Binh Duong Order

Before the time came, Mu Fanchen was brought to the court, and finally saw Luo Xiaoxiao in the court, and Meng Chengyu who was standing by the side. Meng Chengyu's eyes swept over the two of them, but there was no sorrow or joy, but Luo Xiaoxiao Half of the back of his neck was cold, his breathing was quick for a moment, he didn't want to show fear on his face, and pretended to be calm, but he didn't realize that he turned his face away and didn't dare to look at him.

On the other hand, Mu Fanchen was indifferent, and even bowed to Meng Chengyu. With so many people watching, Meng Chengyu was not easy to take Joe. In order to make others look good, he returned the salute. After that, the two had no intersection, Luo Xiaoxiao He glanced at Mu Fanchen puzzled, and didn't understand what his plan was, Meng Chengyu killed you with medicine, why are you being so polite to him?

Seeing Luo Xiaoxiao's puzzlement, Mu Fanchen shook his head. Although the three of them were not wearing shackles, they were all watched in the hall. To prevent collusion, they stood in a row, separated by a distance.

As soon as the time came, Chen Mian, Minister of Dali Temple, sat upright in the high hall. Because the person to be interrogated had a special status, Chen Mian didn't say those rules and let the three stand for interrogation.

Chen Mian took out the evidence in his hand, spread it out on the case table, looked at the evidence and pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said: "In the case of Yuanming, I sent people to Yuanming to find the evidence, the evidence of the three of you It was mentioned in the confession, but the three confessions are different, now I would like to ask the three of you to explain the matter of Yuanming carefully, and find out who made the fake."

As soon as Chen Mian said that, Luo Xiaoxiao looked at Mu Fanchen in horror, it shouldn't be!Logically speaking, the two of them should have the same confession!what happened?Did Xiaohou Mu say something wrong?Or?Luo Xiaoxiao glanced at Meng Chengyu, did he do something wrong?

It was not only Luo Xiaoxiao who was surprised, but also Meng Chengyu. Meng Chengyu had tried all kinds of methods over the years but couldn't get his hands into this case. He originally thought that Luo Xiaoxiao and Mu Fanchen's confessions should be the same. Too passive, these days I have been thinking about how to deal with it, but now I suddenly say that Mu Fanchen and Luo Xiaoxiao's confessions are different?Which of them changed their mouth?Meng Chengyu observed the two of them calmly, took a panoramic view of Luo Xiaoxiao's surprised expression, and turned to see Mu Fanchen with a calm face——

Understood.

But why?Did he find a better way to say it?So what did he change?Meng Chengyu had to admit that at this moment, he felt a little flustered, because he knew what they were saying, was well prepared, and was able to deal with it better, but now that the situation is unclear, Meng Chengyu became a little passive.

Chen Mian found out the testimonies of the three people, and said: "The testimony of His Royal Highness said that he was deceived by Lord Mu Xiaohou, thinking that the mob was in chaos, so he had to send troops to suppress it, and Luo Xiaoxiao's testimony was about Mu Xiaohou. The Lord discovered the antidote and could not find His Highness the Crown Prince, so he had to take the people out on his own initiative, but he did not expect to be misunderstood by His Highness the Crown Prince, which led to the suppression of the mob."

Luo Xiaoxiao's confession was the same one she used in Yuanming at the time. She didn't dare to tell the truth. Ye Shulin and the others told her on the way back that Meng Chengyu was well-prepared when he did it, so maybe he told the truth At that time, he can't be convicted, and it's really not worth the loss if he bites back. Therefore, when you return to Ling'an, stay safe and don't be rash, just according to Yuan Mingshi's words.

Ye Shulin and the others don't know the hatred that Luo Xiaoxiao bears, but Luo Xiaoxiao also knows that they are doing it for her own good. They are right, Meng Chengyu is not an ordinary person, even without this identity, he still has brains and ruthlessness that others cannot match, so , she had to protect herself before she could take revenge, if she couldn't hit it with one blow, she had to stand still and take it slowly.

"And Lord Mu Xiaohou said yes."

Although everyone in Ling'an knew that Mu Fanchen was a fake, if the imperial decree of the emperor's ruling did not come down for a day, Mu Fanchen would still be a little prince.

"After I discovered the antidote, His Royal Highness ordered some Yuanming people to test the medicine. What I thought was that the antidote was discovered in a hurry, and the authenticity could not be confirmed. I wanted to treat some people first and see the effect of the medicine. , As a result, the people didn’t know the truth and wanted to protect their own families, so they became violent. The prince cherished the lives of the people and retreated step by step, but the people lit fire oil and rushed out, hurting others and themselves, and in the end both sides suffered heavy losses.”

"The people confronted him, and the two sides were at war. The people lost their loved ones and were furious. They couldn't hear any dissuasion. Seeing that there was an antidote, the prince couldn't bear to see the people suffer. He wanted to apologize with death and appease the people's anger. He was in charge of the overall situation, so Lord Mu Xiaohou asked himself to apologize for the prince's death, but the prince refused, but he insisted on it, and it was for the sake of righteousness that His Royal Highness had no choice but to agree."

"As for Luo Xiaoxiao, because she was dispensing medicine in the tent, she didn't know the plan of His Royal Highness and Mu Xiaohou. When she saw Mu Xiaohou was detained, she ran out to stop him in a moment of urgency."

After Chen Mian finished reading Mu Xiaohou's confession, the people in the hall did not speak, and there was silence for a while, because all of them knew that according to Mu Xiaohou's confession, none of the three of them was guilty. , and even merit, the only fault may be that it was not thoughtful enough to appease the people's emotions in time.

Luo Xiaoxiao was in a daze, what did Lord Mu Xiaohou say?He seemed to protect the people inside and out, but every sentence was to push the blame on the people, saying that they were greedy for life and afraid of death, and their ignorance caused him to kill himself. Why did he say that?Lord Mu's confession almost put all the credit on Meng Chengyu.

Meng Chengyu stared at Mu Fanchen, and suddenly couldn't understand his fake cousin. At first he thought he was a real fool, but he turned out to be a fake idiot. He is also a smart and interesting character who is good at pretending. , After making a fuss, I stood at one end with myself.

how?Abandon the darkness and turn to the light?

Although Meng Chengyu was a bit arrogant at times, his way of life since he was a child also made him understand that in this world, there is something to give and something to gain, and there is nothing that you can get for no reason without giving.That will only kill the pie, so Mu Fanchen must have a plan, but what is he planning?

He wouldn't think that if he said good things about himself at this time, he would be merciful to let him go and write him off, right?

"Everyone." Chen Mian's eyes swept across the three faces with different expressions: "How is it?"

As soon as Chen Mian finished speaking, Mu Fanchen suddenly lowered his body and knelt down on one knee towards Meng Chengyu, bowing his hands, with a look of remorse and fear on his face: "I hope Your Highness will forgive me! It's a villain who is greedy for life and afraid of death. Promise, I failed His Highness's entrustment, and told the truth, the villain is sorry for His Highness, I am sorry for the people of Yuanming! I did not give an explanation to the innocent people who died in vain!"

In almost an instant, Meng Chengyu reacted quickly, with a look of worry and understanding: "It has nothing to do with you at this time, so how can Gu blame you? It's all bad for Gu, who didn't explain the truth early, That's why you have suffered so much."

Weighing the pros and cons, being able to get rid of the crime and make meritorious service, and save Meng Chengyu's many troubles, why not perform this play?Mu Fanchen is a fake marquis, he is afraid that he will be cut off as soon as his front foot goes out, so what is there to be afraid of?Mu Fanchen was afraid that he knew it too, so he couldn't wait to help him so that he could find a way out for himself.

That's right, after all, Yuanming didn't participate, he pushed him to take the blame, he is also considered innocent, people, greedy for life and afraid of death, it's because he has gone too far, that is, if he accepts this sincerity, he can't accept it. Not impossible.

Luo Xiaoxiao looked at the two of them dumbfounded, and suddenly felt that she was a little ridiculous, what was she?Saved his friend with the opportunity of fulfilling his long-cherished wish, only to see a longer and more harmonious drama between his friend and his enemy?

This is ridiculous.

Chen Mian looked at Mu Fanchen and Meng Chengyu, and obviously didn't expect things to turn out like this. He watched the two perform with a frown, and then asked, "That's it, why are the confessions of the three of you different?"

Mu Fanchen replied: "Luo Xiaoxiao didn't know about the discussion with His Highness earlier, what she said was all she knew, she didn't lie, it's just my fault, I kept it from her, I'm sorry for her brave and righteous words. "

"As for me and the prince, I'm ashamed to say that I begged the prince to write this, just because I feel that Yuanming's innocent people all died because of me. Your Highness comforts me every day, it can be seen that I am stubborn, so I have no choice but to follow my wish, but I never thought that I will be a shameless person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and I will tell the truth myself, ashamed, ashamed!"

"Young Master, don't blame yourself. In the end, I'm still sorry for you alone."

The development of the matter was beyond everyone's expectation, but since Chen Mian was the presiding judge, he didn't just let them say what they said: "Come here, bring witnesses."

After finishing speaking, the Yachai brought a plainly dressed man up. The man looked flustered when he saw Chen Mian and knelt down straight. Chen Mian asked, "Who is kneeling in the hall?"

"Caomin Tu Jiu, a man of Yuanming, is a butcher."

"Do you recognize the three people in the class?" Tu Jiu turned his head and looked at the faces of the three people, "I recognize you." He pointed to Mu Fanchen and Luo Xiaoxiao and said, "These two are the heroes who eradicated the An family." He pointed to Meng Chengyu and said, "He is the one who wants to massacre the city and kill us."

A cold light flashed in Meng Chengyu's eyes, but it quickly subsided again, but this cold light still could not escape Chen Mian's eyes: "You said that His Royal Highness ordered the massacre of the city, how do you say that?"

"It was he who told us." Tu Jiu pointed at Mu Fanchen and said, "It was he who said that the crown prince set kerosene and gunpowder in Yuanming City to burn us to death. Fuel and gunpowder are fake."

"Since it's fake." Meng Chengyu tried his best to look aggrieved: "Then how can I burn you to death?"

"That's your conspiracy!" Tu Jiu suddenly became emotional: "You just want to use those fake gunpowder to trick us into rebelling, and then justify killing us with the crime of suppression!"

"No." Meng Chengyu looked very sad: "Those kerosene and gunpowder are used to deter those who really care. If you are from Yuanming, you should remember that I sent people to suppress the mob in Yuanming City! "

"Those are not mobs!" Tu Jiu suddenly became emotional: "They are ordinary people! You killed them in disregard of human life!"

Meng Chengyu shook his head in grief, his face full of grief: "Because of the epidemic, the city of Yuanming was in chaos at that time. You may not have seen that those people took advantage of the chaos to make a fortune, burn, kill and loot, and did all kinds of evil. They did it for the safety of the people in the city. You don’t do it! These young masters and Yuan Man saw it, and they can testify.” So why Meng Chengyu wanted to do it in front of them was because of this moment.

"In order to deter them, Gu had to take some extraordinary measures, but he was afraid of hurting the innocent people in the city, so he let go of the holiday. Gu's good intentions, you don't appreciate it, how can you frame Gu? Innocent, or—" Meng Chengyu suppressed his grief and raised his eyes to look at him, this glance made Tu Jiu's back go cold in an instant, Meng Chengyu said: "You are one of those mobs, and now you are here for revenge ?”

"Nonsense!" Tu Jiu panicked and stood up all of a sudden, the two servants behind Tu Jiu held him down to prevent him from suddenly getting violent, and hurriedly defended himself: "My lord! I am innocent, my lord! I am innocent!"

"It's hard to say. After all, the mobs are also common people. At that time, Yuanming was too chaotic. Maybe someone slipped through the net." Meng Chengyu frowned and asked kindly: "After all, the mobs are also common people. Yuanming was too chaotic at that time. Maybe someone slipped through the net. Do you have evidence to prove your innocence?"

Tu Jiu was dumbfounded, he was innocent, what evidence would he need to prove his innocence?

Meng Chengyu's two words instantly made Tu Jiu's identity as a witness ambiguous. It is precisely because at this moment, his identity as a witness is not credible, so his testimony is also not credible.

Meng Chengyu's move of turning the guest into the main is really beautiful, and it reversed the situation in an instant.

Tu Jiu was led by the nose by Meng Chengyu, but Chen Mian didn't. Chen Mian said, "Since kerosene and gunpowder are not fake, why did His Royal Highness use kerosene and gunpowder to burn the city later?"

"Yes! That's right!" Chen Mian's words reminded Tu Jiu: "Yes! You set fire to the city! You want to burn us to death!"

Meng Chengyu shut his mouth. This is a fact. The fact that everyone has seen it is really hard to refute, but Meng Chengyu still has something to say, but before Meng Chengyu can open his mouth, he heard Mu Fanchen say; I beg His Royal Highness to do it."

What?Does he know what he's talking about?

"Because I found out that even if the people's disease is cured, the disease has stayed in Yuanming for too long. If the disease is not completely eradicated by burning it with fire, Yuanming fears that generations from now on will have to work with the disease."

Luo Xiaoxiao looked at Mu Fanchen, and she heard Mu Fanchen say: "Since I have discovered the antidote to the disease, I must be responsible to the people of Yuanming to the end, so that they will not suffer in the future, but I know that it is too late to act like this." If you advance too aggressively, the people will definitely be dissatisfied, but there is no better way than this, but I am really sorry for His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness has righteousness in mind, but you want to bear the infamy for me, I really feel ashamed in my heart!"

Luo Xiaoxiao couldn't recover for a while, what did she hear?

"Oh?" Chen Mian thought it was absurd to hear it funny, but he still calmed down and asked sarcastically, "Is setting fire to the city a good way to save lives?"

Mu Fanchen was neither humble nor overbearing: "Master Chen, since I discovered the antidote, no one knows better than me how to treat the people of Yuanming."

Chen Mian took a deep breath: "Even if it's for the people, why don't you wait to welcome all the people out before setting fire to the city? The people still set fire in the city, isn't it disregarding the lives of the people?"

"We welcomed the people out, but there were mobs who were greedy for life and fear of death. They wanted to escape first and blocked the city gates to prevent the people from coming out. This caused a tragedy."

"Heh." Chen Mian smiled: "Just now what Little Marquis Mu said is that the antidote for the epidemic is not stable, and we need to find some patients to test the medicine first to see the effect? ​​Is that right?"

"Yes."

"Then Little Marquis Mu said that it was the people who didn't know the truth and wanted to protect their relatives, that's why they suddenly became violent, and His Royal Highness had to send troops to suppress it, right?"

"Yes."

"Then now, why is it that you welcome the people out, but the people are besieged by mobs and killed innocently?"

"Master Chen." Mu Fanchen said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince loves the people, even if he sends troops to suppress them, how can he be willing to hurt the lives of the people? Naturally, let them out of the city. Otherwise, how can the unarmed people be able to defeat the soldiers with weapons in their hands? Find a chance of survival?"

"Then why did you tell the people that His Royal Highness is going to take their lives?" Chen Mian almost gritted his teeth and asked.

"At that time, there were a lot of people, and there were many people with mixed opinions. Some people may have heard it wrong. After all, whether this person is innocent or not is still uncertain. How can he be trusted? But the hearts of the people are so close, even if some people who survived have made mistakes, they only hope that they will correct their mistakes and live and work in peace and contentment."

After the words were finished, Meng Chengyu looked at Mu Fanchen with admiration, and Tu Jiu was stunned, even he himself began to doubt, did he really hear it wrong?Otherwise, since we want to put them to death, we must try our best to save them later?After all, Yuanming's disease has indeed been cured, and no one has ever relapsed.

Looking at Chen Mian again, his face is ashen. Chen Mian does not understand the truth, and the evidence he has obtained is not enough for him to piece together a cause and effect, but based on his understanding of our prince, he knows that Meng Chengyu is absolutely not so kind hearted.

Listening to Tu Jiu's accusation, and thinking about the current situation in Ling'an, it's not impossible to guess what Meng Chengyu did, but the case cannot be settled by guesswork, but by evidence.

What Mu Fanchen said just now pointed out the problems in the trial of this case. Too many people died, and those who survived experienced life and death. They all wanted to guard their relatives and live a good life. What is the truth? Yuanming City was destroyed, and it is even more difficult to obtain evidence. The soldiers in the army acted according to orders, without asking cause and effect, and they couldn't find out anything.

It is rare to have someone as bloody as Tu Jiu, but the result has also been seen. After being beaten up, Chen Mian also wanted to go to Yuan Man and Gu Cheng to testify, but these people are outsiders, how can they guarantee that they will not be bought by Meng Chengyu?Of course, Chen Mian sent people to ask, but these people kept silent, they didn't know what they asked, what could he do?

Chen Mian found out about Meng Chengyu's arrest of Mu Fanchen for questioning. He originally thought that this would be a breakthrough from Mu Fanchen's side to find out the truth and give justice to the people of Yuanming. Who expected that Mu Fanchen would actually help Meng Chengyu who wronged him and wanted to put him to death?

Without Mu Fanchen, Meng Chengyu might not have survived the investigation, but with the help of Mu Fanchen, after cross-examination, all the questions were answered?Can't fault it at all.

Luo Xiaoxiao looked at Mu Fanchen in front of her. She was so unfamiliar that it made her feel chilled. She didn't understand why Mu Fanchen helped Meng Chengyu. Yes, no one blamed his words, and no one was guilty, but it made people feel uncomfortable. , I feel uncomfortable from the bottom of my heart, flattery and high-sounding are all spread between these words.

"No." Luo Xiaoxiao said suddenly, "No."

Chen Mian's eyes lit up, Mu Fanchen turned his head to look at Luo Xiaoxiao shaking his head, he understood what Luo Xiaoxiao was going to say, but she shouldn't have said it, Ye Shulin told her: "Xiaoxiao!" Mu Fanchen After interrupting her, his eyes were not panic but firm, and he said to Luo Xiaoxiao: "You believe me, you must believe me."

Luo Xiaoxiao felt that she should tell the truth, she should tell the truth even if she took a chance, but——Luo Xiaoxiao looked at Mu Fanchen and saw the sincerity in Mu Fanchen's eyes, no but, Luo Xiaoxiao knelt down and said loudly : "Master Chen, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered the massacre of the city in order to return to Ling'an as soon as possible, and it was also in order to get rid of the crime that he pushed Lord Mu to take the blame. I don't know why Lord Mu wanted to protect the Crown Prince, but they said No, every sentence is wrong!"

Luo Xiaoxiao's words are equivalent to overturning her previous confession, and she will be punished for making a false confession.