Rich Peasant Girl: The General's Wife Has Space

Chapter 213 Fear

"I...I...I'm also doing this for the good of Yilan. Your village is on the border of Yilan. If you make friends with your neighboring country, and our whereabouts are exposed, we can't afford the consequences!"

Zhan Beiting recalled that after he was defeated in a war with a neighboring country, he fled with his troops to a small border village, where he was warmly received by the villagers. But when the scouts went out to investigate, they found that this village had close connections with the villages on the border of the neighboring country.

Everyone in the army was extremely shocked at the time and didn't know what to do. If the villagers reported them, they and their soldiers might not be able to escape.

But they are the people of Yilan after all, they can't kill them.

It was not until the scouts saw the village chief mysteriously leaving the village and heading towards the border, and discovered that the village chief had been talking to people from a small village on the border of the neighboring country for a long time, that they realized something was wrong.

Zhan Beiting is a ruthless man. For the sake of himself and his troops, he discussed with several deputy generals and finally decided to massacre the entire village!

After all, people who can betray their own country are not worth protecting.

So late at night, while the villagers were asleep, a large-scale massacre began.

Some villagers were beheaded in their sleep before they even had time to react.

Deputy General Zhou escaped the disaster because he was young and his mother hid him in time.

But this incident was deeply engraved in his mind. Driven by the will to seek revenge, the first thing he did when he grew up was to join the army.

He finally found an opportunity and met Zhan Beiting!

This man he hated to the core!

But he couldn't get close to him until he saw Zhan Beiting surrounded by the enemy, and he realized that his chance had come.

So I decided to take a gamble without caring about my life, and it turned out to be a success!

As he wished, Deputy General Zhou came to Zhan Beiting's side and became his confidant and most trusted person.

Deputy General Zhou knew that Zhan Beiting had investigated him, but he didn't care, because his background was indeed very clean. Zhan Beiting might have forgotten Zhoujia Village more than ten years ago, and also forgotten the murder he had committed!

Sure enough, Zhan Beiting believed Lieutenant General Zhou just like that. He had no idea that Lieutenant General Zhou had been enduring for several years just to give him a heavy blow at the critical moment!

Now, the opportunity has come.

Long before the prince was assassinated, Deputy General Zhou had already informed the prince of this matter in advance, and in order to show his determination, he dug up his own painful experiences just for revenge.

The prince chose to believe him, and everything that happened next became clear. The prince left just to blur Zhan Beiting's sight. When Zhan Beiting thought he had done it perfectly and continued to make trouble, the prince would give him a heavy blow!

After all, Zhan Beiting was a meritorious official of Yilan State. Even if he was the crown prince, it would not be easy for him to be killed on random charges.

Zhan Beiting didn't know that he had been holding on to the power of the army tightly and had long been a thorn in the hearts of the prince and the king.

Now, this thorn is finally going to be removed!

After hearing the whole story, Zhan Beiting never expected that he would die at the hands of the person he trusted most.

However, he did not regret what he had done. If the army's whereabouts were leaked, they would be the ones to die!

All the civil and military officials in the court were silent!

"They're not traitors! They never intended to tell on us. The village chief went out to meet the people from the neighboring country that day just to buy some food for you! Our entire village pooled money from door to door to buy you food, just so you could eat well, regain your spirits, and continue to protect us! No matter how good the border villages are to us, we know our own country is the best."

Deputy General Zhou said in a deep voice, his eyes filled with tears.

He never expected that his fellow villagers would die because of these false charges. It was such a cruel fate!

After hearing this, Zhan Beiting was also shocked!

Although he loved fighting and power, except for the massacre of the village, it was also because he was forced into a desperate situation. His initial thought was to defend his country, and he never thought that one day he would pick up a sword and swing it against the people.

He didn't regret it at that time, but now after hearing the whole story, it would be a lie for Zhan Beiting to say that he was not in pain.

All the civil and military officials in the court were silent, not knowing what to say.

Zhan Beiting quietly threw the dagger in his sleeve to the ground, sat down dejectedly, and muttered: "Your Majesty, I plead guilty!"

Ming Zhao was also silent for a while.

All the civil and military officials in the court felt sorry for the lives of the innocent people and were also saddened by the death of a great general, but things had come to this point and this was the final outcome.

Ming Zhao didn't expect Zhan Beiting to plead guilty so easily. He couldn't help laughing when he thought of the army waiting outside the palace.

No casualties, no loss of life, this is already the best outcome.

Deputy General Zhou was speechless for a moment. Zhan Beiting was taken away. Ming Zhao kept Deputy General Zhou who was about to resign from the military. Yilan Country was still facing internal and external troubles and needed such talents.

Deputy General Zhou accepted it silently.

The old king of Yilan woke up, abdicated the throne to Mingzhao, and lived out his days in peace.

After receiving the news from Yilan Kingdom and the returning army, Zhao Mingyuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Now that the main envoys of Yilan Kingdom have fallen, the remaining ants in the Yuan Dynasty will not be able to jump for much longer. He and Li Mingyue will concentrate on dealing with the traitors in their own country.

In Jiyun City, Duan Hongyi still didn't know what was happening in Yilan Country. The man in black cloak and the servant in gray were all locked up. Many wealthy businessmen had their belongings confiscated recently, and for a while, the merchants were in a panic.

Duan Hongyi keenly felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

A few years ago, the head of the Duan family, Duan Xiuyuan, Duan Hongyi's father, sent a letter asking him to return to Beijing for the New Year. After all, he had a daughter-in-law at home who had the support of Duke Qin, so it would be unreasonable not to return to Beijing for the New Year.

Duan Hongyi was helpless. There had been no further news about his previous collusion with the Yilan Kingdom. Now there seemed to be a fire of reckoning burning throughout the Yuan Dynasty, but this fire had not yet reached him.

He didn't think he was lucky. His intuition told him that things would not be that simple. He wanted to win merit for his family. Although he was just a small pawn, this was a serious crime that would result in the execution of nine generations of his family.