Chapter 2457: Can only lie

"I'm so hungry."

"Where's the food? Didn't they say that there would be food delivered?"

"Damn it, is that dog official of the imperial court lying to us?"

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As time passed, the defeated soldiers outside the city gradually became excited.

Because they haven't seen any food until now!

From morning till now, they haven't eaten a single grain of rice, and almost everyone is starving.

Originally, with Wu Fan's promise, their emotions calmed down a little, and they also understood the imperial court's approach. As long as the imperial court settled them well, they had no objection.

But now, Wu Fan's promise has not been fulfilled, and the promised food has not been delivered yet, so the defeated soldiers are naturally full of complaints.

However, if Wu Fan doesn't show up, they don't know who to ask for an explanation, and it is precisely because there is no one to ask for an explanation that their resentment is even greater.

More importantly, except for Wu Fan's appearance, the imperial court has not sent any ministers or generals to come, which makes the defeated soldiers even more dissatisfied.

"Calm down, the court has promised, so they will definitely send us food."

The lower-level generals who were appeased by Wu Fan before came out one after another to appease the soldiers.

However, they themselves were also very irritated.

After all, no matter how beautiful Wu Fan's words were, they were anxious when they didn't see the food. Now it's not just the soldiers who have no food, they also have no food.

However, they have no other way except to appease the soldiers at this time. The city gates are not open at all, and they can't enter the city.

At the same time, Wu Fan didn't show up, and they had no choice.

The appeasement of the lower-level generals didn't have much effect. No one could bear to fill their stomachs with food. Now everyone can still bear it, just a few verbal curses, because they are not too hungry to bear it. Once they are hungry to the limit, anything can happen.

The generals are also aware of this, but they are powerless. Now, unless there is food supply, otherwise, this problem can't be solved at all. BIqupai.c0m

Wu Fan has been paying attention to the situation outside the city. Of course, he has not relaxed about the situation inside the city. He also knows that the court has no intention of sending food out of the city. He doesn't know whether Zhao Lun deliberately arranged it this way or forgot it. In short, the mood of the army outside the city is very unstable.

And this is what Wu Fan wants to see.

Hou Zhong has been looking for Zhao Xuan. Unfortunately, he didn't find Zhao Xuan until the evening, so he naturally had no chance to kill Zhao Xuan.

The problem is that Zhao Lun asked him to report to the palace when night fell. Now that the time is about to come, Zhao Xuan was not only not killed, but also disappeared.

How should he reply to Zhao Lun?

Hou Zhong had a headache.

"If I had known this, I should have killed Zhao Xuan first!" Hou Zhong regretted it.

But it's too late to regret now. He must find a way to report to Zhao Lun.

But what should he do?

Should he tell Zhao Lun directly that he lost Zhao Xuan?

I was afraid that I might die leaving the palace.

Lie to Zhao Lun and say that I have killed Zhao Xuan?

It's not impossible. Doing so can at least keep myself safe temporarily, but once Zhao Lun knows that he has deceived him in the future, he will not have a good ending.

In short, no matter what he does, there are hidden dangers. The only good result is that he lies to Zhao Lun, and Zhao Xuan happens to die in the defeated camp or at the hands of active rebels.

But it is not easy for him to verify the latter situation.

"No matter what, let's get through this hurdle first!"

Hou Zhong quickly made a decision. It was obviously inappropriate to tell the truth to Zhao Lun. At present, he could only lie to get through this hurdle first, and then continue to look for Zhao Xuan after leaving the palace.

With the decision, Hou Zhong did not delay and went to the palace immediately.

Sure enough, Zhao Lun did not rest in the palace, and was obviously still waiting for his reply.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Lun asked.

"Your Majesty, your brother has died at the hands of the rebels." Hou Zhong said.

"Did you see it with your own eyes?" Zhao Lun asked.

"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes." Hou Zhong said.

"Very good." Zhao Lun nodded with satisfaction: "You go down first. If someone asks you about this, you should know what to say."

"I understand."

Shortly after Hou Zhong left the palace with mixed feelings, a piece of news began to spread in the imperial capital:

Zhao Xuan, the eldest son of the previous emperor, is dead!

When hearing this news, the first reaction of many ministers was that Zhao Lun had taken action against Zhao Xuan!

After all, Zhao Lun had almost confirmed the crime of attacking his own clansmen before. Now that Zhao Xuan was dead, the first person everyone suspected was naturally Zhao Lun.

But soon, follow-up news came out.

It was the rebels in the neighboring city in the south who killed Zhao Xuan. Hou Zhong saw this with his own eyes, but he arrived late and didn't have time to save Zhao Xuan, and he didn't even get his body back.

After this news spread, everyone's previous suspicion of Zhao Lun was somewhat shaken.

The ministers in the imperial capital all knew about the assassination of Zhao Xuan in Nanlin City. Later, Duan Wanming pointed out that the assassin was Hou Zhong. Although Hou Zhong was not caught and could not be verified, Duan Wanming insisted that the murderer was Hou Zhong.

In fact, the ministers in the imperial capital had similar ideas about this matter, because at that time, Hou Zhong was not in the imperial capital, and Hou Zhong was in the second prince's camp, so it was completely reasonable for him to attack Zhao Xuan.

In this way, Hou Zhong must be in Nanlin City.

Therefore, the rumor that Hou Zhong was near Nanlin City and saw the rebels kill Zhao Xuan is still very credible.

First, Hou Zhong was indeed in Nanlin City before.

Second, Zhao Xuan disappeared when Nanlin City fell. Duan Wanming died at the hands of the rebels, and Zhao Xuan, who lost his protection, also died at the hands of the rebels. This is reasonable and there is nothing to doubt. In fact, when it was said that Zhao Xuan was missing, some people speculated that Zhao Xuan should have died in Nanlin City, but at that time, no one could confirm this.

Now, Hou Zhong, the witness, has appeared, and many people have accepted this matter, especially after knowing that Hou Zhong had just returned to the imperial capital from Nanlin City, more people have accepted this matter.

But some people expressed doubts and asked Hou Zhong about this matter. Hou Zhong naturally put everything on the rebels and swore that he saw Zhao Xuan being killed by the rebels.

In this way, almost all the ministers in the imperial capital accepted this fact:

Zhao Xuan was dead, and he died at the hands of the rebels.

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