The great general of Da Wu was lying on the ground, his heart was ashen, and his whole body seemed to be lifeless.

The Grand Governor of Wu Dynasty glared at him angrily. If he had not gone to the palace to take off his sword and shoes, it seemed that he would have drawn his sword and killed someone in an instant.

Taichang of Da Wu stood tall and proud with a look of disdain on his face, as if he was determined to die.

The ministers of Da Wu...were as silent as cicadas, hanging their heads in silence.

The emperor of Wu sat on it and watched everything happening below indifferently.

Although everything in front of him was going according to his imagination.

But at this moment, he seemed to have become a real loner.

Perhaps the emperor should have been a loner by nature.

Just when the big bosses in the court were at war with each other, the rest of the people were silent and did not dare to say anything.

Emperor Sun's voice came suddenly:

"Gu Taichang, are you really unwilling to apologize to the Governor?"

When Gu Tan heard this, he turned his head suddenly, looked away from Quan Cong's face, raised his head to look in the direction of the emperor, and then immediately lowered his head.

That is the emperor, not someone he can glare at at will.

Gu Tan lowered his head and asked sadly:

"Your Majesty, do you really believe that we, the descendants of the Gu family, would do such a thing?"

The four clans of Wujun were Zhang Wen, Zhu Wu, Lu Zhong and Gu Hou.

Mr. Lu is loyal.

Therefore, the general can plead guilty. Anyway, your majesty only said that he had selfish motives, not that the general was disloyal.

And even if this matter is true, it would be a crime of negligence at best to go to the general.

After all, he judged the merits of the garrison based on the merits recognized at the time, and he did not know that the military merits were falsely reported.

But Gu's is different.

Why doesn't Gu Tan want to apologize?

Because the Gu family is thick.

Apologizing would mean admitting that Gu Cheng had an affair with Chen Xun and falsely claimed military merit.

Admitting this matter would shake the Gu family's reputation in Jiangdong:

Which family with a strong family tradition would do something like deceiving the superiors and concealing the truth from the subordinates, and seeking private honors and benefits?

This is not only a matter related to Gu Cheng, but also a matter related to the status of the entire Gu family.

Once the reputation of the family tradition collapses and the younger members of the clan are looked down upon, how can the Gu family gain a foothold in Jiangdong?

So he gritted his teeth and would rather contradict the governor Quan Cong in court, or even question Sun Quan, the emperor of Wu, rather than compromise and seek compromise.

Seeing Gu Tan standing there upright, unwilling to bow his head, Sun Quan felt agitated for no reason.

The nameless fire in his heart grew stronger and stronger, making his head feel hot.

What little patience he had had burned away.

Looking at the ministers below, he felt disgusted in his heart.

At this moment, he didn't want to sit here and argue with them for a moment. He just wanted to leave quickly and return to the harem to find the immortal couple and the goddess.

Probably only in the presence of a fairy couple can I relax.

"There are all the witnesses and physical evidence of this matter. No matter how much I don't want to believe it, can I still pretend that this matter never happened?"

The Gu brothers are originally one of humanity and one of martial arts.

In his early years, Gu Cheng first led the Yulin Army, and later followed Zhuge Ke to pacify Shanyue, and has been developing in the army.

This was not the case with Gu Tan. First he was an apprentice of the prince, and was promoted from the concubine to the commander-in-chief of Fuzheng. Later, he replaced Zhuge Ke as Zuojiedu, and then served as minister. He never led an army.

All kinds of dirty tricks in the army are simply a matter of turning a blind eye.

At this time, Sun Quan asked him to refute. How could he refute it?

Therefore, he could only plead again and again:

"Your Majesty, this is a villain's greed. Your Majesty must not be deceived by a villain! I would like to ask your Majesty to issue an edict and have your Majesty investigate again."

Sun Quan stood up impatiently and shouted:

"enough!"

Originally, I wanted to give the Gu family some face for the sake of Gu Yong.

I asked you to apologize to the Governor just to make this matter less serious.

It's better for you, you don't realize how hard I have worked so hard, but you actually asked me if I believe that the children of the Gu family would do such a thing?

If you want me not to believe it, explain it to me!

I couldn't explain it, and they said I was deceived by greedy words.

Okay, you are noble and awesome!

Since you said so, just follow the rules!

"Edict, order someone to investigate the case of Shouchun's military exploits!"

After saying that, he was too lazy to look at Gu Tan and Lu Xun who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead, and turned around and left.

After the emperor left, the meeting could no longer continue. The ministers retreated and filed out.

Outside the Dragon Palace, Gu Tan saw Quan Cong coming out and stepped forward, clenching his fists and staring at Quan Cong.

Although Quan Cong is older than Gu Tan, he has led the army for many years. Compared with scholars and Confucian scholars like Gu Tan, he is taller.

But seeing him standing still, he looked at Gu Tan with a sneer:

"What? Mrs. Gu wants to compete with someone here?"

"Quan Zihuang, you are the governor of Wu in vain. Your children cannot perform meritorious service in front of the battle, but you do such villainous behavior in the court to seek benefits for them. You are truly a treacherous person, acting like a fox."

mouse!"

Quan Cong's face darkened:

"Gu Zimo, Your Majesty has ordered a department to investigate the case according to your wishes. Now that the conclusion has not been reached, you are saying that I acted like a villain and said evil words. At this time, it seems that which one of us is more like a villain?"

Gu Tan gritted his teeth and said bitterly:

"The military merits of Shouchun have been established for a long time. If you, the whole family, hadn't obstructed it and deceived the Lord with slanderous words, how could His Majesty have been deceived?"

Quan Cong was furious:

"Gu Zimo, you can't answer His Majesty's questions, so you shout slanderous words. Your Majesty ordered a department to check, but the department didn't come to a conclusion, so you keep saying that His Majesty was deceived."

"If Yousi discovers a problem, are you still going to say that Yousi is incompetent and have wronged you, the Gu family?"

Gu Tan loudly said: "Impossible! Zizhi will definitely not do this!"

"If you Gu family can't do it, does that mean our Quan family can't do what you say?"

Quan Cong was really too lazy to argue with this person, so he turned around and left.

In the case of Shouchun on meritorious service, the evidence was true and false, nine true and one false.

In the military, merit is counted and one level of extra reward is considered a rare example of integrity.

It is common to apply for two or three more levels.

For those who are more greedy, killing one hundred and capturing one hundred can be said to be killing five hundred and capturing two hundred.

Chen Xun is not a saint, how could he do it perfectly?

If you look through it casually, you can find many omissions.

Your Majesty killed this person from the beginning precisely because he had no defense at all against the evidence he produced.

As for whether Gu and Zhang made false claims for military merit...

Anyway, Chen Xun is dead, and dead people cannot speak.

The one who can speak is himself, the coach of the Shouchun First World War.

"you……"

Gu Tan followed behind and wanted to call Quan Cong to stop, but stretched out a hand from behind and pressed his shoulder to stop him.

Gu Tan turned around and saw that it was Lu Xun.

Facing his uncle, Gu Tan couldn't help but slow down his tone:

"Come on, General?"

Lu Xun shook his head:

"Let him go. It's useless to talk more. Besides, this is the palace. Don't cause any more conflicts or lose etiquette."

Gu Tan took another look at Quan Cong who had walked away, and could only swallow his breath bitterly.

Naturally, Sun Quan didn't know about this little conflict outside the Dragon Palace.

When he returned to his residence in the harem, he did not immediately go to Mrs. Pan's bedroom. Instead, he sat in front of the case, holding Jade Ruyi in his hand, stroking it constantly, thinking about something.

Among the four Wujun clans, the Zhang family had been silent in the court for many years because of Zhang Wen's involvement in the Jianyan incident twenty years ago.
To be continued...