Li Qinghuan

Chapter 120

He Li turned back from the commotion and asked in confusion, "It's not your fault, why are you apologizing?"

"I didn't notice it." Ji Qing was extremely guilty, his eyes gradually turned red, "I should have guessed earlier, I should have noticed something wrong when I was in Yuncheng, Zheng Chong's appearance was too strange, not only did I let him You brought him back to the palace, and let him come to the frontier with you, killing grandfather."

He Li was stunned for a moment, and a clue suddenly came to his mind.

Not only Ji Qing, he should also be aware of the problem.Back then when he went to Yuncheng for disaster relief, he met Zheng Chong. He only felt that this person had a good temper with him, so he brought him back to Yu Du, but he never noticed that Zheng Chong appeared too strangely, just in time for the plague to appear. The same day happened to be when he went to the shelter.

Zheng Chong must not be behind the scenes, he is just a pawn.

Who is the person behind that, how can he be sure that He Li will take a fancy to Zheng Chong and keep him by his side?Being so sure of his temperament, he buried shogi beside him for six years, and finally led to today's catastrophe.

If he wanted to kill him, he should have shot him when he was sent to death row. How can he be sure that he can escape from death?Save this move until today.

He Li woke up like a dream, stood up and shouted: "Stop! Don't beat me to death, he is still useful."

Han Jue rubbed his fists and stopped: "General, what are you talking about?"

He Li was about to repeat it again, but Ji Qing gently pulled him.He Li turned his head and raised his eyebrows suspiciously.

Ji Qing shook his head: "No need."

Although He Li was puzzled, he subconsciously trusted what Ji Qing said.

"It's nothing." He waved his hand at Han Jue and sat down again. "You can follow him to investigate and find out who is behind the scenes. He is not the culprit who killed my grandfather."

Ji Qing lowered his voice: "He is just an abandoned son, nothing can be found out, just leave it to the soldiers to vent their anger."

He Li is so smart, after hearing what Ji Qing said, he immediately asked, "Did you find out?"

Ji Qing hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "No."

Just such a moment of hesitation was caught by He Li, he said decisively: "You found out, but you don't want me to know."

Ji Qing categorically denied: "No!

Seeing that he was so sure, He Li suddenly became a little uncertain, so he could only bluff and say: "He Ming, don't lie to me."

Ji Qing lowered his eyes, making people unable to see the emotions in his eyes, and said again: "I didn't hide it from you."

"Then don't kill Zheng Chong." He Li knew how hard Ji Qing's mouth was, took a deep look at him, stood up and said, "General Han, don't kill him!"

After Han Jue had vented his anger, he heard it clearly and told the soldiers to stop.

He Li said: "Everyone, go down first, and take away Zheng Chong's younger brothers, I have something to ask Zheng Chong alone."

Han Jue wiped off the sweat from his forehead, responded and led everyone out of the main tent.

He Li looked up at Qin Yang and Chen Zheng who were standing and sitting in the corner, and said, "You two guard the door, don't let anyone in."

Qin Yang and Chen Zheng looked at each other and said in unison: "Yes."

After all the people in the tent were cleared up, He Li paced down from the main seat. It looked like he was strolling slowly in the courtyard, but in reality he couldn't walk too fast because of the severe pain in his wound.

Seeing this, Ji Qing quickly stood up and supported him.

He Li followed Ji Qing's hand and slowly squatted down in front of Zheng Chong who was beaten to death.

"He Ming, go out and wait for me." He Li looked at Ji Qing.

Ji Qing was about to speak but was interrupted by He Li: "Either you tell me, or I ask myself."

"I don't know anything, you can ask." Ji Qing thought for a moment, thinking that Zheng Chong would not be able to find out anything crucial, and it would be better to ask He Li himself than to lie to him, so he agreed decisively and turned around. out.

He Li turned his head and called out, "Zheng Chong."

Zheng Chong raised his head on his last breath, and said weakly, "General."

He Li looked down at him, extremely disappointed: "I didn't expect it to be you."

Zheng Chong smiled, and suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood with a smile, which accidentally stained the corner of He Li's snow-white clothes.

"Sorry, General."

He Li stretched out two fingers to pick apart the corners of his clothes, and said, "When you were in Yu Duji's mansion, were you the one who really sent the message to Jiming?"

It seemed to be asking him, but there was no trace of doubt in his tone.

Zheng Chong: "Yes, it's me."

He Li raised his head, closed his eyes forcefully, and forced back the soreness in his eyes.

"In Yulian Mountain, you are the one who reported to Duoerqi."

"It's me." Zheng Chong rolled down tears mixed with blood, and said in a crying voice: "I'm sorry, General, I'm sorry."

He Li opened his eyes: "You were also the one who colluded with Donghu and killed General He Huaizhou."

"It's me, I'm sorry General! It's me, I don't dare to ask you to forgive me, but I have my own difficulties, I'm sorry General."

He Li was a little tired from squatting, sat down cross-legged, and said with a smile: "Let's talk about it, what are your difficulties?"

"I'm sorry General, my parents, wife and children are all in the hands of that man, I can't help it, I really can't help it!"

He Li laughed louder, and with a smile, a tear fell out of his eyes without warning.

"So you are going to collude with the Donghu people and kill other people's parents, wives and children? Let me ask you, Zheng Chong, have you ever thought that if the old general dies, I will not be able to hold Lancheng and let the Donghu people take control of the Central Plains? Who among the common people in the 54 counties of Wei Jiuzhou has no parents, wives and children? How many of them have no parents, wives and children?"

Zheng Chong almost cried out, "I'm sorry, General! I'm sorry!"

He Li ignored him, and continued: "I can't make you disregard your parents, wife and children, but I can't forgive you either. Just like the spirits of hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the foot of Lancheng can't forgive you, if your parents Wife and children know that you killed General He and nearly fell Lancheng because of your collusion with the enemy and treason, do you think they will lose their heads because of what you have done?"

Zheng Chong was stunned, unable to speak for a while.

He Li looked at the strong man covered in blood in front of him, and felt pitiful and pathetic.

"If you still have a conscience, I will ask you a few questions next, and you should answer them carefully."

Zheng Chong raised his head and nodded hastily: "General, I promise you, I will answer truthfully."

"Who is the person behind you?"

"I don't know. I haven't met him. I only know that he is a very powerful person with great power."

"Then how did you send the letter to him?"

"When I was in Yudu, he would ask me to go to a place at a fixed time every month, and send a man who looked like a servant to deliver a letter to me. When I arrived in the northwest, the people from Donghu sent me a letter."

"The last question, are your parents, wife and children still in Yu Ducheng?"

Zheng Chong raised his head abruptly, and looked at He Li in disbelief: "General, general?"

He Li stood up with difficulty and said, "Are you here?"

"Yes! Yes! I only know that they are in a courtyard on the outskirts of the city. I followed them secretly to see them. The guards are so strict that I can't rescue them." Zheng Chong spat out another mouthful of blood as he spoke, his voice gradually weakened. Go down, "But even if I rescue them, I can't escape with them."

He Li looked at him condescendingly: "Zheng Chong, you and I can barely be regarded as master and servant, I hate you, you deserve death, but your parents, wife and children are innocent, I promise you, if they are still alive , I will rescue them for you and settle them down. But you have to accept the punishment you deserve, will you accept it?"

Zheng Chong didn't speak, and supported his upper body with difficulty on the ground with bloody hands, knelt down in front of He Li as straight as possible, then bent down, and bowed: "Thank you, General, I accept."

He Li was silent, watching Zheng Chongsong pick up the big knife left by some general beside him, and handed it to He Li with both hands.

"Zheng Chong, you have to know that you won't be spared lightly after you die. Your body will be chopped up and trampled to pieces by the red-winged soldiers. You deserve it."

"I know, General, this is already very good for me." Zheng Chong actually smiled, with a simple and honest smile, as if he was finally relieved, "General, let's do it."

He Li took out a handkerchief from his bosom, wiped off the blood on Zheng Chong's face, then grabbed the handle of the knife, raised the knife and dropped it, Zheng Chong's head fell to the ground.

He Li wiped his hands with the square handkerchief, spread it and threw it on the ground, just covering Zheng Chong's face.

"Come here, clean up here."

The three people outside the tent came in one by one when they heard He Li's voice, Chen Zheng looked at the mess on the ground, and called someone to clean it up.

He Li returned to the main seat, picked up the cold tea on the table, took a sip, and said, "He Ming, you must be here, I don't have any tea if you're not here."

Ji Qing sat down beside him, reached out and snatched the teacup from his hand without saying a word: "It's cold, don't drink it."

He Li pursed his lips, and didn't dare to say more. He raised his eyes to look at Qin Yang, and asked, "Qin Yang, is there something you didn't explain to me?"

Qin Yang met his gaze, was defeated within a moment, knelt down on one knee, and said, "General, yes."

He Li rested his chin on one hand and said, "Tell me."

"King Gu Ye was killed by Zheng Chong." Qin Yang said truthfully.

He Li didn't change his face: "Why didn't you say that just now?"

Qin Yang hesitated and refused to speak for a while.

He Li was quite patient and didn't speak, just waiting for her to speak.

"I don't want Zheng Chong to live, he deserves to die."

This reason. .He Li smiled, and said: "Whether you say it or not, he is going to die. That's fine, don't mention it, get up, is this trip going well?"

Qin Yang stood up: "Successful, Zheng Chong probably planned for many days. When we went, King Gu Ye was already dead in the tent. After our meeting with King Xiliang's army last night, we went directly to King Gu Ye's. In the camp, as soon as King Gu Ye died, the mob lost their backbone, and they surrendered before we had time to make a move."

He Li nodded: "Then it would be great. If we don't do anything about the civil strife in Xiliang, it's best not to kill my generals. We should preserve our strength, lest Xiliang think we are easy to bully."

Qin Yang smiled and joked, "Little General here, who would dare to think that we are easy to bully?"

He Li didn't answer, but instead said: "Go and rest, Qin Yang, look at you, it's completely dark right now, these days have been hard."

Ji Qing propped his chin and looked straight at He Li: "You still have the nerve to talk about Qin Yang, you should look at yourself first."

He Li smiled and said, "Isn't Qin Yang the same? Look at her."

"You two are enough." Qin Yang couldn't see the two of them getting bored in front of him, so he immediately stood up and walked out the door, "You two are making trouble, don't take me with you, I'm going back to sleep!"

Ji Qing looked at her back and smiled: "Master Qin seems to be much gentler."