As Liao Xianghe's words fell, Xiao Chen felt a slight resonance in his heart.
Even though the other party was already a prisoner of Dongchang, even if the other party was planning a huge and shameful conspiracy, Xiao Chen couldn't find any reason to refute Liao Xianghe's words.
This sentence seems to be a rebuttal to Lin Shangli, but it also expresses his own attitude towards life. However, what does Liao Xianghe mean by that last look at him?
From being aloof at the beginning to showing no resistance at the end, the contrast between Liao Xianghe's attitude before and after was really too big. Even though he had investigated countless cases and met countless people, Xiao Chen just couldn't find a suitable reason to do so.
answer.
Lin Shangli stepped forward gently, looked at the big word "prison" on Liao Xianghe's chest, and showed a victorious smile.
"Since Mr. Liao has been in charge of the imperial edict, he has handled countless major cases and has always held the power of life and death for others. Now, you have ended up like this, I'm afraid you didn't expect it, right? The fate you say is in your own hands.
Is this how you master it?" There was a hint of sarcasm on Lin Shangli's face.
Hearing this, Liao Xianghe smiled faintly: "The only person I admire for playing power is the current emperor. I have never really cared about the game between you and me. If you don't understand what I want, you won't understand either."
After patting the hem of his clothes, Liao Xianghe straightened his body, as if he was afraid that others would not see the word "prison" on his chest.
Lin Shangli laughed loudly: "Of course, if Mr. Liao hadn't been cunning and scheming, he wouldn't have been given the python suit that everyone envied from the fourth rank official position. Nor would Ji Gang have fallen.
You are still in control of Beizhen Fusi safely, and even the commander of the Jinyi Guards has been sidelined."
"Eunuch Lin, there is no need to praise me like this. Although what you said is true. But, even so, I still lost to Dongchang." Liao Xianghe said calmly.
"You didn't lose to Dongchang, you lost to the court, you lost to the emperor, and you lost to yourself." Lin Shangli raised his voice.
No one from the crowd behind him interrupted.
They knew that this was a game between the factory owner and Liao Xianghe. What was at stake was power, and what was at stake was also scheming.
"Court? Your Majesty?" Liao Xianghe shook his head gently, "I did lose to Dongchang, but not to your Eunuch Lin, but to your luck."
When saying this, Liao Xianghe glanced at Xiao Chen again intentionally or unintentionally.
"As for losing to myself, maybe, maybe I underestimated Dongchang's luck." Liao Xianghe added.
Lin Shangli, who looked like he was winning just now, frowned slightly.
He and Liao Xianghe have also been fighting openly and secretly for many years. Although the victory finally fell to his side, Liao Xianghe showed no signs of defeat between the lines.
Even though he was wearing prison clothes and standing in the prison of Dongchang, he still looked unmoving. What else did he have to rely on to keep his head held high like this?
However, no matter whether you say you lost to Dongchang or you lost to Dongchang due to luck, you still lost and you are a prisoner of Dongchang.
Thinking of this, Lin Shangli's frustration at losing to Liao Xianghe in terms of momentum was somewhat relieved.
"Lord Liao, the court has not treated you badly, and the emperor thinks highly of you. Tell me, why are you doing this?" Lin Shangli smiled slightly and took the lead.
To suppress a person's momentum is to avoid his strengths and attack his faults.
"I'm not wrong. I just wanted to compete with Dongchang for favor. After Ji Gang fell, the emperor already had a grudge against Jin Yiwei. And your Dongchang is at its peak, and the emperor has not yet issued an edict to show his power. I just used it a little bit.
It is just a means to prevent the development and growth of Dongchang."
Liao Xianghe's face remained calm and composed. It seemed as if the plots he had set up and the lives lost because of them were not worth mentioning.
Even though he had some admiration for Liao Xianghe just now, Xiao Chen couldn't help but get furious when he heard him talk about the lives lost in such an understatement.
"Liao Xianghe, are your methods at the expense of other people's lives? Are you worthy of being a fourth-rank minister in the imperial court with such disregard for human lives?" Standing behind Lin Shangli, Xiao Chen shouted loudly.
Wang San and two other eunuchs lost their lives because of their own good intentions.
Zhang Shanren's whole family was killed just because he participated in donating money for the wall.
Qinghe Inn, just because Jinyiwei's dead soldiers stayed temporarily, the entire inn was massacred.
Zhang Zhixian, along with those people he didn't know, sacrificed their lives, yet they were so lightly dismissed.
Xiao Chen couldn't bear it any longer. If it weren't for the whole conspiracy to be exposed to the world from Liao Xianghe's mouth, he really wanted to cut Liao Xianghe in half with a knife to relieve his hatred.
"Taking human life seriously?" Liao Xianghe was stunned, "Will anyone lose their life in the struggle between conspiracy and power?"
"It's a great Ming Dynasty, why do you people want to play conspiracy? Is it because if you don't play conspiracy, you can't show your talents?" Xiao Chen stepped forward and looked directly at Liao Xianghe.
"Hahaha." Liao Xianghe laughed, "In the past dynasties, which world was won by peace? Which one was not established among the dead? Which one was not established through conspiracy and tricks, and then it was called the victory of wisdom.
The world?"
"I am just planning for the future of Jin Yiwei. If this is considered a conspiracy, then which founding emperor in the past dynasties was not a conspirator?"
Liao Xianghe's high-pitched voice echoed in the cell, and for a moment, no one could answer his words.
Xiao Chen looked at Liao Xianghe, and for some reason, at this moment, he seemed to see a hint of kingly demeanor in him.
"Liao Xianghe, don't argue with young people. Even if you are seeking a future for Jinyiwei, what you do violates the laws of the court." Lin Shangli said coldly.
"I know, so I consciously followed you to the Dongchang Prison, and consciously put on the Dongchang prison uniform." Liao Xianghe smiled faintly, raised his right hand, and once again showed everyone the big "prison" on his chest.
Character.
"So, you are responsible for the series of murders in Qinghe Store?"
"yes."
"Did you also arrange for Zhang Zhixian to be killed in Shunyi County?"
"yes."
"..."
"..."
Following Lin Shangli's questions, Liao Xianghe readily admitted every time. But doubts arose in Xiao Chen's heart.
He had an intuition that instead of saying that Dongchang was interrogating Liao Xianghe today, it would be better to say that Liao Xianghe had been following Dongchang's thinking.
He directed everyone's thoughts towards the competition between Jin Yiwei and Dongchang, but he was covering up a bigger conspiracy.
