Li Rong didn't expect Li Chuan to come in person. She frowned and said in a low voice, "What are you here for? Is this where you should come?!"
"Don't talk about it," Pei Wenxuan came from behind, stood sideways in front of his sister and brother, looked around and said, "There are many people, so go ahead and talk about it."
Knowing that Pei Wenxuan was right, Li Rong turned around and walked forward, whispering, "Come in."
The group went straight into the prison, a servant led the way in front, the other did not dare to look back, as if he knew who was coming, he respectfully sent the person to the cell, and then whispered with Li Rong: "Your Highness, it can't be too long. , the shift will be changed in two quarters of an hour, you as soon as possible."
After speaking, the attendant stepped back. Li Rong raised her eyes and saw the people in the prison. After a brief panic, the old man immediately recognized the person and said anxiously, "His Royal Highness! Is it His Highness Pingle and His Royal Highness?"
"Master Qin."
Li Rong stepped forward and saluted. She looked at the person who was holding both hands in front of the door. The old man's prison clothes were stained with blood, and his clothes were tattered due to the execution. Li Rong couldn't bear it, but she remained calm and said. : "Did you know the origin of the Qin family's case now?"
Qin Lang was stunned for a while, and then said slowly: "Is it really that I'm looking for you?"
Li Rong pursed her lips, nodded, and the old man sighed: "Fortunately, she went out, otherwise how would I face the mountains below Jiuquan and Lin'er in the battlefield."
Qin Shan is the father of Qin Lin and Qin Zhenzhen. He went with his wife early. Qin Lang, as his father, put the responsibility of raising two grandchildren on himself. Qin Lang said, and then he remembered: "His Royal Highness, Are you really okay now?"
Li Rong listened, and subconsciously glanced at Xun Chuan next to her.
Wearing a mask, Xun Chuan quietly looked at the old man in front of him, with a bit of unbearable in his eyes.
But she didn't speak, and Li Rong didn't say anything. She whispered, "There's not much time, Mr. Qin, please tell me the whole case from beginning to end."
"Where does Your Highness want me to start?"
The old man smiled wryly.
Li Rong said calmly, "Huangping County."
Xun Chuan took a chair from the side and put it behind Li Rong, and then she took another chair and put it behind Li Chuan.
Pei Wenxuan stood behind Li Rong, and Xun Chuan stood behind Li Chuan.
Li Rong tapped her fan and said slowly: "This case started when Wen Ping received a report from the Censor Station, saying that you were bribed by the Yang family and instructed Qin Feng to deliberately abandon the city during the first battle in Huangping County, and then use you The deputy general Luo Juan's confession was used as evidence to confirm this matter, and there were letters from Jin Jin and Yang Lie in the hospital as auxiliary evidence. I originally wanted to find Luo Juan and ask about the whole process, but now he is dead."
Qin Lang froze in place, he said in disbelief, "Luo Juan is dead?"
"Yes," Li Rong said calmly, "the generals who participated in the first battle in Huangping County are all dead now."
Qin Lang's face turned pale in an instant, his body swayed, Pei Wenxuan stepped forward first, reached into the prison, supported Qin Lang, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, uncle, His Highness is still on trial, and there is still room for reversal. You only You need to make it clear what happened in the first place, and you can tell it according to the facts.”
"According to the facts..." Qin Lang's lips trembled, "and... what's the use? They couldn't let us overturn the case in Huangping County."
"Just say it." Li Rong said directly, "I and the prince are both sitting here, don't waste your time."
"Uncle," Pei Wenxuan stared at Qin Lang, "you still have a family, you should seize any chance of surviving."
"What you said is." Qin Lang took a deep breath and said slowly: "At the time of the battle in Huangping County, our city defended 3,000 soldiers, and the enemy attacked the city with 3,000 soldiers. My son Qin Feng was the main general, and Yang Lie planned to Let us defend the city for five days, but if we are defeated, we can only have people escort the people out of the city first, and then abandon the city and leave."
"You defend the city, they attack the city, and their strength is equal, so they shouldn't lose." Li Rong reminded him directly, "Why did you lose?"
Qin Lang listened to these words, and after a moment of silence, he smiled wryly: "I let Feng'er go."
"Why?"
Li Rong continued to ask, Qin Lang pursed his lips, and after a long time, he raised his eyes and looked at Li Rong quietly: "Because there is no one left."
Li Rong was a little surprised. She didn't quite understand it, so she could only repeat it: "No one?"
"Yes," Qin Lang took a deep breath, "three months before the war, the rations were always insufficient. The rations for 3,000 people were all sand when they were transported and dressed. The soldiers had nothing to eat, so they could only bring rice and sand every day. Separate them and boil them into rice porridge to drink. And most of the rice is still old rice. When the war begins, it is said that there are 3,000 soldiers. In fact, many soldiers have already fallen ill, and there are less than 2,000 soldiers who can fight. If you stick to it, you will really have no food at all."
"How can you get food?" Li Chuan frowned, "Didn't you tell Yang Lie?"
"I said it." Qin Lang smiled bitterly, "But what's the use? The military salaries given by the imperial court are only so small, and they are divided into layers, giving priority to first-class families, followed by ordinary families like us. Who will reach out to the sixteen cities in the northwest? Want food?"
"But Huangping County is on the front line!"
Li Chuan was a little angry: "Don't Yang Lie even have this point?!"
Qin Lang didn't speak, Li Rong said directly: "Have you reported these?"
"I wrote a note later, it should be behind the march log."
"I checked the march log of the Ministry of War." Li Rong frowned, "No."
Qin Lang laughed softly: "Your Highness," his voice was hoarse, "how could it be possible?"
"That's it," Qin Lang said with a bit of choking in his voice, "the military department of an aristocratic family."
Everyone didn't speak, Li Rong paused for a while, then said, "Give me a list of all the relevant personnel back then."
After speaking, Pei Wenxuan handed the pen and paper to Qin Lang, Qin Lang shook his hand and wrote the name stroke by stroke.
This man is already old. He has fought on the battlefield all his life, and he has never bowed his head, but in this Daxia prison, his spine is bent.
Li Chuan clenched his fists involuntarily, and at this moment, he felt something fall on his shoulders. He turned around in surprise, and saw this man standing behind him, staring at Qin Lang in the prison, tears falling silently.
Li Chuan was stunned for a while. He felt that the young man in front of him was vaguely familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it. He watched quietly, and after a while, he heard Qin Lang say, "Your Highness, it's done."
Li Rong took over the list of events from Qin Lang, she glanced at the names on it, and remained silent.
Qin Lang sat cross-legged in the prison and sighed: "Your Highness, you are still young, go back first."
Li Rong held the list, and she looked at the old man who had been sentenced in the cell with a bit of style.
She looked at it for a long time, raised her hand, and bowed deeply to the person inside.
There were footsteps outside, and Pei Wenxuan said, "It should be someone coming."
Li Rong nodded, and Li Chuan put on his hat again to cover his face.
The attendant held the lamp and whispered, "The two highnesses have to go."
Li Rong responded and ordered, "The people will take care of them, and there must be no mistakes."
The attendant answered, Li Rong was about to go out, when Qin Lang stopped her: "Your Highness."
Li Rong turned around and saw the old man hesitantly said, "Really, what happened?"
Li Rong didn't speak, she looked at the worried and expectant eyes of the old man, and after a long time, she said, "She is doing well, you don't have to worry."
Qin Lang calmed down and kowtowed to Li Rong. Li Rong turned her head blankly and led the people out.
After exiting the gate, Li Rong immediately said to Xun Chuan, "Transfer some people. In any case, transfer the Qin family directly from the Ministry of Punishment tonight. If you have any questions, ask them to come to me."
Xun Chuan said respectfully, turned around to lead the horse, and galloped into the night.
When Xun Chuan left, Li Chuan retracted his eyes, frowned and said, "I always feel familiar with that person just now, is he my sister's new subordinate?"
Li Rong paused for a while, then replied, "Go back to the palace first, so that no one will find out that you have interfered."
"sister… "
Li Chuan spoke hesitantly, but Li Rong immediately knew what he meant. She raised her eyes and said calmly, "This is something in my hands, and I have my measure."
Li Chuan was silent, and after a while, he saluted, "I'll leave first."
After finishing speaking, Li Chuan followed the attendant back to the carriage. Before he left, he paused and finally said, "Sister, the Qin family has to live."
"I know."
Li Rong said coldly, "Let's go."
Li Chuan nodded and finally left.
After Li Chuan left, Pei Wenxuan stood behind Li Rong and said softly, "Your Highness, are you going back to the manor?"
Li Rong didn't speak. She quietly looked at Changjie. After a while, she said slowly, "I thought I was getting old."
Pei Wenxuan stood behind her without saying a word, and Li Rong smiled: "But now I know that no matter when people are, there are always some obstacles in their hearts."
"What is your Highness going to do?"
Li Rong didn't speak, she put her hands in front of her and slowly closed her eyes.
After a long time, she said, "Pei Wenxuan."
"Please instruct Your Highness."
Pei Wenxuan bowed and saluted, Li Rong whispered: "You Dato Chassi and my token, along the route of the army salary to Huangping Town, go all the way, and copy all the county government's grain records when the army salary passed through the border. "
"I am waiting for you."
Li Rong raised her eyes and looked at him quietly.
Pei Wenxuan stared into Li Rong's eyes, and at that moment he suddenly felt that this person seemed to have given his life and death to himself.
"I'm going to interrogate Qin Lang tonight. They won't be unaware. Qin Lang wrote the list. I'm afraid it will be a disaster. I will ask Xun Chuan to protect the Qin family. I will stop myself tomorrow."
"Twenty days later, it will be the day when the Qin family asks to be executed. You must get this list back before that."
"Can it be done?"
Pei Wenxuan didn't speak. He looked at Li Rong and chuckled lightly: "Driven by His Highness, I will never quit."
"The road may not be smooth."
Li Rong chuckled: "Be careful."
Pei Wenxuan knew what Li Rong's injustice was referring to. If he left Huajing and wanted to check the accounts of the grain depot along the way, this would not only be an injustice, but a life-threatening event.
But Pei Wenxuan's face was calm, with wide sleeves and hands in front, he bowed and said, "Wei Chen will set off."
Li Rong responded, and Pei Wenxuan turned around. Li Rong looked at his walking back, and suddenly called out, "Pei Wenxuan."
Pei Wenxuan folded his hands in his sleeves, turned his head sideways, the young man in blue and white shirt, accustomed to Gujing's eyes fell into the light.
Li Rong looked at him, and after a long time, she laughed.
"I'll wait for you to come back."