Someone immediately responded and went forward to pass on the message.

An Leiting thought about it and ordered someone to invite Zhuo Dingsheng over.

Zhuo Dingsheng and Lu Qiyan arrived at An Leiting's tent one after another.

"Commander-in-chief, commander-in-chief of the army." Lu Qiyan saluted with his hands, his expression normal. "I wonder what instructions the commander-in-chief has sent me to give?"

An Leiting snorted in his heart, but his expression remained calm. "Today, the emperor sent someone to issue an order, deeming Jingzhong to be significantly involved in the military supplies and medicines issue, and dismissing him from his position as commander."

"Why is this so?" Lu Qiyan was immediately surprised. "This matter was clearly done by Zhang Mingxin, so why is it implicated in the commander? What evidence does Your Majesty have?"

"Also sent along with the imperial edict were some account books showing the money Xue Yi distributed to Jingzhong. All the account books have Jingzhong's personal seal, and he cannot deny it." An Leiting said.

"The commander's personal seal?" Lu Qiyan paused, "Why is there this in the account book?"

An Leiting said, "According to Jingzhong's explanation, someone was secretly investigating the military supplies of medicinal materials. They were panicked and asked Zhang Mingxin to take the private seal and re-make the detailed account books of various ointments and medicinal materials sent to the army."

"That is to say..."

Lu Qiyan suddenly realized, "Zhang Mingxin took the commander's private seal and said he was remaking the account book, but he was secretly making an account book to slander the commander and to prove that the commander was corrupt?"

"This Zhang Mingxin actually had such a back-up plan. No wonder he was so arrogant on the day of his death. I think the cruel words Zhang Mingxin said that day were about this!"

Lu Qiyan frowned, feeling indignant.

"I think so." An Leiting nodded, "But if you think about it carefully, this matter is caused by someone secretly investigating the military supplies of medicinal materials. This caused Jingzhong to panic and handed the private seal to Zhang Mingxin."

"Indeed." Lu Qiyan echoed.

"But I heard that the person who claimed to be under my order to investigate the military supplies was not someone else, but you, Lu Qiyan!"

After An Leiting finished speaking, he stared at Lu Qiyan and asked, "How do you explain this?"

"I?"

Lu Qiyan was stunned for a moment, his face full of disbelief, "Commander-in-Chief, are you saying that I once claimed to have been ordered by you to investigate the matter of military supplies of medicinal materials?"

"What else?" An Leiting glanced at Lu Qiyan.

"This, this, this..." Lu Qiyan was stunned for a long time, and then he became a little angry, "Where did this rumor come from? The commander of the wing has never given me such an order!"

"You don't admit it now?" An Jingzhong was so angry when he saw Lu Qiyan talking nonsense. He pointed at his nose and shouted, "It was you who found Zhang Mingxin and said that your father asked you to investigate this matter secretly. You were afraid of me and afraid that your father would blame you, so you told us so that you could get away with it."

"You used the pretense of my father's order to deceive and scare us, just to make us lose our composure and reveal our flaws. Tell me, what exactly are you planning?"

Facing An Jingzhong's questioning, Lu Qiyan was stunned for a moment, his face showing grievance, and then his brows were furrowed. "According to what the commander just said, I found Zhang Mingxin and told him that I was ordered by the commander to investigate the military supply of medicinal materials?"

"That's right!" "That means Zhang Mingxin told the commander about this matter?"

"Yes."

"Zhang Mingxin eventually did something to harm the commander, and he was very shrewd and calculating at every step. How could we know if Zhang Mingxin lied at the time in order to scare the commander and then continue to deceive him while he was in a panic?"

Lu Qiyan said, "This is the first one. Next, I would like to ask the commander, when did Zhang Mingxin inform the commander of this matter?"

An Jingzhong thought for a moment and said, "I don't remember clearly. I only remember that Zhang Mingxin mentioned that you went out for a night because you were flustered after receiving your father's instructions and went out to calm down."

"The last time I left the barracks was indeed for one night. The reason was that when I was clearing out the floating army, Captain Zhao Youcai, who was on good terms with me, was seriously injured. I sent him back home to recuperate, but my family didn't have much money to pay for medical treatment, so I raised some silver and sent him back."

Lu Qiyan said, "The time when I left the military camp this time is recorded in the military camp. If I remember correctly, the matter of the military supplies of medicinal materials had not yet been exposed, so it can be said that no one knew about it. How could I have foreseen this matter and deceived the commander? This is the second reason."

"Third, I was the battalion commander at the time, and had just been favored by the wing commander. I was thinking about making progress and making contributions so that I could get more rewards and recognition, and also get a higher position in the army and contribute more to the army. Why did I deceive the commander for no reason and make myself uncomfortable by causing such an incident?"

"Doing this will not do me any good. It will only cause all kinds of trouble. Even if I am crazy, I will never do this."

"If you think about it carefully, in my humble opinion, it was Zhang Mingxin who deceived the military commander and lied to me, putting the blame on me for no reason."

"Firstly, Zhang Mingxin's words were so serious that the military commander believed them, and he could then proceed with his next plan. Secondly, I was highly valued by the wing commander at the time, and Zhang Mingxin was worried that I would pose a threat to him in the future, so he wanted to get rid of me as soon as possible to avoid future troubles."

"Please, Commander, investigate this matter and clear my name!" After saying this, Lu Qiyan saluted An Leiting in a proper manner.

After listening to Lu Qiyan's statement and defense, An Leiting was silent for a while.

What Lu Qiyan said makes sense.

Putting aside other things, this person pays attention to purpose and plan when doing things.

Lu Qiyan's lie about impersonation did him no good at all, and there was really no need for him to go out of his way to create this trouble.

As for Zhang Mingxin, this incident showed that he was quite cunning, beyond people's imagination.

As Lu Qiyan said, it is possible that he was the one who pulled this cover...

While An Leiting was thinking, Lu Qiyan opened his mouth again, "I have one more thing to say..."

"Speak!" An Leiting raised his hand.

"Zhang Mingxin is just from a poor family and has no power behind him. Even if he forged such an account book, it would be of no use. But this thing came to the emperor. The commander of the wing thought, who is the author of this?" Lu Qiyan asked.

An Leiting thought about it and was suddenly shocked, "You mean... the Wen family?"

"That's right." Lu Qiyan nodded. "Xue Yi is a member of the Zhao family. The Zhao family is loyal to the Wen family. In the final analysis, Xue Yi works for the Wen family. The commander of the wing once guessed that Xue Yi was instructed by the Wen family to deliberately induce the soldiers to make mistakes. It is not impossible for Xue Yi to lure Zhang Mingxin with benefits and let Zhang Mingxin make these accounts." (End of this chapter)