Xiang Kunlun glanced at Dian Wei and the others: "What? Did you also find a book praising Liu Bei?"
The two nodded.
It seems that not only Dian Wei encountered them, but Zhang Fei and Guan Yu also met people selling such books when they went out to buy books.
This also shows that such a book has been widely circulated.
Zhang Fei couldn't hold it in anymore and shouted loudly: "These people are distorting the facts and confusing right and wrong. It is really unreasonable!"
Zhuge Liang went out to investigate and came back and said that they had caught several people selling such books.
Everyone was so angry that they called these people nonsense and asked Xiang Kunlun to behead them all.
To be honest, Xiang Kunlun was also very angry this time, but he was still able to maintain a trace of reason.
"Kong Ming, what age group are those people arrested?"
"Are they all men, or are there men, women, and are there any children?"
This time, even Zhuge Liang didn't understand what Xiang Kunlun was thinking.
He didn't expect Xiang Kunlun to ask such a question. After being stunned for two seconds, he replied: "Your Majesty, there are men and women. There are old men and younger ones. The younger ones are about 30 years old. The old ones are about 30 years old." He is estimated to be sixty or seventy years old."
Xiang Kunlun confirmed his guess and fell into deep thought.
If these book sellers are all traitors, it makes no sense to let an old man take over.
What's more, there are some young women.
In this era, women still don’t participate much in political affairs. How could they have the courage to do such a stupid thing
Thinking of this, Xiang Kunlun stood up suddenly.
"Kong Ming, come with me to the prison."
The others were anxious to death and wanted to say something, but Zhuge Liang stopped them with a look.
He knew that the emperor said this, which meant that he had discovered some clues and wanted to investigate clearly.
The two of them went outside the prison one after another to meet those who had been arrested.
"Do you know what is in this book?"
These people had been frightened for a long time. They kept crying and did not speak.
The cell leader shouted: "How dare you not answer the emperor's question?"
These women were even more frightened. They quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed. They didn't mean not to answer, but they were so frightened that they really lost their voices and couldn't say a word.
The old man Dian Wei met knelt down tremblingly.
"Your Majesty, spare your life! Your Majesty, please spare your life!"
He kept shouting for mercy, and while shouting, he kept kowtowing.
Xiang Kunlun is also a bit superior.
He was very good at playing psychological tactics with those rebellious people, but these people looked like ordinary people at first glance. They definitely did not do it intentionally, and they were probably deceived.
He really didn't think it was necessary to intimidate these people.
Thinking of this, Xiang Kunlun turned around and left without saying a word.
Zhuge Liang didn't agree with Xiang Kunlun's approach this time. He boldly took two steps forward and blocked Xiang Kunlun's way.
"Your Majesty, Kong Ming believes that this matter is not a trivial matter and should be investigated clearly."
Seeing that Xiang Kunlun was unmoved, Zhuge Liang continued to persuade: "After all, it is related to national affairs and the emperor's image in the minds of the people."
Xiang Kunlun glanced at Zhuge Liang helplessly and thought, since when did you pay so much attention to your image
He has done so many things to benefit the people, and the people are like Ming Jing. How could he overthrow everything he had done before because of this book.
Zhuge Liang seemed to know what he was thinking and shook his head gently.
"Has your Majesty ever heard of such a saying? A bad person can immediately become a Buddha if he puts down his butcher knife. A good person will be damned and cast aside by everyone if he only does one wrong thing."
Xiang Kunlun looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise. Shouldn't this sentence be a modern thing
Zhuge Liang's thinking was really advanced.
"Kong Ming, what you said makes some sense. But I can already see that these people are just being used as pawns. They are definitely not the real masterminds behind the scenes."
"If that's the case, then you don't have to worry so much and just let them go."
After saying that, Xiang Kunlun left. Zhuge Liang also thought about Xiang Kunlun, and after much deliberation he decided to conduct one last questioning before releasing him.
After wasting a little time, those in the prison calmed down a little.
And Zhuge Liang came here alone. He didn't have the oppressive aura of Xiang Kunlun, so everyone was less nervous when they saw him.
The old man's hands were trembling. He looked at Zhuge Liang and said cautiously: "Master, we really don't know what's going on in this matter. It has nothing to do with us."
Zhuge Liang winked at the cell leader and asked him to take the others out first.
The prison boss was not at ease. Zhuge Liang didn't know martial arts. Wouldn't it be unsafe to leave him here alone
Zhuge Liang shook his head: "You are just outside. I will call you again if something happens."
After the cell leader took the people away, the prison became much quieter.
Zhuge Liang sat down slowly, looked down at his feather fan, and spoke calmly.
"I can let you go, but the premise is that you must tell everything you know exactly. If you dare to tell a lie, you will be killed immediately."
The old man's hands shook even more violently, but finally a young man calmed down and stammered what happened. It turned out that not long ago, a masked man found him.
Without saying anything, I gave him a large sum of money.
This young man's eyes widened when he saw money, and he knew that he must be asked to do something.
But the temptation of money was too great, and he couldn't hold it back.
"What do you want me to do?"
The masked man was very satisfied with his success and took out the book he had prepared long ago.
"You don't need to do anything. You just need to print more of this book, and then find a place with fewer people and sell all these books on the roadside."
After saying that, in the blink of an eye, the masked man disappeared.
He scratched his head, and of course he also read the contents of the book. After reading it, he broke into a cold sweat and regretted taking this job.
Although there was a lot of money, it was not as important as life. He knew that if someone discovered this, it would be the fate of a traitor and he would definitely be beheaded.
But the masked man disappeared so quickly. Even if he wanted to return the money, he couldn't find him.
(End of chapter)