Chapter 296: Prematurely Creating Suspicions
The man trembled with pain all over his body, gritting his teeth and speaking incoherently, "It was… General Qu… Qu who sent me here. There are… there are only three of us… uh… since we left Dingzhou City… we… we followed you. I heard… I heard from the boss that the general… will be going into the mountains himself in the next few days, but… how many people he will bring with him, I… I don't know…"
Chen Fenghe and Xiao Yunshuo glanced at each other.
Xiao Yunshuo asked in a low voice: "What is Qu Wenmin's intention in going into the mountains?
"No... I don't know... The General... only told us to follow closely... Um... the deposed Queen and the deposed Crown Princess, but didn't say anything else..."
Chen Fenghe frowned slightly.
Qu Wenmin had guessed that she would not let Qin Mengyue go easily.
This person's answer also confirmed her guess.
But for a cannon fodder who was in charge of tracking to say it so clearly, it was a little too... obvious.
Given Qu Wenmin's personality, even if he still had feelings for Qin Mengyue, how could he be so blatant as to let his subordinates know his thoughts?
Even before in Dingzhou City, he instructed the Qin family to secretly sell Qin Mengyue to a brothel, and then he "heroically rescued" Qin Mengyue from the brothel and brought her back to the general's mansion. From beginning to end, he never openly admitted that Qin Mengyue was the exiled queen. It can be seen that he was still wary of coveting the current queen.
How come at this moment, he was so generous as to ask a cannon fodder to clearly state the reason why they were following the exile team?
Even if he said that he wanted to take the opportunity to deal with Chen Fenghe and vent his anger for his daughter, it would be more reasonable.
The only reason is that Qu Wenmin has other intentions.
Moreover, the reason why he put his obsession with Qin Mengyue out in the open was probably not for Chen Fenghe and Qin Mengyue to see, but to confuse others and cover up his true intentions.
What exactly is the intention and who is it to confuse?
Could it be... related to the sudden appearance of the Beirong soldiers?
Chen Fenghe knew this man wouldn't be able to get any more information out of her, so she changed the subject: "Since Qu Wenmin will be going into the mountains today, where is the meeting place you agreed to meet him at? Lead us there now. I urge you not to play tricks, because we've already captured your other companion. If you dare to lie and deliberately lead us astray, we'll have to kill both of you immediately!"
Just now, this person said that Qu Wenmin would go into the mountains in the next one or two days, but did not specifically say today. However, Chen Fenghe deliberately said it was today, and also lied that he had captured another companion of his. In fact, he was just cheating.
As expected, the man's face paled when he heard what Chen Fenghe said. He trembled and said, "So... so you already knew that the general had gone into the mountains? But... the general really didn't order the three of us to meet up with him. He only asked us to follow the exile team closely, without any other... orders..."
Chen Fenghe and Xiao Yunshuo couldn't help but frown when they heard this.
This man 'knew' that they had 'caught' his companion and would kill him immediately if he lied, but he still insisted that there was no meeting place, which didn't seem like he was lying.
This Qu Wenmin is really an old fox, so cautious!
Seeing that he couldn't ask any more questions, Xiao Yunshuo raised his hand and knocked the man unconscious.
Chen Fenghe then whispered, "What should we do? I suspect Qu Wenmin's men will attack the exile group tonight. Are we just going to passively wait for him to arrive and die?"
She, Xiao Yunshuo and Yuan Xu were more than capable of protecting Qin Mengyue and the three little ones.
But firstly, if she took action, Xiao Yunshuo and Yuan Xu's identities might be exposed. Secondly, Chen Wu, Yuan Xun and other officials had taken good care of them along the way, as well as Zhang Yuan's family and others. She didn't want them to suffer any unnecessary disaster.
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