Dressed as the prince's substitute? I took the throne

Chapter 109 Scapegoat

The back mountain of Wuying Mountain.

The Fuling Army took only a very short time to open up countless caves in the back mountain for everyone to rest. Han Bin took Zhou Chuxuan to a hidden cave.

"Your Highness, this is all the evidence we've collected!" Han Bin pointed at some broken weapons on the ground. "We intercepted a group that was secretly slaughtering villagers, but they were well-trained. In the end, only these were left. The rest ran away!"

Han Bin shook his head helplessly: "These should all be weapons exclusively used by the royal family. I wonder if these can be used as evidence?"

Zhou Chuxuan looked deeply at these weapons for a long time before turning to Han Bin and said in a deep voice, "Master Han, I know you are very eager to redress the injustice done to your team, but I regret to tell you that even if we find evidence, we cannot directly point it to my father!"

"Why is this? Now that the evidence has been found, does this old emperor still want to deny it?" Ma Sandao on the side immediately shouted in a low voice, his brows full of anger.

But the next moment, Han Bin gave him a cold look and scolded him directly. He could only watch from the side in disappointment, not daring to say anything more. It seemed that his elder brother had spoken much less since the accident.

Zhou Chuxuan smiled lightly, threw the broken weapon in his hand to the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Have you ever seen an emperor admit his mistakes?"

"Isn't there an edict of repentance? The old emperor issued it when he first ascended the throne! I remember it very clearly!" Ma Sandao said while wiping the steel knife in his hand.

Zhou Chuxuan shook his head: "That's just for show, he won't change! Besides, the edict of repentance is not an admission of fault, but a way to show mercy to the world!"

"Oh, Your Highness, I'm a rough guy. I don't quite understand the words you say!" Ma Sandao scratched his head and smiled foolishly.

"The emperor admits his mistakes and corrects them, but he will never admit them!" Zhou Chuxuan sighed. "Even if you want justice, you cannot point the finger of blame or evidence at the emperor!"

"The only thing we can do is find a scapegoat! Then hand him over to my father for judgment, and finally kill that scapegoat, and the matter will be over!"

Han Bin was slightly startled and asked tentatively, "Scapegoat? Your Highness, please explain clearly!"

"My father sent me and his consort Yang Li to lead a large army to Qinzhou to conduct an investigation. Although it's called an investigation, it's actually to wipe you out!"

Ma Sandao sheathed his sword in anger. "Humph, this old emperor is so malicious every day! We're helping him eliminate bandits, and he's actually thinking of killing us!"

"This matter has nothing to do with you, but it has something to do with me!" Zhou Chuxuan shook his head: "He is afraid that the power under my command will expand too quickly, eventually leading to the Wu Dynasty losing control and his throne being taken away!"

Han Bin pondered for a moment. "Then, Your Highness, according to your opinion, we can only linger on this Shadowless Mountain. How can we find a scapegoat?"

"It's not you who needs to find the scapegoat, but my father who needs to find it!"

Zhou Chuxuan smiled and said, "Find a few skilled and clever brothers to move all this evidence to Qinzhou City. Remember, go there at night, leave a letter behind, and leave!"

"Write a letter explaining what happened, and post notices throughout the city. I can help you with this! Let all the people know that none of this was done by you, the Fuling Army. When public opinion spreads, no one will dare to look down on you anymore!"

Zhou Chuxuan paced back and forth in front of the cave, analyzing everything for Han Bin. "At this time, Yang Li and I will report the situation here to the court, and help my father find a scapegoat! By then, my father will definitely agree to it in order to come to the table!"

After listening to Zhou Chuxuan's analysis, Han Bin suddenly understood and said, "Your Highness, I didn't expect you to be so thoughtful. I'll do it right away!"

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"What? We're sending all this evidence to Qinzhou City? Boss, we collected this with great difficulty!"

"That's right, Big Boss, we can't believe the so-called Crown Prince's one-sided words, otherwise, we will be in great trouble!"

"The boss..."

When his soldiers learned that Han Bin was going to move all the evidence to Qinzhou City, they immediately became furious and shouted in indignation.

Han Bin frowned and shouted, "Shut up! What are you all doing? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come here to find a way out for us. What are you doing? Are you letting yourself degenerate? Or do you really want to make the best of a bad situation and let the people of Qinzhou City stab us in the back?"

"Boss, even if we make a mistake, so what? At worst, we can go back to Fuling Mountain!"

"that is!"

Han Bin sneered, "Do you really think you can return to Fuling Mountain? As soon as we leave Wuying Mountain, we will be immediately surrounded by soldiers. Do you all want to die here?"

"Also, we are now the Fuling Army! Don't call me the boss anymore. I am working to create a bright future for you brothers. If you don't want to believe me, that's fine. We can just disband and pursue our own futures!"

As soon as these words came out, all the soldiers of the Fuling Army immediately knelt on the ground: "General, we can't leave you!"

"General, I was nearly starving to death at the foot of Fuling Mountain, and you saved me. I will follow you for the rest of my life. Why are you talking about breaking up?"

"General, we will follow you till death!"

"Follow the general to the death!"

"it is good!"

Han Bin took a deep breath and said, "Since you are all willing to continue to follow me, then do as I say. If in the end we really find out that it is the court that is deceiving us, and it is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who is deceiving us, then at that time, I am willing to lead my brothers to rise up again!"

"it is good!"

That night, Zhou Chuxuan returned to Tongfu Inn, but when he stepped into the lobby, all the guests looked at him strangely.

Zhou Chuxuan secretly became more alert, with his hand on the musket, ready to take action at any time.

"Sir, the bowls for your earlier meal haven't been delivered yet! Why, I charge ten taels of silver for each bowl!"

Suddenly, the boss lady's voice came into my ears. I looked in the direction of the voice and saw the boss lady standing outside the counter with a strange look in her eyes.

Zhou Chuxuan immediately understood and said with a smile, "Boss, I drank a little too much outside today and don't know the way. I wonder if you can take me upstairs?"