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A sneer appeared on Xie Jin's lips:

"If you want to catch fish, how can you do that without feeding them?"

Dou Hu was stunned for a moment, then laughed at himself:

"I have followed the prince for so many years, but I didn't know that the prince's acting skills were so good. You were not poisoned, but you acted so realistically. You even deliberately got hit by my sword and fell off the cliff. Why did the prince do this for today's performance?"

If Xie Jin wanted to capture the Emperor of Karen without anyone noticing during his disappearance, he could have done it earlier. He couldn't understand why Xie Jin waited for seven days and showed up after such a long time.

God knows how he spent these seven days. He was in agony every minute of his life filled with self-blame and guilt.

If Xie Jin had come back earlier and exposed him, he wouldn't have to suffer from a guilty conscience for so many days.

Dou Hu looked sad, full of regret but also with a hint of relief. He had achieved the mental state that Xie Jin wanted.

His voice changed from the coldness just now to a gentle one:

"If I don't do this, how can I know your true thoughts? General Dou, you don't want to harm me, but you are coerced by Emperor Xia Ming."

Dou Hu has followed him for so many years, and he knows this man's character well.

Dou Hu would not have betrayed him if he had not had to make a choice between the two dilemmas.

Dou Hu's expression became more painful after hearing what Xie Jin said. He looked at Xie Jin in despair:

"Yes, it was all forced by the emperor. He captured my family and threatened me. If I didn't do it, he would order them all to be killed! Your Majesty, I betrayed you, I deserve death! I can't face you again!"

Dou Hu blamed himself and felt remorseful. He then pulled out the sword hanging on the wall and tried to commit suicide.

"Crack!"

Xie Jin threw the teacup in his hand and hit Dou Hu's hand, and the sword fell to the ground.

Dou Hu was filled with astonishment: "My Lord, you..."

Xie Jin said coldly: "I asked you to confess, not because I want you to commit suicide in front of me. I have sent people to rescue your family, they will be fine."

Dou Hu's pupils dilated and he looked at Xie Jin in shock.

Xie Jin said: "I know you have no choice, and I will try my best to protect the people you care about. If there is a chance for you to atone for your sins, are you willing to do it?"

Will the prince protect his family?

Did he hear it right? Shouldn’t you give him a chance to make amends?

Dou Hu knew that Xie Jin would not lie to him about this matter, so he knelt on the ground again crying and said devoutly:

"My Lord, what do you want me to do?"

He was the one who made the mistake first, but the prince didn't care and gave him a chance to atone for his sins. Even if it cost him his life, he would definitely do what the prince asked him to do.

Xie Jin said: "Tell me everything that Emperor Xia Ming told you to do. After returning to the capital, I want you to testify against him!"

Dou Hu was shocked. Accuse the emperor?

Lord, this is...

Dou Hu understood and replied solemnly:

"Yes, Your Majesty."

In the following time, Dou Hu told Xie Jin everything about Emperor Xia Ming's order for him to cooperate with Zhan Yilu to assassinate Xie Jin, and if there was a chance, to kill Feng Qingluan as well.

He admitted that Xie Yan also knew about this.

In order to prevent Xie Yan from being implicated when he attacked Xie Jin, when he sent Feng Qingluan away from Saida City, he signaled Xie Yan to chase after Feng Qingluan and say goodbye.

In this way, when Xie Yan returned, he would have already gotten rid of Xie Jin.

Next, as Feng Qingluan had guessed, the death of the Grand Marshal of the Western Expedition, Xie Jin, allowed an army of hundreds of thousands led by the Crown Prince and General Di to capture the capital of the Karen Kingdom and seize victory.

Finally, Xie Yan led his troops back to the capital in triumph, complying with the will of heaven and accepting the praise of the people.

It was not until then that Dou Hu understood why the prince had asked Jiang Qu to chase after Shen Wan and say goodbye. This was to get Jiang Qu away.

Jiang Qu is the prince's personal bodyguard and a skilled martial artist. With him following him, his plan on the cliff that day would not have been able to succeed easily.

And in order to avoid exposing himself, he must kill Jiang Qu as well!

The prince transferred him away so that he could operate it more easily with one person, and also to protect Jiang Qu's life.

In his opinion, Jiang Qu had no idea about the prince's plan to fake his death.

After the prince died, Jiang Qu searched anxiously and worried day and night. The sadness and anger he showed were so sincere that it confused him and made him really believe that Xie Jin was dead.

It has to be said that the prince was very cunning and meticulous. Except for himself, everyone was deceived by him.

After saying this, Xie Jin told Dou Hu what he needed to do.

Dou Hu nodded heavily after hearing this and promised Xie Jin:

"I have done something wrong once. If Your Majesty is willing to give me a chance to atone for my sin, I will not hesitate to die!"

Even if he loses his life in the end, he is willing to do it!

While Xie Jin was talking to Dou Hu, Xie Yan was pacing back and forth in his tent anxiously.

Xie Jin is back!

If Dou Hu was called to him alone, would he tell him everything that his father had arranged for him?

He was also involved in this incident. Although he did not harm Xie Jin, he knew that his father wanted to harm Xie Jin. If he did not remind Xie Jin, how would he treat him?

Xie Yan was anxious and worried that Xie Jin would do something he could not imagine.

Xie Yan believed that Xie Jin knew that he knew about Dou Hu's assassination plan because Jiang Qu was standing outside his tent.

They said it was to protect his safety, but in fact it was probably to prevent him from spreading the news that Xie Jin was still alive back to the capital.

Xie Jin must know everything. The more Xie Yan thought about it, the more uneasy he became.

After talking with Dou Hu, Xie Jin asked him to go out and sent someone to call Xie Yan into the tent.

Not seeing Dou Hu in the tent, Xie Yan looked a little unnatural.

"What does Eighth Uncle want from me?"

Xie Jin asked: "Do you know why Feng Qingluan wants to return to the capital immediately?"

Xie Yan was stunned. He didn't expect him to ask this.

He thought Xie Jin would ask him if he knew about Dou Hu harming him, so he said:

"The floods in the Central Plains caused a widespread plague, and the imperial doctors were unable to handle it. Father urgently summoned Feng Qingluan back to solve the problem."

Xie Jin said: "You are half right."

Xie Yan is not sure why:

"What does Eighth Uncle mean?"

Xie Jin's voice was cold and deep:

"The night before the imperial edict arrived at Saida City, I received a pigeon letter from the capital, saying that there was an outbreak of plague in Suining. Your father was too lazy to deal with it and adopted the most extreme method of sealing off the city and slaughtering the whole village. By the time I received the news, he had already killed more than 3,000 people, both those with and without the disease."

Xie Yan was shocked: "What? There is such a thing? Feng Qingluan returns to the capital..."

Xie Jin said, "That's right. After she returns to the capital, your father is going to take action against her regardless of whether the plague is resolved or not. He will definitely find a legitimate reason. As for what it is, he can use any crime related to the plague."

Xie Yan's heart suddenly tightened, and he blurted out a rebuttal:

"Impossible! Father promised me that he would spare Feng Qingluan's life, he won't go back on his word!"

Xie Jin sneered: "Really? Are you sure your father is a man of his word? Look at how he treated me and how he treated the people infected with the disease?

He has tried to kill Feng Qingluan countless times but failed. This time I am not with her. Do you think he will fail to take Feng Qingluan's life again?"

Xie Yan shook his head. He was unwilling to believe what Xie Jin said.

But he knew that his father was indeed not a trustworthy man, and he had already thought in his heart that he would never keep Feng Qingluan.

Now there is such a good opportunity again. He and Xie Jin are not in the capital. If his father wants to kill Feng Qingluan, no one can stop him. It is so easy!

Thinking of something, Xie Yan asked Xie Jin in astonishment:

"Eighth Uncle told me this because he wanted me to go back and protect Feng Qingluan?"

Xie Jin asked back: "What do you think?"

Xie Yan clenched his fists.

As the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition, Xie Jin could not leave the army and return to the capital until the Kingdom of Karen was completely conquered.

He can't leave here, but he can!

Xie Yan's eyes were burning:

"Okay, I will definitely protect Feng Qingluan and will never let her get hurt. I'll leave tonight!"

Not only that, he wanted to go back and confirm whether his father was really killing the people and doing such a heartless thing without caring about the lives of the people. He wanted to go back and see clearly!

Xie Yan hurriedly lifted the curtain and went out. Watching his back disappear, a gleam of light flashed in Xie Jin's eyes.