"Is Xu Shuzheng dead?"

"Yes, I committed suicide by drinking and shooting when I entered the door. Because the incident happened suddenly, and there was about ten meters away, so I didn't have time to stop it." Zhou Yuanliang lowered his head and replied ashamed. When he led his people to the Ministry of National Defense and found Xu Shuzheng, Xu Shuzheng was already ready to commit suicide. When he broke into the door and was about to announce the arrest of the other party, he saw Xu Shuzheng, who was sitting in the chair, stuffed the gun into his mouth and smiled bitterly at him. Before Zhou Yuanliang could react, he firmly pulled the trigger.

He committed suicide by swallowing the bullet. Not to mention Zhou Yuanliang, even Fang Zida was shocked when he learned about it. He asked about the situation carefully and then took a piece of paper handed over by Zhou Yuanliang. The paper was covered with blood, and the handwriting on it was Xu Shuzheng's final stroke.

The content is very simple. Xu Shuzheng admitted in his final writing that he was the mastermind behind the whole incident. Whether it was intending to assassinate Song Jiaoren, provoking conflicts with the revolutionary party, secretly disrupting the political situation, or later bribing Wu Guangxin, poisoning Qu Tongfeng during interrogation, etc., he was completely manipulating it and had nothing to do with others. After the failure, in order to avoid being ruined and humiliated, Xu Shuzheng decided to die to thank the world.

"Although Xu Shuzheng has many bad things, he is finally a well-known man!"

After reading this final writing silently, Fang Zida sighed and let go. He naturally understood the intention of Xu Shuzheng doing this, but he could resolutely apologize for his death and take all the charges. This is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to do. Fang Zida thought that he would change it to himself, and he probably wouldn't have the courage of Xu Shuzheng at all.

"Sir, Xu Shuzheng's death clue is now cut off. Will he continue to investigate the Ministry of National Defense as planned?"

"Forget it, the dead are the most important, and one death is a hundred deaths. If we continue to investigate, it will be ours." Fang Zida shook his head. His original plan was to use Xu Shuzheng as a breakthrough point to force Duan Qirui to make concessions, and even take down the other party in one fell swoop, so that the Anhui group problem can be completely solved. But unexpectedly, Xu Shuzheng committed suicide in order to protect Duan Qirui. If he bit this matter and did not go deeper, it would not be beneficial to Fang Zida, and it would even arouse strong opposition from the Beiyang group. Now the Anhui group has lost three generals in a row, especially Xu Shuzheng, who is regarded as Duan Qirui's right-hand man, died. The blow to the Anhui group is already extremely heavy. I think even if Duan Qirui is temporarily kept, the Anhui group will no longer have the previous glory.

Therefore, after considering it, Fang Zida decided to close the case. With Xu Shuzheng's final confession, he would also put a perfect end to this big case on the surface.

It was already late at night, and Duan Qirui still did not leave in the office. When he learned that Xu Shuzheng had committed suicide by drinking and shooting, he was shocked and then sat at the desk for a long time. Two lines of old tears couldn't help but fall.

The sky outside had gradually darkened. Duan Qirui did not turn on the lights in the dark, and the quiet inside the room was suffocating. The adjutant in the outdoor room kept guarding quietly. Although he was worried about Duan Qirui, he did not dare to go in and could only wait outside patiently.

It was not until midnight that there was finally movement in the room. The adjutant quickly stood up. After a while, the door slowly opened. Duan Qirui's figure walked out in the dim light.

"Old Zhi...you..."

"It's okay... go back..." Duan Qirui said in a hoarse voice after waved his hand.

"yes……."

As usual, the adjutant accompanied Duan Qirui downstairs, but today Duan Qirui's pace became much heavier, and he was almost missing the air when he was going down the stairs. Fortunately, the adjutant, who had been paying attention for a long time, hurriedly helped him.

"Haha, the old man is getting older, he even goes down the stairs..." Duan Qirui smiled bitterly. In just a few hours, he seemed to be a few years older, and his usually straight waist was slightly bent. Seeing Duan Qirui like this, the adjutant's nose couldn't help but feel sore, and tears almost fell down.

On the afternoon of the second day after Xu Shuzheng's death, a case closing report jointly signed by the Secret Service and the Ministry of Justice was placed at the cabinet meeting, which came to an end for this sensational case.

As the mastermind behind the whole incident, it is a foregone conclusion. Not only is he his own final confession here, but Wu Guangxin's later confession. As for Qu Tongfeng's death, according to Wu Guangxin's explanation, Wu Guangxin quietly brought the poison in, bribed the warden, and asked his confidant subordinates and the warden to put it in the water cup for Qu Tongfeng when people were not paying attention, which led to Qu Tongfeng's death being poisoned.

After Qu Tongfeng's death, Wu Guangxin and the warden also joined forces to perform a good show on the spot, instructing the old coroner in the prison to tamper with the autopsy and try to get away with it. However, unexpectedly, the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole are behind, and this great director's show was finally ruined. All the protagonists and supporting roles were controlled by Zhou Yuanliang at the first time. When the news of Xu Shuzheng's suicide came, the desperate Wu Guangxin completely collapsed and confessed without much effort.

These, coupled with the result of Xu Shuzheng's suicide, this case can be said to be thoroughly understood. However, all the cabinet members present are not ordinary people. Looking at this thousand-word report, they all smelled a different smell in it.

When Song Jiaoren asked everyone about their opinions or objections to the case, no one answered this question because there was an important person absent at the cabinet meeting today. The person who was absent was not someone else, but Duan Qirui's absence was due to physical discomfort, but for the sake of why everyone present knew the name, he just didn't say it out loud.

Fortunately, it is fortunate that Song Jiaoren did not seize this matter and pursued it relentlessly, but closed the case with Xu Shuzheng's death. This made many people feel relieved, and it was inevitable that Duan Qirui was sad for Duan Qirui. In the eyes of many people, Duan Qirui had a heroic life, but he did not expect that he would never have a chance to make a comeback in the future after being implicated by Xu Shuzheng at this time. Although he, the Minister of Defense, is still in office for the time being, anyone with discerning eyes can see that after this incident, without Xu Shuzheng's planning, he may no longer be able to sit in this position.

"Zhengming, please stay!"

After the meeting, the cabinet unanimously passed the case to understand it. After the meeting, Fang Zida had just walked out of the conference room and heard a familiar voice from behind him.

"Celebrating old man!"

Wang Shizhen walked to Fang Zida and pulled him aside and said softly: "Although Zhiquan is at fault, I can guarantee that Xu Youzheng's affairs must have nothing to do with Zhiquan, so please Zheng Ming..."

"Pin Lao, I understand what you mean. In fact, I handled this for this reason because of this consideration." Fang Zida said, thinking about it and then said: "I don't want to say some things at all, but Pin Lao is just about to start, so I will also give it a few words to say, how about it?"

"It's okay, Zheng Ming just said something bluntly."

"When talking about this case, Xu Youzheng took it upon himself and died. However, although Mr. Zhi did not participate in it, as Xu Youzheng's old boss, the responsibility for failing to investigate was not escaped. Of course, we Chinese people value death as the most important thing, and Xu Youzheng took all the responsibilities. It would be inappropriate to hold Mr. Zhi accountable again. Besides, Mr. Zhi is a government official, a veteran in the army, and an elder of Zida, so this matter was given up. However, Mr. Zhi has recently heard that the political atmosphere in Beijing is very bad. Some government officials, congressmen, etc. have formed gangs in the name of regional fellow townsmen. This behavior has seriously violated the law. If you want to form a party separately, you can apply directly to the government. Why do you have to do this in private? Is the constitutional government verbally? Isn't this a joke? Do you think you are employed?"

Wang Shizhen was speechless and nodded for a long time: "I understand the meaning of Zheng Ming. I will naturally investigate and ask about this matter in person. However, I hope that Zheng Ming will just stop at some things, so there is no need to hurt everyone's harmony."

"Haha, I'm just joking about this. I'm naturally not going to do something that hurts the irritating things. But if someone wants to ride on my head and splash some dirty water and do some small movements behind my back, I'm not going to let anyone pinch round and flat mud. When Xianyue passed away, he told Zida to keep the internal stability of Beiyang and live in harmony no matter what the big thing is. No matter how big the matter is, it depends on the Beiyang. Although Zida is not talented, he has always kept this in mind and dare not forget it at all. However, if someone doesn't let Zida take a path for life, Zida will not be foolish. Do you think this is the case?"

Fang Zida said this very seriously, and expressed his tough attitude indirectly. After listening to it, Wang Shizhen was stunned for a while and nodded slightly.

"I'm talking nonsense today. I may have said something, but I didn't dare to hide it before hiring me. First, because I hired for elder Zida, and second, I also trusted the person who hired for elders. I want to hire for elders, who should understand Zida's heart."

Finally, Fang Zida bowed and turned away. Looking at Fang Zida's back striding, Wang Shizhen suddenly felt that he was old. Thinking that he was not like this back then. He was young and heroic, and was full of charm. In the blink of an eye, decades passed. The world will never see their generation. Fang Zida could tell him about this today and did not regard him as an outsider, but also wanted to use Wang Shizhen's mouth to remind Duan Qirui and even Feng Guozhang. It seems that these old people in Beiyang have been exhausted. After Yuan Shikai's death, their generation should be the time to withdraw from this big stage.

The vitality is transforming, and the workers are competing for new things every day.

The new idea of ​​five hundred years has been pre-supported, but it is revealed again after a thousand years.

The poems of Li and Du are passed down from thousands of words, but they still feel that they are not new.

There are talented people in the country who have emerged in generations, and they have led the way for hundreds of years...
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