After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 1450 Unreasonable

Fan Shuang nodded, not quite understanding, but immediately believed it.

Whatever He Xiao said was always predicted correctly; whenever he was with He Xiao, he always had good luck.

In his mind, He Xiao has long been unfathomable.

You won’t go wrong if you listen to He Xiao.

The carriage arrived at Sanmentou Posthouse, Fan Shuang saw He Lingchuan off, and then drove away.

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General Chongwu had just returned to his residence in Tianshui City.

When he was the deputy general, he immediately spent a huge amount of money to buy this house in Tianshui City. The original owner was a bankrupt businessman who used the house to pay off his debts.

He originally thought that this house was quite nice, but recently for some reason it seemed to be getting smaller and smaller and less and less impressive.

Should he buy another mansion? After all, his status and position are no longer what they used to be.

He walked into the garden while thinking. The servants hurriedly saluted him, bending their waists to 90 degrees, no longer lazy like before.

At this time, the old servant hurried over and said:
"General, there are guests in Siyuan Hall."

General Chongwu stopped in his tracks and asked, "Siyuan Hall? Who?"

This old servant has been with him for more than ten years and is very tactful. Since he led the guest to the Siyuan Hall, it means that the guest is very important.

"I won't tell you. You'll know it when you see it."

General Chongwu immediately quickened his pace and headed towards Siyuan Hall.

The hall was dimly lit, the windows and doors were half-closed, and there were no servants. When General Chongwu walked in, he saw a man in green sitting at the table, wearing a veiled hat.

Seeing him come in, the man in green did not stand up, but remained seated, saying only:
"close the door."

This voice, this voice, did he hear it correctly? General Chongwu calmed himself down, closed the doors and windows, put down the barrier, and then strode to the man in green and said respectfully:

"Palace Master! Why are you here?"

The man took off his veil, revealing a fair and rosy face.

It’s Qingyang.

Usually it was Chongwu who went to visit her, so how could he have expected that Qingyang would condescend to come to his house?

Qingyang put the veil on the table and folded it gently: "You didn't tell me the truth before."

General Chongwu was surprised: "How dare I deceive you!"

"That night in Zhuowei, your tribute was clearly stolen. Why did you tell me nothing happened?"

General Chongwu immediately said, "It was just a small matter. At the time, I thought it was insignificant and didn't want to disturb the Palace Master. How did you know about it?"

"Your king has expanded the scope of the pursuit. All teams within a radius of 50 to 60 miles in Mangzhou that night will be visited and questioned!" Qingyang said coldly, "More than one person talked about the accident at the inn that night, and more than one person talked about you leading the team out to catch the thief!"

"What's the problem with this?" General Zhongwu thought for a moment and suddenly shuddered, "They don't think that I killed Xue Zongwu?!"

This was the most important thing that happened that night.

"What do you think?" Qingyang said coldly, "You left the inn before dark and stayed outside all night. Who knows where you went!"

"I was in the suburbs of Zhuofeng, and it was raining heavily that night. How could I possibly get to Mangzhou?"

"You have a divine horse, and King Yao remembers it better than you do."

Chongwu was shocked and said, "Even if I ride Mo Bai, it is difficult to travel back and forth to Mangzhou overnight. Not to mention that I have to kill the country's important generals on the way..."

"It's hard to go back and forth?" Qingyang raised his eyebrows, "Is it possible or not?

"..." Chongwu hesitated, Qingyang was unhappy, "You still have reservations about me?"

Chongwu could only whisper: "I can barely walk back and forth. But I don't have time to kill anyone."

The key to his Mo Bai's ability to travel 800 meters at night is its excellent night vision, which allows it to see things as clearly as in the daytime. Therefore, darkness and heavy rain can hardly hinder its movement.

When Chongwu first brought him into Tianshui City, he was not yet a general, but the son of the chief of Bisha. An official's son took a fancy to Mo Bai and wanted to force him to buy him, which caused a lot of disputes, so this good horse was not unknown. Later, General Chongwu gradually became famous and got promoted and raised his salary, and more people called him a famous horse.

Thinking of this, Chongwu felt a chill on his back.

"This is trouble." Qingyang exhaled. "This will magnify your suspicion. Think about how many people are dissatisfied with your promotion and will say bad things behind your back. Moreover, Yao Ting can't catch the murderer now, so they won't let go of any clues."

General Chongwu cried out, "But I just went to catch the thief who stole the tribute..."

"The criminal has been caught red-handed, and the tribute has been recovered, right?" Qingyang read the confession record.

"Yes."

"Two thieves stole from six or seven teams and hid a lot of stolen goods in a deserted village?" Qingyang said calmly, "How did they transport the stolen goods? How did they avoid your pursuit? You can even track down a three-tailed fox demon, but it took you until dawn to catch two thieves. If I were King Yao, would I find such a confession reasonable?"

Without waiting for Zhongwu to answer, she continued, "You were traveling with hundreds of elite soldiers, and the tribute you were escorting was stolen by two thieves? What level of cultivation did those thieves have?"

"A local thief." General Zhongwu was sweating more and more as he listened. "He has no cultivation and no background, but he is a little agile and often commits crimes in that area."

"Did they plead guilty?"

"I have interrogated them. They broke into the inn to commit crimes, but they insisted that they had never stolen my tribute..."

Qingyang interrupted him: "What did they say?"

"They stole a few guests' belongings and returned to the deserted village to divide the spoils, then they passed out. When they opened their eyes again, there were several large boxes of stolen goods in the house for no reason, and I had arrived too." General Chongwu answered truthfully, "After taking back the tribute, I was in a hurry to travel, so I sent people to take them to the county government office."

"I also thought they were framed, but there were six caravans robbed at the same inn. I thought the real thieves wanted to steal from them, so I used a diversionary tactic. Plus the tribute had been recovered, so I hurried on my way."

Qingyang looked gloomy.

Chongwu's thoughts and actions were reasonable at the time. He didn't have clairvoyance, so how could he know what was happening dozens of miles away?

But the problem is that the officials sent by King Yao to investigate will make unnecessary associations.

After all, there was something fishy about the explanation that Chongwu had given. For example, if his tribute had really been stolen, why would the other party frame the two thieves and return it to Chongwu in disguise?
There are large tracts of wilderness and lakes in the suburbs, so why not just throw them anywhere? Why would they risk being caught and lead them to a small deserted village?
If you can't explain it, you will be suspected.

Chongwu whispered, "Please give me some advice, Palace Master!"

The palace lady doesn't care about this matter, so why would she come in disguise?

Qingyang said in a clear voice: "King Yao sent someone to question you, and you must answer truthfully, and it cannot conflict with other people's testimonies. In any case, you were in Zhuowei instead of Mangzhou that night, which should have been the best alibi."