Night River Palace, above the court.

Mu Yunzhen looked at the civil and military officials below with a solemn face, and then said: "Recently, after the marriage between the Liang Kingdom of the Eastern Regions and the Golden Feather Kingdom in the same domain, they actually gathered troops at the boundary of the two regions, intending to invade our country's land. ”

Mu Yunzhen paused, and after his eyes wandered over the people below, he said, "I want to send troops to suppress it, which Aiqing is willing to lead troops to the battle?" ”

At this time, Wu Min, the secretary of the Ministry of War, stood up, "The minister thinks that Yang Zhenliang, the hussar general under Zhang Qi, is wise and brave, and has led the army to fight for many years, has rich experience, and can be of great use, so it is most suitable for him to lead the troops on this expedition." ”

Mu Yunzhen was noncommittal to Wu Min's words, and asked instead, "What do the Qing family think?" ”

At this moment, Mu Yunqing on the side stood up and said respectfully: "Son, please take your life, I am willing to go out with the army to share my father's worries!" ”

Then, Yuan Xiu's proud protégé, Meng Xiang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also stood up and said: "The minister thinks that what Lord Wu Min said is very true, and now I have lost Zhang Qi and the former Huaiyuan King two generals in Yehe one after another, so that those two small border countries think that there is no one in my court and try to invade in vain. ”

"If we can send the hussar general Yang Zhenliang to suppress it, and then let the king of Yanbei go out with the army, it will better reflect the prestige of our Yehe country and boost the morale of the army."

When Mu Yunzhen heard this, he felt that this plan was more reasonable, and no one objected, so he agreed to this proposal, "Hussar General Yang Zhenliang, Yanbei Wang Mu Yunqing takes the order!" ”

Hearing this, Yang Zhenliang hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The minister is here!" ”

"I order you to immediately lead an army of 100,000 to the junction of the two regions to suppress the enemy, and Mu Yunqing, the king of Yanbei, will fight with the army, in order to boost the morale of the army, and the march and battle will be dealt with by General Yang at his expediency, and the king of Yanbei will assist from the side! Chin this! ”

"The minister (son) is the leader!" After Mu Yunqing and Yang Zhenliang received the decree, Mu Yunzhen announced his retreat from the dynasty.

Muyun Che Fuzhong.

At this time, Mu Yunche was sitting in the study with a sad face, as if he had encountered something difficult.

At this time, Bai Xiaoqi walked in, looked at him as languishing as a frosted eggplant, and asked, "What's wrong with you, so unenergetic?" ”

"Hey...... Don't mention it, Wu Min, the secretary of the military department, is very cunning and cunning, and I am thinking about what method to use to deal with him! Mu Yunche saw that Xiao Qi was coming, so he spit bitter water with her.

"Oh, you say this, I have a piece of news, I don't know if I can help you!" Xiao Qi looked at Mu Yunche and smiled slyly.

Mu Yunche's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked at Bai Xiaoqi and said eagerly: "Tell me quickly!" ”

"I met a child on the street before, who was only five or six years old, and I saw that he was ridiculed by others for not having a father, so I asked him curiously why, and he told me that his father died in battle."

Bai Xiaoqi paused to observe Mu Yunche's reaction when he said this, and sure enough, Mu Yunche looked at Xiao Qi with an epiphany on his face, and said, "Is this true?" ”

"Of course, I went to his house to ask her mother later, and I got a positive answer, Yehe Country has been peaceful and prosperous for more than ten years, there is no war at all, this child is only five years old, what is the matter with your father being conscripted into the army and dying on the battlefield?"

"Someone privately stationed troops for other purposes?" The expression on Mu Yunche's face became more and more excited.

"Who else can recruit with great fanfare and not be suspected, except for the military department! I also checked the location for you before, it is thirty miles east of Liuyun City, there is a formation protection outside, and it looks no different from ordinary mountains and forests from the outside, you can do it yourself! ”

Bai Xiaoqi threw down a sentence and was about to turn around and leave. Then he said to Mu Yunche as if he remembered something: "By the way, I remember that it is not far from the imperial tomb, you should be careful, don't destroy your ancestral tomb!" ”

Mu Yunche smiled wickedly when he heard this, "Then thank you Little Seventh Brother for reminding me, but this formation ......"

"Okay, although I'm not as proficient in the formation as Xiaoba, but I have seen it, the formation outside the city is not difficult to break, and I will help you when the time comes!" After speaking, Xiao Qi limped out of the house.

After hearing Bai Xiaoqi's words, Mu Yunche ordered his guards to investigate the situation.

In the evening, the guards replied and saw that the soldiers had gone to the woods outside the city, and they had already led people to ambush there before, waiting for Mu Yunche's order.

"Heh, God really help me, Lord Wu, then don't blame me for being ruthless!" Mu Yunche had a somewhat hideous smile on his face.

Then he said to the guard: "Call Bai Xiaoqi, let's go!" ”

A group of several people, riding their horses and galloping, finally arrived at the woods outside the city where there were private soldiers within half an hour.

As soon as they got off the horse, a spy came to report that Wu Min had left in a carriage a quarter of an hour earlier.

Mu Yunche did not hesitate, and immediately said: "Catch him for me and throw him back!" ”

When the three guards heard this, one of them disappeared into the night.

Then Mu Yunche turned his head and said to Bai Xiaoqi: "Break the formation!" ”

But Bai Xiaoqi smiled, "It's not necessary to break the formation, I can let you take this place without a single soldier!" ”

Mu Yunche was very surprised when he heard this, and he couldn't think of any other way to subdue all the people inside without using his hands.

I saw Bai Xiaoqi constantly walking around the big array, moving the grass and stones around the big array from time to time, because this formation covered a whole mountain, Bai Xiaoqi also walked farther and farther, and after a long time, Bai Xiaoqi's figure appeared from the other side of the mountain.

At the same time, Wu Min was knocked unconscious by a guard and carried back.

Seeing this, Bai Xiaoqi smiled, "Throw him back for me!" ”

Although the guards didn't understand what Bai Xiaoqi was going to do, they still did as she said and threw Wu Min into the formation.

At this moment, Bai Xiaoqi stepped forward and urged the formation with his spiritual power, and suddenly the sky was covered with dark clouds, and a large black cloud shrouded the formation.

From time to time, huge lightning danced in the black clouds, and the black clouds slowly took shape with the terrifying sound of thunder.

At this time, the thunder and lightning roared like a giant dragon, smashing heavily on the formation, the surrounding trees were scorched black, and the mountain fire suddenly broke out, instantly sweeping the entire forest, and a heart-rending howl came from the formation.

Mu Yunche on the side didn't expect Bai Xiaoqi to make such a big battle, and swallowed his saliva a little unconsciously.

"Xiao Qi, wouldn't this be cruel......" Mu Yunche, who is always used to seeing life and death, was also a little moved when he heard the wailing sound in the array at this time, and faintly felt that it was too cruel to burn these people alive.

"Cruel? Isn't it cruel that your people will die if they go in, and they will also be covered with corpses? Xiao Qi looked at Mu Yunche with a sneer.

"This ......" Xiao Qi's words made him unable to refute for a while, and he faintly felt that Xiao Qi was a little different after yesterday......

After pondering for a moment, Mu Yunche said: "Enough, you trap the people in the array, and then lead the fire to the Emperor's Mausoleum!" ”

Xiao Qi glanced at Mu Yunche, and there was a cold in his eyes, "Okay, as you wish!" ”

So, the long wind suddenly rose, carrying the raging fire all the way to the imperial tomb.

Mu Yunche looked at Bai Xiaoqi on the side, a chill appeared in his heart, and he didn't know why she had become so cold and bloodthirsty.

After a while, I saw the flames of the imperial tomb rising to the sky, and thick smoke billowed from the sky.

"Alright, let's go back! Father will send someone over in a moment! Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Mu Yun ordered his men to go home.

Bai Xiaoqi left a conspicuous flaw at the edge of the formation so that it could be discovered, and then he also got up and left.

Sleepless tonight!

Night River Palace.

Mu Yunche, who was sleeping soundly, was suddenly woken up by Chen Quan, and with a little angry getting up, he looked at Chen Quan with some anger, and said unhappily: "What's the matter? ”

"Your Majesty, it's not good, the soldiers guarding the imperial tomb came to report, the imperial tomb suddenly fell into a fire, and now the fire is fierce, and it can't be controlled at all!" Chen Quan knelt on the ground and said eagerly.

Mu Yunzhen was also shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Go, inform the Xiaoqi battalion to go to the imperial tomb to fight the fire, and by the way, find out the source of the fire!" ”

After tossing and turning all night, the fire was extinguished at dawn, and as soon as the general of the cavalry battalion had finished extinguishing the fire, he hurried to the palace without stopping, because he found something unusual at the source of the fire......

Mu Yunzhen didn't sleep all night, and when he heard that the Xiao cavalry camp was coming, he asked him to hurry in to report it.

Zheng Qiu, the general of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, the fire of the imperial tomb has been extinguished, and the minister investigated the fire caused by the thunder and lightning hitting the dead trees on the nearby mountains, it was late autumn at this time, and the thunder and lightning came a little strangely, and the minister found a formation at the source of the fire......"

"Formation ......" Mu Yunzhen frowned and thought about the possibility, "Go on......"

"Back to the emperor, the minister found thousands of soldiers in armor in the array, and a large number of weapons, grain and grass were placed in the array, ...... grain."

"You mean someone is stationed without permission?" Mu Yunzhen's face sank when he heard this.

"Yes, and we found Wu Min, the secretary of the military department, in the array." Zheng Qiu truthfully replied to what he had seen.

"Wu Min?" Mu Yun looked at Zheng Qiu in shock, how could he not have thought that Wu Min would have private soldiers, is this a rebellion?

"Yes, we have already asked the private soldiers in the formation who are not dead to identify, they said that Wu Min will go there every once in a while to check, and the formation outside is also arranged by a young immortal named Cangling Sect ......"

"Cangling Sect ......" Mu Yunzhen muttered this name in a low voice, last time the queen invited to pray in the palace for blessings, one of the three immortal sects seemed to be the Cangling faction, could it be that this was a private soldier trained by the queen?

Thinking of this, Mu Yunzhen's heart became more and more cold, and he didn't have time to find out who set the fire, obviously this training of private soldiers was more important than the arson culprit.

"Go, bring Wu Min to me!" Mu Yun commanded in a cold voice.

After a while, two guards dragged Wu Min, who was still unconscious, in, threw him on the ground, and poured a bucket of cold water on him, and Wu Min woke up leisurely.

He didn't understand what was going on, he looked around blankly, and found that he was in the emperor's bedroom, and suddenly his soul was frightened, and he hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Minister Wu Min, meet the emperor, long live my emperor, long live my emperor......

"Huh, hooray? With you helping the rebels and thieves, I'm afraid I won't live long! Mu Yunzhen looked at Wu Min who was kneeling on the ground, and couldn't help but feel angry.