Chapter 6 — He Forced Me to Raise Bach Nguyet Quang's Children, I Returned Him a Leave of Separation

"First, the army that has been reorganized must immediately restore its status quo. The appointment or dismissal of all generals must have my nod."

“Second, your military supervisory office is only allowed to supervise military discipline and cannot interfere in any military decisions.”

I stopped for a moment and looked straight into his eyes.

“I want you to thoroughly investigate the truth about my father's death three years ago.”

He suddenly raised his head, his eyes filled with shock.

“Do you… already know?”

“I always knew.”

"In order to save Co Thanh An, you voluntarily left your position, leaving my father isolated without support, and eventually died in battle."

“Tham Dinh Chu, I have remembered this blood debt for three years.”

As if all his strength had been drained, he staggered back two steps, leaning his whole body against the door frame. Turns out she knew everything. She married him not because of admiration, but for revenge. Those three years of peace and quiet, those three years of peace and kindness, were all just a disguise. He always thought that he was the one in control, but did not know that from beginning to end he was just a piece on her chess board. How ridiculous. He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, there was only dead silence inside.

“I agree with you.”

“Word of mouth has no evidence.”

He laughed miserably, picked up the pen on the table, wrote a few more lines on the military documents, then signed his name, then pressed the hand seal.

“Can you give me food now?”

I gave the paperwork to Chu Dong and signaled for him to handle it. Tham Dinh Chu did not leave immediately. He just stood still, looking at me deeply, as if he wanted to engrave my appearance into his bones.

“Jiang Xu…”

He asked softly.

"In these three years, have you... ever been sincere towards me?"

I don't answer. Tieu Canh Diem answered for me:

“Master Shen, have you ever given this thing called true heart to her?”

Tham Dinh Chu left. The back is lonely, like a defeated wolf. The room became quiet again. Tieu Canh Diem walked up to me and asked in a low voice:

“Do you really want to let him investigate?”

“Let him investigate.”

I looked at the thick night outside the window.

“Some things must eventually have an end.”

Furthermore, the person who killed my father that year was definitely not the only one Tham Dinh Chu. He is just the sharpest blade. But that hand holding the knife is still hidden deeper in an even darker place. Tham Dinh Chu is the guiding stone that I threw out. Tham Dinh Chu began investigating the case. He took out all the skills he had worked at the Criminal Department in the past and flipped through all the files from the previous three years. He locked himself in his study for three days and three nights without going out. When he stepped out, his whole body was emaciated and deformed, his eyes covered with blood. He took part of the bow and came directly to me.

“I have found the soldier who passed the military orders from your father that year.”

His voice was hoarse.

"He declared that the military order he transmitted from your father was to stand guard and wait for reinforcements, not the order that I received to proactively attack."

“The military orders were forced by others to change.”

I said, my tone was not surprised at all.

"That's right."

He nodded.

“I have compared Sealed, it's real. But the strokes of the pen are fake. The impersonator is extremely skillful, almost able to fake the real thing."

“Whoever can do this, his position in the army is definitely not low.”

“Furthermore, he must have understood very well the position of your father and me at that time, so that he could accurately send me away, causing your father to fall into a siege.”

Tham Dinh Chu looked at me.

“This person is in the Liangzhou army.”

I looked at him and suddenly asked a completely unrelated question.

“How did Co Thanh An fall into enemy hands that year?”

He was a bit surprised, as if he didn't expect me to ask this.

“She said… she went out of the city to pick medicine and was captured by the enemy's cavalry.”

“A weak woman, when two armies were fighting, she went out of the city alone to pick medicine?”

I burst out laughing.

“Shen Dinh Chu, do you believe it?”

He was silent.