Cypress Boat Floating

Ye Honghai was assassinated on his way back to Beijing and died.

However, this news, which should have been kept secret, became widely known in just a few days.

The news spread not only within the imperial court in the capital, but also among the people, and even to the North Gate. There were many different opinions about the cause of his death, and everyone had their own reasons. Everyone spoke as if they had seen it with their own eyes. Even the fact that Ye Honghai was collaborating with the enemy and committing treason was inexplicably spread everywhere.

Some people who believed it started to insult Ye Honghai in various ways, thinking that he deserved to die and that traitors should be left without a burial place.

There were those who believed in him, such as the people of Beiguan and most of the generals and soldiers, who still believed in Ye Honghai and felt that he was being wronged and that someone was deliberately trying to kill him in order to prove his guilt.

The people who believed in him were preparing his funeral and lighting eternal lamps.

Beijing.

Although he was controlled by the emperor, Lu Zhixing had spies everywhere, so it was not difficult for him to find out what was happening. That was why he was able to know about Ye Honghai's assassination at the first time.

He fainted on the spot due to anger, which scared Wei Wangshu. Fortunately, he was young and strong, so he woke up soon.

He knew that Ye Honghai's death was not simple. There must be someone behind the scenes, and that person was most likely the one who manipulated public opinion and spread the word that Ye Honghai was collaborating with the enemy and committing treason. Lu Zhixing hated this person to the core and wanted to catch him immediately to clear Ye Honghai's name.

Wei Wangshu looked at Lu Zhixing's back as he walked towards the study room angrily and wiped away his tears silently.

Although she was a girl, she had met General Ye several times when she was a child because of her father. Later, because of Lu Zhixing, she had dinner with General Ye at the same table. She naturally knew that this man who devoted his whole life to serving the emperor and the country would never do such a thing.

But she knew it was of no use.

In the absence of absolute evidence, people will always only believe what others say and what they hear. They obviously have not understood this person, but they always feel that they know this person's nature better than anyone else. In the eyes of these people, no one is good.

Now that this good general who was concerned about the country and the people had passed away, she was also very sad, so she could understand Lu Zhixing's sadness, and she could understand Lu Zhixing's desire to do something for General Ye at this moment.

Lu Zhixing walked to the study room on his own in a daze. The moment he sat down, the grief in his heart reached its peak. Ye Honghai was like a teacher and a father to him, and he had not yet cleared Ye Honghai's name or helped him deal with the person who framed him. Why did he leave first?

Whimpering like a wounded beast, Lu Zhixing lowered his head and covered his face with his hands.

The reason he didn't dare to cry out loud was because he still remembered that he was a husband and a father. He couldn't show his cowardice and helplessness in front of his wife and children. He had never felt as painful as he did today.

The secret guard sent a letter saying that Ye Honghai's body had been burned by the assassin. Even if he wanted to see Ye Honghai for the last time, he couldn't see him anymore.

He could no longer stand on the city wall with him and watch the beautiful sunset in the desert; he could no longer discuss military law with him; he could no longer practice martial arts or drink with him.

With that fire, his entire future was burned away.