" Cui Jingrong asked Wu Sinan, while his eyes were fixed on Liu Zhenyou's face. Liu Zhenyou did not dare to raise his eyes to look at him.

"Of course it's done." Liu Zhenyou was the guard of the North Gate, and he was the one who handed over these weapons, and Liu Zhenyou had just turned to his side, so Wu Sinan replied affirmatively.

"Master Wu, you said this yourself."

"The official said it himself."

"That's good." Cui Jingrong coughed deliberately and asked Liu Zhenyou loudly: "What is your name and what is your current position?"

"The last general Liu Zhenyou, a guerrilla general currently living in Zhangjiakou, was ordered to the north gate." Liu Zhenyou answered carefully.

"Liu Zhenyou, I have something to ask you now, and you must answer it truthfully." Cui Jingrong said in a deep voice.

"The general will answer truthfully." When he said this, Liu Zhenyou's heart was in a state of confusion.

"I would like to ask you, can you be at the North Gate when Jin Kee Co., Ltd. and Wang Kee Co., Ltd. ship goods out of customs?"

"The general was not at the north gate at that time, but was discussing matters at the governor's office." Liu Zhenyou answered truthfully.

"Then who was in charge of the North Gate? Who handed over the goods?"

"The person in charge of defense at that time was General Qian Jiang Chong, but the goods were handed over by General Mo. When General Mo was discussing matters in the governor's camp, soldiers came to send a message saying that something happened at the north gate, and the Jin and Wang families

The smuggled ordnance was smuggled out of the customs, so Mr. Wu sent his last general to rush to the north gate to arrest the person and retrieve the stolen goods." Liu Zhenyou said.

"As long as you are in charge. I would like to ask you again, after you handed over the goods, did you unpack all the goods and inspect them? What are the goods on the car?" Cui Jingrong's voice first dropped and then rose.

It was clear that he was suspected of eliciting a confession, so he meant to tell Liu Zhenyou and answer according to his wishes.

At that time, Liu Zhenyou asked the soldiers to open all the more than 400 carts of goods and check them. They were indeed weapons and armors. But now, whether to answer truthfully or not is of little use, because this is another fateful decision. On this day, he has already made a double cross

I have walked on the intersection several times, and now it seems that the choice that really determines my destiny is this time.

Liu Zhenyou understood that Cui Jingrong came here with bad intentions and wanted to stand up for Shanxi merchants. If he answered according to the facts, the Governor would definitely say that he was bribed by Wu Sinan and deny his answer, thus thinking that he was a member of Wu Sinan's party.

If you hunt a rabbit, you will be killed. But if you answer according to Cui Jingrong's wishes, then you will fall to the side of Shanxi merchants, and your confession can directly nail Wu Sinan to death. Cui Jingrong will also use this reason to directly

Take down Wu Sinan.

Liu Zhenyou is just a guerrilla general, and he does not have any noble moral integrity. When it is time to make money, he will still make money, and when it is time to save his life, he will still save his life.

It is conceivable that after Cui Jingrong captured Wu Sinan, he would definitely use some tricks to never let Wu Sinan go to Beijing alive to be tried. If he were on Wu Sinan's side, when Wu Sinan died, it would be his own death. The strength of the weak was too obvious.

If you don't step forward yourself, other generals will definitely step over. Rather than die yourself, it's better to ask others to die.

Liu Zhenyou hesitated for a moment, and finally made a choice before this two-way intersection.

"Returning to your lord, when the general went to pick up the people, Lord Wu specially sent his personal attendant Wu An and a hundred people to accompany the official. When they arrived at the north gate, the clerks from the two warehouses had already been captured. The general ordered the soldiers to inspect the goods.

, only two cars were checked, but it was found that all the cars were filled with porcelain. The general was confused, but Wu An came over and told the general that there was no need to check anymore, it was just ordnance. Without much effort, another one of Lord Wu's

A relative came in with someone from outside the city, took ten carts of goods, opened them in public, and found that they were all full of ordnance, and then asked the general to take these and return to the camp to deliver the order. At that time, Wu An and his men were all at the end of the city.

Next to the general, one by one put their hands on the handles of the swords and looked at the posture. If the general dared not obey, they would kill him. Therefore, the general had no choice but to come back with the ten boxes of ordnance for delivery."

"You're talking nonsense!" After hearing Liu Zhenyou's answer, Wu An, who was standing next to Wu Sinan, became angry and shouted loudly.

"Presumptuous! Who do you think you are? Do you have the right to speak here?" Cui Jingrong cursed angrily, turned to look at Wu Sinan, and said in a triumphant tone: "Master Wu, you heard what General Liu said, you

Is there anything else to say?”

After saying this, Cui Jingrong suddenly shouted, "Here comes someone!"

As soon as the voice fell, outside the second hall, the guards brought by Mr. Cui swarmed in. There were more than thirty people who came in at once. After these soldiers came in, they loudly said together: "What are your orders, sir?"

"Get Wu Sinan, the scum who brings disaster to the country and the people, to me!" Cui Jingrong ordered loudly.

"Yes!" the guard agreed, holding his weapon and rushing directly towards Wu Sinan.

"How dare you!"

Seeing Cui Jingrong's guards rushing towards him, Wu Sinan shouted loudly and said loudly: "Cui Jingrong, you are so brave, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu smuggled arms out of the customs, and you dare to cover up such a big case, don't you know that the imperial court

The law of the country? As the governor of the Xuanfu, our court is enforcing the law for the country. Instead, you beat him up, falsely accused Zhongliang, and arrested you without authorization. Aren't you afraid that the court will tell you that your body will be removed after it finds out?"
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