Dressed as the prince's substitute? I took the throne

Wuying Mountain is located fifty miles north of Qinzhou City. It is surrounded by other mountain ranges. The mountain is covered with trees and rocks, and there is basically no wide road to walk on.

The two men and two horses stood in front of the road leading into the mountain. Xu Xiao's hand habitually reached for his waist, but when he remembered that his weapons had been taken away by Zhou Chuxuan, he had to give up.

"There is only one small path leading into Wuying Mountain, and there are no other roads. There are cliffs on three sides!" Xu Xiao is worthy of being a death warrior trained by Xu Qinglong. He has extremely high qualities in all aspects. He had made various preparations before coming, which made Zhou Chuxuan very worry-free.

"Don't be afraid. Since Boss Han said he wants to meet here, he must have his reasons!" Zhou Chuxuan smiled, and without hesitation, he took Xu Xiao and rode into the mountains.

When the two men reached about halfway up the mountain, they suddenly heard the sound of drums, followed by flags flashing across the mountains and fields. Teams of cavalry appeared from the deep mountains and dense forests and slowly surrounded the two men.

The leader was Ma Sandao, who had disguised himself. He held a ghost-head knife in his hand and bowed to Zhou Chuxuan, saying, "I built this road and planted this tree. If you want to pass through here, you must leave money for passage!"

Zhou Chuxuan smiled faintly: "How come, the deputy general of the Fuling Army has now fallen to the point of highway robbery? I don't have anything valuable on me, only this head on this item, why don't you take it?"

"Second brother, don't be rude!"

A shout came from the team at the rear, and then Han Bin rode out from the team. Seeing Zhou Chuxuan, he quickly dismounted and came forward. Zhou Chuxuan also dismounted to meet him.

"General Han Bin, leading all the soldiers of the Fuling Army, is here to pay his respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Zhou Chuxuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "No, I am no longer the crown prince!"

"What?" Han Bin and Ma Sandao were both surprised. They didn't know what happened in the capital yet. They thought Zhou Chuxuan came here specially to clear their names. As for the commotion Zhou Chuxuan caused in the capital, they knew nothing about it.

"Let's talk about this later. Tell me about your situation first!" Zhou Chuxuan and the other two sat on the ground, took out a pot of wine and placed it in the middle, and each of them took a sip.

Han Bin sighed, but before he could say anything, Ma Sandao, who was always impatient, lost control and shouted, "This old emperor is so unkind! He simply doesn't care about the lives of us brothers!"

"We were sent out to suppress the bandits, and he was actually using dirty tricks behind our backs, stabbing us in the back! What a damn bad luck!"

"Second brother, do you want me to speak or you want me to speak?" Han Bin scolded. Ma Sandao shut up decisively, picked up the wine jug from the ground, and took another sip.

Han Bin's eyes flashed with solemnity. "A few days ago, we wiped out a group of overseas bandits. When we returned to Qinzhou City in the middle of the night, the soldiers guarding the city refused to open the gate for us! They said there was a curfew in the city and they were afraid we were a bandit army!"

Zhou Chuxuan nodded. He knew about the curfew laws of the Wu Dynasty, but those were for ordinary people and merchants. Generally speaking, the army did not have such requirements.

"My second brother had a huge argument with the soldiers guarding the city, and ended up being threatened with arrows from the soldiers. We had no choice but to retreat 20 miles and set up camp to rest there!"

Han Bin slowly clenched his fists. "But the retreat happened here. When we woke up the next day, we found that the entire village below the city had been massacred yesterday. The entire village was razed to the ground, and all the people were dead!"

"The soldiers defending the city shot arrows at us, saying we were the ones who killed civilians, burned, looted, and robbed countless people! We tried to explain, but they wouldn't listen. The prefect of Qinzhou City even issued a wanted order, blatantly blaming everything that happened in the city on us!"

"Word spread quickly, and with the subsequent massacres of several villages in Qinzhou, some people even claimed to have seen our clothes and flags as evidence. We simply couldn't explain it!"

"We finally sent two brothers into the city to explain to the prefect, but they chopped off their heads on the spot and hung them on the city wall for public display! Your Highness, please help us!"

Zhou Chuxuan frowned tightly: "Master Han, since you say it's my father's conspiracy, do you have any evidence?"

Han Bin nodded heavily, took out a golden brush from his pocket and handed it to Zhou Chuxuan: "I found this in a village that was massacred. I guess only the emperor is qualified to use a golden brush? I guess someone must have lost it here on the night the village was massacred!"

"The village was massacred. Besides the murderers, there are only the people left! So, it's obvious who this brush belongs to!"

Ma Sandao shouted from the side, "Your Highness, just take this brush as a witness and all the truth will be revealed!"

Zhou Chuxuan gently stroked the brush in his hand for a long time, then gave a wry smile and looked at the two of them: "Master Han, Master Ma, I'm afraid this brush alone won't be enough to clear your name!"

"what?"

Han Bin and Ma Sandao looked at each other, obviously a little anxious. As for the Fuling Army soldiers who followed them, they were talking about it and looked angry.

"Since you've found the evidence, why don't you exonerate us? Then what is His Royal Highness doing here?"

"Haha, I don't think this so-called Crown Prince has any regard for us at all. He must have mistaken us for bandits from the beginning!"

"Hmph, if they don't redress our wrongdoing, then we might as well just go back to being kings. These crooked officials in the court don't recognize us anyway, and even the old emperor is plotting and scheming against us!"

The voices of the Fuling Army soldiers behind were getting more and more intense, and they were even beginning to think about gathering in the mountains again. Their eyes were full of anger as they looked at Zhou Chuxuan.

Han Bin frowned and shouted angrily, "Shut up, everyone! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is kind and generous. He must be here to vindicate us! Don't make random guesses!"

After being scolded by Han Bin, the Fuling Army soldiers stopped talking, but their eyes still revealed hostility.

Zhou Chuxuan smiled helplessly: "Master Han, the brothers have indeed suffered these days. It is indeed my fault that I could not rescue the brothers from their suffering in time!"

"But, brothers, I promise that I will clear your name as soon as possible! Please believe me, brothers!"

"Your Highness, since you said that this brush cannot be used as evidence, how can we prove our innocence?" Han Bin frowned: "It's not that I don't believe Your Highness, but even the emperor wants us to die. We..."

Zhou Chuxuan smiled slightly and slowly stood up: "Even in desperate situations, there may be a way out!"