Miao Teng raised his head and said, "So what? Du Qi, if you kill me today, there will be countless other Miao Tengs coming to kill you in the future. Du Qi, you betrayed His Majesty because of your treachery. You will die a horrible death. "
Du Qi shook his head and said, "You're really loyal to the Tang dynasty. You're really a good subordinate of Li Shimin! Unfortunately, you followed the wrong person. "
After talking for a while, Du Qi no longer talked to Miao Teng. He looked directly at Yan Ruohu and ordered, "Yan Ruohu, I'll let you deal with these people. You should report to the higher-ups and ask for rewards. You should ask for compensation and commendation. I'll order Yu Deshui to agree. In addition, I'll give you one day to interrogate Miao Teng and get all the information he knows. Then, you must report to me personally. "
"This subject obeys!"
Yan Ruohu immediately complied.
Du Qi's words had made it clear that he should report to the higher-ups. So, he didn't have to worry about anything.
Yan Ruohu changed the topic and said, "Your Majesty, Wu Weiliang, Wu Huaiyun, and Wu Yuanshuang are not bad people of the Tang dynasty. They intended to murder Your Majesty. These three people have ulterior motives. Although they are not bad people of the Tang dynasty, they are extremely abominable. So, this subject wants to kill these three people directly. "
"Your Majesty, please spare our lives!"
Wu Weiliang was standing not far away. He was detained and didn't speak. Now that he heard Yan Ruohu's words, he was so scared that he couldn't help but shiver. He quickly begged for mercy. He didn't know what he did at that time. He dared to scheme against Du Qi and even tried to kill Du Qi, so he ended up like this.
"Your Majesty, please spare our lives!"
"Your Majesty, we were wrong. Please be magnanimous and spare us this time."
Wu Huaiyun and Wu Yuanshuang also begged for mercy.
Their hearts were cold. They didn't expect that they were involved in this assassination. Not only did they fail to kill Du Qi, but they also fell into a desperate situation. Seeing that he was about to be killed, he could only quickly beg for mercy.
Shangguan Yi stood beside Du Qi. Without waiting for Du Qi to make a decision, he said, "Your Majesty, the Wu brothers are useless. Especially the three of them, His Majesty had spared their lives. After they left Lantian County, they actually mingled with the bad people of Li Tang and dared to plot against His Majesty. The three of them should be executed. "
Du Qi sized up Wu Weiliang, Wu Huaiyun, and Wu Yuanshuang, pondering their value.
He really didn't have much value.
After all, they were all idiots.
This was especially true for the Wu clan without Wu Zetian and Wu Shikuang. The current Wu clan had no value at all. It couldn't even compare to an aristocratic family.
"Kill him!"
Du Qi said after pondering for a moment.
When Wu Weiliang heard this, he was dumbfounded. Soon after, he recovered and shouted loudly, "Du Qi, you will die a horrible death."
Wu Huaiyun and Wu Yuanshuang also cursed loudly.
They didn't want to die, but their shouts were useless. The three of them were even detained and couldn't escape. Yan Ruohu ordered the soldiers to act, and the bad people directly killed the three of them. After the three brothers were killed, their bodies were thrown into the forest by the soldiers, together with the bad people's bodies.
Du Qi ordered, "Yan Ruohu, We will continue on our way and wait for your news."
Yan Ruohu said, "We will not disappoint Your Majesty."
Du Qi immediately boarded the carriage and left with Shangguan Yi, Liu Jian, and Mordor. The soldiers accompanying Du Qi to protect him also left, leaving only Yan Ruohu's group.
Yan Ruohu ordered people to burn all the corpses before leaving with Miao Teng and the captives. The captives were temporarily left behind because they were still useful for interrogation. Yan Ruohu found a secluded place and began the interrogation. He spent the entire night interrogating them.
For people like Yan Ruohu, interrogation methods were nothing out of the ordinary. Finally, after interrogating all the captives and getting the necessary information, Yan Ruohu arranged people to kill all the bad people of the Tang dynasty, leaving no one alive.
Yan Ruohu was not a kind person, and leaving these bad people alive would make it difficult for them to settle down. Moreover, the news could easily be leaked, so he simply killed them all. After dealing with all the captives, Yan Ruohu immediately rushed to Du Qi's location.
Du Qi didn't hurry on his journey last night, so he found a village to rest after walking for a short distance. Yan Ruohu didn't run for long before he caught up with Du Qi and came to the village where Du Qi was.
At this time, Du Qi was just about to leave. He followed Du Qi back to the official road and then reported, "Your Majesty, this subject has interrogated all the bad people of the Tang dynasty in Jingzhou last night, and even some other places. Next, this subject will eliminate these people one by one. As for Miao Teng and the rest, there is no value in keeping them alive, so this subject has executed them. "
As he spoke, Yan Ruohu handed over a memorial. It was a summary of the information from last night.
Du Qi glanced at it and put it aside.
There was nothing to see.
Taking down Miao Teng and the rest would stabilize the situation in Jingzhou.
Du Qi said again, "Yan Ruohu, I have another mission for you."
Yan Ruohu said, "Your Majesty, please inform me."
Du Qi said, "I met Chu Suiliang on my way to Weinan County. You should know about this, right? "
Yan Ruohu said, "Yes!"
Du Qi had Yan Ruohu's men protecting him along the way, so Yan Ruohu knew that Du Qi was resting at Chu Suiliang's residence because of the rain. Now, Chu Suiliang had already packed his luggage and was heading to Imperial Capital. This information was in Yan Ruohu's hands.
Du Qi instructed, "Take some men and disguise themselves as Miao Teng to intercept Chu Suiliang. Test him to see if he is pretending to submit to me. This test is for you to act appropriately and be fully responsible for it. I can only warn you that there is a high possibility that he is someone arranged by Li Shimin to deliberately submit to me. Once Chu Suiliang admits to it, escort him to me. "
Yan Ruohu said, "This subject obeys."
Du Qi waved his hand and said, "Go on. I await your good news."
Yan Ruohu bowed at Du Qi and turned to leave. Du Qi led Shangguan Yi and the rest and continued on their way to Weinan County.
The carriage traveled slowly. In the carriage, Shangguan Yi said, "Your Majesty, Chu Suiliang has always been shrewd and ruthless. He is a sly old fox. Even if Yan Ruohu forced him to confess to such a sly old fox … Even if Yan Ruohu forced him to do so, Chu Suiliang might retract his confession in front of Your Majesty. When the time comes, Chu Suiliang can say that he was forced and had no choice but to confess. Once he refuses to confess, he will be killed by Yan Ruohu. In short, Chu Suiliang can easily find an excuse. "
Du Qi said, "Chu Suiliang has an excuse, but I naturally have a way to deal with it. Also, let's see what Yan Ruohu says first. Let's continue on our way and wait for Chu Suiliang to be brought here. "
"Yes!"
Shangguan Yi immediately responded.
The carriage continued on its way to Weinan County.
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