A charcoal fire was lit, and a pot of wine, a plate of peanuts and sliced wax meat were placed on the small table.
Although it was very simple, Jian Qu felt at ease.
Su Ziji smiled: "Brother Jian, don't worry, no one will break into my tent. Come on, it's cold. Please take a sip of the hot wine to warm yourself up."
Jian Qu warmed his hands, poured himself a glass of wine, and couldn't help but praise: "Good wine!"
Su Ziji picked up a peanut with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. It was burnt and crispy, and his mouth was full of fragrance. Before he could speak, he saw Jian Qu pouring another drink for himself. Suddenly he wiped his eyes and sighed:
"Alas, the commander-in-chief is finished this time!"
"What Qian Zhidong committed has nothing to do with me." Su Ziji pretended not to know the details: "One of his 100 households killed one of Master Cui's 100 households, and then he jumped over the wall and assassinated two people.
An imperial envoy was killed on the spot."
"Qian Zhidong was guilty of not being strict with his subordinates, which is not a small crime, but he also had military exploits. The merits and demerits are balanced, and at least his life is not in serious danger."
"When the southwest is peaceful, we will kill the heroes. What will the soldiers think?"
"Besides, the southwest still needs strong men to take charge and stabilize the situation. I think the two imperial envoys will not be unclear about this."
All this makes sense, but Jian Qu smiled bitterly and burned his pale, bloodless hands with the fire: "No, the commander really cannot escape this time."
No matter what, Jian Qu stayed under Qian Zhidong's account for three years, and it was not false to say that he was affectionate at all.
"It's just this matter." Jian Qu sighed: "Now that I have taken refuge with you, I won't hide it."
Jian Qu's eyes were full of melancholy: "It's a zhezi. Marshal Duoye, together with me and several other staff, wrote a zhezi after repeated deliberation, but I haven't had time to hand it over yet."
"Only the emperor can see the contents of this book. Moreover, after returning to the capital, the two of them are no longer imperial envoys, but there is no serious problem."
"It just so happens that the imperial envoys just copied the big account, and the folder is in the account at the moment. If the contents of the folder are seen by the two imperial envoys, it will be serious!"
Fighting for credit behind the scenes and getting into secrets. It's okay if the imperial envoy didn't know about it in advance. How could he let it go if he knew about it?
Jian Qu was afraid that the book would fall into the hands of the two imperial envoys, but he also knew that since he had copied the big account, how could he not be discovered?
As long as the two imperial envoys took a look at it, they would know that there was not much difference between the actual results of the war and the opportunistic tricks hidden in it, and the clever wording to steal the great success.
Now Qian Zhidong is in the hands of two imperial envoys. The murder of hundreds of households and the assassination of the imperial envoys can be considered minor or serious. The two imperial envoys are really furious. They are determined to kill Qian Zhidong.
If all kinds of crimes were reported to the emperor truthfully, Qian Zhidong might be dead.
"Qian Zhidong, you really asked for your own death, and you finally did it."
"He was unruly and refused to fight for a long time. He just sat back and watched as he attacked the imperial envoys and competed for credit. Except for treason, he committed no major crimes."
Su Ziji thought to himself, but then said "Hey", as if he had just understood, and leaned forward: "It's so serious, is it a matter of competing for merit?"
Jian Qu was not surprised that Su Ziji could react immediately. After all, this was the only thing that could cause trouble at this juncture.
He nodded heavily, and then sighed again.
Although he had long thought about leaving and was even wary of Qian Zhidong, when the other party was facing a disaster, what arose in Jian Qu's heart was not joy, but a heavy pain that weighed heavily on his heart.
Su Ziji did not understand the complicated psychology of a scribe like Jian Qu who had lost his support. What he was thinking at the moment was: "Qian Zhidong will either die this time or be deprived of all his official positions."
"Without official positions, what do people in their fifties and sixties have to rely on? There is nothing to be afraid of. There is nothing to fear."
"Qin Fengliang, on the other hand, might be able to take advantage of this person. Once Qian Zhidong collapses, he may become the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Army and officially become one of the top commanders in the country."
"However, there is no way around it. I'm not a god. I can save the overall situation in Southwest China and destroy Qian Zhidong calmly. That's pretty good."
"The plan for now is to return to Beijing as soon as possible. Maybe I can catch up with this year's general examination. There is also that Sang Nu who is eyeing me. I could have investigated a little bit, but now it's too late."
Su Ziji breathed out a heavy breath of alcohol, feeling a long-lost sense of comfort.
At this moment, in the big tent, Cui Zhaoquan drank a cup of hot tea and exhaled a breath of turbid air. His panic and panic were slowly suppressed, but the anger after being frightened was not so easy to suppress.
He glanced at Inspector Zhao, who was sitting next to him with a cold face and said nothing, only stroking his jade finger. He was not in the mood to scold the eunuch secretly.
"This time, we can take the opportunity to punish him." The eunuch did not speak, so Cui Zhaoquan had no choice but to speak first.
Seeing Supervisor Zhao looking over, Cui Zhaoquan sneered: "Qian Shuai's mismanagement of the army is just the right punishment. It will definitely make him disgraced and the court will be happy to see it. Are you right, Eunuch Zhao?"
Regulating the military was a major strategy throughout the Chengshou Dynasty. Didn't Supervisor Zhao not know that?
If Qian Zhidong is not guilty, he can still be relieved of his military power and go home to live in retirement. Now that something happened, he just wanted to ask the question, but he couldn't say it straightforwardly. Inspector Zhao raised his eyelids and was about to reply when he saw Sun Baihu
Come in and quickly come to your side.
After Fu Er said a few words, Inspector Zhao couldn't help but frown: "Really?"
"Father, this is the copied document. Please take a look at it." Sun Baihu whispered and handed over the document in his hand.
Cui Zhaoquan felt even more unhappy when he saw these two people being so mysterious.
I wanted to say something, but when I thought about it, both of them were angry now, and there had just been internal strife. If the imperial envoy started to quarrel again, wouldn't it be a joke to the people in the village?
Those people are still under house arrest in the military camp and have not been released yet!
Supervisor Zhao opened the document and read it quickly. He was stunned for a moment. He read it again to make sure that he had not read it wrong. His face suddenly turned blue and white, which was really good-looking.
"Master Cui, we think what you just said is too light."
"Huh? What do you mean?" Cui Zhaoquan didn't understand what Supervisor Zhao meant by his vague words at first, but when Supervisor Zhao handed over a document, he looked down at it in confusion and immediately understood.
Not only did he understand, he also slammed the document on the table and roared.
"How dare, how dare he?!"
It turned out that this document was exactly what Qian Zhidong and several staff members had spent many nights debating and writing. However, before they could hand it over, Sun Baihu searched it and handed it over.
At first glance, the above content is not much different from the outcome of the war, but when it comes to writing, which sentence comes first and which comes last, and a little click on the wording, the result is much different.
This document was written very cleverly. It not only pointed out the two imperial envoys who almost ruined the overall situation by trespassing, but also slightly changed the order. Even some of Qian Zhidong's own mistakes made the readers feel that they were wrong.