As the guards brought the deserters back, Master Qin was bargaining with Shen Xiao Shou over whether to give him three or five strokes on his belly, a matter worthy of serious discussion.
So can imagine how unhappy he was when he was interrupted.
Shen Qian Ling was relieved and took the opportunity to run out and look for his son, as it was a very dangerous thing to be alone in a room with a rogue.
The dark guards looked at the red strawberry on his neck and had mixed feelings.
Previously he had thought the palace master and his wife were having a chat over tea, but now he seemed so naive, it was impossible!
Wonder if the palace master will cut him this time.
Particularly apprehensive.
“Chirp!” The fur ball yawned lazily from Yun Ge’s arms.
“What’s wrong?” Shen Qian Ling asked, “Why are you back so soon?”
“It’s not a big deal.” The dark guard was very clever, “We met some little thieves.”
“Just leave it to Lord Xiao to interrogate.” Shen Qian Ling admonished, “Don’t interfere with the Shadow Chasing Palace.” The only way to save yourself from some weird and wonderful things is for you guys to be very unreliable.
The dark guards nodded, “Yes, we will not interfere!” Very resounding.
Qin Shao Yu stood at the door, reaching out and rubbing his chin.
The dark guards immediately said witty, “Shen Gongzi, Master Ye has something to say to you!”
Ye Jin: ……
Next time, if you want to act out a scene, say hello beforehand.
“Yes?” Shen Qian Ling asked Ye Jin curiously.
The dark guards looked at Master Ye with a very hot look.
Ye Jin could only cooperate and said, “Why don’t we go to the study and talk about it?”
Does it look like it’s still a secret? Shen Xiao Shou was instantly interested, really very nosy.
As he watched the two of them leave the courtyard, the dark guards were overwhelmed with emotion.
“What is it?” Qin Shao Yu asked.
The dark guard whispered something in his ear.
“Go to the dungeon and take a look.” Qin Shao Yu walked outside the courtyard.
The dungeon was heavily forbidden, and Xiao Jie had rushed to the dungeon when he heard the news. The captured man was sitting in the cell with his face ashen, not opening his mouth and not speaking.
“Palace Master.” The dark guard said, “This is the man who impersonated you that day.”
Qin Shao Yu frowned and looked at him, then said, “Is that him?”
The dark guard nodded, “Yes.”
Qin Shao Yu’s face was expressionless as he said, “Cut the razor.”
The man shivered at his words, and there was obvious fear in his eyes.
“Ah ah, don’t do that.” Xiao Jie hurriedly stopped him, “You must not razor a prisoner at will, it is against the laws of our dynasty.”
“If you can’t cut the razor, forget it.” Qin Shao Yu nodded, “It’s okay to bury them on the spot.”
“I can’t even bury him!” Xiao Jie stomped his foot sharply, “Even if he has committed a serious crime, he should be interrogated by an official first.”
“Then you do it.” Qin Shao Yu was very good at talking, ” Let’s do it now, I’ll burn it afterwards.”
Xiao Jie was speechless, his gaze slightly desperate.
“What do you want to know?” The man looked at Qin Shao Yu and his voice was a little husky.
Qin Shao Yu said, “Your name.”
The man said, “Tie Lao San.”
“The name rings a bell.” Qin Shao Yu nodded, “Indeed, he is one of Li Weiyuan’s men, so that’s more than enough to burn.”
Xiao Jie: ……
“I have a secret.” Tie Lao San crossed his heart.
The dark guard laughed at this, “Who doesn’t have a secret, talking as if it is worth a lot of money.”
He said, “It’s about Li Weiyuan’s secret.”
The dark guard guessed, “The colour of his underpants?”
Xiao Jie desperately tried to resist the urge to blast these people out!
“I’ll tell you the secret, and you let me go.” Tie Lao San crossed over to the dark guards and looked directly at Qin Shao Yu.
“That depends on whether your secret is worth something or not.” Qin Shao Yu entered the cell, “If you want to say that in fact, Li Weiyuan has an axe to grind against the emperor, this kind of thing is known to everyone, and there is no need to use it as a bargaining chip.”
“What?” Xiao Jie sucked in a mouthful of cold air and said with a shocked face, “Is there such a matter?”
Dark Guard: ……
Can you be a bit calmer, can you act cool? If you don’t, you can pay ten taels of silver and we’ll draw you a picture of Master Yin.
“You know?” Tie Lao San was also stunned.
“Not only do I know, the Emperor himself knows.” Qin Shao Yu squatted in front of him, “It’s not exactly a secret.”
“That’s right.” The dark guard nodded in agreement, “It might as well be the colour of his underpants.”
“Then the emperor still made him a general?” Tie Lao San mumbled more like he was talking to himself.
“Because the emperor is sure he won’t rebel during the war in the northwest, so he doesn’t need him for nothing.” The corners of Qin Shao Yu’s mouth lifted, “I’m afraid it’s a bit difficult to exchange this information for your life.”
“Then what do you want to do to let me go?” Tie Lao San gritted his teeth.
“Tell me everything you know.” Qin Shao Yu pulled a chair over and sat down, “Why did you escape from the camp, why did you impersonate me, who killed the rest of them, who burned the bodies, how did you escape, tell us all of them!”
The voice was not loud, but it sent a chill down one’s back. Tie Lao San said boldly, “Will you let me go if you tell me?”
“If you don’t tell me, you will only die.” Qin Shao Yu looked at him coldly.
The secret guards applauded in their hearts, ‘Our palace master is simply handsome.’
Apart from Shen Xiao Shou, not many people in this world would dare to provoke Qin Shao Yu, even Shen Qian Feng and Ye Jin would stay away from him when he was in a bad mood, let alone an ordinary soldier.
Tie Lao San compromised, “I escaped from the barracks because I didn’t want to suffer and I was afraid of dying; the other reason was that when we were on patrol that day, we overheard General Li talking to someone in the tent in Japanese.”
“What did he say?” Qin Shao Yu asked.
“I don’t understand.” Tie Lao San shook his head, “When we got back, we all reassured ourselves that General Li might not find us out there, but we didn’t know what to do, and we were afraid that one day we might lose our lives because of it.”
“What about the impersonation of me?” Qin Shao Yu asked.
Tie Lao San said sarcastically, “For a few days after we ran away from the barracks, we were hiding everywhere, and when we saw that no one was searching for us, we planned to get some money to go back to our hometown, so someone suggested that we pretend to be Palace Master Qin and rob the money so that we could get money quickly and deter them.”
“Did you get the money?” Qin Shao Yu had no expression on his face.
Tie Lao San shook his head bitterly, “No, the first time we did it, we were caught by these two gentlemen.”
The dark guards looked at him with sympathy, and he was in bad luck.
“What happened after that?” Qin Shao Yu said, “Tell us one by one!”
“After we were caught, we were all locked up in a house in the inn.” Tie Lao San said, “In the latter part of the night, we smelled the scent of ecstasy, but my ancestors were from the manufacture of various spices, so I was not dazed.”
“If you knew it was wrong, why didn’t you call for help?” Qin Shao Yu frowned.
“I was scared out of my wits, I thought these gentlemen were trying to kill us.” Tie Lao San looked carefully at the dark guards and saw that they didn’t react too much before he continued, “Besides, the smoke was so strong that I couldn’t make a sound even though I was dazed.”
“And then what happened?” Qin Shao Yu continued to ask.
“Then I saw three dark shadows with my own eyes, using wooden clips…to create the illusion that everyone was biting their tongues.” Although it has passed, thinking back to that night, Tie Lao San’s palms are still full of cold sweat, “I knew that I could not escape death, so I tried my best to secretly bite my lower lip and make a mouth full of blood pretending to be dead. At that time, there was only moonlight in the room, and there were so many of them, so no one noticed that I was cheating to death. In the end, I just checked and left, and then I fainted.”
Qin Shao Yu raised his eyes to look at the dark guard.
“I know my mistake.” When he was handling the corpses, he was worried that Shen Qian Ling would find them, so he didn’t examine them carefully, who would have thought that there was a living person hidden inside?
“After being dragged to the outskirts, I lay down for a long time before I calmed down. I just wanted to get up but heard someone coming, so I quickly lay down and pretended to be dead.” Tie Lao San continued, “It was still those people who came last night. They originally wanted to burn our bodies in the woods, but later they were afraid that they would be found too close to the town, so they used a carriage to transport us to the wilderness. It was a mass grave. While they were picking up firewood, I found a corpse nearby to change my clothes and then hid in a tree. They didn’t check it carefully either. After they came, they took a knife and cut it for a while, then poured it on the fire oil and burned them.”
“Did you get a good look at who it was?” Qin Shao Yu asked.
Tie Lao San said, “General Li’s men.”
“Are you sure?” Dark Guard said.
Tie Lao San nodded, “Yes, although they were masked, the sound of their voices could still be heard, and one of them was General Li’s lieutenant.”
“If that is the case, then Li Weiyuan must know that the secret has been revealed.” Xiao Jie was worried, “Will he turn against us in advance?”
“That’s not necessarily true.” Qin Shao Yu said, “If he was worried about the secret being revealed, he would have acted when these people had just escaped from the barracks, why wait a few days.”
“Then why?” Xiao Jie did not understand.
Qin Shao Yu’s gaze was somewhat cold. The reason why these people had been killed was probably that they had fallen into the hands of the Shadow Chasing Palace. Even if it wasn’t because of the secret, Li Weiyuan was worried that he would use these people to make an issue out of them, so he simply struck first and killed them all.
“Stay in jail for a few days first.” Qin Shao Yu stood up.
Tie Lao San said angrily, “You promised to let me go after that!”
“If you leave now, you will only die if Li Weiyuan sees you again.” The dark guards reminded him, “What’s wrong with staying in prison where you can eat, drink and be safe?”
Tie Lao San: ……
“The palace master will do what he says. When he thinks it is the right time, he will let you out.” The dark guard said, “Don’t worry about it.”
Tie Lao San hesitated at his words but eventually nodded.
Qin Shao Yu turned around and left the dungeon.
Xiao Jie also followed him, saying as he walked, “I thought the palace master wanted to cut the razor.”
The dark guards looked at him like he was an idiot, how could that be?
“I wonder what the palace master is going to do next?” Xiao Jie asked again.
Qin Shao Yu pondered.
“Why don’t we go back to the barracks before it’s too late?” Xiao Jie suggested, “Otherwise, I am worried that His Majesty will be in danger.”
The corners of Qin Shao Yu’s mouth rose and there was some laughter under his eyes.
“…… Palace Master?” Xiao Jie was bewildered.
Qin Shao Yu took a big step into the courtyard.
The fur ball flung its wings at him, and Shen Qian Ling also stood up from the table.
“Palace Master.” Xiao Jie wanted to follow him, but he was dragged by the collar by the secret guards.
If you don’t have eyesight, don’t interfere with such a touching scene of lovers reuniting!
Although it was only half an hour, it was still a long time ago for my Palace Master and Madam, who hadn’t seen each other for three years.
Can’t help but cry just thinking about it.
“What did Ye Jin say to you?” Qin Shao Yu pinched his nose.
“He didn’t say anything, he just came in and drank tea.” Shen Qian Ling complained, “Then I asked him if he wanted to talk about something related to big brother, but he just grumbled and went back to his room!” Is it possible to be so arrogant, the sister-in-law is particularly unqualified?
“Probably embarrassed.” Qin Shao Yu reassured.
Shen Qian Ling said honestly, “I don’t see it at all.”
“Go and change your clothes.” Qin Shao Yu said, “Let’s go eat green pepper chicken.”
“But we agreed to go the day after tomorrow.” Shen Qian Ling reminded him.
Qin Shao Yu straightened his collar, “Let’s change the plan, we’ll leave for the military camp the day after tomorrow.” Although he didn’t have any special friendship with Chu Yuan, he could tell from this that Li Weiyuan was already restless, so it was better to go back early to have a look.
“In such a hurry?” Shen Qian Ling was surprised, “Brother Ye has just arrived a few days ago.”
“The war is tight and we are going to help.” Qin Shao Yu said, “I don’t want to stay in such pandemonium anymore.”
“That’s fine.” Shen Qian Ling didn’t ask too much, “The sooner we finish the war, the sooner we can go home.”
“Go home and get married.” Qin Shao Yu emphasized.
Shen Qian Ling smiled, “Yes, go home and get married.”
The Riyue Mountain Villa secret guards sat on the roof of Ye Jin’s house with their swords in their arms, as cold and cool as black eagles.
When will Valley Master Ye be as soft as the youngest master?