It is true that Hu Xiang is ignorant and incompetent, and that he has taken human life seriously, but to say that he colluded with Xi Di is to incriminate him.
But as Wei Yu said, more than one or two lives were lost at the hands of Hu Xiang. Seriously speaking, it was enough for him to die many times.
He was labeled as colluding with Xizuo because Wei Yu wanted his death to have some "value", for example, so that Su Jiuyao could be exonerated.
Wei Yu originally didn't want to argue with Huang Shiduo. After all, a strong dragon cannot overpower a local snake, and it is not advisable to be too aggressive.
What's more, given her current situation, she should have kept her name anonymous and not come forward rashly to avoid causing another trouble.
But everything didn't go as planned, and the reality turned out to be ever-changing.
Now that his identity has been exposed, there is no point in hiding it.
Looking at Huang Shiduo's ugly face, Wei Yu let go, the document fell on the table again, and she walked out.
"I admit that what you said makes sense. Maybe... I really can't be afraid of power, but just want to be wise and protect myself." Huang Shiduo said from behind.
Wei Yu stopped.
Huang Zongzhen stared at her back and said: "I don't know what the background of Inspector Wei is, but judging from your speech and behavior, and your status as a staff member of Prince Ji's Palace, you must be a first-class person, at least you are pampered and come from a high family. You’ve never experienced the hardships down there, have you?”
Wei Yu snorted slightly: "What does the mayor mean by this?"
Huang Shiduo said: "I just want to say that it is difficult for the people below to do things. Everything is not black and white. If you accuse me of being greedy for life and afraid of death, I accept it. If you accuse me of disregarding my colleagues, I also accept it, but I tell you, No one is more suitable to guard Yelang Pass than me. If you look carefully at the past many years, although there have been small battles, there have been no major defeats! If I offend the Hu family, another person may not be able to do better than me, and behind me In addition to the thousands of people in Changhuai County, as well as Yuzhou and the capital, Yelang Pass is the gateway to the Central Plains, so I can only do things in my own way."
Wei Yu frowned and remained silent.
Taking a deep breath, his beard trembled, Huang Shiduo continued: "I know that the inspection guard has great eyes and hands, otherwise you wouldn't know that I actually have Xidi's detailed work. In this case, you should also know that although Yelang Pass is a strong military area, But has the imperial court paid much attention to this place? I could have withdrawn and replaced him with another person who is more suitable than me! But is there such a suitable person? Those civil servants who are gesticulating and talking in the court, do they know the secrets of border defense? The land is suffering and difficult? If the military attachés make one mistake, they will be caught and doomed. What about them? Since you are the person next to His Highness Prince Ji, do you think those officials are more capable and more useful than me? "
These words really moved Wei Yu.
Just when Huang Shiduo thought he had convinced Wei Yu, Wei Yu said: "Everyone else is drunk, but I am sober. The whole world is muddy, but I am pure. I understand what you are saying, but I still cannot agree with what the Lord Commander is doing. What you did.”
Huang Shiduo's eyes darkened.
Wei Yu said: "Of course the lives of the people are important to the safety of the city, but what about those soldiers who were kept in the dark and innocently died? They are also the sons of the people. They became soldiers because they wanted to fight to the death with the Xidi people. Defend the homeland and the country with great vigor, instead of being treated as a living target and a lamb to be slaughtered, dying inexplicably like dust."
Huang Shiduo was shocked.
Wei Yu turned around and said, "If you want to benefit the country, how can you avoid it because of misfortunes and blessings? I know that the soldiers are not afraid of death after putting on this uniform. But old general, Shangfeng is indifferent to their life and death." Asking, cold eyes and cold hands, I'm afraid... no matter how hot the blood is, it will sometimes become cold."
Huang Shiduo's face was originally filled with indignation and grievance, but after hearing Wei Yu's words, his eyes widened and his face was filled with unimaginable astonishment.
He never considered it from this perspective. He always believed that what he did was right. After all, this was called "taking the overall situation into consideration."
But...the soldiers who were pushed out to die...
Mr. Huang seemed to want to say something more, but his heart seemed to be pressed by a Taishan stone, making it impossible for him to breathe.
When he came to his senses, Wei Yu had already left.
Huang Shiduo held his forehead and smiled bitterly: "So it was me who was wrong..."
Outside the door, the two cronies who were waiting saw that Wei Yu had gone and hurriedly entered.
One of them picked up the official document on the ground and said: "Headquarters, is this inspector really the missing staff member of Prince Ji's Mansion? But from the look of him, he doesn't look like he's missing. Is there really something fishy about this?"
Huang Shiduo didn't answer, just took a step back and sat back on the chair.
Another person saw that Huang Zongzhen looked unhappy and hurriedly asked, "Is it possible that he refuses to agree not to pursue Hu Xiang anymore?"
After thinking about it, Huang Shiduo finally smiled bitterly: "It doesn't matter if he refuses to agree, he should have an explanation to the soldiers."
The confidant didn't understand the meaning of this sentence and asked tentatively: "Should we stabilize this person and wait for the people from Prince Ji's Mansion to arrive? Or...send someone to send him back to Beijing safely?"
Huang Shiduo frowned, thought for a moment and said: "Whether to go or to stay depends on the inspection officer's own wishes. There is no need to be embarrassed."
"But His Highness Prince Ji has just entered the East Palace. This person is obviously very important to him. If the main town can send this guard back to Prince Ji's Mansion, it will be a great achievement in front of His Highness Prince Ji."
Huang Shiduo waved his hand: "That's all. Just let nature take its course."
It turned out that Huang Shiduo thought the same way and wanted to take credit from Prince Ji's Mansion.
As a military general, Mr. Huang had a difficult time without anyone in the court, so he guessed that Wei Yu was the person the Prince of the East Palace was looking for, so he hurriedly sent someone to report the news.
But now his thoughts are different. If he had talked to Wei Yu as before, he probably wouldn't have acted so rashly.
"Wei inspection, Wei Yu... such a powerful person," Huang Shiduo recalled Wei Yu's words and deeds, and felt a chill in his heart: "It is true that the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, so we should not underestimate him."
Wei Yu went back to look at Su Jiu Yao. It was cold in the late autumn night, and the night seemed to be frozen with thin ice, showing a biting chill.
When they were about to arrive at the courtyard where Xiao Jiuye was resting, he saw several figures walking towards him, saying something while walking.
After Wei Yu heard a few words, he calmly slowed down and hid his body behind a bush of holly.
It turned out that this was a group of military officers who went to visit Su Jiuyao. Someone said while walking: "Fortunately, Xiaojiu is awake. I was really afraid that he wouldn't be able to survive."
The side said: "Who says it's not the case? I couldn't sleep last night. I wanted to untie Xiaojiu secretly, but those bastards like Hu Xiang were very careful."
"It's no wonder Xiaojiu is like this. Chief Qin treats him like a father and brother. He has no biological parents. It would be pitiful if he died here because of this."
"Fortunately, I caught Zou Yan today, which is also a relief! What is the origin of that patrol...? It's such a clever plan. Zou Yan has always been invisible to us, but who can tell that he is from Xidi?"
"No matter where he comes from, thanks to him, Xiao Jiu was able to turn the corner and was able to take care of Hu Xiang, which is a great pleasure. I heard that this bitch was so frightened that he lost his mind."
"You deserve it. If he hadn't ordered people to beat Qin Marquis' military stick and forced them to take that dangerous road, why would so many brothers have lost their lives in vain? Hmm... We used to say that there were people in his family who were tough, but now It’s really a turn of events to end up like this.”
When everyone said this, some applauded and some sighed.
Those who are cautious will remind: "Pay attention, having said that, I think the headmaster is hindered by the strength of the Hu family, I am afraid that he may not..."
"Even if the Lord of the town is afraid of the Hu family, he already has an extremely powerful patrol censor, how dare he be protected by officials?"
"Stop it!" "Stop talking nonsense!"
Countless people stopped him, but the words "officials protect each other" showed obvious dissatisfaction.
It can be seen that although the generals in the army were intimidated by Huang Shiduo, they did have resentment towards his lawless behavior of protecting Hu Xiang.
Several people had already passed Dongqing and left the Moon Gate.
Wei Yu stepped out and sighed slowly in the dark night.
——"Xiaojiu, you can't protect everyone..."
Su Jiuyao fell into a nightmare.
He seemed to have returned to the moment of the attack.
The Xidi people's cold arrows shot out from the bushes like raindrops. In an instant, half of the brothers in the scout camp were injured or dead.
Although everyone fought desperately, there was a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves, and the outcome of this battle was doomed from the very beginning.
Although Su Jiuyao was young, he had always been brave and brave. With his high martial arts skills and agility, he rushed forward and killed several ambushers in one go.
When he suddenly woke up, he realized that he was far away from the team, and he was surrounded by Xidi people.
It would be easy for him to leave now, and the Xidi people would be frightened by him.
But Su Jiuyao immediately turned around and forced his way back.
Most of the brothers were killed or injured, and the Marquis of Qin was also wounded.
Earlier, he had watched Su Jiuyao kill him with a knife, and thought he had escaped, and was feeling relieved.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Jiuye came back again.
After going back and forth like this, his whole body was almost soaked with blood, and his eyes were either stained by blood or bloodshot, and they were frighteningly red.
When Qin Yongla stayed in Jiuyao, Xiao Jiuye almost mistakenly thought he was from Di and killed him by mistake.
"Xiao Jiu!" Chief Qin shouted. The moment Su Jiu Yao regained his composure, he ordered him to break out of the encirclement and rush back to the pass.
How could Su Jiuyao be willing to say: "I will protect the Hou Chang and fight out!"
"I let you go!" Qin Yong said with his last breath: "Look around, I can't leave, no one can. If anyone can leave here alive, it must be you."
At this time, almost all the Hou brothers were seriously injured. Qin Yong's abdomen was shot by an arrow and he had several stab wounds on his body. The extreme pain had made his whole body numb, or he might have lost too much blood and was on the verge of death.
Smiling, he said: "Only if you fight out, our family will know... how their father, uncle and brothers died." There was a bit of sadness in his eyes, and his last words were: "If Hu Xiang If there are more people like this, we won’t have to worry about the Xidi people, we will kill all of our own people..."
Before Wei Yu entered the door, he saw an attendant bringing a bowl of porridge. It turned out to be Huang Shiduo's specially ordered rice peach kernel porridge, which is best for relieving coughs and asthma, removing blood stasis and relieving pain.
Just as she was about to step in, she heard a hoarse voice asking: "Where is the person who saved me before?"
