Chapter 391 The Truth

"That reckless man Zhao Polu... hehe... cough cough..."

"There's been a lot of fuss over military pay...Among all the troops along the border, are Zhao Polu's troops the only ones lacking pay?"

"Is he the only one who discovered that the military pay was mixed with bad currency?"

"Stupid... Really stupid..."

Cao Chengan's eyes were blurred, as if he had returned to the past.

"He actually believed he could file a complaint against the emperor, and even sent his trusted guards to sneak back to Fengjing with the evidence."

"He doesn't think about it... The war in the north is tense. Even if I, Cao Cheng'an, had ten times the courage, how could I have the time and ability to privately mint inferior coins?

What's more, there is no coin mint in the territory under the jurisdiction of Xuanwu Army.

Do you think I have such great power and vision that I can be the master of Wanminsi?"

His voice suddenly rose, filled with a kind of madness and despair of giving up.

The blood-stained fingers trembled, trying hard to point in a certain direction.

In the end, he could only hang his head down helplessly, pointing to the nothingness above his head.

"Bad money... who else could it be... hahaha..."

He laughed so hard that tears and blood flowed down his face, and he looked like a madman.

"For so many years, so much bad money has been mixed into military funds...

Without the approval of the highest authority in Fengjing City... who can do it? Who dares to do it! "

Boom!!!

It was like thunder from the sky striking the top of one’s head!

Li E froze in place, the color draining away from his face in an instant.

After listening to Qu Heng's statement, he had already had various guesses in his mind, and even suspected that the person on the phase and...

But when this cruel truth really came out of Cao Chengan's mouth, the huge impact still completely tore his mind apart.

Yes... Your Majesty?

It turned out to be the current empress Qin Minghuang!

Is it the king they are loyal to who is using bad money to erode the backbone of the army?!

Is it that high and mighty being who condones or even directs all of this?!

To cover up the truth, they even went so far as to push Zhao Polu and 1,200 elite border troops to their deaths?!

Boundless anger, bone-chilling coldness, and the overwhelming injustice for his dead brother, like magma, instantly drowned Li E's sanity.

“Ugh!!!”

He roared like a trapped beast, and the hand holding the knife trembled violently with extreme anger, with veins bulging.

The next moment, driven by the uncontrollable violent emotion, the dagger in his hand was thrust forward suddenly.

“Puff!”

The sharp blade pierced Cao Chengan's heart accurately.

Cao Cheng'an straightened his body suddenly, his eyes suddenly widened to the maximum, staring at Li E.

The light in the pupils quickly faded and finally solidified completely.

There was only an endless void left, and blood gushed out from his chest and the corners of his mouth.

A great general of the northern border, the right junior supervisor of the Xuan Ge Division, died of suffocation in the government office.

Li E was breathing heavily, his chest heaving violently.

Looking at the corpse that was rapidly losing its life in front of him, extremely complex emotions surged in his eyes.

He slowly pulled out the dagger, and a few drops of warm blood splashed on his face.

Silently pulled over Cao Cheng'an's official robe, which had been stained with blood beyond recognition, and carefully wiped the blood off the dagger over and over again.

Until the blade was as smooth as a mirror again, reflecting his cold and bloodshot eyes.

Then he stood up and sheathed his sword.

With a creak, he opened the door of the government office.

Outside the door, the brothers had been standing in silence waiting for a long time. The yamen was dead silent, with only the sound of heavy breathing coming one after another.

A sergeant silently brought a clean ordinary military uniform.

Li E said nothing as he took off his bloodstained outer robe, revealing the inner armor underneath. He then took the clean clothes and quickly put them on.

Supervisor Shen Zhijie, who had been staring at this side, immediately struggled and growled:

"Where's Cao Cheng'an? Li E, I have a question for you, where's Cao Cheng'an?"

Li E seemed not to have heard anything at all and walked straight up to him.

Under Shen Zhijie's shocked and angry gaze, he suddenly raised his hand and slashed his neck accurately with a knife.

Shen Zhijie groaned and fainted immediately, and was supported by the soldier next to him.

Only then did Li E turn around and face all the brothers who had followed him into the dangerous situation.

His eyes swept across the resolute faces, and his hoarse but clear voice reached everyone's ears:

"I've found out that the issue of bad currency has far-reaching implications."

He paused, each word he spoke with great difficulty, heavy as a mountain:

"Cao Cheng'an said that it was His Majesty who had always been instructing the production of inferior coins."

Dead silence.

Absolute silence enveloped the entire Xuan Gesi office.

Everyone felt as if their souls had been instantly drained away, frozen in place, their mouths agape, faces filled with disbelief, shock, and horror. The air seemed to freeze, even breathing stagnated.

"Captain...this...this..." Someone murmured subconsciously, but was unable to utter a complete sentence.

The news was so shocking and horrifying that it almost overturned all their cognition and beliefs.

They are all frontier troops, soldiers who have guarded the northern border for their entire lives!

"Walk."

Li E did not explain any further, nor did he express any extra emotion. He just uttered a word in a low voice.

He took the lead and walked towards the gate of the yamen.

The heavy bolt was pulled open, and the gate of the yamen was opened again. The light from the street outside shone in, which was a bit dazzling.

More than thirty people filed out, silently and quickly.

After the last person came out, the door was gently closed from the outside, as if nothing had happened.

The group walked quickly and silently into the secluded alley and gathered in front of the sesame cake stall again.

The pancakes in the oil pan were sizzling and the aroma was still there, but no one had the heart to take a look.

Li E suddenly stopped and looked at the boss who was still concentrating on making pancakes, "I want to enter the palace!"

The boss didn't even raise his head, and the invisible "force" around him flowed slightly, quietly isolating Li E's figure and voice inside, so that no one outside could notice.

"Captain Li, your mission has been accomplished."

"I said, I want to enter the palace!"

Li E growled, his eyes were red, veins bulged on his forehead, and he looked like a lion on the verge of losing control.

The tragic death of his brother, the blood feud of his brothers, and the truth that was enough to burn everything, were pounding wildly in his chest, almost bursting out of his body.

The boss finally raised his head and glanced at him calmly, without any change in his expression.

“You’re not strong enough.

If you can't even get close to the palace gate, you will be killed by the guards, and getting in is even more wishful thinking.

Going now would only ruin all plans and make everyone's sacrifices go to waste."

"My brother has the merit of being the first to reach the top!" Li E almost roared, his body trembling uncontrollably.

"Do you know what the first-to-reach achievement is? It's earned with one's life!

His title of General Zhaoyi does not belong to him alone; it is stained with the blood of so many brothers!

Now that I know who my enemy is, why can't I take revenge? Tell me why!

He took a step forward with a startling momentum: "You can't stop me!"

The boss looked at him without any expression on his face, and just spit out three words coldly:

"Zhao Hengjiang."

These three words, like the sharpest ice needles, instantly pierced Li E's boiling blood.

All the movements, all the anger, all the determination were completely frozen at this moment.

The blood color on his face instantly faded away, leaving only a deathly paleness.

The boss's voice was still cold, but with a cruel clarity:

"If you and Qu Hengruo both die, how can Zhao Hengjiang survive?"

Li E froze in place, as if struck by an invisible bolt of lightning.

The raging rage was shattered, leaving only boundless despair that penetrated deep into the bone marrow.