Chapter 17 The Truth of the Breakup

The late emperor trusted the General's Office and authorized the General to dispatch 20,000 troops from local areas with his seal in time of war.

After the emperor ascended the throne, he did not revoke this privilege of the General of National Defense.

Yan Qing is the general's bodyguard, and his skills are second only to the general. The other secret guards are also not ordinary.

If they broke out of the encirclement, they would be able to successfully reach Ganzhou City, which is the closest to Huangshaling.

The Ganzhou Jiedushi was in charge of 30,000 troops and dared not disobey the general's orders. Even if he only mobilized 20,000 troops, the general could turn defeat into victory with his ability.

At least they won't be completely wiped out.

But, "No, General, the news I received is that you and 20,000 National Defense Army soldiers were killed in the battle at Huangshaling, including the secret guards, and no one survived.

I've never heard of Yan Qing mobilizing troops. What's going on? Who is harming the general? Where is Yan Qing? Is he still alive?

He was so excited that he asked several questions in a row that he even forgot to call Wei Qingyan "General".

Wei Qingyan pressed his hand, signaling him to calm down. "I haven't found out who's behind this yet. I have an agreement with Yan Qing that if he reaches Ganzhou City safely, I will release a signal."

She saw the signal released by Yan Qing at Huangshaling, but waited for a long time for no help to come.

After listening to Wei Qingyan's explanation of the situation, Du Xueyi stood up and said, "There's something wrong with the governor of Ganzhou! The governor of Ganzhou at that time was... Wu Yuchu..."

He paused, his eyes widened, then he slowly sat down and looked at Wei Qingyan, "Wu Yuchu is dead. He was assassinated in his concubine's room a few days ago."

It’s the general!

The general killed him!

The general loved his soldiers and always treated them like brothers. It was impossible for him not to avenge the 20,000 soldiers who had defended the country. "Well done, he died well."

Du Xueyi gritted his teeth and asked, "Did Yan Qing also get hurt by him?"

Otherwise, with Yan Qing's loyalty to the general, he would never watch the general suffer without rescuing him.

"I don't know." A hint of sadness flashed across Wei Qingyan's face. "But I found out that Yan Qing appeared outside Yongzhou City. He is dead."

After regaining her memory, the first thing she did was to report Yan Qing's horoscope to the fat monk and ask him to predict his fortune.

The results showed that Yan Qing's soul had returned to the underworld for many years, but no one knew where he was buried.

Or maybe there is no one to collect his bones.

"Yongzhou? Isn't that the fief of your brother-in-law, King Jing?"

Du Xueyi speculated, "Could it be that Yan Qing arrived in Ganzhou City, failed to mobilize troops, and was instead hunted down by Wu Yuchu, so he ran to Yongzhou to ask King Jing for help?"

Based on Wei Qingyan's understanding of Yan Qing, Du Xueyi's guess is very likely to be true.

but.

"Yan Qing didn't have time to enter Yongzhou City. He was hunted down outside the city and has not been seen since."

Wei Qingyan looked at Du Xueyi, "He was the only one left at the time, and the seal disappeared with him."

Du Xueyi's expression suddenly changed.

In the Wei Dynasty, the only thing that could mobilize 100,000 national defense troops was the tiger talisman in the emperor's hand or the seal of the national defense general.

The 100,000-strong National Protection Army was formed by General Wei. To some extent, the National Protection Army's seal of command is more important than the tiger talisman.

But after the Huangshaling Incident, the imperial court announced that the national defense general had died in battle and the commander's seal had been lost in the melee.

Fearing that someone might obtain the seal and use it to cause chaos, the emperor abolished the function of the seal of the General Protector of the Nation to mobilize troops.

At that time, he thought that the person with ulterior motives the emperor was referring to must be Prince Rong.

After all, it was Prince Rong who led his troops to the Huangshaling battlefield first and was the first to come into contact with the general's body.

But combined with the information the general had said, Du Xueyi had a terrible thought. He pointed to the sky and asked, "Did he plan all this?"

Since ancient times, kings have been accustomed to crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.

It just so happened that the general had just defeated the Wudan Kingdom, which had invaded Wei for many years, when he encountered trouble.

The National Protection Army is powerful, with 100,000 soldiers being equal to 300,000 soldiers of an ordinary army. To the one sitting on the throne, this is both a temptation and a threat.

Wei Qingyan nodded, "It is possible that the person who can make the Ganzhou Jiedushi obey is definitely not an ordinary person."

She had only recovered her memory two months earlier and knew very little.

"Xue Yi, if Shi Yu had something on me, do you think he would betray me?"

The topic changed so quickly that Du Xueyi took a moment to catch up. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and said, "I don't think so."

He didn't know what the general's weakness was, so why did he ask this question? He just said what he really thought.

"I pride myself on being loyal to the general, but if something happens to the general, I cannot do what he did and avenge you at all costs.

We only dared to go there secretly, but before we could take any action, we were discovered by King Rong and he stopped us.

He said that the general would certainly not want to see the National Protection Army end up being accused of treason, but he had the Queen Mother's protection, so at most he would become a leisurely prince and would not lose his life.

If he had betrayed the general, why would he have gone to such lengths?

General, you don’t know that I have met him twice in front of your tomb, and both times he was in a state of fainting.

Since the day you were buried, he has been in poor health and has been in a coma for half a day."

Wei Qingyan recalled that day in the hot spring when he took Shi Yu's pulse and found that he was indeed extremely weak.

But now he has the Merit Seal, which contains deep vitality and should be helpful to his body.

"Why does the general suspect him? What did the general discover?" Du Xueyi asked.

Having just experienced what happened with the Guan family, Du Xueyi was also worried that Prince Rong was not the same as he usually saw.

Wei Qingyan shook his head, "I'm just unsure about something."

Now it's confirmed.

Back then, Shi Yu pretended to be drunk and drugged her to make her sleep, not because he doubted her identity.

At that time, he had no idea that she was a girl, so he was trapped in love and became distant from her.

The storybook found in the private room tells the story of love, hatred and vengeance between two men.

Although the two little figures carved on the low couch had no appearance, Wei Qingyan knew that Shi Yu had carved them, but she was dressed as a man.

This explains why Shi Yu suddenly broke up with her.

He found himself in love with a man.

This man is also the general who protects the country of Wei. There is absolutely no way that we can have a future together.

She remembered that Shi Yu had asked her many times, "If your love life and career are at odds in the future, what will you choose?"

"Of course it's my future." She replied firmly.

She is a national defense general disguised as a man. She cannot marry and it is impossible for her to get married. How could she have feelings?

This answer made Shi Yu make a choice. He suppressed his feelings and helped her to have a better future.

She also remembered that the day before the breakup, Shi Yu had gone to Wei Mansion to find her. At that time, she had just returned from the military camp and greeted him as usual.

But he ignored her and got into the carriage.

That was the beginning of their split.

Inside the gate of the Wei Mansion, my mother was standing there.

The glory and future of the General's Mansion are her mother's destiny. How could she allow Shi Yu to destroy it all?

Therefore, it was not Shi Yu who betrayed her female identity to Beiling, otherwise when he saw Abu's body on the battlefield, he would know that it was not her.

If he had revealed it, he would not have concealed it for her, so that people in the world still don't know that she is a woman.

Shi Yu didn’t know, what about his mother?

What role did she play in the whole thing?

As a mother, it is impossible not to see her son for the last time.

Even if Abu's body was so decomposed that it was unrecognizable when it returned to Beijing, it would still be possible to tell whether it was a boy or a girl if one was determined. Knowing that the body was not her daughter, did the mother ever look for the real her?

The mother didn't know about Abu's existence. When she saw Shi Yu mistaking a male corpse for her, didn't the mother ever wonder and investigate further?