Chapter 298 His name is Liu Saner
Hearing this, He Qing's pupils shrank, and he said in a cold voice: "Prince Anding's men do have some integrity."
King Anding's subordinates?
These words really scared Wen Wan.
So, the hand in the box belongs to King Anding's subordinates?
He Qing's people were really ruthless.
When He Qing was talking to the young general, he looked at the carriage without concealing his gaze. He raised his lips and smiled:
"Come here, invite General Shen down to meet his old friend."
Wen Wan looked towards the carriage worriedly.
Two imperial guards climbed onto the carriage, and soon they pulled Shen Yu down from the carriage.
Shen Yu was leaning on a cane and walking with a stumbling motion.
This scene, seen by the Fengcheng defenders waiting at the post station, aroused their contempt.
Shen Yu's empty gaze could not find anything real, and he was pulled by the arm towards the woodshed.
Wen Wan's brows furrowed tighter and tighter, but she could only watch helplessly.
He Qing put one hand on the long sword and strode forward.
After walking a few steps, he seemed to remember something and turned to look at Wen Wan.
"Come up and take a look."
He Qing smiled, his face full of warning, "Come and see what methods this general uses to deal with the enemy."
Wen Wan pursed her lips, put on a timid expression, and followed obediently.
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The wooden door of the woodshed was open, and faint groans could be heard from inside.
Just the groaning sound of extreme pain is enough to make one's scalp tingle.
The woodshed was small, and Wen Wan was the last one to walk in and stood in the corner.
Even so, she gasped when she saw the person hanging upside down on the beam.
She fell to the ground in horror, shaking uncontrollably.
A young man covered in blood had iron nails pierced through his ankles. Two iron chains were tied to the nails at one end and to the beams at the other.
Blood flowed down his ankles, soaking his clothes and flowing into his nostrils.
The palm of the young man's left hand was chopped off and the severed end was wrapped with a cloth strip, which was just a simple way to stop the bleeding and had no therapeutic effect at all.
Various torture instruments were placed on the small table, many of which were still stained with undried blood.
One can imagine what kind of torture this young man had suffered in this small woodshed.
The young man picked up a pot of water on the table and poured it over the young man's head.
"Liu Saner, open your eyes and look who's here."
It turned out that the tortured young man was named Liu Saner.
Wen Wan had never heard of this name, but the moment she knew his name, she felt sincere admiration for him.
Liu Saner's eyes were swollen as big as walnuts. He opened them a little with difficulty and glanced dimly at the group of people in front of him. But the moment he saw Shen Yu, his eyes suddenly widened.
"General..."
A cry of "General" was heard in a choked voice.
At that moment, Wen Wan couldn't help but shed tears.
Shen Yu's fingertips also trembled, and he just held the crutch tightly, with the veins on the back of his hand exposed.
"I am here."
Shen Yu only said two words, and Liu Saner smiled with satisfaction.
Liu Saner laughed a little crazily, and snot and blood mixed together and dripped onto the ground.
"I've finally found you, General!"
Liu Saner yelled hysterically, "Prince, Prince, your death was so tragic!"
He roared this sentence, as if he was lost in some memories.
Then he gnashed his teeth and roared, "Those people ambushed us in Fuyun Temple and tampered with the cushion in front of the Buddha statue. The prince fell into the trap, and we were unable to rescue him. We had to watch him disappear before our eyes!"
"We found the prince's body in the dry well in the backyard of the Buddhist temple. When the prince died, all his bones were broken!"
These few words seemed to have exhausted all of Liu Saner's strength.
After he finished speaking, he threw his head back and laughed a few more times.
"Your Majesty, I have finally waited for the general to arrive!"
"Your Highness, I have finally told the General what happened!"
"Your Majesty, I can finally come to you now..."
Liu Saner's voice became smaller and smaller, and in the end, it was almost a whisper.
The young general stepped forward, stretched out his hand to feel Liu Saner's breath, frowned and said:
"No air."
He Qing snorted coldly, "It's a good dog, but it's a pity that it followed the wrong person."
When Shen Yu heard this, his eyes were full of scarlet blood, and his whole body was shaking slightly with grief and anger.
He Qing was not surprised by his reaction, and the more angry Shen Yu showed, the happier he seemed.
"Why, you can't stand this?"
He Qing walked up to Shen Yu, grabbed Shen Yu's arm, and pulled him in front of Liu Saner's body.
He Qing said in a deep voice, "If I tell you that your father was accompanied by six personal guards at the time, and after the incident, these six personal guards were arrested by my people on the charge of 'failure to provide adequate protection'."
"The other five weren't as tough as Liu San'er and would have died long ago. Only Liu San'er, just to see you, was hanging on to his last breath."
"Are you even angrier knowing this?"
As he spoke, He Qing laughed heartily.
After leaving the Imperial Capital and arriving in Fengcheng, where he was surrounded by his trusted aides, He Qing's true nature gradually began to reveal itself.
He held Chen Yu's arm tightly and said, "Chen Yu, look at you, you are so heartless. The loyal dogs of the Anding Palace died one after another, and you can still remain calm?"
Shen Yu's face turned ashen, his throat rolled, and because of his excitement, his voice was hoarse and sounded seven points of ferocity.
"He Qing! My Shen family has never wronged the He family! Our two families are old friends. When General He was alive, he was also a close friend of my father!"
"Why did you do such a cruel thing?"
Hearing this, He Qing said calmly, "Don't try to test me with words. I haven't done anything to your Shen family."
"My people are just trying to pry some useful information out of Prince Anding's personal guards. They don't trust anyone else and won't talk until they see you."
He Qing curled his lips in dismay, "I want Prince Anding to die, but...believe it or not, Prince Anding's death has nothing to do with me."
He paused, his eyes sharp, "As for why I am dissatisfied with the Shen family... To be precise, I have never been dissatisfied with the Shen family, but... I am dissatisfied with you, Shen Yu."
Shen Yu was stunned, as if he had never expected such an answer.
"Why, is it hard to understand?"
He Qing laughed bitterly, "That's right. How can you, who has always been superior to me since childhood, understand the feeling of being stepped on by others?"
"I started learning martial arts at the age of three and five, cultivating both civil and military skills. Every master who taught me said I was a genius, destined to achieve great things and leave a lasting legacy. Until..."
"Until you appeared!"
Jealousy can always change a person beyond recognition, and even those at the pinnacle of power are not immune to it.
The more talented one is, the more one cannot tolerate being surpassed by others.
What's more, the person who surpassed him didn't seem to have put in any effort at all.
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