WAR PRISONER

War Prisoner Chapter 89

Author: 梨花烟雨(Li Hua Yan Yu) /Lê Hoa Yên Vũ

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War Prisoner Chapter 89

Soon after, He Jian entered into the room, after he had paid homage to the Imperial personages in the room he said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, The guard we had apprehended who was in charge of securing the scholars is still refusing to make a confession but the scholars themselves have already told us the truth. They have confirmed that Honourable Minister Yu was behind the plot to frame the Empress; they even said that Honourable Minister Yu had personally led the operation to capture them. To prevent word from leaking out, he only brought along a few trusted aides. Although the number of scholars outnumbered them by many counts, they were all physically very weak and thus were helpless when faced with men who were well-versed in martial arts and were easily captured. Because General Yu has an elevated status, so this old minister has come to ask for Your Majesty's instructions. Does Your Majesty wish to have the General arrested and brought in for questioning?"

Wanyan Xu said: "Why did those scholars only speak up now? Is there any possibility that they are making a false statement?"

He Jian bowed and said: "This is an oversight of this old minister, I had concentrated all my efforts towards the man guarding the scholars and only thought of questioning the scholars when I returned to the ministry after our earlier audience. This old minister has questioned them separately and their stories corroborated each other's. Therefore I can confidently say that I do not suspect them of collusion."

In actual fact, Wanyan Xu had only tossed out the question casually. Zi Yan had already told him about everything; there could be no doubt about Yu Cang's involvement. For a long time, the only sound from him was a long "hmmm" as he pondered before issuing his command: "Even when the Son of Heaven has committed a crime, his punishment should be the same as that meted out to the common man. Besides, he is only a general. When my [1] own Empress was framed by him, did he not also have to endure suffering that was unprecedented in his life? For the Honourable Minister He to seek advice on this matter, he is being overly cautious. On well, it doesn't matter since you have already come. That Yu Cang is still invested with military authority at the moment, I think that the guards in his manor would surely be difficult to deal with. I will give you a secret Imperial Decree now, you are to go in all haste to find the Minister Lin Ye, who is in charge of the Ministry of War and show it to him. Yu Cang must be captured in one fell swoop."

So it transpired that Wanyan Xu had been very cautious when it came to administering his Empire. Military power in the realm had been divided into three portions --- big, medium and small. He had personally assumed control of the largest share. Although Yu Cang was an enemy general who had surrendered and then switched his loyalties, he had proven himself by accomplishing exceptionally meritorious deeds in the service of Jin Liao time and again. Therefore he had been awarded the medium portion of military power. As for the Minister of War Lin Ye, he controlled the smallest share. However the troops that were part of Yu Cang's command were largely stationed outside the capital, therefore even though it was Lin Ye's small portion of military command that was dispatched to capture Yu Cang, the force at their disposal was more than enough to accomplish their goal.

After He Jian had received the edict, he left to carry out Wanyan Xu's instructions, leaving Wanyan Xu to pace around the Imperial Study as he silently stewed in his anger. He was thinking to himself that he had always treated Yu Cang with generosity and Su Yi had never been in conflict with him so why should he have such rapacious designs? Suddenly he remembered that on the day all it all went down, Wanyan Shuo had been deeply mistrustful of Yu Cang's intentions. Could it be that he was privy to some insider information? Thinking of this, he quickly sent somebody to summon the Crown Prince.