PFC Chapter 232 Captain Mo is being hunted
Chapter 232 Captain Mo is being hunted
Normally, Ankar was always silent and rarely expressed his opinions during court sessions. However, today, he took the initiative to come forward and make a report. Could it be that there was an unexpected situation with the city defenses? Thinking of this, the king could not help but feel worried, and hurriedly asked, "What important matter do you want to report, my dear minister?"
Ankar bowed again, then stood up straight and replied: "Your Majesty, a few days ago I was ordered to go out of the city for inspection, and by chance I saw a man being chased by others!" His tone was solemn, and it was obvious that this matter was no trivial matter.
Before he finished speaking, the Minister of Revenue jumped out like an impatient monkey, pointed his finger at General An, and accused him without disguising, "Oh, General An really did a great deed! He just saved an ordinary man, but he actually came to this morning court to ask for credit and reward, hahahaha!"
After saying this, he let out an even more unscrupulous and sarcastic laugh, as if the entire court was echoing with his harsh voice.
At this time, the Minister of Personnel stood up and said in a serious tone: "General An has already clearly stated that he rescued this man a few days ago. If he really wanted to take credit, he should have said it a few days ago. Why wait until today? In my opinion, I'm afraid that man's identity is not trivial!"
After listening to the conversation between the two, the king turned his gaze to General An and asked, "General An, who exactly is the person you saved?"
General An replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, it is Lord Mo Ming who was granted the title of lieutenant by Your Majesty during the sandstorm drill!"
The king frowned slightly, thought for a moment and said, "Captain Mo... I have some impression of him. It seems that he went to West City with King Xuan several years ago, and since King Xuan was injured, he has been in charge of all the construction of West City."
General An nodded and said, "Your Majesty, it is indeed as you said!"
The king then asked, "Then, do you know who is hunting him?"
General An took a deep breath and replied solemnly, "Your Majesty, as far as I know, the people chasing Captain Mo are a group of well-trained assassins!"
"What? Death soldiers?" Someone couldn't help but exclaimed, with an expression of disbelief on his face.
"Oh my, could this be related to the assassination of King Xuan?" Another person frowned and muttered to himself thoughtfully.
"The people in charge of West City have run into trouble one after another. I'm afraid there must be some huge conspiracy hidden in this?" another person speculated worriedly.
"You know, West City is related to the border between our Loulan Kingdom and those foreigners! Ever since the construction of West City began, those foreigners have been coming to harass and provoke us. Maybe there are foreign spies who have infiltrated our Loulan Kingdom?" Someone felt that the situation was more and more serious the more he thought about it, and he couldn't help but raise his voice.
After hearing Ankar's words, the entire court fell into chaos, with all kinds of speculation and discussion coming one after another. At the same time, some people questioned Ankar: Since he had rescued the person a few days ago, why didn't he report it to the king until today?
Looking at the ministers who were talking to each other without lowering their voices, the king felt helpless. He shook his head helplessly, then turned his head and glanced in the direction of Aisan. Aisan understood what he meant, stepped forward, waved the whisk in his hand, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Silence!"
In an instant, the originally noisy court became completely silent. Everyone shut their mouths at the same time, and all their eyes were cast towards the king. The king heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this, and then he spoke again: "General An, please tell me the whole story in detail!"
Ankar's face was solemn, and he answered respectfully: "My Lord, this is what happened. Three days ago, I led an elite guard out of the city for patrol. When we were about fifteen miles away from the city, we suddenly heard a deafening sound of fierce fighting. I and my men did not dare to delay at all, and immediately galloped away."
"When we arrived at the scene, we saw several mysterious men with masked faces and dressed in black clothes besieging a man. The man was already seriously injured, and blood was flowing out, staining a large area of his clothes red, which was shocking. Not only that, there were two corpses lying on the ground, also dressed in black. Seeing this, I immediately led the guards to help, successfully rescued the injured man, and arrested all the masked men in black in one fell swoop. However, when these men in black were arrested, they did not hesitate to bite the highly toxic drugs hidden in their mouths and died instantly from the poison!"
"Without any help, I had to hastily take the seriously injured man to the nearest farm outside the city to heal his wounds. However, his injuries were too severe and he remained in a deep coma. At the time, I only felt that his face seemed familiar, but I couldn't remember where I had seen him for a while. Out of caution, I paid special attention to him. Until yesterday, when I went to visit him again, he finally woke up. When he learned of my identity, he told me that he was Captain Mo who was in charge of building the West City!"
The king continued to ask: "Did he say why he was being hunted?"
Ankar said solemnly, "According to Captain Mo, a few months ago, King Xuan was unfortunately injured, and since then, he has been in charge of the construction of the West City. However, just a month ago, a shocking thing happened - the stones and wood transported to the construction site were all fakes! The granite that was supposed to be extremely hard has now turned into fake stone slabs made of sand and stone;"
"Those seemingly solid woods were actually hollowed out and filled with tiny sawdust! When he noticed this abnormality, he ordered all workers to stop construction immediately without hesitation, and hastily wrote and submitted a petition that night. Unexpectedly, day after day, he never received any response. In desperation, he could only submit three more petitions in succession, hoping for a response."
"Unfortunately, things went against his wishes and there was still no news. He had no choice but to decide to rush back to the capital with the memorial himself. Unexpectedly, he was shocked to see the horrible corpses of the two soldiers who had brought the memorial into the city earlier! What's more terrifying is that he himself suffered as many as three thrilling assassination attacks on this journey!"
A court official suddenly cried out in shock, "What? There have been three assassination attempts! If General An hadn't discovered this incident by chance while patrolling the city, Captain Mo would probably have been unscathed! Oh my God, these people are clearly targeting the West City! What on earth do they want to do? Are they trying to break through our defenses?"
The king sitting on the throne was furious when he heard this. He widened his eyes and roared angrily, "This is simply lawless! Who is so bold as to dare to attack the defense of my West City? This matter must be thoroughly investigated! Who is responsible for the purchase of stone and wood for West City?"