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In public, Sun Yu is the team leader of the Jingwu Academy. In private, he is Xu Huaiyi's master, so he was the one to take charge of this matter.

He first called Ma Zicheng over and explained the situation to him. Before investigating, his people must first unite their front.

Ma Zicheng was also very angry after hearing this, and expressed his support for Sun Yu's thorough investigation of the matter without hesitation. No matter who was involved, he must investigate it to the end. Such backstabbing must not be allowed in the military camp.

Otherwise, who would dare to charge into battle without hesitation? Who would dare to be handed over to their comrades behind their backs?

As a military general, I hate this kind of mean behavior of shooting from behind the scenes the most.

Moreover, to put it in a broader sense, this is no longer a matter of murdering a person, but rather affects the outcome of the battle.

Because Xu Huaiyi's importance in the army is self-evident. He is brave in killing enemies, and the team he leads has the best record. The soldiers also respect him and are willing to follow him. If they knew that someone was plotting to harm him, and that the person was one of their own, would they be willing?

If it is not handled properly, the morale of the troops will be weakened. Who can take this responsibility?

With Ma Zicheng's support, things would be easier. Sun Yu's status was not low, but if the suspect was Li Yunzhao, it was inevitable that some people would not buy it for the sake of the third prince. If Ma Zicheng was added, the share would be almost the same. Firstly, the Ma family had a woman who entered the palace and was quite favored. Secondly, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple was a member of the Ma family, which meant that Ma Zicheng had a certain say.

However, when Sun Yu asked people to invite the generals in charge of the army and informed them of the matter, although those generals were surprised and angry, they did not express their opinions immediately.

No one is a fool. Shooting someone in the back is a taboo in the army and is despised by others. But now the party disputes are getting more and more intense and have even penetrated into the military camp. Otherwise, they would not have suffered a series of defeats before. They have been fed up with it for a long time and just want to stay out of trouble. How could they be willing to get involved in these troublesome things?

Anyone with a discerning eye knew that they were trying to take advantage of the chaos on the battlefield to get rid of Xu Huaiyi. As for who the murderer was, it could be just those few people, because only they had the motive, and only they had the courage to disregard the Sun family's reputation.

So, how to deal with this matter?

It's hard to offend either side, so I can only play deaf and dumb and fool them as much as possible.

But Sun Yu was extremely angry and didn't give them a chance to stand by and watch. Seeing that they were silent, he sneered, "Generals, is this how you handle military affairs? Don't you have any reaction to such a crazy thing? Xu Huaiyi is not only a student of our Jingwu Academy, he is also a soldier in the army, a captain appointed by the emperor himself. He was assassinated on the battlefield. As superiors, you don't care about it. Isn't it disheartening?"

Having said that, no one could pretend to be dead any longer, and they all spoke up.

"How is Captain Xu? Is he injured?"

Xu Huaiyi shook his head.

The man breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good. Captain Xu is a lucky man. It's good that he was not hurt. You must be more careful on the battlefield next time..."

Hearing this, Sun Yu took over the conversation with a dark face, "General Zhao, what do you mean? My disciple was not injured because his personal guards risked their lives to protect him. He was lucky and barely escaped. He was not careless. Do you think it was a stray arrow?"

General Zhao said with a stiff face, "It's not impossible. It's not uncommon to be injured by stray arrows on the battlefield. It can only be said that it's bad luck..."

Sun Yu laughed angrily, pointing at the Japanese pirate still lying on the ground, "Come closer and take a look at his face. He died within a few minutes after being shot in the shoulder by an arrow. He was clearly poisoned. The arrowhead is poisoned. Which of the arrows used by our soldiers are poisoned? I really don't know. Zhao will come..."

General Zhao was stubborn and said, "That doesn't mean anything. Maybe it was the Japanese pirates who did it. They knew that Captain Xu was brave and good at fighting, and he had killed too many of their people. They were resentful, so they deliberately disguised themselves as our Dayong soldiers and shot arrows in the back. On the one hand, they wanted to kill Captain Xu, and on the other hand, they deliberately framed him to cause internal discord and conflicts among us, which would cause panic among the people."

Sun Yu mocked, "Today I learned that General Zhao is a good speaker. You twisted something that anyone with a discerning eye could understand into something else. It's really eye-opening."

General Zhao's face immediately fell when he heard this. "Master Sun, be careful with your words. I am only making a reasonable analysis. I am not trying to distort the facts. What are the facts? If you think what I said is wrong, you can find evidence to refute it. Where is the murderer? Has he been caught?"

Sun Yu sneered, "If I had caught him, I would have killed him with a knife a long time ago. Why would I need to argue with General Zhao here?"

"you……"

Seeing that the two were about to fall out and quarrel, Ma Zicheng stepped out to mediate and said a few words to make the atmosphere less tense. However, he also insisted that it was "their own people" who shot the arrow in the back, not the Japanese pirates, and did not give the generals the opportunity to stay out of it and pass the buck to each other.

General Zhao said irritably, "Evidence, it's useless for you to just talk about it. We need solid evidence, otherwise how can we investigate? Who can accept suspicion of one's comrade without any reason? Maybe it's just an accident, or a trick of the Japanese pirates. We can't be fooled so easily, right?"

Several other generals echoed this statement, and their attitudes were surprisingly consistent.

That is, I don't want to get involved in any fight.

Seeing this, Xu Huaiyi said in a deep voice, "I can understand the generals' choice, but this matter is of great importance. If I am alive, they will still find a chance to attack me. My life or death is not important, but the nature of this matter is too important..."

He paused, and said meaningfully, "There are so many respected generals in the military camp, but they dare not intervene when a small person like me is being murdered. Who else can they intervene?"

Upon hearing this, the generals' faces changed. This could be interpreted as them being incompetent or inaction, or as them siding with the murderer. At worst, it was a mockery of them being sycophantic and irresponsible. As military generals, such accusations were serious.

Not finished yet.

Xu Huaiyi added, "What is the truth? Anyone with eyes can guess it. Don't underestimate anyone. Moreover, when I was shot, my comrades saw that the murderer deliberately smeared his face with blood so that people could not see his appearance. Afterwards, he fled in a hurry. If he was a Japanese pirate, why would he do this?"

His voice gradually became cold and stern, revealing a sense of determination. "I must get to the bottom of this matter. I can die on the battlefield, at the hands of the Japanese pirates, but I cannot accept being murdered by my own people, especially when I was bravely killing the enemy. This kind of heartbreaking act is intolerable by heaven. If I let it go, it would be tantamount to condoning such behavior. Who would dare to go into battle and kill the enemy in the future?"

"Once on the battlefield, not only will we have to fight the Japanese pirates, but we will also have to worry about being attacked from both sides. If this gets out in the army or is known to the people, who will be able to take responsibility?"

"I still say the same thing. My life is worthless, but this matter must be explained!"

Several people looked at each other in bewilderment. After a moment, General Zhao frowned and said impatiently, "Okay, then investigate it, investigate it thoroughly, and give everyone an explanation!"

Xu Huaiyi said, "Thank you, General, for your help."

General Zhao looked at him and snorted, "How dare I not help you? If I don't investigate, I will be charged with the crime of harboring and condoning. Then there is no need to fight the war. I will put on my armor and go home to farm."

Xu Huaiyi opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, Sun Yu came to his rescue, "General Zhao, don't speak so aggrievedly, as if my disciple forced you to investigate. When something like this happened, you should have stepped forward to resolve it. If my disciple hadn't been alert and lucky, he would have died!"

General Zhao choked unwillingly.

The atmosphere became tense again.

Another general named Wang laughed and said, "Let's discuss how to investigate this matter. We have to have a plan on where to start. We are at a critical moment now, and we can't put the cart before the horse. If this affects the war situation, none of us can afford to be blamed."

Ma Zicheng immediately followed up and said, "General Wang is absolutely right. We must put the overall situation first and not delay the war, so we must act without delay. As for where to start, it is actually quite simple. The person who shot the arrow from behind is most likely someone who has a personal grudge against Captain Xu, so the scope of the search should not be very large..."

As he spoke, his expression became a little strange.

Sun Yu spoke on his behalf, "Huaiyi, have you ever offended anyone?"

Xu Huaiyi nodded and replied bluntly, "If we talk about the families that I have offended recently, it must be the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion and the Pingyuan Earl Mansion."

As soon as these words were spoken, General Wang's expression became stiff.

General Zhao took a deep breath. There was no room for maneuver at all!

Xu Huaiyi frankly recounted the grievances between himself and the two families. The point was that the two families took advantage of his absence from the capital to throw dirty water on his wife, cuckold him, tarnish his reputation, and thus disrupt his mind. This matter was no longer a secret in the army, and everyone knew the result of the court's handling. They were very surprised at the time and did not expect the court to punish him so severely.

But now it seems that not only have the two families not learned their lesson, but they may have even retaliated more severely.

Sun Yu was not afraid of offending anyone, and he made the final decision, "It seems that those two families are the most suspicious. The eldest son of Dingyuan Marquis's Mansion is in the military camp, and there are no descendants from Pingyuan Earl's Mansion. But as far as I know, several people have followed the path of the Meng family, and they can be considered half members of the Meng family. They should all be carefully investigated."

Ma Zicheng looked at him and saw that he was determined, so he cooperated and said, "Investigate, no matter who is involved, we must investigate! If we can't pry open their mouths, there are still the Jinyiwei."

Hearing this, General Zhao immediately said, "There's no need to trouble the Jinyiwei, let's investigate it ourselves first."

Ma Zicheng smiled and said, "General Zhao, don't worry. Jianshi, the commander of the Jinyiwei, is Huaiyi's uncle. How can he not do his best?"

General Zhao laughed dryly. Was he worried about this? He was afraid that the matter would become too big and there would be no way to resolve it. "Let's investigate. If we can't find out, we can ask the Jinyiwei to take action."

Ma Zicheng said with a half-smile, "That's fine, I hope we can find out the truth smoothly."

Next, as a party involved in the investigation, Xu Huaiyi did not participate. After he left the tent and returned to his residence, he saw Li Yunting waiting for him.

"how's it going?"

"Let's start investigating..."

Xu Huaiyi took a few sips of water and roughly recounted what had just happened. At the end, he said, "Yun Ting, this time, if it is really found out that Li Yunzhao did it, I will definitely not let him off!"

Li Yunting said without hesitation, "Of course!"

Xu Huaiyi hesitantly reminded, "By then, your family might be implicated..."

Hearing this, Li Yunting smiled, "I have never taken Dingyuan Marquis' Mansion as my home. Just let it go. I hope the mansion collapses, as long as the whole family is not executed. I don't want to be buried with those people. They don't deserve it!"

Xu Huaiyi said, "I'm sure the whole family won't be executed, but I don't want Li Yunzhao to return to the capital alive. This time, he has touched my bottom line!"

Li Yunting was not surprised at all and nodded happily, "Okay, do you need my help?"

Xu Huaiyi laughed and reminded him, "You should at least restrain yourself. No matter how much you quarrel with him, you are still brothers. If he dies, when you return to Beijing, your father will definitely vent his anger on you, and your stepmother might even hate you. What if she takes it out on your mother?"

"She dares!"

"Why wouldn't you dare? Don't underestimate how crazy a mother who has lost her son will be. They can do anything."

Li Yunting asked him, "What about you? Aren't you afraid of her revenge?"

Xu Huaiyi sneered, "Her son is going to kill me, what do I have to be afraid of? Besides, I didn't kill him, it was the court that convicted him. If you want to hate someone, hate her for not educating her son well, making him stupid and vicious."

Li Yunting pondered and said, "Then do you think that Li Yunzhao must have done this?"

Xu Huaiyi said, "Nine out of ten times, I only offended a few families, and he didn't have the chance to attack others."

The Prince of Chu might also be involved, but for now, he cannot tell anyone about it.

However, he would not suffer in silence. The things he bought from the Yao family before had not been used up yet. It was a good opportunity to release some more of them so that the Prince Chu's Mansion would not have too much free time and would not have the mind to pay attention to him!

As for the Meng family, he felt that the reason why the Prince of Chu harmed her was probably because he was asked by the Meng family. To be precise, it was the idea of ​​Princess Anping who designed him to come here. Wasn't it because she knew that there were countless casualties in this war in the previous life and she hoped that he would be one of them?

It’s a pity that not only did he not die, but he also made contributions and received awards, so people could not tolerate it and took action in secret.

However, this approach was not smart at all. It violated the taboos in the military and crossed his bottom line.

If he did it right, he could even accuse the person who attacked him of having bad intentions, rather than harming him out of personal vendetta.

If this were to happen, the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion would be in great danger, and Li Yunting would inevitably be implicated, and might even lose his chance of promotion.

Li Yunting told him to do what he wanted, but he couldn't really ignore his friends and the Third Prince. If he pushed him too hard, it might backfire.

However, what he didn't expect was that just when he made up his mind to let the matter end with Li Yunzhao, the case could not be traced back to Li Yunzhao.

No evidence.

He, as well as all the guards he brought with him this time, had alibis, as if they had been deliberately prepared.

Not only him, the same is true for the Prince of Chu. There is perfect evidence of his alibi, which is irrefutable.