Chapter 201

201 punish traitors

"Besides, my father is an official of the imperial court and the Prime Minister of the five grade temple. I also learn to be a scholar by virtue of my talent. There are some virtuous women from the scholarly family. Why should I be wronged to marry a fake princess? I don't need to cling to nepotism, so I don't appreciate the beauty of the old princess."

Zhao Wei's words blocked the old imperial concubine's face. He brushed her face in public. The old imperial concubine wanted to attack, but the other party was telling the truth every word, and she couldn't attack again.

The old imperial concubine couldn't help feeling nervous. She wanted to marry Mingzhu to Zhao Wei, but the other party didn't appreciate it. Is it true that you are amorous?

"If the old lady really values me, she should let me marry the princess newly found by the Regent's house." Zhao Wei's expression is still respectful, but there is a trace of irony in her tone. The angry old lady's face is green and red.

The Zhao family finally left respectfully, leaving an angry old princess who didn't know how to vent.

The big servant girl came in trembling to dress the old imperial concubine, and timidly advised: "don't be angry with the imperial concubine..."

The old imperial concubine sighed deeply. She thought the marriage was safe, but Zhao Wei's words disappointed her. He frankly refused her, and even the reason made her unable to argue.

Xu Mingzhu's marriage has become a big worry for the old princess. She specially chose a family with a lower family status. Although Zhao Wei has no fame now, he is full of talent. Her future prosperity is just around the corner. But even such people dislike Xu Mingzhu. Does Xu Mingzhu really want to choose an ordinary white Ding as her husband?

Xu Mingzhu stood in the corridor for a long time and was silent. The conversation between the old princess and Zhao Wei had been heard in her ears. The figure of the energetic young master Zhao when he hurried away burned Xu Mingzhu's already fragile heart.

She had some vague expectations for the marriage just before. After all, she and Zhao Wei were childhood sweethearts and knew each other. Zhao Wei has always been gentle and polite to her, and she thought the other party had a little affection for her... Maybe in her current situation, it would be better to marry Zhao Wei as the eldest granddaughter-in-law of the aristocratic family, with the support of the old princess, and live an ordinary and noble daughter? Xu Mingzhu wavered in an instant.

However, Zhao Wei's words were like a slap on her face, burning pain. It turned out that he was no different from those vulgar women in his eyes! All the tenderness he treated him was courtesy, not friendship. Xu Mingzhu bit her lower lip and forced herself to keep her tears from falling.

"Princess, you......" the servant girl looked at her timidly.

Xu Mingzhu glared at her and sobbed, "shut up!"

She endured it again and again. Only then did she slowly calm down and walk into the old princess's house as if nothing had happened.

"Grandma, I've come to greet you." Xu Mingzhu smiled and sat at the old lady's feet. The old lady reluctantly cheered up and talked to her with a smile. However, seeing Mingzhu's slightly red eyes, she immediately realized that Mingzhu had probably heard the conversation just now.

"Child..." the old princess felt a dull pain in her heart and hugged Xu Mingzhu in her arms: "good child, grandma will help you find a better one in the future, ten times better than Zhao Wei." the sentence "don't be sad" the old princess finally didn't say anything, but could only comfort in general.

Xu Mingzhu raised her clear eyes and suddenly smiled at the old lady: "it doesn't matter, grandma, it will be fine..." she buried her head in the old lady's arms, just like an ostrich avoiding reality. She didn't look or listen. However, the hard little porcelain vase in her close pocket still hurt her.

What the hell is she going to do? Xu Mingzhu trembled slightly and squeezed herself into the arms of the old princess. It seemed that she could get comfort, but tears gradually overflowed.

Xining mansion.

Zhao Mingde was covered in blood and his face was embarrassed. He hid in a hidden villa in the suburbs. He never thought that he would like Xiao's revenge with the help of Xining military power. Before he could implement the plan, he was trapped and died here by the army.

"Do you know who is the leader?" Zhao Mingde asked anxiously.

The deputy general panted in and looked at him with a desperate face: "I... I saw the general..."

"What?" Zhao Mingde stared in shock: "general, isn't he in the capital? How can..."

He betrayed the general and took refuge in Xiao Qiyu in order to cheat Xiao Qiyu's trust, take the opportunity to obtain the military power of Xining, then start a rebellion and revenge on the Xiao family. But I didn't expect that I had just subdued the officers and soldiers in Xining, but was surrounded and suppressed by an army with amazing combat power. Zhao Mingde was shocked. He didn't expect that there were such elite troops in Xining! It was Huo Jiajun!

But he knew nothing about the army. He thought he had succeeded in winning the trust of the general, but unexpectedly, the general had always been on guard against himself. Zhao Mingde clenched the long sword in his hand and smiled bitterly.

Today's situation can no longer hold out.

"Set fire, and all the people inside will burn to death if they don't surrender!" someone shouted outside. Zhao Mingde's face changed, but he saw that the fire outside was burning.

There was a mess in the room. Some soldiers threw down their weapons and shouted, "We surrender!"

Zhao Mingde was livid and silent. There was a burst of laughter outside. Someone said, "hand over Zhao Mingde's son of a bitch, surrender obediently, and grandpa will spare your dog's life!"

Zhao Mingde was shocked and turned to look at his personal bodyguard. Several shining knives were put on his neck. His eyes swept one by one. Some people were still calm, but others couldn't bear to keep their faces shut. They murmured, "we don't want to die..."

Zhao Mingde wants to laugh. He is a betrayer himself. How can he ask the people around him to be loyal to him? This retribution comes so fast.

He lifted his lips and showed a clear smile: "I want to go out by myself."

The soldiers outside the door were ready. They had been comrades in arms who fought side by side, but they pointed at him with the tip of their knives. Zhao Mingde lightly looked at Wu sunspot's familiar face and said with a smile, "if you want to kill, you're welcome to cut it." he calmly and freely led his neck to kill. Wu sunspot's smiling face was full of contempt at the moment. He disdained to bah to the ground and scolded: "the anti bone dog behind your head killed you and dirty my knife."

"If you don't kill me, take me to the general." Zhao Mingde closed his eyes.

"Do you still have the face to see the general?" Wu Hei's eyes were about to crack. He had known Zhao Mingde for many years and had always regarded each other as brothers, but he didn't expect that this bastard betrayed the general. Not only did his wife live in Turks, but also betrayed the military situation of Huo's army, which was almost defeated by the Turks.

Zhao Mingde was silent. He neither paid attention to Wu Heizi's scolding nor made half an excuse for himself. He silently allowed the other party to push him and escort him to a spacious secret room.

In the dark, Zhao Mingde went on a hunger strike for three days and nights and insisted on seeing the general. Wu sunspot was angry and wanted to split his eyes. He said he should divide the traitor into five parts. If he starved to death, it would be cheap. Zhao Mingde ordered his men to forcibly fill Zhao Mingde with water, but Zhao Mingde closed his mouth and refused to eat anything. After three days, he was dying.

In the darkness, a clear sound of boots came into his ears. Zhao Mingde was excited and looked forward to the direction of footsteps.

"General, you're still here." Zhao Mingde sighed gently.

The other party was silent for a long time and said slowly, "I want to hear what last words you had before you died."

Zhao Mingde's voice was loud, and his laughter was full of gas. It was not like the strength that a person who had been hungry for three days should have: "I really didn't read the general wrong."

"In the past, I always thought that the general was brilliant and broad-minded, and would never be willing to be only Xiao's running dog. Now the general's towering appearance, Mingde should congratulate the general."

In the dark, Zhao Mingde couldn't see his face clearly. He tried his best to keep calm and continued in a calm tone: "General, I admit that my means can't see the light, but our purposes are the same. The Xiao family are extravagant and lustful, and the people all over the world suffer. They have been sitting in this country for too long. They should have been replaced by virtuous people with lofty ideals. Don't you think so?"

Huo Qijun smiled coldly: "what he said for the people all over the world is fair and aboveboard. Would those soldiers in the Huo family army think so because of you?"

Zhao Mingde's tone was slightly sluggish, and then he said in a loud voice: "the lives of the soldiers have to be entrusted to the battlefield since the first day of being a soldier. It's their duty to wrap up the body in a vest. In addition, those who achieve great things always have to sacrifice. The law of the jungle is the law of the world. If they want to complain, they can only blame their own bad life..."

"What a law of the jungle." Huo Qijun's tone was full of cold. The huge pressure made Zhao Mingde swallow his saliva: "what about my wife?"

Zhao Mingde took a deep breath, and then recovered his calm tone: "madam is really innocent, but has the general ever thought about who is bothering her?"

"Yes, it's you, general!" Zhao Mingde's voice rose abruptly: "It was because she married the general that she got killed. The general, long Zifeng, is ambitious. She is destined to compete for the world. She should have three wives and four concubines. She is a weak girl in the boudoir who has no strength to bind chickens. She can neither help the general nor support the general. She occupies the position of the general's wife for nothing."

"My sister Weiyang is the most suitable person for the general. She is intelligent and decisive. She is by no means an ignorant and weak girl who doesn't understand anything in the boudoir. With the support of my Zhao family, if the general marries him, why don't he worry about the great cause? Why don't he worry about killing the Xiao family?" Zhao Mingde became more and more excited and stared at the beautiful outline in the dark: "The general is a wise man. He should know that there must be a choice for a great cause... I am never afraid of death. If I can help the general achieve a great cause, I will have no regrets even if I die ten thousand times."

Huo Qijun's voice interrupted him faintly: "unfortunately, you should have died on the battlefield."