Lady Wan Guan

Still in that small courtyard, everyone saw Dong Cheng, who was standing with a broken arm.

Ji Yunchen hesitated: "Are you really Dong Cheng?"

He met Dong Cheng a few years ago, a tall and burly man with bright eyes. But there was no trace of the Dong Cheng in the man in front of him.

Dong Cheng bowed in greeting: "Dong Cheng has met His Highness the County Prince."

Everyone sat down and talked.

Dong Cheng calmly talked about his escape career.

Years later, Lu Yiming sent his men to visit him, but Dong Cheng kept it in mind and used an excuse to relieve himself. When he saw the man pouring powder into the jug, he was sure that the man was here to kill him, so he ran away overnight. , but he did not leave Mingzhou. After creating signs that he was leaving the city, he quietly sneaked back to Mingzhou City and hid in an empty house that was rumored to be haunted.

In the meantime, he went back home and heard from his family that someone from the government was also looking for him. He was not sure whether the people from the government were entrusted by Lu Yiming, so he did not dare to show up.

After hiding like this for a few months, he felt that hiding all the time was not an option. He wanted to find the little prince in the capital. If there was anyone else in the world who was interested in what happened back then and had the ability to compete with Lu Yiming, it was the little prince. .

He was very aware of the tactics of Lu Yiming's group of secret guards. This was what they did when they were chasing Xu Jiang. Therefore, he did not dare to take the main road along the way and went deep into the mountains and forests. He thought that his whereabouts were concealed enough. , but unexpectedly, Han Shu found him.

In short, it is not easy to come to the capital.

Gu Zhouting nodded slightly: "Now that we are here, you can feel at ease. Let's talk about what happened back then!"

Dong Cheng hesitated and said: "I only know that Lu Yiming received a secret letter before the incident, a secret letter from Beijing. Then Lu Yiming asked me to go to Qinshan Road and order the defenders there to destroy Qinshan Road, but it must be done accidentally , so that no one can see that it is man-made sabotage. I told the people at Qinshan Road that we had received a secret report that the Dayuan Army was going to come from Qinshan Road and raid the rear. The Qinshan Road defenders did not doubt that he was there, so they obeyed. In fact, at that time I don’t know if this is true or not, I always just obey Lu Yiming’s orders without asking the reason.”

He was so loyal to Lu Yiming that even after knowing that Lu Yiming had tricked General Shangguan to death, he still chose to remain loyal and even broke an arm to save Lu Yiming. In the end, Lu Yiming still wanted to kill him and silence him.

"Lu Yiming also asked the spies to falsely spread the news, saying that enemy troops were found by the Jianshui River. At this time, the little prince proposed to take the Qinshan Road. Only then did I understand that the arrangement of Qinshan Road was to stop the little prince. Everyone knew what happened next. Got it, Gubei fell, and the 100,000-strong Zhenbei Army was wiped out."

Jiang Wanning said coldly: "Have you ever regretted it after seeing the tragic situation in Gubei? If Lu Yiming didn't have murderous intentions for you, would you never have said it?"

Dong Cheng looked ashamed: "He saved my life."

"So, between Xiao En and righteousness, you chose Xiao En." Jiang Wan Ning's voice became colder and harder.

"Don't think that just by saying this, you can wash away your sins. One hundred thousand Zhenbei Army heroes are watching in the sky."

Jiang Wanning felt that she had no way to vent her anger. If Gu Zhouting and Ji Yunchen hadn't kept investigating and made Lu Yiming feel the crisis before sending people to kill Dong Cheng, Dong Cheng would have kept these secrets in his stomach.

Lu Yiming, the people who gave orders to Lu Yiming, and people like Dong Cheng who executed the orders are all murderers. Their hands are stained with the blood of hundreds of thousands of Zhenbei troops. The crimes they committed are irreparable and they never deserve to be forgiven.

Jiang Wan Ning got up and left the study, going out for some fresh air.

Ji Yunchen looked at Gu Zhouding in shock, what happened to her? He wasn't angry yet, but she was angry.

Gu Zhouting sighed silently. No one was more qualified to be angry than her.

Gu Zhouting adjusted his mood and said, "Are there any more clues about that secret letter?"

Dong Cheng shook his head: "I only know that it was sent from the capital."

"Where's the handwriting? Have you ever seen the handwriting on it?"

"There's no writing on the envelope, there's only a plum blossom stamp on it." Gu Zhouting frowned, there were plum blossoms again. The woman who visited Prince Su He late at night had the fragrance of plum blossoms on her body, and the envelope Lu Yiming received had a plum blossom stamp on it.

"Dong Cheng, when we collect more evidence, are you willing to identify Lu Yiming in court?" Ji Yunchen asked.

Dong Cheng did not hesitate: "Yes."

Now that things have happened, he has nothing to worry about. Even if he is accused and his head falls to the ground, he will be regarded as making amends to the 100,000 Zhenbei Army.

"Okay, you can live here with peace of mind. Never step out of this courtyard. If you think of anything, let Han Shu report it to Master Gu at any time."

"Little prince, the spy who sent the order is not dead yet. Lu Yiming asked me to deal with it. This man is my fellow countryman. I couldn't do it, so I let him go. I got him a certificate of disability and discharge, and asked him to hide anonymously. , others should be in Yongzhou."

Gu Zhouting's eyes lit up: "How can we find him?"

After the matter was settled, Gu Zhou stopped out of the study and found Jiang Wan Ning by the lotus pond in the backyard.

"They will all be judged, I promise." Gu Zhou stopped.

Jiang Wanning said sadly: "But those who died in Gubei can't come back."

In the first few days of the siege, my father didn't take it seriously. He was very confident that reinforcements would definitely come.

Her father said that when the war was over, he would return to Beijing to help her arrange her marriage.

He also scolded some brothers and asked the girl to go to the front.

The officers and soldiers also encouraged each other, saying that they would have a good New Year after killing the Dayuan soldiers.

The people of Gubei could have evacuated, but they trusted the Zhenbei Army and refused to leave. They wanted to protect their homes with the Zhenbei Army.

As a result, the reinforcements did not come and Gubei City was completely slaughtered.

Gu Zhouting stretched out his hand, wanting to touch her hair and give her some comfort. His hand stayed in the air for a moment, and then he took it back.

It seems that nothing can comfort the grief and anger in her heart!

Only by letting the truth be made known to the world and comforting the old general Shangguan and the hundreds of thousands of heroes of the Northern Army, might the pain in her heart be relieved a little.

"All we can do is uncover the truth, fulfill their unfinished wishes, and protect the people of Daqi." Gu Zhou stopped.

Jiang Wanning nodded. The dead are gone, and the past is hard to recall. She understands this truth. People can only move forward while living, and cannot look back.

She just thought of her father and brother, the soldiers, and the people of Gubei, and she felt so uncomfortable.

She had restrained herself from thinking about it very much.

When I saw Dong Cheng today and heard what he said, I couldn't help but think about it again.

"Ah Ning, that day is really not far away." Gu Zhou stopped and looked at the fish swimming in the pond, swimming leisurely and carefree, but Lu Yiming and the people who planned all this will not be free for long.

Jiang Wan Ning hummed, yes, the four-year investigation is about to come to an end.