At this time, a plainly dressed woman was sitting at the head of the bed, feeding an old man medicine.

The old man described him as withered, skinny, half-lying on the bed, his body trembling constantly.

"Father, Master Li of Dali Temple is here." Luo Tong said to the old man.

The old man slowly turned his head and shouted in a rather old voice: "Dali Siqing is here, how can you stop them from the door?" Don't apologize soon! ”

When Luo Tong heard this, he immediately knelt down in front of Li Canghai and said, "The grass people are worried about the old father's body, so they will stop the adults from the door, and if they are offended, they hope that the adults will atone for their sins." ”

Li Canghai helped him up and said, "You are also a piece of filial piety, how can this official blame you?" ”

In order not to let the old man twist his head too hard, Li Canghai walked to the old man's bedside, clasped his fists and saluted: "Junior Li Canghai, I have seen Luo Yushi. ”

Luo Zhong looked at Li Canghai with cloudy eyes, and said with difficulty: "I didn't expect that Lord Li, who shook Luoyang, would be so young, it is really terrifying!" ”

"Luo Yushi has won the award, and the juniors have just solved a few small cases." Li Canghai bowed slightly.

"Good, good, not arrogant or impatient, calm and calm, the saint has not seen the wrong person!" Luo Zhong praised tremblingly, and then said, "Lord Li shouldn't have made a special trip to visit the old man, right?" ”

Li Canghai nodded and said, "Since Luo Yushi can see it, the junior will say it directly, ...... fourteen years ago." ”

"Wait!" Luo Zhong suddenly interrupted him, and he looked at Luo Dao: "Tong'er, you guys go down first!" ”

"But...... ...... your body? Luo Tong was a little worried.

"It's okay, go prepare some wine and food, so that you can entertain Lord Li." Luo Zhong waved his hand and said.

Luo Tong sighed and saluted Li Canghai: "My lord, my father is seriously ill. There is a lot of people to take care of it. ”

Li Canghai nodded, and Luo Tong closed the door with his wife and daughter and left.

After Luo Tong left, there were only three of them left in the room, and then Luo Zhong sighed and said with difficulty: "It's always here that should come." ”

Li Canghai frowned slightly, and he stared at Luo Zhong. Said: "Luo Yushi knows the purpose of the juniors? ”

Luo Zhong coughed suddenly, and when Tao Jizhu saw this, he hurriedly walked over and patted him on the back to help him calm down.

After a long while, Luo Zhong sighed: "If the old man's guess is correct, Lord Li should have come to investigate the case of General Qin Fu's treason against the enemy fourteen years ago, right?" ”

"Not bad." Li Canghai nodded.

Luo Zhong sighed and said tremblingly: "I didn't expect that after fourteen years. The case was brought up, and the old man thought that he would bring these secrets into the coffin. ”

Li Canghai's heart moved, and when Luo Zhong said this, it meant that he must know some inside information.

"Luo Yushi, what happened back then? Did General Qin Fu really collaborate with the enemy and commit treason? What exactly is written in the closing statement of the three divisions? Li Canghai asked busily.

Luo Zhong seemed to fall into memory, and after a while, he said slowly: "The old man has been guarding this secret for fourteen years, these fourteen years. The old man is not at peace day and night, and the old man is ashamed of General Qin! ”

Li Canghai did not speak. Because he knew that what Luo Zhong said next would be a crucial matter.

I heard Luo Zhong sigh: "Back then, General Qin Fu was powerful at the border pass, and he was crowned as the general of Huaihua by the saint, which can be described as the limelight. Qin Fu is upright, and he can't tolerate sand in his eyes. Although he is at the border, he has always been concerned about the affairs of the DPRK and China. The saint reused Li Linfu and persecuted Zhongliang, and everyone dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. But only General Qin dared to speak out, above the court. even pointed at Li Linfu's nose and denounced him as a traitor, which can be described as very happy. ”

"It's a pity that the Holy Lord favored Li Linfu back then, and the Holy Lord did not think much of General Qin's admonition, but persuaded General Qin and Li Linfu to make peace." Luo Zhong gasped a few times, and Li Canghai hurriedly brought him a glass of water.

Luo Zhong took a sip of water, moistened his dry lips, and continued: "Later, an urgent report suddenly came from the border pass, saying that the Tubo army had invaded Guazhou and other places, and at that time, General Qin happened to go home to save his relatives, so there was news that General Qin collaborated with the enemy and treason, and deliberately let the Tubo army invade the border pass. ”

Li Canghai nodded and said: "I already know about this matter, and the Holy Lord believed the rumors because of this, and ordered someone to detain Qin Fu, but the person involved in this case is General Huaihua, and the Holy Lord ordered the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Officials, and the Yushitai to work together with Luoyang Mansion to try the case." ”

"Yes, the three legal divisions tried the case for three days, summoned more than a dozen witnesses, and a number of letters. But Qin Fu never admitted that he collaborated with the enemy and treason. Luo Zhong squinted his eyes, as if he was caught in a distant memory.

"I wonder who those witnesses are?" Li Canghai asked.

Luo Zhong seemed to fall into a long memory, and after a while, he came back to his senses and said: "Those witnesses are all subordinates of General Qin, but when we waited for the trial, we found that these witnesses were all transferred from other teams to Qin Fu's subordinates not long ago. They all proved that General Qin and Tubo colluded with each other, and some even had secret letters between General Qin and General Tubo. However, in the old man's opinion, none of these people are General Qin's henchmen, and it is impossible for General Qin to let them know about his collaboration with the enemy. ”

Li Canghai pondered for a moment and muttered: "In this way, several adults don't believe that General Qin collaborated with the enemy and treasoned? ”

"In order to protect the tranquility of the Tang Dynasty, General Qin has been guarding the border for ten years, and has gone through hundreds of battles in his life, stained his robes with blood, and is loyal, how can he collaborate with the enemy and commit treason? We don't believe that General Qin will commit treason. Luo Zhong coughed for a while and said excitedly.

Li Canghai nodded, he thought for a while, and said: "When the junior investigated this matter, he found that the closing statement about this case was missing, what was written in this closing statement? ”

Luo Zhong slowly raised his head, his cloudy old eyes staring at Li Canghai.

"The closing argument ......." Luo Zhong suddenly laughed, the violent laughter made him gasp even more, and after a while, he said with a wry smile: "There is no closing statement, because I have not yet heard the result of the trial." What is recorded in the file is actually a few of us and others, and the doubts about this case do not indicate that Qin Fu is guilty of treason for collaborating with the enemy. ”

"No closing arguments?" Li Canghai's brows suddenly furrowed.

"I and a few others were ordered to try the case, but we found that the case was full of suspicions, whether it was human or physical evidence. All of them are extremely abrupt, and there is no direct evidence to prove that General Qin colluded with Tubo. In our view, this case has not yet been concluded, and it is naturally impossible for us to have a closing statement. Luo Zhong said.

"If there is no closing statement, where does the case in the hands of the Holy Master come from?" Li Canghai asked with a deep brow.

Luo Zhong stared at him and said deeply: "You should guess what this is all about." ”

"Li Linfu?" Li Canghai spat out three words from his mouth.

Luo Zhong nodded approvingly at him, and then said: "The three legal divisions who participated in the trial of this case back then, together with Luoyang Mansion Yin, and the other four of us have only signed one case statement. It was the case that had many doubts written on it. This case was supposed to be submitted to the Imperial Court, but when I waited for the future to be submitted, it suddenly came out that the closing statement of the Three Law Divisions had been sent to the Holy Lord, and after the Holy Lord saw the case and determined that Qin Fu collaborated with the enemy and treason, he was furious and ordered General Qin's family to be exterminated! ”

Luo Zhong was half-leaning on the head of the bed, his eyes miserable. He sighed and said, "From the Holy Order." arrived at Qin's house to be beheaded, and there was only one day between them. And the holy decree will be transmitted from Chang'an to Luoyang, and it will take three days at the earliest. At that time, the old man knew that there was something strange in it, and the case submitted to the saint was only afraid that someone with a heart deliberately forged it. On the day General Qin was beheaded, Li Linfu ordered someone to send a closing statement. and coerced us to sign and draw the pledge. ”

"Li Linfu's power leans towards the government and the opposition, and the saint has great favor and trust in him, and we have no choice but to sign the closing statement. What he didn't expect, though. Later, we will destroy the so-called closing arguments, and only keep a copy of the case that can prove the doubts and signed by the four of us. Luo Zhong said.

Li Canghai nodded, and suddenly said: "It turns out that the three divisions and the closing statement of Luoyang Mansion were all destroyed by you. You said that there is still a testimony, where is that testimony now? ”

After saying too many words in one breath, Luo Zhong was a little out of breath, he rested for a while, and then said: "Li Linfu is a honey-bellied sword, and the four of us participated in the trial of this case, but there was no result, he will definitely not let us go, and we will resign one after another." ”

Speaking of this, a sad look suddenly appeared on Luo Zhong's face.

I heard him sigh and continued: "The Yin of Luoyang Mansion back then was sent to the army by Li Linfu for the crime of robbing the people's daughters, and died tragically in Lingnan Road. We resigned one after another, but the official department was killed by the bandits, but I and the Dali Temple Qing Lin of the year, all the way to the upside. But later, in Qutang Gorge, we were ambushed by the killer, and in order to save me, Lord Lin risked his life to lead the killer away, and his life and death are still unknown. ”

When Tao Jizhu heard this, he said in surprise: "In this way, are those killers Li Linfu's subordinates?" ”

"Robbing and killing the ministers of the imperial court, Li Linfu is trying to kill people! I'm afraid that Luoyang Mansion Yin and the Ministry of Shangshu also died under his conspiracy. Li Canghai's tone suddenly became cold.

A few cloudy tears slipped from the corners of Luo Zhong's eyes, he wiped away the tears with difficulty, and said: "However, Li Linfu never imagined that the old man still held a testimony in his hand, although this testimony was not enough to prove that Qin Fu was wronged, but it could put Li Linfu to death!" ”

"Since you have this testimony, why don't you give it to the Holy One? But save it yourself? Tao Jizhu asked puzzled.

Li Canghai glanced at Tao Zhenzhu and said in a deep voice: "Li Linfu is in favor of the government and the opposition, let's not talk about whether this testimony can be sent to the saint, even if it is held by the saint, the saint will not believe this one-sided statement." If you hand it over to the saint, it is equivalent to cutting off your own back road. ”

Luo Zhong shook his head and said, "The old man is not afraid of death, but he is afraid that death is worthless. Although this testimony cannot prove General Qin's innocence, it contains many doubts, and the old man has always thought that one day someone will find out the truth of the matter from these doubts and return General Qin's innocence. ”

Speaking of this, Luo Zhong burst into tears, his thin hands clenched Li Canghai, and said tremblingly: "Fortunately, before the old man was about to die, the heavens finally opened his eyes. Master Li, the old man begs you for something. ”

"Luo Yushi, please speak." Li Canghai said.

Luo Zhong held the porcelain pillow beside him in his hand, rubbed it slightly, and slammed it against the edge of the bed.

There was a crisp sound, and the porcelain pillow suddenly scattered in all directions.

At the same time, a folded piece of paper fell out of the porcelain pillow.

Tao Zhenzhu hurriedly bent down and picked up the paper and handed it to Luo Zhong.

Luo Zhong took the paper tremblingly, and he said with tears in his eyes: "Lord Li, this is the case we waited for back then, the old man has no days to live, this case will be handed over to the adult, I just hope that the adult can find out the truth of the year!" Give General Qin justice! ”

Li Canghai took the case, he looked at the yellowed paper, and was in awe of Luo Zhong in his heart.

In order to let the truth be revealed to the world, Luo Zhong kept this case for 14 years.

After several lives and deaths, living a poor life, Luo Zhong did not complain at all.

Datang is indeed a traitor, but this does not mean that Datang has no loyal people.

Xiong Asi is like this, Luo Zhong is like this, and the three law divisions and Luoyang Mansion Yin are also so.

"Don't worry, senior, no matter what, I have to find out the whole thing!" Li Canghai said solemnly.

"The old man believes in you, you have this ability. The old man's wish has been fulfilled, and he will die without regrets. Luo Zhong seemed to let go of a matter of concern and said.

Li Canghai carefully put away the case, then thought for a moment and asked, "Senior, I still have something unclear and want to ask my senior." Did General Qin admit his guilt back then? ”

Luo Zhong was stunned, he shook his head tremblingly and said, "Because someone once induced him, saying that the Holy Lord is far away in Chang'an, and he wants to clear his name, unless he sees the Holy Lord." According to the previous process, after the triage of the three law divisions was over, Qin Fu would be escorted to Chang'an and sent by the saint himself. I think General Qin must have confessed his guilt because of this, and he wanted to see the saint in person. ”

Li Canghai paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, his brows furrowed, this reason seemed a little too far-fetched.

After pacing a few steps, he suddenly stopped and asked, "Who is the one who induced him?" ”

"Yang Guozhong." Luo Zhong glanced at him and said deeply.

"Is that him?" Li Canghai was slightly surprised.

Luo Zhong nodded and said: "Back then, Yang Guozhong, as the superintendent of the imperial history, was ordered to supervise the case, and it was he who was in prison to persuade General Qin to confess his guilt, so that he could see the saint. It's a pity that General Qin not only didn't see the saint, but instead confirmed his crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and ended up with a corpse separated, alas~! ”

Li Canghai narrowed his eyes, he didn't expect Yang Guozhong to be involved in this matter.

As far as he knows, although Yang Guozhong and Li Linfu are both adulterous friends, the two are not compatible. But he didn't know that Yang Guozhong was in cahoots with Li Linfu at first, and the two conspired together, and he didn't know how many loyal ministers and righteous people they persecuted. (To be continued.) )