Chapter 24 Looking for trouble
When he woke up in the morning, the guards came to report that someone had died last night. The body of the Ganzhou Tongpan was hung on the city wall, and there was another confession.
Xie Tingzhou hadn't stood up yet, propping up his head to listen to the report, "I remember that except Hu Xingwang, everyone else was detained."
Xi Feng said, "Yes, Hu Xingwang has not been detained for the time being because the garrison troops need to be handed over, but this matter involves a lot of people, and the Tongpan, who is not involved in confidential matters, is detained in the prison of the prefecture government."
Xie Tingzhou's expression was uncertain. "This man is very skilled. Although the management of the state prison is lax, it is not easy to transport a living person out."
Chang Heng couldn't help but interrupt, "Your Highness, how do you know that they were brought out alive, not dead? It would be much more convenient to bring them out dead."
Xie Tingzhou glanced at him and asked, "Since he has a confession, can he force a confession by torture in prison?"
Chang Heng showed an expression of sudden enlightenment, "But since there is a confession, it is not the accomplices who came to silence him."
"Keep an eye on Liang Jianfang. He is extremely important and nothing can happen to him. If we keep him here, many people in Shengjing will be unable to sleep at night."
Xie Tingzhou stood up, took the cloak handed to him by Xifeng, and his eyes fell on the robe with missing sleeves on the raised hanger.
He paused for a moment, tilted his head and asked, "Where's Shi Yu?"
"Shi Yu?" Xi Feng was stunned for a moment before realizing who Shi Yu was.
Since he was not a very important person, Xifeng would not pay any attention to him. He just asked the secret guards to keep an eye on him and now sent someone to ask him.
After a while, the secret guard came to report: "It's still in General Shen's spirit tent."
"Never left?"
"No," the secret guard said, "Except for yesterday when he lost me when he went into the city and came back in two hours, he never left the spirit tent except to go to the toilet."
Xie Tingzhou seemed to be thinking about something. Chang Heng asked, "Your Highness, do you suspect it was him?"
Xie Tingzhou said nothing, put on his cloak, walked out of the tent, and went straight towards the tent where the coffin was placed.
When the guards in front of the tent saw him coming, they prepared to salute from a distance.
Xie Tingzhou waved his hand to stop him, walked to the spirit tent, paused for a moment, then lifted the curtain and went in.
Shen Yu knelt in front of the coffin and turned back when she heard footsteps, "Your Highness."
There is no fire pot in the tent to keep warm.
The air was oppressive and even colder than outside.
Xie Tingzhou took a stick of incense from Xi Feng, bowed to the coffin, and then looked at Chen Yu.
“Since you are keeping vigil for General Shen, you should also light a stick of incense.”
Chen Yu looked up. She was not a prominent figure, so it was naturally not the turn of Xie Tingzhou's guards to serve her.
She had been kneeling for too long and the blood was not flowing out. She supported herself on the ground and took some effort to move her legs. A look of pain suddenly appeared on her face.
After offering incense, she knelt back down.
Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes and stared at her for a while, then stopped at the door before leaving. "Chang Heng values talent, and he wanted to recruit you because you have good kung fu skills. The doctor spent a lot of effort to save you, so don't waste his kindness."
Chen Yu didn't look up, staring at his boots, "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness."
After watching Xie Tingzhou leave the tent, Chen Yu sat down on the ground.
For some reason, Xie Tingzhou always gave her a sense of oppression. When his cold eyes locked on a person, she always felt that he could easily see through the person.
Xifeng followed Xie Tingzhou out and didn't speak until they were far away.
"Your Highness, it seems that this man is not suspicious."
The so-called burning incense was just to see Shi Yu's reaction. All her actions were reasonable, including the inconvenience of kneeling for too long, and the expression on her face when she stretched.
Xie Tingzhou curled his lips and smiled faintly, "Didn't you notice his shoes?"
"Shoes?" Xifeng really didn't notice.
Xie Tingzhou kept walking, "There's something on his feet that doesn't belong to the camp."
Xifeng really wanted to go back and take a closer look at what these things that did not belong to the camp looked like.
The next day, the guards came to report that Lu's people had returned the food and grass that Shen Zhao had borrowed from Ganzhou yesterday and had already returned home.
He had mentioned before that he wanted to meet Prince Beilin, but now he left without a word.
The body could not be kept for long, so after Chen Yu had stayed in front of the coffin for a few days, Xie Tingzhou arranged a team of people to carry the coffin to the capital.
Being buried at the border was Shen Zhongan's last wish, but she couldn't stop him now.
The army counted the deserters a few days ago and found that there were about 10,000 deserters. Shen Zhongan's body must be transported back to Shengjing.
, because the body must be seen after death, otherwise it will be questioned and criticized.
Soldiers who sacrificed their lives at the border cannot be branded as deserters.
The sun is rising and it is time for lunch.
Chang Heng did not arrange for Chen Yu to stay or go, so she returned to the wounded camp and was responsible for collecting meals for the wounded camp together with several soldiers.
Life in the army is hard and it is rare to have a meal of meat. It is said that today's meal was paid for by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince himself as a reward to the soldiers.
Chen Yu and You Dazui arrived neither too early nor too late, and many camps had already arrived to receive their meals.
Just as it was their turn, several sturdy soldiers came over, bumped her hard on the shoulder, and then pushed them back with a clear conscience.
Just as Shen Yu was about to speak, a soldier grabbed her arm to stop her and whispered, "These are General Chang's men."
Chen Yu looked up and saw the person in front of her turned around and gave her a look of contempt.
"What are you looking at, kid?" The man looked Shen Yu up and down.
There were all kinds of people joining the army, and there were many ruffians in the barracks. Chen Yu had seen quite a few of them, so she ignored him.
The man simply turned around, crossed his arms and asked, "What am I asking you to look at? Are you deaf?"
The man's friend looked at Chen Yu and said, "He's from the wounded soldier camp. He must have been deafened in the battle."
Everyone burst into laughter.
The man sneered and uttered a few words.
Chen Yu raised her head and said calmly: "Say it again."
The man raised his head and said arrogantly: "Boy, don't show off. If you are defeated, just keep your tail between your legs and behave yourself."
"Say it again." Chen Yu said word by word.
The man laughed. "I said that you Shen's army are all useless. You asked us to come all the way from Beilin to rescue you. You are not useless, but -"
Before he finished speaking, the man covered his nose and took two steps back.
Nosebleed was already flowing out from between his fingers.
Chen Yu retracted her fist and said calmly, "Watch your mouth."
The man spat blood foam on the ground, "How dare you hit me."
As he spoke, he drew the knife from his waist, and the scene became chaotic in an instant.
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