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Chapter 268

The two imperial physicians examined the wound and determined that it had healed in about one to two years, judging from the degree of healing.

Shen Wei continued, "Please have the imperial physician remove the arrowheads from their bodies, and then His Majesty will understand what I mean."

Two imperial physicians quickly removed the arrows from the two soldiers, placing them bloody on a tray and presenting them to the emperor.

Shen Wei said, "Your Majesty, the arrowheads of our Northern Yi Army are made of refined iron. The iron quality is obviously different from that of the Western Qi Army. A closer look will reveal that these two arrowheads are unique to the Northern Yi Army!"

The emperor looked at it and found it to be true.

At this moment, he truly understood what Shen Wei meant.

If we only present two Northern Yi arrows, it proves nothing. Only if these two arrows were taken from the soldiers of the Battle of Fei Chi Valley can we prove that they were attacked in Fei Chi Valley and that the enemy used weapons from the Northern Yi!

The emperor frowned, and Shen Wei pressed his advantage by having Zhou Ershan step forward.

"Your Majesty, this is a lowly soldier from Western Qi. Before the Battle of Feichi Valley, he saw someone going to see the Western Qi marshal and giving him a considerable amount of military supplies. He was then ordered to be silenced, but luckily he survived and was rescued by this humble subject."

The emperor's expression changed drastically, and the Duke of Changguo beside him also tensed up.

The emperor asked Zhou Ershan, "Who was the person you saw delivering weapons?"

Zhou Ershan shook his head: "I don't know who he is. He was wearing military uniform, a helmet and his face was covered. I only know that he is a young man, about eight feet tall, and speaks with a Bei Yi accent. I guess he is at least a general. Ordinary soldiers don't have that kind of presence."

The emperor pressed further, "How much weaponry?"

Zhou Ershan thought for a moment and said, "I saw about fifty large carts."

Fifty large carts—that number was indeed enough for the Western Qi army to turn the tide and annihilate the 30,000-strong Northern Yi army.

The key question is, in the entire Northern Yi, which general could produce fifty cartloads of weapons?

The Northwest has been fighting for so many years, and the military supplies have been consumed in huge quantities. There has never been a time when they were in short supply. Sometimes, they even wished they could split an arrow in half to use it. Who has so much surplus?

The emperor went through the list of generals stationed in the northwest in his mind, and without a doubt, he thought of Chu Tianming.

Only the Chu family, with its immense wealth, possessed such power.

The Duke of Changguo watched the Emperor's changing expression with bated breath, knowing that the Emperor must have already thought of the Chu family. He could no longer hold back and quickly interjected.

"Your Majesty, based solely on these two arrows and this witness's one-sided testimony, we cannot determine whether Shen Wei is telling the truth or not. The arrows may be fabricated evidence by him, and this witness may be acting under his orders, fabricating lies out of thin air in order to exonerate him!"

Before the emperor could speak, Shen Wei stepped forward again and presented a book.

“Your Majesty, this is a list of assassins from a martial arts organization called ‘Naihe.’ It lists all the people they want to kill, including this witness named Zhou Ershan. The night before last, he was assassinated at the Yongning Marquis’s residence to silence him, but he was saved again. The assassin’s body is still kept at the Yongning Marquis’s residence. If needed, it can be sent to the palace as evidence.”

Shen Wei's voice was forceful: "If Zhou Ershan was just someone a commoner invited to give false testimony, how could he have attracted the assassination attempt of a killer of the 'Naihe' level? This is because the mastermind is guilty and therefore spares no expense to kill him and silence him!"