Chapter 309: Capturing the Culprit

Cheng Su, who had rushed into the city, was really worried about Shen Yue's current condition. He was afraid that Shen Yue would do something reckless. It was no joke that an army lost its commander. Ying Yi and the others took the rescued girl to the rear. Cheng Su was worried, so he climbed up the city wall after entering.

It was also a coincidence. Cheng Su's kung fu was not very good. He fought while climbing the city wall. He was protected by Luanshan and a guard. But in war, it is inevitable that there will be omissions in the fighting. When he was about to kill his way to the platform of the city wall, arrows flew from the city. Seeing this, Luanshan rushed forward and said, "General, be careful."

Cheng Su dodged the attack by the person he was protecting, but his retreating footsteps landed heavily on something soft.

Cheng Su was stunned and looked down subconsciously.

Yes, a dead body.

No, not a dead body!
Feeling that the thing under his feet was shaking and obviously trying to shrink, Cheng Su tightly grasped the weapon in his hand, without loosening his grip on his feet. Instead, he secretly exerted strength and quickly reached out to pull away the corpse covering him. Then, a strange face wearing Dajing clothes, with his lips bitten and bleeding, but without saying a word, appeared in front of him.

Hiss! Cheng Su felt pain for him.

"From Dajing?"

There was astonishment in the other person's eyes at first, but as Cheng Su finished speaking, he burst into ecstasy and nodded repeatedly.

"Tsk! One of our own..." Cheng Su took a step back, released the hand that he had stepped on hard, and reached out to the other party.

Seeing this, the other party didn't care about the pain in his hands and arms, nor the cold sweat on his forehead, and quickly reached out and held Cheng Su's hand.

Cheng Su's eyes flashed, and he pulled hard. Qijier on the ground quickly stood up and fell into Cheng Su's hands.

Just when this guy thought the alarm was lifted and he could take this opportunity to escape, he suddenly felt a chill on his neck.

Qijier was shocked. "You, what do you mean? I, I, you, brother, we are all family."

Get lost, you people!
Cheng Su remained unmoved, and pressed the blade in his hand down another three points, revealing a bloody mark on his neck. Zijier was instantly frightened, his legs trembling, and Cheng Su sneered.

"Oh, one of us? One of us, why are you shaking? If it's one of us, you saw me coming and I stepped on your hand, why didn't you say anything just now? Not to mention that the people of Yanzhou died or fled, the city is almost empty, even if there are still people, you are a commoner, without armor, why don't you hide in a safe place and wait until the war is over, but appear on the stairs of the outer city wall in the chaos of the army?

"You're my own people? Haha! I'm not stupid, I'm weak, I've been hanging around in a den of wolves since I was a kid, I'm famous for being a scoundrel. When I was acting with that pack of wolves, you were hiding somewhere, you want to coax me? Bah! Tell me the truth, who are you?"

Zigiel... God is so blind!

The fearful Zigier shuddered and gave up everything.

After hearing what Qijier said, Cheng Su was very surprised. The matter was very urgent, so he didn't bother to climb the city wall to look for Shen Yue. He joined forces with Luanshan and another guard to grab Qijier and go down the city wall. They decided to take him to the rear of the army for custody. General Guo Kai, who was commanding the vanguard army, saw Cheng Su coming against the current in his busy schedule. He cursed him for being a coward in his heart, killed the two Hu soldiers in front of him, cleared the space in front of him, and ran over to ask him questions.

"Hmph, General Cheng, you don't fight bravely. You are cowardly now that you are out of the general's protection? Are you weak?"

Cheng Su knew very well that this was an obvious sarcasm, but now was not the time to dwell on it. He pointed at the person he was holding down and quickly told him what had happened. When the man heard it, his expression changed and he stopped disdainfully and spoke seriously.

"This is a big deal. This guy is very important. General Cheng, I'm sorry for offending you just now. Please don't bother with me. The battle is going on in the front and I can't leave. So, I will send a team of people to escort you to the rear camp. General Cheng, please keep an eye on this guy. Thank you."

Cheng Su hurriedly bowed and said, "General Guo, you are too polite. This is a matter concerning the general and the army, and it is also Su's duty. General Guo, just kill the enemy, and I will keep a close eye on this guy."

"Yes, please."

"You're welcome."

The two sides parted ways, one bravely moving forward, the other going back upstream.

When Shen Yue finally killed Jueluo Luo and cut off his head with one sword, the Dajing army entered the city and fought in the streets, killing Hu Di in a crushing defeat. When the outcome was decided, Shen Yue met the vanguard general Guo Kai.

Guo Kai did not dare to delay and hurriedly captured Cheng Su and told him about the enemy who knew the inside story. Shen Yue's face changed color on the spot, but he still suppressed his anger and insisted on commanding the battle until the war was completely over. Most of the enemies were left in Yanzhou, and only a few escaped back to the Hudi royal court. Shen Yue ordered the army to be reorganized and the battlefield cleaned up, and then returned to the general's tent to personally interrogate Qijier.

After learning everything from Zigiel during the interrogation, Shen Yue completely exploded.

By the end of October that year, the Hu Di clan was doomed. Shen Yue buried all his clansmen and submitted a petition to the court, questioning the emperor about the Shen family's guilt. Also submitted was news of victory in the north, as well as Zigiel's handwritten confession.

When Li Yaoguang heard the news about the north again, snowflakes had already fallen in Xinjing. Urgent reports from the court came one after another, so she paid special attention to the news from the north. Only then did she realize that the situation in Kyoto was unpredictable. For this reason, Ji Mo even changed his travel plans and stayed in Xinjing. During the day, he went to Jishidiang to help Grandpa Wu, and at night he returned to Xinhai Pavilion and rested in the courtyard next to the Li family. He just silently guarded his beloved girl, day after day.

The emperor in the palace held Ji Mo's petition with an unpredictable expression. He hated being used. He questioned him in court with the confession, but Prime Minister Qin refused to admit it and said that Shen Yue made it up and that what happened 25 years ago was a complete slander. He even said that they could understand Shen Yue's pain of losing his parents and forgive him for slandering him like a child.

Prime Minister Qin, who controls half of the power of the Dajing court, should not be underestimated even though he has been weakened over the years. The emperor's attempt to kill two birds with one stone failed, but instead forced the Qin party into a desperate situation. The emperor had no choice but to compromise and learned Shen Yue's tactic of procrastination.

There was no response from the South for a long time, and the supply from the North was cut off in the blink of an eye. Shen Yue pretended to be ignorant and held on to the evidence of Prime Minister Qin's treason 25 years ago. At the same time, he sent people to collect all the evidence of the murder of his relatives. He endured the heartache and began to reorganize the army again. He continued to clear out the remaining bandits north of the Zhuo River, sent troops to the south to stabilize the land north of the Yangtze River, and secretly unified the North.

At the same time, military advisor Xu Chengfeng made amends and offered secret advice. No one knew from when on, the story of the Shen family being humiliated and refusing to yield, and the general forbearing and sacrificing his relatives, and fighting hundreds of battles to protect his country, spread from north to south, causing the people to sympathize and cry, and comment on it constantly. For a time, people inside and outside the court were in panic.

The emperor was forced to give in under pressure from public opinion, and announced to the world that he had mistakenly trusted the treacherous officials and pushed out a few minions to take the blame. Then he issued an order to urgently summon Shen Yue back to the capital, but secretly began to recruit soldiers and grain on a large scale...

For a time, people in the south were in panic, the common people were suffering and complaining.