vstars Chapter 699: Capture All Alive
Chapter 699: Capture All Alive
Zhou Chang frowned slightly: "Have you been hiding in the dark and monitoring Prince Rong?"
Liu E hesitated and said evasively: "I...we didn't know that it was Prince Rong until you exposed it...but...Brother Ma knew that many people there were in collusion with the Peng faction of the Minister of War."
"You really don't know that's Prince Rong?" Zhou Chang asked again, but he didn't seem to want to hear the answer, and then asked, "What a coincidence that you are also nearby today?"
It is really incredible that Ma Feihu and Liu E, a man and a woman, were able to save Prince Yi and Yuan Qi.
Liu E nodded and only answered the following question: "Originally, Brother Ma only asked me to hide far away, because I don't know martial arts, and it would be a burden for him to bring me along. But later, I saw the young master from afar... so I sneaked closer... Later, I saw that... that..."
Liu E looked more and more embarrassed as she spoke, so Zhou Chang took over the conversation: "Then Wu Feng used a hidden weapon to harm your young master, so you rushed forward to protect her."
Liu E lowered her head and pursed her lips, taking it as her agreement.
Zhou Chang asked this and glanced at Yuan Qi: "You have suffered a lot these days, and you must be tired now. Why don't you go and rest first, and let me talk to Liu E alone."
Yuan Qi and Liu E were surprised at the same time.
At this moment, several people heard the sound of a large number of people coming down the mountain road not far away.
Zhou Chang stood up and tried to get off the carriage: "It's time for Gao Yuan and his men to capture the man."
The skinny monkey hurried over to help.
At this moment, an orange-red sunset was hanging on the top of Fengming Mountain. Gao Yuan finally returned with his troops and prisoners.
The kidnappers who were still alive were tied up and their masks were removed. They were tied together with ropes and moved down to an open space at the foot of the mountain like a string of ants. They were forced to kneel on the ground. There were hundreds of them in the dark mass.
Behind this line of prisoners were the prisoners who were killed or wounded in the fight, including the bodies of Wu Ling and Wu Feng, all of whom were carried down.
Zhou Chang went to Gao Yuan and asked, "Are there any casualties among the soldiers?"
Gao Yuan reported back: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. Those who were injured were all minor. No one on our side was seriously injured or died."
"That's good." Zhou Chang felt relieved, and then he looked at the kidnappers again, "We have captured them all alive."
"Most of them are alive." Gao Yuan replied.
All the captured people were dejected and covered in dust. They had been lowering their heads to begin with, and now they wanted to shrink even deeper into the ground.
"Are they all here?" Zhou Chang asked again, mainly because he didn't see Prince Rong.
Gao Yuan reported: "Most of them have been captured, only a small number have escaped into the mountains, and I have also sent troops to hunt them down."
Zhou Chang finally asked the key question, "Where is Prince Rong? Did he escape too?"
"No, but... His Royal Highness Prince Rong..." Gao Yuan hesitated, but not for long. "He has passed out. I have sent someone to keep a close watch on him. He is right behind."
Zhou Chang looked behind Gao Yuan but couldn't see anything clearly: "Take me over there to have a look."
Gao Yuan was about to lead the way when he saw Han Bin and Wei Ning carrying a man from a stretcher. It was Prince Rong.
Zhou Chang took two steps forward.
Gao Yuan asked expressionlessly, "You woke up so soon?"
Han Bin said, "Brother Gao wasn't hit hard, he woke up on the road just now."
As they were talking, they came in front of Zhou Chang and pushed Prince Rong forward without any courtesy.
When Prince Rong was being held up, he was like a puppet. Now that he was pushed forward, he did not fall, but his face looked as pale as death.
But he was tied up tightly like a big dumpling, with a cloth stuffed in his mouth, which made him different from the other captives who were tied up in a string.
"What's going on?" Zhou Chang was asking about the towel in Prince Rong's mouth. Although the other kidnappers were tied up, their mouths were not gagged.
Gao Yuan still had a blank expression on his face: "Your Highness, when His Royal Highness Prince Rong was arrested, he tried to commit suicide, but was stopped by me. I was afraid that he would commit suicide again, so I was on high alert."
Yes, once the truth is revealed, Prince Rong, who has always valued his reputation the most and regarded himself as a benevolent gentleman, would have no face left to live.
"Oh..." Zhou Chang looked at Prince Rong seriously. The other party was gagged and couldn't say anything. She had many questions to ask but it was not the right time, so she just said, "That's right. Brother Rong can't die now."
After hearing this, Prince Rong's face turned pale and his eyes, which were as dead as a pool of water, moved a little.
Gao Yuan waved his hand and asked his men to bring out another person from behind the captives. "Your Majesty, we have captured another person."
"Why is he here too?" Zhou Chang recognized him at a glance and felt quite surprised and disgusted.
The man turned out to be Peng Liang, a man with a pointed chin and rat-like eyes, the son of the Minister of War, Peng Pai.
This man didn't look like a human to begin with. After the capture and fight, his clothes were torn and his hair was disheveled, and he looked even less like a human.
Peng Liang was forced to kneel before Zhou Chang, and immediately turned into a mournful face and shouted, "It's unfair, I am innocent."
"Where did you catch this guy?" Zhou Chang asked Gao Yuan.
Although Peng Liang looked disgusting, it was a pleasant surprise to be able to catch him.
Gao Yuan replied with a wooden face: "It's in a hidden cave at the back. There are dozens of people in it. There are also people lying in ambush in the valley below the cliff."
Zhou Chang nodded: "Very good, very good, this man should be handed over to you to deal with, you can do whatever you want."
Peng Liang was so frightened that he almost fainted. Then he started to howl like a ghost again: "I am innocent. I didn't ask to come here. I don't know anything. My father asked me to follow Prince Rong. I don't know anything. Your Highness Prince Yi cannot kill innocent people and cannot take revenge on personal gain."
Zhou Chang glanced at Prince Rong, wondering why Prince Rong would bring such a fool with him on the mission.
The next second, he suddenly thought of something and asked, "Whether it was the kidnapping or the two assassinations, those black-clad pirates and assassins who committed the assassinations were probably related to the Ministry of War, right?"
Prince Rong's mouth was gagged and he couldn't speak, but even if he could speak, he would probably not intend to answer given his lowered eyes and his nonchalant look.
Peng Liang shook his head desperately: "I don't know, I don't know anything, it has nothing to do with me, that's also my father... No, my father definitely doesn't know either."
Who would believe this sentence?
Zhou Chang thought to himself, what a great Peng faction! On the surface, they are Prince Xian's people, but in fact they have been colluding with Prince Rong for a long time. It's a pity that he married the daughter of the Jiang family, and the Jiang family and Prince Xian are relatives.
On the surface, this man is a gigolo, but I didn't expect him to be so two-faced behind the scenes. No wonder his son has a pointed face and monkey-like appearance, which doesn't look like a human.
Gao Yuan then added in a low voice: "Your Highness, there are a few familiar-looking people among these people. They seem to be from the Imperial City Defense Battalion. If these people are not related to His Royal Highness Prince Xian, then the only one who can mobilize them is probably the Ministry of War."