Chapter 284 Oh my God! (asking for monthly votes)
Cui Jing unconsciously tightened the reins in his hands as she approached. He said "hmm" without looking away, waiting for her to ask questions, but no less than a hundred guesses and imaginations had already popped up in his mind.
She was so secretive and cautious, afraid that others would hear a single word. What did she want to ask him? Did she think something was wrong with him, or... did she sense that he had "overstepped his authority"? If it was such a question, how should he answer? "... Could it be that the story of you being assassinated was also fake?" Chang Suining asked him in a low voice.
In order to avoid going to Luoyang and not compete with her for credit, he fabricated the illusion of being assassinated? If so, this act is deceiving the emperor.
For such an important matter, she had to find out the whole situation and have a clear idea of it so that she could help him cover it up in the future.
“……” Cui Jing was silent for a moment, reflecting on himself.
What on earth was he fantasizing about?
This is His Royal Highness.
Cui Jing suppressed the one-sided chaos in his heart and answered her truthfully: "It's not all fake."
Chang Suining looked at him, not completely? He only heard him explain: "It is true that I was assassinated, but I had made arrangements in advance."
The assassination was real, the accident was fake, so we just took advantage of the situation.
Chang Suining understood and asked, "So you expected someone would assassinate us during this trip?"
"Yes." Cui Jing said, "Do you still remember that I went to Bingzhou under a secret order?"
Chang Suining nodded.
On the Double Ninth Festival last year, someone secretly framed Bingzhou Chief Secretary Dai Cong for colluding with Xu Zhengye, so the empress ordered Cui Jing to secretly rush to Bingzhou to deal with the matter urgently.
Cui Jing arrived in Bingzhou and pretended to kill Dai Cong, which led to the appearance of Hedong Jiedushi Xiao Chuan, who came to "demand an explanation" for his "good friend" Dai Cong. At that time, Xiao Chuan led troops to besiege Bingzhou City. The outside world did not know the truth. She was also briefly worried about Bingzhou and Cui Jing.
As a result, Cui Jing solved the problem very well.
After Xiao Chuan was captured, he confessed that he was an accomplice of Xu Zhengye, and was then taken to the capital for trial.
Cui Jing said at this time: "Xiao Chuan claimed that he was instructed by Xu Zhengye at that time. He was taken to the capital and tortured for a long time. He did not change his words until his death. After the news spread, Xu Zhengye did not deny it either."
Therefore, this matter can only be concluded here.
Chang Suining: "Do you doubt Xiao Chuan's confession?"
Cui Jing nodded and said bluntly: "I suspect that there is someone else behind this."
Chang Suining subconsciously said, "If I had known earlier, I would have spared Xu Zhengye's breath and asked him about this matter again."
After he finished speaking, he felt that it was redundant, so he said, "But he probably won't tell the truth. If this matter really has nothing to do with him, and he didn't deny it at the beginning, he must have wanted to muddy the waters. Now that he is about to die, it is even more impossible for him to tell the truth. He is eager to leave this hidden danger for the court and the saint."
"That's right." Cui Jing agreed, "What he said before his death must not be trusted. There is no point in asking more questions."
The question of whether Xiao Chuan was instructed by him is not very meaningful if we just answer yes or no. The most important thing is, if it was not him, then who was it?
And if there really is such a person, judging from his secretive style of doing things, Xu Zhengye obviously cannot answer this most crucial question.
Chang Suining said: "So, you deliberately used this trip to Luoyang to use yourself as bait to verify this guess?"
Since he had prepared in advance, with his travel experience, he would be able to avoid those people.
But he did not avoid it.
"Yes." Cui Jing said: "Although the previous incident in Bingzhou was for Bingzhou, it was also aimed at me. If someone really wants to kill me, I will not let go of this opportunity this time."
As it turned out, he guessed right.
This also proves another thing:
Chang Suining also understood: "This person has placed a very useful spy beside the emperor."
Otherwise, he would not have known that Cui Jing had secretly gone to Luoyang.
Cui Jing nodded and said, "I had someone secretly take one person away alive, but he has not confessed yet."
"Keep him for now." Chang Suining said to him, "During this battle, a traitor also emerged in the army. We can probably try him together later."
The captain who stabbed Lieutenant General Jin and let Xu Zhengye go.
There was a thoughtful look in Chang Suining's eyes, and a picture from her old memories flashed through her mind. He was a handsome and free-spirited man who always loved to smile and tap her head with his fingers, and who had taught her how to practice sword and self-defense when she was young.
Could it be him?
All these conspiracies, one after another, to create chaos in the world...are they really all from his hand?
Cui Jing obviously already had someone he suspected, but this was not the time to discuss the matter in detail. They were about to return to the bank of the Bian River, so the two of them tacitly dropped the topic.
Cui Jing led the horse and walked slowly on this journey, and Chang Suining had recovered some strength.
It would take half a day to ride back to the battlefield from the river bank. It was impossible to continue walking slowly, so the horse had to be ridden.
Yuanxiang wanted to suggest that Madam Chang ride on the same horse with his own commander-in-chief, but he didn't dare to say anything more. He could only hope that his own commander-in-chief would do himself well.
However, the facts have proved that it is impossible to achieve success, and this has never been the style of General Cui.
Yuan Xiang watched his own commander-in-chief decisively tear off two strips of cloth from his robe and use them to bandage the wound on Mrs. Chang's hand so that it would not be worn out again when riding a horse.
"Do you need my help?" Cui Jing asked.
"Of course not." Chang Suining, who never wanted to lag behind others, took the cloth strip, wrapped it neatly, and could even bring it to his mouth and skillfully tie a knot with his teeth.
Finally, she raised her hand and waved it towards Cui Jing, smiling somewhat complacently: "Look."
Cui Jing couldn't help but smile and nodded: "It's tied very well."
She continued to tie her other hand carefully, and Cui Jing continued to lead the horse for her to walk the last short distance.
No one knows how cherishingly he walked this journey.
"It's General Cui who's back!"
More than a thousand people waiting on the river bank finally saw Cui Jing returning.
The ones who made the noise were those wearing Xu army uniforms. They were visibly more noisy than Xuan Ce's army. They were like wild beasts that had just come down from the mountain, running around here and there, enthusiastic about everything.
They soon saw Cui Jing, or to be exact, Cui Jing who was leading the horse.
In astonishment, they all turned their eyes to the man on the horse.
A man with a scar on his face stepped forward and said, "I guess this must be the famous General Ning Yuan!"
Seeing that he had a bandit look that could not be concealed by his military uniform, Chang Suining asked with a smile, "Have you heard of me?"
"Of course!" the man said with shining eyes, "...it's seventy-three days to kill the thief Xu! We also counted when we had nothing to do!"
As he spoke, he looked at the head in Captain Bai's hand, which was wrapped in cloth but still recognizable, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up in amazement: "General Ningyuan is really... really, he really keeps his word!"
He was embarrassed about his tongue-tiedness, and to ease the embarrassment he scratched his head and laughed twice.
Chang Suining also smiled. She saw that the other person not only had scars from old years on his face, but also a very new circle of dark blue around his left eye. She thought it was probably caused by Cui Jing, which indirectly demonstrated the process of conquering him by force first and courtesy later.
The man had only one complaint about the wound on his eye - it was too light and it healed too quickly!
This was hit by the great General Cui of Xuan Ce Mansion. Every day when he talked to his brothers with this eye, he felt particularly glorious and it made him more majestic.
After all, this is not just a black eye, it is clearly the gear of fate that has begun to turn for their brothers!
The brothers behind him also laughed.
Soon, they introduced themselves. The scarred man said first: "...We are all from Wuhu Mountain. My name is He Wuhu!"
He patted his chest and emphasized: "It's the Wu in Wudang Mountain, not the Wu in Laowu. I am the boss of Wuhu Mountain!"
Wuhu Mountain was originally called Wuhu Mountain, which was also the name he gave, but it became known as Wuhu Mountain when it was spread out.
After a while, the brothers below lined up and it became——
"My name is He Liuhu!"
"This is my brother Qihu!"
Chang Suining also dismounted and clasped his fists towards them, saying with a smile, "Glad to meet you, everyone."
Soon, everyone mounted their horses and left the place in the sunset.
When we returned to the battlefield, there was no sound of fighting anymore, but the smell of blood was still pungent in the dark night.
As Chang Suining approached the river bank, he saw someone looking ahead.
As soon as she got off the horse, a slender young figure rushed towards her and hugged her tightly.
Cui Jing was startled. It was rare for him to look at someone so seriously. After he realized it was a woman, he looked away.
"...The general is finally back!" Yao Ran's voice was trembling.
Chang Suining did not let her board the warship. He had placed her on the shore long before the war started. But after the war was over, she came out to see mountains of corpses and seas of blood, as if she was in purgatory, but she could not find Chang Suining. She felt as if she had lost the most important support and was terrified.
This was the first time that She Cai had killed someone, and she was already very scared. Moreover, she was a daughter of an official family, and had been overly restricted by Mrs. Pei since she was young. She had never killed a pig, let alone watched others kill a chicken.
Sensing her worry, Chang Suining straightened her up and said, "After I killed Xu Zhengye, didn't I have someone send out a signal? Didn't you see it?"
"I saw it, I heard it..." Yao Ran wiped his tears and said, "When I saw the signal, I knew that the matter was accomplished. I wonder if you are safe, General."
"Don't worry, I'm fine."
Yao Ran nodded, finally regaining a trace of rationality. He realized that he had lost his composure, and was afraid that Chang Suining would think he was useless, so he wanted to explain: "General, I..."
Chang Suining signaled that she didn't need to explain: "It's okay, it's the same way."
It wasn't just Yao Ran who was worried about her. She Cai Xier and others also ran over. Soon, Commander Xiao and Governor Hu, who heard that she was back, also put down their work and hurried to greet Chang Suining.
Not far away, Yuan Xiang subconsciously wanted to pick up a pen to write down what happened to Madam Chang today, but he changed his mind and looked at the commander-in-chief beside him in a daze.
"...General, look, I'm not exaggerating!" Yuan Xiang whispered, "Madam Chang is very prestigious in the army now!"
Looking at Chang Suining, who was surrounded by people and almost invisible, Cui Jing curled his lips slightly and said, "She deserves it."
Whether it's her from the past, or her at this moment without mentioning the past.
She was born to be the moon, and in comparison, he was just a slightly brighter star, but if possible, he wanted to be the star closest to the moon.
The stars do not have to compete with the moon for glory. At this moment, he was standing not far away, watching her accept the people's embrace that belonged to her. This was the best distance he could imagine.
Soon, someone saw "this star" beyond this "best distance".
The visibility here was dim, and Cui Jing deliberately did not step forward to disturb them. He led his men to retreat to the side, restrained his aura, and just stood quietly in the dark.
It was only at this moment that Shepherd's Purse caught a glimpse of the young man. He took the torch and shone it forward, exclaiming with all his heart, "Oh my God!"
She opened her eyes wide and said too frankly: "I have lived for so many years, but this is the first time I have seen such a handsome man!"
He Wuhu, who was behind Cui Jing, immediately straightened his chest and took two steps forward. It was too early for this elder sister to say that. He was very confident, but no one cared.
With the spirit of sharing happiness, She Cai immediately called the ladies behind him, including Yao Ran, to watch together.
They fought hard in the war, and now they deserved to see such a beautiful woman.
Shepherd's Purse took two steps forward, holding the torch high and shining it towards Cui Jing: "Look! It's here!"
Cui Jing was caught off guard in the light and stared at by many eyes: "..."
Hearing Shepherd's Purse making such a fuss, Yao Ran wanted to laugh at first, but when he looked over subconsciously, he was immediately stunned.
He was indeed handsome, and no matter where he was in the crowd, he would be instantly recognizable as a top-notch handsome guy. However, if she was not mistaken, this...
"General Cui?!"
The surprised voice came from Xiao Min.
As a fellow military general in the capital, he naturally had the opportunity to meet Cui Jing.
Cui Jing raised his hand: "General Xiao."
"It's you!" Xiao Min was extremely surprised and hurried forward to salute: "I didn't know that General Cui was coming here. I'm sorry for not welcoming you in person!"
Upon hearing Cui Jing's name, Hu Lin and others were also very surprised and hurried to greet him.
Shepherd's Purse was a little dumbfounded.
This person turned out to be the legendary Grand Commander Cui? Unsure of his temper, she asked Chang Suining anxiously, "General... I was disrespectful just now, Grand Commander Cui won't be angry, right?"
Chang Suining smiled and looked at Cui Jing: "Don't worry, he is not angry."
Shepherd's Purse was relieved and took a few more glances at it secretly.
Xiao Min was asking Cui Jing: "...May I ask why General Cui is here?"
"I was ordered to go to Luoyang, but was assassinated on the way. Luckily, I survived and changed my route." Cui Jing explained: "Today, I was unfortunately blocked by Xu's cavalry in front of me. Fortunately, my subordinates found them in time, and General Ningyuan rescued me, so I was able to escape danger."
Deputy General Yu was the first to speak up and confirm this: "It's a good thing that General Ning Yuan showed up in time and killed Xu Zhengye to deter those Xu troops, otherwise we would be in great danger!"
"..." Chang Suining was slightly surprised. She had not expected it to go to this extent.
The Wuhushan bandits were still confused, and one of them couldn't help but say, "But..."
However, just after he uttered two words, he was glared back by He Wuhu, with the threat that he often said in the past clearly written in his eyes - if you dare to say something rude, I will beat the shit out of you later, and you will be considered to have pooped cleanly!
Xiao Min and the others were skeptical, but they knew better and didn't say much, only saying: "Fortunately, Commander Cui is a lucky man..."
As everyone gathered around Cui Jing and talked, a surprised voice came from behind: "Xiao Jing?!"
Good night
(End of this chapter)
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