"General Shang, please, save me for the sake of the fact that we fought side by side on the battlefield before!" Sun Zhuohua's voice was tearful. His dignity and self-esteem were completely abandoned at this moment, leaving only the desire for life and the fear of death.
Shang Yuanshan's eyes were even colder, and his heart was filled with contempt and anger towards Sun Zhuohua.
When he learned that Sun Zhuohua was the man behind Wanhetang, his heart was filled with irony and ridicule for his original choice.
Before he returned to Beijing, he personally recommended Sun Zhuohua to return to Beijing to serve as the Minister of War.
However, the account book before him, with its shocking records, was a betrayal of his trust and a blasphemy to the friendship they had shared while fighting side by side on the battlefield.
Sun Zhuohua, the brother who once fought side by side on the battlefield, has now become a traitor and a running dog of the enemy.
There was no longer any mercy in Shang Yuanshan's heart, only determination and coldness remained in his eyes.
In his ears, Sun Zhuohua's pleading was nothing more than the last struggle of a heartless person. He would not waste any more emotion on such a person.
"Sun Zhuohua, you should have known this day would come since you returned to Beijing and established Wanhetang."
Sun Zhuohua's eyes were filled with shock. "How did you know that?"
Shang Yuanshan squatted down with a sneer. "If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself."
“Hahahaha, you guys planned all of this, right? Just to trick me into falling into the trap.
Shang Yuanshan, you are really scheming. "
"No need to say more. If you want to confess something, just come with me to the Dali Temple and have a good talk."
Shang Yuanshan didn't want to say anything more to him. He waved his hand and the people behind him came forward and dragged Sun Zhuohua away.
Sun Zhuohua knew that no one could save him, and he also knew what was waiting for him when he went to the Dali Temple.
He shouted loudly without caring about anything at this time: "Shang Yuanshan, I am like this because of you.
Since you went to Guanggu City, you have made great military achievements and became the General of Cavalry, while I can only be your deputy general.
I can only watch you make achievements in battle, and I can only try to please you every day to survive."
Shang Yuanshan frowned, he didn't expect that Sun Zhuohua had some opinions about him in Guanggu City, and the brotherhood he thought was just an attempt to please him?
Sun Zhuohua continued to shout: "Fortunately, God has eyes, the emperor finally found me, let me return to the capital and let me sit in the position of minister.
But I was a deputy general who just came back from Guanggu City, and I had no connections in the capital. Do you know what I went through when I just returned to the capital, how I was ostracized in the Ministry of War, and how I became the Shangshu?
If it weren’t for my efforts, I would have died in Beijing a long time ago, hahahaha….”
Prime Minister Lin stepped forward and patted Shang Yuanshan on the shoulder. "Yuanshan, he went astray on his own. It has nothing to do with anyone else."
Shang Yuanshan nodded. "Father-in-law, you should go to bed early. Leave the rest to me."
"well."
Duke Shang: "I also want to go back to the mansion to rest."
Shang Yuanshan: "My Lord, I will escort you out of the palace."
"Hahaha, okay."
When the people outside saw that the person being escorted out was Sun Zhuohua, they were all stunned.
Wasn't it Minister Sun who brought people to search the Prime Minister's Residence just now? Why was he escorted out?
Shang Wanning saw Shang Yuanshan and Shang Guogong come out later, which really shattered Shang Wanning's last glimmer of hope.
It was almost the curfew time of quarter past one.
The onlookers were very anxious and wanted to quickly figure out what was going on and go home to sleep, otherwise they would not be able to sleep tonight.
One person couldn't help asking, fearing he would have sleepless nights, "General Shang, why was Minister Sun arrested?"
Shang Yuanshan was very willing to answer questions for the people. At this moment, he looked at the people below with a face full of guilt.
"Today, I, Lord Liu from the Dali Temple, and Minister Lin from the Ministry of Justice interrogated the women we captured a few days ago, and their mouths were finally pried open."
The people were confused. How could this be related to women? What women?
Someone suddenly had an idea and asked, "General Shang, are these the concubines you captured?"
Shang Yuanshan nodded. "It was those people. During today's interrogation, we learned that they were related to the girl's disappearance case."
When the people heard this, their curiosity reached its peak, and some even started to speculate.
"Could it be that Minister Sun was involved in the girl's disappearance case?"
"Yes, yes, it's very likely."
"That's not right. General Shang is not investigating the affairs of Wanhetang."
The people's faces were full of surprise, but some had already guessed. Everyone stared at Shang Yuanshan intently, waiting for him to answer everyone's questions.
"Everyone, please listen to me quietly. After investigation, we found that the incident at Wanhe Hall is closely related to the missing girl's case. All the evidence collected from these incidents and the testimonies of those women implicate Minister Sun."
"And the recent leak of military secrets in Guanggu City that has been circulating in the capital was also orchestrated by Minister Sun, who was only trying to frame Prime Minister Lin."
The people were in an uproar, their anger reached its peak. Some of them took the leftover vegetable leaves from today's sale and intended to take them back to feed the pigs and threw them in the face of Sun Zhuohua who was being pressed down on the side.
"Traitor, you are trying to frame our Prime Minister."
"Kill him, kill him."
Some people even went to buy vegetable leaves from vendors just to vent their anger by hitting Sun Zhuohua.
When Sun Zhuohua heard that Shang Yuanshan had traced the missing girl's case back to him, he regretted not taking this matter to heart when Shang Yuanshan was arresting concubines everywhere.
He had already lost hope and stared blankly ahead, allowing the people to hit him with vegetable leaves.
Shang Yuanshan saw that it was almost time and stepped forward to stop the people's actions. "Everyone stop, we still need to take Sun Zhuohua back for interrogation.
The curfew is about to begin, so everyone should hurry back home."
Shang Yuanshan calmed down the people's anger, and everyone had vented their anger and left.
There was a person in the crowd whose eyes were full of fear. Shang Wanning felt a chill down his spine when he remembered that Sun Zhuohua had asked him to help register the household registration of several women a few days ago.
If Sun Zhuohua is taken back for interrogation, he will definitely give him away. He no longer prays to be reinstated, but only wants to avoid being implicated by Sun Zhuohua.
Shang Wanning returned to the mansion like a walking corpse, and Li came forward with a face full of joy. "Wanning, when will Prime Minister Lin be beheaded? I will definitely go to watch the fun with melon seeds, hahahaha..."
Li's laughter echoed in Shang Wanning's ears.
Shang Wanning returned to his room as if he hadn't heard anything.
Li was knocking on the door outside. "What happened to Wan Ning? Tell me."
"Mother, please go back to your room and have some rest." After Shang Wanning finished speaking, no matter how Li shouted outside, his voice was no longer heard.
Cheng Lianlian came out from next door holding Shang Wanyue to check the situation.
Li was furious when she saw Cheng Lianlian. "Cheng Lianlian, you are a loser. You think about Shang Wanyue all day long and don't even know how to take care of your man."
Cheng Lianlian didn't expect to be bitten by a mad dog as soon as she came out. She returned to her room and closed the door, and did not say a word no matter how Li scolded her.
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