Chen Yan
Chapter 289 Losing Formation
"Even if a letter were sent, it would take several days to go back and forth, and it might be too late."
"Finally, I heard... I heard that there was a traitor within our Song Clan, so... so I didn't dare to write to Father. I just thought that after things were done, I would come back and report to Father."
As Song Guan spoke, his eyes intentionally or unintentionally swept across the surrounding crowd.
Upon hearing the word "traitor," the people who had previously sneered at him and held doubts were all taken aback.
Song Yan's expression also changed abruptly.
His eyes, filled with murderous intent, subconsciously glanced at Qin Yiliu, startling her.
The appearance of Yu Qingwu and Xie Jin Yan had already disrupted her plans, and now Song Yan's questioning made her even more afraid.
If nothing had gone wrong before, it would have been fine...
But just a moment ago, relying on her memories from her previous life, she had pretended to divine and told Song Yan that in the battle of Yunzhou City, the Wei Dynasty court would win, but there would also be infighting between the Crown Prince's party and the Second Prince's faction, causing Yunzhou to fall into chaos again. Some bandits would escape from Yunzhou City, mingle among the refugees, and contact the remaining Southern Yue bandits lurking in Shu in a few days to launch a counterattack. At that time, the Second Prince's party would not be able to hold on, and then the Song Clan would step in to help the Second Prince, this future Son of Heaven, and then they would have made an indelible contribution.
It would be even easier to annex other Tusi families around them.
However, now, everything was developing in the opposite direction.
Even Xie Jin Yan was not in Yunzhou City.
The rest need not be said...
The unknown fear gradually dissipated the confidence of Qin Yiliu, a reborn person. She stood behind Song He, not daring to say a word.
Seeing her expression, Yu Qingwu couldn't help but sneer in her heart.
So what if she was reborn?
If she didn't live a good life after being reborn, but only thought about harming others, she would not have a good ending.
Seeing Qin Yiliu's apprehensive appearance, Yu Qingwu deliberately stepped forward, gently patted her on the shoulder, and called her softly in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft, just enough for everyone to hear.
She asked, "Liuer, what's wrong? Why do you look so pale? Are you sick?"
"That's right, Sister Qin, it's not hot today, why are you sweating? Do you have a fever?"
At this time, Xie Jin Yan also stepped forward, questioning Qin Yiliu with a suspicious and concerned look.
Qin Yiliu was already extremely guilty, and being asked like this by the two of them made her even more afraid, and she even began to stutter.
"No... no, I guess I'm wearing too much."
She waved her hand and forced a smile.
Even though she had ten thousand grievances in her heart, she had to swallow them down and be led by the nose by that bitch Yu Qingwu and Xie Jin Yan, a superficial man with no vision.
Shen Ke, who was on the side, also realized something when he saw this scene.
If it were in the past, he would definitely have come out to defend Qin Yiliu.
Although his entanglement with Qin Yiliu was because he valued her ability to foresee the future, thinking that he could use her ability to help him accomplish a great career, he also had intimate relations with Qin Yiliu.
Xie Jin Yan and Yu Qingwu were humiliating Qin Yiliu in front of him, clearly not taking him seriously.
But even if he was resentful, he didn't dare to say anything at this moment.
He still had to find a way to clear his relationship.
Thinking of this, Shen Ke immediately stepped forward, and amidst the elders' chattering guesses, put on a look of horror and questioned Song Guan before Song Yan could, "Brother Song Guan, you said... you said a traitor appeared in the Song Clan?"
"Is... is there a traitor by the Tusi's side?"
"How... how did you know?"
How did he know?
Naturally, it was fabricated.
Song Guan sneered in his heart, but on the surface, he still looked simple and honest.
While looking at Song Yan, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Song Yan, saying, "Father, this is what Xie Langjun and Yu Niangzi found on the person who kidnapped Alan that day. It contains detailed information about Father, your temperament, and carefully informs Alan's itinerary, just to tell the Southern Yue people how to coerce you to do things for them."
"May I ask, if it wasn't someone by your side, who could know you so well?"
Song Guan frowned, looking angry.
Song Yan's expression became even more gloomy upon hearing this.
He quickly took the letter handed over by Song Guan, read it carefully, and then slowly raised his head, his eyes becoming colder and sharper.
Like knives, they swept over everyone one by one.
The others were naturally not afraid...
Although Qin Yiliu did not collude with the Southern Yue bandits, she first instigated Song Yilan to go to Yunzhou, and then deliberately told Song Yan information that was completely contrary to the facts.
This made it hard not to suspect her.
For a time, the eyes of all the elders fell on her.
Qin Yiliu was not a person who understood military strategy. Many things were accomplished by relying on some dirty tricks, the protection of men, and the advantage of being reborn.
Now, when everything deviated from her memory, when everything also deviated from the inner courtyard, her mind was almost blank.
Biting her lip, she simply reddened her eyes and began to use her old tricks again.
With tears in her eyes, she looked innocently at the clansmen and elders who were looking at her.
She said, "Elders, why are you looking at me like this? Do you suspect that I am colluding with the enemy?"
"Suspect that I am a traitor?"
As she spoke, she already had a strong sobbing tone.
Seeing her tearful appearance, Song He immediately became angry, rushed up and glared at several elders, and scolded them angrily, "I said, elders, why are you looking at Liuer like this? Liuer has made no small contributions since coming to Qingzhou."
"Moreover, she is my, Song He's, fiancée, would she betray her own family?"
That's not necessarily true?
This Qin woman was always hooking up with that Shen Ke. Who knows if the two of them were spies sent by others?
After all, they had a very unpleasant relationship with the Wei Dynasty court, and the Shen family had even almost been exterminated, hadn't they?
"That's hard to say. If it wasn't for her, why would she instigate the Third Miss to go to Yunzhou?"
"And why did she tell us completely opposite information?"
At this time, the Great Elder couldn't help but speak.
He glanced at Qin Yiliu with disgust, then walked to Song Yan, cupped his hands to him and said, "Tusi, in my opinion, this Holy Maiden is very suspicious. Why not temporarily lock her up in the prison and then investigate carefully?"
"Suspicion? How can this old gentleman speak like this?"
Just as the Great Elder was seriously suggesting to Song Yan, a flamboyant male voice interrupted him.
The Great Elder was stunned and looked in the direction of the voice.
Xie Jin Yan smiled, walked up to him in big strides, then looked at Qin Yiliu, and under Qin Yiliu's confused gaze, showed a gentle look, and asked her in a tone of defending her, "Sister Qin, did you miscalculate the divination again?"