NCCnovel Chapter 127 The scapegoat
Chapter 127 The scapegoat
The guards came over with a man with his head covered. Xiao Yan lowered his gaze and felt an ominous premonition in his heart.
Until the black cloth was removed, Li Taishou, who was supposed to be dead, appeared in front of Xiao Yan. He glanced at Zhuang Feilu slightly, and his eyes seemed to ask:
What happened? Wasn't he dead?
Zhuang Feilu frowned and lowered his head.
The two men immediately realized that they had been tricked by Xie Sui. A few days ago, they heard that Xie Sui had moved into the prefectural governor's residence, and then they learned that Prefect Li had been dealt with by Xie Sui.
"explain."
Xie Sui calmly knocked on the table and looked at the people below.
"I report that Xiao Yan and Zhuang Feilu deliberately delayed military affairs and were reluctant to send troops to rescue." Prefect Li knelt on the ground, his body still shaking, not daring to raise his head.
Zhuang Feilu immediately retorted, "That's nonsense!" Then he looked at Li Taishou and asked, "We've worked together for many years. Why would Li Taishou slander me and the general?"
"What I said is true, not an exaggeration." How could Li Taishou dare to go to see Zhuang Feilu? He had managed to save his life with great difficulty. He was not a fool, so his own life was naturally more important now.
"It seems that you still refuse to plead guilty?" Xie Sui curled the corners of his mouth and raised his hand.
Soon, several more people were tied up and brought up.
Xiao Yan was getting a little restless. Of course he knew who these people were. They were his subordinates and were also the people placed by his superiors by his side. But now they were all discovered by Xie Sui.
He clenched his fists and became nervous.
"All of this was ordered by Deputy General Zhuang! He wanted to replace General Xiao, so he came up with this plan. As long as the reinforcements arrive for a few days, he can wait for the reinforcements to make meritorious contributions and thus replace General Xiao."
"Yes, all of this was the idea of Deputy General Zhuang. He was the one who asked us to pretend to be from Liang and deliberately set up an ambush for them to delay the reinforcements."
Now, the evidence is conclusive.
Zhuang Feilu stared, and immediately understood that the superiors wanted to protect Xiao Yan, and thus, he was already a useless chess piece.
Xiao Yan naturally understood what his superiors meant immediately and stood up pretending to be shocked. "Deputy General Zhuang, you...you actually made such a big mistake behind my back!" He immediately shouted loudly.
"I have treated you well, but I didn't expect you to want to take my place."
Xiao Yan looked at Zhuang Feilu with a look of deep sorrow.
Yu Guiwan sneered in his heart. In a place like this, everyone is just pretending to be nice.
Zhuang Feilu closed his eyes. He knew it was useless now. If he disobeyed the order from his superiors, his family would not survive.
"I plead guilty." Zhuang Feilu knelt down.
Yu Guiwan suddenly spoke, "This is one of the crimes. You colluded with Governor Li to secretly detain Marshal Yu and even tortured him. Do you admit it or not?" When she said this, her eyes were as cold as stars, and she was intimidating without even being angry.
Zhuang Feilu also looked up at Yu Guiwan. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Yu Guiwan call out, "Bei Chu."
As soon as she finished speaking, Yu Wang pushed Yu Yanlin up.
Immediately, everyone in the military camp opened their eyes wide, with a storm of fear in their heads.
"It's Commander Yu and Young Commander Yu!"
"But didn't Commander Yu go missing? And wasn't Young Commander Yu assassinated?"
……
For a time, everyone was talking about it.
Even Xiao Yan and Zhuang Feilu were stunned. Xiao Yan wasn't particularly surprised that Yu Wang was here. Instead, it was Yu Yanlin. Wasn't he dead? How could he still be here?!
At that time, their people had specially checked Yu Yanlin's body and confirmed that there was no breath left. Otherwise, he would not have acquiesced to let Governor Li withdraw the guards from the prison.
"Your Highness, I have identified Lieutenant General Zhuang. He not only used private punishment on me, but also dealt with my brothers in the army." Yu Yanlin spoke, staring at Zhuang Feilu with a pair of eyes that seemed to be filled with poison.
"Do you plead guilty?" Xie Sui raised his eyebrows.
Now that the situation was settled, Zhuang Feilu completely lost the will to resist and slowly uttered two words, "Plead guilty."
Yu Yanlin's eyes fell on Xiao Yan calmly. Now they all understood that Xiao Yan was the most important person, and Zhuang Feilu was just a scapegoat, but they couldn't touch Xiao Yan now.
We cannot move Xiao Yan rashly. Instead of replacing Xiao Yan with someone else, it is better to let him continue to sit in this position. Sooner or later, we will watch him fall hard.
Yu Guiwan suddenly looked at Xiao Yan, and his voice became a little heavier, "General Xiao, are you really unaware of these things?"
Xiao Yan immediately knelt down and said, "Your Highness, please understand. I really don't know!" He looked at the two of them calmly. As long as Xie Sui didn't have solid evidence, they would definitely not dare to touch him. If they did, it would undoubtedly shake the morale of the army.
Xie Sui didn't say anything. Instead, Yu Guiwan chuckled twice, "General Xiao, why are you so serious?"
"Since you've confessed, have them dragged away and dealt with later." Xie Sui said, then looked at General Chen, who had remained silent throughout the entire sitting. "What do you think of this, General Chen?"
General Chen, who was suddenly called out, was startled and stood up sweating profusely. "It's up to Your Highness." He didn't dare to look directly into Xie Sui's eyes, as if those eyes could see through him.
"As I said, meritorious service deserves reward. General Chen and General Xiao, just wait a few days for His Majesty to send someone to discuss the merits and award them."
"This king is tired. You and the soldiers should continue to drink."
Pei Jin looked at Xie Sui and almost crushed the wine glass in his hand.
Okay, okay, great, just leave him here alone, right?
"Farewell, Your Majesty, Princess."
The others saw him off respectfully.
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"Dad, you still need to meet those soldiers. We should continue according to the original plan." Xiao Yan cannot move for the time being, but that doesn't mean that others can't move either.
"Don't be anxious, father-in-law, take your time." Xie Sui was not anxious at all. The outcome was already decided, and no one could escape.
"Then brother, let me take you back to rest first."
Yu Guiwan looked at Yu Yanlin. She knew that her brother must be very sad at the moment, so she wanted to give him some time alone.
"Awan, don't worry about me. I'll go with my father."
Yu Yanlin gave Yu Guiwan a reassuring look. Now that his great revenge had not been taken, how could he be sad? Naturally, he had to go and meet General Chen.
"Okay, brother and father, be careful." She warned. Although they didn't dare to act openly now that Xie Sui was there, they would definitely take action in private.
Yu Guiwan did not stop him. After the two left, Yu Guiwan sat down and said, "Zhuang Feilu can't die like that. He must also experience my brother's pain, a thousand times more." She narrowed her eyes.