Chapter 943 Chapter 943, the medicine fell
Daohua and Gu Jian never thought of entering the town. Xiao Yeyang was not there, and they didn't know if there were any people under Wei Hongcai in the army. If they went in, and Wei Hongcai was bold enough to do something, it would be like closing the door to fight the dog.
Wei Hongcai was a little annoyed. When he was thinking about how to drive away Daohua and Gu Jian, the two uninvited guests, Daohua spoke again.
"Master Wei, Master Wang is the advisor that my Crown Prince personally invited to the mountain. He has always been diligent and attentive by my Crown Prince's side. Why do you want to kill him?"
At this moment, with Dongli's help, the ropes on Master Wang's body have been untied, and he has regained his usual elegance.
Wei Hongcai frowned, very angry at Daohua's repeated attacks. Could it be that this woman thought that he really couldn't do anything to her just because she was the prince's consort?
Now that Xiao Yeyang is dead, what does she matter?
Even the daughter of the extremely prominent Jiang family had to bow her head and submit to him. She was just from a poor family, so why was she so arrogant in front of him?
Wei Hongcai endured it. He was not afraid of Yan Yiyi, but he had to be cautious about the Duke of Fuguo. He could only explain slowly:
"Master Wang is in charge of food management. Today, the soldiers started suffering from diarrhea after entering the battlefield. I heard that it was caused by the croton seeds mixed into the food. The soldiers suffered heavy casualties today. The Duke, the Crown Princess, and Co-Minister Ren were completely following military regulations in dealing with Master Wang."
"He deserves to be killed!"
Gu Jian's cold voice sounded.
Wei Hongcai looked at Gu Jian with some surprise, and then met Gu Jian's cold eyes.
"For his own selfish interests, he disregarded the lives of his soldiers. Such a person should be cut into pieces!!!"
Wei Hongcai frowned slightly, but still smiled and said: "Your Majesty is right, then I will ask someone to bring the king..."
Gu Jian interrupted him: "How do you know it was Master Wang who put the croton seeds in the grain? Have you investigated? Or is there someone else abusing their power for personal gain?"
Wei Hongcai: "Of course I have investigated."
At this moment, a soldier stood up and said, "My Lord, I have something to say."
Gu Jian looked over and saw that the soldiers were somewhat afraid of Wei Hongcai, so he comforted them, "Tell us what you know boldly, and this Duke will see to it that you are fine."
Hearing this, the soldiers no longer hesitated and pointed their arms directly at Ren Xing: "I saw it, it was not Master Wang who fed the soldiers with croton seeds, but Co-magistrate Ren."
When Ren Xing heard this, his face suddenly changed drastically, and he rushed towards the soldiers: "You bastard, you don't want to live anymore. How dare you throw dirty water on me, you..."
Dongli grabbed Ren Xing's wrist and twisted it back, causing Ren Xing to bend over in pain.
Wei Hongcai could no longer suppress his anger and said with a somewhat grim expression, "Duke, what are you doing? Ren Xing is the deputy commander of Xiliang."
Gu Jian looked at Wei Hongcai coldly: "Didn't you hear what this soldier said? This man put croton seeds in the soldiers' food."
Wei Hongcai frowned and said, "My Lord, I think you shouldn't be so one-sided in believing what others say."
As soon as he finished speaking, another soldier stood up.
"I also saw Master Ren secretly go to the kitchen and put a large packet of powder into the porridge everyone was drinking."
"And me!"
"I saw that, too."
Seven or eight soldiers stood up one after another. They were all guards of the kitchen and granary.
Before, because Wei Hongcai was the highest-ranking officer in the military camp, they did not dare to stand up and testify. Now that the Duke of Fuguo is here, they are not so afraid anymore.
Gu Jian looked at Wei Hongcai and said, "Master Wei, do you have anything else to say?" Without waiting for his reply, he looked at Cao Dan and said, "Lieutenant General Cao, Ye Yang handed the army over to you before he left. Why are you still standing there?"
Upon hearing this, Cao Dan waved his hand without saying a word and ordered the soldiers behind him to tie up Ren Xing.
"How dare you? I am the commander-in-chief of Xiliang, a second-rank official of the court. How dare you commit rebellion?" Ren Xing roared loudly.
Gu Jian frowned and said, "Tie this duke up tightly. He will bear all the consequences."
When Ren Xing saw that Gu Jian was serious, he immediately called for help from Wei Hongcai.
"Master Wei, save me!"
Wei Hongcai's face was extremely ugly at the moment. Ren Xing was his confidant, and the Duke of Fuguo arrested him in front of him, which was a complete slap in his face!
Wei Hong was just about to say something when Daohua spoke first.
"Sir Wei, the Emperor has ordered my young master to lead the Xiliang border troops, separating the border troops from the garrisons. If you come here, someone who doesn't know you might think you want to seize my young master's military power."
"Of course, Master and I both know that Lord Wei would never do that."
"But now, the soldiers have accused the people you brought with you of putting chin beans in their food. It's only right that you hand them over to Lieutenant General Cao to investigate."
"If you stand up and stop it, won't it make people think that you are protecting this person? What's worse, people will think that you are also involved in the Chintoku incident."
"Lord Wei, as the highest official in Xiliang, would you disregard the lives of the soldiers?"
Wei Hongcai was speechless after being asked this question and could only look at Daohua coldly.
At this moment, he finally realized how powerful this woman was. No wonder Jiang Wanying always looked so angry whenever she mentioned her.
This woman is really annoying!
Taking advantage of Wei Hongcai's silence, Cao Dan decisively arrested Ren Xing.
Gu Jian didn't bother to look at Wei Hongcai's gloomy face and said directly: "Sir Wei, you came to the military town. Who will be in charge of the Command Headquarters? You'd better go back quickly!"
Wei Hongcai felt very upset, but he still replied, "Don't worry, Duke. I have already made arrangements with the Commandery, so there will be no problem. But here, Master Xiao is not here, and I am really worried."
Seeing Gu Jian frown, he immediately spoke again.
"Don't worry, Duke. I have no intention of seizing Lord Xiao's power. I am just worried about the Western Liao invaders and want to guard here."
After hearing what Wei Hongcai said, Gu Jian didn't know what to say next.
Looking at the guards of the Xiao Mansion who were already setting up their tents in the distance, Wei Hongcai knew that he couldn't drive Gu Jian and Daohua away. He was too lazy to bother with them and said directly, "Duke, Princess, I have some things to take care of. I'll excuse you for now."
Having said that, he turned and left without waiting for their consent.
Daohua narrowed her eyes, and the moment Wei Hongcai turned around, a white pill popped out from her fingertips and hit Wei Hongcai's robe.
Because it was so noisy around, no one noticed it, not even Wei Hongcai himself.
Gu Jian did notice it, but he fully approved of his apprentice's behavior. He was also very unhappy with Wei Hongcai.
After giving Wei Hongcai the medicine, Daohua felt better.
Not to mention the fact that this person was colluding with Western Liao, it was because of this person that she had to separate from her son.
When she thought about her son who was still so young and whose parents were not around, she wanted to kill Wei Hongcai with a single blow.
That day, Daohua and Gujian set up camp outside the military town.
Cao Dan was worried about the safety of the two and sent a team of soldiers to guard them.
The next day, news spread in the military town that Wei Hongcai had fallen ill.
In order to make Wei Hongcai calm down, Daohua gave him Fenghan Pills. As the name suggests, people who are poisoned will experience symptoms of wind-cold, such as drowsiness, fatigue, and lack of energy all day long.
Wei Hongcai felt that he was in good health and didn't believe that he had caught a cold. Unfortunately, after seeing several military doctors, they all said that he had caught a cold.
As a result, even if Wei Hongcai wanted to interfere in military affairs, he was powerless.
(End of this chapter)
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