Chapter 259: Crime of Deceiving the Emperor
Knowing that Song Yanxi was worried about the situation outside the city, Military Doctor Liu looked up at the direction of the clouds for a long time and came to a conclusion.
"The rain clouds are moving westward. It looks like the rain won't come."
Hearing that she couldn't get down, Song Yanxi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and murmured, "Go west, go west..."
The rest of the words came to an abrupt end.
Doctor Liu was about to ask her what was wrong when he suddenly remembered something and cursed, "I almost forgot General Lin went to Qingzhou."
Seeing Song Yanxi's worried look, he hurriedly comforted her, "Don't worry too much, girl. General Lin is well-known in our border town for his luck. He dared to break into the enemy camp alone. Right now, these are nothing to him."
Song Yanxi said sarcastically, "He clearly brought three hundred soldiers with him when he left."
"How do you know this?"
Seeing that the secret had been spilled, Doctor Liu's eyes flickered as he said, "This matter was not concealed intentionally by the old man. Zhuang Shihan designed a plan to lure a few of us old guys away that night.
By the time we heard the noise and came back, the eight thousand soldiers who were heading to support General Lin had already left the camp."
Thinking of the more than 7,000 soldiers who sacrificed their lives in vain, tears welled up in his eyes and he said bitterly, "It was clearly Lin Tingfeng who was greedy for merit and reckless, but he was the only one who returned intact."
He wiped his eyes, his voice choked for a moment, "You didn't see how badly injured those hundreds of people who came back were. They were covered in blood, and they managed to come back on their last breath.
Some of the children were not even as old as the Chang family's child, and they died before the medicine could take effect."
Song Yanxi handed over a handkerchief, but didn't know how to comfort her.
If it were her, she would definitely not do what Old Liu and the others did, and watch Lin Tingfeng step on the flesh and blood of so many soldiers for the so-called overall situation and return to Beijing to receive the title.
What’s even more ironic is that he actually had the nerve to use this so-called military merit to ask for Zhuang Shihan’s hand in marriage in front of the palace.
How dare he?
Isn’t he afraid that thousands of ghosts will come to congratulate them when they get married?
Doctor Liu wiped his tears, looked at Song Yanxi and said, "I scared you just now."
Song Yanxi shook her head, her eyes full of guilt, "I'm sorry, I didn't know this beforehand."
If she knew, she would never mention these sad things in front of Mr. Liu.
They have lived in the army for half their lives, and spend more time with the soldiers than with their own children and grandchildren. Hearing them calling them uncles and aunts, they have long regarded them as the younger generation of their own family.
No one could accept that they were unjustly killed by their commander's reckless advance, and they didn't even have a place to appeal.
Doctor Liu waved his hand and sighed, "This matter has nothing to do with you. It's his fault alone. Although I'm old, I'm not confused."
Song Yanxi shook her head slightly and corrected herself, "I was also wrong in this matter."
"You little girl!" Doctor Liu's eyes widened, and he said angrily, "Although you married into the Lin family, you made a mistake in choosing the wrong husband. What's wrong with that?"
He gritted his teeth in anger, "He is not worthy of you sharing honor and disgrace with him, and advancing and retreating with him."
"Mr. Liu misunderstood."
"What did the old man misunderstand?"
Doctor Liu didn't wait for Song Yanxi to explain and asked, "Are you planning to tell me that you are deeply in love with him and want to take all his mistakes on yourself?"
"He doesn't deserve it."
"Don't tell me about the husband-wife relationship..."
Seeing the undisguised disgust in Song Yanxi's eyes, Doctor Liu was sure that he had heard correctly.
A smile flashed through his cloudy eyes, and he said with relief, "This is what Yan Yichuan's granddaughter should look like. I was right about her."
Thinking of something, suspicion appeared in his eyes, "If you can see through it, why did you say that just now?"
Song Yanxi's eyes flashed with hatred, and she said coldly: "If I hadn't been blinded by my own desire to take a fancy to him, and if my grandfather hadn't taken pity on me and given him a ladder to climb up, his ambition would have gradually expanded, to the point where he did such a heartless thing for military merit."
She only regretted that she came back too late, as all the tragedies had already happened and could not be undone.
Otherwise, even if it costs her life, she will never let Lin Tingfeng succeed.
Military Doctor Liu shook his head and disagreed, "Girl, you're not right. Even if you weren't there, there's still Princess Shihan or other daughters.
This kind of servile person is always trying to climb up the ladder, and he won't miss any help he can get."
He lowered his voice and said, "Lin Tingfeng, Xiao's father, and the Lin family have always been good at calculating."
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but curse: "Your father is not a good guy either. Your mother, a woman, doesn't know it. How can he not know his character after being in the same class with him for several years?
There's a saying that goes, "Like father, like son." Even if you can't learn 100%, if you can achieve 70% or 80% resemblance, your daughter will suffer endlessly if she marries him off.
Song Yanxi lowered her eyes and said softly, "Maybe he is too busy to take care of these little things."
At this time, her good father should be busy cleaning up his precious son's mess and begging for help from everyone.
In the past, if you mentioned your status as a marquis, other families would most likely choose to keep quiet or pay some money to settle the matter.
But this time, the person he offended had neither money nor power, and could even crush his illegitimate son to death like an ant with just a flick of his hand.
Just thinking about it makes it so lively.
"Busy? What could he be busy with?" Military Doctor Liu snorted coldly and said, "Your mother is also short-sighted. She didn't want to enter the palace as a concubine and insisted on choosing one herself. Otherwise, she would have found a princess for you."
If she was born in the royal family, wouldn't she and Prince Jin be siblings?
Just thinking about it is outrageous.
Doctor Liu also thought of something and coughed lightly, saying, "Your father's only use was to give birth to you two siblings so that your mother could be with him."
Song Yanxi also felt embarrassed and quickly changed the subject, "Mr. Liu, could you please tell me about the matter of the three hundred soldiers?"
The person who went to rescue was Jiang Jinzhong's troop. Now he has died of poisoning, so there is no evidence.
Even if the matter is reported to the emperor someday, Lin Tingfeng can say that he has no knowledge of it and completely deny the matter.
The only thing he could do was to push away the three hundred men who followed him in the night attack.
Once confirmed, it would be a crime of deceiving the emperor.
By then, even if he has mouths all over his body, he will not be able to make excuses.
Together with the 300 people whose names have been hidden, that’s nearly 8,000 lives. He must pay with blood!
Doctor Liu nodded and said in a deep voice, "Come with me."
*
In the tent, Tian Shitou pinched his nose and drank the medicine in one breath, then quickly reached out to Tian Laoer.
The person next to him patted his palm and said disdainfully, "You're already an adult, and you still need malt sugar with your medicine."
Tian Shitou had a bitter face and acted like he was about to vomit.
Tian Lao Er quickly stuffed a piece of candy into his mouth and glared at the person who spoke. "This kid throws up as soon as he drinks medicine. Why do you have to tease him?"
The man was about to speak when he caught a glimpse of two people coming in through the curtain, and quickly tugged at Tian Laoer's sleeve.
"Why are you pulling me along? Just wait until you've finished eating and then ask Old Liu for more. What if Shitou vomits the medicine and it doesn't work?"
"Princess..."
"Look at your cowardice. The princess has only been gone for half an hour. How could you possibly come here now?"
As Tian Laoer was speaking, he saw Tian Shitou, who was sitting beside the bed, with a look of panic on his face.
He turned around stiffly and caught a glimpse of two figures out of the corner of his eye. Before he could see if it was Song Yanxi, he knelt down in a hurry.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
He kowtowed three times in succession and stammered, "Princess, please spare us. We really didn't mean to deceive you."
Hearing this, the other four also knelt down in an orderly manner.
Doctor Liu was so angry that he tried to stroke his beard but found nothing. He stamped his feet and said, "Look at how cowardly you all are. What did you promise me before you came?"
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