20demayo Chapter 156 The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole follows behind
Chapter 156 The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole follows behind
Chu Xi heard this and turned to look at Han Yaojun.
She didn't say anything, but just nodded slightly to Han Yaojun.
Han Yaojun also returned the gift. Today's event was the plan of him and Chu Jiang.
At the river dam, Chu Xi found Han Yaojun to talk alone, and said straight to the point - "You have all been drugged."
Han Yaojun thought to himself, so many soldiers fell for no reason, how could he not know?
He had already guessed it, so he was not too moved by Chu Xi's words. He just raised his eyebrows and asked him silently, so what?
Chu Xi's second sentence was still shocking, "I was the one who gave you the medicine."
Han Yaojun almost attacked Chu Xi at that time, but Chu Xi did not give him the chance and quickly said the next sentence.
"I secretly changed this medicine. Before, they used a deadly poison. Now this medicine will only make everyone sleep. Everyone will wake up tomorrow morning at the latest."
Han Yaojun keenly caught the "they" in Chu Xi's words, which made him frown, "Who are they?"
Chu Xi said calmly, "I don't know either. This man is cunning and smart. He hasn't really shown up yet. If we want to catch him, we have to lure him out. General Han, I need you to cooperate with me in a play..."
At that time, Han Yaojun was half-believing and half-doubting Chu Jiang, but finally, considering that Chu Jiang came from the Mansion of the Loyal and Brave Marquis, he was willing to give Chu Jiang appropriate trust and play this trick.
Han Yaojun withdrew his thoughts and continued, "Sun Changfan, I know that the current world may disappoint many people, but no matter how great the hatred is, this is not a reason for you to vent your anger on the people!"
Sun Changfan no longer listened to anyone's advice. To him, it was just a matter of success or failure. If you lose, you lose!
Han Yaojun clasped his hands together, sat up straight, and cast his eyes on Sun Changfan's slightly red neck for a moment. He said calmly, "If you are willing to reveal the mastermind behind the scenes, I will do my best to ask His Majesty not to implicate you!"
Never implicate others?
Oh, he has been alone for a long time, so what is there to be implicated?
Sun Changfan smiled indifferently. Anyway, the truth had been revealed and he was caught red-handed. What else was there to say?
"General Han, you don't have to persuade me. I have nothing to say."
At this point, what else doesn't he understand?
The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind...
The funny thing is that he always thought that he was the oriole, but he didn't know that the real oriole was Chu Jiang, whom he had always despised!
Sun Changfan knew Chu Jiang’s true identity, the prince of a marquisate, but even so, Sun Changfan never really took him seriously!
In his opinion, Chu Jiang was nothing more than a young man from a wealthy family who was born lucky. Even if he had a noble status and good martial arts, he was at best a valuable vase who was slightly less of a fool.
A teenager of seventeen or eighteen years old, who has barely been out of the capital a few times and still doesn't know how scheming the prince, who has experienced the cruelty of the battlefield, can be?
Besides, Sun Changfan believed that he was cautious enough. As long as he could arrange for others to do something, he would try his best to hide behind the scenes and never take any action.
The task of putting drugs in the well assigned to Qin Sanyuan last night was just a bait deliberately placed there. He never placed his real hope in the well.
The actual way to put the medicine in was in the buckets of well water that were drawn this morning. Those buckets had been smeared with medicine early on, and all they had to do was fetch water and knead the dough.
No one will be spared from eating the steamed buns made from the dough!
When the two archers who were watching Qin Sanyuan last night did not come back to inform Yu Chengwen, Sun Changfan had already anticipated that the bait he released would successfully catch Chu Jiang.
As for the subsequent plan, he handed it over to another team. These people and Yu Chengwen privately did not know that the other party was the Eighth Prince's men.
One thing leads to another, Sun Changfan is confident that once Chu Jiang catches these people, he will definitely let down his guard, thinking that they have no more tricks up their sleeves!
Moreover, even if Chu Jiang was still worried that he had a backup plan, he was unable to find out the real link of drugging!
However, the facts gave him a big slap in the face. He thought that the prince, whom he looked down upon, only knew some martial arts, and there was nothing to guard against besides Chu Jiang...
It turned out that he had already anticipated this and had replaced all the barrels of medicine he had prepared with drugs that had similar symptoms but very mild effects.
If not for this, Sun Changfan would not have let down his guard and would not have been fooled.
It is not so easy to lure the snake out of its hole.
As for the situation by the river, Chu Xi did not inform Han Yaojun in advance. Before he was caught, all those words were empty talk.
She doesn't mind revealing her cards in advance as long as it can prevent anything from happening.
Chu Xi glanced at Chu Er over there. Chu Er immediately handed Sun Changfan to Zhou Qi's care and left the tent.
Zhou Qi and Han Yaojun were confused by Chu Er's sudden behavior, but they wisely chose to keep their mouths shut and not ask any more questions.
Even though they were ignorant of the inside story, after experiencing all this, they roughly guessed that Chu Jiang, the prince of the marquisate, was well prepared!
Whether it was the manpower or Sun Changfan's plan, he seemed to be able to predict it in advance!
With enough people and full preparation, the attack was successful in one go. With such a careful plan, only by understanding the intentions of Sun Changfan and others in advance could one come up with a countermeasure early.
Chu Er quickly brought the man in and threw him to the ground mercilessly. The man in black, who was already injured, couldn't help but groan.
Before he could see the surroundings clearly, he felt several gazes falling on him at the same time, one of which was very close to him...
When he looked over, wasn't it Sun Changfan?
"I think Lieutenant General Sun should be familiar with this man." Chu Xi nodded his chin in the direction of the man in black.
"I was worried about the river dam tonight, so I specially took people to patrol. Unfortunately, we ran into a group of sneaky people. They were carrying shovels and spades, intending to destroy the river dam!"
Han Yaojun had no idea what to understand after hearing this. The criminals were caught red-handed. Whether it was these people's intentions towards the dam or Sun Changfan's attempt to assassinate Han Yaojun, Chu Xi had caught them all.
Even if he had a talent for sophistry, he couldn't defend himself now.
Zhou Qi stared at Sun Changfan with extremely complicated eyes: poisoning, assassination, and... destroying the dam.
These behaviors have made him feel that the comrades in front of him are extremely unfamiliar and unrecognizable.
"By the way, there is another person. I think Lieutenant General Sun should be familiar with him. He realized that the plot was exposed and wanted to escape, but unfortunately he was caught by my people." Chu Xi had just finished speaking.
Chu Er was very knowledgeable and tactful and brought in the person she was talking about...
He was an acquaintance of everyone, Yu Chengwen, one of the three deputy generals. His previous image of a wise scholar was completely gone. He was soaked all over, with three wounds on his arms, blood and water mixed together. He sat on the ground with his hair slightly messy.
In the report, "......"