Shipin Dalizheng

Fu Qingshi's legs were now broken at the knees, dirty and torn. They had been together for several days, but Master Hu still didn't recognize him.

Now, looking carefully, he could clearly discern Fu Qingshi's outline by pulling aside his hair that looked like pieces of dead grass and mud. Prince Hu angrily beat him, "You bastard! If it weren't for you, Yuanyuan wouldn't be dead."

Rong Tang said, "Master Hu, are you sure your sister will be able to live well if she marries him, given his condition?"

Prince Hu was stunned for a moment, then burst into tears. His family was worse off than the Fu family, but Fu Qingshi himself was worse off than him. He didn't know how to settle this debt of injustice.

Prince Hu burst into tears, "How could this happen? What happened?"

Rong Tang waited for him to cry for a while, then turned around and asked Rong Zhan, "Who brought food?"

Some of the followers immediately brought dry food, and Rong Zhan collected it all, which amounted to quite a bit. Rong Tang also gave him several dozen taels of silver for travel expenses. "Master Hu, I can only help you up to this point. Whether you can survive well in the future depends on you."

Prince Hu was filled with gratitude and accepted the dry food and silver. Suddenly, he saw the graceful Feng Qingqing standing silently beside him. He wiped away his tears and said, "I don't need to thank you for your kindness. To express my sincerity, I am willing to marry you now."

Feng Qingqing was stunned, and Rong Tang cursed, "Get the fuck out of here!"

Prince Hu was kicked hard. His servants helped him up and frightenedly advised him, "Feng Xiangjun is a noble lady. Prince, you are no longer a prince now, so don't let your imagination run wild."

Only then did Prince Hu accept the fact that he had fallen completely into poverty. He led his men away with a complicated look in his eyes, looking back every few steps.

Although Rong Tang scolded him, he felt relieved that he had paid off his karma.

Looking at Fu Qingshi again, he could hardly believe his eyes. Nangong Yan hated Fu Qingshi so much that he not only cut off his legs, but also gouged out one of his eyes and knocked out a mouthful of teeth. The high-spirited young man became a cripple.

Rong Zhan asked his men to retreat far away, leaving space for Rong Tang to ask questions.

Fu Qingshi's answer was similar to what he had guessed. As soon as he left the imperial capital, Nangong Yan attacked him, torturing him in every possible way. When he had tortured him enough, he threw him into the river and drowned him.

If Jiao Qing hadn't saved him, he would have become a ghost in the underworld.

Fu Qingshi was in great pain and could not accept such an ending. This unwillingness allowed him to endure all the pain and survive, but the wounds in his heart could never be healed.

From his point of view, he couldn't understand. Their Fu family was the top military family in South Vietnam. It was all thanks to their family that they were able to stand up to North Vietnam and avoid being destroyed for so many years. What did they do wrong to make Nangong Yan destroy his own foundation?

He cried bitterly, "I won't give up. What have I done? Is it just because I like Yingying too? Before he gave up, I didn't fight for her. He was the one who didn't want her first. Is he going to kill my father and me because of this?"

"Didn't you ask him in person?"

"I asked, and he said we owed him, but what do we owe him? We didn't do anything!"

He couldn't understand, and Rong Tang had no way to explain. He had no interest in knowing what happened in Nangong Yan's previous life. He had predicted it in this life and avoided it, so Fu Qingshi and Feng Yingying didn't have time to do anything.

"Just think of it as something you owed him in your past life. Fu Qingshi, there is karma and reincarnation in this world. If you feel wronged, you will get revenge in your next life."

The next step was to have him taken back to the imperial capital. Fu Qingshi was terrified. "No, no, I don't want to go back. I don't want my mother to see me like this."

His news had not yet reached the imperial capital. One could not imagine how heartbroken and desperate his mother must have been when she saw him.

"If you don't let her see you, she'll still harbor illusions, thinking you've only gone on the southern expedition with the Crown Prince. Aren't you afraid that someone will impersonate you to deceive her and bring harm to her whole family?"

Fu Qingshi had a mother and younger brother at home, and he could not bear the fear and agreed to return to the city.

When we turned to the west city gate, a special forces member who had been hiding outside the south city gate came to report some news. "Master, only a small number of those people are real refugees. The majority are disguised. They all have places to find food at night."

It turned out to be a trick. If you don’t want the crude food at the West City Gate, there must be better food.

Rong Tang used sign language to monitor closely.

Feng Qingqing listened carefully from the side, "Are you going to take action tonight?"

"Let's talk about it when we get back."

His plan was to search for the imperial seal at night, but for now, he still had to send Fu Qingshi back to General Fu's mansion.

Unexpectedly, they were intercepted outside the west city gate by the emperor's uncle, Marquis Yong'an, who had just usurped the throne.

Yong'an Hou Xinma came over with a forced smile, "Lord Annan, what have you been doing? It's an emergency now, and the imperial capital is under lockdown. What if you let in refugees and bandits? Come, search for me!"

The people Rong Tang brought were clear at a glance: four guards, Lao Wen, Feng Qingqing, and a horse with Fu Qingshi on it. After searching for a long time, they finally found Fu Qingshi.

Yong'an Hou laughed strangely, "Annanbo, what are you doing? Where did you find these bandits?"

Rong Tang said gently, "Lord Yong'an, take a closer look at who this is. Could he be a bandit?"

Marquis Yong'an pinched Fu Qingshi's dirty face and finally recognized him.

"Fu Qingshi?"

"Isn't the Marquis of Yong'an curious about what happened to him? Perhaps you could take him back and ask him what's best for you. The Marquis can make his own judgment."

When the Marquis of Yong'an first came to power, he faced the dissatisfaction of court officials, and he did not have absolute military force to suppress them, so he was often just a paper tiger.

Fu Qingshi is different. He is the eldest son of the former general and has a special status in the army. If he is subdued, it may be possible to accept the surrender of some generals.

Thinking of this, he ordered people to bring Fu Qingshi to the city gate for questioning, asking every word clearly.

When he learned that Nangong Yan was the one who caused her miserable state, his face flushed with excitement, and he immediately sent someone to notify some court officials to go to General Fu's mansion to witness the so-called cruelty.

It can be imagined that when Mrs. Fu saw her son's miserable appearance, she fainted several times out of heartache. When the summoned civil and military officials arrived in their positions one after another, she cried and scolded, telling everyone about her son's experience. Those who heard it were sad, and those who saw it shed tears.

Some of the court officials had numb expressions, some felt sympathy, and some did not believe it. But regardless of whether they believed it or not, it was a fact that Fu Qingshi was so miserable, and he had no reason to use his own misery to frame the prince.

In addition, Jiao Qing testified from the side, and with the support of the Earl of Annan, the Earl of Annan had no grudges against the prince, so there was no reason for him to lie.

The most important point is that the news of the prince's treason had already spread. If he was innocent, and he swept back to the imperial capital with 100,000 troops, who could stop him?

After repeated consideration, 80% of the court officials believed that the prince had indeed abandoned the imperial capital and His Majesty and fled with his troops and food. Many of them were disheartened for a while.

The Marquis of Yong'an spoke in a tone of grief and indignation, "You can only know a person's face, not his heart. I have long said that the Crown Prince is hypocritical and righteous, but in reality he is cold and ruthless. Fortunately, Your Majesty still has the Second Prince. My Lords, at tomorrow's morning court, please support the Second Prince as Crown Prince."

The Southern Emperor had only two sons, and the eldest and the second son were certainly not the two. It seemed that there was no choice in this matter, and the ministers had no way to refute it, so they expressed no objection without any interest.

But some were so grief-stricken and indignant that they threw their official seals on the ground. "What kind of rotten court is this? It's been so shattered in less than two months. How can anyone be convinced by such a king and such a crown prince? Well, I will resign today. Everyone, take care of yourselves."