Chapter 979 A crushing defeat
Prefectural Prefecture.
When Chu Huan was entertaining Gongsun Chu, Dongfang Xin was sitting in Dong Shizhen's study, clenching his fists with his hands, looking extremely ugly, and he clenched his teeth tightly, and he didn't say anything for half a day. After a long time, his fist slowly stretched out, and his eyes were sharp, "Mr. Dong, you have always been good at speaking, but why don't you say a word now?"
Dong Shizhen was standing by the window with her hands on her back. The sky was not completely dark, and the banana trees outside the window were still full of vitality, but Dong Shizhen's face was not as energetic as the banana trees.
Hearing Dongfang Xin's voice, Dong Shizhen turned around and sighed, "What do the general want me to say?"
"I will ask you, why don't you speak on the Observatory?" Dongfang Xin stared at Dong Shizhen's eyes, "You, Lord Dong, are known for your clever tongue and good at being arguing. The Chu, the man surnamed Chu, is aggressive at Observatory. Why don't you argue?"
Dong Shizhen walked to the chair, sat down, and did not speak immediately. She picked up the tea cup on the desk, felt that the tea inside was cold, she frowned slightly, put it down, then looked at Dongfang Xin and said solemnly: "Can you not see that the general? From the beginning today, Chu Huan had already set up a huge trap... Even Dong, it was useless to see that this person was so scheming."
"Do you think he's very scheming?"
"He came prepared today." Dong Shizhen smiled bitterly and said, "General, our biggest mistake is that we delayed the execution period. The execution approval document of the Ministry of Justice arrived more than ten days ago. At that time, Gongsun Chu and the others should be executed to avoid future troubles. If Gongsun Chu could be executed, then the evidence of the Ministry of Justice could be destroyed immediately, and no one could turn the case down..."
Dongfang Xin said angrily: "Are you blaming me?"
"Don't dare." Dong Shizhen shook her head and said patiently: "The general also wants to give the new governor a warning and kill him... there is no mistake in itself!"
Dongfang Xin looked slightly slower, and then he said: "I have seen Chu Huan for a long time. He went to Xiliang to envoy Xiliang. He thought he was very capable. He followed a backer and rose to prominence along the way. We licked blood on the edge of the knife for so many years, but he easily pressed on our heads... Hehe, it's easy to be the governor, but he really wants to shit and pee on our heads. He doesn't have the ability to do that. I delayed my sentence and only took the punishment today, just to make those surnamed Chu understand that in the northwest, the power of life and death is not in his hands...!"
Dong Shizhen sighed: "Chu Huan's cunning is far beyond our estimate. He arrived in Shuoquan yesterday and was about to go to the execution ground at noon today. In the middle, it was less than a day. I really didn't expect that in a short time, he had made such a quick arrangement and carefully set up such a trap... I didn't even expect that he would actually interfere in Gongsun Chu's case."
Dongfang Xin looked around, then lowered his voice and said, "How could he know that there was something wrong with those letters?"
Dong Shizhen thought for a while and shook his head, "If I guessed right, he was not sure at first that there was something wrong with the letters, but if he wanted to save Gongsun Chu and others, he had to start with those letters... The biggest evidence that Gongsun Chu communicated with the enemy was actually those letters. If it could be proved that those letters were fake, the charge of Gongsun Chu surrendering to the enemy would naturally not be established. So he went to the execution ground today to pass by those letters!"
Dongfang Xin clenched his fist and said, "Today, Japan should not give him those letters."
Dong Shizhen shook her head and said, "If he had no intention of overturning the case for Gongsun Chu, even if he had handed all the letters to him to read, it would be fine. Those letters were very careful, and it would be difficult for ordinary people to see the truth or false..."
"I also said that it is difficult for ordinary people to see the true or false?" Dongfang Xin sneered: "Anyone with the surname Chu pulled out a few people and saw the flaws. I knew it was soaked in oil...!"
A trace of disdain flashed across Dong Shizhen's mouth, but his expression became calm and calm in an instant. He asked, "General, I thought Chu Huan was pulling out a few people at will?"
Dongfang Xin was stunned and stared at Dong Shizhen.
Dong Shizhen touched his beard and said lightly: "Although it has been used to drain oil and paper, it has always been despised by scholars. Moreover, this kind of evil way has never been taught by teachers. In fact, few people know it. In order to create these evidences, they also spent time studying the scriptures and reading the scriptures. They finally found such a method. The general thought that if a few people were just dragging him to know this method?"
Dongfang Xin said in surprise: "You mean, those people were all arranged in advance by Chu Huan?"
Dong Shizhen nodded and said, "It must be unrelated to him... It seems that last night, our Governor did not rest well because of the hardships of the journey, but instead worked all night... But I was surprised that Chu Huan looked at Ji Shangqing last year and did not look like he had read many books. Even those great scholars may not know how to drain oil and soak paper. But in today's situation, he obviously made such an arrangement...!" He thought about it and pondered a little, and then said slowly: "From this perspective, if Chu Huan didn't know much, then Chu Huan still has experts around him!"
Dongfang Xin immediately thought of something, "There is an old guy next to Chu Huan... Well, he seems to be named Du Fugong, but he looks like a scholar. Could it be that he knows the whole story?"
Dong Shizhen thought for a while and nodded, "What the general said is very likely. Last night, the seven surnames of Xiguan went to the Governor's Office, and they might have talked about Gongsun Chu... Then they thought of a way to overturn the case for Gongsun Chu. If they wanted to overturn the case, they would have to overturn the evidence... Chu Huan and the others might have doubted these letters at the beginning. Du Fu Gong was Chu Huan's man, and thought of a way to make preparations in advance...!" He said in a low voice, as if explaining to Dongfang Xin, and seemed to be talking to himself. Finally, his eyebrows were spread out and he sneered: "That's right, that's it... Those people were arranged by Chu Huan... Everything was a trap set by Chu Huan..." He turned to Dongfang Xin and said word by word: "Including the letters he searched last night, they are part of the trap..."
Dongfang Xin sneered: "What kind of letters found in search? Those letters must have been made by them themselves. Although it didn't take long, it was enough for them to create perjury..."
Dong Shizhen said: "It is not difficult to find the handwriting of me and Ai Zong. As long as Chu Huan has masters who are good at copying, it is not very difficult to imitate our handwriting...!"
Dongfang Xin said lightly: "Just like you copied Gongsun Chu's handwriting?"
Dong Shizhen ignored it and just continued: "Chu Huan gave out those perjury at the beginning today, which really surprised me... But later I realized that his purpose was not to deal with us, but in fact, the purpose was to overturn the case for Gongsun Chu... He took out those letters to give us a hint...!"
"hint?"
Dong Shizhen nodded and said, "Chu Huan is very smart. He knows very well that if the evidence of Gongsun Chu was forged by Liyou, we should be able to quickly see that the perjury he brought out was also forged by Liyou. His purpose was to let us see this. Although we didn't say anything, we were actually making a deal with us!"
"Make a deal?" Dongfang Xin frowned, obviously he was a little late.
"If we gave Chu Huan an answer at that time, indicating that we could let Gongsun Chu go and that everything would be done without blame, both sides could cooperate with each other and perform a scene in public, which would not only make Gongsun Chu and others innocent, but also ensure that we were not hurt." Dong Shizhen sighed lightly: "Actually, Chu Huan's move seems simple, but in fact he is aggressive, and he doesn't give us many choices. Either everyone can tell you and protect Gongsun Chu and the others, or they will confront each other and do not give in. But at the beginning of the matter, we were destined to lose if we confront each other...!" Shaking his head and smiled bitterly: "But of course the general and Chief Ai will not compromise with Chu Huan..."!"
Dongfang Xin seemed to understand something, clenched his fists and said, "What do you mean is that Chu Huan was not ready to attack Ai Zong at the beginning?"
"That may not be." Dong Shizhen said: "If there is a chance, he will certainly take action... If we were tacit at the beginning, he naturally had no chance, but if the fight continues, the opportunity will appear... Chu Huan came for the first time and had no foundation in Xiguan. Although he is the governor, the Ministry of Justice has a conclusive case. Even if he wants to overturn the case, if he cannot find a reason, the Ministry of Justice can block the case. Of course, we will not let him investigate the case again. So if he wants to overturn the case and overturn the evidence of the crime, he needs to find a reason...!"
Dongfang Xin frowned and stared at Dong Shizhen.
"The local trial of Gongsun Chu's case was completed and the court's approval has been issued. It can be said that it was a final conclusion. There is no reason to overturn the case." Dong Shizhen smiled bitterly and said, "But I never expected that Chu Huan would come up with such a thing. This is to use the other person's way to help him cleanse the dirty water on us, forcing us to cleanse the dirty water on our bodies, but also cleanse the dirty water of Gongsun Chu. The scholars he prepared were originally used to clean the dirty water. He took the initiative to help us wash the dirty water, but because the perjury was vulnerable, we could easily refute it, but we had to wash it. He helped us dry it. The dirty water on Gongsun Chu was exactly the same as us. It would be reasonable and natural to help Gongsun Chu and the others wash the dirty water...!" He couldn't help but sigh: "The wrists of this young man are much more powerful than we imagined...!"
Dongfang Xin finally understood at this time, "Mr. Dong, what you mean is that Chu Huan's method today is to dye our people black first, as black as Gongsun Chu, and then wash them white. Our people are white, and Gongsun Chu's fucking man is white, and he even knocked down Ai Zong?"
Dong Shizhen nodded and said, "The general said it well, and it is true that the truth is. We were not wary of it. We thought it was a foregone conclusion, but Chu Huan beaten to pieces in a few seconds. We can be considered a complete defeat in this confrontation!"
Chapter completed!