Reborn as the Savior of a Short-lived Father and Son

Li Kuo gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind, "If I tell you what I know, can the general keep my family safe?"

"I'll do my best," Shao Wei said, "If you are willing to leave the capital with your family, I can guarantee that you will never be in danger. But if you want to stay in the capital, that's fine, but I can only promise to do my best and not let anything happen to your family."

Shao Wei did not intend to deceive Li Kuo. If he wanted to stay in the capital with his family, Shao Wei could send people to protect them, but that did not mean there would be no danger.

However, if he was willing to leave the capital, Shao Wei could completely wipe out all traces of Li Kuo's family's existence without attracting anyone's attention.

After pondering for a long time, Li Kuo sighed and said in a sad tone, "General Huo was murdered by someone."

As soon as these words came out, his heart seemed to be suddenly opened up, and all the emotions that were suppressed in his heart suddenly poured out, and his eyes were red.

“When we were escorting those people back to the capital, the rebels who died on the road did not commit suicide because the ropes were untied during the meal.” Li Kuo’s breathing became heavy, as if he thought of something that made him extremely angry.

"Among the people we were escorting, there was a little brother named Niu. He had an older brother. They were both soldiers under Commander Chen. His brother died in Bazipo. They all said Commander Chen had colluded with the enemy and killed General Huo, but he refused to believe it. On the way back to Beijing, he disobeyed orders and interrogated a few traitors on his own."

Gu Qinghe's eyelashes trembled slightly. This little brother with the surname Niu should be the younger brother of Niu Jun that she and Huo Shibei mentioned.

It seems that these people really don’t know that Niu Jun is still alive.

"What did the trial reveal?"

Li Kuo shook his head with a bitter look on his face. "Not only did they not find out anything, but they also caused the rebels to commit suicide. The leader of the escort was very angry and beheaded Brother Niu directly."

Gu Qinghe suddenly thought of something and asked abruptly, "Who was the leader of the rebels who were escorting you?"

Li Kuo looked at Shao Wei and replied when he saw him nod, "It's Yao Fangzhi."

As if he noticed the stiffness of the person behind him, Shao Wei patted her arm calmly, his eyes still on Li Kuo, "Since nothing has been found out during the interrogation, how do you know that the person who harmed General Huo was not Commander Chen?"

"I heard it," Li Kuo said excitedly, and suddenly looked up at Shao Wei.

Before secretly interrogating the traitors, Niu Zhuang had told him to be wary of Yao Fangzhi and Lin Cong.

At that time he didn't know what this meant, but on the night Niu Zhuang was beheaded, he had eaten something bad and planned to go out to solve the problem secretly, but he ran into the conversation between Yao Fangzhi and Lin Cong.

His heart was beating like a drum, and he only remembered what Yao Fangzhi said.

"In fact, we have done a good thing. By putting the blame on Chen Qingshan, General Huo can have a good reputation. Don't you think this is killing two birds with one stone?"

"He was willing to be Huoqiu's dog, right? Now that he is in the underworld, he can still continue to be Huoqiu's dog."

"Hahaha, that's true, but when we get to the capital, what are you going to do with these people?"

"Of course it is--" Yao Fangzhi made a throat-cutting gesture and smiled at Lin Cong, obviously agreeing with him.

After that night, Li Kuo started to act in front of the two men. When it was his turn to distribute food to the rebels, he would deliberately act angry and impatient, as if he hated these rebels.

When they were still two days away from the capital, one of the rebels seemed to know that he would die soon and confessed.

Li Kuo called Yao Fangzhi and Lin Cong over. Listening to the traitor claiming that he was Chen Qingshan's spy planted next to General Huo, and listening to him accusing Chen Qingshan of all the crimes, Li Kuo felt his head buzzing.

But he couldn't say anything. After the traitor confessed, he looked at him meaningfully, and then blood flowed from his lips.

Yao Fangzhi and Lin Cong were extremely happy. They looked at Li Kuo and asked him to remember clearly what the traitor had said when he arrived in the capital and not to hide anything in the court.

It is also because of this that the other escorting soldiers died one after another, but he is still alive today.

When he said this, Li Kuo burst into tears, "I feel sorry for that little brother."

When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, Li Kuo would always think of the meaningful look that the "traitor" little brother gave him.

Li Kuo is also a man of flesh and blood. He admitted that what he had done during this period of time was too cowardly. He was afraid of death, but he could not feel at ease, so he tossed and turned every night.

"If the general can arrange for my family and ensure their safety, then I will not have to die. But if I can find out what happened in front of Bazipo, then my death will be worth it and I will be worthy of my brothers."

……

Gao Cun stayed behind to take care of the aftermath and settle Li Kuo's family, while Gu Qinghe and Shao Wei left first.

After coming out of Li Kuo's house, Gu Qinghe looked a little dazed.

She was thinking about Yao Fangzhi and Lin Cong mentioned by Li Kuo.

She knew Yao Fangzhi, Yao Shiliang's son. She had met him once in her previous life. His lustful eyes still made her feel nauseous when she thought of them.

However, Gu Qinghe had no impression of this Lin Cong at all.

Seeing her distraction, Shao Wei asked, "What are you thinking about? Didn't you expect these things to involve such a wide range of people?"

"No," Gu Qinghe shook his head, "I thought of it."

But it was precisely because she thought about it, because things were indeed developing as she had imagined, that she became even more angry, and her heart felt like a ball of fire was burning.

She hated the shamelessness and meanness of these people.

She would rather her brother died under the enemy's sword in an honorable manner, at least it would be a worthy death.

Gu Qinghe was puzzled and looked at Shao Wei in confusion, "Why?"

She just stared at Shao Wei blankly, like a child who was desperately seeking an answer.

Shao Wei's heart choked, and he even had the urge to raise his hand to cover her eyes and eyebrows.

He couldn't answer, and he couldn't even bear to tell her that things were far more cruel than she had imagined. The path she wanted to take was difficult and dangerous. Perhaps even if she used up all her strength and was covered in bruises, she would still not get an answer in the end.

But such words were too cruel for her.

Shao Wei had no choice but to remain silent.

He thought Gu Qinghe's depression would last for a while, but she quickly recovered. When he was thinking about whether to send her back to rest, Gu Qinghe just closed her eyes and swept away her depressed mood.

She smiled at him as if nothing had happened, although the smile looked very forced.

"Let's go to the Duke's Mansion and see how the old lady is doing now."