Chapter 584 Acting
Jiang Jinyan directly sowed discord, saying, "Do you still want to exchange your freedom for the Fourth Prince? He has killed many people in the Southern Kingdom and sent people to rob a lot of property."
Tu Jina continued, “My father does not support my fourth brother at all, and even resents his actions. What he did was simply outrageous. Since he killed people from your Great Zhou Kingdom, my father's intention is to let you deal with him as you see fit, which is also a way to give the Great Zhou Kingdom an explanation.”
Meng Yao said, "In that case, we will use it to commemorate the souls of those they killed."
Xie Shang and Jiang Fenghua were naturally unaware that their Xie family members were behind this, so they were completely baffled by Tu Jina's remarks.
Back in his tent, Xie Shang received another message from the Great Zhou Kingdom. He said to Jiang Fenghua, "We need to return home as soon as possible."
"What happened?"
“There are some government affairs to attend to.” He added, “Let’s go see Tu Jun first; he might have a pleasant surprise for us.”
In fact, Tu Jun had just been escorted outside the banquet hall and listened to the discussions inside. He already knew that the vassal state had no intention of saving him.
The two then went to the dungeon together. "Your Highness, you just heard it with your own ears, didn't you? Your vassal state has no intention of rescuing you or even caring about your life or death. If you still refuse to talk, we will have no choice but to throw you into the sea to feed the fish."
Tu Jun's eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, "That damned woman Tu Jina, she must be trying to get rid of me for her own brother. They would love for me to die out there so they can seize the throne."
Jiang Fenghua said, "The vassal king wanted to save you and was prepared to have the vassal army withdraw from Linhai in exchange for your freedom. However, after the vassal envoy arrived, he went back on his word. The evil deeds you committed aroused the wrath of both gods and men. Nobody wanted you to live. This is your retribution."
"Retribution? The one who should truly suffer retribution is Tu Jina's brother, Tu Yue." Tu Jun continued, "They didn't save me because they wanted to seize the throne of the vassal state. It was also Tu Yue who wanted to attack the Southern Kingdom and the Great Zhou Kingdom. I was just trying to make some money from it all..."
Xie Shang said, "Do you know who else is helping Tu Jina and her brother devise plans? You should know that you could have gone back, but they suddenly changed their minds, which is why we have been detaining you."
Tu Jun wasn't stupid either, and he started to negotiate, "If I tell you, can you let me go back?" If he could return to China, he would definitely not let Tu Gina and Tu Yue go.
Xie Shang said, "If what you say is valuable, we can consider letting you go."
Tu Jun said, “I only know that Tu Yue has a strategist by his side, everyone calls him Young Master Yun. He seems to be a citizen of the Great Zhou Kingdom. Tu Yue seems to trust him, and Young Master Yun also gives him advice. Tu Yue’s repeated merits seem to be due to Young Master Yun’s contribution. My father ordered me to guard the customs. I have power in my hands, so Tu Yue doesn’t dare to touch me. This time he must be trying to take the opportunity to eliminate me. Tu Jina wants to marry Prince Heng. She must have ill intentions.”
Jiang Fenghua said coldly, "You trained Song Peng and the pirates to harm the people of the Southern Kingdom. How will you repay this debt?"
Tu Jun was startled by her sharp gaze. "Your Great Zhou Kingdom has a saying: 'If a man doesn't look out for himself, he'll be punished by heaven and earth.' I was just after money. At first, I was a legitimate businessman. It was Song Peng and his men who came up with the idea of disguising themselves as pirates to kidnap passersby. Later, they became bolder and bolder, even going so far as to swindle and cheat people in the Southern Kingdom." Since Song Peng was dead, he shifted all the blame onto Song Peng and the pirates.
Jiang Fenghua and Xie Shang were well aware of this, so they didn't dwell on it too much. Good and evil will eventually be rewarded, and Tu Jun will be punished for the evil deeds he has done sooner or later.
Xie Shang asked, "Was the idea of seizing the Southern Kingdom by exploiting internal strife in the South your idea?"
Tu Jun quickly denied it, "It wasn't me, it was Tu Yue. I guess it was also his strategist Yun who gave him advice."
"Still not telling the truth?" Jiang Fenghua pulled out a dagger and held it to his neck.
Tu Jun was terrified. "Father also knows that the vassal states do indeed want to use this route to attack the Great Zhou Kingdom."
"So they're all birds of a feather." Jiang Fenghua sheathed her dagger. "None of them are clean."
The vassal king also wanted to attack the Southern Kingdom and the Great Zhou. He turned a blind eye and let his sons fight over it. Finally, when the Great Zhou army stormed into the vassal king's naval camp, he blamed all the mistakes on Tu Jun and made him bear the burden alone.
Now, the prince has sent Tu Jina and Tu Yue, who have a bad relationship with Tu Jun, to rescue him. The prince knows that his sons are not united, but instead of stopping them, he intensifies their infighting. The prince doesn't even care about Tu Jun's life or death. What kind of people are they?
Xie Shang said, "No matter who this Young Master Yun is, he is a person with ill intentions."
He said to Jiang Fenghua, "Young Master Yun may have also considered using the Southern Kingdom, but the King of the Southern Kingdom was determined to submit to the Great Zhou Dynasty, so he settled for the vassal state instead, and the final result was that he led the vassal state to war with the Great Zhou Dynasty."
Jiang Fenghua also said, "So now we need to find out who Young Master Yun really is."
Xie Shang nodded, then said to Tu Jun in a deep voice, "I will help you ascend to the throne of the vassal state, but you must agree to one condition."
Tu Jun was stunned, unable to believe his ears. He did not want the Great Zhou Kingdom to help him seize the throne. He said, "What are the conditions? I have never seen the young master surnamed Yun's true face. He should be a young man in his twenties. You can ask Tu Jina. They are birds of a feather. He knows martial arts. I cannot kill him."
"My condition is that after you become king, you lead your people out of Linhai and guarantee that you will never enter Linhai again."
Tu Jun nodded immediately after hearing this, "I swear that as long as I become the king of the vassal state, I guarantee that neither I nor my descendants will invade the Great Zhou Kingdom. I never intended to attack the Great Zhou Dynasty."
After leaving the dungeon, Jiang Fenghua asked, "How does Your Highness plan to help him seize the throne? A man like him is not worth dying for. If he really becomes the king of a vassal state, who knows how many heinous things he will do."
Xie Shang said, "He truly deserves to die. The reason I didn't kill him when I captured him was because he was still useful as a prince of a vassal state. If the Great Zhou really sends troops to attack the vassal state, it will be harmful to us and bring us no benefit. In recent years, I have not wanted the Great Zhou to have any more wars. I only want to recuperate. But since there are so many internal conflicts in the vassal state, why don't we give them a push and let them fight among themselves? As long as Tu Jina and Tu Yue fall into Tu Jun's hands, Young Master Yun won't be able to cause any trouble."
Xie Shang's gaze was cold and deep. "No matter what his identity is, he's nothing to fear. Next, we'll put on a good show for Tu Jina."
Jiang Fenghua knew all of Xie Shang's plans and cooperated with him.
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