Chapter 20 The Wrongdoer
"Y-You're the opposite." Fu Chengwen was so angry that he trembled, his chest rose and fell, and he stretched out his hand and pointed at Gao Ping and Shi Lengyu and said.
Shi Lengyu sneered and said, "Prince Zhou's words are ridiculous, we are anti-thieves, aren't you?" β
"You ......" Fu Chengwen's face was hideous, and he almost pounced on them to fight desperately.
At this time, a mellow-looking minister came out and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is angry, and General Shi and General Gao are also a little restless." Now, His Majesty has just passed away, the top priority is how to deal with the aftermath of His Majesty, as well as the future plans of Da Zhou, there should really be no internal strife at this time, we Da Zhou can't help tossing, if His Majesty knows about it, I don't know how sad it is! β
Shi Lengyu glanced at him and said, "Sun Shangshu's words are ridiculous, the prince is going to kill heroes indiscriminately, how can we calm down?" If it didn't happen to Sun Shangshu, of course you are insignificant. We didn't want to do that, but the prince forced us to do it. Now that I have spoken, I will not backtrack. β
Fu Chengwen never knew what patience was, and when he heard this, he was so angry that he didn't see Sun Shangshu giving him a look at him at all, and said angrily: "Sun Shangshu doesn't need to persuade anymore, this prince will not take back what he has said." They just don't break away from Da Zhou, and I don't dare to use these two traitors. I want them to know that they are nothing without the Great Zhou. β
When Sun Shangshu heard this, he couldn't help but pat his forehead, and secretly screamed in his heart.
This Shi Lengyu and Gao Ping are both the strongest combat power of the Great Zhou, if they go to them, this Great Zhou will really have no troops at all.
Shi Lengyu unhurriedly Fu Chengwen arched his hand and said, "Thank you Prince Zhou for making it complete." β
Gao Ping also saluted Fu Chengwen and said, "Prince Xie is complete." β
", don't let me see you again." Fu Chengwen's eyes were red, staring at the two of them as if he were staring at his father-killing enemy, and said heavily.
When he ascends the throne as emperor and rebuilds the Great Zhou, he must kill them.
Shi Lengyu and Gao Ping were about to leave, when Li Lao suddenly called out to them:
"Waitβ"
Shi Lengyu and Gao Ping glanced at each other and looked at Li Lao in surprise.
Li Lao didn't look at them, but said to Fu Chengwen: "His Royal Highness the Prince, you can't let them go." β
Fu Chengwen still has some respect for his father-in-law, especially after Fu Jingshan died, he put Li Lao into the role of his father, and couldn't help suppressing his anger when he heard the words: "Why can't you?" β
He can't kill them, can't he get rid of them?
Li Lao said: "Your Highness, betraying the Great Zhou requires a great price, otherwise, wouldn't everyone be able to take refuge if they want to, and betray if they want to?" In case, if someone does the same, what prestige does Da Zhou have at all? β
When Fu Chengwen heard this truth, he glared at the two of them fiercely, and asked Li Lao Dao humbly: "Please also ask your father-in-law for advice." β
Elder Li was very satisfied with his attitude, touched his gray beard, and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is young, soft-hearted, and doesn't know many things, some people just want to take advantage of this to deceive His Highness and bully His Highness." However, with the old ministers here, they don't want to succeed. β
When Fu Chengwen heard this, he hurriedly complimented him, he knew that although his father-in-law was very verbose, he was really knowledgeable, because his father valued him very much, and he also trusted and relied on him very much.
I saw that Li Lao glanced at Shi Lengyu and Gao Ping, and said leisurely: "It's not impossible for them to want to break away from the Great Zhou, but they must be deprived of all their positions and powers, and they must be punished with fifty rods, and they are not allowed to set foot on the land of the Great Zhou from now on. β
As soon as Fu Chengwen heard this, he immediately patted his thigh and said excitedly: "Okay, just do it!" β
is worthy of his father-in-law, he can come up with such a way to vent his anger for himself, why didn't he think of it?
Immediately, he looked at Shi Lengyu and Gao Ping coldly, and said, "Did you hear that?" It's okay to want to break away from Da Zhou, but there are conditions attached to this. Either you will obediently stay in Da Zhou and give me your life, otherwise you will only be punished. β
Shi Lengyu was simply laughed at by their shamelessness, and said coldly: "Don't you think! If you have the ability, you will forcibly leave me behind, as long as you can do it, admit the killing, and listen to the respect. If you have the ability, don't say such ridiculous things. β
Gao Ping also nodded coldly and said, "That's right." β
Without strength, who will take his words seriously? Do you really think that everything will be fine when you become an emperor, and everyone will have to obey orders? Absurd!
With Da Zhou's current strength, even if Fu Jingshan is still alive now, if they don't voluntarily stay, if they want to leave, who can stop them?
"You ......" Old Li covered his chest with his hands, his old face was flushed, and he was almost stunned, he trembled and pointed at them and said angrily: "You are disobeying the order, and you will be guilty of the following crimes...... You ......"
Shi Lengyu sneered and left with Gao Ping, without shaking them.
Li Lao was so angry that he almost fainted, but fortunately a minister on the side supported him, so he didn't fall, even so, he still muttered: "How dare they do this...... How dare you ...... like that?"
"Alas, Old Li, how can I do now?" Sun Shangshu asked with a sigh.
If he had the strength, he would have run away a long time ago, so why would he stay here?
He had a hunch that Da Zhou might not be able to get up.
Li Lao finally came to his senses, he looked at His Majesty, who was still lying in a pool of blood, and Fu Chengwen, who was standing in place in a daze, angry and at a loss, sighed, forcibly cheered up, and said: "Quickly lift Your Majesty's dragon body to the bed, and then send someone to inform the Qin leader of the Red Lotus Army." β
Sun Shangshu hesitated for a moment and said: "Elder Li, it's so late now, Leader Qin is afraid that he has already fallen asleep, and we are in a mess here, so if we don't go to inform ...... tomorrow morning."
"Hmph, what do you know?" Li Lao scolded.
Sun Shangshu's face changed, and he didn't say anything in the end.
"The Red Lotus Army was sent by the Duke of Chengguo to rescue us, but our majesty was killed under their noses, and we have to ask them for an explanation." Li Lao said calculatingly.
He also knew in his heart Da Zhou's current situation, and as a last resort, he could only try his best to accumulate all kinds of capital for Da Zhou. If Cheng Guo Gong is willing to help, or in other words, Cheng Guo Gong is willing to support Da Zhou, it will be much easier for Da Zhou to rebuild.
Therefore, he needs to strike first, seize the handle of the Red Lotus Army, and then promise heavy profits, both prongedly, and don't believe that they don't do things for Da Zhou.
"Yes, yes, yes, I also sent someone to invite the leader of Qin, but this prince wants to ask her, how to protect us?" Fu Chengwen hurriedly turned around, as if grasping a life-saving straw, and said eagerly.
Then, he looked at Fu Su and ordered: "General Fu, you can run it yourself!" β
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In the military tent, Qin Shu was reading at night.
If it was normal at this time, Qin Shu would have rested a long time ago, but tonight, she stayed up for a while, because she knew that there would be trouble tonight, so she cheered up and read the military book for a while.
Originally, it was just to pass the time, but when I looked at it, I fell into a trance, and forgot about it.
It wasn't until Lu Qingmiao came over and gently reminded her to rest that she realized that it was already so late.
Qin Shu put down the book and asked with some surprise, "Qingmiao, is there any movement over there in Fu Jingshan?" β
Lu Qingmiao was about to speak, when he heard the guard outside the tent say, "Great Leader Qiyu, General Fu of the Great Zhou asks to see you." β
Qin Shu and Lu Qingmiao glanced at each other, and both saw the excitement in each other's eyes, Qin Shu laughed softly: "It seems that there is a result." β
Then, he raised his voice and said, "Ask General Fu what is the matter, if it is not a big deal, I will talk about it tomorrow." It's getting late, and Ben Shuai is going to rest. β
After a while, I heard another word outside: "Leader Qiqi, General Fu said that it is extremely important to inform the leader." β
Qin Shu pondered for a moment and said, "Okay then, then please come in in the future!" β
The next moment, the curtain of the military tent was lifted, Fu Su walked in with a stern face, bowed respectfully to Qin Shubi, who was sitting on the upper seat, and said, "Chief Qin, the last general is on the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and I specially invite you to come over to discuss important matters." β
Qin Shu yawned lightly, and said a little sleepily: "General Fu, it's getting late now, what's the matter, can't we talk about it tomorrow?" If the formation of tomorrow is delayed, no one can afford it. β
When Fu Su heard this, he couldn't help but raise his head, looked at her a little anxiously and said, "Chief Qin, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really has something very important to discuss with Chief Qin, and the matter is very important, and I ask Chief Qin to be considerate." β
Qin Shu narrowed her eyes, thought for a while, and said, "Okay, I'll go there myself!" β
"Chief!" Lu Qingmiao seemed to want to stop it.
Qin Shu raised her hand to stop her and said, "Qingmiao, you go and order a team of guards and come with me." β
"Yes!" Lu Qingmiao immediately turned around and went down.
After waiting for a while, Qin Shu said to Fu Su: "General Fu, lead the way!" β
Fu Su didn't dare to delay, and immediately took Qin Shu to the military tent where Fu Jingshan was.
When she arrived at a camp tent in Fu Jingshan, Qin Shu happened to meet Shi Lengyu, as if she was waiting for her, she saw Qin Shu and immediately greeted her.
"General Shi, what are you ......" Qin Shu looked at her in surprise.
Before he finished speaking, Fu Su stretched out his arm and stopped in front of Qin Shu, as if he was preventing them from talking, and as if he was protecting her.
Seeing this, Qin Shu raised her eyebrows slightly, and her eyes revealed a bit of interest.
But he heard Fu Su say: "Qin leader Shi Lengyu has already betrayed the Great Zhou, and it is better for Qin leader to be careful." β
"How is this possible? Is there some misunderstanding in this? Qin Shu was really a little surprised.
She clearly remembered the circumstances under which she saved Shi Lengyu.
How could someone who could give up his own life and the lives of everyone under his command just to cover Fu Jingshan's escape, how could he betray Da Zhou?
Before, she had hinted at her a few times, but Shi Lengyu was unmoved, although she felt pity, she was willing to fulfill her loyalty.
What's going on now?
"Not a misunderstanding." Fu Su said, "Wait a while, Chief Qin will know when he sees His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." β
Qin Shu wanted to ask again, but heard Fu Su say again: "It's not too early, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still waiting for Chief Qin, let's hurry up, don't waste time here." β
Qin Shu also wanted to take a look at what was going on, so she nodded to Shi Lengyu with a smile to apologize.
Just as she was about to continue walking, Shi Lengyu suddenly called out to her and said, "Leader Qin, I ......"
Qin Shu stopped to look at her, Shi Lengyu hesitated for a moment, then suddenly smiled with relief and said, "It's nothing." Let's talk about it when Leader Qin is free in the future! β
After a pause, she suddenly said seriously: "By the way, Leader Qin must be careful when he goes, he will be splashed with dirty water for no reason." β
Qin Shu was stunned for a moment, then didn't know what to think, smiled and bowed slightly, and said, "Thank you for reminding me." β
Fu Su glared at Shi Lengyu at this time and said, "Shi Lengyu, you traitor, don't sow discord here." β
After speaking, he said to Qin Shu: "Chief Qin, don't listen to her nonsense, she wants to use you to deal with His Royal Highness the Prince!" An ungrateful and shameless villain like this is simply not to be trusted. β
Qin Shu said lightly: "General Fu, don't be impatient, I will tell what is going on." β
The implication is to shut him up.
Fu Su was also afraid of angering Qin Shu, so he immediately closed his mouth.
The group continued to walk forward, Shi Lengyu stood in place, watching them gradually move away, and gently breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, Gao Ping suddenly walked out from behind a tent, came to her side, and asked, "General Shi, doesn't he want to take refuge with the leader of Qin?" β
Shi Lengyu retracted his gaze, looked at him and said, "That's right, in this world, there is no better place for me than the Red Lotus Army." β
Although she hadn't thought about joining the Red Lotus Army before, after all, even if she was becoming more and more disappointed in Da Zhou, she didn't think about leaving Da Zhou. However, her eyes always involuntarily followed the Red Lotus Army, she knew a lot of things about the Red Lotus Army and Qin Shu, and gradually, she also knew a little more about Qin Youan.
Therefore, after Fu Jingshan died, the first thing she thought of when she broke away from the Great Zhou was to join the Red Lotus Army.
Gao Ping was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "Let's not say whether the Qin leader can trust you or not, just say that this Red Lotus Army only accepts women, and your subordinates are not qualified, do you want to abandon them and join the Red Lotus Army alone?" β
Shi Lengyu chuckled and said, "Of course I won't abandon them, I will take them to join Chengguo Gong." The Red Lotus Army couldn't take them in, but the Qin Family Army still could. β
"You trust them so much?" Gao Ping frowned and asked.
"A glimpse of the whole leopard. The time spent together was enough for me to figure out whether the public value of Chengguo was worth taking refuge in. He has a mother like Leader Qin, and he must not be far behind himself. Moreover, I have heard of what they do, they are very concerned about the people, and they have implemented a lot of policies that benefit the people, not just words. I believe he is a hegemon worth following. Shi Lengyu smiled faintly.
"Although the object of my allegiance is the Qin chieftain, they are both prosperous and lossy, and I must find out about them."
Speaking of this, she looked at Gao Ping again and said, "I will build yΓ¬ you, and I will also take refuge in Chengguo Gong." Chengguo is a good man, and under his command, you will definitely not continue to be dusty. β
Gao Ping showed a bit of contemplation, his expression was a little shaken, but he didn't make a decision so quickly, his trust in the Qin family army was not as good as Shi Lengyu, so he said: "Let me think about it again!" β
"Don't think about it for too long, you know, if we can't let Leader Qin open his mouth to take us in tomorrow morning, we will be kicked out!" Shi Lengyu said with a hint of a smile.
"I see." Gao Ping said seriously.
On the other side, Qin Shu had already followed Fu Su to Fu Jingshan's military tent.
After the two stopped, Fu Su shouted outside the door: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qiqi, the leader of Qin has arrived." β
"Hurry up and ask Leader Qin to come in." Fu Chengwen's eager voice came from inside.
"Leader Qin, please come in!" Fu Su lifted the curtain and invited Qin Shu in.
Seeing that Lu Qingmiao was about to go in, he said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only invites the leader of Qin alone, and this female general can only stay outside." β
When Lu Qingmiao heard this, he laughed angrily, and then scolded: "Fuck your mother's eggs!" If you dare to be verbose again, believe it or not, I'll cut you down immediately? β
Don't you see whose territory this is? Protected by them, and daring to pose in front of them, asking for so much, it's ridiculous!
After a long period of contact with those rough masters of the Qin family, they will inevitably be assimilated a little, and all kinds of foul words are simply at hand.
"Seedlings?" Qin Shu called her first.
Lu Qingmiao didn't say anything more, just glared at Fu Su fiercely.
Fu Su was stunned by her for a moment, and then he showed a little innocent.
Qin Shu smiled and said to Fu Su: "You don't let my personal guards follow me, but it makes me suspect that you have ulterior motives." Well, since you have so many rules, then I'll go back, Your Royal Highness the Prince, I can't afford it! β
After finishing speaking, he suddenly turned cold and said, "It's a waste of time, Qingmiao, let's go!" β
"Yes!" Lu Qingmiao's face showed a look of joy, and he glared at Fu Su contemptuously, and was about to leave with Qin Shu.
At this time, Fu Chengwen's voice suddenly came from inside the military tent.
"Leader Qin, waitβ"
Then, a rush of footsteps came, Fu Chengwen walked out with a anxious face, and when he saw Qin Shu, he immediately apologized: "My subordinates don't understand the rules, and I ask Leader Qin to forgive me, don't worry about him." β
After speaking, he looked at Fu Su with a calm face and said, "Don't you quickly apologize to Leader Qin." β
Fu Su couldn't, so he could only kneel on one knee and ask Qin Shu for guilt.
"Leader Qin, look at ......" After he finished making amends, Fu Chengwen cautiously looked at Qin Shu's face and asked.
He originally planned to preemptively give Qin Shu a dismount, but he didn't expect to be ruined by Fu Su's words.
Even if he wants to give her a horse, he has to invite someone in, and in a hurry, he throws it out to make amends. But I don't know that I have lost the opportunity by doing this.
Qin Shu glanced at him, sneered and said, "So that's the case, I thought it was the meaning of His Royal Highness the Prince?" It's just a misunderstanding. I was still wondering, I'm not a criminal, why do I have to go to the meeting alone, and I can't even bring a personal guard in? If that's the case, I wonder if you're all ungrateful. β
After saying this, Fu Chengwen's face turned red and white, and he couldn't even squeeze out a smile.
He took a deep breath and was about to speak, when he saw Qin Shu suddenly take the first step and enter the military tent, and her personal guards also followed a little behind, and the rest were guarding outside.
Fu Chengwen could only suppress his grievances and anger, and walked in with them.
At this time, the military tent had been cleaned up, but the smell of blood still wafted in the air that had not completely dispersed.
The ministers are still there, they dare not go back, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
Although Qin Shu guessed that Fu Jingshan was already dead, even if he didn't die, he would be seriously injured, otherwise, it would be him who came out to greet him, not Fu Chengwen.
But at this moment, she could only pretend that she didn't know anything, and couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Hey, why don't you see Zhou Tianzi?" β
At this time, Fu Chengwen, who had already walked in, his eyes turned red instantly, and he wiped his tears with his sleeve tremblingly and said, "Father, he ...... He's dead......"
"What?" Qin Shu gasped and asked in disbelief, "How is this possible?" During the day today, Zhou Tianzi was fine. β
"Father...... He was assassinated and died. Fu Chengwen said with a distorted face.
"Impossible!" Qin Shu frowned, and said categorically, "I am boasting, the Red Lotus Army has always been strictly guarded, and the inventory is also very strict, it is impossible to let the enemy get in, unless ......"
She looked around, and her eyes were sharp, so that people did not dare to look at her.
"Unless, that assassin is a traitor, and Zhou Tianzi has no defense against him, he may succeed in assassination." Qin Shu said firmly.
Fu Chengwen was speechless.
Originally, he wanted to use this matter to question Qin Shu, throw the responsibility of his father's assassination on her, and make various demands and compensation to her in a high-sounding manner, but he didn't expect that the other party was so shrewd and guessed the matter, and it was reasonable, so that he didn't even have room to refute.
He was at a loss, and could only look at his father-in-law with a look for help.
Elder Li coughed lightly and said, "Leader Qin, no matter how His Majesty was assassinated, this matter must be regarded as a dereliction of duty on the part of the Red Lotus Army. You came to protect us on purpose, and as a result, under the escort of tens of thousands of troops, you still let Your Majesty be killed by gangsters, shouldn't you be responsible? β
Hearing this, Qin Shu's eyes widened in disbelief, she put her hand to her ear, and said, "What? What did you say? Again, I don't quite know. β
"You ......" Seeing this, Li Lao's face was also a little hot, and he looked around uncomfortably, but no one dared to meet his eyes, looking at his nose and nose, he was angry, and the trace of emptiness in his heart was erased, but he became more justified.
"I said that His Majesty's death is your responsibility. If it weren't for your negligence and letting the villains in, how could His Majesty have died? β
Li Lao pouted his beard and said again.
"My responsibility?" Qin Shu sneered, put down the hand in his ear, squinted his eyes and looked at Li Lao, looked around again, and asked, "You think so too?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thinks so too? β
The others were so weak that they didn't dare to say yes.
They all knew in their hearts what was going on. You must know that the Red Lotus Army would not let it in, if it weren't for His Majesty's insistence on letting Meng Yongshan in, the Red Lotus Army would have kicked people out a long time ago, how could there be tonight?
Fu Chengwen didn't think so, he only knew that his father's death could only be relied on by the Red Lotus Army, and only in this way could Da Zhou have a future.
Therefore, he stubbornly said: "That's right, this matter is naturally your fault. You're here to protect us, but you didn't do it, so what do you say about it? β
Qin Shu raised her eyebrows and asked, "Oh? So what do you guys want? β
Li Lao said excitedly: "Naturally, I did my best to compensate." Because of your negligence, the Great Zhou lost the emperor, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince lost his father, and our pillars collapsed, what do you say to do Leader Qin? β
Qin Shu smiled, and just when Elder Li thought she was going to be soft, he heard her suddenly scold: "Fart!" β
A shout, like thunder, frightened Fu Chengwen shuddered, almost stood unsteadily, and looked at Qin Shu who had already cooled down in horror.
And Li Lao was even more pale, his lips trembled, and he seemed to be saying something.
Qin Shu said coldly: "It seems that our Red Lotus Army's temper is really good, and it has been regarded as the wronged leader of the robbery. β
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