Chapter 3253: Not Alliance, But Utilization
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside. After a while, someone hurried in and whispered, "Your Majesty, the Jinyiwei has returned with the news."
Zhu Feng said, "Let Fang Buyuan come in and talk to me."
When the man heard this, he immediately said, "Yes."
After saying that, he turned around and ran out. Zhu Feng walked directly into the cell and looked down at Chao Lu, whose face was ashen and who was only breathing his last breath. Nan Yan followed behind him and felt more and more strange about his behavior at this time. However, at this time, she was very sensible and did not ask a single word, just watching quietly.
After a while, Fang Buyuan strode in from outside, walked straight to the cell door, and knelt on the ground.
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
Zhu Feng turned his head and glanced at him, "What's the situation?"
Fang Buyuan said, "In reply to the emperor, I led several Jinyiwei to track down the fugitive Agula and tracked him down to Baihu City four days later."
"ah?!"
Although she knew she shouldn't speak at this time, Nan Yan couldn't hide her surprise and let out a low cry when she heard the words "White Tiger City".
Zhu Feng narrowed his eyes slightly, without showing too much surprise.
He just said slowly: "White Tiger City..."
Fang Buyuan said, "According to my observations, the Eastern Chaga tribe's headquarters here, where they replenish their food and water, is White Tiger City. They are very likely to have allied with the Neng Kingdom—or rather, with the Nanli King Arslan."
"joint……"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Feng sneered and said, "If we unite, the only people who have caused trouble for me in the northwest in recent years are the Dongchahe tribe, and there is not a single person from the Neng Kingdom."
"this--"
“It’s not about union, it’s about exploitation.”
Zhu Feng said coldly, "Arslan is hiding in White Tiger City, providing them with food and water, and then using these people to constantly harass the northwest border."
At this point, he sneered, "He only has to pay a little forage and water, but the trouble he brings me is endless. And every time the Eastern Chaga tribe plunders a passing caravan, they can obtain a large amount of goods, even treasures. If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid I'll have to split all these things with him."
“…”
"In this way, he even earned back the food and water."
Fang Buyuan said: "I think this is very possible."
When Nan Yan heard these words, her brows were immediately twisted into a knot. She didn't expect that Arslan was still causing trouble for them and using such despicable means.
She couldn't help but grit her teeth: "Damn it!"
At this moment, the military doctor squatting on the ground taking care of Chao Lu suddenly said, "Oh!"
Everyone looked down and saw Chao Lu's face suddenly turn from green to yellow, as if he had regained consciousness. Zhu Feng glanced at him and continued to ask Fang Buyuan, "Is that it?"
"Also, there's one more thing."
"What is it? Tell me."
Fang Buyuan said: "We also brought back Agula's body."
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire dungeon fell silent.
Nan Yan suddenly opened his eyes wide, with an expression as if he couldn't believe his ears. Not only him, but also Chen Zixiao and several other deputy generals who were following him showed expressions of disbelief.
Although, Agula was only a minor character in this matter, a chess piece that seemed very important but became insignificant after being used - after all, now that the location of White Tiger City had been found, he had no value at all to them.
But, people still couldn't believe it.
He's actually dead?!
Moreover, as the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Fang Buyuan was not supposed to track the escaped prisoners. Not only did he do it, he even brought back Agula's body.
This is even more incredible.
Just as everyone was horrified, Chao Lu, who was lying on the ground, suddenly opened his eyes. His deeply sunken eyes were bloodshot, and he looked like a demon crawling out of hell. He stared at Fang Buyuan and said, "Ah, Agula, my son, what happened to him? What happened to him?"
Fang Buyuan looked down at him and said expressionlessly, "Dead."
“…”
"We've brought his body back."
Chao Lu immediately shook his head, his whole body trembling as if he had just woken from a nightmare, and he kept saying, "Impossible, impossible, I saved him, I released him. How could he die, how could he die?"
After saying this, he suddenly came back to his senses.
He raised his head, staring at Fang Buyuan with a pair of red eyes, and said, "You must have killed him!"
As he said this, he struggled to stand up and pounce on Fang Buyuan, but at this time, he was already at the end of his strength and didn't even have the strength to stand up. His upper body bounced on the ground, and then he fell back heavily.
The military doctor hurriedly said, "Don't do this. If your wound opens again, there will be no chance of recovery."
Chao Lu couldn't struggle and tears came out.
Zhu Feng winked at Fang Buyuan.
Fang Buyuan nodded gently, then stepped forward to Chao Lu's side. Looking down at his tearful face, he said coldly, "I didn't kill him. Your son is only important to you, but to us, he's just an escaped captive. We simply tracked him to White Tiger City, but I wasn't the one who killed him."
Chao Lu said: "Who is that? Who wants to kill him?"
Fang Buyuan said, "We lingered outside White Tiger City all night, hoping to gather information on the enemy's situation. At daybreak, we saw people inside carrying his body out. They didn't bury it, but simply dumped it somewhere."
Chao Lu closed his eyes in pain, tears rolling down his cheeks.
Fang Buyuan continued, "Although he was not worth mentioning to us, the dead are the greatest, and we couldn't bear to see his body being eaten by wild wolves and vultures in the wilderness, so we brought him back."
“…”
"Do you want to see it? Once you take a look, you'll have to bury it. We can't let it go any longer in this weather."
Chaolu couldn't help but burst into tears.
At this time, he had lost the strength of a warrior, and only the fragility of a father who had just lost his child remained. He said, "Let me see him, let me see him again."
Fang Buyuan made a gesture, and the people outside immediately came in carrying a corpse.
Suddenly, a foul smell filled the entire cell.
Everyone frowned, covered their noses, and took two steps back. When Nan Yan saw the corpse, she turned her face to the side. Zhu Feng held her in his arms.
When he saw the corpse, especially the hemp rope around its neck, which showed that the cervical vertebrae had been strangled to death, Chao Lu threw himself on Agula's corpse and burst into tears.
Hearing his mournful cry, Nan Yan suddenly looked up and glanced at Zhu Feng.
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