Chapter 204: Only the dead can speak the most

When Cheng Jin saw Cheng Sheng, he was riding a horse in front of the army, and he was no longer as cynical as before.

He accepted the compliments of the people in the city with an expressionless face.

Cheng Jin stood in the crowd and stared at Cheng Sheng.

When Cheng Sheng passed by, Cheng Jin followed Cui Zhu and the others back to the palace. Cheng Sheng

had to pay his respects to Chu Chengye before entering the palace, but there was more than one person to meet Chu Chengye, so Cheng Jin waited in the corner.

There were many people standing in the hall, all of whom were heroes of this border battle. The moment they saw Chu Chengye, they all knelt down.

"Your Highness."

Chu Chengye sat on the upper seat and raised his hand to signal them to stand up.

General Sheng told Chu Chengye everything that had happened in the past few days, and everyone present was worried.

Cheng Sheng's surrender was a fake surrender, which was intended to relax the enemy's vigilance. If nothing went wrong, the border could be taken within half a month. However, someone deliberately spread rumors in the army that Cheng Sheng was a coward, and when Cheng Sheng went to the enemy camp to pretend to negotiate, they launched an attack.

The people at the border thought it was Cheng Sheng's plan, so they ordered Cheng Sheng to be arrested. Cheng Sheng was alone at the border and had to flee all the way, looking for a suitable opportunity to return to the camp to discuss the matter again.

However, they found that the general Zhang Jie had issued an order to kill Cheng Sheng as soon as they saw him. They were defeated in the battle at the border, and immediately decided to send a letter to the court and return home. Later,

Chu Chengye sent General Sheng He to the border for support, only to find out that none of the letters Chu Chengye sent to the border had been carried out, and they were not even aware of it. It can be seen that the letter was probably never sent to the military camp.

The border is high and the road is long. They knew that even if Chu Chengye was the emperor and had great power in his hands, he could not personally govern here.

They didn't know who they listened to and ordered the pursuit and killing of Cheng Sheng. If General Sheng He hadn't arrived in time and accidentally met Cheng Sheng, I'm afraid Cheng Sheng would have died at the border long ago.

Knowing that someone was trying to harm him, Cheng Sheng did not expose Zhang Jie directly.

Instead, he used the trick against Zhang Jie and cooperated with General Sheng He. With the troops assigned to him by Sheng He, he took down the border in one fell swoop. Only then did Cheng Sheng get a chance to return to Beijing safely.

Chu Chengye was so angry that his breathing became rapid and his fists clenched. He said coldly, "Where is Zhang Jie?"

Sheng He knelt on the ground and replied to Chu Chengye, "Your Majesty, Zhang Jie committed suicide on the way back to Beijing."

"Died on the way back to Beijing?" Chu Chengye was a little confused after hearing this.

Sheng Congratulations: "That's right, I wanted to bring the criminal Zhang Jie back to the capital to be dealt with by the emperor himself, but he committed suicide when no one was paying attention only a hundred miles away from the capital."

Chu Chengye held his forehead and tapped the chair with his fingertips.

Isn't this too much of a coincidence?

Zhang Jie did such a thing and he was able to delay death for so long, but he died suddenly when he was about to enter the capital.

I'm afraid someone has made up their mind not to let him enter the capital alive, for fear of getting something out of his mouth.

After all, only the dead have the most serious mouths.

But now that he is dead, it seems difficult to get anything from Zhang Jie.

Chu Chengye pondered for a moment and said, "Have all the people and things that Zhang Jie had contacted been brought back?"

Sheng congratulated him and said, "They have all been brought back and are now outside the palace."

"Okay." Chu Chengye said, "Take all the people and things to the Dali Temple and let them check these things. They must find some useful things."

Cheng Sheng brought Chu Chengye's imperial guards and private orders to the border for support. People with discerning eyes naturally knew how important Cheng Sheng was in Chu Chengye's heart. How could he dare to hunt down Cheng Sheng? Even if he really did treason and collusion with the enemy, he should be handed over to Chu Chengye for handling, not Zhang Jie's private hunting down order.

Zhang Jie has been in the court for so many years, it is impossible that he didn't know even this little thing. The only possibility is that someone is giving instructions behind the scenes.

The recovery of the border this time can be said to be a matter of celebration for the whole of Southern Qi. Chu Chengye praised all the warriors from top to bottom.

But even so, it was hard to hide the happiness in his heart.

With the great victory in this battle at the border, there would be no more wars in Southern Qi, and the people of Southern Qi would no longer be displaced, and a scene of living and working in peace and contentment would soon appear.

After rewarding and punishing, most people in the hall said goodbye.

Chu Chengye specifically asked Wei An to ask Cheng Sheng to stay.

While waiting, he subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of Cheng Jin, only to see Cheng Jin leaning against the screen and looking at Chu Chengye eagerly.

Chu Chengye curled his lips, his eyes soft, and he waved at Cheng Jin, "Everyone has left, come over."

Cheng Jin immediately ran to Chu Chengye with her skirt lifted up, her hand on Chu Chengye's shoulder, and looked absent-mindedly in the direction where Cheng Sheng had just left.

Cheng Jin asked, "Why are they all leaving?"

Chu Chengye knew what Cheng Jin was thinking and couldn't help but teasing her, "Those who need to be investigated have been investigated, those who need to be punished have been punished, those who need to be rewarded have been rewarded, and those who need to be reported to me have been told to me."

"If they are not leaving, do you want to keep them here for the New Year?"

After hearing what Chu Chengye said, Cheng Jin tapped Chu Chengye on the shoulder, "You know what I mean, he has made great contributions this time, and my brother and I haven't seen each other for so long, it's time for him to stay and talk alone."

Chu Chengye tilted his head to look at Cheng Jin, and after hearing Cheng Jin's confident tone, he raised his hand, held Cheng Jin's hand, and pulled her to sit down next to him.

"I know."

Cheng Jin glanced at him and whispered in reproach: "You know that and yet you let him go?"

Before Cheng Jin finished speaking, he saw Cheng Sheng, who was supposed to leave, appear in the hall again.

Cheng Sheng bowed respectfully, looking much calmer and calmer than in the past few months.

He is more well-behaved, but looking at Cheng Sheng like this, Cheng Jin felt an indescribable discomfort in his heart.

Cheng Jin looked at Cheng Sheng, not knowing what to say. Cheng Sheng saw that Cheng Jin

in front of him had not spoken, so he subconsciously looked up and saw that Cheng Jin had already walked in front of Cheng Sheng.

They looked up and looked at each other, both speechless.

Seeing that Cheng Jin looked like he was about to cry, Cheng Sheng couldn't help but joked to Cheng Jin:

"It's only been a few days since we last met, why are you crying like a kid again?"

Cheng Jin didn't answer Cheng Sheng's words, but glared at Cheng Sheng with a smile. She didn't care about Cheng Sheng's feelings at all, and exposed Cheng Sheng's shortcomings.

"Darker and uglier."

After hearing Cheng Jin's words, Cheng Sheng subconsciously blew his beard and glared at Cheng Jin, as if he couldn't believe it.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm still as charming as ever. When I just came to Beijing, many girls threw fruits at me, which shows that I'm still as charming as ever."

Cheng Jin exaggeratedly "begged" Cheng Sheng, but couldn't say anything to refute.