Chapter 2686 Forged Letter
One of them stepped forward and said, "In reply to your Excellency's words, according to your previous prediction, we were near Baihu City and set up defenses along the Yulian River, and indeed, we captured this person!"
Song Zhiwen opened his eyes wide.
When Li Bushang heard this, he was not surprised at all. In fact, he didn't need to be surprised. He had been wary of the other party's move before he set out. Now, it was just his speculation that came true.
It was Murong Qiu Ming and Xue Huai En.
The two men's expressions suddenly changed. Xue Huai'en looked at Li Bushang, unable to believe his ears: "You, how could you——"
"How would I know that you would send people to White Tiger City, right?"
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"In fact, I have already speculated this."
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"Whether it's a country or a city, as long as there are people, as long as there are a lot of people, it's impossible to have a unified opinion. The Xue family wants to offer the city to the Yan Kingdom, so there must be people who want to compete with the Xue family for profit and oppose this move."
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"Those who oppose it may simply not want to surrender the city, or they may be looking for other supporters."
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"Besides our Yan Nation, the only other support you can find is King Nanli of the Neng Nation."
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"So, halfway through leaving Handongwei and rushing here, I had already sent half of my troops to guard along the way, observing whether any of you had any private dealings with the King of Nanli of the Neng Kingdom. Of course, I did succeed."
Xue Huai'en frowned and said, "But, there was clearly no such thing before—"
Having said that, he suddenly felt something.
He suddenly shut his mouth.
Li Bushan seemed to know what he wanted to say and said calmly, "That's right. I didn't stop the troops you sent to Baihu City to communicate with Arslan. They just came back to report the news and let me know that there were indeed people in Bailong City who were secretly in contact with Arslan."
At this moment, Ma Yuanju, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "Master Li, when did you meet the people you sent out?"
Li Bushang turned around and looked at him.
He said calmly: "It seems that the old man has remembered it."
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"That's right. It was the night after our two groups joined forces and prepared to travel overnight to join the people from the five major families on this side."
Ma Yuanju took a deep breath.
He looked at Li Bushang and said solemnly, "No wonder, no wonder Jiaojiao went to look for you that night but couldn't find you; and later, no matter how much he asked, Master Li refused to tell us where you had gone."
Li Bushang said calmly, "I didn't kill anyone. This kind of slander will eventually be exposed."
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"But before the truth of some things comes out, I can't let anyone know. I sent people to keep an eye on them."
Ma Yuanju looked at him deeply again.
The words "heroes emerge from youth" were clearly written in his eyes. He nodded and said nothing more.
Song Zhiwen asked softly, "But why didn't you intercept them then? They had other plans, so intercepting them would have been beneficial to you."
Li Bushang said calmly, "It doesn't mean much."
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"In the final analysis, you have the power to offer the city of Yan, and they naturally have the power to offer the city of Neng as well. They just discovered this matter, but it is still a matter of internal discussion. If this matter is exposed, it will make some of the originally wavering people lean towards your side."
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"What's more, as soon as I arrived here, I encountered the murder case of the head of the Cheng family."
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"I know I didn't kill him, but the killer is still hiding in the dark. His purpose is definitely to frame me and ruin our mission. Given this, I can't easily reveal my cards, because the truth of this murder case concerns not only the life and death of one person, but also the fate of your entire White Dragon City."
Song Zhiwen looked at him, his expression becoming serious.
I couldn't help but nodded slightly.
"you're right."
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"But why did you stop them again this time? How did you know that stopping them would get you the information you wanted?"
Li Bushang glanced at him, then looked at Xue Huai'en who was also confused.
He said calmly, "Why not ask Master Xue why he sent his confidant to deliver the message?"
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"I guess you are here to pass on the message to an important person. For you, the most important person right now should be Arslan from White Tiger City."
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"But what's the important news?"
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"Perhaps, he wants to ask you something, such as - after killing the head of the Cheng family, can you deal with us Jinyiwei and successfully get the other families to agree to hand over Bailong City to him."
“……!”
Hearing this, Xue Huai'en was suddenly shocked and suddenly understood. He opened his eyes wide and pointed at Li Bushang and said, "You, you, you——"
As he spoke, he took something out of his arms.
As if in disbelief, he said: "This, is this you——"
Song Zhiwen subconsciously took a step forward and took a closer look. What he held in his hand turned out to be a handkerchief.
Although it looked like an ordinary handkerchief, under the light of the fire, one could see some special patterns on it. Their Bailong City often traded with the people of the Neng Kingdom, especially with Arslan from the neighboring Baihu City. They knew a little about some of the patterns that could only be used by the royal family in the Neng Kingdom.
The pattern on the handkerchief was clearly that way.
However, not only were there some patterns on the handkerchief that could only be used by royal family members, he also saw some words on the handkerchief, which were the words of the Kingdom of Dian!
Li Bushang took a look at the handkerchief, especially the words on it.
The originally cold eyes flashed with a barely perceptible warmth almost instantly.
He then said, “Not bad.”
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"I had someone pass this thing to you."
Xue Huai'en said in disbelief: "But how come you have something that only the royal family of the Neng Kingdom has?"
Li Bushang said coldly, "Because our Yan Kingdom once produced a 'County Lady' from the Neng Kingdom."
Xue Huai'en was stunned.
Li Bushang said, "I know you're suspicious by nature and hard to fool. An ordinary letter might not be able to fool you. So, I specially used a handkerchief that only the royal family of the Neng Kingdom could use. Moreover, I specially sent it back to Handongwei and had someone who knew the Neng language forge a letter from Arslan and send it to you."
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"Only in this way can I lure you into taking the bait."
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"As for your reply—"
As he spoke, he glanced at Xue Zhen. The Jinyiwei guards who were escorting him immediately handed him the letter they had found on him. Li Bushan took it, took a look at it, and did not even open it. He raised his hand and handed it to Song Zhiwen.
"The truth is all here."
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