Seeing that Sun Tu's words made Prefect Cheng silent and his arrogance disappeared, which made the eyes of the generals present change again when they saw him, and they felt more awe in their hearts.

Especially Dong Ping, he felt even more excited. In the past, he was often a little restrained and nervous when he was in Cheng Wanli. He had never seen a military officer who could suppress him, the prefect of Yizhou who was a Jinshi so much. What's more important is that what Sun Tu said helped him, was completely fighting for Cheng Yue'e for him. This made him feel a lot of expectations, and his eyes kept moving back and forth between Sun Tu and Cheng Wanli.

Sun Tu still looked at Cheng Wanli seriously: "Premier Cheng, because of your own selfish thoughts, the city of Dongping was destroyed, and hundreds of innocent people were harmed by the Liangshan bandits. As a local official, you not only don't feel guilty, but you only think about that little name. Do you think you are really good at wearing this official robe and being a local musket?"

This made Cheng Wanli even speechless, but she smiled miserably, and her body trembled even more. She seemed to fall down at any time. She looked at Cheng Yue'e next to her and was heartbroken, but she didn't dare to come forward to support her. She could only look at Sun Tu with begging eyes, as if she wanted to beg him not to hit her father again.

Sun Tu could also see that Cheng Wanli was not a bad person, but was just too old-fashioned and a little selfish, so he did not force him further, but just stared at the other party and said, "Premier Cheng, have you ever thought about how to make up for it?"

"I...Sun Dujian wants me to ask me how to make up for it?" Cheng Wanli asked a little stammeringly, then said fiercely: "Do you want me to apologize for death?"

"No..." Cheng Yue'e was frightened and she cried out quickly, then knelt down at Sun Tu with a thud: "Sun Dujian, my father did the wrong thing just because he was confused for a while. He never had the intention to collude with the Liangshan bandits. My father..."

"Shut up, this is a major event in the court. What does your daughter know about your family?" Seeing that his daughter pleaded for him, Cheng Wanli was not moved, but instead scolded him sternly, and then looked at Sun Tu provocatively: "Hasn't your Sun Dujian killed several prefects? Since this time, since your official position fell into your hands, it would be nothing if you kill one more person, right?"

"When did I say I want you to pay your life? Besides, with the big mistake you made, a life is probably not worth it! That is the soul of hundreds of innocent people. Can you compare it with one person?" Sun Tu paused for a moment, then took another step forward, threatening to say, "Don't even think about committing suicide. If you really dare to commit suicide, I will submit a memorial to the court, saying that you committed suicide because you were afraid of your crime. After you die, the entire Cheng clan will be implicated. Everyone will believe that you are colluding with the bandits of Liangshan and are an absolute traitor!"

"You--!" Cheng Wanli was really so angry that his eyes were so angry that his chest was fluctuating rapidly, but his thoughts of committing suicide had dissipated. Indeed, when he spoke before, he had thought of atonement for death, because in his opinion, the court could not pursue the crime of a dead person again. With such his reputation, the reputation of the Cheng family was preserved.

But now Sun Tu doesn't give him this opportunity at all, which makes Cheng Wanli even more tortured and doesn't know how to deal with it. He can only stare at Sun Tu and express his anger and dissatisfaction with his eyes.

Sun Tu's tone calmed down at this time: "Premier Cheng, the ancients said that no one can do without mistakes, and only those who are wrong can be corrected by mistakes can be a gentleman. But what are you thinking? It is to shirk or escape. Do you think this is what a gentleman does?"

Before the other party could react, he continued: "You ask me what I want to deal with you. It's actually very simple, that is, atone for all the mistakes you made before. Now Dongping has undergone a major change and the people's homes have been destroyed. You need to come forward to comfort and remedy afterwards. As the prefect, can't you do this? There are also soldiers in the army who have been hurt by you. Shouldn't you stand up and apologize to them? Only by doing these things can you be considered a responsible man, instead of dying like you thought, it will be useless and will only make the Dongping rebellion even more unrestrained!"

The anger on Cheng Wanli's face gradually dissipated. He was really unbelievable that Sun Tu only asked himself to do such a thing to make up for his mistakes, which was completely incompatible with his murderous appearance just now.

As if seeing the doubts in his heart, Sun Tu said again: "Of course, this is not enough to atone for sins, so I have to do two more things. In this way, I will not report the truth here to the court, and your reputation will be preserved."

"But what happened?"

"First, after the city recovers, you will resign from the court! I dare say that you are not worthy of being a patriarch in the same place!" Sun Tu said and looked at Dong Ping again: "Second, allow Miss Cheng and Dong Dujian to marry each other, so that they can get together!"

"No, my Cheng family has never remarried daughter..." Cheng Wanli subconsciously wanted to object, but after facing Sun Tu's sharp gaze, he couldn't continue to say the following words. Sun Tu stared at him and said, "I'm not discussing with you, but asking you to do this! If you still want to keep your reputation and want to make sure that the Cheng family is not ruined because of you, just do what I want!"

Such a direct statement made Cheng Wanli feel a little more entangled, but in the end, he could only compromise. As he thought before, compared to his daughter remarrying and losing his official position, the consequences of the entire family being ruined by his reputation are obviously much worse. Now, all the initiatives are at the hands of Sun Tu, and his daughter actually had something to do with Dong Ping early in the morning. If she forced them to marry, she was just deceiving herself.

After a while, Cheng Wanli finally sighed: "Forget it, I will follow you. After I try my best to restore Dongping to the old view, I will resign to the court. Also, Yue'e, starting today, you are a member of his Dong family and have nothing to do with me, Cheng." At the end of his speech, his face turned pale, and his whole spirit was empty again, as if he had suddenly become ten years old.

Cheng Yue'e, who was already surprised, also showed anxiety and sadness when she heard the last one. Is her father going to expel her from the house? Fortunately, Dong Ping came over at this time and hugged her quickly, so that she did not lose her composure.

While hugging his beloved woman, Dong Ping looked at Sun Tu with gratitude. He really didn't expect that the Sun Tushu was so concerned about his own affairs, and even forced the prefect Cheng to nod with words, which immediately made him have the idea of ​​repaying Sun Tu in this life.

After finally tackled Cheng Wanli, the old stubborn man, Sun Tu turned his attention back to the main business. After he glanced at Dong Ping, he asked strangely: "Actually, I still have something unknown. Cheng Taishou, why don't you choose to attack Dong Ping early or late when the Liangshan bandits attack Dongping City?"

"This... I just learned about this..." At this point, Cheng Wanli's face changed again, and finally let him see that something was strange about it. Sun Tu immediately reacted: "How did you know about this? According to the truth, since they dare not let you know about this, they will definitely try their best to conceal it. How did the news leak?"

"It was the news that Chen Cang, the master next to me, got it. At that time, I was a little unbelievable, so I deliberately tried Dong Ping, but it turned out..."

At this time, Dong Ping also understood: "Is this a conspiracy deliberately targeting me? It is to allow the Liangshan bandits to easily break the city!"

"It should be that, and that master is the key to this matter. Cheng Taishou, where is that person now?" Sun Tu said his judgment without hesitation. This method is indeed very similar to the conspiracy and tricks most commonly used by the group of people in Liangshan. Once they encounter a dangerous city and are difficult to conquer, they will use some despicable means to promote internal turmoil. This time, Dongping was destroyed by the Liangshan army because of this incident!

"Others... should have been here at the government office, but after I came back, I have never seen him again." Cheng Wanli was completely convinced that he had been trapped, which made him both blame and angry. He didn't expect that he would be seen through, and then he unknowingly fell into the enemy's conspiracy.

"The Liangshan bandits entered the city to rob, and then left. Could it be that he had already run away?" Dong Jian gritted his teeth and said. He naturally wanted to kill the other party with his own hands for the culprit who caused his general to be imprisoned and the city was almost destroyed.

"It may not be. After all, since he has been with the prefect for some years, he is not a bandit in Liangshan. And he must have thought that we could see the problem immediately and might not leave at this time." Sun Tu thought for a moment and said, "I wonder if he has other places to live in the city? Maybe he will hide there."

"This..." Just when everyone was helpless, a servant suddenly spoke: "Prefect, Mr. Chen mentioned before that he had a good friend in Cuiyu Building, and maybe he would hide there at this time."

In the cold snorting of Cheng Taishou, Sun Tu made a quick decision: "Take a few people to Cuiyu Tower. If the person is really there, be sure to capture him alive. This person may be of use."

Dong Jian and Pang Xu looked at Dong Ping, and saw him nodding, they crossed their hands to take the order and hurriedly left.

After giving these instructions, Sun Tu glanced at Cheng Wanli: "Premier Cheng, you will rely on you for the aftermath. I will stay here for a few days until the marriage between Dong Dushen and Ling Qianjin. I believe that at that time, everything in the city will be the same."

Obviously he was a little worried about Cheng Wanli, but in the face of this statement, Cheng Wanli could only smile helplessly. In fact, when he responded to this matter, he had no intention of remorse. Now that he thought about it, Dongping suffered such a disaster, he was indeed extremely responsible. How could he be the prefect again?

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It’s almost the Chinese New Year, and it’s not good to fight and kill. Let’s have some happy events...
Chapter completed!