EBE Chapter 432 defection
Chapter 432 defection
dawn.
The first rays of sunlight shone down in the early morning.
The sunset glow on the horizon was a deep red.
The reflection made people's faces look rosy.
But it couldn't compare to the glaring red of blood covering the snow.
But in less than half an hour, the entire general's mansion was cleaned up by the people.
Refreshed.
Not a trace was left.
If it weren't for those neatly arranged corpses...
You wouldn't even guess that a major battle had taken place here.
This night.
The people of Cangzhou were very excited.
Because they personally killed the northern barbarians, avenging their loved ones.
They used only harpoons, axes, fish-killing knives, and clubs as weapons.
He personally beheaded the enemy.
Even if these northern barbarians weren't necessarily the ones who killed their relatives, what difference would it make?
These people also have the blood of the people of Daliang on their hands.
They even tried to assassinate their general.
It wouldn't be a pity to die ten thousand times.
This battle also made them realize that not only soldiers guarding the border could go to the battlefield, but ordinary people like them could too.
Cangzhou was the battlefield.
As Lady Lu said, defending Cangzhou is defending Daliang.
This is their hometown, their roots.
They will work together with the garrison to defend Cangzhou.
After the people left, Xiuxiu returned with her people to clean up the scene. She looked haggard and exhausted, and the murderous aura around her had not yet dissipated.
They happened to run into Liu Qingqing, who was tending to her older sister's wounds.
"What are you doing here? Aren't you..." Xiuxiu looked surprised.
I didn't see Liu Qingqing all night yesterday, and I thought she was the one who recruited those Northern Barbarian assassins.
Before I could even ask if it was her, this woman actually showed up at my door again.
"Sister, don't believe her..."
Without hesitation, Xiuxiu pulled out a dagger and held it to Liu Qingqing's neck: "Tell me, are you a spy for Prince Chen?"
Liu Qingqing was taken aback for a moment, but then her expression returned to calm, without any sign of tension, and she continued to apply the medicine to Lu Qingyao.
His hands didn't even tremble.
"I am indeed a spy for Prince Chen. I confessed this to Lady Lu last night. But I have never harmed you in the slightest, nor did I ever intend to harm you..."
She was the first to discover that the Northern Barbarians had infiltrated the general's mansion.
At that moment, she suddenly realized that Prince Chen did not trust her at all, and had even colluded with foreign traitors to send others to kill Mu Yunji.
Even the northern barbarians wanted to kill her.
She couldn't wait any longer and immediately decided to switch sides.
Xiuxiu asked with some doubt, "Then where did you go last night?"
It's possible that the Northern Barbarians failed in their assassination attempt and then tried to use her to gain her elder sister's sympathy.
Lu Qingyao quickly began to explain.
It turned out that Liu Qingqing discovered the Northern Barbarians had infiltrated the city, knew their purpose, and also knew who the spy who let them in was, so she revealed everything.
She herself went to inform the military camp.
"Who was that spy? Have they been caught?" Xiuxiu put down the dagger in her hand, still half-believing and half-doubting.
Although Liu Qingqing's current status is merely that of a lowly maidservant by her elder sister's side.
It was simply impossible to mobilize the garrison to let the northern barbarians into the city.
But there's always a chance of something going wrong.
Lu Qingyao said, "They've caught him. It's Liu, the military supervisor in my father's camp..."
This person was someone she never expected.
Liu Jianjun was my father's old subordinate and a brother who had risked his life for my father for many years.
Although he was sent by the emperor to monitor his father, he saved his father from danger several times.
She didn't believe it when Liu Qingqing told her.
But when the elder brother sent people to search Liu’s residence, they actually found a tunnel leading to the outside of the city and several letters that were half burned.
Only then did I discover that this person had betrayed my father back then.
He was also involved in the embezzlement of military funds back then.
Sometimes the person who most wants you dead is the one you trust most.
Xiuxiu was stunned for a moment, then stopped asking about the spy.
Looking at Liu Qingqing, he continued, "You said you were a spy for Prince Chen, but you didn't want to harm us. So why are you still staying in the General's Mansion? Could it be that you've really taken a fancy to our Feng-ge'er?"
When Jiang Zifeng was mentioned, Liu Qingqing's eyebrows twitched slightly, and she looked embarrassed: "No, I just happened to save Young Master Jiang, so I had no choice but to shamelessly stay by his side, and even... I even lied and said that we had physical intimacy... In reality, nothing happened."
Now that everything is clear, she might as well confess the whole story of how she met Jiang Zifeng and rescued him.
Although she deceived Madam Lu, she ultimately saved her son.
That settles things once and for all.
"Then why are you suddenly switching sides? What are you after?" They had been secret guards and suicide agents.
They wouldn't believe such an explanation as a change of heart.
"I want to get rid of Prince Chen, I want to escape my lowly status..." Most importantly, I don't want to be an accomplice to evil.
Of course, the lady in front of me wouldn't believe me if I said that.
After all, she had been an accomplice to evil for many years.
She stepped forward and bowed to Lu Qingyao, saying, "Madam, do you still stand by your promise to me?"
Lu Qingyao nodded: "It's settled. The deed to release you from your official status, the silver, and the deeds to the land and houses will be delivered to your room tomorrow morning. As for your identity, I will announce to the public that you stole the military tally and assassinated the Duke of Shen, and have now been executed..."
"Are you satisfied with this arrangement?"
"Very good, thank you, Madam!"
Liu Qingqing left so gracefully, leaving Xiuxiu completely bewildered.
"Sister, are we just going to let her go like this?"
"Otherwise, we can't repay kindness with enmity, can we?" Lu Qingyao smiled faintly.
Xiuxiu smacked her lips and said, "If your older sister says to let it go, then let it go."
She remembered what she had just read, but with Liu Qingqing present, she couldn't speak.
Only then did he sit down next to his elder sister and said very seriously, "Elder sister, I'll go and kill Supervisor Liu. What if he goes back to the capital and turns around and accuses General Lu, and then complains to the Emperor about him for treason? Our Lu family will probably suffer again."
Lu Qingyao pursed her lips and pondered for a while: "Kill him. Wait until Mu Yunji finishes interrogating him before killing him. Then announce to the outside world that he died at the hands of the Northern Barbarians today."
She clenched her fists.
In his excitement, the wound on his shoulder was torn open again, and a few drops of blood seeped out.
Despite the help of the entire city's residents and being extremely careful, he was still injured.
She was stabbed several times in the back and once in the shoulder, but fortunately the wounds were not deep.
It just means that for a period of time, one cannot lift a sword or make any large movements.
When Xiuxiu saw the wounds revealed when her older sister took off her clothes, her eyes immediately reddened: "Sister, does it still hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt anymore." Lu Qingyao instructed Xiuxiu, "Don't let anyone know that I'm injured."
"Can't we even tell Feng-ge'er and Lord Mu?"
"cannot……"
Lu Qingyao didn't want her son to be distracted, nor did she want Mu Yunji to have any psychological burden.
With red eyes, Xiuxiu reapplied the medicine to her while blaming herself: "Sister, it's all my fault. I failed to protect you."
"How can I blame you? It's just a minor injury, nothing serious," Lu Qingyao said, gently patting her hand to comfort her.
We've been through thick and thin, this little injury is nothing.
Xiuxiu, however, even with her excellent skills, is not immune to injuries: "Come here, let me put some medicine on your arm. Look, it's bleeding."
Xiuxiu wouldn't care about such a minor injury, but she still obediently rolled up her sleeves and reached out her hand.
It feels so good to have an older sister who loves you.
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