Caught red-handed
The masked man was frightened by the scream that blew off the roof, and finally came to his senses, remembering the task assigned to him by the high priest. In order to prevent the scream from attracting the troublemakers under Xie Ci's command, he made up his mind and secretly reached for the drugs in the secret bag with one hand, hoping to take the opportunity to knock the man out and escape.
But before he even got close, Tong Zhenzhen, unable to bear the pain of losing her flesh, turned into a puddle of mud and fell to the ground, twisting her hands and feet crazily and screaming:
“Someone come quickly! Someone is trying to murder my braised pork. No, someone is trying to poison Xie Ci’s food to death ah ah ah ah ah my braised pork! What are you letting my children eat?!”
Her tone was so sharp that the masked man could not hear what she was yelling. He had obviously never seen anyone so shameless before and was panicked for a moment:
"Shh, shh! Keep your voice down! Aren't you a priest? Where's your dignity?!"
"I don't care, I want you to compensate for the braised pork!" Tong Zhenzhen was so angry that she even wanted to bite the hand he extended to her.
"Hiss - Auntie, be quiet for a while. How about this, as long as you don't scream, I'll make you another one?" He coaxed her with kind words like coaxing a child, but before this one was coaxed, the other one started howling again:
"Ms. Xie Yuan, come quickly! Someone poisoned your brother's food!!"
The masked man was shocked. How did he know that the poison was for Xie Ci? Although they had picked a bowl at random and marked it, and someone would bring it to Xie Ci tomorrow, this man saw through their plan at a glance. Anyway, the priest was also a mortal now, so he could not be kept...
He showed his dagger, and the cold light made Ma Chengyun's heart tremble. He didn't have the fragile immortal golden finger, so he was just shouting nonsense. He didn't know why the masked man only targeted him. He could only sink his energy into his dantian and roar to the sky:
"Thank you, Miss Yuan! Someone disobeyed military orders and went out to steal food from the kitchen in the middle of the night!!!"
Bang!
The door panel that had fallen to the ground and was blocking the way was kicked to pieces. Xie Yuan, who hadn't even tied her hair into a bun, was only wearing a middle shirt. Her pretty face was full of sleepiness, but she still forced herself to ask:
"Who is stealing the military pay?!"
Tong Zhenzhen and Ma Chengyun looked at each other, turned around tacitly, and pointed twenty fingers on four hands at the masked man behind them.
The masked man who attempted murder with a knife:?
He subconsciously hid the hand holding the dagger behind his back, but his movement was too slow. The moonlight reflected on the dagger made Xie Yuan, a soldier, suddenly sober up. He shook his head slightly a few times and was now very awake. There was no more tiredness on his face. He drew his sword from its sheath, pursed his thin lips, and looked like the usually serious and stern Lieutenant General Xie.
"Put down what's in your hand, otherwise, I can't guarantee that you can walk out of this door."
The female general under the moon is dressed in plain clothes, almost blending with the pale moonlight. Her black hair dances on the scroll like ink splashes. Her deep facial features make her look more heroic. Her eyes are narrow and graceful, as if there is a fire flickering in them, lighting up this plain color - if there was no corpse under her feet on the door, it would be even more oppressive.
"Ah, this damn sense of security!" Ma Chengyun pretended to be Xishi holding her heart, and he and Tong Zhenzhen rolled and crawled to hide behind Xie Yuan.
"Oh oh oh sister, I'm scared!" Ma Chengyun pulled Xie Yuan's sleeve and acted coquettishly.
Xie Yuan's brows twitched and he glanced at him:
"If you don't want to die, shut up! Do you think you two can escape? I knew there must be something fishy going on when you didn't sleep in the middle of the night. Luckily, I and..."
Before she finished the second half of her sentence, she realized something was wrong and stopped in time, but Ma Chengyun insisted on exposing her, holding her cheek and said coquettishly:
"Oh, that's annoying~ It turns out my sister followed me here!"
Tong Zhenzhen, Xie Yuan: ...I really want to beat him!
Seeing that Xie Yuan was distracted, the masked man tried to escape through the window with a leap, but Xie Yuan had been prepared. Without even raising his head, he swung his sword with one hand, and the force was so great that it pierced through the masked man's left arm and nailed him to the wall!
"Ah——!!!" He couldn't help screaming, and struggled with his hands and feet but couldn't escape at all. At the same time, more and more guards heard the noise and rushed to support with their weapons, disarmed the man and surrounded him.
Tong Zhenzhen was no longer the crazy person she was just now. She frowned and looked at the blood on the ground. She suppressed her discomfort and reminded Xie Yuan:
"There's something strange about this guy. I've made all of your people crispy, so it's impossible for them to get hurt and bleed."
Xie Yuan looked at her in surprise, as if she didn't expect her to react so quickly. She nodded and pulled off the man's mask. It was indeed a stranger. She didn't hesitate and ordered her subordinates:
"Tie this man up and hand him over to General Xie for interrogation."
"yes!"
The crowd gradually dispersed, and the two who were actually cheating were about to sneak away. Tong Zhenzhen even took a few roasted chicken legs that were not contaminated by the poison and hid them in her pajamas pocket. Before she could take a few steps, she was stopped by Xie Yuan:
"Where are you going? You two are suspicious too. Go to the general's tent and explain everything clearly!"
Midnight
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Xie Ci, who was woken up in the middle of the night, pressed the dark circles under his eyes, glanced at the crowd of people standing or kneeling in front of the desk, and stared at Tong Zhenzhen. She smiled at him awkwardly. Xie Ci felt his head hurt even more. He didn't even want to ask why it was always her.
"Tell me, who ordered you to do this?"
Xie Ci tilted his head slightly, his thick eyebrows twisted into a rope, he looked intimidating without even getting angry, his voice was cold and low, causing everyone present to lower their heads unconsciously.
The oil lamp on the table was still burning, swaying in the night breeze. The flame was dim and made the room dim. The lamp oil slipped quietly along the ceramic lamp like broken tears, just like the cold sweat sliding down the masked man's forehead.
Seeing that he remained silent, Xie Ci lost his patience. He saw the blood on his left arm as soon as he entered the door. And just as Tong Zhenzhen said, all the soldiers of Linyuan were so fragile that they could not be injured. This man must be an outsider. Since the camp was changed, the only newcomers to the camp were the servants called by the high priest.
You can tell who did it with your toes.
Lin Shizhu, who was checking the powder, stood up, put the medicine bottle on the servant's tray, took off his gloves and spoke at the right time:
"General, this medicine is not a deadly poison, but it can cause paralysis or even dementia."
Therefore, even if one has a fragile immortal physique, as long as it is not fatal, this medicine will be effective.
"There is such a □□, uh no, cruel thing in the camp!" Tong Zhenzhen was shocked and subconsciously wanted to continue the line, but the next moment several eyes in the camp fell on her. Ma Chengyun covered her mouth with his hand and smiled apologetically:
"Haha, this kid is so rude, keep going, keep going!"
Xie Ci withdrew his gaze unhappily and looked at the poisoner who was tied up like a dumpling:
"Do you know what the consequences are for poisoning in the military camp? Xie Yuan, tell him."
Xie Yuan nodded, wiped the blood stains off the sword, and said word by word:
"According to military regulations, he will be whipped 100 times and beheaded in public."
The poisoner shuddered all over. Xie Ci naturally did not miss his frightened expression, and sneered as he pursued the victory:
"Humph, you are the High Priest's man, and this matter has nothing to do with him! As long as you tell the truth, this general will hold the person responsible accountable, and you can also reduce part of the punishment."
He hadn't even settled accounts with that fat guy for leaking the military camp's location, and now he actually dared to get angry in front of him. If the emperor hadn't been protecting the high priest, he would have dragged this charlatan out and chopped him to pieces long ago!
The man thought for a moment after hearing what he said, his rat eyes rolled around, and Xie Ci looked away in disgust. This action was only acceptable if Tong Zhenzhen did it, but it was really disgusting when others did it.
"General, you are innocent! This matter has nothing to do with the high priest. It was me, the villain, who believed the slander of these priests and was confused for a moment, so I did such a heinous thing!" The man who drugged the girl was shaking like a sieve, but suddenly he pointed a firm look at Tong Zhenzhen and the others.
"Ah? What?" Tong Zhen was eating melon when his name was suddenly called. He looked back at the big brother with a confused look on his face.
"Military regulations are strict. Why are you talking nonsense here?" Ma Chengyun stood up to refute, looking at Xie Yuan for help, "Sister, look at him. He is slandering me!"
Xie Yuan flashed the sword she had just polished. Ma Chengyun tactfully stopped talking. She lowered her eyes and stared at the man who administered the medicine, her tone cold:
"Talking nonsense without evidence will only cause you more physical pain."
His left arm was aching again. He swallowed his saliva and said unrepentantly:
"It's absolutely true! The high priest specifically told us to follow the orders of the priests. The priests also lied to me that there were laxatives in it. They were just trying to make trouble for you because they couldn't stand your usual behavior. I really didn't know it was poison!"
"Otherwise, why would they be there at the same time as me? If they didn't give me the key to the kitchen, how could I open the door and get in? Also, what is she hiding in her arms now? She must be feeling guilty!"
This series of attacks left Tong Zhen speechless. She couldn't say that she did it to cheat, right? This was too embarrassing. She was almost embarrassed, and she couldn't lose face anymore! So she held the chicken leg in her arms tighter and said stubbornly:
"——Don't talk nonsense! What's wrong with you?"
Xie Ci's face darkened. Originally he was just a little skeptical and didn't believe what this man said. After all, the High Priest of the Key also had a way to get it. But Tong Zhenzhen's appearance was too coincidental, and now he seemed to be hiding something.
For some reason, his chest suddenly felt heavy again.
Xie Ci winked at Xie Yuan, who understood and stepped forward, saying:
"Excuse me."
He pulled Tong Zhenzhen's sleeve and tried to pull her hands away from her pockets, but Tong Zhenzhen refused to give in. She used some brute force to hold on to her hands and she and Xie Yuan were struggling back and forth. Xie Ci's nails unconsciously dug into his palms.
Just when he was completely disappointed and wanted to go forward to search for evidence himself, perhaps unable to withstand the abuse any longer, Tong Zhenzhen's pajamas pocket finally died after being exhausted. With a sizzling sound, as the fabric broke, several large chicken legs inside the pocket rushed out one after another, hitting the ground with a loud noise.
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Tong Zhenzhen couldn't hold it in any longer, and felt that her face was beyond redemption, so she just gave up and covered her face with sobs:
"We were just greedy and wanted to steal some food. Who did I offend? Wuwuwu——"
Xie Yuan, who was in charge of the body search, was at a loss for words. He wanted to comfort the man but didn't know how to start, so he had to ask the guards to clean up the chicken leg that had fallen on the ground.
“Hahahahaha – this is the mastermind you mentioned? With her character, she is the mastermind?!”
Xie Ci, who had been looking grim all the time, suddenly burst into loud laughter. His heart was finally at ease. He felt relieved and even felt happy that she was worthy of him. He didn't wipe away his tears until his eyes turned red. He waved to Tong Zhenzhen:
"You guys have nothing to do now, go have fun!"
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