Broken Iron Clothes

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"It's so easy," Feng Ruoping sneered, his face turned cold suddenly, "how could it be so easy?"

He struggled to stand up, but was pushed down again by the guards beside him, and his knees hit the ground with a "bang". He ignored the pain and said to Liu Zhaobi: "Just a few words lightly, and you will be fine." It's ridiculous to charge someone with the crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason at will!"

Liu Zhaobi kept kowtowing, his forehead was pressed against the ground, and his ten fingers were covered with dust and mud, which was extremely clean.

Feng Ruoping looked at him for a long time, he couldn't tell whether it was indignation or disappointment, but in the end, his eyes slowly moved to Tao Deren on the other side.

He laughed contemptuously: "Who is Tao Deren? After all, he is just a disused official who couldn't keep the gate of Ningzhou city. When the late emperor was convicted, Tao Deren had already disappeared. Someone from our Feng family spoke for him. Just a word, not to mention that he fled for nine years after feigning death, and now he suddenly appeared here, how can he be sure that he is not ulterior motives, and how convincing are the words he said?

"Besides, when the Dali army invaded the western border of Dali, there were a total of 18 troops. Why did it take so much effort to deal with a mere [-] Qinghui army? King Yin listened to the wind as the wind and the rain as the rain. You want to mutilate the Feng family like this! Ask yourselves, General Yanhua hasn’t protected the peace of the western region all these years? Didn’t Dali enjoy the little favor brought by the Weiming army when they defended the western region!”

"It's not 18 troops," Liu Zhaobi said, "only [-] troops."

As soon as this sound came to his ears, Feng Ruoping suddenly felt as if someone had hit the back of the head hard, and he felt dizzy for a while. He turned his head to look at Liu Zhaobi, his eyes seemed to have jagged teeth, and he was biting the body tightly.

Liu Zhaobi raised his head, his face was ashen ashes, he stared straight at the tall monument in front of him without any wavering in his eyes.

"After the capture of Ningzhou, the enemy left only 2 people in Ningzhou, and the remaining [-] troops rushed to Yingzhou. The news of the two states was cut off. The terrain map provided earlier can store energy along the road, but more than half of the rations escorted by Feng Han have been tampered with, and the strength of the Qinghui Army in Yingzhou has been greatly reduced.

"If it wasn't for full confidence, how dare the Dali army only keep 2 people in Ningzhou, which is closer to the hinterland of Dali," Yan Youqian sneered, "If Yizhonghou still refuses to accept, the veteran still has evidence. "

As he said that, he took a step forward, walked slowly to Feng Ruoping's side, and said: "At first, the old minister couldn't figure it out. Since Tao Deren ended up like this, why did he allow Feng Han to cooperate with the enemy? After investigation, Tao Deren's parents, wife and children did not know ten years ago It was also at that time that Feng Han and Tao Deren had contacts."

With a wave of Yan Youqian's hand, a waist card was presented to Chang Yi. Chang Yi took it, and held the waist card in both hands and presented it to Liu Zhaoyu's side.

Liu Zhaoyu looked sideways, and saw that the palms of the hands beside him trembled slightly. He stretched out his fingers to pick up the waist card, but from the corner of his eye, he found some tiny rays of sweat in the palm of the person.

He seemed apprehensive by looking at his badge, and took a few more glances at Chang Yi's eyebrows, and then he heard Yan Youqian continue: "This is a token Tao Deren received from Feng Han. He once reported to the Ministry of Officials that he had lost a waist badge, and the veteran also asked the Ministry of Officials to verify that it was indeed the case. This must be the one he lost back then. At that time, Feng Han threatened the lives of Tao Deren's family members, and Tao Deren So he asked for a waist card as a guarantee, and then agreed to sell Ningzhou with him. After the incident was completed, Tao Deren fled in fear of crime, and avoided many Feng Han's pursuit. He still had this clue in his hand in order to find his family all these years. "

Feng Ruoping raised his eyes and said coldly: "Can the stolen badge be used as a token?"

Yan Youqian laughed lightly, didn't pay attention to it, turned to Tao Deren and said: "As for why Tao Deren suddenly appeared here now, it is because when the old minister brought Tao Deren back to the city, he promised to find his family for him, Unfortunately……"

He shook his head and clicked his tongue a few times.

Tao Deren suddenly grabbed Yan Youqian's boots: "What do you mean?!"

He clasped the boots uneasily, clutching the hem of Yan Youqian's clothes tightly in his hands, but when he raised his eyes, he saw the sympathy in Yan Youqian's eyes, and instantly fell into despair like falling into an abyss.

He pleaded: "Duke Yu, please speak clearly!"

Yan Youqian lowered his head and tore off the hem of his clothes, took two steps back, and said, "It's a pity that you have been lied to by Feng Han for so many years, and you don't know that the relatives you have been looking for for many years have already been buried in the bone spring."

Tao Deren's eyes were numb, he weakly licked his molars that were bleeding from the beating, tasted the rust smell that hadn't dissipated in his mouth for a moment, and laughed at himself.

In an instant, the iron chains of his feet dragged the ground and made a clang, but he rushed towards Feng Ruoping like crazy while kneeling on the ground, pinching the man's neck with his filthy hands.

The personal guards rushed out to surround Liu Zhaoyu, and the imperial guards stepped forward to pull Tao Deren away from Feng Ruoping.Tao Deren resisted with all his strength, and finally his head was pushed to the ground, half of his head was covered with plaster.

Panting heavily, he shouted: "Feng Ruoping! I promise you will bear the crime of beheading, betray the people of my Ningzhou, and be scolded for you for many years. You have lived like this, and you are treating me like this of!!"

Yan Youqian glanced at him contemptuously, and said, "What's more, they died long before Wei Xu's mansion moved to Yingzhou, how could the people of Wei Xu's mansion survive to Qinghui after being infected with Tan Congealed Blood?" When the army rushed to Ningzhou, did you think that everyone in Da'e was predicting things like a god, and they were sure? The reason why Da'e was able to guarantee the dosage of Tan's coagulation blood was because they had tried it with a few of them in advance."

Tao Deren's red eyes widened, his head hit the ground, and he clenched his teeth in horror and grief.

Feng Ruoping turned a blind eye, turned to Yan Youqian and said, "Did You see it with your own eyes, or is there any evidence? Tao Deren has been searching for nine years but can't find him, how can you easily find him?"

Yan Youqian said: "In order to find out the truth, the old minister personally entrusted Yemenzhuang to do the matter. Is it possible that Yizhonghou does not know about Yemenzhuang?"

"Yimen Village," Feng Ruoping said, "Duke Yu is not joking, a group of miscellaneous fish and rotten shrimps making waves in the rivers and lakes, killing people and setting fires as their livelihood, people like them can count on what they say?"

"Why can't it count?"

Jiang Shiqing turned sideways to avoid others, and went straight forward.

Everyone was attracted attention, and their eyes followed his figure all the way to the front.

Jiang Shiqing was dressed in plain clothes today, and after standing still, he stood upright, with a clear face without any waves, but was so white that he stood out in the crowd.

He opened his mouth slowly and said, "Yemen Village kills bandits and villains that the imperial court can't deal with, and burns the treasury built by corrupt officials to launder the stolen money after accepting bribes. The principle that the good, the young, and the weak will not move is probably due to the fact that there have been too many miscellaneous fish and rotten shrimps that have really caused trouble in the past two years. Yemen Village has been slandered casually by people with intentions, which has caused so many misunderstandings from outsiders. Brothers, it is true that there are many people who are open to money, but not all money is worthy of our attention."

Feng Ruoping looked him up and down and asked, "Which one are you?"

Jiang Shiqing's expression remained unchanged, and he replied: "The owner of the Yemen Village that everyone is talking about, Jiang Shiqing."

The ministers behind him looked at each other in shock, but they didn't dare to say anything, so they could only continue to wait and see.

Seeing the commotion, Feng Ruoping sneered and said, "So what about the owner? Seeing that your appearance is at most about the age of King Yin, do you believe these words?"

"Believe it," Jiang Shiqing narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at him, and said unhurriedly, "Why don't you believe what you have seen with your own eyes."

Yan Youqian's cheeks twitched, and he looked at Jiang Shiqing beside him in surprise, his brows were already tightly knitted.

Jiang Shiqing walked up to Liu Zhaoyu under the incomprehensible eyes of all the ministers, knelt down and saluted resolutely.

He raised his head and faced the stele, and beside his ears were shouts that shook the world, one after another, from the distant sky——

"We are willing to defend Ningzhou to the death in the name of the Qinghui Army. We would rather lay down millions of corpses than disgrace Dali Rivers and Mountains—"

The wind was blowing, and the military flag waving under the scorching sun seemed to be blowing. Thousands of heroic souls seemed to be burning in the shining candles. Their flesh and blood were still guarding the city gate in hell on earth until they died.

Lu Sheng's crucified body knelt on the blood-stained ground of the Qinghui army. Before he died, he persistently turned to face the gate of Ningzhou city, because he was going to kneel to the people of Ningzhou, Qinghui who was fighting. The army is Dali.

They were never losers.

Jiang Shiqing's eyes flickered, and all he could see from the stele were immortal loyal souls.

The wind was still moving, which shook the heart of Chi Xue. He looked somewhere in the distance, and said solemnly: "Caomin Lu Xianfeng swore his life in front of the tomb of the Ninety Thousand Qinghui Army today, to prove that what King Yin said is true, please Your Majesty Plead guilty to the traitors and traitors headed by Feng!"

With a sound of knocking, there was an uproar all around, all the officials whispered to each other, their eyes were full of surprise.

Liu Zhaoyu looked down at the man in plain clothes, and moved his fingertips lightly, as if he wanted to reach out but restrained himself.

Feng Ruoping listened to the whispered discussions in his ears, and said loudly: "Everyone knows that the third son of King Wei Xu fell insane, and no one saw his real face until he went to Yingzhou. Besides, Wei Ning How can you survive if the [-] Qinghui army were all killed in the battle? You open your mouth to punish yourself, and what evidence do you have to prove your identity!"

Jiang Shiqing replied straightly: "Lv was lucky enough to escape with the desperate rescue of the eldest princess and benefactor. There is no token, only the blood condensed from the blood on his body as evidence. However, maybe Tao Deren can recognize me."

"!"

Hearing Tan's coagulation of blood, the discussion started again, as dense as insects and ants eating his ears, Liu Zhaoyu called Tao Deren's name in a low voice, and stopped talking.

"Tao Deren."

The forbidden army got an order and brought the man over.Tao Deren looked up at the face carefully, and smiled stiffly as if he found hope but couldn't believe it. He knocked his knees, moved forward a few steps, and the corners of his mouth twitched several times.

He hurriedly said: "Lu Xianfeng, you're alive, you're still alive! So you can survive with blood coagulation in your body, right? What did you see with your own eyes, is what Duke Yu said true?!"

Jiang Shiqing staggered his eyes and didn't like to look directly at him.

"Nine years ago, I moved to Yingzhou with Wei Xu's palace. Before I arrived in Ningzhou, I was blocked and robbed by big men. Mrs. Tao's wife was still alive at that time, and she died of poison a day later. The day when the elder was buried was exactly when I was being sent to Ningzhou. I saw a red mole on the base of the right palm of the corpse."

"...Blood congealed, red mole," Tao Deren spat out a mouthful of blood, giggled a few times, and then began to laugh wildly, "Feng Ruoping, how much blood is on your son Feng Han's hands, he is not afraid of being killed at night." Is the ghost back?! You betrayed the country and sought glory, and my family was ruined, hahaha... You sons of bitches, I will curse you to be buried with me if I die—"

Tao Deren lost his mind in the extreme collapse, tried his best to fight against the imperial guards who were detaining him, and ran into the guards in a rage.Regardless of the knife wounds on his arms and abdomen, he grabbed a sharp knife with his bare hands and slashed like crazy.

All the officials on the other side backed away in panic, the personal guards protected Liu Zhaoyu and retreated to the side, the forbidden army also led Feng Ruoping to avoid the blade, but Jiang Shiqing knelt down and did not dodge or dodge.

Seeing that the saber cut straight into the ground and then slashed at Liu Zhaobi, Liu Zhaoyu shouted in a hurry, but fortunately Zhou Qisi rushed out in time, raised the saber to block the blow, and rushed to Liu Zhaobi and rolled aside.

The knife fell into the air, and immediately rushed straight to the nearest Jiang Shiqing. Liu Zhaoyu's eyes trembled, and when he was about to push away his guards and stepped forward to stop him, a cold light hit the knife, and the man who came out immediately kicked Tao Deren's chest fiercely, and turned around. Pulling up Jiang Shiqing, he held him in his arms and spun around a few times.