Jinghong Tower

Unexpectedly, when He Mingyue asked, Wu Ju, who had just been able to talk freely, suddenly seemed to be greatly hurt. His face turned red and he growled fiercely: "This is none of your business. You don't need to care about it. Don't ask again!"

He Mingyue rolled her eyes and said, "I'm not concerned, I'm just gossiping!"
In this vast desert, there is nothing but wind and sand. If I'm not crazy, you'd commit suicide. There is no emotional value. Can't you listen to some gossip?

The conversation with Wu Ju ended here. Wu Ju asked He Mingyue to help him find out the origins of the thrush and the magpie. In fact, even if he didn't tell her, He Mingyue would still find out.

In her mission, there is no hard and fast requirement for Wu Ju's life, but assassinating Wu Ju is a big deal, which concerns the political situation in the west. Not only does she have to find out the truth, but she also has to report it to the capital in time.

However, with He Mingyue's many years of experience in handling cases, she already had the answer in her mind.

In fact, she felt that Wu Ju had also guessed who was behind the incident, but he just didn't want to believe it.

With Wu Ju's cooperation, He Mingyue got a military uniform. Combined with the disguise techniques she learned in the Jinyiwei, she quickly changed her appearance.

The magpie and the thrush were imprisoned separately, and He Mingyue went to the place where the thrush was imprisoned first.

The thrush was in disheveled clothes and hung with a rope on a beam as thick as a bowl.

When He Mingyue walked in, Huamei had just been tortured and had fainted.

Although there was a shallow river in the camp, water was still a precious thing. He Mingyue was reluctant to use water to wake the person up, so she used a long needle to prick the sole of Huamei's foot.

Huamei suddenly woke up and saw a strange face standing below. She smiled contemptuously, closed her eyes and said nothing.

He Mingyue laughed and said, "So you have never even seen the Dark Lord. That's right, with someone like you, you can only be a foot-washing maid for the Dark Lord at best. You still want to climb into his bed, what a joke."

Huamei remained unmoved, her lips tightly pursed, and she didn't even look at He Mingyue.

He Mingyue laughed at herself: "When Xi Que said this, I didn't believe it. Now that I see you, I believe it. The Dark Lord is not blind. He won't accept you even if he accepts everyone. Xi Que knows himself better than you."

Sure enough, when He Mingyue mentioned the magpie, she saw the thrush's eyelashes move.

He Mingyue shouted outside: "Bring a charcoal stove."

The charcoal stove was brought in quickly. He Mingyue picked up a piece of red-hot charcoal with tongs and burned it on the soles of Huamei's feet.

There was a hissing sound, and Huamei let out a scream.

At this time, a charming voice came from outside: "Ah, I'm scared to death"

Huamei, who was in excruciating pain, suddenly heard this familiar voice, and the last line of defense in her heart collapsed instantly.

The bitch Xi Que had confessed, so now she was the only one being tortured!
In fact, the person talking outside was not the magpie, but Xiao Mingming.

After spending many days together, He Mingyue discovered that Xiao Mingming had a unique skill, which was the ability to learn to speak like other people. The ten-year-old girl still had a childlike innocence in her voice, but she could imitate the voices of adults.

In fact, if you listen carefully, you can hear the difference between the two, but now Huamei is already in so much pain that she is in a daze. In addition, He Mingyue has just instilled into her brain the information that Xi Que has confessed. Therefore, when she heard the pretentious sound of the clip, she naturally thought of Xi Que.

He Mingyue just added fuel to the fire: "If your legs are broken, you won't be able to climb into bed anymore. If your face is ruined, men will run as far away as they can when they see you."

Huamei was furious: "I don't care. I have never climbed into a man's bed."

It was always the men who took the initiative to go to her bed.

He Mingyue sneered, picked up a piece of red-hot charcoal and burned it on Huamei's face.

Huamei was horrified and shouted, "No, no, I say!"

He Mingyue did not retract the pliers in her hand, but still held it up. The hissing charcoal was very close to Huamei's face.

Thrush wanted to regret it, but when she looked at the burning coal and thought of that bitch Magpie, she gritted her teeth and said, "You are right, we have not seen the Dark Lord."

According to Huamei's confession, she originally did unprofitable business in Jiangnan, and was later thrown into death row for murder, to be executed in the autumn.

When the Ran army attacked, the magistrate opened the death row in order to escape in the chaos, and she escaped.

She was arrested for committing a crime in Jiangnan. Fearing that she would be recognized, she headed west to Xianyang.

She stayed in Xianyang for two years under an assumed name. Later, when she was running low on money, she revealed her true colors and assassinated a wealthy businessman. Unexpectedly, the master behind the businessman was Liang Feifan from the Divine Eagle Camp. In this way, she attracted Liang Feifan's attention, and in order to save her life, she joined Liang Feifan.

Xi Que came at about the same time as her. According to Xi Que herself, Liang Feifan spent money to buy her from the death row in Jincheng.

They had never seen the Dark Lord, but Liang Feifan gave them the identity of being the Dark Lord's bed warmer.

Huamei said that although wherever the Dark Lord was there must be the Condor Camp, not only had she and Magpie never seen the Dark Lord, but even several people she knew in the Condor Camp said that they had not seen the Dark Lord for more than a year.

All the orders of the Dark Lord were issued through Liang Feifan. For example, this time they came to assassinate Wu Ju, although it was the order of the Dark Lord, it was also Liang Feifan who told them.

After coming out from the place where Huamei was imprisoned, He Mingyue went to the river to meet Wu Ju.

Now she knew why Wu Ju liked to go to the riverside. Although there were trees by the river, the trees in the desert were thin and slender and could not hide people. Wu Ju did not allow people around him to follow him, so they could only stay far away. If they wanted to sneak over and eavesdrop, they would be easily discovered.

And if they were in a tent, even if it was Wu Ju's own tent, there would inevitably be people eavesdropping outside, and there was no one around Wu Ju whom he could trust.

He Mingyue did not hide anything and told Wu Ju all the information she had learned from Huamei.

Wu Ju's expression changed again and again, and he said, "Why did the Dark Lord want to kill me? If he had known this would happen, why did he kill me with a single blow? Wouldn't it have been easier?"

He Mingyue felt that Wu Ju's brain was really useless, no wonder the boss wanted to spare his life.

He Mingyue could only enlighten him: "But the order to kill you was passed on by Liang Feifan to these two assassins. Maybe the one who gave the order was Liang Feifan himself, not the Dark Lord. You also said that the Dark Lord wanted to kill you and killed you back then. Why did he send assassins here again now? But if this was a false order from Liang Feifan, wouldn't this matter be explained?"

Wu Ju was startled: "Falsely conveying orders? Is Liang Feifan so bold?"

He Mingyue sneered: "Is this considered courageous? Maybe there are even more courageous ones. Who knows if the Dark Lord is still alive now?"

Wu Ju's eyes widened. Okay, he finally understood. He Mingyue said that the Dark Lord was dead, but Liang Feifan concealed his death and still issued orders under the identity of the Dark Lord.

Seeing him in a daze, He Mingyue continued, "You are in the depths of the desert, so you may not know that the Dark Lord is now very famous. You must have heard of the World Power List."

Wu Ju nodded subconsciously: "I know, my father was on that list."

Wu Dongming was on the first list of the most powerful people in the world. At that time, there was no chaos in the northwest, and Wu Dongming was still the most powerful man in the northwest.

He Mingyue said: "The positions on the world's power list have been re-ranked. The head of the He family is firmly in first place, Zhou Cangyue is second, and your nephew Wu Guochang is ninth. The Dark Lord is tenth. Now the Dark Lord is not only famous on the Silk Road. Everyone in the world knows that there is a Dark Lord in the desert."

Wu Ju was stunned: "Isn't the Dark Lord just a horse thief? Is he so famous?"

"Yes, it has only been in the last one or two years. The Dark Lord is very famous, so if the news of his death spread at this time, how do you think the entire northwest, including those Tartars, would react?"

Wu Ju gasped. Although his brain was not very good, he was born in a family of military generals after all. Moreover, He Mingyue had already explained it so clearly, what else could he not understand?

As soon as the news of the Dark Lord's death gets out, the entire Northwest will be in motion, and all forces will want to get a piece of the pie.

"It seems that we can't blame Liang Feifan for overstepping his authority and passing on false orders."

He Mingyue rolled her eyes at him and said, "Don't you suspect that the Dark Lord was killed by Liang Feifan?"

Takekima: “Will it?”

He Mingyue: "Of course, otherwise why would Liang Feifan send someone to kill you? The Dark Lord spared your life, but eliminated your confidants. The location of the Long Snake Camp may be the best in the entire desert. I can only say that the Dark Lord really wants to keep you alive and not let you do anything, just to keep you alive. If I'm not mistaken, the Dark Lord and your father may have some friendship."

The Dark Lord used to be the general of Zhangye, so it was normal for him to know Wu Dongming.

Wu Ju nodded and said, "My father played a big role in Xing Dashan becoming the general of Zhangye."

He Mingyue nodded: "So the Dark Lord cut off your wings but spared your life. If he hadn't died, he would have let you live forever. But now he is dead, so Liang Feifan doesn't want you to live. Guess why Liang Feifan doesn't want you to live, a half-useless person like you."

Wu Ju: "It must be Liang Feifan and He Shuting who are working together. Liang Feifan is a pervert, and that bitch He Shuting once hunted me down."

He Mingyue shook her head: "Not necessarily, it could be that Liang Feifan wants to cooperate with the Tartars. You have the last name Wu after all, and he wants to use your head as a token of his loyalty."

Wu Ju was stunned. At this point, was his brain still useful?

He Mingyue really didn't care about his head, but the news that the Dark Lord might be dead was shocking.

The next day, He Mingyue sent the message out. Soon, a camel caravan traveling in the desert discovered He Mingyue's code and found the information she sent based on the code. Soon, the information was sent to Jincheng and then to the capital.

However, when He Ran and Zhong Yi received this information, the situation in the desert changed again.

He Mingyue spread the news of the Dark Lord's death through He Shaolin's camel caravan.

In addition to the Condor Camp and the Long Snake Camp, the Dark Lord also has the Black Fox Camp and the Gray Wolf Camp.

The leader of the Canglang Camp is the Dark Lord's cousin, and the leader of the Black Fox Camp was also a subordinate of the Dark Lord when he was in Zhangye.

After the news that the Dark Lord was killed by Liang Feifan reached the two camps, the leader of the Canglang Camp started cursing. In the past year, he had been to the Condor Camp three times and had not seen the Dark Lord on any of the three occasions. The reason was that the Dark Lord was not there.

He had some doubts at the time, but he felt it was impossible. After all, the Dark Lord was now in his prime, and no one in the entire northwest dared to provoke him, so he did not think too much about it.

Thinking about it now, he regretted so much that he wanted to punch himself a few times. He wondered why he didn't check it out.

The leader of the Canglang Camp immediately led seven or eight thousand people and attacked the Shenying Camp.

When the Black Fox Camp Leader heard the news, his reaction was different from that of the Canglang Camp Leader, because he had a good relationship with Liang Feifan and the two almost became brothers-in-law back then.

In his opinion, even if Liang Feifan really killed the Dark Lord Xing Dashan, he would hide it from the world, but he would not hide it from him.

If Liang Feifan really wanted to rebel, he would definitely drag him along. There was no reason to hide it from him, so it must have been a rumor spread by outsiders.

The Dark Lord's reputation is too big now, and there are countless people who want to replace him, such as in Longxi County. Although Wu Guochang is still a child of three or four years old, and He Shuting is a woman, Longxi County has a powerful military strategist He Zongqun. He Zongqun has already destroyed Xixiao. Now the only one who can compete with them is the Dark Lord.

So it must be He Zongqun's trick. He Zongqun asked people to spread rumors and sow discord between Liang Feifan and the Dark Lord.

Therefore, after hearing these rumors, the leader of the Canglang Camp led his troops to the Shenying Camp, while the leader of the Black Fox Camp kept his troops on hold and waited to see what would happen.

At this time, the Changshe Camp, under the command of Wu Ju, was heading towards the Canglang Camp.

Of course, Wu Ju himself could not command the Changshe Battalion, but Liang Feifan could fake orders, and so could He Mingyue.

He Shaolin sent someone pretending to be from the Divine Eagle Camp to deliver the Dark Lord's order to Wu Ju, saying that the Canglang Camp was going to rebel, and asked him to lead his troops to the Canglang Camp to quell the rebellion.

When the generals heard this, they were all shocked.

They didn't believe that the Lord of the Canglang Camp would rebel. The Lord of the Canglang Camp was the Dark Lord's cousin.

At this time, a general said: "As far as I know, the leader of the Canglang Camp had a conflict with the leader of the Shenying Camp before. Originally, the Canglang Camp was also qualified to follow the king."

As soon as he reminded them, others also remembered that one time the leader of the Canglang Camp got drunk and slapped Liang Feifan.

Now everyone understood that the leader of the Canglang Camp was not targeting the Dark Lord, but Liang Feifan.

"Damn it, Liang Feifan is getting more and more arrogant. I think the desert can't hold him anymore."

"Stop talking now. The king is asking us to attack the Canglang Camp. It's obvious that he is on Liang Feifan's side."

Therefore, although the generals were indignant, they still went to the Canglang Camp. Some of them who had some friendship with the leader of the Canglang Camp were even prepared to go there and mediate, trying to avoid a fight if possible.

But when they arrived at the Canglang Camp, they found out that the Canglang Camp leader had already led a large army to the Shenying Camp, and now only a few soldiers and women and children remained in the camp. (End of this chapter)