Who put the yellow robe on me?

When these words came out, Jiang Kuanglei was shocked.

"You...you are General Zhong Xiaodan of Annan?" Jiang Kuanglei's voice trembled.

Zhong Xiaodan smiled calmly: "That's right."

He widened his eyes and looked at Zhong Xiaodan in disbelief.

Because in the eyes of the military, although General Annan was only nineteen years old, he had already been appointed as General Annan, the third rank.

In the history of Daliang, no one had ever reached the third rank in the military at the age of nineteen. Even his brother Zhong Dalu was appointed General Anbei at the age of twenty.

Jiang Kuanglei couldn't understand why Zhong Xiaodan was willing to act as a guarantor for the sixteenth prince.

"General Annan, do you believe what this rapist says so much?" Jiang Kuanglei asked doubtfully.

Zhong Xiaodan said calmly: "I don't believe it."

Everyone was stunned, and the atmosphere became extremely tense. No one knew what Zhong Xiaodan was up to.

He smiled faintly and continued, "Although I don't believe what the Sixteenth Prince said, I do trust Princess Rou. Princess Rou is willing to guarantee the Sixteenth Prince, so I trust her."

As soon as the words came out, Jiang Sirou looked at Zhong Xiaodan with more gratitude and admiration in her eyes, and her heart was filled with joy.

Jiang Kuanglei hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and said, "Okay, very good. Since General Annan is guaranteeing my mother, she will be safe." Then he said to Jiang Chen, "I will tell you everything."

Jiang Chen felt relieved: "That's great, you bribed Lin Hu to poison him, but this will not bring you any benefits."

"And you took out two hundred taels of silver, which is extremely difficult for a guard. I just want to know who is the mastermind behind you."

"Tell me the whole story in detail."

Dianzhang then tore open his clothes and helped Jiang Kuanglei stop the bleeding.

Jiang Kuanglei looked at Dianzhang gratefully and said, "Thank you, Brother Dian." Then he told Jiang Chen everything.

"I am just an ordinary patrol guard. I have been friends with Cheng Yueyan since she was little."

"Later, Yan'er's brother, who passed the imperial examination three years ago, entered the Ministry of Rites and rose through the ranks. He was promoted to a scholar-official at the end of last year."

"At the beginning of this year, many refugees came to the capital, and Yan'er was also in Beijing at that time. Because Yan'er took care of the refugees, you took a fancy to her and forcibly dragged her to the inn."

"Those refugees were afraid of your power, so no one came forward to help you. No one even dared to testify against you."

"You won't forget these, Sixteenth Prince!" Jiang Kuanglei said gritting his teeth as he looked at Jiang Chen.

"I want to hear what happened in the past few days." Jiang Chen said coldly.

"I've been waiting for an opportunity until Yan'er's brother told me that there's a chance to overthrow the Sixteenth Prince."

"I hate Yan'er's brother for not avenging her and for using Yan'er as a stepping stone for his own promotion. I hate myself even more for not being able to avenge Yan'er."

Jiang Kuanglei was gasping for breath, and the sword wounds on his body made it very difficult for him to speak.

"He told me a lot about the court. Although I don't understand, I feel that his plan should be able to bring down you, a bastard."

"So I believed Cheng Jingde's words and started my revenge plan."

"I found the bandit Lin Hu near Liulong Mountain, gave him some silver, and told him to poison the refugees the night the palace was on fire."

"Cheng Jingde said that Xiao Guangzi from Ningbo Palace would go to the Imperial Hospital and set it on fire that day, and he asked me to kill Xiao Guangzi after he did so, fearing that he would leak the news."

"When did Xiao Guangzi go to the Imperial Hospital to set fire?" Jiang Chen asked anxiously.

"It was just after midnight when I shot him dead with my arrow."

"Impossible, the Ministry of Justice checked and found no traces of bows and arrows, not even arrowheads!" Jiang Sirou suddenly said.

"You definitely won't find the arrows, because we didn't use ordinary bows and arrows," Jiang Kuanglei sneered, "Cheng Jingde forged this ice bow and arrow from nowhere."

"The icy arrow easily killed Xiao Guangzi. When the fire gets bigger, the icy arrow that killed Xiao Guangzi will melt. That way, we can create the illusion that Xiao Guangzi accidentally leaked the medicine while boiling it."

"When I was changing guard in the northwest corner of the palace, I quickly went to the Imperial Hospital and killed Xiao Guangzi, and no one noticed."

"What a powerful method! Cheng Jingde has made sufficient preparations to put the blame on the Sixteenth Prince." Dianzhang sighed.

But Jiang Chen couldn't help but have a question in his mind: with Cheng Jingde's ability, can he really do all this?

Jiang Chen asked, "Who was the guard who opened the door for the Thirteenth Princess at Ningbo Palace?"

"I don't know about that. Cheng Jingde once told me that Yan'er's maid would take care of other things."

Jiang Kuanglei said, "Moreover, Cheng Jingde told me that once you are driven out of the capital, he will have me kill you personally and create the illusion that you were killed by horse thieves."

"By then, I can be promoted two levels."

What a cruel and vicious plot! However, Jiang Chen became more and more certain that there must be someone behind Cheng Jingde, otherwise, with his ability as the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, it would be impossible for him to make this plan perfect.

"That's all, General Annan. Kill or plunder as you please! But remember your promise to keep my mother safe."

After saying this, Jiang Kuanglei closed his eyes and prepared to accept the judgment of fate.

"Sixteenth brother..." Jiang Sirou said to Jiang Chen. Although she didn't say anything, Jiang Chen knew that she had softened her heart.

"Dianzhang, write down everything he just said and have him sign it." Jiang Chen said to Dianzhang, then said to Jiang Kuanglei, "After you return to Fengcheng, you are not allowed to set foot in the capital."

"Yes!" Dian Zhang breathed a sigh of relief. Jiang Chen's words were equivalent to letting Jiang Kuanglei go.

Dianzhang then returned to the post station, borrowed a pen and paper, and wrote down everything Jiang Kuanglei had just said.

After Jiang Kuanglei took the pen and saw what was written on the paper, he shook his head and sighed, then signed his name. He knew that this would become the most important bargaining chip in the struggle between the Sixteenth Prince and Cheng Jingde.

"Let's go, Brother Jiang, I'll give you a ride." Dianzhang led the horse over and said reluctantly to Jiang Kuanglei. After all, they were colleagues and it was unknown when they would meet again.

"Jiang Kuanglei, do you know who is behind Cheng Jingde?" Jiang Chen asked finally as he watched them leave.

"Hmm..." Jiang Kuanglei thought for a long time, "I don't know who it is, but Cheng Jingde told me something before..."

"Hiss..." Before he could finish his words, the horse next to him neighed.

"Be careful!" Zhong Xiaodan moved sideways to protect Jiang Sirou.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

Before he could finish his words, arrows shot out from the woods...