After finishing speaking, Zhao Junchen thought for a moment, and then ordered: "Bring that dude Li Shijie to me."
After hearing Zhao Junchen's instructions, Jiang Quan seemed to have thought of something, couldn't help but smile, and quickly followed the order and left.
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In the conflict between the Liaodong Cavalry and the Guanning Cavalry, Li Shijie was undoubtedly a key figure, so after Zhao Junchen came forward to investigate the matter, he transferred Li Shijie to his camp and has been under house arrest ever since.
However, after Zhao Junchen placed Li Shijie under house arrest, he did not immediately summon him for interrogation. Instead, he deliberately left him alone and blocked Li Shijie's communication with the outside world.
As a result, Li Shijie was naturally unaware of the recent changes in the situation. Being detained in the camp with nothing to do, he must have been restless and anxious.
Although Zhao Junchen has always ignored Li Shijie and often called Li Shijie a "dandy" in private, he has never underestimated Li Shijie's role.
This is because Li Shijie is a direct descendant of the Li family!
Since the fall of Tieling, the Li family has gradually declined, but after all, they were once the second generation and third general of the army, the founders of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and they also personally created the current situation in Liaodong Town, with influence and connections.
It is still not to be underestimated, even the current commander-in-chief He Yu married the Li family's legitimate daughter.
Objectively speaking, although Li Shijie is eager for quick success, selfish, narrow-minded, and arrogant, his abilities are still good. He is good in both military and martial arts. He is not a pure incompetent dude. He can barely be regarded as a talent.
Such talents are not common in the Li family. They must be the key training target of the Li family. They have the hope of the Li family returning to the front and taking power again. They may even be among the candidates for the next patriarch of the Li family.
one.
In this way, the Li family will definitely use their connections and influence to fully support Li Shijie!
In the eyes of all forces in Liaodong, Li Shijie's attitude represents the attitude of the Li family.
This situation also means that Zhao Junchen can completely mobilize and utilize the Li family's connections and influence through Li Shijie.
In order to achieve this goal, Zhao Junchen has put a lot of thought into these days and prepared many means in advance.
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But he said that under the leadership of Jiang Quan, Li Shijie quickly entered Zhao Junchen's camp.
After these days of house arrest and anxiety, Li Shijie's image and temperament are quite haggard. Not only is his face obviously thinner and covered with stubble, but he also has obvious dark circles under his eyes. His former aloofness has also been significantly reduced.
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After meeting Zhao Junchen, Li Shijie's attitude became quite respectful. He lowered his head and knelt down on one knee and said: "Li Shijie, who holds a humble position from a thousand households in Liaodong, has met the cabinet minister!"
After a pause, Li Shijie couldn't help but raise his head and emphasized: "...These days, I have been waiting for your summons and interrogation in my humble position!
I also hope that you, your cabinet minister, will know clearly that when I led the Liaodong Cavalry to compete with the Guan Ning Cavalry, I never gave any excessive and improper command, nor did I deliberately let my soldiers kill or injure the Guan Ning Cavalry comrades. All of this was because of Guan Ning.
The iron cavalry’s deliberate frame-up!
If you, as a cabinet minister, can uphold justice for me and clear my name, my family...and my family will definitely remember your kindness."
Speaking of the word "family", Li Shijie deliberately emphasized his tone.
Seeing Li Shijie's performance, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but smile.
Before Zhao Junchen could take the initiative to mention it, Li Shijie couldn't wait to move out of the Li family's name. Obviously Zhao Junchen has been panicking about him these days, and this person's character is indeed lacking.
Forbearance.
But it's no wonder that Li Shijie is so impatient. After all, Zhao Junchen's next investigation results will be directly related to his future.
After subconsciously smiling, Zhao Junchen quickly changed his expression to a serious expression and said slowly: "Are you blaming me for keeping you in the dark these past few days and not summoning you for interrogation in time?"
Li Shijie quickly lowered his head again and said: "I don't dare because of my humble position. I'm just too impatient to wait these days, but I have no intention of blaming you, cabinet minister."
Zhao Junchen shook his head slightly and said: "This pavilion has not deliberately left you alone these days, but wants to first collect witnesses and confessions from all aspects to find out the specific context of the conflict between the two armies, and then summon
and interrogate you!”
After a pause, Zhao Junchen's tone became more serious, and he said: "The reason why we suddenly summoned you this time is because we have collected enough witnesses and confessions. Based on these witnesses and confessions,
Many of the original situations can already be concluded...
I have to say that these witnesses and confessions are extremely detrimental to you! Putting aside the Kunning Cavalry, of course they will not have anything good to say about you, but even with all the information collected from the Liaodong Cavalry
This kind of evidence also increases your suspicion of guilt!
There are even some Liaodong Cavalry soldiers who directly put all the blame on you, thinking that it was all because of your stubbornness and random command that the Liaodong Cavalry was defeated by Guan Ning Cavalry. They also said that in that battle
The conflict between the two armies was entirely because you were so angry that you couldn't afford to lose, so you took the lead in ruthlessly attacking Guan Ning's cavalry!"
"What? This...how is this possible? Liaodong soldiers will never abandon their humble positions so easily...There must be a mistake somewhere!"
Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, Li Shijie suddenly raised his head and asked questions repeatedly, his expression full of shock and disbelief.
According to Li Shijie's original idea, when Zhao Junchen investigates the conflict between the two armies, Guan Ning's cavalry will naturally accuse him with all their strength, but Liaodong Town will definitely protect him and shirk responsibility for him. This will
It became a situation where everyone insisted on their own opinions and no one could convince anyone. Then as long as he could try to get Zhao Junchen to show some favoritism, the matter would be solved smoothly. At most, he would just compensate Guan Ning's cavalry with a batch of money, food and supplies.
But according to what Zhao Junchen said at this time, not only did Liaodong Town not protect him, but many people publicly accused him, and even planned to make him bear all the blame?
For a moment, Li Shijie couldn't believe it at all. He only felt that Zhao Junchen's statement was a means of divisive people.
In fact, Li Shijie's idea was correct, and Zhao Junchen was still using the tactic of alienation at this time.
But Zhao Junchen is very good at this and is well prepared, so even if Li Shijie is suspicious, he must take the bait obediently.
Next, Zhao Junchen quickly made Li Shijie, Jiang Quan and others fully understand what "quoting out of context" is, what "confusion of right and wrong" is, what "generalization" is, and what "sowing discord" is!
I saw Zhao Junchen picking out a booklet from the table at hand, flipping through it and saying: "What? You don't believe it? Sooner or later you will find out the truth of this kind of thing, why did I lie to you!"
This booklet records the results of our investigation in detail. The witnesses and confessions related to the Liaodong Cavalry are all in it... In order to prevent you from being unconvinced, we will now tell you the results in detail!
In the past few days, I have sent people to interview 631 Liaodong cavalry officers. They all participated in the competition with Guan Ning cavalry. Many of them are the ones you originally mentioned.
The commanding officers...
Among the 631 Liaodong Cavalry soldiers, 455 directly stated that you had dealt a cruel blow to the Guan Ning Cavalry, and that was why Guan Ning Cavalry suffered innocent casualties;
There are also 503 people who believe that it was you who dealt with Guan Ning's cavalry ruthlessly, which caused the fierce confrontation between the two armies;
Another 576 people came forward to prove that you still continued to attack Guan Ning's cavalry without mercy after the battle between the two armies.
There are also 398 people who believe that your various actions have exacerbated the contradictions and conflicts between the two armies..."
Hearing Zhao Junchen's explanation, Li Shijie's eyes almost popped out of his head, and he still couldn't believe it at all.
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In fact, Zhao Junchen's statement did not lie, but it also concealed many facts.
When Zhao Junchen sent people to collect witnesses and confessions, the conversation between the Forbidden Army officers responsible for asking for confessions and the Liaodong Iron Cavalry officers responsible for providing confessions often went like this.
"When Li Shijie Qianhu led your Liaodong cavalry to compete with the Guan Ning cavalry, did you take the initiative to attack the Guan Ning cavalry?"
"No! Absolutely not! It was all Guan Ning's cavalry who took the initiative to provoke, Li Qianhu was just forced to fight back!"
"Then under the provocation of Guan Ning's cavalry, did Li Shijie act harshly when Qianhu was forced to fight back? Or was he unable to offend Guan Ning's cavalry, so he immediately backed down?"
"How could I, the Liaodong Cavalry, be afraid of offending the Guan Ning Cavalry? Of course Li Qianhu didn't back down and just fought back!"
"In other words, Li Shijie Qianhu still dealt cruelly to Guan Ning's cavalry?"
"That's not what I meant. Don't misinterpret my meaning..."
"Our Forbidden Army has a fair stance. We are only determined to investigate the truth. We will never misinterpret your meaning. I understand what you mean to say that Li Qianhu ruthlessly dealt with Guan Ning's cavalry but was forced to fight back. You have clearly written down everything...
…The next question is, just because Li Qianhu was forced to fight back ruthlessly, that led to the confrontation between the Liaodong Cavalry and the Guan Ning Cavalry, isn’t it?”
"Yes! That's it, it's all the provocation of Guan Ning's cavalry!"
"So the casualties suffered by the Guan Ning Cavalry were all caused by the ruthless counterattack of your Liaodong Cavalry led by Li Qianhu, right?"
"That's right. Don't forget to add the reason why Guan Ning's cavalry took the initiative to provoke!"
"Our Forbidden Army is impartial and only wants to investigate the truth. We will never miss this incident... The next question is, when the conflict broke out after the contest between the two armies, was Li Shijie Qianhu involved?"
"He was besieged by Guan Ning's cavalry, so he was naturally involved!"
"During the subsequent conflict, when Li Qianhu faced the siege of Guan Ning's cavalry, did he refuse to fight back, refuse to retaliate, or did he strike back again?"
"Of course we fought back. We, the Liaodong Cavalry, are all tough men. How can we not fight back when we are beaten or scolded?"
"So after the battle between the two armies, Li Shijie Qianhu still attacked Guan Ning's cavalry, right?"
"That's not what I meant, why did you only pick half a sentence..."
"Don't worry, our Forbidden Army is doing things fairly, and we just want to investigate the truth. I'll take note of everything you said, just to confirm again... Next question, do you think Li Shijie Qianhu's repeated counterattacks intensified the conflict between the two armies?
one of the reasons?"
"What are you talking about? Do you still want to fight back?"
"I was just ordered to inquire about the situation at that time. Don't worry, our Imperial Army respects the facts and all these matters will be reported truthfully..."
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In the end, the Forbidden Army officers indeed reported all the relevant confessions they had collected truthfully, but when these testimonies fell into the hands of Zhao Junchen, their appearance quickly changed.
What Zhao Junchen said at this time were all facts, but they were only partial facts. After being taken out of context, these confessions quickly turned into completely different meanings.
Seeing that Li Shijie still didn't believe it, Zhao Junchen directly threw the testimony book in his hand in front of him.
Li Shijie hurriedly picked up the book and looked through it, only to see that the records in the book were extremely detailed. Not only did it record all the relevant confessions, but it also recorded in detail the names of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry soldiers who provided these testimonies.
Li Shijie was originally unwilling to believe these confessions, but when he saw the names of the Liaodong Cavalry soldiers who provided relevant testimonies, he quickly changed his mind!
Because, according to the content in the booklet, these Liaodong cavalry soldiers who provided testimonies are all people who have good friends with another Qianhu Shicheng!
Could it be that all of this is Shi Cheng's move to add insult to injury?
Could it be that Shi Cheng wants to take this opportunity to completely eliminate himself from the succession battle?
Could it be that Liaodong Town's betrayal of him was all Shi Cheng's secret work?
Thinking of this, Li Shijie's expression suddenly changed!
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I wrote the wrong number of chapters in the last chapter, it should be 1200 chapters, not 2000 chapters...
In fact, this is not the first time that Chongzi has written the wrong number of chapters. He has done so four or five times so far. Every time he finishes writing the last paragraph of a chapter, he will subconsciously relax, and then he will make a joke when uploading the chapter.
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Bugs will pay special attention to this in the future, I'm really sorry!