Chapter 179 Internal and External Collaboration

As it concerns her future sister-in-law, Xue Youli got startled and sat up from the bed: [Why is the night crow so haunting? ]

Book of Secrets: [Murong Ye took action tonight. Fortunately, your elder brother entered the palace to meet the emperor before him, otherwise your elder brother would become the scapegoat for the weapons swap incident tomorrow! ]

Xue Youli: [You mean, the person who rushed to the palace to see the emperor was my eldest brother? ]

When Wang Defa came to report just now, Xue Youli was too sleepy and didn't take his conversation with Murong Che to heart. He just lay down and planned to go to sleep.

But now, after seeing the contents of the Book of Heaven's Secrets, she woke up all of a sudden.

Tianjishu: [Yes, he and Yu Minyan set up an ambush in advance and caught the gang that switched the weapons tonight. However, when your eldest brother rushed to report the situation to Murong Che, Ye Ya had already gone to the East Camp.]

Xue Youli didn't have time to think about it and just turned over and got out of bed.

After she was dressed neatly, she hurried to Zicheng Palace.

…

At this time, Murong Che's dragon chariot had already arrived at Zicheng Palace.

"I am here to see His Majesty!"

Xue Wuji had been waiting here for a long time, and when he saw him he immediately stepped forward to pay his respects.

Murong Che gestured to him to stand up, and asked directly, "General Xue came to the palace so late at night, what's the matter?"

Xue Wuji immediately told him what happened in the East Camp tonight, "Your Majesty, although those people were captured by me tonight, when I and General Yu were checking the warehouse, we found that several batches of military equipment in the warehouse had been replaced! The originally sharp weapons were replaced with a pile of broken copper and rotten iron!"

What's even more terrifying is that those scrap irons are covered with rust. Let alone killing enemies in a war, it would be difficult to even chop cabbages with them.

Murong Che showed a thoughtful expression, and after a moment of silence, he said, "It is impossible for a few soldiers to avoid the patrols and guards of the East Camp and switch the weapons without anyone noticing."

Xue Wuji nodded and agreed with his analysis. "Your Majesty is wise! Not only does the other party know the deployment of the East Camp guards very well, but they are also able to transport so many weapons out. There must be someone colluding with them from the inside!"

"Yes, when I returned home, I overheard my elder brother mention this to my father!"

Before Xue Wuzhi finished his words, Xue Youli pushed open the door and strode into the Zicheng Hall.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being rude. You left in such a hurry just now that you left the jade pendant in my palace. I was afraid that you would be worried if you couldn't find it, so I brought it to you!"

Murong Che glanced at the jade pendant in Xue Youli's hand and recognized at a glance that it was not his.

However, he knew very well that Xue Youli wanted to stay and eavesdrop on his conversation with Xue Wuji by giving him the jade pendant.

He nodded in agreement. "Princess Xue, you've arrived just in time. I'm a little thirsty. Please pour me a cup of tea. General Xue, let's continue where we were talking about."

"yes."

Xue Wuji raised his eyes and glanced at Xue Youli. "As Concubine Xue said, I found suspicious traces of weapons being moved on the ground outside the armory a few days ago. I did not make it public, but went back home to tell my father about it. My father worked at the Dali Temple and reminded me on the spot that someone might have moved the weapons in the armory."

Xue Youli listened to his elder brother's words and nodded hurriedly: "That's right! It was done by the third-rank General of An Dong, Zhao Ming! He was jealous of my elder brother, and seeing that the emperor thought highly of my elder brother, he was even more worried that after my elder brother gained a firm foothold in the military camp in the future, there would be no place for him in the East Camp. Therefore, he and Murong Ye hit it off and replaced all the weapons that my elder brother was in charge of with rusty waste!"

In Kyushu, the crime of improper storage of weapons is very serious.

Once the blame is put on Xue Wuji, he will be dismissed from his job at the very least, or be beheaded at the worst, and even his family may be affected.

Murong Ye’s plan is so vicious!

Xue Wuji paused for a moment, then continued, "I have already sent people to track down the whereabouts of the stolen weapons. I believe there will be news soon."

Xue Youli had checked the Book of Heavenly Secrets on the way here: [I know where it is. Those weapons have been loaded onto ships by Murong Ye. He plans to transport all the weapons out of the capital by water, waiting to be used when he rebels. Now those ships loaded with weapons are parked at a dock not far from the East Camp!]

Murong Che listened to Xue Youli's thoughts calmly, and then calmly said to Xue Wuji, "In fact, I have long discovered that Zhao Ming is strange, and I sent people to secretly watch his every move in advance. The weapons he swapped are at the East City Pier, where there are nearly 20 ships parked. The ships are all loaded with weapons operated by Dongda, and they want to transport all these weapons out of the capital!"

Xue Youli was stunned: [Oh my god! Murong Che actually knows everything about Zhao Ming's actions! His intelligence network is even more powerful than my golden finger! ]

[But if you think about it carefully, it's not surprising. If he didn't have some skills, how could he sit firmly on the throne? ]

The more Xue Youli thought about it, the more he admired Murong Che. He felt that with such a brain, he would succeed in anything he did!

Who can snatch the throne from him?

If she had known this, she should have just lay peacefully in bed and enjoyed her beauty sleep.

Xue Wuji had not expected that Murong Che's spies would act so quickly and immediately found out where the swapped weapons were.

He knelt on one knee and asked, "Your Majesty, I am willing to recover these weapons!"

The weapons were lost while he was on duty, and if the matter is investigated, he will have an inescapable responsibility.

Xue Youli was just led astray by them, and was always concerned about the whereabouts of the weapons. He almost forgot about Yu Minyan, "Brother, Zhao Ming has the courage to swap the weapons, which is enough to show that he has a powerful backer behind him. You left the barracks and went to the palace without permission tonight. Zhao Ming may have received the news! If a person like him who has no bottom line is desperate, he will move your confidants who stayed in the East Camp!"

[Young General Yu has been captured by Murong Ye's men. Big brother, hurry up and rescue him! ]

Xue Youli didn't know whether Xue Wuji could understand her hint, and was struggling over whether she should directly tell Xue Wuji the news that Yu Minyan was in danger.

At this time, Murong Che took over her words and said to Xue Wuji, "General Xue, Ali is right. You entered the palace alone. Do you still have your confidants in the East Camp? If Zhao Ming and the people behind him find out that they have been exposed, will they harm your people?"

Xue Wuji's pupils tightened, and he immediately thought of Yu Minyan, "Your Majesty, since you already know where the lost weapons are, please send someone to recover them! I need to rush back to the East Camp immediately!"

Once he adds more people, Zhao Ming will definitely be able to notice something is wrong at the first moment.

Therefore, it is most appropriate for the emperor's confidants to intercept this batch of arms.

Murong Che would naturally not delay him to rescue people, "I will arrange for people to retrieve the weapons. After General Xue returns to the East Camp, he must capture Zhao Ming!"

"Yes! I will definitely live up to your expectations!"