Chapter 338 Closing the Net
Duke Xue frowned, "We had a hard time getting Xiao Zhezi into the Imperial Study. If anything happens to him, even if we rescued Concubine Qi at today's Hundred Flowers Banquet, it would be a loss."
The Minister of Rites wiped the sweat from his forehead and stood there in silence, not daring to say a word.
Duke Xue was silent for a long time, rubbing his fingers and said, "What the Queen said about rescuing three people from the cold palace at that time may not be false. When the young emperor was still in power, there were indeed a few people alive in the cold palace.
What's hateful is that we acted too late. We had originally thought that we would find an opportunity to quickly clean out the people in the cold palace after Your Majesty ascended the throne. Who could have thought that the Queen would figure it out on her own.
Who are the remaining two people? How much do they know about what happened back then? This…"
He swiped his fingers on the table twice, and finally clenched his fist and slammed it heavily on the table, "Send people to investigate, and send as many people as possible to dig out the people in the shortest possible time. We can't give the emperor time to sober up those people."
The Minister of Rites lowered his head and said, "Duke, are there really three survivors? What if it was just a feint by the Empress?"
Duke Xue sneered, "She even mentioned the matter of rebuilding the garrison. Isn't this matter more confidential than those people in the cold palace? Would she bother to throw a smoke bomb to confuse us after talking about such military secrets? Don't worry, it won't be fake. Although Su Qingqing is very capable, she is too confident and believes too much in the prestige of her Su family army. She still thinks these people are still following her. How naive!"
Here, Duke Xue and the Minister of Rites made the decision and immediately sent their people out.
Over there.
Su Qingqing sat in the main seat in the bedroom, with Wang Yu, Lieutenant General Zhao and Xiao Yu kneeling below her.
Her brows were cold and she had an irresistible majesty, but her voice was not very loud. "I just received news that Duke Xue has released a large number of dogs. Whether we can successfully exterminate the dogs this time depends on you."
The three people kneeling on the ground clasped their fists in unison, "We have accomplished our mission!"
Su Qingqing waved her hand, "Get up and do it. Don't worry about anything and don't think about leaving anybody alive. It's hard to keep those people alive. Even if we keep them alive, they may not be able to do anything. Instead, it will delay our pace. We should make a quick decision."
" yes!"
The three men took the order and left.
As soon as they left, Jixiang stood behind Su Qingqing, her blood boiling, "My Lady, I want to go too."
After falling into the trap, Duke Xue sent people to search for the other two people hidden by Su Qingqing. In addition, he also sent people to continue following the people around Su Qingqing and Rong Que.
So many people came out at once, and all fell into the control of Wang Yu and his men. This encirclement and killing was equivalent to luring the snake out of its hole and completely cutting off the lackeys of Duke Xue and the Minister of Rites in Kyoto.
After the three of them left, Rong Que said to Su Qingqing, "What are you going to do with Concubine Qi?"
Su Qingqing smiled and said, "There's no rush. I still have Qingyue in my hand. We can't capture this person for nothing. In addition, tomorrow morning, His Majesty will announce that Weiyuan Escort Agency will be used as one of the escort teams to escort Heng'er back to Zhao State. Let's set off tomorrow."
Rong Que took a sip of tea and looked at Su Qingqing with a look similar to admiration in his eyes.
"You used this tactic of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west to lure the snake out of its hole very well."
Su Qingqing laughed and said, "What do you want to do by flattering me like this?"
Rong Que had a sip of tea in his mouth and nearly spit it out when he heard this. "Do I need a reason or purpose to flatter my own wife? I can just flatter her whenever I want!"
After a tiring day, Su Qingqing and Rong Que chatted for a while and then rested.
Unexpectedly, the next morning, before dawn, Jixiang knocked on the door.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, General Wang requests to see you!"
Jixiang 's voice was not loud, but the sound of knocking on the door was loud, and the banging sound directly woke Su Qingqing up from Rongque's arms.
When she opened her eyes, Rong Que had already woken up. He kissed Su Qingqing lightly on the corner of her mouth and said, "You lie down. I'll go out and see what's going on."
Seeing Su Qingqing was about to get up, he held her down and said, "Be obedient and don't move."
Su Qingqing paused, then lay back down again, opened her clear eyes, and smiled, "I'll wait for you to come back."
Rong Que put on his coat and went to the outer room.
When Wang Yu came in with a chill in the night, Rong Que had already dressed neatly and sat in the main seat in the outer room.
Although he didn't see Su Qingqing, he was sure that Su Qingqing must have woken up after hearing the loud noise. Wang Yu raised his voice deliberately after paying his respects.
"Your Majesty, tonight Duke Xue's Mansion and the Minister of Rites have sent out a total of 108 people, all of whom will be killed."
Rong Que was stunned at first, and then a light of joy appeared in his eyes.
He had always known that as Su Qingqing's right-hand man, Wang Yu's combat effectiveness was very strong, and he also knew that Commander Zhao was not much worse. However, he had never thought that the order was only issued tonight, and now it was not even dawn, and the mission was completed!
Rong Que stood up from his chair suddenly, took a step back and forth, and said twice in a joyful tone, "Okay, okay."
Wang Yuli was at the scene. "While beheading those people, we also caught someone who worked for Duke Xue. It was not convenient to bring him into the palace, so he has been taken back to the barracks by Lieutenant General Zhao and has not been interrogated yet."
This was an unexpected gain. Rong Que waved his hand and said, "Just try him in the military camp. I just want the result!"
Wang Yu accepted the order, and Rong Que said, "Kill all the 108 people. Did you have any casualties?"
Wang Yu shook his head, "No, these 108 people seem to be numerous and disorganized, but thanks to their previous tracking of us, Minister Zhao and I have been summarizing the characteristics of these people and have figured out how to identify them among ordinary people.
The most important thing is that this time Duke Xue's order seemed very urgent, and because it was night, their disguise was not very strict, so the capture went smoothly."
As soon as Wang Yu left, Rong Que returned to the inner room with a look of joy, "Did you hear that?"
Su Qingqing had already stood up and was leaning against a large soft pillow. When Rong Que returned to the bed, she smiled and said, "One hundred and eight people, that's a lot of people.
The news of these people's deaths will surely reach Duke Xue's ears before the early morning court tomorrow.
Duke Xue has lost so many dogs that were biting and tracking people for him. Your Majesty, what do you think will be the reaction of the people when you announce the matter of Concubine Qi and the matter of Weiyuan Escort Agency in the morning court tomorrow?"
Su Qingqing seldom calls His Majesty Rong Que in private.
Only when they were in an extremely good mood and joking with each other would they speak in an especially arrogant manner.
It's time to close this big net that has been held up for a long time.
