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

Chapter 1239 Doubts about the Confession
"..." Fang Gui's face turned pale. After realizing what had happened, he could only instinctively cry out, "Spare me! Spare me! I was just following Gu Chengyong's orders. It's all the Gu family's fault! I'm innocent!"

"Ha," Jiang Qianshi laughed, and asked the military clerk beside him, "Have you recorded the confession of this traitor?"

"Reporting to Your Excellency, it has been recorded." The clerk's pen continued to write, filling an entire sheet of paper.

Fang Gui's face was ashen and terrified as he glared at Jiang Qianshi: This bastard tricked him into giving a false confession!
"Behead them, let those who are not sober wake up!" Jiang Qianshi said, his voice booming like a bell, carrying a murderous aura.

"Yes!" The soldiers of the Death Squad stepped forward, banged, forced Fang Gui to kneel down, and raised their swords.

Click!

His head rolled off.

Bang! The headless corpse was kicked down by the soldiers and trampled under their feet.

"Ahhh!" A chaotic scream came from all around, from students, porters, servants of noble families.

Dangdang Dangdang!
"quiet!"

After everyone calmed down, Vice Commissioner Jiang said, "Remember what you saw today. Keep your heads clear. This is wartime. Do not break the law. Unite to resist the foreign enemy. Anyone who dares to help the enemy do evil for personal gain will suffer the same fate as Gu Chengyong, Commander Su, Fang Gui, and others! No need for layers of interrogation, just confiscate their property and behead them!"

"Yes, yes," the people around responded, filled with fear, afraid that they would die under the blade of such a fierce warrior.

Qin Xiaomi glanced at Zeng Tongzhi and laughed, "See, my Qin family is still too kind and reasonable."

So cherish what you have and don't push the Qin, Guan, and Jiang families to the point of becoming like Jiang Qianshi.

With a gulp, Zeng Tongzhi swallowed hard, ignoring Qin Xiaomi, and ordered: "All personnel, regardless of their status, line up immediately for identity verification. Anyone who dares to evade verification will be considered an accomplice of the enemy and beheaded on the spot! If your reason for entering the camp is dishonorable, you may state the reason directly, and you will not be punished!"

There are three things to do now: eliminate the real enemy and their accomplices, stabilize the situation, and preserve usable manpower, material resources, and military strength to resist foreign enemies.

Therefore, if someone enters the camp through connections, as long as they do not commit treason, are not involved in any crimes, and are capable of working, the government and military will not investigate their methods of entry and will continue to use these personnel.

Dangdang Dangdang!
"Line up, line up, identity verification..." The officials repeatedly called out Zeng Tongzhi's words.

Soon, the students, trainees, and porters lined up obediently for identity verification.

The Wei soldiers were busy searching for the enemy, putting out fires, rescuing people and property.

People from the Xue and Li families, including Chi Er, a relative by marriage from the Li family, also brought a large number of bodyguards to help with tasks such as guarding, fetching water, putting out fires, and moving things.

After making the arrangements, Vice Commissioner Jiang called to Grandpa Qin and the others, "Gentlemen, let's go see the injured students."

"Yes," everyone nodded, and hurried back to the tent at the very end of the student camp.

The tents had been burned down, and Yang Zeru and the others were protected by the shield soldiers, sitting on carpets in the open space inside the circle.

"How is Zhao Wuming? Has he woken up? Is his life in danger?" Jiang Qianshi asked. On his way from the city gate, he had met a scout who was on his way to report to the city gate. From the scout, he learned the general situation of the camp.

"Fortunately, the sharp blade did not pierce the lungs, so there was no suffocation or gas imbalance in the body." A-Ling, the main doctor who treated Zhao Wuming, explained the situation: "The wound has been cleaned and the blood has been drained. We are watching to prevent fever and to prevent the wound from becoming red and festering. He should wake up tomorrow."

Phew, God bless us.

Jiang Qianshi breathed a sigh of relief and then looked at Yang Zeru and the others: "Where are your confessions? Let me see them."

After Qin Xiaomi and the others left, Yang Zeru and his men didn't just sit there. They wrote down everything that had happened that day, including any suspicious points and speculations, to help in catching the culprit and solving the case. "Please take a look, sir," said Mei, a centurion under Commander Gu, as he brought over a stack of confessions and presented them to Vice Commander Jiang.

"Take a look quickly and tell me the key points and any suspicious aspects!" Jiang Qianshi ordered his clerks.

The five clerks sat down and, by the light of the torches, read the confessions one by one.

They quickly identified the key points and points of doubt and handed them over to Vice Commissioner Jiang.

Jiang Qianshi took the document and examined it closely. His brows furrowed more and more as he looked at it, and finally he let out a cold laugh: "Heh, it seems that tonight's case is not simple... Yang Zeru, Yuan Qiao, can you take responsibility for your confessions?"

Their testimonies raised a point of suspicion: tonight's case was probably not solely the work of Gu Chengyong and the Dongmo spies; there might also be an accomplice force behind it.

This accomplice is most likely a powerful family or official.

Because Gu Chengyong wanted to secure his position as Commander-in-Chief and control the military affairs of the Northeast for so long, he must have needed a powerful force to provide him with various conveniences.

Who is this force?

It must be a prominent family or official from the Tai Zhou Mansion, the capital, or the Liangjiang region; there is no other candidate.

Because people from other places don't have the ability to protect Gu Chengyong for so long.

The second reason is that those murderers only targeted Zhao Wuming, who came from a weak family, and did not dare to really hurt the Yang, Yuan, Gao, Si, Zheng, and Lu families.

There are only two reasons for their leniency: first, their families were involved; second, if they were dead, it would be difficult to explain to their family heads the real culprits.

"Gao Zhenzhi, Lu Fenxu, Si Feng, Zheng Qianming, why didn't you mention the possibility of a third force committing the crime?" Jiang Qianshi's gaze was cold and sharp, like a judge from the underworld, staring at them, which frightened Lu Fenxu, the young master Lu, so much that he turned pale.

"Hiss!" Lu Fenxu cried out in pain, pretending that his change of expression was due to the pain in his abdomen. He said, "Jiang Qianshi, without concrete evidence, you cannot speak recklessly. To speak recklessly is to harm people."

Zheng Qianming added: "Now is wartime. We must unite and work together to fight against foreign enemies. It is even more inappropriate to say things without evidence. This would undermine unity, weaken our strength, and give the enemy an advantage."

That sounds nice.

"Where are you two?" Jiang Qianshi asked, looking at Gao Zhenzhi and Si Feng.

Gao Zhenzhi glanced at Qin Xiaomi... Although he was terrified of this wicked woman, he was still a man of some ability.

He said, "Those murderers got along well with us. We were not on guard against them. The incident happened suddenly and was very chaotic. I was only focused on saving my life and didn't have time to notice anything suspicious, so I naturally confessed to the truth."

Yang Zeru and Yuan Qiang were fools. Even if there were doubts, they should have kept them hidden. Instead, they openly reported them, risking their careers.

Seeing that Kang Rong committed suicide and received a marquisate, you want to follow suit?
Don't be silly, these are all temporary. If you don't believe me, wait a few years and you'll see. Kang Rong's younger brother's lineage will be besieged and suppressed by powerful families for generations until it is completely wiped out!
The Kang Rong lineage will not be allowed to rise to prominence.

There are countless precedents like this, and he's not going to be foolish like Yang Zeru and his group.

Si Feng replied, "I was terrified at the time because Fang Jiuxiong really wanted to kill me. I called out to him to reveal my identity and offered him gold and silver before he turned around and went to stab Zhao Wuming... I wrote these things in my confession. As for the rest, I don't know. I was scared."

He was terrified; he almost died today!

In his shout, there was also a sentence: "My Si Pei is still in the city. If I die, given Si Pei's protectiveness and loyalty, he will spend the rest of his life investigating this case thoroughly and chasing the culprit to the ends of the earth!"
After hearing this, Fang Jiuxiong turned the blade and stabbed Zhao Wuming.

Ironically, he had been jealous of Si Pei for years, but unexpectedly, he only escaped disaster because of Si Pei's name.