Chapter 1200 is full of doubts!

And the most important thing is that I am now in Kangyin. As the Censor, Sun Xiuquan must know this. So even if Xie Wenjun really committed a serious crime, according to normal procedures, Sun Xiuquan should send someone to ask for instructions from me. But now that Sun Xiuquan would rather go beyond the line and arrest Xie Wenjun first, there are only two possibilities!

The first one is that Sun Xiuquan, the Huainan Provincial Surveillance Commissioner, was confused! Or maybe he was in a panic and lost his mind, so he had to do such a thing!

The second possibility is that Xie Wenjun really did something that angered heaven and man, so Sun Xiuquan had to control him first...

After realizing this, Ye Mingsheng thought the second possibility was more likely, but he still asked with some doubt:

"On what grounds did Sun Xiuquan arrest Xie Wenjun?"

Song Haibo answered very seriously:
"Sun Xiuquan said that Xie Wenjun was hiding the remnants of the Zhennan Army and was suspected of being involved in the assassination of you, Marshal, by the remnants of the Zhennan Army. He directly surrounded Xie Wenjun's mansion!"

Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but frowned slightly after hearing this. Although he just realized that it was more likely that Xie Wenjun was caught committing a serious crime, but when he heard that Sun Xiuquan had charged Xie Wenjun with hiding the remnants of the Zhennan Army and participating in the assassination attempt on him, Ye Mingsheng was really surprised!

After Ye Mingsheng pondered for a moment, he asked Song Haibo:

"Does Sun Xiuquan have any solid evidence?"

Song Haibo shook his head and said:
"Marshal, this news was sent from the Coordination Office. The content of the news only stated that Sun Xiuquan arrested Xie Wenjun on the charge of hiding the remnants of the Zhennan Army and suspected of assassinating you, Marshal. As for the more detailed content, it did not write it!"

"But I think Sun Xiuquan will soon submit a memorial to you, Marshal, explaining the whole incident in detail!"

Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly when he heard this, and then fell into deep thought again. Xie Wenjun was promoted to the prefect of Shouchun because Murong Yuliang strongly recommended him, and then submitted him to the court for approval. So although Ye Mingsheng had never met Xie Wenjun in person, he also knew some information about Xie Wenjun.

Xie Wenjun was a distant relative of Feng Keqin, the former governor of Huainan. Because of this relationship and the fact that Xie Wenjun had a good reputation in the officialdom of Huainan, when Feng Keqin was in charge of Huainan, Xie Wenjun served as a councilor of the Huainan Provincial Government.·······················
However, less than a year after Xie Wenjun took office as the councilor of Huainan Provincial Government, Feng Keqin was defeated and killed. Huainan fell into the clutches of Xu Zhaojie. After Xu Zhaojie came to power, he also purged Feng Keqin's followers.

And because Xie Wenjun is a distant relative of Feng Keqin and was promoted by Feng Keqin, he is also classified as Feng Keqin's follower!

Originally, Xu Zhaojie was going to put Xie Wenjun in jail and kill him, but Xie Wenjun was born in the Xie family, a local wealthy family in Huainan. He had deep roots in Huainan and had a good reputation both in the officialdom and among the people.

Secondly, Xu Zhaojie had just taken control of Huainan at that time. In order to stabilize his rule, he also had to appease the people. Killing Xie Wenjun would cause a huge negative impact.

Third, Xu Zhaojie needed Huainan to provide money and food for his movement, so someone had to do the job of providing money and food.

So in the end, after weighing the pros and cons, Xu Zhaojie did not kill Xie Wenjun, but only demoted Xie Wenjun to a county town as a county magistrate.

It was because of this incident that after Xu Zhaojie's downfall, when the Fengwu Army was clearing out Xu Zhaojie's followers, Xie Wenjun also drew a clear line between himself and Xu Zhaojie's followers.

With such an innocent identity, Xie Wenjun was appreciated and won over by Murong Yuliang by virtue of his official reputation, ability and background. He became Murong Yuliang's right-hand man in Huainan and was pushed by Murong Yuliang to the position of Shouchun prefect...
It was for this reason that Ye Mingsheng was very surprised that Sun Xiuquan arrested Xie Wenjun on the charge of hiding the remnants of the Zhennan Army and suspected of assassinating him.

After all, Xie Wenjun was beaten badly by Xu Zhaojie. It was said that Xie Wenjun was tortured by the Zhennan Army in prison and suffered from health problems.

Therefore, unless Xie Wenjun had mental problems, how could he have collaborated with the remnants of the Zhennan Army after Xu Zhaojie's downfall?
And he was also planning to assassinate himself, the person who promoted and valued him?
This doesn't make sense from a normal logic point of view! It's hard to be convincing!

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng had to realize another possibility, that is, Sun Xiuquan framed Xie Wenjun in order to deal with Murong Yuliang!

You should know that when deciding on the candidate for the prefect of Shouchun, Xie Wenjun was not the first choice. The first choice was the current deputy envoy of the Provincial Government, Ma Jingui!

Xie Wenjun was able to become the prefect because Murong Yuliang forced his way through under great pressure and then recommended him to himself!
Therefore, if Xie Wenjun was caught, Murong Yuliang would definitely bear joint liability. Even more so, once Xie Wenjun was found guilty of hiding the remnants of the Zhennan Army and suspected of assassinating him, Murong Yuliang's job as the governor would be over!
So Ye Mingsheng really suspected that this was a play directed and performed by Xie Wenjun himself in order for Sun Xiuquan to defeat Murong Yuliang...
However, if it is true that Sun Xiuquan framed Xie Wenjun, then although it makes sense in theory, there is also a puzzling point here!

Sun Xiuquan was a native of Huainan, so he must have known about the fact that Xie Wenjun was arrested by Xu Zhaojie, thrown into prison and eventually demoted to a county magistrate, and he was more aware of the details!
So why did Sun Xiuquan frame him?

Given Xie Wenjun's experience, it was simply unreasonable for you to falsely accuse him of hiding the remnants of the Zhennan Army and suspected him of assassinating you after Xu Zhaojie's downfall!

Moreover, although Murong Yuliang’s other subordinates are not as important as Xie Wenjun, they are relatively easier to frame!
When Ye Mingsheng thought of these doubts, he was very confused. He didn't understand what was going on. He really wondered if Sun Xiuquan had really become so cruel?
With such doubts, Ye Mingsheng also started today's dinner. Song Haibo arranged five dishes and one soup for Ye Mingsheng, namely Dancheng grilled fish, Biluo shrimp, crab meat lion head, Wensi tofu, boiled dried shredded vegetables, and the soup was boiled cabbage!
The dishes were well cooked and Ye Mingsheng was very satisfied with the meal, especially the crab meat and lion head dish. The meat was plump but not greasy, and the crab meat was fresh and fragrant, making it very delicious. Ye Mingsheng was very happy to be able to eat such delicious lion head in a small place like Dancheng County!

The only regret is that the dishes were not very hot when they were served. However, this was not the chef’s fault. For Ye Mingsheng’s safety, the chef had to taste every dish before Ye Mingsheng. After the chef tasted it, it was okay and the dishes would be served to Ye Mingsheng for him to enjoy...

So there is such a procedure. When Ye Mingsheng ate each dish, it was at most lukewarm, and he missed the best taste!

After finishing his meal, Ye Mingsheng planned to go to bed. After all, he had to travel to Shouchun tomorrow. However, at this moment, Song Haibo walked into the room again, handed a memorial to Ye Mingsheng and said, "The memorial from Huainan Provincial Surveillance Commissioner Su Xiuquan has arrived!"

As soon as these words came out, a cold light flashed in Ye Mingsheng's eyes, and then he began to read the memorial carefully. Although based on the hatred between Xie Wenjun and the Zhennan Army, Ye Mingsheng believed that Su Xiuquan had most likely framed Xie Wenjun, but Ye Mingsheng was still somewhat curious about what Su Xiuquan wrote in the memorial!
After a cup of tea, after finishing reading what Su Xiuquan wrote, Ye Mingsheng still felt a little unbelievable, and looked somewhat skeptical!
According to what Su Xiuquan said in the memorial, based on the secret report from the spies of the Censorate, he discovered that Xie Wenjun had hidden Xu Zhaojie's favorite youngest son Xu Kang, as well as several Zhennan Army guards who were loyal to Xu Zhaojie. After these people learned that he was about to inspect Huainan, in order to avenge their master Xu Zhaojie, they planned to assassinate him in Huainan!

And why did Xie Wenjun hide these people? Firstly, it was because these remnants of the Zhennan Army promised Xie Wenjun that as long as Xie Wenjun hid them and helped them assassinate them, they would give Xie Wenjun the treasure left by Xu Zhaojie. They told Xie Wenjun that the treasure was worth millions of taels of silver...

Secondly, during the period when Xu Zhaojie was in charge of Huainan, Xie Wenjun wrote to Xu Zhaojie many times. The content of the letters was mainly flattering, bragging about how great Xu Zhaojie was, how wise and brave he was, and how loyal he was to him, and how he would follow him until death.

In order to flatter Xu Zhaojie even more, Xie Wenjun also dragged himself, Shangguan Hongyuan and other enemies of Xu Zhaojie out to ridicule and mock them, and even insulted them viciously and even accused them of being corrupt.

In his memorial, Sun Xiuquan stated that there was evidence for everything he said. He had captured six remnants of the Zhennan Army, including Xu Kang, as well as the 20 kilograms of gunpowder, five bottles of poison, and nine swords and muskets that they had planned to use to assassinate Ye Mingsheng.

In addition, there are thirteen letters written by Xie Wenjun to Xu Zhaojie. These things can be submitted for inspection at any time!

Precisely because the matter was of great importance and the evidence was conclusive, Sun Xiuquan, as the Huainan Censor, did not dare to be negligent for the sake of the Marshal's safety and directly arrested Xie Wenjun, the prefect of Shouchun. For this reason, Sun Xiuquan also asked Ye Mingsheng to punish him for violating the rules!

After reading the memorial written by Sun Xiuquan, Ye Mingsheng still had some doubts in his heart. Sun Xiuquan was framing Xie Wenjun in order to deal with Murong Yuliang. Seeing that he listed the evidence of Xie Wenjun's crimes so clearly and said that they could all be submitted for inspection, Ye Mingsheng's heart could not help but be shaken!

Could it be that Murong Yuliang was really blind this time, failing to judge people and letting a bastard take the position?

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Just as Ye Mingsheng was looking at Sun Xiuquan's memorial with doubt and confusion, a man from Shouchun City, led by a policeman, walked into the prison of the Censorate. Hearing the footsteps of the person coming, a middle-aged man sitting in the corner of the cell with a depressed and lonely expression seemed to realize something, and immediately raised his head with a hint of hope in his expression.

This middle-aged man was well-dressed and handsome. Although he was locked in the cell with shackles and splints, he was still wearing official uniform. His presence was out of place in this dark and damp cell. This man was the current Shouchun prefect, Xie Wenjun!
As the footsteps gradually approached, Xie Wenjun also saw the appearance of the person coming, and immediately knelt down and said with great guilt:

"Master Murong, I'm sorry!"

Murong Yuliang, with a sullen face, took a deep look at the man in the cell whom he had relied on the most in the past few months, and then said in a deep voice:

"Is this true?"

Murong Yuliang's questioning was like a torture to Xie Wenjun's heart, making the Shouchun prefect even more ashamed. He knelt on the ground and said helplessly:
"I didn't know that kid was Xu Kang!"

"So you agreed to hide these remnants of the Zhennan Army just for that damn treasure?"

"Xie Wenjun, have you forgotten how they tortured you? Have you given up your dignity for the sake of money?"

Murong Yuliang's angry rebuke immediately broke Xie Wenjun's defense. Xie Wenjun, kneeling on the ground, shouted angrily:

"I want to kill them! Cut them into pieces! How can I agree to hide them just for money!"

“But they captured my two children. If I didn’t agree, they killed them. I was tortured by them... These are my last two children!”

Seeing the pain, helplessness and indignation on Xie Wenjun's face, Murong Yuliang, who was also a father, could empathize with him. He was silent for a while and asked Xie Wenjun:
"What about those handwritten letters you wrote to Xu Zhaojie?"

Xie Wenjun said in great pain:

"Lord Murong, you have been in Huainan for a while. You should have known how bloodthirsty Xu Zhaojie is and how cruel his methods are!"

"If I hadn't written this, he would have killed me and my whole family. Every time I wrote something like this to Xu Zhaojie, my heart was bleeding. Every letter was like a sharp knife stabbing into my heart!"

"He has caused me to be like this, but I still want to kneel down and lick him like a dog. I, Xie Wenjun, am ashamed of my Xie family's ancestors!"

Murong Yuliang was full of anger when he came, but when he saw Xie Wenjun like this, the anger in his heart dissipated unconsciously. Finally, after looking at Xie Wenjun deeply, Murong Yuliang turned around and prepared to leave.

Seeing Murong Yuliang turn around, Xie Wenjun immediately kowtowed and said:
"Master Murong, Xie Wenjun can no longer follow you in this life. I will repay your kindness in the next life!"

“Please take good care of my family. Xie Wenjun will be grateful for your kindness even in his grave…”

(End of this chapter)