Cheng Lianlian's tears rolled down.
Shang Wanyue in his arms stretched out her little hand to help Cheng Lianlian wipe away her tears.
Cheng Lianlian was comforted by her daughter's little hands and wiped the tears from her face.
"Our Wanyue is not a jinx. Our Wanyue is mother's treasure."
In the lobby of the Dali Temple illuminated by candlelight, Sun Zhuohua's eyes were confronting the bald donkey Liu Nian, and suddenly he burst into a wild laughter that echoed between the stone walls, full of irony and self-mockery.
"Hahahaha, Shang Yuanshan, you cunning fox, you know everything, why do you still want to tease me like this?
Let me naively think that I could finally put you under my feet.
Why, why do you treat me so cruelly? " There was a tremor in Sun Zhuohua's voice, which was helpless and painful.
Shang Yuanshan's face remained calm, and his voice was steady and firm: "I have never thought of playing tricks on you. I am arresting people in the capital just to send you a signal in this way, hoping that you will turn back and surrender yourself.
However, you let greed blind your eyes, and you still persist in your wrongdoings, even wanting to harm others."
"How is that possible? How could you really want to help me? Aren't you always high above everyone else, looking down on everyone?" Sun Zhuohua's questioning revealed deep distrust and anger.
Just as Sun Zhuohua finished speaking, Wu Tang appeared outside the hall. His steps were heavy, and every step seemed to be stepping on Sun Zhuohua's heart.
“Sun Zhuohua, I really didn’t expect you to be such a cruel person.” Wu Tang’s voice was filled with anger and disappointment. His eyes were like sharp blades, which made Sun Zhuohua stunned for a moment.
Sun Zhuohua's face flashed with sarcasm. "Wu Tang, are you here to step on me now that I've lost my position? Don't you feel resentful that Shang Yuanshan took away all the credit?"
A sneer appeared on Wu Tang’s face, and his voice gradually rose, his anger like a volcano about to erupt: “When has General Shang ever taken credit for anyone’s work?
Back then, General Shang arranged everything and asked you to go out of the city to fight in order to give you a chance to make merit.
But you almost made a big mistake because of your greed. If the general hadn't rescued you in time, you would have died and implicated countless soldiers."
As Wu Tang spoke, the flames of anger burned in his eyes, and his voice became louder and louder: “It was precisely because of your recklessness that time that General Shang was worried that your future would be damaged. When the emperor was selecting the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, he specially recommended you and asked you to return to the capital to take up an important position.
I don’t know how you later rose to the position of Shangshu, but General Shang’s recommendation played an indispensable role in that.”
Sun Zhuohua's face turned pale instantly, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief: "How...how could he have recommended me to return to Beijing? Wasn't he more inclined to recommend you at that time?"
There was a trace of compassion in Wu Tang's voice: "Indeed, the general did not recommend you at that time because he saw your potential and wanted to make you the general of the garrison army."
Sun Zhuohua was completely stunned, and endless regret surged in his heart. It turned out that it was because he did not obey the military order that he missed the opportunity to become a general of the Zhenjun Army.
If he had not been injured that year, he would now be the General Zhenbei of Guanggu City, guarding that indestructible city. With his military achievements, he would not have to do those wrong things.
Sun Zhuohua's heart was filled with regret and tears of shame flashed in his eyes. He knelt in front of Shang Yuanshan and his forehead hit the cold ground heavily.
"General, I was wrong. I was ignorant and misunderstood your good intentions. I even tried to plot against you." Sun Zhuohua's tears finally burst out. His regret and shame reached its peak at this moment.
Shang Yuanshan patted Sun Zhuohua on the shoulder. "The only thing you can do now is to tell the truth."
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you." Sun Zhuohua told the truth about everything he had done over the years.
Everyone present was shocked when they heard this.
What Shang Yuanshan knew was that Sun Zhuohua did not mention the person behind him, but that was enough because he had no evidence in his hands at all.
The only evidence is that the old bald donkey Liu Nian can identify that it was Sun Zhuohua who rescued him from the prison and it was Sun Zhuohua who asked him to be the abbot of Jingrong Temple. This can only prove that he is related to the girl's disappearance case.
Even Wu Tang's visit today was arranged by him. What he wanted was Sun Zhuohua's regret.
When Liu Quan saw Sun Zhuohua confess and signed his name, he let out a long sigh of relief.
The knife hanging around his neck was finally taken away, and he no longer had to worry and lose sleep every night.
He now really admires Shang Yuanshan's magnanimity, as he was able to trick Sun Zhuohua out without collecting any valid evidence.
Shang Yuanshan looked at Liu Quan who was laughing foolishly. "Master Liu, why don't you go to Sun's house and collect evidence?"
Liu Quan stood up quickly. "I'll go right away. Right away."
Liu Quan happily took people to Sun Mansion to gather the missing evidence.
As Shang Yuanshan and Lin Jingzhou deliberately did, there were only two of them left in the hall, and the others were guarding outside.
Shang Yuanshan squatted down. "Sun Zhuohua, I want to hear the story of the person behind you."
Sun Zhuohua's pupils dilated. He didn't expect that Shang Yuanshan even knew about the people behind him.
"General, you can't afford to offend this man, he..." Before Sun Zhuohua could finish his words, a silver needle shot in from outside and pierced directly into Sun Zhuohua's aorta, and blood spurted out instantly.
Shang Yuanshan immediately protected Lin Jingzhou behind him and ordered the guards outside: "Go after him."
Shang Yuanshan clenched his fists. "Why is it always so close?"
Lin Jingzhou went forward to check on Sun Zhuohua's condition. He was no longer breathing. He reached out to help Sun Zhuohua close his wide-open eyes.
"Yuanshan, since this is the case, we can only close the case first."
Shang Yuanshan didn't expect that his brother-in-law already knew how to act in a roundabout way.
"Well, let's close the case then."
When Liu Quan came back with the evidence, he saw Sun Zhuohua's body.
"General Shang, you...you..."
Shang Yuanshan: "Someone must have hated Sun Zhuohua for his treason and assassinated him."
After asking the guard about what happened, Liu Quan also agreed with Shang Yuanshan's conclusion.
Regardless of whether the person who killed Sun Zhuohua really hated Sun Zhuohua for treason, this is the only explanation. Only in this way can the matter of Wanhetang be truly over.
The next day, the streets and alleys of the capital were shrouded in several shocking events, and discussions rose and fell, sweeping across the entire capital like waves.
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