Chapter 218 Five Years of Vengeance
However, Gu Huan never expected that Qi Jun and several other generals of the Mu family army were imprisoned by the Ministry of Justice as soon as they arrived in Beijing.
They all thought that they were going to Beijing to be rewarded based on their merits.
Gu Huan was stunned when she got the news.
"Why?"
Chi Yan said with a sullen face: "It is said that there are spies in the Mu family army, and the Ministry of War will strictly interrogate them."
Gu Huan was anxious: "There are spies, but they are not them! This is simply a pretext for framing someone! Where is Ziyuan? What did he say?"
"The master said that only when they take action will the flaws be revealed."
Gu Huan's hands tightly grasped the brocade bag hanging around her waist, which contained the "Dongfeng" given to her by Mu Junyan.
But he didn't say that this east wind would bring punishment to those soldiers who fought in the bloody battlefields!
"Nothing else to say?"
Chi Yan was afraid that she would get anxious and angry, so he relaxed his expression and said slowly: "Madam, don't worry. The master has a plan. Qi Jun and the others are all generals who have experienced hundreds of battles. They are all as hard as iron and can't be pried open."
"That's why I'm anxious!"
Gu Huan’s face turned pale.
What does this mean?
Want them to be punished?
"Madam, please be patient. You have just been imprisoned today. If there is no evidence, the Ministry of Justice will not dare to do anything rash."
Gu Huan felt relieved after hearing this, but soon her mind got back on track and she thought of another possibility.
She lowered her voice and asked, "Do you think all the people who were arrested are loyal to Ziyuan?"
Chi Yan admired the lady again. She was indeed not just a little girl at home anymore.
He hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to answer.
Human nature is so unpredictable.
Gu Huan's eyes widened: "You hesitated! What if, I mean what if, who can't stand the torture, what if you talk nonsense?"
Chi Yan: "My Lord said that the east wind is in your hands, so you don't have to be afraid of the occasional headwind. But, please make sure you act when it matters most, so that you can show your true colors."
She was a little annoyed.
Is it for the sake of authenticity that I didn't tell her clearly how and when the wind blows?
Do you think too highly of her?
Gu Huan was a little panicked and couldn't make up her mind for a while, so she went straight to find the old lady.
Seeing that she looked bad, the old lady quickly told Yi Niang to bring her a bowl of soothing soup and asked her to call Chen Li over.
"Don't worry about anything. If the sky falls, I have an old woman to hold it up for you."
Gu Huan's eyes were red as she told her what Chi Yan had told her.
The old lady asked, "I heard that Mr. Min followed you?"
Gu Huan was stunned. The old lady knew Min Dongsheng.
Then he nodded: "Yes. Mr. Min has ambitions, and his goals are the same as Ziyuan's, but he is more radical, so Ziyuan locked him up to temper his temper."
Gu Huan recounted the process of how she persuaded Min Dongsheng.
"Then please ask Mr. Min to come and discuss it together."
Gu Huan was surprised, but she quickly realized that the old lady must know everything about Mu Junyan's army.
After a while, Donghua invited Min Dongsheng.
Chen Li also came over.
After hearing what Gu Huan said, Min Dongsheng immediately became excited: "The Duke has finally taken action! He should have taken action long ago! Those ditch bugs should have died long ago!"
Gu Huan was anxious: "Several generals are in prison, don't you think about how to save them first?"
"Of course we can't save them. If we do, it will prove that the Mu family army has the intention of rebellion. Who knows, some people may be waiting for us to save them."
"What if they use torture?"
Min Dongsheng didn't care: "That's natural."
Gu Huan glared at him: "You!"
The old lady agreed: "Mr. Min is right. You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child. We must not let this happen again."
Gu Huan was shocked.
Again?
She glanced at the old lady and said carefully, "Mother, do you know that five years ago..."
"I know."
The old lady interrupted her before she could finish.
"Not only do I know, my husband and my son also know."
Gu Huan was shocked: "Are you saying that you knew about the trap set up by someone to frame them five years ago?"
The old lady smiled, but her eyes were filled with anger: "Yes, I know. But the evidence was insufficient, and Ziyuan had not yet inherited the title, so we endured it."
After saying this, the old lady stood up and went into the inner room. After a while, she came back holding a package tightly wrapped in Shu brocade.
"Huan'er, don't be afraid."
Gu Huan nodded: "My daughter-in-law is not afraid."
She is also a person who has experienced cruelty and bloodshed.
The old lady carefully placed it on the eight-immortals table and opened the package, revealing three blood-stained clothes inside.
Gu Huan and Min Dongsheng were both shocked.
"This is……"
"The lining my husband and the eldest and second brothers wore under their armor when they died."
She opened one and saw four large characters written in blood on it: "Serve the country with loyalty and devotion".
The second piece also had "eradicate the traitors and punish the evil" written in blood.
The third thing is, "Protect our mountains and rivers."
Three pieces of clothing with large blood-stained words on them were shocking.
Gu Huan was stunned.
Under what circumstances would the three generals write words in blood on their inner garments?
These bloody words make people feel the injustice and grief in their hearts.
The old lady took Shen Li's hand and said to Gu Huan, "Shen Li is not the daughter of Doctor Shen, but the daughter of Doctor Shen's younger brother. Her father and the second son were seriously injured in the desperate fight that was framed by someone. They were rescued by Zi Yuan who came with reinforcements. But later, they died at the hands of the treacherous man."
Gu Huan looked at the cold Chen Li in astonishment.
She heard about her father's tragic death again and her eyes became red.
The old lady continued, "Back then, Ziyuan discovered something and wanted to find out the truth about his father and brother's death. He returned to the capital and sent all the evidence he found, as well as the testimonies written by the old generals who participated in the battle and survived, to the cabinet through the Ministry of War and presented them to the Saint."
The more Gu Huan listened, the more shocked she became.
The events of five years ago have not been clarified, which means that the saint did not redress their grievances at all. Instead, he forced Ziyuan and his mother to be more restrained. One refused to marry and have children, and the other pretended to be crazy!
The old lady's tone was calm, but if you listened carefully you could taste the suppressed anger.
"In the end, several veterans all died tragically..."
The old lady suddenly broke down, tears streaming down her face. She was choked with sobs and unable to speak. She bit her lips and cried silently.
Yi Niang hurriedly supported her, and Gu Huan also panicked and stroked her back gently, her heart aching.
Chen Li's eyes were red as he continued, "Prince Jiang took advantage of the Duke's absence in Beijing and secretly took the imperial edict to Juzhou. Before the Mu family army could react, he immediately imprisoned several veterans who survived the battle and my father for the crime of treason and forced them to write down the confession of the old Duke and the two Mu generals, but they all refused and were tortured to death!"
The warm room felt like an ice cave, and the suffocating feeling oppressed Gu Huan.
She felt uncomfortable in her heart.
It’s actually like this!
How can this be!
Chen Li looked at Gu Huan with tears in his eyes. Seeing that her face was pale, he took her hand, put his fingertips on her pulse, and said lightly: "Don't be too excited. Anger and anxiety will not help."
Gu Huan bit her lips tightly to stop herself from crying, but she couldn't control her tears from falling.
She grabbed Chen Li's hand and looked at the cold-faced Chen Li with tearful eyes.
Shen Li spoke calmly, word by word, "At that time, I was still young and my medical skills were not good enough, so I failed to save my father and several old generals. From that day on, I swore that I would only practice poison, and I would poison them to death! No one would be spared!"
Min Dongsheng suddenly understood: "No wonder. The Duke once told me that patience is the strongest counterattack. During the five years I was imprisoned, the Mu family army was seriously injured. The Duke's patience, plus the old lady pretending to be crazy, made the emperor let down his guard and let some people relax their vigilance. After inheriting the title, he returned to Southern Xinjiang and promoted new generals. He used five years to completely suppress Southern Xinjiang, and then planned to return to Beijing to avenge the blood feud five years ago!"
Gu Huan also understood.
The current situation is actually the same as it was five years ago. The Jiang family tried every means to control Mu Junyan and seize the military power of the Mu family.
It was just that five years ago, Prince Jiang secretly went to Juzhou and killed a group of veteran generals.
Now, they thought that Mu Junyan was dead and there was no one in the Mu family to lead the troops, so they openly tricked him into the capital and put him in jail.
Gu Hua: "I understand. But I am worried. Can I hand over what Ziyuan gave me? How can I make this thing become Dongfeng?"
The old lady asked, "Child, what did he give you?"
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