When Li Kun entered the prison, the pungent stench was mixed with angry yells at Zuo Guangping.
Guard Brigade Marshal Ma Ping, who was walking in front with the jailer, asked: "Brother, what is going on? Do you still have people who oppose Zuo Guangping imprisoned here?"
The two jailers were young and the one with a bunch of keys hanging around his waist turned his head and said with a smile:
"I want you to know that when Zuo Guangping was in power, he had very strict control over our Jiangzhou. If there was anything he didn't like, he would get angry and beat up several officials until he was satisfied."
"Using the name of these rectifications, Zuo Guangping arrested many enemies. The one who shouted was Mr. Xi Ningxi, the former magistrate of Jiangzhou. Mr. Xi has been opposed to Zuo Guangping's brutal suppression of Jiangzhou for a long time. However,
It's a pity that Lord Xi has no soldiers, so he is suppressed by Zuo Guangping every time."
"Half a year ago, Zuo Guangping came into contact with the Tang Dynasty and immediately sent Lord Xi to prison."
Li Kun sneered: "Xi Ning is not necessarily a good person, he just shares the spoils unevenly. It just so happens that Jiangzhou's military and political affairs will soon be under the control of his second brother. This Xi Ning should stay here."
As he said that, several people had arrived at Zuo Guangping's cell and saw Zuo Guangping sitting with his back against the wall.
When Zuo Guangping heard Li Kun's words, he jumped up and said with a flattering smile:
"The general is right. Xi Ning is a native of Jiangzhou, and the Xi family itself is a local wealthy family. Any opposition to my cruelty is just an excuse for the Xi family to beautify themselves."
"Open the door"
Li Kun gave the order.
The jailer opened the cell door with a red face. He was really from the Xi family. What he just said was indeed to beautify Xi Ning.
"Captain Zuo, let's go."
Li Kun looked at Zuo Guangping and said with a cold face: "The prince wants to see you, let's go."
Zuo Guangping stood up flatteringly, with a smile on his face: "Great, I have long wanted to see the prince. The prince led the army to fight in the north and south, and is famous. I have long wanted to discuss his military experience with the prince."
Li Kun snorted coldly, turned around and walked out: "Take it away."
A group of people walked out of the cell door, and Xi Ning shouted from behind:
"Generals, I am Xi Ning, the magistrate of Jiangzhou. I am a fifth-rank official in the imperial court. Generals, whoever can save me will be greatly thanked by me and generously rewarded by the imperial court."
The brigade commander next to him had a sarcastic look on his face: "He is still like this after being imprisoned. If he returns to the court, he will be rewarded heavily. I really don't think he is such a great court official."
Ma Ning said casually: "The prince has never said that he wants to see him. He is not even as good as Zuo Guangping. He really thinks he is someone."
Zuo Guangping said with a smile: "The two generals are right, Xi Ning is a corrupt official. For the sake of his Xi family's property, he also used power for personal gain, coerced and induced, so many properties were taken away, and many businessmen's families were ruined. I had no choice but to do so."
, it was really a last resort to put him in jail.”
Several guards glanced at Xi Ning, who was shouting in the cell. It was exactly what Governor Li said, Xi Ning was not a good person.
Zuo Guangping followed Li Kun out of the prison and entered the Governor's Mansion. He walked through the familiar pavilions, rockeries and flowing water, and saw the familiar central hall.
This was the place where I used to hold military meetings, but here again, I became a prisoner.
In front of the hall, the welcoming pine that I had pruned still stood proudly, as if it had been pruned just now.
The guards guarding the central hall were stacked in layers, seemingly as many as a brigade, and the leader seemed to be a battalion captain.
Zuo Guangping looked at the school captain checking his official certificate with some disdain. Su Lu was the king of Anguo County and the pillar of the Han Dynasty. Even the Chinese Army was just a camp school captain. It was really shameful. He thought about himself and the camp school captain even wanted to get in.
Can't do it.
Following Li Kun, who had passed his official certificate, into the middle hall, Zuo Guangping saw Su Lu half lying on the brocade couch. There were several heroic female guards standing beside him, and a group of generals and colonels were surrounding the defense map.
Among the piles of documents, masters kept getting up with books in hand to ask Su Lu for instructions.
"The last general, Zuo Guangping, the governor of Jiangzhou, met the governor."
Zuo Guangping knelt down neatly and said softly to Su Lu.
In the middle hall, Su Lu heard Zuo Guangping's words, raised his head and glanced down, and saw Zuo Guangping's face full of flattering smiles.
"Zuo Guangping, what benefits did Xie Ruyu give you when you surrendered to the Tang Dynasty? You were asked to do it so simply and thoroughly."
Hearing this, Zuo Guangping hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Your Majesty, you are wrong. I did not surrender to the Tang Dynasty. I just followed Xie Ruyuxu and made a mistake. My loyalty to the Han Dynasty can be seen from the sun and the moon. Your Majesty, you cannot do it because of the one-sided behavior of some people."
Just put me in jail and make me suffer unjust injustice."
There was silence inside and outside the nave, and everyone looked at Zuo Guangping in shock.
He knew Zuo Guangping was shameless, but he didn't expect him to be so shameless. In front of everyone, he wanted to completely push away his surrender to the Tang Army.
Su Lu clapped his hands and gave instructions: "Come here, give Mr. Zuo a few boards to wake him up, refresh him, and let him think about his identity."
Several wolf-like guards rushed forward, dragged Zuo Guangping away, and even blocked Zuo Guangping's mouth, leaving him no chance to beg for mercy.
There was a crackling sound outside the nave, and like a dead dog, Zuo Guangping was carried in by two personal guards and remained on the ground.
The flattering smile on Zuo Guangping's face disappeared. His clothes were beaten to pieces on his back, and his flesh and blood were horrific. His whole body had lost its previous look, and he was just lying on the ground, breathing heavily.
This slap in the face made him understand that Su Lu would not let him go, and that he would not be able to escape having his family confiscated and his family exterminated this time. Su Lu was cruel enough.
"My lord, if you want anything, just say it. What the general can do is naturally tell him everything he knows."
Su Lu nodded and gave instructions: "We have found all the defense maps in various places in Jiangzhou. They are very complete. Although you, the governor of Jiangzhou, are a traitor, you have done a good job in military affairs. It is very good."
"Where is the Tang State's border army defense map? Why don't we have one?
Don't tell me that you didn't infiltrate the Tang Army. Part of the military pay issued to Jiangzhou by the Ministry of War was specially awarded to those who calculated the defense map. Could it be that you have misappropriated all of it.
Zuo Guangping chuckled: "I'm doing this, and my money hasn't been misappropriated. I also know what I can do and what I can't do. But Xie Ruyu came here once, and his people took all these things away.
Already."
Su Lu nodded. Xie Ruyu was talented and could definitely see the importance of these defense plans. It was normal to take them away.
"What a pity."
Su Lu glanced at Zuo Guangping and ordered: "Take him away."
Zuo Guangping struggled to get up and followed a few guards and walked out. Su Lu's voice continued to sound behind him.
"It's a pity that the best candidate for Jiangzhou Jiedu Mansion has to be selected from another talented person."
Zuo Guangping was stunned when he heard this, broke away from the restraints of several guards, turned around, and asked Su Lu:
"Your Majesty, if I, Zuo Guangping, had not done these things, would I have taken over the newly formed Jiedu Mansion?"
Su Lu picked up a brochure at hand,
"What do you think? You, Zuo Guangping, have experience and experience, and you have a backer, so how come you surrendered to the Tang Dynasty in an incomprehensible way?"