Deposed Crown Prince: After three years of service on the frontier, the entire court knelt and begge

Xiao Yang hadn't seen Xiao Ce's sour face in a long time.

He hurried forward to greet Xiao Ce and asked, "Brother, what happened?"

Xiao Ce nodded and said, "I didn't want you to come at first, but after thinking it over, I decided to let you come anyway..."

Seeing how serious Xiao Ce was, Xiao Yang felt his heart was about to jump out of his throat.

"Brother, what's wrong? I'm a little scared?"

Xiao Ce saw that Xiao Yang's face was deathly pale, and he looked terrified.

He then said to Xiao Yang, "Don't be nervous, sit down first."

Xiao Yang swallowed hard and sat down to the side.

Xiao Ce maintained a stern expression before sitting down.

"What happened to my brother?"

After a moment's hesitation, Xiao Ce said to Xiao Yang, "Don't be nervous, I'm just letting you know I'm leaving..."

Xiao Yang was taken aback: "Back to Mobei?"

Before Xiao Ce could speak, he nodded and asked, "Is there a problem in the Northern Desert?"

Xiao Ce nodded: "That's right. Those Slavs are constantly raiding the Turkic territory, and have already occupied half of the Turkic land! They've seized the trade route through India, separating the northern desert from the Turkic lands! They're now openly extorting the Turks, and even us in the northern desert!"

"What? Your Majesty, don't you have elite troops and strong generals in the Northern Desert? Moreover, your weapons are also very sophisticated. Logically speaking, it's not the Slavs' place to make a fuss, is it?" Xiao Yang asked in confusion.

Xiao Ce nodded: "The Slavs also possess some firearms! So, in a battle where both sides are armed with firearms, their firearms seem to have the upper hand! It's said that they also have some cannons. Compared to their heavy firepower, our weapons are simply insignificant!"

Xiao Yang's eyes widened upon hearing this: "What? Royal brother, didn't you invent this firearm?"

Xiao Ce gave a wry smile: "If I can do it, why can't others? Besides, the situation seems to be developing in a way that I don't want to see!"

Xiao Yang listened with a strange expression: "Brother, what do you mean?"

Xiao Ce said to Xiao Yang, "I originally thought that with the invention and manufacture of our firearms, we were already far ahead. However, it seems that not only are we making progress, but the progress of those outside is even more exaggerated!"

Seeing this, Xiao Yang quickly asked, "Outsider? You mean?"

Xiao Ce nodded: "Outsiders are people from other places, such as Slavs, and people from even further overseas..."

Looking at Xiao Yang's puzzled expression, Xiao Ce realized that Xiao Yang clearly didn't understand the situation very well.

"You don't need to know too much about this. I hope I'm overthinking it. In the current situation, they're using their superior weaponry to blackmail us... I certainly won't allow that to happen. Mobei is my base, and I won't allow it to be compromised."

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Xiao Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Yang didn't think much of what Xiao Ce was saying, since he didn't really understand what Xiao Ce meant by cannons.

In his mind, no matter how powerful the other party was, Xiao Ce was undoubtedly more powerful.

No matter what happens, they can turn danger into safety.

"Brother, you startled me! I thought something serious had happened. It's just going back to the Northern Desert. Don't worry! Your plan here is perfect. Only that bastard Xiao Xiangqing hasn't taken the bait yet... the other two have already taken it."

"If they dare to come in, we'll kill them all... After that, only Xiao Xiangqing will be left, he's no threat at all. With your plan, I'm sure I can handle this..."

Xiao Ce saw that Xiao Yang clearly didn't take it seriously, and didn't even understand what was going on.

Seeing Xiao Yang's blindly confident demeanor, Xiao Ce smiled helplessly: "I came to find you for this very reason! I have a feeling that things here aren't as simple as they seem. Don't get too involved. Prepare an escape route. If anything seems amiss, run!"

Xiao Yang nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite: "Brother, aren't things developing exactly as you predicted?"

Xiao Ce said, "Don't you think all of this is too peaceful? Isn't there a calm before the storm?"

After listening to Xiao Ce's words, Xiao Yang shook his head.

"There's one more thing, be careful... Do you remember Dilit?"

Xiao Yang nodded and said to Xiao Ce, "You know? Brother, what happened to him? Wasn't he chopped off, leaving only his head, and then thrown into the street to fend for himself?"

Xiao Ce nodded: "That's right! He has disappeared. According to Nan Xi's investigation, he was taken away by a person wearing a monk's robe! And that person wearing a monk's robe is clearly part of an organization that came specifically to deal with me. According to Nan Xi's investigation, they have already infiltrated our Xiao Kingdom."

"He's coming towards us, and he's most likely heading towards Xiao Xiangqing's place... They must have some kind of plan once they get there! Remember, if they make any unusual moves, don't worry about anything else, just run!"

Xiao Yang was somewhat surprised to hear Xiao Ce say that.

"run?"

Xiao Ce nodded: "I can't quite put my finger on it, but trust my intuition. I always have a strong sense of threat...maybe it's a talent...as long as we're alive, we can always rebuild."

Xiao Yang nodded heavily: "Then my mother..."

Xiao Ce said, "You've already looked for her several times. Since she won't leave... there's nothing we can do about it... Either you try to find a way to forcibly take her away, or just let her stay here."

Xiao Yang nodded: "Brother, I understand! When are you leaving?"

Xiao Ce said to Xiao Yang, "I'll leave after I finish talking to you."

After listening to Xiao Ce's words, Xiao Yang nodded: "Then when do I leave? What's going on? Is something wrong?"

Xiao Ce said to Xiao Yang, "Just to be on the safe side, you can leave tomorrow..."

Xiao Yang said awkwardly, "Brother, am I redundant to have come?"

Xiao Ce shook his head and said, "No, at least your face was recorded. You've already left an impression on the people... You can go first, and then tell the emperor that there are enemies from the Western Regions invading the border... You need to go back immediately!"

Xiao Yang nodded repeatedly as he listened to Xiao Ce's words.

"Then should I not tell my mother?"

Xiao Ce said to Xiao Yang, "It's up to you..."

Just then, Qian Dafang knocked on the door and came in without waiting for their reply.

Looking at Qian Dafang's hurried manner.

Xiao Ce then asked, "What's wrong?"

Qian Dafang said to Xiao Ce, "Your Highness, the commander of the Imperial Guards, along with a group of black-armored guards, has surrounded us. They insist on coming up! They say they're looking for Xiao Yang. We tried to stop them, but they didn't waste any words and just killed several of our waiters... He's already coming up. Your Highness, you should leave; they've come with ill intentions."

Xiao Ce looked at Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang quickly waved his hand and said, "Your Highness, I don't know what's wrong with them. You should leave first... I want to see what they're up to. We have enough weapons here, there won't be any problems!"

Xiao Ce nodded without saying a word.

Even if he wanted to show himself, now wouldn't be the time. He said to Xiao Yang, "Alright, just play it by ear... But they've come here out of the blue, there must be something going on! You have to be careful."

With that, Xiao Ce stood up and left, escorted by several people.

There's a secret passage here; something's definitely fishy going on.

...

Right after Xiao Ce left, Xiao Yang quickly composed himself and acted as if nothing had happened.

A person leisurely enjoys hot pot.

Just then, the door to their hot pot restaurant was kicked open.

Then a group of guards in black armor surged in.

The commander of the Imperial Guards, his expression changing from before, stood at the doorway: "Xiao Yang, what a refined taste you have! Eating here?"

Xiao Yang saw that the commander of the Imperial Guards was so arrogant.

Xiao Yang immediately became alert.

After all, he didn't know what he had done. It must have been Xiao Wenqin who gave the order that made these people dare to treat him like this.

However, he asked himself, "What have I done?"

Xiao Yang's gaze sharpened, and he said to the newcomer, "You have quite the temper! What are you doing? Trying to arrest me?"

The leader of the Imperial Guards, clad in black armor, spoke up: "Xiao Yang, since you know... then you should surrender immediately."

Xiao Yang narrowed his eyes, his gaze sharp as a knife as he looked at the leading Imperial Guard commander and said, "Surrender? Who do you think you are? Even if you're going to arrest me, you should at least have a reason."

The commander of the Imperial Guards sneered, "Don't you know yourself? Men, seize him!"

Behind Xiao Yang followed the mountain-like Fan Gang Ashina and his chosen guards.

They all took out their flintlock muskets.

Fan Gang Ashina's eyes gleamed as he pulled out two one-handed axes, each about half a person's height, from behind him.

These two one-handed axes were specially made for him by Xiao Ce.

The material is the strongest steel they can currently forge.

Just then, Fan Gang Ashina spoke up, "One of you come up and try..."

The commander of the Imperial Guards, who was in charge, quickly spoke up: "Hmph...you think you can handle this? We have over a thousand people...and you only have five of you...we could drown you with a single spit from each of us!"

Without saying a word, Xiao Yang raised his flintlock pistol and fired a shot at the leading Imperial Guard commander.

This commander of the Imperial Guards clearly hadn't witnessed the power of muskets before.

Without missing a beat, a shot hit him right in the face.

Fresh blood spurted out immediately.

He didn't even have time to make a sound before he fell straight to the ground.

"Fuck you! You think you can take on all of you?! Kill them all!"

Seeing that his shots were quite accurate, Xiao Yang immediately became excited.

Several more shots were fired in quick succession, and the black-armored guards beside him were immediately knocked down.

At that moment, the guards beside Xiao Yang opened fire.

The sudden turn of events caught them off guard, and the twenty men who entered the house were all killed by the gunmen who were firing.

"Damn it! They dared to arrest me... Let's fight our way out..."

Just then, as the soldiers outside rushed in, Fan Gang Ashina's movement played a crucial role...

His massive frame wielded two axes, and the black-armored warriors were chopped into pieces.

Because the elevator had limited capacity, only about thirty people got on.

Qian Dafang then said to Xiao Yang, "Your Highness, why don't you go out through our secret passage? There are thousands of people down there..."

Xiao Yang said to Qian Dafang, "No, thank you. If I leave through the secret passage, it will inevitably involve you... and once you're involved, things will become complicated..."

"Do you know what happened? They just went crazy like that?"

Qian Dafang shook his head awkwardly: "No... everything is perfectly normal! I haven't heard anything about anything happening."

Xiao Yang said to Qian Dafang, "Mr. Qian, then you don't need to worry about it! I'll take care of the rest..."

Qian Dafang was still somewhat wary: "Your Highness, His Highness the King of Mobei instructed me before he left to take good care of you..."

Xiao Yang waved his hand: "You businessmen are supposed to remain neutral. Once I break through, and I'm gone... how will you face me? If you take a stand, you'll still be the victim!"

Qian Dafang was indeed somewhat surprised after hearing Xiao Yang's words, but a touch of emotion still flashed through his heart.

Xiao Yang's words were indeed very reasonable.

"and you..."

Xiao Yang nodded: "It's alright... I have a plan! At worst, I'll just go with them. I won't die..."

"Let's go downstairs properly!"

As he spoke, Xiao Yang walked to the window and shouted, while a number of people gathered downstairs to watch.

He wanted to learn from Xiao Ce, to always have the upper hand in public opinion, no matter when or where.

"My lords, I don't know who has instigated you to try and arrest me? I risked my life to return for the sake of the Great Xiao! Why are you arresting me... Is the Emperor so intolerant of me?"

...

Xiao Yang's appealing and reasoned appeal from outside the window caused a stir among the people.

“I will come down. Arrest me, I need a reason... Otherwise, I won’t go with you! I’ll come down right now if you have a legitimate reason to arrest me. I won’t resist, I will go with you!”

“But if you try to arrest me on trumped-up charges... I would rather die than submit! If you try to forcibly arrest me, this is what will happen to them!”

As Xiao Yang spoke, he instructed Fan Gang Ashina to throw down the thirty-odd corpses one by one!

The people below were stunned to see more than thirty corpses being thrown down!