Chapter 416: Scapegoat
Yes, Yueji can tell Xiao Heng's deployment in such detail, in order to keep the roster, she did not hesitate to betray Xiao Heng, it seems that there is a lot of suspicion between them. ”
Xiao Mohan thought in his heart, just now he was not only threatening Yueji, but also testing to see how far Yueji could retreat in order to save his life.
"None of them are fuel-efficient lamps, and they are their own masters, Yueji will not sacrifice the interests of the central country for Xiao Heng, Xiao Heng is just using Yueji to ascend to the throne, and when disaster comes, they naturally have to fly separately."
Qian Qianqian sneered and handed the copper bell to Xiao Mohan, her eyes narrowed slightly, her face was full of indescribable mockery, and her eyes were full of contempt.
Tsukihime fulfilled her promise and left a few scapegoats, all of whom were from the central country, and confessed to the poisoning of the hot pot restaurant, it seems that they should be insignificant to Tsukihime, otherwise Tsukihime would not have given them up so happily.
Seeing that the hour was not early, Qian Qianqian went back to the room, and early the next morning, Xiao Mohan entered the palace to clarify the matter, and the scapegoats were all taken to the prison, and they also admitted that they were the central country's meticulous work, and they stayed in the capital in order to create chaos and make Xiao Guo unpeaceful.
In this way, the evidence is conclusive, and there is nothing to say, Tong Qian and the others were framed, the poison of the hot pot restaurant is none of their business, under Xiao Mohan's proposal, the emperor ordered them to be released.
Now that the government has investigated the matter, and the people have nothing to say, the hot pot restaurant has reopened, Tong Qian invited many merchants in the capital to celebrate together, and also announced to the people of the capital that within 15 days of the reopening of the hot pot restaurant, those who come to cheer will be exempted from half of the silver, and two stacks of small cold dishes will be given.
The opening of the hot pot restaurant was lively, although the people still had lingering palpitations, but seeing that those dignitaries and nobles were going to cheer, they couldn't resist the temptation and went to the store one after another.
Xiao Heng also learned about this and was furious, he originally wanted to use this matter to drag Xiao Mohan down, involve Qian Qianqian, and pour dirty water on Qian Qianqian, but now the truth is revealed, everything he did before was in vain.
"How could Xiao Mohan suddenly find out who you are? What have you done behind your back? ”
Xiao Heng couldn't help but suspect Yueji, the poison was given by Yueji's people, Yueji had always promised him very well, saying that as long as her people didn't show up, Xiao Mohan wouldn't be able to catch the handle, but now he suddenly changed his hexagram.
"Lord Wang, I didn't expect this matter, this time my people were all arrested by Xiao Mohan, and I also suffered heavy losses, so how can you doubt me?"
Yueji didn't admit it, her body finally eased up a lot, at this time, there must be no mistakes, she must also stabilize Xiao Heng first.
"Your people have been dormant in the capital for many years, how can you say that you will be arrested if you are caught? There must be something strange about this coming so suddenly. ”
Xiao Heng is not a fool, he has always been suspicious, even if Yueji is the person who cooperates with him, he can't fully believe it.
"I also think this matter is not simple, maybe there is a problem between us, someone is secretly taking refuge in Xiao Mohan, so he caught us off guard."
Yueji quietly diverted Xiao Heng's attention, now she must clear up the involvement, no matter who Xiao Heng suspects, he can't doubt her.
Xiao Heng pondered, his brows furrowed, layers of doubts surged on his face, his hands clenched into fists, and the corners of his forehead were covered with blue tendons.
Jiuchenhou was on the side, keeping his head down, not daring to make the slightest movement, in the past few days, he finally cleared his suspicions, so that Xiao Heng slowly noticed him, he hadn't heard any news yet, but he couldn't be suspected by Xiao Heng for no reason.
According to what Yueji said, Xiao Mohan found Xiao Heng's group of soldiers dressed up in disguise and gradually approaching the capital, and cooperated with the local government to wipe out the soldiers, and the news reached Xiao Heng's ears, and Xiao Heng was angry again.
According to Xiao Heng's plan, he wanted his soldiers in southern Xinjiang to rush to the capital in batches, and a group of them took the lead, but he didn't expect that the group of people would be wiped out before they arrived in the capital, which undoubtedly made him very demoralized.
"How did Xiao Mohan know that my people came to the capital? There has been no problem before, my people have always been cautious, even if there is any trouble, they will dodge in time, and there will be no casualties so heavy, someone must be making trouble behind the scenes and betraying this king. ”
Xiao Heng had been suspicious for a long time before, and now it was even more so, his people suffered heavy blows one after another, and it was a sudden attack, without the slightest warning, and there was not the slightest rumor, if it wasn't for being framed, he couldn't have imagined such a coincidence.
Yueji lowered her eyes slightly, and she didn't make a sound, a touch of cunning flashed in her eyes, and she quickly disappeared, her eyebrows were still charming, and she didn't show any abnormality.
"Your people came back from southern Xinjiang, it is an extremely confidential matter, even I don't know much, since this matter has come out, we must investigate it carefully, we can't raise a spy around us, this is just the beginning, if this kind of thing happens again, what else do we use to confront the imperial court?"
Yueji spoke slowly, her eyes looked at Xiao Heng from time to time, always paying attention to Xiao Heng's expression, frowning, as if she was really worried about Xiao Heng.
"You're right, if this king finds out this person, he will definitely cut this person with a thousand knives!"
Xiao Heng's face sank, the cold light in his eyes was cold, he gritted his teeth, and clenched his fists with both hands, as if he was about to explode at any time.
Yueji didn't say anything, it seems that Xiao Heng didn't suspect her, so she was relieved, although Xiao Heng suffered heavy losses, but fortunately, it had nothing to do with Yangguo, these days, although she didn't inquire about Xiao Heng's deployment on the surface, she had actually been listening to the news by Xiao Heng's side.
So before she cooperated with Xiao Heng, she had already touched Xiao Heng's bottom in detail, so she actually knew all the things that Xiao Heng thought she didn't know.
Xiao Mohan verified Yueji's words one by one, and sure enough, they were all true, although Yueji was cunning, but for the sake of her life, she was still measured, and she knew that she couldn't hide from it, so she didn't hide at all.
"This time Xiao Heng has suffered heavy losses, he will definitely make some moves, and look at what Yueji said, Xiao Heng still has a lot of soldiers in southern Xinjiang, and what we exterminated is only one of the ten of those soldiers, if Xiao Heng is really forced to be anxious, he will raise troops, and Xiao Guo will be in chaos."
Qian Qianqian guessed in a low voice, although she didn't have any evidence, her predictions had never been wrong, so they couldn't push Xiao Heng too hard.
"Xiao Heng's temperament, I know, if he is not completely sure, he will never raise troops, he has been dormant in southern Xinjiang for eight years, just to sit on the throne one day, if he is defeated, he will never have a chance to make a comeback, so he will definitely weigh this matter."
Xiao Mohan was silent, there was no superfluous look on his face, there was a mixture of light and dark in his deep eyes, which made people wonder through, the sword eyebrows were slightly raised, and the heroic spirit between the eyebrows was compelling, which made people shudder.
"But he suffered a great disaster this time, presumably he will check the people around him, Xiangfu's younger brother, we have to save him."
Qian Qianqian has been thinking about this matter, Xiao Heng has planted a big heel, he will not swallow this breath silently, he can't retaliate against Xiao Mohan, he will definitely attack the people around him, although this news is not revealed by Jiuchen, but if it is suspected by Xiao Heng, I am afraid it will be more than lucky.
"I've already asked Yuanying to do it, don't worry."
Xiao Mohan had already expected this, so he was also prepared, Yuan Ying would rescue Jiuchen, give Jiuchen a sum of silver, and send him to Jiangnan, as for the matter of Xiangfu, he didn't intend to hide it, no matter whether Jiuchen could accept it or not, he couldn't return to the capital in this life.
Xiao Heng also gradually discovered that something was wrong, and finally suspected Jiuchen, which was also promoted by Yueji, she wanted to find a scapegoat, so she aimed at Jiuchen, who was following Xiao Heng, so under her design, Xiao Heng couldn't hold back.
Fortunately, Yuan Ying arrived in time with someone and saved Jiuchen, otherwise Jiuchen would have died a long time ago, he followed Xiao Mohan's instructions, knocked Jiuchen unconscious, and stuffed a letter on Jiuchen's body, abolished Jiuchen's martial arts, gave him a large sum of silver, and asked people to send him to Jiangnan.
"Sure enough, there is an inner ghost around us, and if Jiuchen can come back from Xiao Mohan, he will not be able to use it for a long time, because he has pretended to be so long, and he has actually hidden it from all of us."
Yueji gloated a little, and said with joy in her heart, as long as she diverted Xiao Heng's attention, she would not be afraid of anything, and as soon as she got the antidote from Xiao Mohan, she would take revenge and go back.
"This king should have killed him a long time ago, even if Xiao Mohan's people saved him, this king would never give up."
Xiao Heng was angry in his heart, and when he thought of the loss of so many soldiers, he couldn't wait to break Jiuchen's corpse into ten thousand pieces.
"The most important thing now is to deal with Xiao Mohan, as for that traitor, when you dominate Xiao Guo, I am afraid that we will not be able to catch him, so we can't mess with ourselves right now."
Yueji comforted beside her, it looked like it was for Xiao Heng's good, but in fact, it was for herself, the current situation in the capital was tense, Xiao Heng hurt his vitality again, if he spent his mind on an escaped inner ghost at this time, how much loss would he have to suffer in the future?
"You're right, we can't be distracted now, and when I get the throne, I'll clean him up."
Xiao Heng nodded, his face gradually sank, his brows twisted into a dead knot, and his eyes were extremely gloomy.
Qian Qianqian played with Qian Yao in the yard, these days, Qian Yao's body has improved a lot, and the subordinates of the General's Mansion are very careful, raising Qian Yao to be white and fat, living like a little meat ball.
"You run slowly, be careful of falling."
Qian Qianqian chased after Qian Yao, Qian Yao held a paper windmill in his hand, running around the yard, the maids were waiting aside, and there were a lot of refreshments on the stone table.
Suddenly, Qian Yao stopped, as if he had hit something, and almost fell to the ground, but was firmly held by the person in front of him.
"Lord Shao." Qian Qianqian followed, saw Shao Huaigu, and was a little surprised, and hurriedly went over and pulled Qian Yao away.
"Miss Qian." Shao Huaigu pursed his lips and smiled, but just greeted Qian Qianqian lightly, still wearing a moon-white robe, warm as jade, weak and pale.
"You're here to find General Xiao, he should be in the study."
Qian Qianqian guessed Shao Huaigu's intention, usually Shao Huaigu came here to find Xiao Mohan, and this time should be no exception.