It was already the eleventh hour.
There was complete martial law in the camp.
The soldiers were searching for the assassin who had assassinated the empress. To the assassin who had been injured and was running everywhere, it was like a hurricane.
The empress had been assassinated in front of everyone's eyes. What kind of event was this? If this assassin wasn't found today, the camp would never have peace again.
When Yang Junda thought about the man reporting to the big tent, his brows knitted even more tightly.
That kind of skill, that kind of ruthlessness, and having the great general be poisoned and assassinate the empress at this moment … that was the only person who could do it.
Yang Junda's heart was heavy as he walked past the soldiers who were searching for him, and entered his own tent.
It was dark inside the tent, and just as he took out the fire piston to light it, the cold blade of ice landed on his neck without warning.
"Who is it!" Yang Junda was startled for a moment, but he quickly regained his senses.
The ice blade was close to his skin, and with just a little force, it could cut through his blood. He had only moved slightly when the blade had already cut his skin.
The person behind him was very close to him, and there was the heavy smell of blood in the surroundings. Yang Junda's entire body tensed up, his hands clenched into fists, and said: "It's you!"
The people behind him were breathing heavily, but they remained silent.
Yang Junda's expression sank as well. In the dark tent, his eyes shone with a cold light. "I know it's you, even if you can't find your voice and a mute, I still know it's you. How did you sneak into the army and poison Yuwen Xiao? What good will it do you if the Tartars take over Grand Xia? Why do you have to be so stubborn! "Even the empress, a woman with no strength to even tie a chicken, isn't willing to let you off?"
"Cough, cough!" The people behind him coughed heavily, revealing their weak points and lack of confidence. Even the sword on his neck fell with a 'bang'.
Yang Junda's face changed greatly, and he suddenly turned around: "Yang Minglei, when will you finally wake up!?"
Before he finished his sentence, he felt that he could no longer move. Candle suddenly lit up all around him, lighting up the area as if it were daytime.
Yang Junda was unable to adapt to the current situation and hurriedly closed his eyes. Beside his ears, he could hear the Empress's soft and gentle laughter, "Thank you for your hard work, General Shen."
He suddenly opened his eyes.
His Majesty and the Empress were both there. Behind him in the tent, the one who had originally been standing was not the person he thought he was, but the General Shen that had originally followed behind the Empress. He was dressed in black, and the stench of blood was coming from his body.
"This lowly general doesn't have to work hard. As long as it's the Empress's command, this general will not hesitate in the least. " General Shen Liang Shen said, unfazed.
Only now did Yang Junda finally understand.
He was fooled!
"Yang Minglei, so this is the name of the spy." The empress smiled as she took His Majesty's arm and walked towards him.
Yang Junda stared blankly at Xiao Ruyue, and then looked at Yuwen He, "Where did I expose my weakness?" At this point, his past had already been exposed. No matter what he tried to hide, it would all be useless.
Xiao Ruyue's clear and watery eyes swept across his face, and said indifferently, "I wonder if Vice General Yang can still remember what kind of expression you had when the Great General fainted at that time? Later on, I heard that the Great General was poisoned by the Black Scorpion's poison. If you keep losing your composure in front of His Majesty, wouldn't it be a waste for him to bear the title of being wise and wise? In order to put on a show, I even ordered Lu Yi to kill a chicken for blood. I never thought that Vice General Yang would be so careless. However, that person is still your twin brother after all.
As Xiao Ruyue said this, she glanced back at Yuwen He with a smile.
A trace of helplessness flashed past Yuwen He's eyes, and a trace of love unknowingly surfaced on his lips.
He really couldn't do anything to her.
"" Yang Junda was speechless. He couldn't answer a single word.
Xiao Ruyue continued, "I have heard before that there is an expert with high skills in the Central Plains under the Third Prince of Tatar. That person has always listened to the orders of the Third Prince. This person has always been a mysterious being, and ever since I heard the monarch mention him, I have always been curious, and I really want to see just how this kind of person from the Central Plains who is willing to work for the Tartars looks like.
"The many things that happened after that were mostly set up to probe you." After Xiao Ruyue, Yuwen He added another sentence, it could be said that she was trying to make it up to Xiao Ruyue.
His distinct black and white eyes glanced at Yang Junda faintly. Yang Junda felt his scalp go numb, and his hands involuntarily trembled.
So it turned out that His Majesty already knew everything.
"You don't need to say these words of flattery. If I want to hear someone flatter me or flatter me, it's not your place." Yuwen He's lips curled up into a cold smile, disagreeing with the idea.
Yang Junda's back was cold, his palms were already soaked, and his body was drenched in cold sweat.
But at this time, he was unable to move at all after having his acupoints pierced. He took a deep breath, "This lowly general knows that I will not report this to you, it is like betraying an enemy." However, Yang Junda felt that he had never done anything to let Da Xia down, and asked his master to be merciful and spare the women and children in his clan. They have never known that their brother had committed a crime, and their sinners were unable to kneel, but here they are begging for the attention of their lord! "
Yuwen He was expressionless. His eyes turned cold, and he said nothing.
"Please be merciful my lord, and let the innocent elders of the clan off. Yang Junda knows that he has committed a heinous crime and is willing to repent it with his life!"
"You are willing to die to atone for your crimes, but this general is unwilling!" A shout came from outside.
Yang Junda was surprised, he turned to look, only to see the Great General coming in from the tent excitedly.
After being unconscious for an unknown reason and being poisoned by the black scorpions, he looked to be in good health. He did not look like he had been poisoned at all.
"Great General!" Yang Junda almost bit off his own tongue.
Yuwen Xiao glared at him fiercely. "You're calling my soul! This general is still alive and well, you don't need to come and cry. "
As he spoke, more people followed him in.
First, two guards from Herba Phoenixis were escorting an injured black clothed man. Under the illumination of the candle flame, the appearance of the black clothed man was no different from Yang Junda.
Thirteen followed behind, walking side by side with another man. The man wore the exact same armor as Yang Junda, even his appearance was the same as Yang Junda.
"What is going on?" Yang Junda was confused.
An hour ago, when he went to the general's tent, the general was still lying unconscious on his bed, but now he was alive and kicking? Did he eat an elixir of immortality?
Moreover, it was fine that his elder brother was captured, but where did this person who looked exactly like him come from!
Hearing that, the Great General had no intention of answering Yang Junda's questions. Instead, he looked at his brother, Yuwen He, and unwillingly said, "I will explain the details to you in detail later. However, Yang Junda, if you dare mention something like death to apologize, this general will definitely ask royal brother to issue a royal decree killing your Yang Family, not even sparing the dogs guarding the door!"
Yang Junda, "…"
Xiao Ruyue, "Great General, are you sure you don't love Vice General Yang?
She looked at Yuwen He and indicated with her hands that she was not aware of anything else.
Xiao Ruyue: You guys truly are worthy of being brothers.
The empress passed away spitting blood
Pah pah pah, how could this be possible?
Xiao Ruyue took a deep breath, and then cast aside the strange words and actions of the great general. She tugged on Yuwen He's sleeve and said, "Let that eyesore go, it makes people uncomfortable just looking at him."
"Yes." Yuwen He rubbed his hair, causing the others to escort the injured black clothed man, who was also Yang Junda's brother, the spy Yang Minglei.
There were no more outsiders here, Xiao Ruyue then started to speak in a serious tone, "This is a long story, if your family's great general were to speak, it would take god knows how long for this story to end, so I will make it a long story."
As for why the great general was still lying down two hours ago and was now full of energy and vigor, that all started two hours ago, after she had been assassinated.
At that time, when Xiao Ruyue was ambushed, Chong Yang went to report to him after hearing the news. Yuwen He came back and scolded her a bit, but, there was no need to mention these things.
What's important is before and after.
What happened before Xiao Ruyue was stabbed was that after she left the general's tent, there were some people who pretended to be him and entered the tent. That person was also there, and it was he who gave the originally unconscious general Yuwen Xiao the acupuncture, allowing him to be full of life and vitality.
And after Xiao Ruyue was assassinated, the military camp was under martial law. There were more patrols and they were heavily guarded. Yang Minglei, the assassin who tried to assassinate her, was injured. However, he couldn't escape the camp, so he had to hide everywhere. Originally, he wanted to escape to Yang Junda's camp, but he just so happened to run into a patrol squad that was just passing by. He was one step too late and was unable to hide inside Yang Junda's camp, so he could only escape first and find another place to hide.
He followed the path that the patrol had taken and fled all the way to the general's tent. He took the opportunity to hide as the guards outside the general's tent changed shifts.
However, how could there be such a coincidence in this world? The so called scant path for patrols was a path that Yuwen He had long prepared for him. The general's camp was also his final destination.
The moment he entered the tent, he was captured by the people lying in ambush inside. Furthermore, it was all thanks to the person who disguised himself as Yang Junda.
At this moment, he couldn't help but mention the person who vividly portrayed Yang Junda.
Xiao Ruyue stopped talking, looked towards the actor and smiled: "Mr. Tang, you can reveal your true appearance now. Could it be that I'm addicted to wearing other people's looks? "
"What are you talking about, esteemed empress? The looks of this Yang family brother cannot compare to my own face, so why would I be so fond of his face?" Tang Jingzhi laughed as he tore off the complete human skin mask from his neck.