King Junshan never expected that Tao Zhihong, who was in charge of the camp outside the capital, would lead his troops here.
Seeing this, his personal bodyguard Fei Qiong raised the knife in his hand and stood in front of his master.
He tried desperately to break out, but as soon as he swung his sword, he was pierced through by Tao Zhihong's superb long sword and died on the spot.
Blood splattered on the faces of King Junshan and Wang Lingchang.
They were stunned for a moment.
The people protecting behind them were all wiped out by Xiao Lichen and his men.
"Catch these two scums of the Great Zhou Dynasty."
At Tao Zhihong's command, several soldiers from the barracks, who were as strong as bulls, rushed forward, tied the arms of King Junshan and Wang Lingchang behind their backs, and pressed them so that they could not lift them up.
"Old man, you have finally come to this day. Last time in the court, you openly slandered me, the general, for embezzling military funds and plotting rebellion. Now it seems that you are the one being accused!"
Tao Zhihong had a stern face and cursed Wang Lingchang a few times.
"The victor is the king and the loser is the bandit. I have nothing to say!"
Wang Lingchang is quite stubborn!
At Tao Zhihong's suggestion, the two men were handed over to Xiao Lichen for handling.
After Xiao Yuwei took over, he immediately escorted the two men back to the capital overnight.
"General Tao, I hope your men can help transport the silver in this cave a few times."
Xiao Lichen was sitting in a wheelchair and was pushed out of the cave. He spoke politely and bowed to Tao Zhihong for help.
"You are so polite, Prince Xiao. The contents inside will definitely be safely delivered to the designated location before dawn."
Tao Zhihong waved his hand indifferently.
"It's all thanks to Prince Xiao tonight that these two extremely evil court parasites were apprehended and brought to justice. Otherwise, the Great Zhou would have been embroiled in another bloody storm!"
King Junshan Xiao Long, as a prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty and Your Majesty's uncle, has been planning a rebellion for more than ten years. In order to frame the Duke of Zhuguo for treason, he colluded with the northern barbarians, launched several wars against the Great Zhou Dynasty on the front line, helped the northern barbarians to pass on information, and caused the lives of many soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty to be lost in vain.
His hands were covered with countless blood. For a man of blood like Tao Zhihong, he wanted to chop off his head on the spot.
When the Northern Barbarians were approaching, he was still very young and was just a soldier in the cavalry battalion. It was thanks to his father-in-law, Wu Daozhi, who turned the tide and worked together with his brother-in-law and a group of young generals. They fought bravely for three months and stopped the Northern Barbarians' cavalry outside the northern border defense line, thus defending the Great Zhou.
Otherwise, King Junshan and Wang Lingchang, who had colluded with him at the time, would be the main culprits for the destruction of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
"They framed my grandparents back then, and now it's time for them to pay back."
At Xiao Lichen's signal, he left here with these people and returned to the capital.
Tao Zhihong looked at his departing back, his eyes filled with admiration.
The Crown Prince of Yong has grown into a man of great potential. With him around, the Zhou court will remain in peace.
Turning around, with a command from Tao Zhihong, his men pushed cart after cart into the cave.
This made Tao Yuwei, who had been watching the excitement for most of the night, jealous.
Especially outside the cave, Tao Yuwei was so amazed by the spectacular sight of carts filled with gold, silver and other items lined up in a long queue and being pulled out of the cave.
[Oh my goodness, how many goodies did the previous emperor hide here?]
If I could have so many good things, I would definitely go to the lottery every day.
In this mountain, Tao Zhihong was so frightened when he suddenly heard his daughter's voice that he almost dropped the long crowbar in his hand.
His expression darkened when his gaze fell on the figures standing nearby outside the cave.
No wonder he didn't notice it just now. It turned out that his daughter was standing behind one of Prince Xiao's guards, and her figure was blocked by these people.
Seeing his daughter, Tao Zhihong shouted angrily, "Tao Yuwei, how dare you lie to me and your mother and say you were going to a farm outside Beijing to escape the summer heat?"
Dad's figure suddenly appeared, and Tao Yuwei was so scared that she burst into laughter.
"Oh, Dad, I really didn't lie to you. Look, this is the eldest daughter of Jiang Zhubu from the Ministry of Rites. We are indeed spending the summer at a nearby farm!"
She quickly hugged her father's arm and kept saying nice things to him.
Only then did Tao Zhihong realize that in addition to her daughter, there was also a young girl.
It was not appropriate to continue scolding them in front of outsiders, so Tao Zhihong called two soldiers to escort his daughter and the others back to the farm.
As for why my daughter is here, is there any need to ask? Of course, it is due to her special abilities.
He didn't want to explain it clearly, so he decided to settle the score with her when he got home.
"Stop wasting time and go!"
It's not safe for a girl to go to the mountains in the middle of the night. Fortunately, I know my daughter is very skilled.
[After a busy night and having seen the treasure, it's time to go back.]
Tao Yuwei raised her head and yawned, then pulled up the stiff Jiang Siyan and turned to leave.
The two of them and two soldiers were riding on horses, and they realized something was wrong after running for a while.
It turned out that the white-haired wolf king was still running behind them.
"Brother Wolf, please go back. I'll send you the thank-you gift this afternoon after daybreak."
【Okay, little girl, goodbye! 】
The white wolf turned and ran into the nearby woods, disappearing from sight.
"Let's go back too!"
Tao Yuwei ignored Jiang Siyan's thoughtful look, and kept yawning and crying because she was so sleepy.
In this way, the two of them sat on horses and were safely returned to the farm before dawn.
After they came back, they felt something was wrong in the yard, but because they had been running for most of the night and were very sleepy, they didn't pay much attention to it.
The two of them returned to their room, fell asleep, and went to sleep.
And in the village not far from the farm.
The male protagonist Xiao Chengyan did not sleep all night.
He sat alone in the guest room arranged for him by the village chief's house. He felt uneasy all night and felt as if he had lost something particularly important.
A heart-wrenching pain invaded him, making it difficult for him to fall asleep.
He was not the only one who didn't sleep well that night.
Xiao Lichen brought the captured Junshan King Xiao Long and Wang Lingchang back to the prison.
He didn't even have time to sleep and interrogated the two men overnight.
King Junshan was captured and not only lost the treasure he had just found, but also lost an arm. Perhaps he was heartbroken.
Soon after, he confessed.
He confessed that he had taken advantage of the late emperor's suspicion that Duke Zhuguo, the Grand Marshal of the Northern Frontier Army, was more powerful than his master, and together with Wang Lingchang, he colluded with the northern barbarians, forged witnesses, and framed Duke Zhuguo's family for treason.
He even took advantage of Concubine Huo's feelings for him and framed the Duke of Zhuguo's youngest daughter for murdering the Fourth Prince, and was executed on the spot by the late emperor.
Wang Lingchang no longer cared. He frankly confessed his crimes of treason and embezzlement of annual silver from the national treasury.
After getting the evidence, it was already bright outside.
After a simple wash, Xiao Lichen wrote a memorial and rushed to court.
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