(Chapter 9) Win without harm
A group of men and horses drove into the territory of the Tiger Prison Pass, and the soldiers defending the city did not stop them, because they understood that this was a big man from the imperial court, and at the front of the team was a young man and 4 old men, followed by hundreds of soldiers wearing golden armor, which was a status symbol, meaning that they were the royal guards guarding the palace
After the troops entered the Tiger Prison Pass, their behavior became extremely difficult, they wanted to come in, and the people in the city wanted to go out, the crowd on the street was bustling, and they formed a crowd of people to rush outside the city, and the people saw a group of officers and soldiers, and wanted to let them but could not get out for a while
The young man at the head frowned, "It's strange, there is no war at the border pass, how can so many people go out of the city"
"The people are holding incense paper and candles in their hands, presumably there is some large-scale sacrifice in the Tiger Prison these days," said an elder behind him, this person was Elder Li of the Kongtong Sect who had made things difficult in Lingcang at the Martial Arts League in the past
"Oh, I've never heard of such a sacrifice in the Tiger Prison," said another elder, who had also appeared in the Martial Arts Alliance, and was the elder of the Qingcheng faction who pushed King Li Lian to a high position in one fell swoop."
"Chief Cao, you commanded the operation of killing traitors and winning without injury in the Tiger Prison Pass, but have you heard that there is such a sacrificial activity in the Tiger Prison Pass?"
Cao Zhang, the chief manager of the Great Interior, thought for a moment when he heard this, and said in an extremely feminine tone, "If you return to King En, this is the day when the old slave came to the Tiger Prison Pass to kill the rebel thief and win without injury, and the old slave is sure that there is no such sacrifice in the Tiger Prison Pass."
After listening to Gonggong Cao's words, King En thought for a moment, and then said, "What is going on, you will know as soon as you ask, then he turned over and dismounted, and stopped an old man who was daring outside the city.
When the old man saw that the official had stopped him, he immediately became nervous, and hurriedly asked, "My lord, do you have anything to do with the villain?"
"Oh, old man, don't be afraid, we were sent by the imperial court to do one thing in the Tiger Prison Pass, when we entered the city today, I saw that the people flocked to the outside of the city, and there was no war at the border pass, why did you rush out of the city" King En's tone was modest, and people who didn't know him would never have thought that such an easy-going person would be the prince today
The old man saw that the young man in front of him spoke in a kind tone, not as arrogant and domineering as other officials, and half of his hanging heart was relaxed
sighed and said, "Back to my lord's words, today is the sacrifice day of the guardian saint of Tiger Prison Pass, and we all go out to worship him."
"Oh, the Tiger Prison Patron Saint, who is that," King Eun asked curiously
When it comes to the patron saint, the old man's eyes are suddenly red, and his eyes are full of sadness, "The patron saint of the Tiger Prison Pass is the general of Zhenxi sent by the imperial court in the past, and the general is the benefactor of our entire Tiger Prison Pass, Xirong is brutal, no matter how old or young he used to be at my border, he killed people when he saw them, if it wasn't for the general who drove away Xirong, we were afraid that we would have died under Xirong's butcher's knife, but unfortunately, the general was later framed and hung alive on the city tower, I was under the city when he died, I watched the general lose his breath, and the general sold his family property that year, He repaired a house for us and divided the land, and he saved the lives of our family of 7, but I didn't expect that in the end, I collected the body from my benefactor."
Speaking of this, the old man was already in tears, sighing constantly
After listening to the old man's words, King En was silent for a long time, and he was quite touched, and he was silent for a long time before continuing to ask
"Old man, what is the general's name, I will definitely not let him hate Jiuquan, you tell me, I will redress his grievances when I return to the court"
The old man looked up at him, a little shocked, he didn't expect that the young man in front of him had such a big right, and hurriedly said, "The general's name is Win Wuxian"
"What, win without injury" King En was shocked, he was ordered by the emperor to arrest the son of the rebel thief to win without injury, after learning that the son of the rebel was missing in the Tiger Prison Pass, he personally went to the Tiger Prison Pass to inquire about clues, but he didn't want to win without injury and was so loved by the people.
After being silent for a while, he said to the old man, "You go, I know"
Back on the horse, King En's face was full of doubts, and Cao Zhang hurriedly asked after seeing it, "King En, why are you so worried?"
King En hesitated for a long time before looking at the old eunuch, "Manager Cao, I don't know what happened back then, what kind of person is winning without injury, he is so loved by the people"
"What" the old eunuch looked surprised, "King En, what do you mean, these people went out of the city to sacrifice to the traitor and win without injury"
King Enwang nodded, "Well, I don't think it's that simple, there may be something else hidden in the events of the past."
Elder Li and the elders of the Qingcheng faction glanced at each other, "King En, how can you say this?"
King Eun hesitated for a moment before slowly saying, "I can't tell, but I don't feel like a traitor."
As soon as King En's words fell, the old eunuch's sharp voice sounded in his ears: "King En, don't be confused by a few words from others, win without harm, colluded with Xirong back then, plotted to rebel, the evidence is conclusive, I was ordered by the emperor to kill the traitor, how wise the emperor is, will he not be able to distinguish who is a loyal minister and who is a traitor?"
"King En, Gong Cao's words are reasonable, maybe he was meritorious in guarding the west of Zhenxi before winning without injury, and was loved by the local people, but it is understandable that he committed the crime of great rebellion, and I and Elder Li have heard of it when he colluded with the enemy country and plotted to rebel, but King Enn was still young at that time, so I didn't hear about it."
"That's right, King En, the fact that he plotted to rebel and was given death by the emperor was announced to the world, but 16 years have passed since this incident, and if it wasn't for King En's summons this time, we wouldn't have thought of this incident at all," Elder Li continued
After listening to everyone's words, King En's words were silent for a long time, and he fell into deep thought, and it took a long time before he said
"Go to the General Army's Mansion"
A few days ago, King En, in the name of the alliance leader, informed the entire martial arts to arrest the traitor and win the unharmed son, and the major factions took action to search for suspicious people in their respective spheres of influence, while the two elders of the Qingcheng faction and the Zhengqing faction followed King En to the Tiger Prison Pass
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Above the main hall of the General Soldier's Mansion, there is an incense case for the table, the white tiger of the Tiger Prison Pass is worshipping on the incense, the general swallows the tiger beard, the sword hangs from the waist, there is quite the style of a general, the whole body exudes the breath of a cultivator, the martial arts master of the 8th floor, the martial arts cultivator with such a high level will definitely become a general, the general stood in front of the offering table after the incense, and fell into silence
Moments later, the silence was broken by a report from the general who defended the city
"Report to the general, there is a team of Imperial Forest Army entering our pass from the east gate," the general knelt down on one knee and said with his fists clenched
Anger appeared on the general's face, "Didn't I say that there will be no report on the non-war for these three days, and you can deal with any problems by yourself."
"But" The general hesitated for a moment, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, and he said firmly, "General, in the Imperial Forest Army, the leader of the team is the eunuch Cao Zhang, the old eunuch who led the army into the customs 16 years ago and killed General Win."
"What, Cao Zhang" killing intent appeared in the eyes of the white tiger
"Report" Another partial general broke into the door and paid homage to the white tiger, "Report to the general, the imperial court sent someone to come, and now it has arrived at the gate of the General Soldier's Mansion"
"Who is the leader" Bai Hu's eyes were sad
The general gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know the other three, but Cao Zhang's dog thief is among them, and I know him even if he turns to ashes."
"General, or I will lead someone to kill him and avenge General Win" The first partial general who entered the door was full of murderous intent
"That's right, the Tiger Prison Pass is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, kill him and blame Xirong, and the court can't do anything to us" made a partial general echo
The white tiger's sword blade was out of his body, and the killing intent was fully revealed, but after a while, he exhaled a long breath, the killing intent slowly receded, and the sword blade returned to the sheath, "The person who came is King En, welcome the guests, put away the offering table"
The two generals glanced at each other and clenched their fists to receive their lives