After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 1237 Don't Try to Shift the Blame
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"Eastern Desert will surely prevail and prosper forever; we will be loyal to Eastern Desert!"

"Kill! Kill these noble families and officials, and let the common people rise up!"

Two groups of people appeared at the student camp, totaling about fifty people. They didn't care about living, they only wanted to die. They hacked at anyone they saw, shouting these two sentences as they did so.

Unfortunately, Shan Shan, the leader, and Wei Baihu had already led more than a hundred soldiers to surround the two camps from the beginning. As soon as this group rushed out to cause trouble, they were accurately struck by sharp arrows.

Whoosh whoosh!
The arrow pierced the air, heading straight for the fifty-odd people.

Plop, plop!
Sharp arrows pierced their bodies, and more than a dozen people fell injured.

Boom boom boom!
The war drums beat urgently, and the messengers on Shanshan's and Wei's side shouted: "Stay away from these two groups of people who are shouting vicious words. They are the enemy. Innocent people, quickly run to the sides and hide behind Wei's army!"

Upon hearing this, the students in the camp hurriedly ran in two directions... but not towards Leader Shan Shan, for fear of being pierced by their arrows.

"Kill! Kill these noble families and officials, and fight for the honor of us commoners!" Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the two groups of enemies became even more frenzied and ran to the left and right to chase after the fleeing true students and students.

However, these enemies had no bows or crossbows and could not kill from a distance, so they could only fight in close combat. They were instead shot at by Shan Shan, Wei Baihu, and a large number of archers who arrived at the scene.

Whoosh whoosh!
Whoosh whoosh!
Arrows rained down like rain, swift as lightning, piercing the enemy's flesh.

"Aaaaah!" the enemy, struck by the arrow, screamed in agony.

Bang bang bang, dozens of enemies fell to the ground, those who were too badly wounded to get up.

A dozen or so lightly wounded men cunningly crawled backward, dodging arrows while continuing to shout, "Kill the bastards of Liangwei, Dongmo..."

"The powerful and wealthy families bully us commoners, kill them all..."

Bang bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
A dull thud as heavy objects stepped on soft surfaces was heard as Qin Xiaomi, Aunt Wen, the female guards, the imperial guards, Grandpa Qin, and others rode up and galloped directly over the enemies.

"Ahhh!" A shrill scream echoed through the sky. Taking advantage of the enemy's pain, Qin Xiaomi and the others abandoned their horses and rushed towards the enemy who had fallen to the ground, wounded by arrows.

Click-clack-clack-clack!

They dislocated the jaws and arms of these enemies, preventing them from committing suicide by poison, and from retaliating or killing themselves.

"Men, pry out the poison sacs they've hidden in their teeth, examine the ingredients, obtain the formula, and we'll be able to trace the origin of these poisons and determine which faction's assassins these are or whether they're spies from an enemy country!"

Qin Xiaomi shouted, then added, "Pulling out teeth and hiding the poison sac inside the tooth cavity—this technique is something even commoners like us have never heard of. It's an enemy trying to smear us!"

Jiang Erlang nodded in agreement: "That's right!"

My elder brother had also worked as an instructor at the county and township martial arts academies. If a student were to kill another student, both my elder brother and Grandpa Qin's family would be implicated.

Qin Xiaomi's words nearly scared Zeng Tongzhi to death. He hurriedly shouted, "They are spies from the Eastern Desert! These enemies just shouted that they would be loyal to the Eastern Desert. They must be enemy bandits from the Eastern Desert!"

No faction deliberately sent assassins to cause trouble; absolutely not, and it cannot be.

Knowing he couldn't reason with Qin Xiaomi, Zeng Tongzhi hurriedly called for someone he could consult: "Commander Gu, Commander Qin, the enemy has been subdued. Leave the rest to Commanders Shao and Dai. Please come over, I have something important to tell you!" "Search these enemies and interrogate them!" Commander Gu ordered, then said to Qin's grandfather and grandson, "Commander Qin, Master Qin, this matter is very serious and requires the cooperation of both the government and the army to solve. Let's go see Commander Zeng first and hear his arrangements."

"Okay." Grandpa Qin agreed and called to Qin Xiaomi, "Xiaomi, Erlang, let's retreat to a safe area first."

It was still too dangerous here; he was afraid the two younger ones would be ambushed.

"Okay." Qin Xiaomi, along with her female guards, followed Grandpa Qin and the others towards Zeng Tongzhi's direction.

"Grandpa Qin, it's good that you're all alright." Zeng Tongzhi glanced at Qin Xiaomi and said to Grandpa Qin, "Chief Qin, in any case, we must rely on evidence. We can't just shout things out and create trouble... Now that we're fighting against foreign enemies, we can't afford to create any more conflicts."

Qin Xiaomi laughed: "Is Zeng Tongzhi accusing me of deliberately causing trouble with my shout just now? But can a peasant's son know how to pull out a tooth and bury a poison sac in the tooth cavity? How to make the skin of the poison sac? Apart from the spies trained by the enemy country with all its resources, only the noble families and officials within our country have this technology."

"..." Magistrate Zeng was quite perplexed. How could this woman know so much?!

“Even so, it should not be said publicly, lest it arouse hatred towards powerful families and officials. It’s better to wait until the case is closed and the charges are irrefutable before we start to hate them.” Zeng Tongzhi added, fearing that Qin Xiaomi would scold him, “lest powerful families and officials seize on your words and impeach your Qin family and the Prince of Ye. That would be terrible.”

Ah, a woman like you is what noble ladies talk about: a country bumpkin who doesn't follow the rules, is always causing trouble, has no elegance or nobility, and only cares about speaking her mind!
She's a vicious woman with blood on her hands!

Even if your family were to move to the capital thanks to the Prince of Ye and your military achievements, a woman like you would still be ostracized by the noble ladies and women of high birth.

Forget about marrying into a wealthy family, you won't even be welcome if you just visit them!

Upon hearing this, Qin Xiaomi scrutinized Zeng Tongzhi.

The magistrate felt a chill run down his spine and hurriedly called out to Grandpa Qin, "Old Commander Qin, I am only doing this for the good of the Qin family."

Grandpa Qin's face was also not good. He said to Zeng Tongzhi, "Lord Zeng, what my granddaughter said is correct. This is a reminder, not an attempt to start a conflict. Those enemies have already made their voices heard, trying to shift the blame onto the common people. As a family of commoners, it is only right that my family speaks up for the common people."

Grandpa Qin was furious, furious at those like Zeng Tongzhi, who always blamed the common people whenever something went wrong.

Aren't ordinary people suffering enough?
They even shifted the blame onto them, making their suffering even worse!
Zeng Tongzhi thought to himself: Your family is nothing but commoners, you're all relatives of the emperor now!
Qin Xiaomi was rather 'malicious' and said directly to Zeng Tongzhi, "Lord Zeng, since the establishment of the barricade camp, you have been here in charge of general affairs. How did these enemies manage to sneak in with legitimate identities?"

"This is a huge oversight, and it was caused by the government troops at the two gates of the chevaux-de-frise camp."

"If Lord Zeng doesn't investigate thoroughly, I'm afraid he won't even be able to wait for the enemy to attack the city before he's punished and eliminated like Gu Chengyong!"

This, this, this!
Zeng Tongzhi's face was visibly pale.

Gu Qianhu also wanted to die, and cursed Gu Chengyong: "It must be the spies Jiao Qianhu, the sinners Gu Chengyong, Su Qianhu, Gu Xuan, Gu Su Shi and others who made things convenient for these enemies, otherwise these people would not have made trouble."

"Investigate! Investigate thoroughly! If we don't get to the bottom of this, once the troops from the barricade camp retreat back into the city, the capital city will surely face another great calamity!"

"And Fang Gui, where is that thief?!"

After Gu Chengyong and his men were beheaded as a sacrifice to the flag, a message was sent from inside the city to the outside, ordering the men of the chevaux-de-frise camp to immediately wipe out the troops of Fang Gui and other commanders of Su Qianhu and Gu Chengyong who had been stationed there.

"This wicked Fang Gui is here!" Commander Dai led his troops, escorting Fang Gui, a group of captains, centurions, and Commander Fu over.