"Madam, ma'am, the Eighth Prince is here." The subordinates in Murong's mansion hurriedly ran in to spread the word.

Li Miaoxin and Zhou Xiaolan immediately came out to greet them, and when they walked to the garden, they saw Xuanyuan Jue walking in in a hurry.

"What's going on? I've only been away from the capital for a few days, how can so many things happen? Without waiting for Li Miaoxin and Zhou Xiaolan to say goodbye, Xuanyuan Jue asked eagerly.

"The Eighth Prince is still talking in the house." After Li Miaoxin and Zhou Xiaolan invited Xuanyuan Jue into the house, they told the cause and effect of the matter, of course, they did not mention that Xuanyuan Hao and Murong Xuanji were still alive, but only said that Xuanyuan Mo was taking revenge on the General's Mansion because he could not get the support of the Great General's Mansion.

"Why don't you tell your father about these things? Father Emperor has always believed in General Murong very much, as long as he said that his father would at least believe it if he didn't necessarily believe it, then General Murong and they could buy time to find evidence for themselves to prove their innocence? Xuanyuan Jue asked with some puzzlement.

"Since the third prince has the heart to deal with the lord and them, he will not leave a handle on his work. Even if the emperor wants to give the old man time to find evidence, I'm afraid he will be stopped. Now most of the people in the court are the three princes, and since the accident in the house, the two of us have searched for everyone, but no one is willing to stand up and speak for the master. Li Miaoxin said disappointedly.

"Since the accident between the Nine Emperor Princes and Xuanji, the lord has not been to the court for a long time because of grief and illness, and the third prince has taken advantage of this to constantly slander and slander the lord in front of the emperor, so that the emperor has gradually lost trust in the lord." Zhou Xiaolan said with a sad face: "Now that the court is up and down, the only person we can think of is you, the Eighth Prince, if you don't even help us, then we really can't do anything." ”

Xuanyuan Jue said with a solemn face: "Madame's words are serious, General Yu Gong Murong is the hero of our Beiming Kingdom, how can I watch him being wrongfully framed, Yu Private, this Great General's Mansion is the maiden family of the Nine Emperor Princesses, it is the Yue family of the Nine Emperor Princes, I have such a good relationship with the Nine Emperor Brothers, no matter what, now that there is an accident in the Great General's Mansion, it is incumbent on me to help." ”

Hearing Xuanyuan Jue say this, Li Miaoxin and Zhou Xiaolan finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Xuanyuan Jue expectantly.

Xuanyuan Jue took a deep breath, thought for a while and said: "But I rarely moved around with the ministers of the DPRK and China before, and there were not many intersections, and now the third prince covers the sky with one hand, I don't know how much I can help." ”

"No matter how much the Eighth Prince can help, as long as the Eighth Prince has this heart, my sister and I are very grateful." Li Miaoxin took Zhou Xiaolan's hand and looked at Xuanyuan Jue with a grateful expression.

"Madame doesn't have to be like that." Xuanyuan Jue glanced at the room and said, "I now know about General Murong and several sons, then I will immediately find a way without delay, the two ladies don't need to be too anxious, I will order someone to come and spread any news." ”

"Eighth Prince Xie." Li Miaoxin and Zhou Xiaolan thanked each other in unison, and sent him outside the mansion, watching his figure disappear into the crowd, both of them were reluctant to return to the mansion.

"Master, the Eighth Prince is back." Since the henchman was said by Xuanyuan Mo last time, as long as there is a little news, he will come back immediately to convey it.

"He's coming back, what's it that makes you panic?" Seeing the panicked appearance of his henchman, Xuanyuan Mo spoke again unhappily.

"After the eighth prince returned to Beijing, he did not return to the mansion immediately, but went to Murong Mansion and stayed in Murong Mansion for a while before leaving." The henchman said cautiously while paying attention to Xuanyuan Mo's expression, worried that he would be unhappy if he didn't pay attention to saying the wrong thing.

Sure enough, the henchman's words made Xuanyuan Mo stop the movements in his hand, put the brush on the inkstone on the side, raised his head and looked at the henchman and asked with a serious face: "The eighth prince went to Murong Mansion, do you know why he went?" ”

"They were talking in the house, and they didn't hear what they were talking about." Seeing Xuanyuan Mo's disappointed expression, his henchman immediately said again: "However, I saw that the two Murong Ladies personally sent the Eighth Prince away. ”

"At this time, the Eighth Prince will go to Murong Mansion just for the sake of Murong He and his three sons." Xuanyuan Mo sneered and said: "Even if Murong Mansion finds the Eighth Prince to help, Xuanyuan Jue has been outside the capital, and there are no henchmen in the capital at all, how can he help Murong Mansion, it is simply whimsical." ”

"Master, do you want your subordinates to send someone to monitor the Eighth Prince's Mansion and pay attention to the movements of the Eighth Prince?" The henchman asked cautiously.

Xuanyuan Mo thought for a moment and nodded and said, "That's it, find someone to keep an eye on his actions, and see who he can find to help." ”

"Yes!" The henchman nodded, and left in a hurry again. Leaving Xuanyuan Mo alone in a chair thinking about things.

"Dad, are you alright?" Murong Xilang heard Murong He's coughing all the time, and asked worriedly. Murong He's body has not fully recovered since he was sick before, and now he is locked up in this kind of dark prison, the air is not good, the accommodation is even worse, not to mention the food, Murong Xilang is worried that his body will not be able to support it.

Murong He smoothed his breath, waved his hand and said weakly: "I'm fine!" ”

"This Xuanyuan Mo, I will definitely not let him go after I go out." Murong Xijun watched his father and brother being locked in, and when he saw Murong He's sick appearance, he couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore, and jumped up from the ground and slammed his angry fist against the wall.

"Don't let me go? I can't believe you would dare to say such big things now. Suddenly, the four Murong father and son were very annoying voices in the prison, Xuanyuan Mo came out of the darkness and looked proudly at the four Murong father and son who were locked in the cell.

"Xuanyuan Mo, you sinister villain, I won't let you go." Seeing Xuanyuan Mo appear, Murong Xijun shouted angrily, if he hadn't been locked up in prison, he might have rushed over to teach Xuanyuan Mo a lesson.

"Hee-joon, don't talk nonsense with this kind of person." Murong Xijie glared at Xuanyuan Mo, and reminded Murong Xijun loudly, on the one hand, Murong Xijie felt that there was no need to talk to a villain like Xuanyuan Mo, on the other hand, he also felt that the current situation was not favorable to his side, and he was worried that Xuanyuan Xijun would not know how Xuanyuan Mo would deal with him in order to be quick to speak for a while.

"The third prince came to this kind of place, he didn't come to scold, right?" Murong Xilang asked coldly, "Do you still want to see how our father and son are here?" We're fine, the third prince should go back. ”

Xuanyuan Mo sneered and said arrogantly: "Of course I didn't come here to see so simple, but I came here to do a good job on the orders of my father." ”

Seeing the ill-intentioned face on Xuanyuan Mo's face, the four of the Murong family, father and son, felt that danger had come, but the four of them did not have any fear or anxiety, but watched him perform coldly.

"Someone!" Xuanyuan Mo's expression was on one side, and there was a cruel look in his eyes, "Bring those people out for me, hang them up and beat them hard." ”

"Xuanyuan Mo, you bastard, if you dare to attack my father, I won't let you go." When Murong Xijun heard Xuanyuan Mo say this, he immediately rushed past the cell door and shouted angrily at Xuanyuan Mo, while Murong Xijie and Murong Xilang invariably protected Murong He's face.

"The false proclamation of the holy decree is to connect the nine clans." Murong Xilang said with a frown. Although he said so, seeing Xuanyuan Mo's calm appearance, I believe that if it weren't for the emperor's permission, he wouldn't dare to come to the prison so arrogantly to torture.

"Whether it's true or not, we'll talk about it when you have a chance to get out of here." Xuanyuan Mo ignored their threats at all, and ordered the soldiers around him, "Why are you still stunned, hurry up and hang people up and whip me hard until they are willing to confess." ”

The jailer on the side hesitated, but when he saw Xuanyuan Mo's gaze as if he was about to kill, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to refuse, and immediately led a group of people to drag Murong He and the others out of the prison and hang them on the torture rack.

Without giving them a chance to speak, the leather whip slammed into his body, and immediately the skin and flesh opened and looked shocking.

The heart-piercing pain made the four Murong father and son not even snort, let alone beg for mercy, the four of them gritted their teeth tightly and let the leather whip whit on their bodies.

"Stop!" Looking at the scars on the four of them, Xuanyuan Mo finally opened his mouth to stop, walked up to the four of them and said gloomily: "If you are willing to beg for mercy, I will let them put you down." ”

"I, Murong He, have been on the battlefield for decades, and I haven't suffered any pain, how can I give in under a whip today. You better stop daydreaming. Murong He looked at Xuanyuan Mo and said disdainfully: "Do you think that if you arrest us and torture us, we will surrender?" Neither my son nor I will bow down to you. ”

Xuanyuan Mo was angry at what Murong He said, and he wanted to have a seizure but he still held back, and said with a sneer: "I know that you have hard bones and are not afraid of beating, but is your son also like you?" Xuanyuan Mo walked up to the other three and said coercively: "Your father is no longer a general, he is no different from ordinary people, and you are different, although you are now in prison, but as long as you are willing to take refuge in me, I can guarantee that you will be acquitted immediately, not only that, your official title will still not change." ”

"Do you think we're as greedy and selfish as you are? Even if we were killed, we wouldn't take refuge in people like you. Murong Xijun was the first to refuse.

"Someone like me?" Xuanyuan Mo's eyes showed a hint of coldness, and the sneer on his face made people shudder a little, "Xuanyuan Hao is dead, Xuanyuan Che has also been put in prison, who among the many princes now dares to compete with me?" I can confidently tell you that whether it is the crown prince or the throne, I am bound to win, and if you take refuge in me, you will only enjoy endless glory and wealth, let alone adding officials to the knighthood. People must know that those who know the times are handsome, don't be an old stubborn like your father, and in the end you won't get anything. ”

"Even if you have nothing in the end, it's much better than someone like you." Murong Xijie said coldly: "Don't think of us as you do, power, fame and fortune are like dung to us, and they can't tempt us at all, so don't waste your efforts." ”

Xuanyuan Mo looked at the unwavering expressions of several people, the anger in his heart accumulated more and more, snatched the whip from the hand of the jailer on the side and whipped it at Murong Xijie's body, and said angrily: "I want to see if your mouth is hard, or the whip in my hand is powerful." ”

Xuanyuan Mo whipped at the few of them as if he was crazy, and only threw the whip on the ground when he was tired, seeing that there was still no sign of relenting in his heart, he was angry and angry in his heart.

This is Murong He suddenly said: "Even if you are the most powerful in the court now, even if the other princes are not as good as you now, not as strong as you, but I still say the same thing, no one knows what the result will be at the last moment, are you sure that you will be the final winner?" ”

Seeing Murong He's calm appearance, a trace of uneasiness flashed in Xuanyuan Mo's heart, and he immediately rushed to him and grabbed his neck and said, "What do you mean by this?" Are you saying that I can't be a prince and can't be an emperor? ”

"From ancient times to the present, Yan Huang Yu Shun, only if Renjun wins the hearts of the people, the world can be unified, even if the emperor hands over the Beiming Kingdom to you, it is only a disaster for the Beiming Kingdom." Murong Xilang saw that Murong He's neck was choked by Xuanyuan Mo, and he was worried about anger in his heart, but he knew that if Xuanyuan Mo let go at this time, he would not listen to his words at all, so he could only divert his attention and let him stop targeting Murong He.

Sure enough, Murong Xilang's plan succeeded, Xuanyuan Mo let go of Murong He, came to Murong Xilang, looked at him with a gloomy face, and said, "The more you think I can't be the emperor, then I have to regret what you said." ”

"Hahaha, you're too self-righteous." Murong Xijun suddenly laughed out loud and said sneeringly: "Or are you delusional, isn't your mother an imperial concubine?" Hurry up and ask her to ask the doctor to prescribe some medicine for you to eat, don't daydream all day, it's not dark yet. ”

"You-" Xuanyuan Mo couldn't catch Murong Xijun's words in a breath, and pointed at him but couldn't think of anything to refute him for a while.

"You'd better hurry up and go back, it's just wishful thinking to buy off our brothers, even if we die, we won't be co-opted by you." Seeing that Xuanyuan Mo was angry with himself, Murong Xijun was happy for a while, and said even more mockingly.

"Okay, since you are so backbone, then you can stay here well, maybe this is your final destination!" Xuanyuan Mo put down the threat and left in a hurry.

The jailer looked at the situation in front of him, and for a moment he didn't know what to do. After thinking about it, he still called someone to send all the father and son of the Murong family back to the cell. Even if Murong He is not a general now, the other three still have official positions, and the jailer is also worried that if he treats them badly, once they turn over and leave the prison, they will come back to settle accounts with him.

"Dad, are you alright?" The third son of the Murong family returned to the prison, regardless of his injuries, and all gathered around Murong He's side to look at his injuries worriedly.

"I'm fine!" In order not to worry everyone, Murong He said weakly but stubbornly, moved his body, sat up against the wall, looked at his three sons and said with some self-deprecation: "It seems that I am really old, and this injury has made my physical strength a little exhausted." ”