The villain and traitor is my brother

"The eldest prince, General Pei and General Zheng are riding out of the city gate. They seem to be heading towards Dongzhou."

At night, Xiao Yi was woken up in his sleep. Hearing the news from his subordinates, his drowsiness disappeared immediately, "Is this true?"

"It's true."

Xiao Yi put on his clothes and stood up, "Prepare your horse, I want to enter the palace."

After saying this, he slowly sat down again, "Zhao Junzhi should have already entered the palace to report the news to his father, right?"

"The Zhao army envoy could not stop them, so he sent people to the palace. Now, the Holy Lord must have known about General Pei and General Zheng leaving the city."

Having already gotten up, Xiao Yi stopped sleeping. He got up and sat at his desk and wrote a letter, "Give this letter to General Zhuangwu. There is no need to say anything else."

"Yes."

The next morning, Pei Yuanqi and Zheng Wuan were indeed missing.The eldest prince came out and asked, "Father, why didn't General Pei and General Zheng come to court?"

The Holy Father coughed a few times and said, "They have been working hard all day and have contracted the disease. They are taking leave today to rest."

Xiao Yi said with hypocritical concern: "Father, please take care of yourself."

The Holy Emperor waved his hand, "It doesn't matter."

General Zhuangwu came out and said, "The Holy One is considerate of the ministers and allowed them to take leave to rest. I'm afraid some people are being spoiled and deceiving the Holy One."

The Holy One asked: "What do you mean by these words?"

General Zhuangwu said again: "Back to Your Majesty, my son has not returned home for a long time yesterday. I went to the city gate to look for him. I saw two people who looked very similar to General Pei and General Zheng. Yesterday, the two of them wanted to go to Dongzhou, but Your Majesty was not there. Agree. I thought, maybe they ran away secretly."

The Holy Emperor narrowed his eyes, "Did you know that if the two generals were at home, you would just fabricate it out of thin air and slander them?"

General Zhuangwu is neither humble nor arrogant, "Since the two generals are sick, I, as a colleague, should also pay a visit. Whether it is true or false can be known at a glance. If they really escape, the Holy Emperor will punish them both. "

The Holy Sage said: "I trust the two generals without any doubt. If you want to visit, you can go. If they really stay at home to recuperate, I will have to punish you."

"For the sake of God's power, I am willing to be punished."

After retreating from the court, General Zhuangwu first went to Pei Yuanqi and asked the concierge to inform him. The concierge hesitated and refused to go.When the housekeeper finally arrived, he said that Pei Yuanqi was ill in bed and it was inconvenient to see the guests, so he asked them to put down their things and leave.

The reactions of the housekeeper and concierge made him suspect that Pei Yuanqi was not in the house at all.

After coming out of Pei Yuanqi's mansion, he went to where Zheng Wu'an lived.He is a fourth-level official, so he is naturally not afraid of Zheng Wuan's anger.Even though the concierge said the same thing as the concierge at Pei Yuanqi's house, he forced his way in.

He opened the door suddenly and saw Zheng Wu'an lying on the bed with a pale face. He said feebly: "General Zhuangwu is really a well-bred family. Earlier, my sister, brother, I and I went to your house. Your wife was afraid that we would cling to you and pretend to be sick. No visitors. Now that I am really sick and it is inconvenient to see visitors, you just barged in? "

When General Zhuangwu saw that it was really Zheng Wuan lying on the bed, he was also a little panicked. "I just care too much. I hope General Zheng doesn't care."

"Since General Zheng is ill, I won't bother you much."

He winked at his men and they placed the gifts on the table. General Zhuangwu himself came out first.

He murmured: "It's really strange. Yesterday Gu'er clearly told me that Zheng Wu'an and Pei Yuanqi went out of the city together. Why is he still lying here today." Zheng Wu'an sent someone to throw out all the gifts and said: " Our general has no foundation in the court and cannot be compared to the adults who can cling to you. The Zheng Mansion Temple is too small to accommodate a giant Buddha like yours, and you are not blessed to receive this gift. General Zhuangwu can easily leave without giving it away."

"You." General Zhuangwu was so angry that he had a headache, and he couldn't say anything to argue. He returned to the house and received the ten military sticks rewarded by the Holy Emperor.

The messenger who delivered the imperial edict said: "The general also saw it in the Zheng Mansion. General Zheng is indeed in the manor. You wronged General Zheng with these ten sticks. As for General Pei, the Holy Sage said, General Pei has not seen you and does not know the truth, so I will not fight him yet." you."

General Zhuangwu endured the pain and thanked him.

"Trash!" Xiao Yi kicked his subordinate on the shoulder, the one who reported to him yesterday that Pei Yuanqi and Zheng Wu'an left the city. "Didn't you say you saw them leaving the city with your own eyes? What kind of eyes did you have? , dog eyes!”

The subordinates knelt down and did not dare to move, "The eldest prince forgives me, but the younger one may have seen it wrong."

"Come here!" Xiao Yi said angrily, "Drag him down to feed the dogs!"

The subordinates begged for mercy in a panic, "First Prince, maybe, maybe this is a deception. Maybe General Pei left the city and left General Zheng behind to try to dispel our suspicions."

"Wait a minute," Xiao Yi grabbed his ears and dragged him to follow, "You'd better tell the truth, or I'll kill you!"

In order to survive, the subordinates guessed: "Yesterday I saw General Pei and General Zheng leaving the city, but today General Zheng is in the house. He must have sneaked back when we were not prepared. If my guess is correct, General Zheng will leave the city again tonight, but he will not come back this time."

His ears hurt from being pulled by Xiao Yi. In order to get out of danger as soon as possible, he quickly said, "General Pei has always acted as he pleased. He may have gone to Dongzhou long ago, leaving General Zheng alone to confuse the public."

"Come here, prepare your horses!" He wanted to go to Pei Yuanqi's mansion in person to verify the authenticity.

The butler and concierge's words were the same as last time.Xiao Yi is not an official. As a prince, he can naturally force his way in.

But before he could push the door open, there were people on the left and right holding him down, "General Pei has an order. While he is recuperating, no one else is allowed to disturb him. The eldest prince, please come back."

A group of people held Xiao Yi up and drove him out of the general's mansion.

Xiao Yi endured it and went back to his mansion first to convene around to discuss important matters. "Now that Pei Yuanqi says he is ill, do you think he went to Dongzhou or stayed in the capital?"

The aide said: "First Prince, if General Pei goes to Dongzhou, it will be a good time for us to start an uprising."

Another staff member said: "I'm afraid General Pei is still in the capital, and we can't take this risk."

The man objected just now, "It's true that he can't take risks, but what if he is pretending to confuse us?"

After discussing for a long time, there was no result.The subordinate came to report again, "First Prince, I can see clearly this time. General Zheng left the city on his own."

Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows and said, "Leaving the city again?"

He paced around the mansion, thinking deeply, "Are you sure you saw clearly?"

The subordinate replied: "I saw it clearly. He got out of the dog hole under the city gate today. He must have gotten back out of that hole yesterday when we were not prepared."

Xiao Yi looked at his staff, "Zhao Zigu has already reported this matter to his father, but he deliberately favored them. It shows that his father is old and has lost his mind. Although my father now only has me as his prince, there is no guarantee that he will not Make that bastard the grandson of the emperor. As soon as it is confirmed that Pei Yuanqi and Zheng Wuan have gone to Dongzhou, I need to go to the palace and ask for an imperial edict from my father." (End of this chapter)