Chapter 11: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes
"There is no problem with salt before dinner, but after dinner, the salt was poisoned, and during this time, only Ye Xiangquan has been here. If it wasn't for him, who else would it be? Yue Rongfei said.
"In this way, no one has seen General Ye poisoned with their own eyes." The meaning of Ning Sichen's words is obvious, he is favoring Ye Xiangquan. "If General Yue doesn't have direct evidence to prove it, General Ben will take General Ye away."
Without conclusive evidence, Yue Rongfei couldn't do anything about Ye Xiangquan.
"If I find out that he has a bad heart, I will sacrifice my spear with his blood." Yue Rongfei raised his arm, and the silver spear in his hand, which was more than two meters long, pointed directly at Ye Xiangquan's throat, and it was only a fraction of a millimeter before it could pass through his throat.
Ye Xiangquan felt a chill pour into his neck, the distance between the sharp spear head and his throat was only a fraction, if Yue Rongfei's silver spear went a little further, he would directly splatter blood on the spot. Ye Xiangquan was still afraid of death, he didn't dare to look at Yue Rongfei directly, he couldn't stop inhaling and exhaling, and his feet were also weak.
Ning Sichen just glanced coldly at the silver spear in Yue Rongfei's hand, but his face did not change.
Yue Rongfei and Ning Sichen were like needles to Mai Mang, both of them were sharp and did not give in to each other, Shu Qingyue on the side was silent from beginning to end, but she was secretly observing Ning Sichen. During the whole conversation, Shu Qingyue saw every expression and change in Ning Sichen's demeanor. Regardless of whether Yue Rongfei was majestic or angry, Ning Sichen was unfazed, calm, and calm.
Shu Qingyue deeply felt that once Ning Sichen became an enemy, he must be an extremely terrible opponent.
"Let go." Yue Rongfei finally let Ye Xiangquan go.
After Ning Sichen took Ye Xiangquan away, Shu Qingyue and Yue Rongfei remained in the warehouse.
"Miss, what do you think about this?" Yue Rongfei asked Shu Qingyue. Today's matter, although it was not caught, but the person who poisoned it was definitely Ye Xiangquan, there is no doubt about this. But did Ye Xiangquan do this behind Ning Sichen's back, or did Ning Sichen instruct him? In the previous incident of the soldier's poisoning, Shu Qingyue and Ning Sichen had a short relationship, and he wanted to hear Shu Qingyue's opinion.
"As far as I can see, he doesn't look like the kind of despicable villain who will do tricks behind his back. However, Ning Sichen is still a person who has to be on guard. Shu Qingyue said. Even if Ning Sichen himself is fine, there is always a Ning Feixue behind him, and it is difficult to say that Ning Feixue is a person.
"I think so too." Yue Rongfei's thoughts were similar to Shu Qingyue's. Although Ning Sichen sheltered Ye Xiangquan on the surface, this matter alone should have been done by Ye Xiangquan alone, and it had nothing to do with Ning Sichen.
And Ye Xiangquan, why did he do this?
"What about table salt?" Shu Qingyue asked. It is impossible for a soldier not to eat salt, and solving the problem of salt is the priority now.
"Let's use cured meat and pickled vegetables for a day or two, there should be some villages along the way, and I'll send some people out to get some salt to make up for it." Yue Rongfei said.
"Hmm." Shu Qingyue nodded.
It's just that the next road will not be as peaceful as before.
On the other side, in Ning Sichen's military tent, the matter of salt poisoning has not yet ended.
Ning Sichen withdrew everyone else, and only he and Ye Xiangquan were left in the tent.
"Say, what's going on?" Ning Sichen asked.
"General, the last general really didn't, it was Yue Rongfei who framed the last general." Ye Xiangquan still refused to admit it.
"Do you really think I can't tell the difference between right and wrong?" The reason why Ning Sichen said that when he was in the warehouse, was just to save Ye Xiangquan's life, but that didn't mean that he believed Ye Xiangquan's words.
Ning Sichen knew Ye Xiangquan and wanted him to poison under Yue Rongfei's nose, Ye Xiangquan shouldn't have that guts, unless...... Unless, someone instructed behind Ye Xiangquan's back. Suddenly, Ning Sichen had a very bad feeling.
"Who instructed it?" Ning Sichen was not angry and arrogant.
"Yes, yes, it's the Snow Lady." Ye Xiangquan knew that he couldn't hide it from Ning Sichen, and finally said.
Sure enough, it was her sister.
"General, Feixue Niangniang said that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get rid of Shu Shengxuan and the Shu family army in one fell swoop, and ......" Ye Xiangquan didn't finish his words.
"And what?" Ning Sichen asked again. His hands on the table involuntarily clenched into fists, and his heartbeat accelerated inexplicably, and he had a worse feeling that his sister was very likely to do something that made him even more shocked.
"Feixue Niangniang has long been in contact with the monarch of Liangchang Kingdom, and she also participated in the war between the two countries this time. Feixue Niangniang thought of the goal of getting rid of Shu Shengxuan and his son Shu Zhenxuan with the power of Liangchangguo, uprooting the entire Marshal's Mansion, and then you destroyed Liangchangguo by the general, and you made great contributions, you can stabilize your power in Chuhui Kingdom, this is a plan to kill two birds with one stone. Then annexed Chu Huiguo and restored the Shun Kingdom. Ye Xiangquan told Ning Feixue's entire plan.
Listening to Ye Xiangquan's words, Ning Sichen felt a sense of fright, and a chill couldn't help but rise up in his spine. He had long felt that there was something strange about the battle of Shan Yang City, but he never expected that the person who planned this qiē behind the scenes turned out to be his sister.
Going back to a few years ago, Ning Sichen could never have imagined that he would be like this today.
Can people really change all at once?
"General, we will surrender Chu Huiguo, haven't we been waiting for such an opportunity? All the things have been arranged, Feixue Niangniang has already arranged, the general only needs to ......" Seeing that Ning Sichen didn't speak, Ye Xiangquan persuaded again.
"You go out first." Ning Sichen didn't listen to Ye Xiangquan's words and ordered him to retreat.
"General." Ye Xiangquan wanted to say something more.
"Don't act without my orders." Ning Sichen said, and added another sentence at the end. "Don't underestimate Yue Rongfei too much, otherwise you will suffer sooner or later."
After Ye Xiangquan went out, Ning Sichen's whole person fell into contemplation.
His sister got involved, and once Shan Yang City was fighting, it was no longer just a war between Chu Huiguo and Liangchang Kingdom. To fight or not to fight, to seek or not to fight? For Ning Sichen, it must have been an extremely chaotic night.
On Shu Qingyue's side, she and Yue Rongfei had already returned to their military tents.
"Rong Fei, is there any news from the people sent to Shan Yang City?" At night, Shu Qingyue asked Yue Rongfei.
"Nope." Yue Rongfei said.
As early as ten days ago, on the day when Shan Yang City sent an eight-hundred-mile expedited to the imperial court, Yue Rongfei sent someone to Shan Yang City to inquire about the news first, and according to the distance, the person who inquired should have come back a long time ago.
What happened on the road?
"Miss, the battle in Shan Yang City, I'm afraid it's not as simple as it seems." Yue Rongfei also felt that something was wrong. "From tomorrow onwards, we will accelerate our progress."