Chapter 421 Underestimated Him
"Speak." Zhang Zhiyao narrowed his eyes slightly and said indifferently.
He remembered that this woman was also brought back from outside by Zhang Dong.
Ma Tingting secretly swallowed her saliva, then said righteously, "As far as I know, General Liang Cheng has abused his power for personal gain and perverted the law, considering the Hubei Army his own. This behavior has already betrayed Your Majesty and the court! I ask you to take this opportunity to submit evidence of Liang Cheng's crimes to Your Majesty. With this, Liang Cheng will not escape punishment!"
She thought she had guessed what Zhang Zhiyao was thinking, and looked at him with increasing confidence as she spoke.
"Heh," Zhang Zhiyao chuckled, but unfortunately the smile didn't reach his eyes. "How did you know that the general was abusing his power and bending the law? How did you know that he considered the Hubei North Army to be his?"
Ma Tingting lowered her eyes, her eyeballs moved, and she quickly looked up at him and said, "To be honest, sir, I was born in an official family. Later, because I committed a crime, my father and brother were exiled to northern Hubei."
She exaggerated her experience, making up a bunch of nonsense, and finally said, wiping her tears, "If Liang Cheng hadn't been so partial to the Shen family, I wouldn't have ended up like a prostitute. I don't accept it!"
Ma Tingting's mind raced. She had already arranged a retreat and could escape from the prefectural government at any time. This set of words only deepened Zhang Zhiyao's determination to overthrow Liang Cheng.
Zhang Zhiyao looked at her with a half-smile. Before Ma Tingting could figure out what he was thinking, she shouted outside, "Come here, lock up this audacious woman who dared to slander the general. When I have time, I'll send her to the general."
Does this woman in front of me think that all men in the world are fools?
From the moment she entered the room and began to plead for Zhang Dong in a half-hearted manner, Zhang Zhiyao didn't like her.
After that, she deliberately tried to make him oppose Liang Cheng, and even made up a high-sounding reason, which made him very disgusted.
He admitted that ever since he was sent to northern Hubei, everyone in Dajin thought that he and Liang Cheng were sworn enemies who were not on good terms with each other.
However, everyone underestimated him, Zhang Zhiyao.
"What sir? Didn't you hear clearly? What I said was..." Ma Tingting panicked and quickly opened her mouth to explain.
But Zhang Zhiyao didn't even look at her, waved his hand, and asked the servants to drag her away.
Ma Tingting's shouting soon disappeared, and Zhang Zhiyao's anger towards Zhang Dong subsided a little after being interrupted by her.
"See? This is the woman you brought back!" Zhang Zhiyao pointed at Zhang Dong and said angrily, "The last time you fell in love with the granddaughter of Master Shen, I thought you had changed. I didn't expect your taste is still so poor!"
Zhang Dong said aggrievedly: "Isn't it because Miss Shen Liu looks down on me?"
"You've been idle all day, doing nothing, and you still want a girl from a good family to fall in love with you!" Zhang Zhiyao was so angry that he almost laughed. "Go back to the new recruits camp! When you can come back from the battlefield unscathed, I will acknowledge you as my son!"
As for the burning of the Hubei North Army's granary, it had already happened. He couldn't let his own son die, so he could only clean up the mess and prevent people from suspecting him.
Shen Qingqian and his companions returned to the Hubei North Army in the afternoon.
Although riding in a carriage was not easy, after traveling for a day and two nights, she couldn't wait to visit the medicinal fields, so she headed straight for them as soon as she landed.
Sheng Ze looked at her back, his eyes full of contemplation.
"Let's go, Third Brother, let's go tell the General about our battle record!" Ling Yun smiled freely, showing his white teeth.
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