Chapter 23 Iron Evidence (Happy New Year)
Cui Dunli's cold sweat was like spring bamboo shoots after the rain, and it kept popping up: At this moment, he didn't care about how to impeach Luo Shixin, and all kinds of uneasiness came to his heart.
He always thought that Wang Junkuo was very kind, righteous, wise and brave. In the face of the rebellion of Lujiang King Li Yuan, he turned the tide with great wisdom and killed the thief leader Li Yuan and Wang Shuo with almost no bloodshed, ensuring the safety of the north and helping the Tang Dynasty avoid military disasters. In private terms, Wang Junkuo rescued him from the hands of the thieves, which was a life-saving grace.
Cui Dunli is strong and has not shaken his belief in the face of severe torture, but this does not mean that he is strong. When he is interrogated by torture, he wishes he could die. He just relies on his personal ethics and integrity, and for the sake of his own integrity, he has to hold on with his pride of literati for thousands of years.
Wang Junkuo rescued him from the desperate situation of not being able to survive, and it also made Cui Dunli instinctively develop a great favor for him. Wang Junkuo was too good at acting and acting, and Cui Dunli let him deceive him. When he returned to Chang'an, he said a lot of good things about Wang Junkuo, whether in front of the emperor or in front of relatives and friends.
Cui Dunli is a close minister in the Secretariat who can speak directly with the emperor in the Secretariat. He is also from the five families of the family surnamed Boling, Shandong, and has rich connections.
Cui Dunli has made considerable efforts to be able to become a well-known hero in a short period of time.
But the small ink made him suddenly realize how stupid he was at the beginning. The Tang Dynasty had very rules and regulations on keeping secret music secrets and deadly rules. There was a secret word for secret music, so naturally he would not give me a public memorial.
The ancient emperors were high and they lived in the palace. While possessing supreme power, they also maintained this certain mystery.
Only when you get summoned by the emperor or your relatives and relatives can meet the emperor frequently, even if you are an important official in the court, even a minister of justice like Luo Shixin and even a minister of the Ministry of Personnel want to see Li Yuan, it is not easy for you to see Li Yuan after repeated notifications. It is not to say that you can meet at any time. If you meet, you will also have the same letters and memorials. This is also the key to the three provinces and six ministries system.
No matter who the minister's memorial is, it must be handed over to the Secretariat for review and then handed over to the Emperor, and then drafted by the Emperor, and then handed over to the Secretariat for confirmation. After confirmation, it will be handed over to the Menxia Province for review. Finally, it will be handed over to the Secretariat for execution.
Rules are rules, and this process cannot be defeated.
However, secret memorials can go beyond all rules and listen directly to them. No one except the emperor has the power to dismantle and read secret memorials. Li Shimin has this right only when he was the prince, otherwise he could not exceed his authority.
And not everyone can send secret memorials. As a member of the Secretariat of the Secretariat, Cui Dunli is one of the few people who can send secret memorials.
Cui Dunli has this right, and should know that the law stipulates that the secret writers should be peeking at the secret writers, which is equivalent to treason and rebellion.
This is not just him, I believe Wang Junkuo cannot not know. However, Wang Junkuo disassembled his secret memorial, which almost made it clear what this meant. If he hadn't had a ghost in his heart, why should he secretly watch his secret memorial?
"This..." Cui Dunli couldn't say anything. He was speechless. The small details of the ink were enough to prove that Wang Junkuo had two hearts.
Luo Shixin had no time to take care of Cui Dunli's mood at the moment, and his mind was already flying. He thought about how to use this small evidence to investigate everything clearly.
"It's really hateful that Wang Jungu dared to read the secret memorials privately." Cui Dunli thought about it and recalled the past. His expression gradually became solemn, angry and angry. Finally, he bowed and said, "Mr. Shangshu said the lesson that he had taught him was extremely. Although he was unwilling to admit that he was pedantic and brainless, he did make a plan for the villain this time. The King of Lujiang should have asked Wang Jungu to rebel. Instead of being clever and planning for many years as Wang Jungu said."
"How to say it?" Luo Shixin's initial bold assumption was just to analyze it with his feelings and generally defined Wang Junkuo as the mastermind behind the scenes. However, their illusion was ultimately a kind of imagination, and the real intention situation was imagined. Perhaps the details would definitely be deviated in the past when talking about it in the way of thinking. As Cui Dunli, who was directly in contact with Wang Junkuo, was the most critical witness, his new ideas and views were still extremely important.
Cui Dunli said: "This time I was ordered to go to Youzhou to secretly investigate whether the King of Lujiang had any intention of rebellion. The matter was serious, so I investigated the situation in two groups. Before I arrived in Youzhou, the secret line had already lurked in Youzhou to investigate the situation, but I did not find out useful information. It was not until after I was under house arrest. Not long after Wang Junguo left the inn, the King of Lujiang made a real rebellion. At first I thought it was a coincidence, but now when I think about it carefully, I realize that there is another possibility. The King of Lujiang saw my secret.
Xin, in order to protect myself, he rebelled in a hurry. After I was put into prison, the seal on my body was taken away. Wang Junkuo must have used my seal to forge secret letters at that time. However, the net of heaven was vast. After I used the ink paste I carried with me, I placed it on the table and did not carry it. They took me to the prison to collect my seal, but they could not take it away. This golden paint ink paste was popular in the Jingcheng City of Chang'an. Youzhou was located in a remote place and did not recognize this thing, leaving a flaw."
He paused and said, "Wang Junkuo was vicious and vicious. He was able to quell the chaos in the blink of an eye. It was not because his extraordinary ability, but because the King of Lujiang was completely unprepared. Wang Junkuo used his suspicion to force the King of Lujiang, but he became the first hero to quell the rebellion."
As a general servant, Cui Dunli was entrusted with important tasks by Li Shimin and was very capable of investigating cases. He was just confused before. Now that he has realized his thoughts are clear and clear, he is talking about the truth.
Seeing that Cui Dunli's analysis was somewhat inevitable in details, Luo Shixin was generally consistent with his imagination, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Cui, this matter is not allowed to be made public. Before Wang Junguo was sentenced, he is not allowed to tell anyone to know."
Cui Dunli said that he understood and walked out of the Ministry of Justice with some complexity: This time, his old face was thrown into his bones.
Luo Shixin immediately called Liu Yanke and told him the latest discovery.
Liu Yanke was overjoyed and praised: "The adults are meticulous and admire them. This small flaw has been noticed by the adults."
"Good luck!" Luo Shixin said with a bit of pride. The role of ink is extremely wide. When he joined the army, military information needs to be kept confidential, and ink seals are indispensable. The private letters for communication between husband and wife cannot be known to others. These are all required ink seals just in case. At that time, Luo Shixin used vermilion ink, but he used a lot but did not have an in-depth understanding. After returning to Chang'an, he switched to gold-painted ink, which was very different from before. He also understood it, but unexpectedly, today it became the key to solving the case.
"What are your good ideas next? Although the evidence of this ink is not enough to prove that Wang Junkuo is the mastermind, it is enough to be imprisoned and questioned. As long as he can be imprisoned and imprisoned, we can investigate him openly and pull out his fox tail." Luo Shixin asked Liu Yanke. Liu Yanke was experienced in this area and it was necessary to seek his opinions.
Liu Yanke pondered for a moment and said, "This method is a bit quick, but it is also feasible. However, he is now sensitive. As the governor of Youzhou, he holds the military and political power of Youzhou. He is not the King of Lujiang, and has extremely strong military capabilities. He can detect strange things and cause troubles. The situation is not good. He should be led to Chang'an to capture it, which can be easy to control and ensure the stability of Youzhou."
"It makes sense!" Luo Shixin did not hesitate and went to the East Palace to inform Li Shimin, who was extremely concerned about the matter.
Li Shimin was silent for a while: Wang Junguo was the general who walked out of his hands and had made great contributions to him. In the battle of Hulao, he could immediately have 100,000 Dou Jiande's Xia army with 35 million and 100,000. Wang Junguo's personal contribution was incomparable. At that time, Wang Junguo intercepted the food and grass of the Xia army with a thousand light cavalry and captured the Xia army's general Zhang Qingte, forcing Dou Jiande to be eager for a war. He used the flaws exposed by the sudden battle to lay the foundation for the Tang Dynasty to unify the world. Later, because Wang Junguo almost sold Luo Shixin in Mingshui, causing a feud with Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin. In order to maintain the harmony between his subordinates, he chose to release Wang Junguo out.
Li Shimin valued trust and felt a certain guilty in addition to trusting Wang Junkuo. He really didn't want to believe that he would instigate his father-in-law to rebel for his achievements, and even captured and killed his father-in-law and silence him. He originally thought that Wang Junkuo had some selfish intentions in this incident and made certain mistakes. If so, he would use the power of the prince in charge of the country to save him.
But he never expected that Wang Junkuo might be the mastermind behind the scenes...
"Wang Junkuo, you disappointed me so much!" Li Shimin sighed, and agreed to Luo Shixin's proposal with a little emotion.
Just when Li Shimin brought Wang Junkuo to Chang'an, Luo Shixin also received news from Ma Zhou.
Luo Shixin stripped his silk and pulled the cocoon to find Wang Jungu's foot, and Ma Zhou also caught Wang Jungu's foot. He did not find out the problems in "Ming Ji Tie" for a while, but he caught the evidence of Wang Jungu's murder and silence.
Chu Yan, a prison jailer in Youzhou, interrogated Cui Dunli's executioner. He was born with a ruthless butcher. He was a famous filial son. He did everything to cure his mother. In order to let Chu Yan work hard, Wang Junkuo gave him a hundred years of ginseng.
While Chu Yan was happy, he immediately handed the ginseng to his colleagues and asked him to help him give it to his mother, and also roughly explained the origin of the ginseng.
Chu Yan asked Wang Junkuo to eradicate the roots, but he didn't know that there was anyone in the world who knew what he was doing...
Luo Shixin put down the letter in his hand. He should use the ink matter. Chu Yan's matter may not cure Wang Junkuo's serious crime. Combining these two matters with Cui Dunli's testimony will form a series of ironclad evidence.
Wang Junkuo, it's over. (To be continued)
ps: On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I wish all my book friends, brothers and sisters a happy New Year. I wish all my siblings a happy Year of the Sheep... Thank you for your support for me! Without you, there would definitely be no "Tang Tiger Ben" today, thank you!
Chapter completed!