The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 763

The man in black suddenly fell from mid-air.

Instantly, all the patrolmen pointed their swords at the man in black.

The man in black was captured in an instant.

They were all locked up in a tent.

"Speak! Who sent you?" Xu Tian personally interrogated the assassins.

However, neither of them wanted to speak.

"You won't talk, huh? I have plenty of ways to make you talk."

After saying this, Xu Tian immediately ordered his men to begin the torture.

A scream erupted from inside the tent.

After the screams subsided, one of the men finally couldn't take it anymore.

"I said, I said."

Xu Tian waved his hand, and the guards immediately stopped.

The man in black replied directly, "Your Highness, it was General Xu Jing who did it!"

Xu Tian frowned slightly.

"Oh! I wonder what General Xu Jing has done?"

The man in black was taken aback for a moment.

He then added, "Your Highness, didn't you want to know the purpose of this assassination attempt?"

Xu Tian nodded.

"Well, keep talking."

After hearing his order, the man in the dark continued, "Your Highness, it wasn't just General Xu Jing who ordered this assassination attempt on you. The destruction of that small country was also part of that!"

Xu Tian looked at the two men in black in front of him.

They both said in unison that Xu Jing was the one who did it.

Although General Xu Jing was among them, Xu Tian felt there were many suspicious points.

Li Er was furious and immediately summoned Xu Jing.

Xu Jing happened to participate in this hunt as well.

He was quickly summoned to the scene.

Upon learning of this, Xu Jing cried out that he was innocent.

"Your Majesty, I am innocent! I did not do any of these things. These two people are just trying to frame me."

Li Er glanced at Xu Tian's side.

"What do you think? What exactly happened?"

Xu Tian still didn't know the details.

However, he felt that something was definitely wrong with this matter.

Wasn't General Xu Jing among them?

Xu Jing nodded.

"This humble general was indeed present at the time, but was it this humble general who did this?"

"This humble general absolutely did not send anyone to assassinate Your Highness! Everyone knows that Your Highness and I have no grudge against each other. Why would this humble general assassinate Your Highness without a reason?"

His words were clearly directed at Dai Rongpei.

Xu Tian looked at Xu Jing indifferently.

"You say you didn't assassinate me, but do you know Claire?"

Xu Jing was taken aback.

The assassin who was caught by the guards a few days ago for trying to assassinate the emperor was none other than the princess of the fallen kingdom.

When asked about this, Xu Jing was taken aback.

He knew about that princess of the kingdom.

"I also participated in the massacre of the city at that time."

Xu Tian thought he wouldn't admit it, but to his surprise, he admitted it so readily.

Xu Tian thought it was impossible for Xu Jing to have done this.

Because he wasn't the commander at the time.

Only the commander acknowledges the ability to issue commands.

Xu Tian directly questioned Xu Jing.

"Does the general know why the city was massacred back then?"

Xu Jing was taken aback.

Since Li Er wasn't there, he spoke of the matter with a certain degree of recklessness.

"The massacre was carried out because we received an imperial edict from the Emperor!"