Chapter 462 Are you planning a rebellion?!
The moment they met those reddened eyes, Song Yu and Ma Xu both shivered involuntarily.
They never imagined that a woman would have such a look in her eyes.
But looking back on everything that happened on the battlefield last night, that hellish scene was all her doing; even when Xue Xian was about to lead his remaining troops to escape the battlefield, and everyone was celebrating, she still relentlessly ordered Dai Junliang to lead the army to attack and hunt down the panicked Longxi army, which shows how fierce she was, no less than a man.
For a moment, Ma Xu felt a little breathless under her gaze.
Song Yu was more composed, and he mustered his courage to say coldly, "General's wife, we address you as 'madam' only because of your status, but in the army, the general's wife has never had the right to speak!"
"..."
"I'm leaving, who dares to stop me!"
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the two guards behind him immediately stepped forward. Mu Xian and Nie Chong, along with their men, also refused to give an inch. It looked as if the two sides were about to start fighting.
Song Yu roared, "Are you all planning a rebellion?!"
Nie Chong and Mu Xian both frowned.
Especially Mu Xian, after Nie Chong rushed back to the government office and explained the situation to him, his anger almost made him lose his mind. He wanted to rush to the city wall and tear some people to pieces. It was Nie Chong and Cheng Qiao who persuaded him to stop. Even so, when facing the person in front of him, his eyes were still full of anger, and his clenched fists could not help but make cracking sounds.
Just then, Shang Ruyi's calm voice rang out from the side: "Lord Song's words make sense."
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"As the general's wife, I certainly don't have the right to speak in the military."
"..."
"But what I'm talking about isn't military affairs—for example, the cowardice and desertion that happened on the battlefield just now. Those things are not my responsibility,"
These words, each one like a needle, pierced the hearts of Ma and Song.
Ma Xu, in particular, had a sudden change in expression.
Previously, he had always wanted to go out of the city to fight. Even today, when he led the waterwheel team out, he kept clamoring to confront Xue Xian's troops. But just now on the battlefield, when he faced Xue Xian, he was immediately terrified and couldn't even withstand a single move before fleeing back to Fufeng.
Song Yu was able to escape back to the city only under the cover of archers on the city wall.
No matter how stubborn they were, or what their official positions and status were in the military, as soldiers, their confidence came from their battle achievements and performance on the battlefield. At this moment, when Shang Ruyi uttered the eight words "cowardly and afraid of battle, deserting in the face of the enemy," the two of them immediately felt uneasy.
Their momentum immediately diminished.
Seeing that they had quieted down, Shang Ruyi smiled coldly and continued, "What I'm about to say is exactly what you said, Lord Song."
"I?"
Song Yu was taken aback, then frowned and asked, "What did I say?"
Shang Ruyi stared into his eyes and said, word by word, "Someone is planning a rebellion!"
Upon hearing this, Dai Junliang and Yin Changyue, who were standing nearby, were both taken aback. Yin Changyue, in particular, was the military supervisor, responsible for overseeing all military affairs. If, as Shang Ruyi said, someone was plotting a rebellion, then it would naturally be his responsibility.
He immediately stepped forward: "Madam, are you telling the truth?"
"certainly."
"Who is rebelling? And what have they done?"
Shang Ruyi said, "Lord Yin, during the battle between the two armies, someone is plotting to harm an official of the court and wants to set fire to my husband to kill him. Isn't this a rebellion?"
Upon hearing this, Yin Changyue's expression changed.
He glanced at Ma and Song almost subconsciously, but after thinking for a moment, he said, "Madam, are you referring to the fire that day? But didn't you say that it was an accident?"
Shang Ruyi calmly replied, "I did say that."
"That--"
"However, that was just a temporary measure for me."
"A stopgap measure?"
“That’s right. Because I’m the kind of person who can’t stand being wronged, and I must speak out if I’m wronged. But at that time—my maid rushed out of the fire but couldn’t find the arsonist, and the medicinal herbs with uncaria added were also burned. You should know, sir, that to settle a case, you need testimonies, evidence, and witnesses, but at that time, I didn’t have any of those three things.”
"..."
"Since all the evidence has been destroyed, I can only take revenge through my own methods!"
When she spoke the last two words, her gaze was like a knife, coldly fixed on Song Yu.
At that moment, Song Yu felt a chill rise from the bottom of his heart.
He suddenly remembered that just now outside the city gate, he was almost overtaken by Xue Xian's troops. The archers on the city wall were desperately shooting arrows to shoot down enemy soldiers for him, and when he found a glimmer of hope, those two arrows suddenly shot in front of him, almost leaving his horse with nowhere to go.
So this is what revenge is!
At that time, thousands of arrows were fired simultaneously, and no one could tell who shot those arrows. Moreover, she didn't even hit herself directly, which would have left a clue. She was blocking her horse from entering the city.
If she had shot another arrow then, her horse would have been unable to move forward and would have been overtaken by Xue Xian's men.
In that case, not only would I die, but I would die a horrible death!
But she was flawless!
Thinking of this, Song Yu looked up at the woman who seemed slender and delicate, but who had just stood on the city wall behind that point of cold light and controlled the lives and deaths of millions of people. He suddenly realized that he might have returned from the underworld, but his return was not necessarily a good thing, because this person's ruthlessness was more terrifying than the Ten Kings of Hell!
At this moment, Shang Ruyi was also looking at him coldly.
The people in the hall weren't stupid; they all understood what Shang Ruyi's gaze was confirming. It seemed that at this point, she no longer needed to hide anything or worry about any flaws.
Ma Xu, standing to the side, was already deathly pale, sweating profusely, and unable to speak.
Just then, a gust of wind blew in from outside. Song Yu was covered in cold sweat, and the wind made him feel even colder to the bone. He shivered violently, but he calmed down instead.
He recalled what he had said to Ma Xu that day and sneered inwardly.
He looked up at Shang Ruyi and said, "Madam, what do you mean by all this? What does it have to do with us?"
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"There's no point in saying anything more ambiguous. If you really have any testimony, evidence, or witnesses, just present them and point the finger at the murderer, wouldn't that be enough?"
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"If not, then I will not keep you company!"
After saying that, he turned to leave.
This time, however, Mu Xian and Nie Chong had already blocked the doorway completely with their men. Song Yu frowned, about to say something, when he heard Shang Ruyi behind him say, "The testimony is ready."
Song Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he slowly turned to look at her: "Where?"
Shang Ruyi slightly raised her chin, looking at him with a cold and sharp gaze, but a smile played on her lips: "It was you, Lord Song, who said it yourself."
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