The emperor solemnly looked at Lang Dezhou in the palace and said slowly, "Lang Dezhou, do you have any evidence? If you frame Prime Minister Bai without any evidence, I will punish you."

Lang Dezhou said, "I have all the evidence and evidence!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the court was shocked.

One of them couldn't help but cursed, "Fuck you! Your evidence must be fabricated! How can the Prime Minister commit treason when he is dedicated to serving the country?!"

The emperor warned, "Pei Qing."

Pei Zhiwen gritted his teeth and stepped back. He was Prime Minister Bai's student, and he respected Bai Qiusheng the most in his life. He didn't want anyone to say anything wrong about Prime Minister Bai. Today, when he saw Lang Dezhou making false accusations, he couldn't help but speak up for his teacher.

Lang Dezhou continued, "I accidentally bumped into the Prime Minister at Jingshui Tower last month."

"That day, the Prime Minister had a close relationship with a strange man. I wanted to go up to meet the Prime Minister out of reverence, but on the way, I heard that the man claimed to be from the Xia Kingdom. I immediately became suspicious and did not go forward, but instead Watch them both from one side."

"Later, I discovered that the Prime Minister often met secretly in a private room with the Xia man in Jingshui Tower. On one occasion, the Prime Minister personally sent the Xia man home. The two of them called themselves brothers and had a very close relationship."

"This is not just me. The staff at Jingshui Tower and the surrounding neighbors can all prove that the Prime Minister has a close personal relationship with that person."

The emperor heard this and asked, "What is the name of the Xia people?"

"Lian Fang."

Hearing this, the emperor glanced at Shen Zhao, the commander of the capital in front of the palace. Shen Zhao immediately took the order, "I will go to Jingshui Tower to inquire."

Shen Zhao is the emperor's closest confidant and is not close to Bai Qiusheng, so the emperor can rest assured that this matter will be left to him.

Someone in the court said, "Your Majesty, even if Prime Minister Bai has close contacts with the Xia people, this cannot be used to judge the Prime Minister as having liaison with the enemy!"

"Yes, just having close contacts with people from other countries is treason. There are many daughters of ministers in the court who have married to other countries, and there are also many women from other countries who are the wives of our court officials. Are these families all collaborating with the enemy and treason? Can’t do it?”

Nowadays, there are three countries, and they have made alliances with each other, and they are always intermarrying. Even the royal family is bound to have people from other countries, and among the ministers, whether they are daughters married from other countries or women from other countries, they all work for the country. marriage.

Bai Qiusheng came out to argue for himself, "Your Majesty, I have a very close personal relationship with Lian Fang, a member of the Xia Kingdom, and are brothers. But everything I did was to extract Xia Kingdom's secrets from Lian Fang."

"Now that the Sheng Kingdom is strong, our Chu and Xia Kingdoms are slightly weaker. If the Chu Kingdom wants to unify the Central Plains, it must start with the Xia Kingdom."

"And Lian Fang once served as a school lieutenant on the border of Xia Kingdom, and he knows a lot about border defense. I want to get Xia Kingdom's secrets from him, so I got close to him, and nothing else!"

Bai Qiusheng stands tall in the court, has many comrades, and naturally has many political enemies.

One of them questioned, "Since I wanted to get secrets from him, I just arrested him and interrogated him. Why do we need to be brothers with him?"

Bai Qiusheng said, "Chen Guan Lianfang has a fierce personality. If he is arrested, he will definitely not say anything."

"I don't think so. Does the Prime Minister doubt the methods of the Punishment Department, or does he like to make friends by nature?"

"Okay." The emperor stopped the argument between the two, looked at Lang Dezhou on the ground, and asked, "Lang Dezhou, besides this, do you have any other physical evidence?"

"Yes." Lang Dezhou took out the letter he had prepared in advance from his arms and said, "This is the letter I took the risk of taking out from Lian Fang's home the letter written by the Prime Minister to the Xia Kingdom."

"Some of them are letters that were intercepted by me before the company could send them out."

"Master Lang is really versatile. He is so skilled even in things like burglary."

Lang Dezhou ignored the ridicule of the others and presented all the evidence to the emperor with both hands on his head.

The little eunuch hurriedly ran down the steps and took it from his hand, then hurriedly ran up the stage and handed it to the emperor.

The emperor flipped through the pages and found that it was indeed Bai Qiusheng's handwriting. The first few pages were reporting the situation of Chu State to Xia State, and the following pages were written in black and white with plans against the King of Liao.

He framed the King of Liao for corruption and rebellion and took the opportunity to overthrow the King of Liao and his son. After the Chu State lost their two powerful generals, the Xia State could attack the Chu State in one fell swoop.

The emperor was furious, threw the letter down heavily, and said sternly, "Bai Qiusheng, look at the good deeds you have done!"

"I treat you well! Why did you betray me?! Betrayed Dachu!"

One of the sharp-eyed military attachés saw the incident mentioned above about King Liao, and immediately became furious, "Okay! It turns out that Qu Yang's incident was really instigated by you!"

Military attachés are no more sharp-tongued than civil servants. They come and go, but they do things more directly. The man stepped forward and punched Bai Qiusheng in the face, shouting, "Okay! Let's fight to the death on the front line." Kill the enemy, you evil-hearted people are framing us behind our backs! You deserve to be damned!"

"Quick, stop him."

He was about to add two more punches, but was restrained by the people the emperor kept calling for.

Most of the military attaches were close to the King of Liao. They were all good brothers who had gone through life and death. Seeing that their brother had been slandered like this, they could not sit still. Someone took advantage of the chaos and punched Bai Qiusheng twice.

Bai Qiusheng, who was originally elegant and elegant, suddenly turned into a panda. He was furious, "It's so insulting to gentlemen! A bunch of reckless men and uncivilized beasts."

The military attache retorted, "No matter what, we are a hundred times stronger than you, a wolf-hearted collaborator!"

Bai Qiusheng could not argue, "This is false! This is a frame-up. I have never written anything like this! I have never framed the King of Liao!"

"Then how do you explain Qu Yang's sudden frame-up of the King of Liao? And how do you explain his unexplained death in prison? Isn't it your handiwork?" The emperor looked coldly at the Minister of Punishment again, "You also have some credit for this, right? "

The Minister of Punishment quickly knelt down and said, "You are wronged, Your Majesty. I really don't know why Qu Yang suddenly committed suicide!"

When Bai Qiusheng saw the emperor mentioning Qu Yang, he didn't know how to answer for a moment.

When the emperor saw him like this, there was a hint of disappointment in his eyes, "Bai Qiusheng, haven't you always been eloquent? Why are you speechless today? It's because you feel guilty and have nothing to say!"

Bai Qiusheng knelt down and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, I have never betrayed the State of Chu. I don't know where these letters came from. This is not my handwriting!"

"Besides, if I really want to collaborate with the enemy, why would I put my seal on it on my own initiative? Doesn't this give people an excuse? I'm not that stupid."

One of the ministers said coldly, "Yes, Prime Minister Bai has always been smart. As for leaving a seal on the paper, I'm afraid it's just to please and win the trust of your new master."

"You!" Bai Qiusheng was filled with grief and indignation, "Why bother trying to incriminate someone?!"

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