Chapter 386 Entering the City
In the study, Qiu Yuan was discussing with others how to deal with the enemy's attack next, when he suddenly heard the butler's report.
"My Lord, the prince is dying, please go and see him!"
Qiu Yuan frowned and asked, "Didn't you say that we can hold on for a while longer?"
The housekeeper cried, "I don't know. The prince suddenly vomited blood just now and is unconscious. The doctor said he could die at any time."
Qiu Yuan had no choice but to speak to the man in green.
"Sir, please keep an eye on it for me. I'll be back soon."
The man in blue nodded slightly: "Yes."
He watched Qiu Yuan leave in a hurry, and his expression gradually became cold.
He stood up and said to the others in the room, "I have something else to do. I need to leave for a while. You guys continue to discuss."
The man in green ignored other people's reactions and walked straight out of the study.
He followed behind Qiu Yuan and watched Qiu Yuan enter Changshengju.
After a while, the door of Changshengju was opened again, and the person who walked out was not Qiu Yuan, but Qiu Sheng.
Qiu Sheng was still holding a bloody head in his hand.
That was Qiu Yuan’s head.
When the man in green saw the head, he immediately understood everything.
He originally thought that Qiu Yuan would die at the hands of the prince, but he did not expect that Qiu Yuan would eventually die at the hands of his own brother.
Qiu Yuan killed his second brother and finally died at the hands of his third brother.
This is his retribution.
The young man in green bowed to Qiu Sheng from a distance and said, "Third Young Master."
Qiu Sheng didn't even look at him, and continued walking forward with a numb expression.
Blood continued to drip from the head, leaving a long, glaring trail behind him.
Qiu Sheng went to the study.
He threw the head in his hand onto the table.
Everyone present was scared to death. They stepped back and looked at Qiu Sheng in horror.
Qiu Sheng said in a hoarse voice: "My eldest brother murdered the crown prince and killed my second brother with his own hands. Such a mad man deserves death. I will kill him now to enforce justice. Do you have any objection?"
How dare everyone have any objections?
They knelt down in a hurry, not daring to breathe.
Qiu Sheng: "Since you have no objection, then open the city gate and welcome the prince into the city."
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In the tent outside the city, Luo Qinghan was resting with his eyes closed. Jiang Yuanshan suddenly rushed in and shouted with a smile.
"Your Highness, a white flag has been hoisted above the city wall! The enemy has surrendered!"
Luo Qinghan opened his eyes, his face showing neither sadness nor joy.
He seemed to have anticipated all this.
Luo Qinghan walked out of the tent.
From a distance, you can see the white flag hanging on the city wall.
That was a sign of the enemy's surrender.
The city gate slowly opened, and Qiu Sheng personally led 50,000 Chixiao soldiers out of the city.
They took off their armor, threw away their weapons, and knelt down and kowtowed in public to show their submission.
Jiang Yuanshan immediately ordered his men to collect weapons and armor and register names one by one.
Qiu Sheng was brought before the prince alone.
At this time, Qiu Sheng's eyes were red, his face was pale, and his expression was numb. Even when he was pressed to his knees on the ground, he did not react at all, as if he no longer cared about anything in the outside world.
He was holding a wooden box in his arms.
Luo Qinghan's eyes fell on the wooden box and asked, "What is this?"
Qiu Sheng opened the wooden box, revealing the human head inside.
That was Qiu Yuan’s head.
Luo Qinghan asked: "Did you kill him?"
Qiu Sheng responded hoarsely: "Yeah."
Luo Qinghan asked: "Whose idea was this?"
It took Qiu Sheng a long time before he spoke again.
"It was my father's idea."
Luo Qinghan: "Is Prince Chenliu okay?"
"Not very good."
Luo Qinghan didn't say anything else.
After Jiang Yuanshan and his men finished counting all the captives, they marched into Panyun City in a mighty procession.
Luo Qinghan went to the palace and met the Prince of Chenliu.
Surprisingly, the Prince of Chenliu looked quite energetic at this moment, and there was even a hint of rosy glow on his face.
When Luo Qinghan saw this, he knew that this was a sign of a last gasp.
When Prince Chenliu saw the prince coming, he spoke in a trembling voice.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Luo Qinghan stood beside the couch and looked at him calmly: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be polite. If you have anything to say, you can tell me. I will help you convey it to my father."
Prince Chenliu: "My only hope now is that Ah Sheng can live well."
Luo Qinghan: "Qiu Sheng sacrificed his own family for the greater good and killed the traitor with his own hands. He has made great contributions. I will ask my father for credit for him."
Prince Chenliu: "You don't need to ask for merit for him. You just need to let him go. You can take the 50,000-man Chixiao Army. With these people, you won't have to be controlled by others in the future."
Luo Qinghan asked about another thing.
"Eighteen years ago, the Shen family was brutally wiped out by mountain bandits. You led your troops into the mountains to suppress the bandits. Did you find anything?"
Prince Chenliu knew that his time was running out, so he did not hide it.
"When I went to suppress the bandits, they knew they could not escape. They knelt on the ground and shouted that they were ordered by someone else and that there was someone else who really wanted to wipe out the entire Shen family. In fact, I had already guessed this. When the Shen family was wiped out, the door was locked from the outside. When the fire started, some people in the house were still alive. They were trapped in the house with nowhere to escape and could only be burned to death. That night, someone even heard screaming and crying."
Luo Qinghan asked: "Since you know there is something hidden in this matter, why don't you investigate it thoroughly?"
Prince Chenliu: "It's not that I don't want to investigate some things, but that I can't investigate them."
"Chenliu County is your territory. Is there anything you can't investigate?"
Prince Chenliu looked at him with a complicated expression: "Not all truths must be revealed to the world. Listen to my advice, don't investigate further. The more you know, the less good it will do you..."
Before he could finish his words, he began to breathe heavily.
Qiu Sheng, who had been guarding the door, heard the noise and immediately pushed the door open and rushed in.
He rushed to the bedside and said, "Father! Please hold on, I will go call the doctor!"
Prince Chenliu called him with difficulty: "No need, I...I should go..."
Qiu Sheng's tears fell uncontrollably.
He tightly grasped his father's skinny hand and cried, "I am an unfilial child!"
Prince Chenliu's gaze gradually became unfocused.
Soon, he stopped breathing.
Qiu Sheng cried inconsolably and held his father's hand tightly, refusing to let go.
Luo Qinghan turned around and walked out silently.
He said to the steward and others who were waiting outside: "Prince Chenliu is dead."
The housekeeper and others immediately burst into tears.
The cries of crying could be heard one after another in Changsheng Residence.
It started snowing again.
After Luo Qinghan left Changshengju, he met Zhao Xian, Xiao Lingfeng, Eunuch Chang and others whom he had not seen for a long time.
As soon as they saw the prince, they immediately knelt down with joy on their faces.
When they heard that the prince had been murdered, they were terrified and almost depressed to death. Now that things have finally turned around and the prince has returned safely, their mood has immediately risen from the bottom to the top.
Everyone was smiling happily.
Luo Qinghan instructed calmly.
"General Xiao, take your men to Chenbao County and bring Concubine Xiao over."
“Here!”
Big Fruit: Come on, come on, line up to get your lunch boxes!
Prince of Chenliu, Qiu Yuan and Qiu Lei: The lunch boxes are so delicious!
Xixi: I want to eat it too, my mouth is watering~
The prince dragged her away.
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