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

Zhou Chuxuan glanced at the embroiderer, then left the room and closed the door. He pulled Erhu aside and whispered, "What happened?"

"Lao Yang's three children were kidnapped! Just this morning, when Lao Yang and his three children were about to enter the city, they were kidnapped by a group of masked men!"

Erhu frowned, "Now Old Sheep wants to go alone to rescue! Those soldiers won't let me, and are arguing behind us!"

Zhou Chuxuan's eyes flashed: "He's really fast! Father gave me two thousand men, go to the military camp and mobilize them!"

"Two thousand people?" Erhu was quite surprised. It seemed that none of these princes had military power?

"Yes, gather at the south gate of the capital! I'll go find Lao Yang!"

......

"Old Sheep, you can't go!"

"Yes, Old Sheep, this matter should be made known to His Highness first before a decision is made!"

Old Yang burst into tears, tightly gripping the musket in his hand: "Your Highness the Crown Prince has been so kind to me, I cannot cause any more trouble for His Highness!"

"This is the silver His Highness gave me. Please return it to His Highness for me, and I will leave on my own!"

"Old Sheep! You are my bodyguard. If something happens to me, why don't you tell me? How can you be so unreasonable?"

As he was speaking, Zhou Chuxuan strode in from outside, his eyes deep and calm, his hands behind his back, and he looked intimidating without even being angry.

All the soldiers saluted in unison: "We pay our respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Your Highness, I'm sorry for causing you trouble!" Old Sheep choked up a little: "I'm useless. I couldn't save my child!"

"Who kidnapped your child? Do you have any specific clues?" Zhou Chuxuan waved his hand, signaling the others to go about their business.

"Your Highness, I picked up the three children and walked not far from the South Gate when a group of masked men in black rushed out and stopped me!"

"I didn't have a musket or a crossbow with me at the time, and I didn't even have a single weapon on me. They knocked me unconscious, and when I woke up, the child was gone!"

Lao Yang clenched his fists tightly and said, "We could see the city gate from that place, but the soldiers there turned a blind eye!"

Zhou Chuxuan's heart sank slightly. "Old Sheep, don't worry. I've already gathered a team and will be setting off soon to help you rescue the child!"

"Your Highness, I have no way to repay your kindness!" As Lao Yang spoke, he was about to kneel down to express his gratitude, but Zhou Chuxuan helped him up in time.

"Old Sheep, no more words needed, pack up and get ready to go!"

"Yes, His Royal Highness!"

The news that Zhou Chuxuan led his troops out of the city was soon known to all forces, and for a time, there was a storm and many different opinions.

"Your Majesty, Sixth Brother actually recruited soldiers privately. This must be a sinister intention! Sixth Brother's background was somewhat shady back then, and now..."

Zhou Heguan was speaking incessantly in the imperial study when he was interrupted by an angry shout from Emperor Wu: "Didn't I tell you to face the wall and reflect on your mistakes in your residence for a month? Why did you sneak out?"

"I gave Lao Liu his troops. Do I need to report to you for anything I do?"

Emperor Wu's mood was originally relatively stable, but the words "Sixth Brother's background is not legitimate" completely aroused Emperor Wu's anger.

Wouldn't that be exposing the ugly things he did back then?

"This... Father, I am also concerned about the safety of the Wu Dynasty. I hope you can send someone to investigate, otherwise it will be too late to regret..."

"shut up!"

Emperor Wu roared angrily, pointing at Zhou Heguan, his face gloomy. "Get back to your residence now! If you dare step out of your house again within a month, I will break your legs!"

"Yes, father! I won't dare to do it again. I will go back now!" Zhou Heguan hurriedly left the imperial study in shame.

At the same time, Zhou Chuxuan had already led more than 2,000 soldiers out of the south gate of the capital and headed straight for the place where Lao Yang was attacked.

"Is this the place?"

Looking at the dense trees around him and the messy traces on the ground, Zhou Chuxuan frowned slightly.

This time the other party didn't leave any clues, not even a letter. Could it be that they are going to attack directly?

The old sheep nodded: "Your Highness, this is it!"

"Search carefully, don't miss any place! If you find anything unusual, report it to me immediately!"

Zhou Chuxuan waved his hand, and his soldiers immediately dispersed and searched in all directions.

Soon, a soldier made a discovery: "Your Highness, we have found something here!"

When Zhou Chuxuan rushed over, he found that the trees over there had indeed been scraped, and all the branches and leaves were leaning to the other side.

"The guards from the Eastern Palace must follow me in. The rest of you must completely surround this forest. Don't let a single fly escape!"

"As ordered!"

After searching along the traces for a long time, Zhou Chuxuan had a growing premonition that this was a mark deliberately left for them by the other party in order to lure them to chase after it.

"Lao Yang, inform everyone to hold their muskets in their hands. If there is an emergency, you can just shoot!"

"Yes!"

As they approached deeper into the woods, a strong smell of blood gradually drifted into everyone's nostrils.

Zhou Chuxuan frowned and waved his hand to signal the people behind him to stop: "You wait here for a while, I will go and take a look myself!"

"Your Highness, how can this be? I'm here to protect you!"

Lao Yang stood directly beside Zhou Chuxuan, holding a musket in one hand and a small crossbow in the other.

"All right!"

Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, Zhou Chuxuan just let him follow him.

Soon, a scene that made Lao Yang's eyes tear into pieces appeared before his eyes.

A group of men in black were standing ready with swords in hand. In the middle, a man with an extremely feminine appearance was fiddling with a dagger in his hand, with a cold smile on his lips.

The three children were stripped and hung on a big tree at the back, with a boiling oil pan underneath. For some reason, the oil pan was emitting a strong smell of blood.

Seeing Zhou Chuxuan and Lao Yang appear, the feminine man smiled slightly, and that smile made people feel creepy.

"Haha, you guys are here after all! Why, do you want to see if your child is missing something?"

Upon hearing this, the two discovered that the three children's private parts had been cut off, and blood was dripping into the oil pan.

"asshole!"

The old sheep roared angrily and was about to rush forward, but Zhou Chuxuan hurriedly pulled him back: "Old Sheep, calm down!"

"Your Highness, they took my child..."

Looking at the miserable state of his child, Lao Yang's eyes were bloodshot, veins on his neck bulged, and he was on the verge of rage.

"Old Yang, calm down, I'll handle it!" Zhou Chuxuan finally managed to subdue Old Yang and looked at the feminine man.

"Tsk tsk! Your Highness, I didn't expect you to be so into the role!"

The feminine man pointed to the frying pan and said, "There's the blood of over a hundred wild beasts in here, and it's already boiling. If I add your blood to it, I think it will be delicious!"

"I learned this from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Lao Yang was stunned when he heard this. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?