Chapter 206
"Hello, Your Highness!" The official in charge of interrogating the envoy came to report to Li Daozon on the results of the past few days' work.
"How did the interrogation go? Did he confess?" Li Daozon asked while drinking tea.
"Please forgive me, Your Highness! I am incompetent and have not been able to get him to speak." The official bowed and apologized. "
You haven't gotten anything out of me. Why did you come to see me? Why don't you continue the interrogation until you get the truth?"
"Look at you, you can't even open the mouth of a prisoner, what else can you do?" Li Daozon said dissatisfiedly.
This is related to whether he should send troops. If this man is really not a spy, he is really sent by Xiazhou to ask for help.
However, Li Daozong was hiding in Shuozhou and refused to send troops to rescue. Once Wantong City was lost, Emperor Li II would blame him and would not care about his brotherly love.
But if the other party was a spy sent by Xueyantuo, they deliberately tricked him away from Shuozhou to lure the tiger away from the mountain, and actually wanted to attack Shuozhou.
If he really left Shuozhou and Shuozhou was breached by the Xueyantuo army, Emperor Li II would blame him, and he would end up the same way.
Therefore, he was in a dilemma and couldn't decide whether to send troops or not.
But the official in charge of the interrogation had been interrogating for several days and still couldn't find out anything, which made Li Daozong very angry.
"Your Highness, I have tried my best! But he has been insisting that he was sent by Governor Song Junming to ask for help." The official complained.
He has tried every possible way, and has used all kinds of methods, whether it is coercion, inducement, or all kinds of torture.
But he just won't admit that he is a spy, and he has no choice!
"In that case, this person should be the messenger sent by Governor Song to ask for help?" The deputy general asked, while turning back to Li Daozon and said: "Your Highness! If he is really a messenger sent by Xiazhou, Your Highness should send troops to rescue him immediately, so as not to be too late and Wantong City will fall."
"What you said makes sense, then select 20,000 troops to rush to the aid of Xiazhou Wantong City, and you will lead it, and I will stay in Shuozhou." Li Daozon said.
"Yes!" The deputy general received the order and said, "I will prepare it right away!"
"Your Highness! Although I didn't find out anything, I have made a new discovery." The official said.
"Wait." The official's words caught Li Daozong's attention. He stopped the deputy general who was about to leave and asked, "You didn't find out anything from the interrogation! How come you have found something now? Tell me what you found?"
Li Daozong was a little dissatisfied with the official in front of him. If he had spoken half a step later, the deputy general could have already assembled the troops and set off!
Isn't this a big mistake? Fortunately! Nothing went wrong.
"This, this..." The official hesitated and his eyes were evasive.
"What's this? Why don't you speak quickly? Why are you hesitating? Don't ruin the prince's important matter. If His Majesty blames you, can you bear it?"
The deputy general saw that the official was avoiding his eyes and speaking hesitantly, and the face of Jiangxia King Li Daozon beside him was even more livid at this time, so the deputy general hurriedly scolded.
"I found, I found that he seemed to be, was..." The official hesitated and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve from time to time.
"What did you find? Tell me!" Li Daozon shouted impatiently. He waited for a long time, but still heard nothing. How could he not be angry.
"Prince!" The official was so scared that he knelt on the ground and said, "I found that the other party is very likely to be the prince's man."
"What?" Li Daozon was shocked by his words and didn't dare to believe what he said.
I want you to investigate the other party carefully to see if it is the same as I suspect, that this so-called messenger is a spy sent by Xueyantuo.
It would be fine if you didn't handle this matter for me! Now you are even bringing up the issue of the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace. You are just lighting a lantern in the toilet - looking for death.
The deputy general was also in disbelief, as if he had seen a ghost, thinking that the official was making up an excuse to get away with it.
The deputy general was furious: "You idiot! Do you know what you are talking about? How dare you slander the Crown Prince? Do you know what the crime of slandering the Crown Prince is? How many heads do you have to
chop off?" This fool who doesn't know whether to live or die actually dares to talk nonsense about the Crown Prince. He is really stupid!
The official was trembling with fear. With his life and property at stake, how could he dare to slander the prince? He hadn't lived long enough, and he didn't want to implicate his family.
"How dare I, how dare I, slander the prince, Your Majesty! What I said is all true, without any falsehood. Please investigate it." The official cried. "
Alright! Don't make it public before the matter is investigated. If you dare to leak any information, watch out for your head." Li Daozong threatened, biting his back teeth.
"Understand, understand. Then Your Majesty, will this person still be tried?" The official was overjoyed and asked hurriedly.
"Get out now!" Li Daozong was shaking with anger and pointed at the door and shouted.
The official was scared to death and stumbled out. He didn't dare to stay here any longer.
If this annoys Jiangxia King Li Daozon and he is chopped by a sword, it would be an unjust death.
"Your Majesty! What should we do next? Should we continue to send troops to Xiazhou?" asked the deputy general.
"This matter is getting more and more difficult! This matter involves the crown prince. What do you think of this matter? Is it really related to the crown prince?" asked Li Daozon.
"This..." How should a deputy general answer this question? The deputy general said: "This matter concerns the crown prince. I can't make any assumptions."
"Report!" The voice of the personal guard came from outside the door, "Your Majesty, Xiazhou Governor Liu Lan sent someone to ask to see Your Majesty."
Li Daozon was startled, and looked at the deputy general and the two, thinking to himself, why did Liu Lan send someone? Could it be another fake.
"Bring the person in." said Li Daozon.
"Yes!" The guards took the order and brought a man to Li Daozong a moment later.
"I am here to see the King of Jiangxia!" The man bowed to Li Daozong and said. "
Your Highness! I have seen this man before. He is the steward of Liu Lan's family, the governor of Xiazhou." The deputy general whispered in Li Daozong's ear.
Li Daozong knew what was going on and said, "Stand up and talk. What does your master Liu Lan want you to see me about?"
"Your Highness, my master ordered me to give you a letter from home. You will know after you read it." The steward of Liu Lan's family said, and took out a letter from his body and gave it to Li Daozong.
After Li Daozong took the letter and opened it, he was surprised and frowned. He didn't know what to do for a moment.
"You go down first! I need to think about this matter carefully before I can give you an answer." Li Daozong said helplessly. He was in a headache now.
"Yes! Then I will take my leave first!" The steward of Liu Lan's family bowed and left. Naturally, someone would lead him to stay at the inn.