Ximen Sheng took the lead and walked quickly into the tent.
While scanning with a cold gaze, Ximen Sheng directly ignored Zhao Junchen who was on the throne, and soon fell on Li Zehe.
Seeing Li Zehe's dying appearance, Ximen Sheng's face became more solemn, and his eyes were flashing with thoughts and doubts.
Obviously, because Zhao Junchen was hiding in the dark and interfering, Ximen Sheng himself could not figure out what happened tonight.
Finally, Ximen Sheng's eyes returned to Zhao Junchen again. After observing for a while, he finally saluted Zhao Junchen and said hello.
After seeing Ximen Sheng salute, a group of Liaodong generals also followed Ximen Sheng and saluted.
On the other side, when Zhao Junchen saw the reaction of Ximen Sheng and the Liaodong generals, he once again strengthened his mind that he could not give up on Li Zehe at this stage.
Just looking at the scene in front of him is enough to indicate a lot of things. Because Li Zehe cannot take the lead in expressing his position as before, the generals of Liaodong Town, such as Gan Cheng and Xu Zha, who were already breeding disloyalty, have become accustomed to it.
Follow Ximen Sheng into action.
Obviously, if Li Zehe is lost, the entire Liaodong Town will soon be reintegrated by Ximen Sheng.
Zhao Junchen originally hoped to see Ximen Sheng come forward to integrate all forces in Liaodong Town, and then he could secretly encourage the generals in Liaodong Town to support Ximen Sheng in taking over the power of Liaodong, and then promote the fight between He Yu and Ximen Sheng.
Unfortunately, because of Li Zehe's disruption, Ximen Sheng is now firmly on He Yu's side. Therefore, if Zhao Junchen still wants to divide Liaodong Town, the only option left is to support Li Zehe.
From this aspect, Li Zehe's frequent disruptions have indeed gained the value of united front for himself.
All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind, but Zhao Junchen remained calm on the surface. After gently nodding his head to signal to the generals of Liaodong Town, he took the initiative and said slowly without waiting for them to ask: "It's so lively tonight!
First, General Li Zehe and General Li rushed to this pavilion, saying that he had been poisoned and someone wanted to kill him, and asked for protection from this pavilion. Then General Li's camp went into flames, and so did General Li's guards.
There were heavy casualties; now prominent figures in Liaodong Town have also arrived here...
Hey! I finally escaped from those gangsters, and I thought I could finally relax and recuperate. I didn’t expect that your people in Liaodong Town were even less worried, and immediately caused such a scene.
Something as serious as that..."
After hearing what Zhao Junchen said, the expressions of the generals in Liaodong Town, headed by Ximen Sheng, changed drastically.
Ximen Sheng and Shi Cheng indeed planned to eradicate Li Zehe in the middle of the night tonight. Although they were forcibly calming down now, they were inevitably a little guilty and worried that they would mess up the situation and invite trouble, so they did not take the lead in expressing their stance.
However, Gan Cheng and Xu Ya, Li Zehe's military accomplices, as well as Li Shijie and Huang Shenming, two neutral factions, reacted much more violently.
Someone wants to assassinate a frontier general like Li Zehe. The nature of this matter can be said to be extremely serious. Since they are all high-ranking military attachés in Liaodong Town, they cannot tolerate the occurrence of this kind of thing and think it has ruined the game.
rule.
"What? Someone wants to assassinate General Li Shen? What is going on?"
"General Li, who is trying to kill you? Have you found any clues?"
"Could it be said that the fire tonight was set by someone who wanted to assassinate General Li? This is simply crazy and must not be let go!"
Under the statements of the Liaodong generals, Li Zehe still looked weak and had been deeply poisoned and could not move. However, he also raised his finger tremblingly, pointed at Shi Cheng among the Liaodong generals, gritted his teeth and said: "
Shi Cheng! The person who wants to kill me is Shi Cheng!"
Following Li Zehe's words, the Liaodong generals were in an uproar again. Everyone's eyes were focused on Shi Cheng's face. Li Shijie and Huang Shenming, who were standing not far from Shi Cheng, moved quickly.
The distance between them and Shi Cheng was shortened. As for Gan Cheng and Xu Jia, they glared at Shi Cheng fiercely and were about to attack!
Shi Cheng immediately retorted loudly: "General Li Shen, please don't slander others. Since I joined the army, Shi Cheng has always been diligent in my duties and has never done anything that violates military regulations. How could I do this?"
What's more, although you and I have some differences of opinion, it's not to the point where I want to kill you... You said I want to kill you, do you have any evidence?"
Then, Ximen Sheng also nodded and said: "Yes, General Li, I also sympathize with your situation tonight, but if there is no evidence, you must not slander your colleagues so casually... Do you know what you said?
, what consequences will it have?”
Li Zehe's tone was still weak, but his attitude was unyielding, and he sneered: "Evidence? What kind of evidence do you need for something that is obvious?"
Then, Li Zehe told the Liaodong town generals in detail all the things he had experienced tonight.
When telling the story, Li Zehe naturally concealed the fact that he actively set the fire, but instead hinted that the fire was also related to Shi Cheng.
After telling these things, Li Zehe stared at Shi Cheng with a sneer and asked: "This general and his bodyguards were all poisoned without realizing it tonight. If they are capable, they have reason to do this."
Besides you, who else could be responsible for this?
If you didn't plan to kill me, why did you suddenly change the locations of the battalions, secretly arrange your close confidants near the general's location, and form a vague encirclement? And all of them are still wearing clothes tonight
Armed with a sword, staying up all night, ready to move?
What's more, after I noticed your conspiracy, I just escaped from danger, and my camp was burned down, and my guards suffered heavy casualties. Considering that the general's station has been surrounded by your cronies in the army, a fire broke out.
Afterwards, your cronies in the military rushed to the scene as soon as possible to control the situation... Hey, do you dare to say that all of this has nothing to do with you?"
Li Zehe's various accusations against Shi Cheng have no conclusive evidence from beginning to end, they are all speculation.
However, ancient laws were not perfect, and in many cases the accuser was not required to provide evidence. Instead, the accused was required to prove his or her innocence.
At this time, because of Li Zehe's accusation, the Liaodong generals looked at Shi Cheng with increasing suspicion. Several people had already identified Shi Cheng as the real culprit behind everything tonight.
After all, Shi Cheng not only had the ability to kill Li Zehe, but also had the motive to kill Li Zehe, and there were many signs that could be regarded as circumstantial evidence.
As a result, Shi Cheng was naturally speechless.
As Li Zehe said before, "Most of the time, the word 'truth' only depends on what people are willing to believe, and conclusive evidence is not important."
Under the doubts and glares of the Liaodong generals, although Shi Cheng had always been calm and capable, he couldn't help but feel a little panicked at this time, and he didn't know how he should defend himself.
After all, he really wanted to eliminate Li Zehe tonight. Although the assassination operation was interrupted before it started, if you look into it carefully, many things are indeed extremely detrimental to him.
Therefore, Shi Cheng could only fiercely and firmly deny Li Zehe's accusations, but he was unable to prove his innocence, and it seemed that he was at the end of his rope.
At this time, Ximen Sheng suddenly said: "General Li, all your accusations are still just speculations. There are still many prejudices in them and there is no conclusive evidence... I believe that based on your words alone,
It's not enough to prove anything! It would be too absurd to convict Shi Cheng based on these speculations!"
Seeing that Ximen Sheng was still asking for evidence from him, Li Zehe naturally couldn't produce it, but he never expected to use the so-called "conclusive evidence" to convict Shi Cheng.
Compared with "conclusive evidence", "thousands of people's accusations" and "excited public sentiment" are often more able to control the conclusion.
Therefore, Li Zehe immediately said angrily: "Evidence? It's an obvious situation, what kind of evidence do you need? You..."
Halfway through his words, Li Zehe suddenly coughed violently, as if his physical condition was getting worse due to emotion.
Li Zehe's performance quickly aroused the mutual hatred between Gan Cheng and Xu Zha. Therefore, there was no need for Li Zehe to express his position in person. Gan Cheng and Xu Zha couldn't wait to argue with Ximen Sheng, saying that now
Shi Cheng's military position and power should be immediately taken away, and he should be severely imprisoned and interrogated.
At the same time, Li Shijie and Shi Cheng had always been at odds with each other. At this time, without any hesitation, he expressed his support for Gan Cheng and Xu Ya's statement.
As for Huang Shenming, he expressed the same attitude after hesitating for a moment.
Naturally, Ximen Sheng firmly disagreed with this proposal of the Liaodong generals, but he was at a disadvantage even though he was outnumbered. However, because of his tough attitude, the two sides were still at a stalemate.
Seeing this situation, Zhao Junchen, who had been watching, suddenly raised his voice: "Everyone, please stop arguing, it will make my head hurt... Well, I have a suggestion here, what do you think..."