Chapter 152 Personal Injury Examination
Emperor Tongxu glanced at him and knew that because of the incident when Xie Tingzhou led people to surround Jiang Mansion, the two of them must have had a grudge against each other, so it was understandable that Jiang Lianzhi wanted to suppress him.
"According to your opinion, what's wrong with that?"
Jiang Lianzhi said sternly, "How can you convince others that you have become a sixth-rank Zhonglang General without passing the military examination?"
Chen Yu said: "I have followed General Shen for many years and have killed hundreds of enemies at the border. I wonder if this is enough to convince others?"
Jiang Lian was choked and couldn't find any reason to refute for a moment.
Military generals are selected based on their military achievements, and many good generals are promoted from the military.
Li Yanchang squinted and said, "So he was a member of General Shen's army. How did he become the prince's guard?"
"Seventh brother, are you forgetful?" Crown Prince Li Jincheng said, "It was the Crown Prince who rushed thousands of miles to rescue Yanliang Pass."
Xie Tingzhou's face showed no sign of revealing his true feelings, but his hands were tightly gripping the armrests of the chair, which were creaking slightly from his grip.
Li Jifeng was close by, and when he heard the noise, he patted him on the shoulder, "What's wrong with you?"
Everyone looked over when they heard the sound.
Xie Tingzhou let go of his strength, looked at Chen Yu leisurely, and said with a smile: "People always want to move to higher places, and you have to give in to the Beilin Palace."
Shen Yu pursed her lips and said nothing.
"From what I heard, it seems that the prince is quite dissatisfied with his father's arrangement." Li Yanchang looked at Xie Tingzhou with a hint of meaning.
Before Xie Tingzhou could speak, Li Jifeng had already refuted him, "Seventh Brother is very irritable today. Why does he bite whoever he catches?"
Li Jincheng said: "The emperor has issued an order, so this matter cannot be discussed. If my seventh brother is dissatisfied with him for saving me, just come to me, and don't find fault with me here."
With such a big hat put on Li Yanchang's head, how could he dare to hold on to the matter any longer?
Li Yanchang held his breath and said, "I am just discussing the matter. Big brother, you don't have to be so anxious to put a accusation on me just to eliminate dissidents."
Li Jincheng sneered, "Then you should focus more on catching the assassin."
The brothers were fighting against each other, which gave Emperor Tongxu a headache.
Emperor Tongxu uttered a "hmm" and raised his slightly closed eyes. "Since he is a person trained by Zhongan,
"Well, then it is settled. Shi Yu will return to the capital tomorrow morning to take up his mission. I order you to leave within three days. Now go yourselves."
Once the decision was made, the rest of the people dispersed one after another.
Pei Chunli ran the fastest. He felt that if he ran slower, he would lose his life.
Pei Chunli stretched his neck to look back as he walked around the tent. Fortunately, Xie Tingzhou didn't catch up with him.
He patted his chest in relief, turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly took a step back.
There was a knife on his neck, and the handle was in Xie Tingzhou's hand.
"No, no, no, don't do this, Prince." Pei Chunli tried to get away with it by playing dumb, "We are all friends, right? This, this is a fake knife, right?"
Xie Tingzhou looked at him and asked, "Would you like to try?"
Pei Chunli swallowed, pulled out a small bunch of hair and tentatively touched it to the knife, and immediately let out a "wow".
"It's a really good sword that can cut hair off. But my lord, we have no grudges in the past. There's no need to rush to avenge the recent grudges, so late at night."
Pei Chunli faced Xie Tingzhou's heavy gaze and tilted his head back again and again, but still could not avoid the knife on his neck.
"Look...why don't we put away our knives and talk properly?"
The faint smile that was just hanging in the imperial tent disappeared, and Xie Tingzhou's eyes were gloomy, "When you helped her, you should have expected the result now."
Pei Chunli stared at the knife on his neck with his eyes downcast, and said with difficulty: "I, I just said a few words, and they also joined in, why don't you go find them?"
Xie Tingzhou moved the knife forward a little.
Pei Chunli immediately shouted: "Ayu! Ayu, help me——"
Xie Tingzhou narrowed his eyes slightly.
Chen Yu flashed over, pulled Pei Chunli behind her, and blocked the knife herself.
She knew that Xie Tingzhou would definitely be angry tonight, and she didn't want to add fuel to the fire at this time, but she saw that there was murderous intent in Xie Tingzhou's eyes, and she was afraid that he would lose control and accidentally hurt Pei Chunli.
"You go first." Chen Yu said to Pei Chunli.
Pei Chunli acted as if he had been pardoned and ran away like a rabbit.
Chen Yu stared at Xie Tingzhou,
I asked him to do this. If you are angry with me, there is a reason for everything I did today. I can explain it to you one by one."
Xie Tingzhou lowered his knife and stuck it into the ground.
The blood on her body had long dried up, and some of it had solidified on her cheek. He reached out and touched it, but only touched a piece of dried blood.
"Go wash up," Xie Tingzhou said, turning around, "There's hot water in the tent."
The tent was divided by a screen, the inner room was used for sleeping, and the outer room was used for living.
Xie Tingzhou sat at the table with a cup of strong tea in his hand.
There was a rustling sound from the inner room. He put down the lamp and asked, "Are you injured?"
Chen Yu got into the bathtub and looked at his silhouette reflected on the screen by the light.
Although she couldn't see anything clearly, she seemed to sense his anger and unhappiness from his shadow.
"No." She said obediently, "I didn't hurt myself."
Xie Tingzhou was not grateful. "Check carefully. If you can't check it well, I will check it myself."
Chen Yu said: "Really not."
There was silence outside for a moment.
"Throw out all the clothes." Xie Tingzhou said, "All of them."
Chen Yu thought for a moment, reached out to pick up the clothes on the ground and threw them onto the screen. She also held two items in her hand, crumpled them into a ball and said, "The innermost one... let's not use it, right?"
After a moment, Xie Tingzhou said stiffly: "No need."
Even though the blood had dried, it still left a strong iron smell.
Xie Tingzhou spread out the bloody clothes one by one and checked them carefully. There were two holes on the riding clothes and some scratches, but there were no knife cuts on the inner clothes, which meant that she was indeed not injured.
Chen Yu sank into the water, until the water covered her mouth and nose, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed as she stared at the figure on the screen.
Xie Tingzhou sat there for a while, and when he couldn't pour out a drop of tea from the pot, he got up and left.
Chen Yu felt that Xie Tingzhou was a little too easy to talk tonight. He didn't ask about the ins and outs of the matter, nor did he scold her. He gave her a feeling of the calm before the storm.
This made her feel a little uneasy.
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