He hadn't paid much attention to Sang Xuanqing's appearance before; who would deliberately pay attention to a spy who could be eliminated at any moment? But now, he noticed that her features were three-dimensional under the orange-red firelight, and her facial contours and light brown eyes gave him a strange sense of familiarity.
Because of this strange sense of familiarity, he automatically recalled her pitiful words from earlier, as well as Wei Yao's words of confirmation, and then discovered a very strange coincidence.
Both families have a lame older brother, a mentally challenged younger sister, and houses that were burned down...
"Recently, how many houses in Hegou Village have been burned down?" he asked quietly.
Zheng Quchi and Wei Yao were unsure who he was asking about.
So Zheng Quchi said, "...Uh, it should only be our family, right?"
Wei Yao also said, "Only the Sang family in Hegou Village."
Yuwen Sheng continued, "Sang Xuanqing, why have you been asking about Liu Fengmian?"
When Zheng Quchi heard this, his scalp tingled.
Why do Wang Zebang and Wei Yao, those two old bastards, have such a loose tongue, spreading everything to the leaders?!
Why inquire about "Liu Fengmian"? Why? Zheng Quchi couldn't think of a convincing reason for a moment, and could only stammer for a while.
Wang Zebang found it strange. Liu Fengmian?
He remembered—wasn't this the pseudonym he had given the general when he went on a blind date?
But the name Liu Fengmian wasn't chosen out of thin air; there really was such a person. But what did that have to do with Sang Xuanqing? When she asked him about people with the surname "Liu," he thought it was some kind of contact or suspicious person, and he even searched the entire camp.
Although Wei Yao felt somewhat apologetic towards Sang Xuanqing, he would not hide anything about her from the general, even though he truly did not want to see her being blamed and pressured by the general.
Because Zheng Quchi had been stammering for a long time without providing a reasonable explanation, Yuwen Sheng's eyes were bloodshot and lifeless, as dark and deep as water.
He strode past the crowd of people who tried to stop him and walked toward Zheng Quchi.
At this moment, everyone realized that something was wrong with the general. The tense atmosphere that seemed about to erupt made their hearts pound. Some people wanted to persuade him, but they were too intimidated by his murderous aura to utter a sound.
Wei Yao tried to step forward to stop them, but was kicked away by Yuwen Sheng.
Wei Yao wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and cried out urgently, "General!"
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