Chapter 286: Greater Cause
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The cold sea breeze, heavy with the scent of salt, brushed against everyone.
Meng Youliang’s intelligence left everyone in a heavy silence.
In the end, Yue Yun broke the stillness. “Your Highness, Meng Youliang is a traitor. His words cannot be trusted. Maybe he just brought this nonsense to deceive you in order to save his life.”
“Yue Yun, you fool! Do you know where I was hiding from Yamada Ichiro’s men? It was in your family’s cellar! Your mother realized how important this information was and chose to hide me!” Meng Youliang shouted.
Two soldiers from Dengzhou nodded. “Your Highness, we found him in the cellar.”
“Impossible! My mother would never save a heartless traitor like you!” Yue Yun roared in fury.
Xiao Ming also felt uncertain. He said, “Meng Youliang, I cannot trust you yet. We will detain you until the information on this scroll is verified. Ye Qing, take him to the Qingzhou prison and await my orders.”
“Yes, Your Highness,” Ye Qing responded with a bow.
Storing away the scroll, Xiao Ming looked at the devastated Yutai Village and said, “Yue Yun, let’s bury the villagers first. If Meng Youliang truly betrayed us to the wokou, I’ll leave him to you.”
Yue Yun nodded, tears flowing once again as he looked at his mother’s body.