Zhang Yan looked at him in horror, his attitude softening obviously.
"Please, Your Highness, let them go!" He knelt down in front of Xiao Lin and kept kowtowing, "Your Highness, I really didn't lie! The defeat of Changlin's army really had nothing to do with me!"
"If it has nothing to do with you, then did this dagger fly into my grandfather's camp with wings?" Xiao Lin took out a dagger from his sleeve and placed it on Zhang Yan's neck.
The handle and scabbard of the dagger were inlaid with rubies, and the tip glowed with a faint blue under the light.
"I heard that this dagger is called a ghost. It can cut iron like mud and blow hair to break hair. General Zhang cherishes it very much and never leaves his body with the knife..." Xiao Lin flicked his fingertips on the side of the knife, and blood rose from Zhang Yan's neck. Like a fountain!
Zhang Yan's face suddenly changed when he saw the dagger!
"Why is this dagger with you?" he asked in surprise, "Where did you find it?"
"You are deaf!" Li Rufeng kicked him, "His Royal Highness has made it very clear just now! It was in Old General Xie's camp!"
"But, I lost this dagger a month ago!" Zhang Yan explained hurriedly.
"Is it such a coincidence?" Xiao Lin sneered.
"I don't know if you don't believe it, but this is indeed the case!" Zhang Yan said with a sad face, "The deputy generals around me all know about this and have been looking for it in the army for a long time! But they have never been found! How could they appear inexplicably? General Xie’s camp?”
"Are you asking me?" Xiao Lin gritted his teeth and pressed down with his fingertips. Blood spurted out from Zhang Yan's neck, dyeing his brocade robe mottled with bright red.
Zhang Yan was so painful that he broke out in cold sweat and struggled: "Your Highness, I really didn't lie! If you don't believe me, you can go to our army and ask!"
"Why don't you, a member of the army, help you cover up?" Li Rufeng spat, "Your Highness, don't talk nonsense to him anymore! I don't think this guy will shed tears until he sees the coffin! I will arrest his youngest son now. Come, make some cloud porridge for him to drink!"
After that, he went straight to the next room to arrest someone.
The heart-rending cry of the young child soon began: "Mother, save me! Grandma, save me! Sister, brother, save me! Daddy! Daddy!"
"No!" Zhang Yan roared in pain, "Xiao Lin, I really didn't tell a lie! I really didn't kill General Xie and the others! It's really not the case! I admit that I did have the intention of taking advantage of the situation! I did I also thought that while they were fighting against the Chongqing soldiers, I could raid their rear area..."
Xiao Lin's hand on his neck tightened: "You are finally willing to admit it! Zhang Yan, you are also a general! You should know how important the Changlin Army is to the North! You killed them like this, you set the North Where are the people? Do you know how many people will suffer if this line of defense is breached? You are simply crazy!"
"Are we crazy?" Zhang Yan glared at him, "Xiao Lin, don't pretend to be in front of me! Your Xie family claims to be the guardians of the country, but in the face of the struggle for imperial power, aren't you crazy? In order to eradicate King Zhao's conspiracy in the army Strength, aren't you pretending to be soldiers of the Great Chongqing and massacring our own soldiers? Now, we are just tit for tat, eye for tooth! What? Your prince is only allowed to set fires, but we, King Zhao, are not allowed to light lamps?"
"What did you say?" Xiao Lin yelled angrily, "Have we ever done anything like that?"
"If you haven't done this, then how did the 20,000 soldiers of our Zhang family's Changfeng Army die? How did my brother Zhang Wei defeat Gucheng?" Zhang Yan shouted angrily, "When he died, everything on his body was The scars left behind can only be caused by your uncle’s double-edged sword! That is irrefutable proof!”
"Absolutely impossible!" Xiao Lin said resolutely, "My uncle injured his right arm two years ago and can no longer hold the heavy sword! Although he is still in the army, he has never been to the front line again! How could he use both hands? Kill your brother with a sword?"
"Why do you have to whitewash it anymore?" Zhang Yan smiled miserably, "Now my whole family is in your hands!"
"Even if your family is not in Gu's hands, there is no need to deny it!" Xiao Lin said coldly, "Is there any need to deny it between us? Over the years, you have come and gone, how many people have we killed each other? Where? Did you leave evidence for the other party once? Is it possible that we are still afraid that you will sue us? "
Zhang Yan was startled when he heard this: "It's really not you? No, I don't believe it! Unless you swear! Xiao Lin, you swear by your position as Crown Prince..."
"Gu Yonggu's life, and the lives of all the Xie family, I swear that Gu and the Xie family have never done this!" Xiao Lin raised his hand, "If there is even half a sentence that is false, I will be cut into pieces and die without a burial place!"
Zhang Yan looked at him blankly.
With such a strong oath, could it be possible that it really wasn't them?
"If it wasn't you, who could it be?" He murmured, "The only ones who had the chance to take action at that time were you!"
Xiao Lin snorted coldly: "If you say that, then in the battle at Yanshan, the only ones who have a chance to take action are you!"
"Why are we alone?" Zhang Yan argued, "We are more than two hundred miles away from Yanshan, and we have to march all the way to get there! In comparison, the Qi Army, which is only a hundred miles away from you, is more convenient, right?"
"According to what you said, we were not close to you during the battle at Yangui Mountain!" Xiao Lin snorted coldly, "Although it was only more than a hundred miles away, it was snowing heavily and it was muddy and difficult to walk! We marched all the way to Yangui Mountain Returning to the mountain, the soldiers are exhausted, and how can they have the strength to fight? At that time, the people closest to you were clearly the Hong Family Army, and their conditions were the most convenient!"
After he finished speaking, he was startled and subconsciously repeated the two names: "Qi Zheng? Hong Yang?"
Zhang Yan also suddenly realized: "These two people, they are a family!"
The Qi family and the Hong family are related by marriage. Qi Zheng's eldest daughter married Hong Yang's eldest son, while Hong Yang's second daughter married Qi Zheng's second son.
In addition to this marriage relationship, the two were also classmates from the same hometown. They were sworn friends when they were young. They were sworn brothers. After they got married, they became more closely related. Therefore, when people in Beijing mentioned the Qihong family, they all said that they were family!
Now, the person who takes over the Changlin Army is Qi Zheng, and the person who takes over the Changfeng Army is Hong Yang.
"Could it be that they are trying to make a fool out of it?" Zhang Yan's heart skipped a beat!
Xiao Lin's heart was beating fast, but he quickly shook his head: "Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! They will never attack the Changlin Army!"
These two people are both close confidants to the emperor, and he is the only one who follows his lead!
The emperor's people will never attack Changlin's army!
Zhang Yan didn't know what he thought of, his expression changed several times, but he didn't say a word for a long time.
"At this time, the general is still thinking about how to get away with his crime, right?" Xiao Lin sneered.
"No! No!" Zhang Yan shook his head, "I'm not thinking about getting away with it, I'm thinking about the dagger and the sword mark! Your Highness, don't you think this is a bit too coincidental?"
