"Yang Quan, who gave you so much power to dare to deal with Shen Yu privately? Do you think that I dare not punish you properly?!"

I glared angrily, flicked my sleeves and pointed at Yang Quan and asked sharply.

Yang Quan knelt motionless, pausing on the ground, without making any excuse for his actions, let alone panicking because of the outcome he was about to face, but with a little more generosity, he regarded death as home.

I only heard him say calmly and respectfully:

"Yang Quan is willing to bear all the responsibilities and let the prison army deal with it, without complaint or regret!"

"Shut up! Do you think that you are a hero and a hero who bears all the responsibility alone, and you dare to act? Now you don't even know where you are wrong, do you take this prison army in your eyes, and do you take the laws of the court in your eyes?"

I tried my best to suppress the monstrous anger in my heart, otherwise I would really be unable to resist slashing this Yang Quan under the sword with a sword!

"Please ask the prison army to surrender, Shen Yu is a subordinate of the criminal general, the criminal general knows the crime of negligence, the criminal will be willing to die to atone for the crime, I only ask the prison army not to implicate the generalissimo because of the negligence of the criminal general, otherwise, the crime will be a hundred deaths and cannot be atoned!"

After Yang Quan finished speaking, he kowtowed to me one by one to ask for guilt, this brave and loyal is also quite moving.

What Yang Quan said, how can I not understand that Yang Quan is not afraid to apologize for his crime with death, but he is worried that this matter will eventually implicate King Shuo Xiao Tang, after all, he is a general raised by King Shuo, for Yang Quan, King Shuo is kind to himself, how can Yang Quan become a person with ulterior motives to frame King Shuo because of his own negligence!

In the army, often the monarch's order is not as good as the general's order, and the biggest drawback of this is that the army relies on this kind of promotion of superiors and subordinates or nepotism between relatives, so as to establish a community of interests similar to an alliance, over time, it leads to these sergeants will only obey the command of their own generals, but the imperial court orders are nothing, and whether the imperial court can effectively control the army depends on whether these commanders have a loyal and patriotic heart!

But people's hearts are the most elusive thing, and there are great drawbacks just relying on the so-called people's hearts to control their subordinates, and the best proof is the self-respect of the governors of various states and towns!

It can be seen that how the imperial court strengthened its control over the army was an issue that must be taken as important as the suppression of the power of the governors of prefectures and towns......

Now that Yang Quan has been convicted, as the lord of Yang Quan, Xiao Tang, the king of Shuo, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be impeached and framed by people with intentions, and Yang Quan is extremely distrustful of me in his heart.

"Confused, the generalissimo is the marshal of the Eastern Expedition army appointed by the Empress Dowager, and he is also a member of the royal family, a minister of the imperial court, and just a Shen Yu, how can he implicate the generalissimo? If Shen Yu is alive, he can still confront him face to face, and now that Shen Yu is dead, there is no proof of death, you are not helping the generalissimo but hurting him!"

Listening to my stern reprimand, Yang Quan understood the truth, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and he didn't know how to respond.

"Yang Quan, your biggest sin is not to know no person, but to dispose of Shen Yu in private, although Shen Yu deserves to die, but it is not that you Yang Quan can lynch and deal with it, you only have the generalissimo in your eyes, and where do you put the emperor of the court and the king of the country?

When Yang Quan heard this, he exhausted all his strength in an instant, and sat on the ground weakly.

What I hate the most in my life is this kind of hateful behavior of seeing no king law, liking and disliking with personal hobbies, and playing with the king law in the palm of his hand, Yang Quan disposed of Shen Yu privately without going through the national law criminal trial, how can I spare him lightly!

"Yang Quan, this prison army will ask you again, Shen Yu, but what did you kill?"

The corners of Yang Quan's lips trembled slightly, and he was about to say something, but in the end he chose to remain silent, as if he had acquiesced to the general ......

Seeing this, my eyes sank, and a cold light suddenly appeared in my eyes, since this is the case, I can only order Yang Quan to be pushed out of the tent and beheaded to show the public, so as to correct the law of the country!

"Come on, push the sinner Yang Quan out of the tent......"

Before I could finish speaking, a sergeant outside the tent broke straight into the tent, and as soon as he met my eyes, he very readily confessed his crime, and said:

"Slow, this matter has nothing to do with General Yang, Shen Yu, I killed it!"

When I saw who it was, I was stunned for a moment, but then a wave of anger welled up in my heart, but I helplessly turned away from them.

Yang Quan saw that someone was pleading for him, so he hurriedly turned his head to take a look, and when he saw the person's face, his body was also slightly stunned, and then he slowly clasped his fists and saluted the person to show respect, and said softly:

"County Lord......"

Hearing Yang Quan call that person the county lord, I couldn't help but snort coldly when I heard this, and my previous conjectures were indirectly confirmed because of the arrival of this person, the main culprit who presided over the design to kill me was not Dugu Xin, but the virtuous king Xiao Yan!

Shen Yu is actually the person of the virtuous king Xiao Yan, the reason why I want to torture Shen Yu, and even deliberately use words to lure in front of Shen Yu, is to know if the person who is behind all this is the virtuous king Xiao Yan?

And Shen Yu thought he was smart, and thought that his bitter trick could successfully put everything on Dugu Xin's head, wanting to avoid betraying his real master, so as to save his life, but he never thought that I would be calculated, from the time he said the name Dugu Xin in his confession, I was convinced that the person who wanted to kill me by assassination was Xiao Yan, the virtuous king!

And this person who dressed as a sergeant and went straight into our military tent, and was respectfully called 'county lord' by Yang Quan, is the righteous daughter of the virtuous king Xiao Yan, the county lord of Morong - tranquility!

She used to have another name, a name that I thought I would never forget in my life - catkins!

Catkins, Tranquility, County Lord, Quiet Girl......

Scold.

In my memory, the beautiful woman who was dying of the peach and scorching her scorching glory was finally involved in the whirlpool of the battle that would never see the light of day and could not extricate herself, she was no longer the catkins I knew, and I was no longer the Gao Chen of the year!

Hearing my military order, the guard sergeant outside the tent still walked in together, without superfluous words and movements, respectfully clasping his fists and waiting for the military order.

I waved my hand and said:

"Yang Quan committed the crime of dereliction of duty, and Yang Quan was pushed out of the tent and beaten with forty military sticks, and he was convicted pending trial!"

"Order!"

After speaking, the sergeant took Yang Quan out of the tent, and it didn't take long for him to carry out the military order outside the tent, and the sound of sticks beating came one after another, and the executive officer reported the number of law enforcement sticks.

After a while, the tent fell into an abrasive silence, and she and I didn't say a word for a long time, maybe we didn't know how to face each other!

Seeing that I didn't speak for a long time, and didn't want to turn back to look at her, she sighed helplessly, slowly approached me, and saw that I didn't mean to dodge, so she boldly came over and took my hand, took out the wound medicine and a handkerchief from her arms, and now carefully medicated me, and then helped me carefully bandage the broken palm.

I didn't feel slightly stunned, Xu was just when he shook off the things on the table, he accidentally cut his palm and was bleeding, but he didn't notice the pain, this time the hand was held by her, but he began to feel pain.

I couldn't help but turn my head to look at her, she was still as understanding as ever, but the green graceful figure in my memory had become this ill-fitting sergeant's uniform.

Watching her carefully bandage my wounds, I had a moment of distraction, and then I thought of our respective identities now, my eyes sank, and then I said helplessly:

"You're not supposed to be here, catkins......"

When he said this, he felt a little unexpectedly heavy.

I suddenly couldn't figure out if it was wrong for her to be here, or if it was wrong from the beginning......

She appeared here, not only indirectly admitting that this conspiracy was related to the virtuous king Xiao Yan, but also that it could also mean that she also participated in this series of assassinations that included me?

But when I met her bright eyes, I knew that I shouldn't have doubted her, she didn't have to appear in front of me, but she did it anyway, and this is why she wanted to explain something to me!

Since she wasn't involved, she took the risk to meet me in person!

"Sorry......"

Her voice was very soft and soft, and if you didn't listen to it carefully, you would be afraid that you would miss it.

I couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then replied:

"What's the use of apologizing if it's about you, and why apologize if it's not about you?"

I began to feel anxious for her, even though she had already asserted that the two of us would eventually become enemies, but at this time she still could not attack me, and how difficult it was for me to want both between me and my father-in-law, who was so kind to her, how could I bear to speak ill of her again?

When Ning Jing heard this, he didn't feel a little sad on his face, and then he said:

"Shen Yu was killed by me, and it has nothing to do with Yang Quan. ”

I raised my eyebrows and said:

"You came to see me because of Yang Quan, do you think I'm going to kill him?"

This has to make me wonder what Yang Quan has to do with the virtuous king Xiao Yan?

Tranquility seemed to see through my thoughts, and did not hesitate to confess their relationship to me, saying:

"The ancestor of the Yang family was a retainer of his father-in-law's lineage, although so, Yang Quan never betrayed King Shuo, and it is because of this that he was persuaded by me to keep silent about Shen Yu's death. I also know that you will not be so hasty to behead him, because what you hate most is to pervert the law. ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but sigh, and my heart suddenly felt panicked.

"Now that you've confessed your guilt, I'll have to take you down for questioning!"

"You can't catch my ......"

After a pause, Tranquility looked me in the eye and said with a smile:

"Even if you catch me, I'll just die. ”

I also hate to be coerced, especially by the people I care about, she knows me, knows that I feel guilty about her, so she threatens me with death so unscrupulously?

I broke free of her hand a little uncontrollably, grabbed her shoulders, my fingers unconsciously deepened with anger, my chest rose and fell because the anger in my heart could not be calmed, but the words of questioning came to my mouth but could no longer be spoken.

What right do I have to question her, and what right do I have to question her?

Seeing her slightly pale face, I couldn't deal with this woman with a ruthless heart, let alone face this woman I once loved but had infinite guilt for her!

I let go of my grip on her shoulders and let my arms fall limply at my sides.

"Have you ever hated me?"

Caught off guard, I picked up the pain that had been hidden in each other's hearts for many years and deliberately did not touch it, and put it in front of the two of us, because this knot between the two of us has never untied, and it is the source of my deep guilt for her.

As soon as this sentence came out, she didn't feel a little sad, and her eyes were a little hazy, only to see that she was silent for a moment and then suddenly asked a rhetorical question, saying:

"If you could do it all over again, would you still make the same choice as you did back then?"

Hearing this, I was slightly stunned, and the memory fragments of the past suddenly flashed in my mind, it was a cold evening, and on that day I made a decision that I regret to this day, hurt someone who really liked me, and made a mistake that can never be undone.

If I could do it all over again, knowing that I would regret it to this day, would I make the same choice again?

"Yes, I will!"

I nodded, and without hesitation, I said the answer, even though I knew I would regret it to this day, I would still make the same choice.

Jing Jing smiled bitterly a few times, and then said:

"In that case, why do you have to ask me if I ever hated you? I understand, after all, at that time, you were just a son of a family who did not understand the world, and there were some things that you could not afford, and it was understandable to want to escape!"

"yes, because I can't afford it, I can't promise you the future you want, so I ran away. ”

There are some things that you miss for a lifetime!

After being silent for a long time, he was relatively speechless.

It was a long time before Tranquility broke the annoying silence with a word.

"Now that it's all in the past, there's no need to mention it......"

Her words gave us the opportunity to sort out each other's moods and thoughts, and after calming each other's uncertain minds a little, Tranquility continued to ask, saying:

"You ...... with your father-in-law"

I interrupted the quiet words with a single word, and it was impossible for King Xian to put me to death one after another, and to settle the grudge between me and him.

"It's too late, Xiao Yan and I have already become a fire and water, and we will not die!"

Tranquility knew that the result would be like this, so it can be seen that I responded so firmly and coldly, and I knew that there was no room for maneuver for a long time, after all, when she inadvertently learned that her father-in-law had concealed the time of Li Daitao's murder from Gao Chen, Tranquility already knew that the two people she cared about the most would definitely die at the hands of the other!

"I beg you for one thing!"

Hearing this, I was stunned, I didn't even have the courage to say no, I just kept clenching my fists.

Naturally, she took my hand again, tied the silk handkerchief that was somewhat loose in my palm again, and said to me with a beautiful bow:

"I know that you cannot stop your fight, but I ask you to do this one thing, if you win, spare my father's life, and if you lose...... I'll be with you with my life!"

As soon as these words came out, I didn't even have an excuse to reject her in the end, she was such a hateful woman!

When she tied the silk handkerchief, she let go of her hand and watched me quietly waiting for my answer.

And I stared blankly at the square silk handkerchief on the palm, but was robbed of all attention by the pattern embroidered on the silk handkerchief, which was embroidered with peach blossoms, and this pattern and this needlework, to me, is so familiar?!

I stared at the tranquility in a daze, and unconsciously clenched the silk handkerchief in my palm......

"You go, I promise you! No matter what happens in the future, you will live well!"

This is the last promise I can give you!

I then flicked my sleeves and turned away from her......

Tranquility saw all my actions, and then understood something in her heart, and did not say anything more, and after looking deeply at my back, she turned away without hesitation.

I let go of my palm, looking at the palm of the handkerchief secretly fascinated, if I remember correctly, this handkerchief is when I made the "Twelve Le Ji Spring Outing" for Chen Yuanwai, the small bowl was handed to me to wipe my face, because it was stained with paint, I couldn't wash it off, so I painted this peach blossom painting with the ink on the silk handkerchief, but I didn't expect Wan'er to embroider this painting on this silk handkerchief.

And this silk handkerchief, which was supposed to be in Wan'er's hands, was transferred to Tranquility's hands, which was a promise that Wan'er made to Tranquility, and Tranquility used this promise in exchange for a promise I made to her...... 166 Reading Network