On the other side, Cheng Wuan said nothing, and the veterans behind him were also distracted, occasionally casting their eyes towards the man in black who was being pinned down.
They are not only good friends who fought side by side with Cheng Wuan, but Qin Zao is also a comrade they trust in their hearts.
But when a former comrade-in-arms broke into another friend's house dressed in black, even if they wanted to joke that they were going to reminisce about the past, they probably couldn't bring themselves to say it.
Before, Cheng Wuan found them and invited them to the general's mansion. Along the way, no matter what they asked, he said nothing.
Afterwards, they followed a group of soldiers led by Cheng Wuan and ambushed in the dark yard.
Just as the situation was going on, a man in black suddenly jumped in from outside the wall, and it was as if God was playing a joke on them.
The man in black who broke into the general's mansion with ill intentions was actually Qin Zao.
The person who set the fire and created the chaos also looked familiar. He was the young guard who had always followed Qin Zao.
Cheng Wuan prepared to interrogate this old friend personally. As for Liu Hu, he was sent to another interrogation tent and handed over to other people.
In the interrogation room, Cheng Wuan looked at Qin Zao, his thoughts confused for a moment, and finally he spoke in a hoarse voice.
"Why, Lao Qin? Why did you betray Ming Qichao? Betray us?"
Qin Zao knelt on the ground with his back straight, his eyes closed, and did not respond at all to Cheng Wuan's questioning.
"Lao Qin, please speak up. We have known each other for so many years. How could you do such a thing?"
"Yeah, we were drinking together not long ago, cursing the barbarians and wanting to drive those bastards back home. How could you do that?"
Qin Zao did not respond when Cheng Wuan spoke to him, but when he heard the voices and content of several comrades speaking nearby, his expression changed slightly and quickly returned to calm.
"And Lao Cheng, maybe there's a misunderstanding here, Lao Qin."
Cheng Wuan was about to say something when someone suddenly came to report that they had gone to the house related to Qin Zao and searched it.
Finally, some correspondence was found in the study of a house owned by one of his soldiers.
Cheng Wuan said in a deep voice, "Show it to me."
Qin Zao's brows jumped, and he opened his eyes and looked at Cheng Wuan who was sitting above him.
He sneered, "Don't read it, those are the letters I sent to the barbarians to reveal Cheng Yu'an's actions."
Cheng Wuan's hands trembled. Although he heard what Qin Zao said below, he still didn't give up. He opened the stack of letters one by one and read them.
When he spoke again this time, his eyes were red and his voice was trembling.
"Qin Zao, why?"
"Hahahaha, you actually asked me why? Since you've made my life difficult, I don't want to make it easy for you either."
After saying this, Qin Zao closed his eyes again. No matter how they asked or said, he didn't say a word.
Things are at a stalemate on the question of why Qin Zao committed treason.
But the people sent by Wutulu outside the city to pick up Qin Zao waited for most of the day.
At the beginning, I could still patiently comfort myself and continue to wait for a while.
As a result, when dawn came, there was no sign of the person who was supposed to pick them up, and no one came to inform us whether the mission had failed.
He could only return in disappointment and report the situation to General Utulu.
As soon as Wutulu heard this, he knew that the plan had failed and Qin Zao, his ally, was useless.
It just so happened that at this time his subordinates, who were not good at reading the expressions, kept asking him what to do next.
After sending the men away, he began to seriously consider the possibility of successfully attacking the city with the entire army's strength.
After the general's mansion was almost cleaned up, Song Sanniang left a message for Xie Jinze's men, asking him to tell him after he woke up.
Then he returned to the military camp. At that time, Cheng Wuan and several generals (witnesses) from yesterday were still staying with Qin Zao.
As for Liu Hu, under the threat of writing a letter to tell his mother that he was not a man of integrity but a traitor, he confessed everything he knew and had done.
But as to why Qin Zao targeted the Cheng family and betrayed Ming Qichao, he only knew that Qin Zao had previously forged a feud with General Cheng Wuan.
He was not clear about the details of what happened.
Cheng Wuan didn't expect that the cause of the incident was actually him, but he recalled his memories over the years and didn't know where he had offended Qin Zao.
The other old generals also looked around but couldn't figure it out.
They looked at each other in confusion, and finally the matter came back to Qin Zao, but he was stubborn and refused to speak.
Cheng Wuan is a man of great loyalty and righteousness, and he has several old friends in front of him, so the relationship is still there.
I can't torture Qin Zao, my former comrade-in-arms, in front of them. If I really do that, I will always feel uncomfortable when I meet him in the future.
The result was that the four of them took turns lobbying, and their mouths were almost dry, but Qin Zao still knelt stubbornly and said nothing.
"Let me tell you."
Several people followed the sound and saw Song Sanniang opening the tent door and striding in.
"Once upon a time, there was a general. His parents died when he was young, and he grew up eating food from hundreds of families in the village. At the age of sixteen, he joined the army with great ambitions."
"Because he was fearless and ruthless on the battlefield, he gradually rose through the ranks and was eventually promoted to general along with several of his comrades. He enjoyed immense fame and fortune."
"He soon married and they had a happy family. However, he didn't expect that his wife would have a difficult labor when she gave birth to his eldest daughter, and she would have difficulty having children again."
"After marrying and having children, he was unwilling to see his promising career and official position go unheard, so he secretly took on a mistress without his wife's knowledge."
"Not long after, his concubine gave birth to a son, who was registered under someone else's name."
"Time passed quickly, and the son born to the concubine grew up. Under the general's arrangement, he entered the military camp where he was."
"He thought his son's life was safe under his watch, but he didn't expect that his son, spoiled and unable to endure hardship, would desert the battlefield and eventually be executed."
"Shut up, I said shut up!"
Song Sanniang smiled as she watched Qin Zao's collapse and loss of composure, and did not continue speaking. However, everyone present understood that the general in her story was Qin Zao.
When Cheng Wuan heard this, he vaguely remembered that there was a new recruit who deserted.
He beheaded the man in public according to military law.
At that time, Qin Zao seemed to have softened his heart and even pleaded for mercy for the man. However, if he did not do so, the military prestige would be gone and the morale of the army would be dispersed.
So he didn't listen to the advice and was beheaded.
Cheng Wuan had thought about it for a long time, but he never expected that Qin Zao would hold a grudge against him because of this incident.
The other three old generals were also heartbroken.
"Just for an unfilial son, is it worth it?"
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