Traveling through the ancient times

King Jingyang pretended to be sick, and the third prince of Xiliang wrote back directly, saying that they would be given ten days to treat their illness. If their people did not reach the Kingdom of Dongyi after half a month, he would send all the letters they had exchanged over the years to the general who guarded the border.

If those letters fell into the hands of the general, it would be no different from falling into the hands of the king. As a prince, he would probably have no way out.

King Jingyang's eyes were gloomy. "Since they insist on coming, let them come. Whether they live or die after coming here is not something I can guarantee.

Since the king has invited me to return to Kyoto to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, I will go back. Even if they find out that the person came from my fiefdom, they can’t blame me since I’m not in my fiefdom.”

The king was very shocked when he received Lu Mingqian's letter. His royal brother, King Jingyang, had been adhering to his duties and guarding his fiefdom for so many years and had never done anything out of line.

But I didn't expect that he was not as he pretended to be, and had no interest in the throne?

The king once suspected whether Lu Mingqian had made a mistake, but Lu Mingqian generally would not do anything without certainty. Since it had been proposed to him, he must have found out something.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, so he should invite his brother back to Kyoto to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. He hasn't seen his brother for a long time. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lu Mingqian will probably have investigated everything. If he was wrongly accused, he would have an explanation.

The king immediately issued an edict, summoning Prince Jingyang to the palace to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. When Prince Jingyang received the king's edict, he was disdainful and said, "Who wants to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival with you? I only want to celebrate Qingming Festival with you."

Prince Jingyang had originally planned to claim illness as well as not go to the king, but since the Third Prince of Xiliang acted in this way, what would be wrong with him going to Kyoto?

King Jingyang doesn’t know yet the purpose of the king’s invitation to him to Kyoto. He is still thanking the king in his heart for solving his urgent problem!

King Jingyang instructed his staff, "Write back to him and tell him that you will find a way for him when I feel better. You must get those people in within half a month, and we will prepare to enter the capital."

"Yes, Your Highness is wise!" Ji Yuan quickly wrote a reply letter and gave it to the servant to deliver to the third prince of Xiliang.

This time the reply letter still reached Lu Mingqian's people. After receiving the letter, Lu Mingqian sat alone in the study for more than an hour, recalling the past scenes. His uncle had always been respectful and loving to them and their father, and they also respected this uncle very much.

Now that the evidence is conclusive, is it true that his kind uncle was just a disguise?

They haven't noticed it for so many years!

Prince Jingyang made preparations to return to the capital, and also asked his aides to write a letter to the Third Prince of Xiliang. Didn't the Third Prince of Xiliang limit him to half a month? So he arranged for someone to wait until the last two days before delivering the letter, so that they could rush the matter first.

King Jingyang thought all his arrangements were perfect, so he took his men on a carriage and headed for Kyoto.

The Third Prince of Xiliang was already getting impatient, "What's going on with this King Jingyang? It's been so long and there's still no movement. Isn't he really afraid that I will expose all his secrets?"

"Don't be anxious, my son. Isn't the time yet not right? He will definitely do it." The Queen of Xiliang was not in a hurry at all. The Third Prince of Xiliang threatened King Jingyang with the letter. Anyone with a little blood in his veins would be angry. King Jingyang dared not disobey, but he would definitely delay the time to make them anxious.

"How does the Queen know that he will do it?"

The Queen of Xiliang was also very troubled. She had taught this son for so many years, but why was he still so irritable? How could she have given birth to such a useless son?

If she hadn't been giving him advice, her son wouldn't have survived the bloody palace fight. The Queen of Xiliang felt a throbbing pain in her temples when she got here. "Don't worry, just listen to me..."

Seeing this, the maid beside her hurried over to give the queen a massage, "Your Majesty, your headache has come back. I will help you massage it."

Queen Xiliang closed her eyes and let the maid massage her for a while, and then she felt better.

The third prince of Xiliang knew that what the queen had said over the years was always accurate, so he no longer questioned it. He just thought about the time that passed day by day, and he couldn't help it.

Finally, on the thirteenth day of the limited time, the third prince of Xiliang received a letter from King Jingyang.

He immediately ordered someone to notify Yongkang and take his men to the designated location of King Jingyang's fiefdom.

The people sent by Lu Mingqian were also heading there, intending to catch the criminals red-handed.

The leader of this mission was Xing Wu from the Dark Guard Battalion. They had arrived before Yongkang and the others, and were lying in ambush in disguise.

Yongkang led his men to travel day and night and arrived at King Jingyang's fiefdom in just five days. This place was a frontier fortress and everyone entering and leaving the city had to undergo strict inspection.

The people sent by King Jingyang met with Yongkang and others outside the city, then pretended to be a caravan. With the man's royal token leading the way, they entered the city smoothly.

As soon as they entered the city, Xing Wu and others discovered it. They followed the crowd and moved closer to the caravan disguised as Yong Kang and others, forming an encirclement and surrounding the caravan.

The people who were surrounded noticed something was wrong, and the person who led the way thought that Xing Wu and the others were thugs in the city who wanted to hijack their goods, so they took out the token and shouted to everyone, "We are the caravan of Jingyang Palace, you all quickly disperse, otherwise don't blame me for being rude."

The man thought that these people would be scared when they heard about Jingyang Palace, but they did not disperse, but gathered closer and closer. Seeing this, the people and vendors around them quickly scattered and hid.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, Yongkang and his companions immediately pulled out the weapons hidden in the cargo. Xingwu and his companions had already taken the lead, drawing their arrows and stabbing forward. A fierce battle immediately broke out between the two sides.

Xing Wu directly sent King Jingyang to pick up the man. When the man saw that Xing Wu's sword was already on his neck, he was so scared that his hands were shaking. He still said stubbornly, "I am from King Jingyang's mansion. Open your dog eyes and see clearly."

Xing Wu was too lazy to waste time talking to the man. He directly took out the token from his arms and waved it in front of the man, "Nighthawk is investigating the case."

When the man saw the token, he immediately became scared. Nighthawk is the king's man. No matter how powerful their prince is, can he be more powerful than the king?

He was just following the butler's orders to pick up those people into the city. The butler did not tell him the identities of Yongkang and others, so he did not know what crime these people had committed that Nighthawk's men came to arrest them personally.

The man stood trembling aside. Xing Wu saw that Yong Kang and the ten bodyguards were very powerful. He glanced at the contact person next to him, knocked him to the ground with a single blow of his hand, and then went up to help with his sword.

Yongkang and his personal guards are powerful, and Xingwu and others are not pushovers either, so the fighting scene is extremely intense.

Yongkang's target this time was Lu Mingqian. He didn't want to fight with anyone here, so he winked at his guards. They fought and retreated at the same time, but Xingwu and others didn't give them any chance to escape.

The scene was tense for a while. The twenty secret agents brought by Yongkang also understood the intentions of Yongkang and others. They quickly moved closer to Yongkang and others, isolated them behind them, and fought desperately, giving Yongkang and others a chance to escape successfully.

Twenty secret agents were either killed or captured, but Yongkang and his companions escaped. Xing Wu arranged a few people to clean up the mess and then chased in the direction Yongkang and his companions fled.