"General Li, I have to tell you some unfortunate news..."
Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, Li Zehe's expression changed slightly, but he seemed to have expected it. He smiled bitterly and asked: "Please Zhao Junchen, please make it clear that you don't have to worry about the humble position... But the guards under his subordinates who are humble in the position have suffered casualties.
And it’s very serious? Alas! I have actually been mentally prepared for these things for a long time!"
As he spoke, Li Zehe's face turned sad and painful, as if the dead guards were all his brothers.
Seeing Li Zehe's hypocritical behavior, Zhao Junchen felt even more sarcastic.
But on the surface, Zhao Junchen sighed and said: "General Li Shen is indeed a clever strategist, and he is worthy of the name of a wise general! I have just received news that most of the guards under your command have indeed been damaged...
However, their deaths and injuries were not due to enemy assassinations and raids, but due to a fire... General Li, if my prediction is correct, the fire should have been arranged by you yourself, right?
After all, although you didn’t say it explicitly, this fire suddenly occurred not long after you left your camp, so the timing is too much of a coincidence!”
While speaking, Zhao Junchen observed the changes in Li Zehe's expression, but saw that Li Zehe's face was still filled with regret, and he actually showed no sign of wavering.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Junchen frowned slightly, but continued: "What's more, even if Shi Cheng's military comrades want to kill you, the time should be chosen in the second half of the night instead of the current first half of the night;
Even if they choose to kill you in the middle of the night, but because you left early, disappeared suddenly, and returned without success, there is no reason to deliberately create this fire and attract more attention;
Even if they want to use this fire to kill people and hide evidence, they should kill them all instead of leaving some alive like now...
So, it was you who set the fire, right?"
Hearing Zhao Junchen's question, Li Zehe did not directly admit it, but he did not immediately refute it, but his expression became more and more filled with regret.
After Zhao Junchen was silent for a moment, he then said: "I also know why, General Li Shen, you arranged this fire break when you were leaving. It was just to divert the enemy's attention, and then you could take advantage of the enemy being diverted."
Opportunities to pay attention and maximize your chances of escape, right?
However, before the enemy actually takes action, even if there is no fire accident, you still have a chance to escape and save your life, but you just cut off your arm resolutely to increase your chance of successful escape, so that
All the bodyguards under his command died in mysterious circumstances. Is there something wrong with him?
Alas, those guards who can be taken by General Li Shen must be loyal to General Li Shen. It is a pity to have such a worthless loss like this...for General Li Shen himself.
Generally speaking, without the protection and assistance of these guards in the future, the situation will be very unfavorable!"
This time, Li Zehe finally answered slowly.
"Zhao Gechen, you have not experienced the situation of Beizhong at that time, so naturally you cannot understand Beizhong's mood at that time... Beizhong and the guards under Beizhong were all poisoned without warning, and most of them were unable to move. After some investigation,
Later, he discovered that the troops stationed nearby were all hostile forces in his own army, and these hostile forces were all ready to attack and kill people at any time...
Under such circumstances, I dare not bet on their time to take action, and I don’t think that I am in vain. I can only seriously consider the worst case scenario and make a decisive decision, so I can’t take care of many things!”
With this statement, Li Zehe still did not directly admit that he set the fire with his own hands, but it was equivalent to acquiescing to this statement.
After a pause, Li Zehe continued: "As for the guards under Beizhi, Beizhi does not think that their deaths were worthless...
Although their casualties were heavy, they successfully covered Beizhi and fled to Zhao Gechen to seek asylum. As long as Beizhi is still alive, not only can their families be generously compensated afterwards, but all the frontier soldiers in Liaodong Town will not be overwhelmed by Ximen Sheng.
, Shi Cheng and the others have completely led them astray, so although their sacrifices were tragic, they can be said to have done a great job both for public and private purposes!"
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After hearing what Li Zehe said, Zhao Junchen could not help but be silent for a moment.
Zhao Junchen discovered that his previous idea was wrong, and it was impossible for him to hit Li Zehe.
On the one hand, Zhao Junchen misjudged Li Zehe’s sense of crisis and urgency at that time.
Based on common sense, Zhao Junchen believed that even if Shi Cheng's military comrades wanted to assassinate and eradicate Li Zehe, they would most likely choose to do so in the middle of the night. Therefore, there was no need for Li Zehe to rush to escape and he had enough time to arrange more careful self-protection.
Plan, there is no need to cut off one's tail to survive and kill one's own bodyguards with one's own hands.
But Zhao Junchen ignored one thing. By chance, because of his secret design, Li Zehe and Li Zehe's guards had already developed extremely obvious symptoms of poisoning.
Therefore, Li Zehe would naturally make a misjudgment, believing that Shicheng's military comrades would soon eradicate him. Under the influence of this sense of urgency and crisis, Li Zehe naturally did not hesitate to save his life at any cost.
On the other hand, Zhao Junchen wanted to use the heavy casualties suffered by Li Zehe's guards to attack Li Zehe. The premise was that Li Zehe really cared about the lives of his guards, but in fact Li Zehe didn't care about such things at all.
In Li Zehe's eyes, as long as he can successfully save his life, even if it only slightly increases the chance of success, then no matter how big the sacrifice of his guards is, it will be completely worth it. Compared with his own life and the lives of his guards,
Of course it is insignificant, and the two are not things that should be compared.
Therefore, just as you can never wake up a person who is pretending to sleep, you can never attack a selfish person who has no bottom line.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen's idea of attacking Li Zehe naturally failed completely.
In fact, Zhao Junchen wanted to take the opportunity to attack Li Zehe. From the beginning, it was not to bring justice to the guards who sacrificed their lives for no reason, but out of interests. Zhao Junchen hoped that Li Zehe would suffer a psychological breakdown after being hit hard, and then completely lose his opinion and stance.
, and courage, and then they will completely rely on themselves, only following their own lead.
In this way, Zhao Junchen can have a controllable chess piece in Liaodong Town, and many subsequent things will be easier to handle.
Unfortunately, because of Li Zehe's coldness and selfishness, this idea was completely in vain.
I have to say that most of the time, people like Li Zehe always live an easier life.
After noticing these situations, Zhao Junchen hated Li Zehe even more deep down in his heart.
Although there are villains around Zhao Junchen, Zhao Junchen himself prefers those gentlemen. This kind of liking is not only because the conduct and actions of those gentlemen are indeed worthy of admiration, but also because they can always be bullied.
, so it is easier to use calculations.
On the contrary, when a villain like Li Zehe uses calculations, he needs to spend more thought and give more benefits.
Zhao Junchen often fantasizes about how wonderful it would be if there were all decent people in the world and he was the only one left.
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Next, Zhao Junchen still needed Li Zehe to cooperate with him, so when he saw that he could not attack Li Zehe at all and made Li Zehe lose his opinion, he quickly changed the topic and instead of trying to stimulate Li Zehe, he adopted a wooing attitude.
Zhao Junchen seemed to be thinking about Li Zehe wholeheartedly. He sighed and nodded in agreement with Li Zehe's statement, and then asked: "Alas! General Li's public heart is really admirable! But the immediate priority has already been
It's not the sacrifice of those guards, but how everything that happened tonight should end!
General Li Shen, you must have forced your way into the Forbidden Army station and sought refuge from me this time. You must have been able to hide it from the eyes and ears of the Liaodong generals. I believe they will rush to this pavilion to meet you soon and ask you about various things tonight.
The reason and process...
But I don’t know, General Li Shen, what are you going to do next? Are you going to confront Shi Cheng and others on the spot? But this lawsuit, I’m afraid it won’t be easy. Although General Li Shen, you have determined that Shi Cheng wants to
You are trying to murder yourself, but you actually don’t have any conclusive evidence. Although I am willing to believe your judgment, if Shicheng and others firmly deny it, there is nothing we can do to them..."
Li Zehe remembered that he "almost lost his life" tonight, and his teeth immediately itched with hatred, but he did not lose his mind, and even thought of follow-up countermeasures. He replied in a cold voice: "Shi Cheng and Ximen Sheng behind him are now
If they want to kill Beizi, they and I are already at odds with each other. Naturally, we can't just let the matter go. Beizi must confront Shi Cheng on the spot!
As for the evidence... the poisoning symptoms of the subordinates and the guards under the subordinates are evidence! Shi Cheng secretly arranged all his military accomplices near the camp of the subordinates, and all of them were wearing armor and carrying swords, ready to move. This is also evidence.
!
Therefore, although the humble position cannot prove that they were secretly poisoned by people sent by Shicheng, who else would do such a thing besides them? Hey, most of the time, the word 'truth' only depends on what people are willing to believe and conclusive evidence.
On the contrary, it is not important!
As the saying goes, "Justice is in the heart of the people." After Beiji and Shi Cheng confronted each other on the spot, they laid out these things one by one, and the Liaodong generals would naturally make a judgment in their hearts! At that time, Shi Cheng and others
Even if he categorically denies it, it will definitely be blamed by thousands of people, and he will be unjust and unjust...and then, he will have no say in the affairs of Liaodong Town!"
Seeing that Li Zehe was still thinking clearly at this time, Zhao Junchen nodded in appreciation. Just as he was about to say something more, he saw a Forbidden Army guard hurriedly entered the tent and reported: "Informed Minister Zhao, all the generals in Liaodong Town have come together to ask for an audience, saying that it is
I have something urgent to report to you."
Zhao Junchen nodded and said: "These people move really fast. I originally planned to take the opportunity to have a few more words with General Li in private... Let them come in."
After hearing Zhao Junchen's instructions, Li Zehe lowered his head and said: "I hope I can listen to Zhao Gechen's teachings in private more, but there will be many opportunities in the future... And now, I ask Zhao Gechen to forgive me. I want to
Lost your composure!"
After saying that, Li Zehe picked a chair and then slumped down on the chair, looking weak and dying.
In fact, although Li Zehe was poisoned by arsenic, the poisoning was not very serious. He had just undergone gastric lavage and vomiting by Zhao Junchen, and his physical condition had improved a lot, at least he had regained a little physical strength and energy.
And Li Zehe still deliberately put on such a weak look at this time, naturally he wanted to win the greatest degree of morality and sympathy for himself.
"This man... is really too smart!"
Seeing what Li Zehe did, Zhao Junchen secretly commented in his heart.
Just as Zhao Junchen was making this comment, heavy and dense footsteps sounded outside the tent, and it was the Liaodong generals who arrived.