After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

Xia Ji's face turned pale, wondering if Li Huairen had discovered that Nian Susu had stolen medicine to treat the military prostitutes?

Dongqing scratched his head. Why did Xia Ji's expression change? They always hid things from him, and he was used to it.

Xia Ji put down the work in his hands and ran out, and Dong Qing didn't even try to stop him.

"Why is everything so weird?" Dongqing muttered.

Xia Tian searched everywhere in the camp and finally found Nian Susu by the creek in the south. She was absent-minded, as if she was worried about something. She lowered her head, and kicked stones by the river as she walked.

"Miss Nian." Xia Ji ran forward and stopped, panting.

Nian Susu was surprised, "Xia Ji? Why are you here? Did something happen in the camp?"

She was worried that new symptoms would appear. She was already half ill before even reaching Liangcheng. How could she fight against Qin Zehai?

Xia Ji shook his head, "No, I came here to know about you and my master..."

"Ah?" Nian Susu was a beat slow, thinking that Li Huairen would never tell Xia Ji such a thing that would slap him in the face, so Xia Ji didn't know about it yet.

It was difficult for her to talk about such things, so she just laughed it off. Fortunately, Xia Ji knew that she was not caught stealing medicine, so she didn't ask any more questions.

-

Liu Luyan felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, looking at Qin Zehai on top, and glancing at the table full of delicious food in front of him. He felt that this Hongmen Banquet might be the last meal for his execution.

He rolled his throat and dared not make a sound. When Qin Zehai asked him to drink, he drank. When he asked him to pick up food, he picked up food, like a puppet.

Qin Zehai noticed it and was a little dissatisfied. "Lieutenant General Liu, relax a little. I called you here just to have a home-cooked meal. By the way, I have something to tell you. You don't have to be so nervous."

Liu Luyan raised the corner of his mouth. That being said, how could he dare to relax? He had no guard at all. He might not even know how he died.

"Your Highness, please give me your instructions. I am humbled and will not accept any reward without any merit. I dare not eat and drink for free." Liu Luyan nodded.

Some of the dishes on the table he had never seen before, let alone eaten. Qin Zehai really spent a lot of money.

Qin Zehai raised his head and laughed, laughing at the fact that Liu Luyan was still so honest, so honest that it made people think he was stupid.

He suppressed his excitement, calmed down, and said with a serious face: "Actually, what I want to tell you... is related to Xiao Jianting."

Liu Luyan's heart immediately tightened and his lips turned pale. If he hadn't drunk a few glasses of liquor, his entire face would probably be pale now.

"Xiao... Young Master Xiao? Isn't he locked up by you now?" Liu Luyan tremblingly picked up a glass of wine, brought it to his lips, and took a small sip to cover up his guilty conscience.

Qin Zehai smacked his lips, a glass of wine rolled down his throat, and he sighed, "I never told you why I locked him in the dungeon."

Liu Luyan's mood changed from trepidation to confusion, "Why?"

"Because... he betrayed Liuli." Qin Zehai sighed with regret, "In fact, with our strength, the Northern Wei could not break in at all, but Xiao Jianting colluded with the enemy and united with the Northern Wei people to annex Liuli, so we pretended that we could not defeat them and let them pass Yanmen Pass."

Qin Zehai looked very serious and even shed a few tears as he spoke.

Liu Luyan:?

What a good way to turn the tables and bite back.

I really want to live as shamelessly as Qin Zehai.

If he had never been to the battlefield and had never come into contact with Xiao Jianting, perhaps he would really believe what Qin Zehai said, but he had been through life and death with General Xiao for more than ten years!

Not to mention the huge disparity in numbers in the battle of Yanmen Pass, it was impossible for Liuli to defeat the Northern Wei. Just think about the fact that Xiao Jianting led 100,000 people for more than a month and fought the Northern Wei head-on for more than a dozen times. Looking at the entire Liuli, there was almost no third person who could do it, one was Xiao Jianting, and the other was his father, General Xiao.

Qin Zehai actually dared to make up such a lie to deceive him. Did he really think he was a fool?

Xiao Jianting has fought so many battles for Liuli, and he will never betray Liuli even if the sun rises in the west.

Liu Luyan felt amused and angry at the same time, but thinking of Xiao Jianting's instructions, he held back and tried his best to act as realistically as possible.

He showed a shocked and surprised expression, raised his voice and asked back: "How is it possible!? How could Master Xiao commit treason! I don't believe it!"

Qin Zehai tried to comfort him with good intentions, but in fact he was trying to prove Xiao Jianting's guilt. "I know you have a good relationship with Xiao Jianting, and he has also established many military exploits, but these are all in the past. People will change. In the face of huge benefits, no one will not be tempted. If there is, it means that the benefits are not enough."

"You are always in the army, you don't know how great the temptation of fame and fortune is outside." Qin Zehai advised earnestly: "Although I don't know Xiao Jianting's character, but think about it, why did the emperor let me, a civil official who has never been on the battlefield, lead the troops instead of using an old general, General Xiao!"

"Isn't it because the emperor has seen the problem from the battle at Yanmen Pass?"

Qin Zehai's arguments were well-reasoned and every reason he used was so convincing.

Liu Luxin frowned, a little shaken.

Qin Zehai added fuel to the fire, "Think about it, if Xiao Jianting was fine, I'd kept him for so long, and I hadn't sent any news about him back to the emperor. The emperor would have asked me for him a long time ago."

Liu Luyan's mind moved, revealing a barely perceptible smile. He slammed his fist on the table and shouted angrily: "I trusted him so much! He actually...actually betrayed Liuli! Unforgivable!"

His eyes were red, and his gaze towards Qin Zehai was firmer. He suddenly realized, "My Lord, no wonder you wanted to kill him that day. If it were me, I would never show mercy to a traitor!"

Liu Luyan pressed his forehead to calm himself down, and added: "But it is still useful to keep him now. We can only stabilize him first and let him tell us how to deal with the Northern Wei. After repelling the Northern Wei army, we will hand him over to the emperor for legal disposal!"

Qin Zehai agreed, "That's the only way."

"Xiao Jianting is a rare talent. If he hadn't defected to the enemy, he would have been a great general for us Liuli!" He was still pretending.

Liu Luyan also felt sorry, "I watched him grow up, but I didn't realize he was that kind of person before. Fortunately, it's not too late now.

The two of them chatted back and forth, either cursing or expressing regret and emotion, and it was not until late at night that Liu Luyan left.

Qin Zehai climbed up from the pile of wine jugs and looked at Liu Luyan, whose body was swaying as he walked out with one foot deep and one foot shallow. He smiled triumphantly.

"Idiot!" Qin Zehai spat.

After Liu Luyan left Qin Zehai's residence, he did not return home. Instead, he sneaked into an inn when no one was around late at night.