When Magistrate Huang heard half of it, he was completely terrified and directly grabbed Hu Yin's sleeve and said, "Zhongcheng! Don't joke!"
"Who is kidding you?!" Wanqi Xie also responded with a frown. "Everyone knows that Qu Duan wants to rebel. He refused to obey orders to fight, and then detained the governor after the war and annexed troops from various places. Later, when Liu Yu became emperor, he used the situation in northern Shaanxi to force Yuwen Xianggong to kill Wang Jinglüe... His rebellious intentions are obvious and everyone knows it. How come you don't know about it?"
The magistrate became more and more frightened, but he looked at Wu Jie outside the prison door.
Wu Jie was stunned for a moment, and instinctively wanted to defend Shangguan, whom he had followed for many years, but for some reason, when he opened his mouth, he was speechless.
Not only that, Wanqi Xie's words actually directly matched the incident that happened recently, when Yuwen Shuxiang's special envoy suddenly left the front line in a panic one day after Qu Duan detained Wang Jinglüe, and also directly matched an incident that happened recently... Did Qu Da really want to kill the Jinglüe envoy? !
"Speak up, Eunuch Wu?!" The magistrate stared outside the prison with wide eyes, almost begging.
Wu Jie was in a daze, but he could only bite the bullet and answer: "I really don't know about the matter between Wang Jinglie and Qu Dutong, but before I received the news from here yesterday, I knew one thing. It was said that at the Diaoyin Mountain camp, Qu Dutong asked Wang Jinglie to leave his seal and then asked him to leave... But who is Liu Yu? I just came from Ningzhou Xiangle less than ten days ago, and I really don't know the story on the front line, what front-line generals..."
The more Wu Jie spoke, the lower his voice became. After he gradually stopped, the cell fell silent. Finally, it was Magistrate Huang who broke the silence. He staggered and almost fell, but the young Hu Yin rushed to support him.
As for the kneeling Commander Han, he was unable to hold on any longer and his body visibly swayed on the ground.
"Wu Dujian, if you really don't know, I'll tell you." In the narrow and cramped prison cell full of sweat and stench, Wanqi Xie stood behind the bars with his hands behind his back, looking coldly at him. "After the battle of Yan'an, your Qu Dutong took advantage of the situation to detain the military governor Wang Shu and annex troops from various places. Not only that, he also reported to the staff sent by Yuwen Xianggong a few days ago, asking Yuwen Xianggong to kill the military governor Wang Shu in the army for the crime of defeating the army... The court has never heard of a precedent of a general killing a military governor, but thought that Qu Dutong's intention to rebel was already clear, so he sent the two of us here, just to ask for the return of Wang Shu, but we didn't expect that as soon as we arrived here, we were beaten to death by your Qu Dutong, and then forced to die."
"Zhongcheng, the military chaos on the front line, I really didn't know about it, this matter has absolutely nothing to do with me!" Before Wu Jie could speak, County Magistrate Huang first pulled Hu Yin's shirt and cried in his arms. "I failed the exam many times, but I relied on Master Cai's reform of the imperial examination and worked hard as a student for several years to get a proper official position. I worked diligently for several years, how could I have thought of helping the rebellion?"
"It has nothing to do with me." Wu Jie was about to say something else when Commander Han on the ground finally spoke up to defend himself. "What the Xue thief did was the killing stick ordered by Qu Duan, and they were just colluding with each other... It has nothing to do with me. I hope the Minister will make a fair judgment, and I also hope that County Magistrate Huang can testify for me."
Wu Jie finally got the chance to speak, but he couldn't help but feel dazed. After a long while, he carefully bowed and said, "I just received an urgent letter from County Magistrate Huang and came to rescue him... If the Minister doesn't believe me, I will kill the villain Xue Feng now and bring his head to prove my innocence."
"Poor General Xue, he thought he was doing a good job in showing loyalty by helping others to fight a fierce battle, but instead he brought disaster upon himself." Wanqi Xie sneered even more.
"Forget it, I am the fish on the chopping board." Hu Yin finally spoke again, but he let go of the county magistrate and faced the prison through the prison door. "This Wu Dujian, please tell Qu Dutong that since Wang Jinglie has left, my trip is useless... So, if he is really sincere, please don't humiliate me, just give me Wang Jinglie's seal and let us go."
Wu Jie's scalp tingled. He stood there, not knowing whether to advance or retreat. Magistrate Huang and Commander Han were both there, and no one could hide the fact that he was Qu Duan's trusted general, a man who had risen in status by following Qu Duan for many years...but he couldn't even make an excuse.
After standing there for half a day, Wu Jie could only walk away nodding his head. However, after walking a few steps, he finally came to his senses and turned back to salute carefully: "In any case, please leave the cell for a while, wash up, eat, change back into your official robes, and rest in the county..."
Hu Yin shook his head repeatedly: "The current situation is unclear. If I leave this cell and enjoy these, I'm afraid I won't be able to explain it when I return to Tokyo in the future..."
"What can't be explained clearly?" Poor Wu Jie, who was famous in the Western Army for his bravery and aggressiveness, was now as cautious and fearful as a frightened rabbit.
"What could it be?" Wan Qi Xie sat back on the dirty floor of the cell and laughed at him. "It's easy to go out and enjoy the days, but if someone points to this in the future and says that we have bowed to the rebellion and lost the dignity of the court, we will have no way to defend ourselves... So, Wu Dujian will leave. As for us, we will not dare to leave this cell until we have settled this matter with Qu Dutong."
"I won't go out either." County Magistrate Huang thought for a moment, wiped his tears, and then sat down.
As for Commander Han, he could just turn over and save trouble.
Wu Jie stood alone outside the cell, looking at the packed cell. For some reason, he suddenly wanted to go in.
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