A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 771 Suspicion of the Xiao Family

The Xianbei emperor, sitting behind the curtain, exudes majesty without even getting angry. The tall and thin figure of the man is vaguely visible through the semi-transparent gauze curtain.

Then, he said in a gloomy voice:
"You all, go and tell Lanling Wang across the street that I have important matters to discuss with my lady. Do not disturb us! Immediately - withdraw!"

Since the emperor had issued a death order, the soldiers dared not linger any longer and said "Yes" in unison!
As several soldiers who were kneeling on the ground got off the carriage one by one, and the carriage was empty, Yuan Wuyou found that it was quite spacious inside.

The Xianbei emperor opposite slowly lifted the gauze curtain with one hand, revealing his pair of cold eyes hidden by his jade face.

Now that the crisis is over.

Yuan Wuyou then sheathed her sword. Because the armor she was wearing was too heavy and she couldn't stand up in the carriage, she simply sat on the ground, rubbing her wrist that was hurt by the hemp rope, and said unhappily,
"Go ahead, what else do you want to ask me?"

Yuwen Huaibi stretched out his porcelain-white hands, slowly pushed aside the gauze curtains on both sides, revealing his entire face covered by the jade mask, and then said:

"Yuwen Xiaobo's second brother, Yuwen Fuling, the Wan Yuwuyu you know, is not dead. He has transformed himself into the Khan of the Tanguts and is invading the territory of the Great Zhou! Do you know about this?"

"Whether you know or not is none of my business. I, the ruler of Huaxu State, have long been sidelined by you. Now you are blaming me again. Can't I control my subordinates?"

Yuan Wuyou spoke in a nonchalant tone, but his eyes would occasionally glance at the man behind the gauze curtain.

The Xianbei man's gray-blue eyes narrowed slightly, with a sinister look in his eyes.

"I originally wanted to take you back to Chang'an to take up your post, but now it seems that I have to postpone it. You can't even handle your own affairs."

Hearing this, the girl in armor sitting on the ground suddenly raised her eyes and glared at him sharply with her amber eyes.

"Your true nature has been exposed, right? Tsk... You are just using me. You know better than anyone how much oppression and torture Hua Xu and I have endured in the past three years."

As she spoke, she slowly stood up and tried to squat, her eyes arrogant.

"But I am not a pushover, and we from Huaxu are even less so. I never expected to return to Fengling, so I was not disappointed. You can see that I can make outstanding military achievements wherever I go. Without the small favors from Zhou, I would be even more powerful."

Seeing that she was so decisive, Yuwen Huaibi subconsciously raised his sleeves to stop her, but he restrained himself and said in a hurry:
"Wait! Actually, the reason I met you this time is because of the Imperial Seal."

Yuan Wuyou frowned, "It's not with me."

"You know, even if everyone wants Yuan Mingjian to replace the King of Fengling, I will only recognize you as the King of Fengling. But thanks to Li Mingjian's attempt to snatch the jade seal in public a few days ago, although it was snatched away by Qi State, it also let everyone know his wolfish ambitions."

"So? You want me to be your accomplice and snatch the imperial seal back from Qi State and give it to you?"

"The jade seal in Qi's hands is fake."

The Xianbei emperor, who was sitting behind the gauze curtain, spoke these words with a firm tone.

Yuan Wuyou's heart skipped a beat. How did he know that? Could it be that Li Mingjian was exposed?

"How dare you conclude that? Did the Emperor of Qi tell you that?"

"I was invited to Bowang City for peace talks last night, in fact, to verify this matter in person."

As he spoke, Yuwen Huaibi looked at her with sinister and cruel eyes.

"And Li Ming did not have the imperial seal in his hand, so my advisers all suspected... that the Xiao family was trying to kill someone with a borrowed knife, fish in troubled waters, and take the opportunity to take the imperial seal back to the Southern Dynasty." Yuan Wuyou suddenly realized.

In this way, all her doubts were explained, but sadly, she did not expect that the Gao brothers would hide the recent major events in Qi State from her.

Instead, she had to rely on Yuwen Huaibi, who was hostile to her, to tell her the information about Qi.

Afterwards, Yuwen Huaibi suddenly took out two gold rings from the brocade bag on his waist, saying that they were seized from the female pirates in Jiyang.

He also said that when he was in Mulan City, he had seen these two rings on the hands of Prince Xizhou, and he suspected that these people in the Southern Dynasty were colluding with each other.

And he also wanted to find Yuan Wuyou to use her connections in Qi to investigate whether the Lanling Xiao family was colluding with Southern Chen, so as to play both sides between Zhou and Qi, but deceive both sides.

At this point, the Zhou army's siege of the city was broken.

After receiving the order, Yuan Wuyou felt that there was no time to lose, so he sent people out to look for the Fisherman and the Prince Xizhou as soon as he returned to the Qi camp.

However, after asking around, I found out that no one has seen these two people since the Mulan City Incident.

However, Zu Ting used his connections to send a message by carrier pigeon, and the news did not arrive until noon, saying that the uncle and nephew had already paid homage to their ancestors in Lanling County, and had also given them a ruby ​​ring, saying that this was the ring on Xiao Qingzhi's hand, and tried his best to clarify that he had no involvement in the matter.

At this time, Yuan Wuyou, with Bell and his wife, and the private soldiers lent to her by King Lanling, escorted the old general and his daughter who were protecting Yuan Taimu's bones, south to Mulan City.

Only Gao Changgong was left in Bowang City.

Gao Yanzong was also not idle. Not only did he bring his personal soldiers to accompany her to the south of the Yangtze River, but also according to Yuan Wuyou's recollection, he sent people on horseback to the four cities of Nansizhou to inquire about the last prince of Southern Liang who called Xiao Tongyan aunt.

Yuan Wuyou didn't want to trouble him, but Gao Yanzong said jokingly that he was just an idler in the Qi camp and was not needed in the war. Fortunately, there was still some place for him with his sweetheart.

But things are different now. Gao Yanzong is pregnant with her child.

For public reasons, Yuan Wuyou would not let him participate in her controversial actions. For private reasons, she did not want her pregnant husband to travel with her and risk her life.

When Yuan Wuyou was about to reach Huyang, which was across the county from Xinye but occupied by the Dangxiang, the pigeons sent out from all directions to inquire about the news gradually found her.

There was also news that the last prince of Southern Liang passed through Jingxiang a few days ago. It was not known whether he went to Later Liang.

Yuan Wuyou was not interested in the imperial seal, she just wanted to get to Mulan City as soon as possible. She walked along the border of the city occupied by the Tanguts, and only then did she learn that the Bailan Tanguts had been expanding their territory with great momentum.

At first, Dangxiang Bailan only said that he wanted to pass through Xiangyang, but now he turned against them and had already penetrated the central and southern parts of Xiangyang, breaking the Jingxiang area in half and tearing it into several pieces. Even the prefect of Xiangyang was trapped in Xinye and could not return.

Yuan Wuyou became even more anxious when he heard this. What on earth did Wan Yuwuyou want to do?

She wanted to go to Huyang first to capture the tongue of a Qiang soldier and ask him where the Dangxiang Khan was.

As the clouds and fog dispersed, the midday sun made people feel dizzy. The queen who was riding a horse felt a tightness in her chest and excitement, and her eyes went dark. She almost fell off the horse!

It was Bell, who followed behind her horse, who urged his horse to come over and hold her. The old general who was carrying the skeleton also came over and urged her to get off and rest, and not to rush on.

Especially the little girl who was tied to her mother's front lapel, she was sensible enough to take out the wild smilax she picked on the road, crushed it and applied it on her forehead and temples to wake her up.

Seeing that the king was furious, the group of people hurriedly helped her off the horse, rested on the spot, and discussed countermeasures.