The Prodigal Son

Hearing the sounds outside, Wu Chi's heart sank, and he turned to look at Pei Du.

"Why are you looking at me?"

Pei Du remained calm. "It's obvious someone is trying to sow discord! They want to incite our people to fight! Once you lay a hand on my people, even if you don't intend to rebel, you'll be considered a traitor!"

Wu Chi frowned. "Go out and take a look!"

"good!"

Pei Du escorted Wu Chi out of the main tent.

As soon as they appeared, the archers outside the tent all aimed their arrows at Pei Du.

"Don't move!"

Wu Chi raised his hand to stop the archers and shouted, "What's going on?"

A centurion quickly stepped forward, "General, while patrolling the camp just now, I discovered that more than twenty of our brothers have been assassinated!"

Upon learning that more than twenty people had been killed, Wu Chi's face immediately turned extremely ugly.

"By my order, all soldiers in the camp, immediately move towards the main tent!"

Wu Chi gave the order loudly.

"General!"

Commandant Chen Xian roared angrily, "Did our brothers die in vain?"

"Rest assured, I will never let my brothers die in vain!"

Wu Chi coldly swept his gaze over Chen Xian. "If it's confirmed that those brothers are from the Baojing Division, I will kill them all! However, without my orders, anyone in the camp who dares to move an inch will be treated as a traitor!"

"General!"

Chen Xian, unwilling to give up, roared again, "With so many of us, are we afraid of them...?"

A cold glint flashed in Wu Chi's eyes, and he immediately shouted, "Men, seize Chen Xian!"

"yes!"

Wu Chi's personal guards received the order and immediately rushed towards Chen Xian.

"General! What crime have I committed?"

Chen Xian was furious. "Does the general fear death and want to sacrifice the lives of tens of thousands of our brothers?"

"You're in too much of a hurry!"

Wu Chi looked coldly at Chen Xian, "I'm not a fool, and you're not as smart as you think! You're not qualified to sow discord!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Chi ordered again: "Take them down!"

Chen Xian's expression changed, and he hurriedly shouted, "Brothers, Wu Chi is a coward who wants to die and wants to drag us all down with him. We can't just sit here and wait to die! We..."

"Bang!"

Chen Xian, who was shouting enthusiastically, was kicked to the ground from behind.

Chen Xiangan turned around, and a waist knife was placed against his neck.

"Take him away!"

Wu Chi had no time to interrogate Chen Xian now, and once again loudly ordered: "Anyone who dares to incite the soldiers in the camp to riot shall be immediately detained; anyone who dares to resist shall be killed without exception!"

After giving the orders, Wu Chi and Pei Du returned to their tent.

"Do you believe me now?"

Pei Du asked with a smile.

Wu Chi opened his mouth slightly and said with a wry smile, "Let's talk about it when the Holy Envoy arrives!"

In fact, he now believed Pei Du's words to a great extent.

There are probably quite a few members of the Holy Fire Cult in my own garrison.

"Alright!"

Pei Du didn't make things difficult for him and continued to wait with him.

About fifteen minutes later, Qin Yu and Xu Wan arrived with Wei Chongshan in tow.

"The Holy Envoy has arrived!"

Xu Wan led his men in shouting to bolster Qin Yu's morale.

Qin Yu then directly took out the imperial gold medal and held it high in his hand.

Seeing their posture, the soldiers in the camp dared not stop them and all followed suit in saluting.

"Be careful, someone's lying in ambush!"

Not long after the group entered the camp, Dong Liu spoke up to remind them.

"Whoosh..."

The moment Qin Yu and Dong Liu finished speaking, several sharp arrows pierced the air and shot directly at Qin Yu.

Seeing the arrows coming at him, Qin Yu was both annoyed and amused.

Lu Ji's attempt to assassinate him demonstrates true skill!

This scumbag wants to assassinate me?

What are you thinking about!

Without Dong Liu needing to intervene, Qi Dachui leaped into the air, deflecting several arrows with his hammer. He then grabbed one arrow, tossed it backhand, and the arrow immediately shot towards the people hiding in the shadows of the camp.

With a muffled groan, the people hiding in the shadows immediately fled.

"Chase!"

Xu Wan moved swiftly and immediately led her men in pursuit.

The group tried to escape, but it was too late.

After a brief exchange of sounds of fighting, Xu Wan returned, escorting one person. "There were six in total. I killed the rest, and this is the centurion!"

"Take him away; we'll interrogate him together later!"

Qin Yu didn't even bother to look at this grandson, and rushed towards the main tent under the escort of the crowd.

"Put down your weapons!"

Upon seeing the imperial gold medal in Qin Yu's hand, the soldiers outside the tent quickly laid down their weapons and made way for him, a sense of lingering fear washing over them.

There really is a holy messenger!

Fortunately, he didn't do anything reckless, otherwise the charge of treason would have been confirmed.

When Qin Yu arrived outside the tent, Pei Du had already removed the knife from Wu Chi's neck.

Qin Yu dismounted and shouted with great authority, "Where is the garrison general of Chenzhou?"

Wu Chi's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly stepped forward to bow: "Wu Chi, Garrison Commander of Chenzhou, pays respects to the Imperial Envoy!"

Qin Yu adopted the air of an imperial envoy, staring coldly at Wu Chi: "Has Military Envoy Pei already explained the situation to you?"

"It has already been explained."

Wu Chi lowered his head guiltily.

"Since he has already said so, I will not say anything more!"

Qin Yu put away the gold medal. "You can also interrogate Wei Chongshan! This man is from your camp, and he just tried to assassinate me. Interrogate him as well!"

"yes!"

Wu Chi accepted the order and looked at the half-dead generals with murderous intent.

……

The methods of the Treasure Mirror Division should not be too gentle.

Soon, unable to withstand the torture, Wei Chongshan confessed.

But I do know about the Holy Fire Cult.

But they had no contact with the Holy Fire Cult.

He was the second prince, Zhao Yi, who obeyed the late emperor.

Speaking of this, Wei Chongshan couldn't help but shed tears of regret, "I was forced into it too!"

Qin Yu sneered: "The conspiracy has been exposed, and they all claim they were forced."

This is just like those corrupt officials.

They weren't caught; they were all honest and upright officials.

They've been exposed; there are bad people among the masses.

"I was really forced..."

Wei Chongshan's face was filled with regret. "At the end of last year, Zhao Yi set me up..."

At the end of last year, the son of a wealthy businessman committed a crime and should have been executed immediately.

Later, a wealthy merchant found him through various connections, hoping to ask him to make an exception for him.

At first, he wanted to handle the matter impartially, but the wealthy businessman had given him far too much.

The key point is that the wealthy businessman also gifted him an exceptionally beautiful woman.

Actually, he's not that fond of money!

But he has a common male flaw: he's a womanizer!

Under the dual onslaught of money and beauty, he ultimately couldn't resist.

He destroyed the most crucial evidence, allowing the wealthy businessman's son to be acquitted.

It wasn't until Zhao Yi found him that he realized it was a trap set by Zhao Yi.

"Lust is a knife hanging over one's head!"

Xu Wan couldn't help but sigh, but her gaze fell on Qin Yu.

"Why are you looking at me?"

Qin Yu looked at Xu Wan with dissatisfaction, feeling extremely frustrated.

I'm practically being turned into a Bodhisattva by now!

I feel even more wronged than Dou E!

"Cough cough..."

Pei Du coughed twice to interrupt the two men and continued the interrogation: "And then?"