789. Chapter 789 The truth about the assassination
The reason why military law was used against the lame man was because he had committed the crime of robbery. He had been reported by many soldiers, saying that they saw him stealing other people's belongings in the middle of the night, stealing other people's money, and privately bribing the quartermaster.
, and asked the quartermaster to exchange the money into grain and send it back to his hometown. Stealing in the army was a serious crime that could be punished by death. However, Qin Xiao saw that he had merit and could not bear to kill him, so he reduced his rank and dismissed him.
After using military law, he was sent back to the Central Plains.
He has been away from the army for more than half a year, and he never thought that he was still hanging around Yunjie.
The man whose leg was pulled by the lame man was so angry that he picked up a stone from the ground and wanted to hit the lame man on the head. Given the size of the stone, if he hit it, he would definitely be killed.
Qin Xiao knew that he could no longer watch the fun, so he jumped out of the grass with a loud shout: "Stop! If you have something to say, say it!"
When the man holding the stone saw someone coming, he had a look of anger on his face, his hands were trembling slightly, and he didn't know whether to smash it or not.
The lame man took a closer look and saw that the man who jumped out was none other than General Qin. He let go of his hand and let the man break free and run away. He ignored the blood on his face and shouted: "Don't let him escape!
That person! That person is a spy from Rongzhu! Kill...kill him!"
With a bang, the head with the coiled beard rolled to the lame man's feet.
Ruyi carried Changfeng behind him with an expressionless expression. The blade was not stained with blood, as if the sword had never been drawn. "He can no longer run away."
Qin Xiaoxin said, "The sword skills are so fast, and Ruyi's kung fu is really good. If this were on the battlefield, it would be a scene where one woman would be able to stand in front of ten thousand others."
The lame man breathed a sigh of relief, lay on his back, panted heavily, and murmured to himself: "It's okay...it's okay..."
Qin Xiao helped him up and asked: "After you came out of the camp, you have never returned to your hometown? Have you been staying in Yunjie? Don't you have an elder and a child in your family?"
The lame man felt sad. He looked at Qin Xiao for a long time, then knelt down on the ground and burst into tears: "General Qin, you are still alive. It's good that you are still alive... Fortunately, you are still alive... I was wrong.
A lot of things have been done, but luckily we were able to pull back from the brink and didn’t cause a big disaster! Wuwuwu..."
Ruyi immediately caught the words "still alive". Could it be that he had something to do with Qin Xiao's assassination? She suddenly pulled out the sword, put it against the lame man's chin, and said sternly: "Speak! Assassinate Qin Xiao."
Did you hire the smiling Happy Hall killer?"
The lame man waved his hands repeatedly and shouted that he was wronged: "It's not me, it's not me! General Qin was kind to me and spared my life. How could I repay the favor and kill him... Besides, he was expelled from the camp.
At that time, I was penniless and my leg was lame, so what could I do to hire a killer?"
Ruyi said: "Then what did you mean by what you said just now? When you said 'It's good as long as you live', did you know that Qin Xiao would be in danger?"
Seeing that he couldn't hide it any longer, the lame man told the truth: "Xia, calm down, this is what happened. After I was kicked out of the Rangers, I came to Yunjie. There were so many military quartermasters in Yunjie, and one of them had some friendship with me.
I was arranged to work there. The position was pretty free, not too tiring, and the salary I was given was barely enough to make ends meet. One day, a man in black clothes came here sneakily to inquire about the situation. I could tell by his accent and his appearance.
They were both from the Celestial Dynasty, not quite like the Rongzhuren. What he asked about was about General Qin Xiaoqin. But at that time, the general only had real power but no name. Only the people in the Ranger Regiment knew that he was a general, and his rank was not much more than that.