bullyxtreme Chapter 288 - Setting up a trap
Chapter 288 - Setting up a trap
One stone caused a thousand ripples. Many palace maids who were washing clothes immediately threw the soap nuts in their hands aside, pulled down their collars, and ran towards the front yard in a hurry. Only one person walked in the opposite direction of them.
Su Qing, dressed in a palace maid's attire, sneaked to the back door of Yanyu Courtyard, looked back cautiously, and seeing that no one was following her, she opened the back door swiftly. After taking two steps, she stopped where she was.
"Su Qing, in fact, if you follow those palace maids to the front yard, you might be able to escape." Feng Muyan said with a sneer as he stood with his arms crossed.
"It turns out that from this morning till now, such a big plan has been set up specifically for me. You really put a lot of effort into it!" Su Qing concealed the surprise in his eyes and walked calmly in front of Feng Muyan.
"Capture him!" Feng Muyan didn't waste any more words with him. With a wave of his hand, a team of imperial guards pinned Su Qing to the ground.
In the main hall, Su Qing was tied up and kneeling in the middle of the hall, his back straight and without any fear on his face, as if the villain that the men were pointing at was not him, but someone else.
"What do you think, my ministers, how should I deal with this spy who has been hiding in the palace for a long time?" Feng Yixuan asked loudly, his eyes sweeping over the officials in the hall.
It was a long time since Feng Yixuan finished speaking, and no one in the hall dared to step forward to offer advice.
"Your Majesty, I feel that what this man did is extremely evil and he should be put to death by slow slicing!" His voice was not loud but every word was sonorous. A civil servant in his thirties walked to the front of the hall. This person was none other than Xue Qi, who had experienced many ups and downs.
As soon as Xue Qi finished speaking, some voices of opposition and cursing arose around him. In fact, they were nothing more than accusations that the means were cruel and the heart was inhumane.
But Xue Qi still knelt in the center of the hall without changing his expression, waiting for Feng Yixuan to express his opinion.
"Then we will follow the advice of Mr. Xue. Come, take this spy to the prison and bring him to the battlefront of the two armies in three days to be executed by slow slicing!"
"Your Majesty, won't this provoke Chu Nan's army..." An elderly minister knelt down and wanted to express his opinion, but was ruthlessly interrupted by Feng Yixuan.
"I have just given you a chance, but only Xue Qing's family proposed it, so we had no choice but to agree to it. It is too late to propose it now. I have made up my mind!" After he finished speaking, Feng Yixuan looked at Xue Qi, then nodded with satisfaction. Before retiring from the court, he issued an imperial decree, promoting Xue Qi to a higher rank, rewarding him with 500 taels of silver, and ordering him to be the supervising officer in three days.
On the way back from court, many old officials cast dissatisfied glances at Xue Qi. Some even deliberately bumped into him in order to squeeze him. However, they didn't know that Xue Qi was once a military general and easily dodged the attack.
"Xue Qi, how dare you push me!"
"Lord Lin, you were the one who threw yourself at me recklessly, and I just dodged for a moment. How could that be considered a push or a shove? Could it be that you've gotten old and your brain has become damaged as well?" Xue Qi raised the corner of his mouth with a sarcastic smile.
"You...you...you are a fence-sitter, a lapdog who has followed three emperors!" The old minister was furious and started talking without thinking.
"That's right. I have experienced three dynasties. But Lord Lin seems to be more than thirty years older than me. It seems that he has experienced more than three dynasties, right? If you say so, aren't you a lapdog..." Xue Qi stopped talking abruptly, then shook his sleeves and left with a laugh.
"You...you..." His fingers trembled for a long time and then he fainted.
On the other side, Gu Liuqing rode his horse towards the garrison all night long. He arrived at the gate of the military camp around noon the next day, but was stopped by the guards at the gate.
The guards were of course familiar with Gu Liuqing's mask, but what confused them was the hair color of the man on horseback.
"This is the important area of the Chunan military camp. No outsiders are allowed to approach." The leading soldier shouted loudly, and his shout startled Gu Qinghong who was patrolling the camp nearby.
"What's wrong? Why is there so much noise?"