The news that the Liaodong cavalry reinforcements arrived at Hujiazhuang soon reached the ears of the generals.
At the same time, the fact that He Rensheng came to investigate the truth attracted everyone's attention.
You know, Shi Cheng and Li Shijie each commanded more than a thousand Liaodong cavalry, and they were already deeply feared by all forces and tried their best to win over them. However, this time the Liaodong cavalry reinforcements numbered more than three thousand!
Therefore, although the three Qianhu who led the Liaodong cavalry reinforcements did not have high military positions, they were enough to determine the future direction of the situation!
In particular, He Rensheng, who was responsible for investigating the truth, directly determined the attitude and stance of the entire Liaodong cavalry reinforcements.
In this way, one can imagine the grand scene that greeted Ho Ren-sheng when he showed up.
Whether it is Huang Shenming, the West Route Officer, Li Zehe, the Middle Route Officer, Gan Cheng, the East Route Officer, Xu Zha, the South Route Officer, or the proud Li Shijie, and even Ximen, who has never been willing to look down on himself.
Sheng, at this time, everyone is condescending and personally coming out to greet you.
In fact, before today, these people all looked down upon He Rensheng, thinking that He Rensheng's character was too honest and timid, and did not look like a hero in the military. If it were not for the fact that he was related to He Yu, He Rensheng would not have been able to get in.
Everyone's eyes.
But now, He Rensheng is undoubtedly a crucial and decisive figure, so after everyone saw He Rensheng, they all hid their previous disdain and deliberately showed goodwill and tried every means to get closer to him.
At the same time, everyone was taking the opportunity to express their loyalty to Commander-in-Chief He Yu, and frequently hinted to He Rensheng that someone wanted to betray He Yu. If their side had not still insisted on their position, He Yu would have been betrayed by careerists.
Such is the case of usurping power and seizing the throne.
Surrounded by everyone, He Rensheng was a little at a loss and a little flattered, but he still kept in mind the heavy burden on his body and calmed down forcefully. He just dealt with everyone's overtures and hints impartially.
Then, He Rensheng quickly discovered something fishy.
Among the Liaodong generals who greeted him, although all the generals showed up, and Li Shijie was naturally present, there was another Qianhu Shicheng who could not be seen!
He Rensheng has always had a good impression of Shi Cheng, because Shi Cheng has always seen the advantages in He Rensheng, unlike others who only regard He Rensheng as a weak scholar and a well-connected person.
He Rensheng can be regarded as respectful, and he is not like He Rensheng who always reprimands severely.
In fact, after He Rensheng accepted the task of investigating the truth, he had already thought about the general direction of the investigation and thought that he should contact Shi Cheng as soon as possible to obtain first-hand information from Shi Cheng.
So, He Rensheng couldn't help but ask: "Why can't I see Shi Qianhu in humble position? Where is Shi Qianhu now?"
After hearing He Rensheng's inquiry, the Liaodong generals present had different expressions, either embarrassed, angry, or shaking their heads and sighing.
Finally, Ximen Sheng said expressionlessly: "Shi Cheng...has been imprisoned!"
He Rensheng couldn't help being shocked and said: "Shi Cheng was imprisoned? Why? What mistake did he make? Is it because he failed to protect the commander-in-chief?"
Li Zehe showed anger and said: "Shi Cheng's failure to protect the General Soldier is certainly to blame and must be severely punished, but we imprisoned him this time for another reason! That is,
He is so bold that he wants to assassinate me... Hey! I am also alert and lucky, otherwise He Qianhu would not be able to see me now!"
He Rensheng was shocked again and asked in surprise: "Shi Cheng wants to assassinate General Li Shen? This, how is this possible!"
Xu Ya shook his head and sighed: "Although it is unbelievable, the evidence is conclusive!
In fact, He Qianhu, although Li Shenjiang is still energetic now, he was actually poisoned and almost died. He has just recovered. If you had seen him two days earlier, you would have seen him.
It was difficult to even stand! But General Li's guards were less lucky. First they were poisoned one after another, and then most of them were killed or injured in a fire!
In order to investigate the assassination of General Li, we specially recruited Huang Ke, the inspector general of Liaodong. This person has rich experience in handling cases and has always been close to our Liaodong Town. However, his attitude towards the various forces within Liaodong Town is...
He was impartial, so we handed over the investigation of the real culprit to him at that time!
And Huang Ke is indeed experienced and skilled. It only took two days to find out the general context of the matter and find conclusive evidence. Various signs are enough to show that Shi Cheng has evil intentions and must be related to
The assassination of General Li Shen was inseparable, so we immediately took control of Shicheng. He has many comrades in the army, so we must prevent him from jumping over the wall in a hurry!"
But the next moment, Ximen Sheng retorted sternly: "Conclusive evidence? Bullshit! The evidence that Huang Ke found cannot withstand scrutiny in my opinion! Especially Li Zehe's poisoning, and that
There is no evidence that this fire is related to Shicheng!"
However, Gan Cheng quickly refuted Ximen Sheng, saying: "Can't it stand up to scrutiny? Do you, General Ximen Sheng, have to see Shi Cheng stabbing General Li's body with a knife in order for the evidence to be considered conclusive?"
It was already very clear that Shi Cheng wanted to assassinate General Li that night, otherwise he would not be able to explain what he did that night!
According to Huang's investigation, Shicheng's military colleagues not only secretly surrounded General Li's station that night, but were also ordered not to sleep and were ready to control the situation nearby. It seemed that they had known General Li in advance.
It seemed like something was going to happen at the station that night. Why, could Shi Cheng have predicted it?
There are also some die-hard confidants of Shicheng who received orders that night to do a big thing! Hey, what else could this big thing be besides assassinating General Li? Now several people have already done it
Confessed!"
"Confess? It's just a confession! What's more, their confession was just that they had an unknown mission that night, but it doesn't mean that their mission was to assassinate Li Zehe! In short, there is still some ambiguity in this matter, so let's leave it to Shi Cheng
How can anyone be convinced by a conviction?" Ximen Sheng refuted again.
Li Zehe had a spiteful expression and said in a sinister tone: "If there is any ambiguity, it is just why Shi Cheng wanted to assassinate this general, and whether there was someone else behind the scenes who was instigating and making plans!
Speaking of which, General Ximen and Shi Qianhu have really had a good relationship recently. Not only did they advance and retreat together when doing things, but after Shi Cheng was imprisoned, his military comrades began to obey General Ximen's orders.
Got it!"
Li Zehe's words hinted that Ximen Sheng was the one who secretly instigated Shi Cheng to assassinate him.
Hearing Li Zehe's suggestion, Ximen Sheng became furious again and refuted again.
Seeing the attitudes of Ximen Sheng and the other three generals, it was obvious that the two sides had completely broken off and their mutual hostility was more severe than imagined. He Rensheng could not help but frowning more and more.
Seeing that the conflict was going to continue to intensify, He Rensheng finally stopped him and said, "Generals, please stop arguing. No matter who wants to betray the Commander-in-Chief, it doesn't matter whether Shi Cheng assassinated General Li or not, and why.
If you want to assassinate General Li, I will try my best to investigate!
Next, the lowly subordinate officers will enter the camp one after another, randomly contact their comrades in the camp, and ask them about all the things that have happened during this period. I hope the generals will not stop them!
As for the generals, they are all of high status, so naturally they cannot be questioned at will, so I will take offense from those who are below the rank and boldly offend, and personally listen to the thoughts and opinions of the generals. Please don't take offense, generals!"
Having said this, He Rensheng was emboldening himself while looking at everyone present one by one.
After seeing that no one had any objection to his opinion, He Rensheng added: "Now, I plan to meet and talk with...Liaodong Inspector Huang Ke first, then with West Road Counselor Huang Shenming, and then with Li Shijie and Li Qianhu,
Then came General Li Shen, General Gan Shen, General Xu Shen, then General General Ximen, and finally Shi Qianhu from Shicheng!
As I continue to meet with you, I hope you can take time out and cooperate as much as possible without taking anything into account. If you have any thoughts or opinions, you can directly submit them to me. I will keep them in mind, but I will not listen to biased opinions.
letter!"
Hearing what He Rensheng said, everyone present was a little surprised. Unexpectedly, He Rensheng, who had always been timid, did not panic because of the complicated situation in front of him, but instead quickly came up with ideas and decisions.
Moreover, the order of interviews and interviews formulated by Ho Ren-sheng is also very particular, and is obviously determined based on the position preference and degree of intimacy.
He first asks for the opinions of people with a neutral attitude, and then asks for the opinions of people with a biased attitude. He also first asks for the opinions of people with whom he is relatively unfamiliar, and then asks for the opinions of people with whom he is more familiar.
In this way, He Rensheng can draw a relatively fair conclusion, and he will not be interfered by preconceived emotions.
Therefore, He Rensheng chose to take the lead in meeting and talking to Liaodong Inspector Huang Ke because Huang Ke not only had a neutral attitude on the surface, but was also an outsider in Liaodong Town. He could provide He Rensheng with the most neutral information from an outsider's perspective.
I'm not familiar with him, and I won't believe anything;
Ho Rensheng chose to meet and talk to Shi Cheng last because Shi Cheng’s position was obviously biased towards Ximen Sheng and he had the best relationship with Ho Rensheng himself. Therefore, if Ho Rensheng met and questioned Shi Cheng first, not only would the investigation results not be able to
It's convincing, and his own judgment can easily be influenced by Shi Cheng.
After understanding these key points, everyone's eyes changed when they looked at He Rensheng. They did not expect that He Rensheng could still maintain such a clear judgment in the face of such a complicated situation.
At the same time, although He Rensheng is only a member of the Qianhu household, there are three thousand Liaodong cavalry reinforcements standing behind him. On the surface, He Rensheng said he wanted to ask for opinions, but in fact he was just interrogating. This kind of thing is naturally detrimental to everyone.
face, but everyone still can only choose to agree.
Seeing that no one objected, He Rensheng took a deep breath, nodded and said: "In that case, please introduce Huang Kehuang, Inspector Huang, for your humble position now!"