Traveling through the ancient times

Lu Mingqian and his men were two days behind the King of Xiliang's personal guards, so they rushed to the border at full speed.

At the beginning of the year, Hua had been taken out of the city by the personal guards of the King of Xiliang and returned to Xiliang.

Lu Mingqian went to the General's Mansion and asked, "General, have any suspicious people left the city recently?"

The general who guards the country felt a pang in his heart. The border inspection for entering the city was strict, but it was relatively easy to leave the city.

During this period, he did not hear his subordinates report any unusual events at the city gate.

But judging from Lu Mingqian's tone, there must be something unusual?

"Your Highness, the city guards have not reported anything unusual at the city gate."

Lu Mingqian pinched his tight nose bridge and lowered his head in thought. Did they not arrive yet, or did they not notice that they had already left the city?

"I understand. Recently, there will be strict inspections at the city gates when leaving the city." Lu Mingqian gave the order and went out.

The people behind arrived one after another, and Lu Mingcheng directly booked a restaurant and moved in with them all.

Seeing Lu Mingqian coming back, Lu Mingcheng poured him a cup of tea, "How is it?"

"No news. I don't know whether they haven't arrived yet or have already left the city."

Lu Mingcheng looked at Lu Mingqian with his unshaven beard and red eyes. They had been traveling day and night and had not slept for several days.

"I'll arrange for someone to keep an eye on it. Go get some sleep and get enough rest."

"I'll make the arrangements, you all go and get some rest!"

"It won't take much time, just go ahead. Don't waste your time here fighting over such a small thing. There will be a lot more things to do later." At least they had a break.

Lu Mingqian had been traveling for many days to get here from Kyoto. He had just arrived at Qunan City and had not even entered it, and now he was rushing to the border. Even a tough guy could not endure it.

"Okay!" Lu Mingqian couldn't bear it any longer. He hadn't had a good rest for almost a month.

Now I can fall asleep even while standing. Now that I have reached the border, I should take a rest first before thinking of how to deal with what comes next.

The personal guards of King Xiliang brought Nianchuhua back to Governor Xiong's mansion. King Xiliang looked at the unconscious woman lying in front of his bed, his brows furrowed so tightly that they could kill a fly.

"I asked you to capture the Qi family kid, but you brought a woman back to me. What's going on?"

When the Third Prince of Xiliang heard that the chief of his personal guards had returned with his men, he hurried to the room of the King of Xiliang. As soon as he entered the room, he heard these words.

So the mission failed?

"Your Majesty, you may not know that this woman is the sweetheart of the Third Prince of Dongyi State, and that Master Qi also has a special relationship with this woman.

We had already taken Qi Muhe away, but Yongkang took the girl away while we were not paying attention, which led to the Dongyi people attacking us.

The Dongyi people were numerous and powerful, and Qi Muhe was rescued by them, and several of our people were killed.

My subordinates thought that we could not catch Qi Muhe again, so they brought the woman back from Yongkang.

Your Majesty, please send troops to take this woman to the border and ask the Dongyi people to hand over Qi Muhe."

The Third Prince of Xiliang didn't understand. Since they had already captured the woman, why didn't they change her in Dongyi? "Why did Yongkang take this woman away?"

"I originally planned to exchange this woman for Qi Muhe from the Dongyi people, and the Dongyi people agreed.

Yongkang had a personal grudge against the third prince of Dongyi, and he wanted us to assassinate him. We were unwilling to do so and only wanted to replace Qi Muhe and return to Xiliang immediately.

Yongkang manipulated us and took the woman away while we were negotiating with the Dongyi people. As a result, we were surrounded and attacked by the Dongyi people. "

"Asshole, you actually ruined my plan! Cough cough..." The King of Xiliang started coughing in excitement.

"Father, don't be angry. Fortunately, we have brought this woman back. We only need to use her to exchange Qi Muhe. With Qi Muhe as a hostage, I don't believe that General Qilin will not surrender obediently."

The third prince of Xiliang felt that victory was in sight!

The King of Xiliang glanced at him. "Go check whether the Third Prince of Dongyi is at the border. When he arrives, come back and report to me."

"Yes!" The head of the personal guards took his younger brothers out.

The King of Xiliang called the guards at the door and said, "Put this woman in the dungeon and keep her under strict guard. No one can get into trouble!"

The guard took Nianchuhua out.

The King of Xiliang then ordered, "Let Commander Xiong come to see me!"

Commander Xiong was training soldiers in the barracks when the guards in the palace hurriedly found him and said, "Grand Commander, the king wants to see you!"

Governor Xiong's eyelids twitched. The king must have invited him for something bad...

He now goes out before dawn and comes back after dark. Sometimes he even stays in the military camp and doesn't go back, for fear that the king will have evil intentions against him again.

"Do you know what's going on?"

"My subordinates don't know!"

Governor Xiong breathed a sigh of relief, what is coming will eventually come!

"Okay, I get it!"

Governor Xiong accepted his fate and returned to his governor's mansion. "Your Majesty, you called me here, is there something wrong?"

"Well, Commander Xiong asked you to come here to inform you to deploy 200,000 troops as soon as possible. This king will be of use to you."

Commander Xiong's heart tightened. Could it be that the king was going to lead 200,000 troops to fight back? "Is the king going back to the imperial city?"

"No, I plan to ask the Dongyi people to cut off some meat."

"Dongyi people? Your Majesty, do you want to go to war with Dongyi? Your Majesty, please think twice. We only have 500,000 troops here, and no reinforcements.

According to what I have learned, there are 600,000 troops stationed in Kaizhou, Dongyi, and 400,000 troops stationed in Tongzhou, not far from here. If we go to war, we will surely lose, Your Majesty!"

Commander Xiong thought that the King of Xiliang was sick and confused. They had already fallen into such a situation, but he still dared to provoke the Dongyi people. Was he afraid that he would not die fast enough?

I’m afraid that by then, instead of eating other people’s meat, they will become other people’s meals!

"I know. I have a trump card in my hand. Even if I can't eat meat, I can still drink soup. You just need to go down and prepare it."

General Xiong was full of questions. What kind of trump card did the King of Xiliang have in his own territory, and he didn't even know about it?

Governor Xiong decided to test the waters first. He didn't want to mess around with them. He just wanted to live a peaceful life. He had so many descendants in the Xiong family, and they couldn't all be buried with these three people.

Governor Xiong understood clearly that if they stayed quietly, he could still help them plead for mercy, but if they insisted on seeking death, he would not accompany them.

"Your Majesty, is there anything else you need me to do?"

"Go and prepare the troops first, and just cooperate with us."

"Yes!"

After Commander Xiong left King Xiliang's room, he went back to call the men who were on duty in King Xiliang's room today and asked them what had happened in the mansion today.

"Commander-in-chief, the guards sent out by the king this morning brought back a woman who looked like a Dongyi person. The king has imprisoned her in the dungeon."

"A girl from Dongyi? Do you know her identity?" Could it be that the King of Xiliang had caused him some disaster?

"According to the leader of the personal guards, that woman is the sweetheart of the Third Prince Dong Yi, and she also has a good relationship with the Young Master of the Qi Family."

"So they brought a hostage back? They want to start a war between the two countries! How could the Dongyi people let it go after they kidnapped the sweetheart of Prince Dongyi?"

This king is getting more and more confused...

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