At this point, a trace of disdain flashed across Tao Yuanming's face: "It's a pity that you can't trust Yang Quanqi, and you can't fight Huan Xuan. In the end, you played with fire but couldn't control it. You actually lost your mind and wanted to believe me, Yin.
Zhongkan, you have ambitions but no corresponding talents. At home, you are just a famous scholar who picks up chapters and excerpts, and writes and writes. If you want to go out and fight for the world, you don't have the ability, let alone the fate!"
A line of black blood flowed from the corner of Yin Zhongkan's mouth, and he suddenly laughed: "Seven Steps to Break the Soul, it turns out that the wine you drank with me this morning was..."
Tao Yuanming smiled slightly and looked at Yin Zhongkan's fallen figure: "When you killed Wang Xun, did you ever think about today?" He shook his head, walked towards the bridge, and murmured to himself, "Tao Qian
Tao Qian, will this day happen to you too?"
Jiangling City, County Sheriff's Office.
Huan Xuan was dressed in military uniform. He looked at the tall and thin middle-aged scribe in front of him and said coldly: "Luo Qisheng, as Yin Zhongkan's army soldier, you tried your best to sow discord between me and Yin Zhongkan, and repeatedly persuaded him to get rid of him.
I, your Luo family, have received great favor from my Huan family for decades. Your fathers and ancestors, including you, were all promoted by my father and uncle. Is this how you repay our Huan family?"
This official named Luo Qisheng was the Lord of Jingzhou under Yin Zhongkan. He wore wooden shackles on his hands and said loudly: "I, the Luo family, have received national favor from generation to generation, not your private favor from the Huan family.
, We are loyal to the Jin Dynasty, the governor of Jingzhou sent by the Jin Dynasty. When your father was the governor, as long as he served the country and was loyal to the country, we would serve him. And Yin Gong was the governor of Jingzhou officially appointed by the imperial court.
He was innocent of any fault, but you raised an army and killed him. How can you, a rebellious minister and traitor, show any kindness to me?"
Huan Xuan laughed: "If it weren't for people like you who instigate Yin Gong all day long and want to get rid of our Huan family, how could he and I have come to this point? Don't forget that he came to Jingzhou
, I also invited you here. Outsiders don’t know who Jingzhou belongs to. Your Luo family has been here for more than a hundred years, and you still don’t know? Now that Yin Zhongkan has been defeated, you used to be his subordinate, and there is no problem in planning for him.
"My lord, I don't care about the faults of others. As long as you ask me for mercy, I will spare your life and reinstate you to your post. How about that?"
Luo Qisheng said flatly: "Don't even think about it! The governor of Yin treated me with courtesy as a state official, and I should do my best to assist him. Now that he is dead, how can I, as a subordinate, live alone? Huan Xuan, you just want to use me to clean up Jingzhou.
It's just a generous gesture with the heart of a scholar. If you really want to do this, please don't implicate my family. As for me, I will follow Yin Gong now. Please fulfill my name of loyalty!"
Huan Xuan curled up his lips: "I promise you that to fulfill your name of loyalty, I will provide pensions to your brother Luo Qisheng, as well as your wife, son and nephew according to the officials who died in the line of duty. Don't worry."
Luo Qisheng bowed and said, "Then I have to thank Duke Huan." He said, turned around and left, followed by two swordsmen and axemen. Huan Xuan sighed softly: "What a pity. Next one."
Several swordsmen pushed Liu Mai in. At this moment, he was still wearing the same clothes as a few days ago, but he was gray and embarrassed. When he entered the hall, the sergeants around him shouted in unison: "Kneel down."
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Liu Mai instinctively wanted to weaken his knees, but suddenly he heard Luo Qisheng's loud laughter coming from outside: "Yin Gong, you have come to humble your position!"
He suddenly thought of something and immediately stood up straight and laughed: "Huan Gong, if you want to kill me, just do it. Don't you know that a scholar can be killed and not humiliated?"
Huan Xuan's eyes flashed coldly: "Liu Mai, are you worthy of being called a scholar? Are there any scholars like you who can provoke conflicts between superiors and colleagues, fail to slander, and send assassins to harm others?"
Liu Mai smiled and said: "I joined the army as a soldier of Duke Yin, so naturally I had to plan for him. Back then, as the prime minister of Nanjun, you were also a subordinate of Duke Yin, but you jumped on your horse and danced in front of Duke Yin, pretending to stab Duke Yin.
Shouldn't we kill you for being so disrespectful? Duke Yin is benevolent and righteous and can't bear to punish you for a trivial matter, so I paid a lot of money to bribe assassins to get rid of this big problem like yours. Unfortunately, Duke Yin found out and dissuaded you, so the big thing failed!
There is today!"
Huan Xuan laughed: "Buying assassins to assassinate me on the territory of Jingzhou? You really can imagine it. With a subordinate like you, how can Yin Zhongkan be undefeated? When he is defeated, don't you flee back to your hometown in Beifu
, you are looking for your brother Liu Yi to save your life, but what are you waiting for here? Could it be that you are a student of Luo Qisheng, waiting for me to kill you and achieve your reputation of loyalty? "
Liu Mai sneered and said: "Back then, Guan Zhong shot Qi Huan Gong Xiaobai's coat hook, and eunuch Pi once cut off the sleeve of Jin Wen Gong Chong'er. Both of them almost killed the later lord, but were killed by the later lord.
Forgive me, my lord, and use it as your own. I will eventually become a famous minister and leave a lasting legacy. I, Liu Mai, am not talented, but I just want to be on par with these two. I just don’t know if I can meet Qi Huan and Jin Wen.
Where is the lord?!"
Huan Xuan smiled and nodded: "Liu Mai, Liu Mai, you are really good at talking. It seems that it is not unreasonable for your family to squeeze into the circle of upper-class scholars. Since you said so,
What else can I do? Now that I have recently restored Jingzhou, there are still a lot of Yin and Yang gangs who are causing trouble everywhere. There is a shortage of officials for the prison affairs. I wonder if Liu Gong is willing to serve as my prisoner and join the army to conclude important cases.
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Liu Mai's face was filled with joy, and he immediately bowed to his waist and said, "I am willing to serve Duke Huan!"
Huan Xuan waved his hands, and several executioners came forward to untie the torture instruments in Liu Mai's hands and led him back. Huan Xuan stretched out and shook his head: "Finally, we have finished handling these personnel matters, Zhong Wen, you
Is there anything you want to say?"
Yin Zhongwen, who had been standing on the right side, sweating profusely, and not as clever as before to flatter you even if he created opportunities. When he heard these words, he knelt down with a "plop": "Huan Gong, I have always been loyal to you.
, Yin Zhongkan, I really don’t know that Yin Zhongkan is your enemy. He, he is just my cousin. We have not been in contact with each other for many years. You know this best. Lao Bian, Fan Zhi
, hurry up and bear witness for me."
Bian Fanzhi, who was standing first on the left, flashed a disdainful smile on his face: "Yin Canjun, I advise you to explain your relationship with Yin Zhongkan carefully. If you don't talk about it now, maybe you can only
If I go to Liu Mai and tell him, I believe he will know a lot of things that my lord doesn’t know!"