Chapter 75 Psychological Warfare
Wang Shaoji's face turned ashen, his eyes darted around, and he suddenly grinned maliciously, "This general has been chasing the traitor all the way here, and suddenly he has disappeared without a trace. You must have hidden yourselves!"
After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Men, search the place!"
This startled everyone in the Yuwen family.
It should be understood that harboring traitors is the same crime as rebellion. Wang Shaoji's act of slapping such a label on them as soon as he arrived was clearly an intentional attempt to harm them!
The black-armored cavalrymen were also eager to move and were about to charge towards them on horseback!
"slow!"
Yuwen Ye raised his hand: "Who dares to move!"
As soon as he spoke, the soldiers were intimidated by his imposing manner and stopped for a moment.
After all, the remnants of the Longmen rebels had just been escorted back to Luoyang a few days ago, and the story of Yuwen Ye cutting the Longmen bandits in half with a single stroke had already spread throughout the army. No one dared to easily offend the son of the Duke of Sheng, let alone easily provoke such a ruthless general who killed without blinking an eye.
Wang Shaoji sneered, "Yuwen Ye, I am here by imperial decree to capture the traitor. Are you trying to disobey my orders by blocking the search?"
"..."
Yuwen Ye's face darkened.
Everyone knew that Wang Shaoji was using this as an excuse to deliberately make things difficult, but he had an imperial decree to carry out, and the Yuwen family really couldn't disobey it. Moreover—this trip was just a family relocation, accompanied only by some ordinary servants and Da Bo's group of men. If they really started fighting, they would definitely suffer losses.
Thinking of this, Yuwen Ye raised his head and said coldly, "Search, fine, but what if we can't find anything?"
Wang Shaoji sneered, "If we can't find it, we can't find it. What else can we do?"
Yuwen Ye said, "My Yuwen family has always been loyal to the court. How can we allow ourselves to be unjustly suspected and slandered by you?"
"..."
"Wang Shaoji, let me tell you, you can search us if you want, but if you don't give us an explanation, I, Yuwen Ye, will fight you to the death here today! Of course we can't win, but you have delayed the opportunity to capture the traitor, and you have also delayed our return to Luoyang by imperial decree. You must explain all of this to His Majesty the Emperor!"
"you--"
Hearing him say such things, Wang Shaoji was also driven to a dead end.
Listening to the commotion outside, Shang Ruyi silently tucked the hem of her skirt under the carriage curtain.
At this moment, Wang Shaoji asked, "Then what do you want to do?"
Yuwen Ye immediately said, "If you can't find any traitors in my ranks, I want your family's Divine Arm Bow!"
Wang Shaoji's face darkened upon hearing this.
The Wang family has practiced martial arts for generations and has collected many divine weapons. Among them is a divine arm bow that has been passed down from ancient times and is priceless. It is considered a family heirloom.
Unexpectedly, Yuwen Ye set his sights on that bow.
More importantly, if he had made some excessive demands at this time, it would have been a bluff, and Wang Shaoji would not have been afraid; but the demands he made were so realistic that Wang Shaoji felt a little guilty.
Is Yuwen Ye really that confident?
My intention was just to make things difficult for him. If I really can't find anything, wouldn't I be shooting myself in the foot and losing a good bow in the process?
Thinking about this, Wang Shaoji hesitated.
Seeing his hesitation, Yuwen Ye's face broke into a cold smile: "So? Search or not search?"
"..."
"If you're not going to search, then we're leaving."
Seeing that Wang Shaoji remained silent, Yuwen Ye knew that he was putting on a brave face, so he stopped asking questions and simply waved his hand, and the team behind him moved forward.
Just as their troops were about to pass by the black-armored cavalry, Wang Shaoji suddenly said, "Wait a minute!"
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