However, there was no definite evidence of guilt, and he could not use the confession of a dead person as evidence to bring Zhao Xu to justice.
At that time, Shen Chiyan was stationed in Jiangzhou and was one of the generals who led troops to support Yueling Pass. However, he arrived later than Zhao Xu and was unable to see the truth of the matter in person.
Could it be that Shen Chiyan has some evidence in his hands?
Huo Wuyou asked hurriedly: "General, do you know anything?"
Shen Chiyan walked to the corner and used the key to open a secret compartment on the seemingly flat wall of the study.
He took out a piece of silk from it, and at a glance, Huo Wuyou recognized it as an imperial edict.
Shen Chiyan handed the imperial edict to Huo Wuyou: "Marquis Lin'an, take a look."
Huo Wuyou's heart was beating fast, but he did not hesitate. He unfolded the imperial edict, looked down, and his pupils suddenly shook.
Chen Chi said, "Four years ago, when the battle was at a stalemate, a secret decree passed through Jiangzhou and was delivered to Zhao Xu, the Marquis of Yongping, who was heading to Yueling Pass for reinforcements. The messenger was already seriously injured when he arrived in Jiangzhou and died not long after. I should have sent someone to deliver the secret decree to Zhao Xu, but at that time, I saw that the seal on the secret decree was not right, as if it was forged, so for some reason I secretly opened the secret decree."
At this moment, Huo Wuyou just stared at the imperial edict in a daze, his body a little stiff.
Chen Chiyan looked at it and sighed silently: "I didn't expect that the imperial edict actually stated that Zhao Xu was ordered to kill the traitors Huo Yan and Huo Wuji... I secretly felt that there was something wrong with this edict. I was afraid that someone had forged it, so I quickly sent someone to inform the Duke of Lin'an."
He shook his head as he spoke: "Unfortunately, we were still a step too late. By the time my men arrived, the Huo family army had already perished at Yueling Pass."
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