Ancient paintings connect the present, I hoard goods to support the villain Wang

Although he thought it was the work of Emperor Dayong, the barbarian tribes and the people of the former Shuo court might also use such despicable means in order to win the war between the two countries.

Sure enough, as soon as he asked this question, the man who led the trouble felt obviously guilty and even his eyelids twitched.

Xiao Jingyan was playing with a mineral water bottle cap in his hand, not even bothering to look at him.

You don't need to look to know that he must be lying.

The man swallowed his saliva, knelt down in front of Xiao Jingyan with a plop, and said aggrievedly:

"I'm sorry, Your Highness. I was blinded by greed and was taken advantage of by the enemy."

"But the enemy was so arrogant that they even threatened my eighty-year-old mother. I had no choice but to do this to save her life."

"I beg Your Highness to forgive me this time for my filial piety."

You have to say, this guy acted pretty realistically. Kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, he looked aggrieved and pitiful.

When several elderly villagers around him heard what he said, instead of scolding him for treason, they helped him plead with Xiao Jingyan.

"Your Majesty, he does have an eighty-year-old mother. Life for them and her son was already difficult, and now it's even worse."

"Please forgive him, considering that this is his first offense and he hasn't caused any substantial harm to the Xiao family army!"

An old woman who was in her sixties pleaded on behalf of the man.

"Yeah, forgive him this time."

Another old man who claimed to be the village chief also sought the truth.

"Please, Your Majesty, have mercy."

More villagers said in unison.

When they begged for mercy, it felt like Xiao Jingyan was deliberately making things difficult for good people. He cleared the man of all charges and portrayed Xiao Jingyan as a vicious prince who did not sympathize with the suffering of the people.

Wang Tiezhu and Zhi Ren could no longer tolerate it.

"Shut up! How dare you plead for him? He colluded with the enemy and nearly killed us all!"

He pointed his sword at the villagers and asked angrily.

"That's right. If you hadn't refused to sell us food, would we have starved for two months?"

"The prince was really at his wit's end, so he made a wish to the fairy in the painting. The fairy was kind and appeared and gave us so much food."

Wang Tiezhu briefly explained to the villagers the food source of the Xiao family army.

None of them believed in the fairy appearance.

Especially the man who was in charge, he thought that the entire Xiao family army was in collusion to fool them.

"Your Highness, look, what should we do now? We can't just let them keep making trouble here, right?"

Zhimo lowered his voice and asked Xiao Jingyan what he wanted to do with them.

Xiao Jingyan had almost finished watching the show. He raised his head slightly, raised his eyebrows and looked at the villagers in front of him.

Although the man said that he was instructed by someone from the barbarian Qianshuo Dynasty, he did not believe it.

First of all, with the Xiao family army guarding the border tightly, not to mention the undercover agents from the Qianshuo Dynasty, even a fly from Qianshuo would probably not be able to enter Dayong.

Secondly, when the man said this, he seemed aggrieved and pitiful, but in fact he was a little panicked, he didn't dare to say anything, and he was very unsure. Isn't this the best proof that he was lying?

Putting away the bottle cap in his hand, Xiao Jingyan felt very heartbroken.

"Brother Huang, you finally can't help it and are you going to attack me openly?"

He asked quietly to himself.

His voice was not loud when he said this, but several subordinates standing next to him heard it clearly.

Ever since the day the imperial court cut off the Xiao family army's food supplies two months ago, they had guessed that this would be the outcome.

Seeing their little prince so sad, several people didn't know how to comfort him. After all, they were all subordinates, and some words could not be expressed to those above their level.

Xiao Jingyan exhaled a breath of foul air, and the fire of revenge quietly sprouted in his heart.

He turned his head slightly and looked at Wang Tiezhu on the right. His eyes gradually changed from disappointment to a sinister and fierce one.

"Old Wang, do you know what to do?"

He smiled at Wang Tiezhu. Although he had a smile on his face, Wang Tiezhu was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat.

There seemed to be a bloodthirsty light in the young prince's eyes, which made people shudder.

"Yes, I will finally understand."

Wang Tiezhu calmed himself down and at least stopped his hands from shaking.

After bowing, he drew the scimitar from his waist, walked forward, and slashed the man's neck with one blow.

The surrounding villagers were dumbfounded. They had never thought that such a bloody thing would happen, nor had they heard rumors from the outside world that the foreign king Xiao Jingyan was cruel?

For a moment, everyone was in chaos.

Zhi Ren and Liu Deyou hurriedly led the soldiers to control the villagers.

"This man is collaborating with the enemy. No matter what the reason is, he is guilty of treason and should be executed." Xiao Jingyan announced loudly.

"General Wang, I order you to quickly send someone with his body to the capital to report the matter to the emperor and let him make a judgment." He continued to give orders.

Wang Tiezhu held the knife, saluted Xiao Jingyan, and said, "I will do it right away."

After he finished speaking, he ordered several soldiers to disperse the crowd and move the man's body away.

But these villagers began to stop them and continued to make trouble.

"What's wrong with you being a prince? Just because you're a prince, you can kill people without any reason? He did something wrong, but it's excusable after all!"

"The foreign king, Xiao Jingyan, is too cruel. We will jointly submit a petition to the capital to denounce you."

The villagers became more and more excited as they talked.

After hearing these words, Xiao Jingyan also found it interesting. He really didn't know who was controlling them behind the scenes. He let them say such words!

"Then I will also write a letter, saying that the people of Shanwai Village are rebelling, and I am only intervening to redress their injustice."

"Today, the fairy brought me food. I don't want to kill anyone, but I warn you all: your lives are in my hands. Killing you is as easy as crushing an ant."

"After all, this place is far away, and I have soldiers at my disposal!"

He said this not only to the villagers, but also to those people in the imperial court who were manipulating them to cause trouble.

Xiao Jingyan's tone was not loud, but the invisible power that emanated from his bones made the originally noisy villagers quiet down. They lowered their heads one by one, as if they finally realized that they were wrong.

Just at this moment, the last General Guo ran over.

Guo Wen came forward in a hurry and insisted on speaking to Xiao Jingyan, but no one knew what he wanted to say.

There was no other way, Xiao Jingyan could only follow him and leave the matters at the door to Wang Tiezhu, Zhiren and others.

"From now on, you bunch of unruly people must keep your tails between your legs and behave yourself. His today will be your tomorrow. If there are any collaborators or disrespectful to our prince again, don't blame me for being merciless with my scimitar." Wang Tiezhu left a harsh message.

As he spoke, he waved the blood-dripping scimitar as if in protest.

Seeing that the villagers had become frightened and silent, they allowed the soldiers to release the man. "Another day of updating on time. It's not easy to write a new book. Please support, follow, and give me a five-star rating."