The naughty and cowardly little crybaby sold himself out

Chapter 221 Alive, I want him alive!

There was silence in the hall for a while, and no one knew whether what Ling Xue said was true or not.

"Father, I have received news that my fifth brother has been spotted in the southwest. I am already preparing and will set off soon." Jing Muyang stood up. Although his internal injuries had not yet healed, it did not prevent him from riding in the carriage.

He had wanted to set out to chase Chu Jian a long time ago. Qing Ye hadn't sent any message back yet, so he didn't know whether she had caught up with Bai Lishang's team, nor did he know what Chu Jian's current situation was.

The emperor looked at him with unclear eyes and spoke only after a long while.

"Yes, but your injury has not healed yet. I am worried, so I will let Xiao Qi follow you."

"Father!" The fourth prince Jing Muyun stepped forward, "I beg to go with Xiaojiu."

Jing Muyang and Jing Muyun had already discussed that the two brothers would travel together, and Jing Muyun had followed up on many arrangements. The emperor had also tacitly agreed to it before, but now the emperor mentioned Xiao Qi's name in court.

Xiao Qi is the eldest son of the Zhenbei General's Mansion. His father is the unlucky general who died when he led Jing Muyang to fight against Arsalan.

Before Jing Muyang, that general also had outstanding military achievements, and he deserved the title of General Zhenbei.

The original battle plan was to split the troops into two groups, with one main force attacking head-on, while he and Jing Muyang planned to attack from the side. However, before they could reach their positions, they encountered the main force led by Arsalan.

It turned out that this was also Arsalan's plan, but he changed the battle plan before leaving. He changed the frontal attack to a feint attack, moved the main force to the flank, and changed the original plan to attack from the right wing to the left wing.

In that battle, Ling Yinguo was beaten extremely badly and was completely pinned to the ground by Arsalan.

General Zhenbei tried his best to protect Jing Muyang, who was new to the battlefield, and helped him retreat. He was seriously injured and then surrounded. He died because he could not wait for rescue for a long time.

That battle did cause heavy casualties, but the battlefield is so ever-changing that no one can guarantee victory every time.

However, as soon as Jing Muyang escaped the siege, he took advantage of Arsalan's injury to launch a counterattack, defeated the Northern Border Army in one fell swoop, made great contributions, and won the title of hero.

At that time, there were people who praised him and there were also people who stepped on him.

Of course, there are those who praise General Zhenbei and there are also those who criticize General Zhenbei.

For a time, all kinds of rumors spread in the army. Some accused General Zhenbei of making command mistakes, some suspected that General Zhenbei was framed, some said that Jing Muyang was trying to step on General Zhenbei to get to the top, and some conspiracy theorists even suspected that Jing Muyang deliberately leaked military intelligence.

Although everything was eventually investigated and it turned out to be groundless.

During the match, Arsalan laughed and said that his temporary change of plan actually helped him catch a big fish. This shows that those rumors did not exist at all and it was just bad luck for them.

However, a rift still arose between Xiao Qi and Jing Muyang. On the pretext of supporting his orphaned mother as his father had passed away, Xiao Qi was transferred back to the Capital Defense Camp from Xucheng in the northern border, and left Jing Muyang with his men.

Over the years, the two of them have been relatively respectful to each other, and their occasional cooperation has been quite normal, but everyone can see that Xiao Qi keeps his distance from Jing Muyang. Of course, this distance is also due to the fact that Xiao Qi chose the Third Prince's camp after returning to Beijing.

After the third prince got into trouble, he rarely found anything wrong with Xiao Qi, so he was taken in by the emperor and pushed into the prince's camp.

Although the Crown Prince and Jing Muyang are now on the same side, the Crown Prince is a criminal and Jing Muyang is popular among the people. In particular, he made it clear in the palace that day that if Chu Jian wanted to be the Queen, the whole world could be taken for her.

No one knows whether Chu Jian has the ambition to become queen, but what everyone can be sure of is that as long as she wants, Jing Muyang will do it, and he can do it.

At this time, the emperor appointed Xiao Qi to follow Jing Muyang, which made people wonder why the emperor made this decision.

"Fourth Prince, you stay in the capital. Xiaojiu has Luoshuang Pavilion, so he doesn't need your help. Stay in the capital to assist the prince. He still needs your help with many things." The emperor did not agree to the fourth prince's proposal.

The prince...he felt like he was a shield.

"Father, I can handle the affairs in the capital, but Xiaojiu's health has not recovered yet. I will feel more at ease if I have my fourth brother to stay by his side and assist him." The shielding prince said without appreciating the kindness.

The emperor glanced at him and said nothing.

Jing Muyang raised his eyebrows. It seemed that his good father had publicly expressed his intention to be on guard against him.

"It's okay if Fourth Brother doesn't go. Just stay in the capital and assist the Crown Prince." Jing Muyang said this to the Crown Prince.

"That won't work!" The Fourth Prince stepped forward.

"Father, it's not that I don't want to assist my brother, the Crown Prince. It's mainly because Xiaojiu tends to lose his judgment when it comes to first encounters. If he loses control and goes berserk again, I'm afraid Master Xiao Qixiao won't be able to handle it.

I believe that I am closest to Xiaojiu and we have a deep brotherly relationship. Perhaps at a critical moment I can persuade him to show mercy and not do anything stupid."

The emperor...how could he have forgotten this?

"Father, what Xiao Si said is not wrong." The prince echoed softly.

He knew very well what the Fourth Prince meant by this. He had seen clearly during this period of time that his father was unconditionally on the side of his Fifth Brother. Even though he had made such a big mistake, his good father actually interfered and tried to block the clues.

But he could also understand that Xiaowu was not the crown prince, so it was okay to spoil him a little. His father didn't have a princess, so he favored Xiaowu, who had a certain temper, and raised him like a princess.

Therefore, the emperor must be reluctant to let Xiaowu die, but as for Xiaojiu, it is hard to say whether he will kill Xiaowu with a knife in anger.

So he, as the father, would definitely give in. After all, since the first incident, only Xiao Si had ever persuaded Xiao Jiu to stay.

"Okay, okay, okay, okay, you two brothers, and Xiao Qi will come with you, as my help to you, bring Xiao Wu back as soon as possible, alive, I want him alive! I still have a lot of questions to ask that rebellious son!"

As expected, the emperor gave in just as the prince had expected.

Xiao Qi stepped out and agreed with the Fourth Prince, but Jing Muyang did not respond. He had already made his attitude clear to the Emperor, and he could not guarantee it.

He still said the same thing, if he couldn't bring anyone back alive, he could guarantee that Jing Muhao's body would be intact.

The emperor pretended not to see it, waved his hand and left the court.

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Palace.

Tuoya, who had been ignored for ten days, became quiet, and Suhe sent a message asking to see Jing Muyang.

Jing Muyang also needs to have a good talk with Toya. He is about to set off, and this matter must be made clear, otherwise there is absolutely no way he will be able to go up to Tianshan.

In order to recover as quickly as possible, Jing Muyang sat wherever he could and leaned wherever he could. The sedan chair was carried directly into Tuoya's yard.

As soon as Toya saw Jing Muyang come in through the window, she ran out nervously. Although she was stopped by Qingshan and couldn't get too close, her tears fell uncontrollably.

Toya had heard about it a few days ago, but she never expected that she would have to ride in a sedan chair after seven or eight days.

"Mu Yang, did Bai Lishang really hurt you like this?!"

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