Chapter 268 Please His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to uphold justice!
"Commander! Li Jiyi! What are you..."
Seeing a large group of people walking over, Yuan Dalang was stunned.
Li Yan asked: "Has anyone come here since early morning?"
Yuan Dalang said: "No one has been here since Li Jiyi left. Zheng Sanlang drank some rice porridge and fell asleep in the house."
Li Yan nodded: "Very good! Let's go in!"
Everyone walked in, and there was still an unpleasant smell of blood in the room. Zheng Sanlang was alarmed, opened his eyes, and wanted to sit up tremblingly...
This time, no one stopped me, they all looked at me coldly.
Sit down!
So Zheng Sanlang sat down halfway, seemed to have lost his strength, and lay down again, his face turned pale: "What do you want to ask when you come here?"
Di Renjie stepped forward: "Zheng Sanlang of the Beiya Imperial Guards, did you accuse your colleague Guo Wulang of opening a secret passage, carrying out a sudden attack, cutting off your right hand, and escaping without a trace?"
Zheng Sanlang pursed his lips and replied bravely: "Yes."
Di Renjie's face was rare and serious: "He is stubborn, move him away!"
Immediately, some internal guards came forward to grab Zheng Sanlang's arm and move him away.
Zheng Sanlang suddenly changed his color and struggled hard. He would rather have blood seeping out from the bandaged wound, but he still lay on the couch desperately. He screamed loudly: "What are you doing! Leader, save me! Brothers, save me!"
Yuan Dalang heard the noise outside the house and rushed in. His face changed drastically when he saw it, and he rushed to Zheng Sanlang: "His body is still so weak, what are you doing? Leader, how can you let the inner guards touch me?
Baiqi’s brother?”
Cheng Wuzhong also frowned: "Di Wuwei, please give me an explanation. I still don't understand how the body was hidden..."
Di Renjie calmed down his anger, regained his former peace, and began to pace in a small area: "Li Jiyi has already explained the doubts about Zheng Sanlang."
"According to various clues, it can be seen that Zheng Sanlang and Guo Wulang disappeared at the same time. At least one of the two was a spy who betrayed Bai Qi."
"Since Zheng Sanlang's right hand was severed and he was seriously injured, and Guo Wulang's whereabouts are unknown, everyone agrees that it was Guo Wulang who suddenly attacked Pao Ze and then fled in fear of crime."
"But in fact, the opposite situation exists. This person is a traitor who rebelled against the enemy."
Hearing this, Yuan Dalang's mind was in confusion. Zheng Sanlang's face was gloomy and he roared: "I was obviously seriously injured, so why did I become a sinner? This is my hand that holds the bow and shoots arrows. If the hand is broken, I might as well die.
, is it possible that there is still a lie!”
Di Renjie pressed forward step by step, his voice sonorous and powerful: "The matter is now over, why do you need to quibble any more?"
"Is the injured person necessarily innocent? Li Jiyi has long noticed that you are using your tactics to slander your colleagues with your broken hand and disability!"
"Guo Wulang was brave and resourceful. He pretended to be a snake and got information about the thief behind you. At the critical moment, he struck with a thunder blow and cut off your hand!"
"It's a pity that Wu Liulang, who arrived later, worked with you to murder him!"
"Not only was he sacrificed, but he was also cut into two parts by you and cleverly hidden in the stronghold in an attempt to hide the truth and frame Zhongliang!"
Zheng Sanlang's expression became hysterical when he heard this: "Li Yuanfang! And you fat man! You are making a lot of speculations and slandering my reputation! Guo Wulang has obviously fled in fear of crime, but you say he is dead. This is not just a mouthful. You just say it casually."
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Li Yan's face was expressionless, and Di Renjie also shook his head. After waiting for a while, rapid footsteps could be heard outside.
Baiqi, who went to look for the body in the mountain col, came back, shouting all the way: "Guo Wulang's body has been found! Leader, Wulang's body has been found!"
This sound alerted the other Baiqi, and they all followed. When Zheng Sanlang heard it, his body shook violently, with a look of despair in his eyes.
Soon, two hundred horsemen carried a headless corpse into the house and had already put it on the armor dug out from the cave prison.
Cheng Wuzhong looked at his brother who was chatting and laughing with everyone just a day ago, and burst into tears: "Brother, you have been wronged!"
His sadness quickly turned into anger, and he glared at Zheng Sanlang fiercely: "Tell me, where is his head!"
Zheng Sanlang kept his mouth shut and didn't answer.
Di Renjie looked at Yuan Dalang: "Forbidden Army, were you present when Zheng Sanlang was brought out of the cave last night?"
Yuan Dalang looked dazed and subconsciously replied: "I was the one who led the people to rescue him. How could he not be there?"
Di Renjie said: "Then do you still remember what Zheng Sanlang's posture is?"
Yuan Dalang said blankly: "I can't remember clearly."
Cheng Wuzhong finally realized something: "I remember clearly that the evil thief was half-dressed, with his back hunched over, his severed hand pressed on his chest, and he was wrapped in a thick ball, and he was helped out! I was standing at the front,
I also saw blood oozing out from the cloth he was bandaged with..."
When he said this, he couldn't believe it, but he knew he had to believe it. He said every word: "You! Were you holding Guo Wulang's head at that time?"
The hundreds of knights who came over were dumbfounded, the inner guards were dumbfounded, and Wan'er was all excited.
But Zheng Sanlang couldn't say any harsh words anymore and fell on the couch like mud. Cheng Wuzhong was so furious that he directly took action and dragged him aside.
He fell to the ground suddenly, hitting the wound just in time, and screamed out in pain: "Ah!!"
But at this time, no one cared about this guy, and everyone noticed that something was wrong with the wooden board under him.
Cheng Wuzhong opened the wooden board and saw a bloody head hidden inside.
Part of the head's skull was cracked and was somewhat deformed by the pressure, but if you peeled back the messy hair, you could still see that he was a majestic man with wide eyes and a look of death.
All the hundred riders cried out sadly: "Guo Wulang!!"
Cheng Wuzhong took a deep breath and placed his head next to the corpse. Regardless of the blood on his hands, he clasped his fists at Li Yan and Di Renjie: "Please Li Jiyi and Di Wuwei explain everything in detail to prove my brother's innocence."
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Di Renjie stepped aside and said, "After finding the body, my mission has been completed. Please tell Li Jiyi the truth!"
Li Yan was not humble this time and looked coldly at Zheng Sanlang: "I thought about something wrong before."
"I thought you hid Guo Wulang's body when we discovered the secret passage and entered the cave to search."
"But in fact, you had already planned to cut Guo Wulang's body into pieces and chop off his head at the entrance of the secret passage."
"The inevitable flaw is that the blood splattered on the mountain wall is far more than the amount of your severed hands alone."
"The person who handled the headless corpse was Wu Liulang. You took off his armor and told Wu Liulang that it would be fine as long as it was mixed with the bandit's corpse."
"Even you killed a bandit leader before and decapitated him. I'm afraid other Baiqi will do the same in order to deter the enemy's morale. Therefore, it is easy to hide the truth. After all, even if Baiqi can do autopsy, it is impossible to be so meticulous.
The body and the head are spliced to the point..."
"After taking care of the body, you go to the cell, throw away the Shence crossbow, and bury Guo Wulang's armor in the ground."
"You have initially stopped the bleeding on the way, but these violent activities still caused the wound to reopen. Fortunately, you chose the cell because the blood was the most inconspicuous inside, and you were afraid that others would dig out the armor in advance. As a result, Yuan Dalang and others later
Taking people into the cave makes it easier for you to make up lies."
"I don't know what you originally planned to do with the head, but after hearing the news of their arrival, you were afraid of being searched by Baiqi, so you didn't dare to leave the head. So you just didn't do anything and wrapped the head around your chest and bandaged it.
Using his clothes and half-undressed armor as cover, he carried it out..."
"You are covered in blood, even if your posture is unnatural, how many people dare to search your body? When you come to this house, immediately hide your head in the bed, and press it with your body..."
At the end of the sentence, Li Yan took a breath: "No wonder you were so nervous when I interrogated you before. It turned out that you were not only afraid that your lies would be exposed, but you were also afraid that the head under you would be discovered! You slept in Guo Wulang's room last night
Can you sleep on your head?"
Zheng Sanlang collapsed to the ground, his face calmed down, there were no tears of regret, but the jar broke: "I originally thought that all this would never be discovered, but I didn't expect that not only did you Li Yuanfang see it long ago,
Come out, this fat man can still find the body!"
"As for sleeping, well, if I can't sleep, I have to do it!"
"The disappearance of the Shence Crossbow is a serious crime. It will affect my wife and children. I don't know how to support myself even if my hand is broken. I can only come back and slander him. I have no other choice!"
This selfish face angered everyone. Yuan Dalang rushed forward angrily, wishing to punch him to death, but he held back and just shouted: "Your wife and children are wives and children, but Guo Wulang's wife and children are not?
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Zheng Sanlang also yelled: "If he didn't cut off my hand, I would still feel a little guilty. Now that I am a disabled person, why should I show mercy and think about his family?"
Yuan Dalang wanted to curse angrily, but Cheng Wuzhong already shook his head and said: "There is no need to talk to these thieves any more!"
He closed his eyes for Guo Wulang: "Brother, your grievances have been cleared and you can rest in peace. Let's see how this evil thief gets his retribution!"
Li Yandao: "Guo Wulang is a loyal and righteous man. He should be buried generously and his family should be rewarded! As for you Zheng Sanlang, tell me who else among the hundred knights have been persuaded by you. I guess you will not hide it for others in this situation."
Alright?"
Zheng Sanlang laughed hysterically: "Yes, I'm already like this, why should I make it easy for them? Listen carefully..."
He announced seven names in a row, and two of the hundred knights were on the spot. They turned around and were about to run away, but were quickly jumped on by the inner guards and were directly controlled.
Cheng Wuzhong was heartbroken after hearing this.
Nine people among the Hundred Cavalry actually defected!
Don't think that the number is small. Everyone has the mentality of following the crowd. It is the most difficult to develop the first traitor, and it will gradually become easier after that.
When they reach a certain number, if they raise their arms and shout, the others may shout and fall towards the enemy without any need to persuade them one by one.
Now the number of nine is already extremely dangerous. Let alone the extremely jealous Li Zhi, even the benevolent and generous prince, will he trust other people?
Li Yan's expression also became solemn: "Huaiying, you lead the internal guards to capture all the suspects and keep them under strict guard, but you need to make further confirmation to prevent this thief from slandering them."
Di Renjie accepted the order: "Yes!"
Li Yan walked directly out: "Leader Cheng, please follow me to see His Highness the Crown Prince now!"
He moved vigorously and resolutely, attracting the lions, and jumped up. Cheng Wuzhong, with his last hope, rode his horse to follow.
The two of them worked hard, and in less than half an hour, they returned to the group of the prince and the officials heading east to Luoyang.
Under the gazes of hundreds of officials with different expressions, Li Yan led the Bei Ya army leader to the imperial chariot and saluted:
"The Imperial Guard's envoy Li Yan, together with Cheng Gang, the leader of the Baiqi Army in Beiya, reported the occupation of Baiqi's fields. I hope His Highness the Crown Prince will uphold justice for our sergeant of the Tang Dynasty!"