Mu Zun's face suddenly turned angry, and the fists on the armrests clenched tightly.

However, then Jiang Tianba said: "We know that we are not the opponents of the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, so in order to avoid heavy casualties among the brothers, we took the initiative to negotiate with His Royal Highness the Prince, and in the end, we agreed to surrender, and His Royal Highness agreed to intercede with the emperor and recruit peace for the brothers in the cottage." ”

"That's all?" Mu Beituo blurted out a question, seemingly dissatisfied with this answer, but then realized that he was too excited, hurriedly eased his expression, and added: "What this king means is that you thieves are used to doing evil and are not greedy enough, how can you be caught so easily?" ”

The implication is that Mu Liancheng has some shady conspiracy with them.

"We people are not born to be bandits, we are also oppressed by the local corrupt officials and big scholars, resulting in the destruction of the family, it is really unbearable, we have to occupy the mountain as the king, if there is a peaceful life, who does not want to be a good citizen, have to live in fear?" Jiang Tianba retorted.

Mu Beituo glared at him coldly, gritted his teeth and stopped talking.

Mu Liancheng, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke again: "Father, the sons and sons saw that these bandits were not humane, and they didn't want to kill, and the blood flowed like a river, so they considered Zhao'an, although they are fierce, but all of them are good at martial arts, as long as they are incorporated into the regular army, trained and trained, I believe that in time, they will be an unstoppable elite soldier, and when the time comes, they will protect their families and defend the country, and atone for their sins, wouldn't it be better?" ”

Mu Zun agreed with this.

But Mu Beituo said again: "I'm afraid that these people are wild and difficult to train, and when they get to the army, they still do evil, oppress the people, and raising such a team is no different from raising a group of wolves that will bite people at any time." ”

Hearing this, Mu Zun felt that this was also reasonable, after all, bandits are bandits, and it is not easy to educate them.

Jiang Tianba Zhengse said: "Your Majesty, we are sincerely accepting Zhao'an, if the emperor is not at ease, all the family members in the cottage can come to the capital and be monitored by the imperial court. ”

"Father, if these people are stubborn in the future and rebel again, the sons are willing to take full responsibility!"

Mu Zun saw that Jiang Tianba and the others were indeed sincere, and thought that it would be okay to integrate them into the army and give them a try.

Besides, he had seen Jiang Tianba alone before, and his words that day were no different from today, not like lying.

After thinking about it, Mu Beituo spoke up again: "The prince sang and spoke in harmony with a few of you, and he spoke very beautifully, and those who don't know may think that you have agreed on the words in advance." ”

His tone had a joking flavor, and there was a thorn in his words, which instantly sobered up Mu Zun.

Yes, he almost forgot about King Wu Yun, if he was telling the truth, the prince and Jiang Tianba and the others must have been right, how did he know that they were not acting now?

So, his face showed suspicion again.

Mu Liancheng suddenly glared at King Wu Yun and shouted: "Come on, drag King Wu Yun down and behead him immediately!" ”

This time, not only King Wu Yun was blindfolded, but even Mu Beituo couldn't see through what he was thinking, the emperor was still there, where was his turn to speak as a prince?

But at this moment, the emperor just sat on the dragon chair and did not make a sound.

King Wu Yun panicked and said angrily: "Why did you kill this king? ”

"Why?" Mu Liancheng hooked his lips and sneered, "It's up to you to frame the palace and provoke the relationship between the palace and the emperor!" Take it down! ”

Several guards immediately stepped forward to get people, and King Wu Yun hurriedly asked Mu Zun for help.

"Emperor Yan, Emperor Yan, help! I am the prince of Xiyi, you can't kill me! ”

But the emperor still did not move, so he sat in his place and watched quietly.

Mu Liancheng snorted coldly: "Little Xiyi, do I need to be afraid of the Great Yan Kingdom?" A king of Fanbang who came specifically to stir up trouble should have been executed at Ling Chi! ”

King Wu Yun was really frightened this time, his legs were weak, his big face was discolored, his whole person was paralyzed, and the two guards almost couldn't stand it.

"I'll be honest, I'll be honest!"

Seeing this, Mu Beituo's sword eyebrows tightened, and he scolded in his heart: "Waste of money!" Useless stuff! ”

Mu Liancheng waved his hand and sent the guards out again.

"Say, why make up lies to slander Hongu? Who instructed you? ”

King Wu Yun replied tremblingly: "Yes, it is Wang Xiong, the guard general of Yunzhou......"

"Wang Xiong?" When Mu Liancheng heard this, his face became even more gloomy, he raised his head and glanced at Mu Zun, and asked, "What benefits did Wang Xiong give you?" Let your dignified King Wu Yun of Xiyi be willing to do things for him? ”

King Wu Yun shrank for a moment, and said: "In fact, he took my wife and children, I, I have no way to obey him, at that time in Yunzhou, I pretended to be captured by the prince, and then pretended to go back to Beijing with the prince, waiting for the delegation from Xiyi to come over for peace talks, all in order to see Emperor Yan, bite the prince back in front of Emperor Yan, so that Emperor Yan suspected that the prince had the intention of rebellion, and pulled the prince down." ”

"Wang Xiong promised that after the matter was completed, he would not only release my wife and children back, but also persuade someone behind him to cede the two areas of Yunzhou and Lizhou to Xiyi as a reward, and I will only be ......."

"Smack~"

The emperor slapped a heavy palm on the table, and immediately Long Yan was furious.

"Humph! How unreasonable! What a vicious mind! Go, go and bring Wang Xiong, I want to ask him who is the man behind him who ate the bear's heart and leopard's gall! ”

Mu Liancheng quietly turned his eyes to look at Mu Beituo, only to see that he was calm as usual and had no different color, however, a thin layer of sweat appeared on his smooth and jade-like forehead.

In fact, from the very beginning, when King Wu Yun was easily captured in Yunzhou, and the leaders of several bandit dens came to negotiate one after another, Mu Liancheng became suspicious.

Because whether it is the Xiyi people or the local bandits in Yunzhou, they are quite stubborn, Mu Liancheng, who has dealt with them for several years, knows very well that these people are not reckless, they are brave and strategic, and it is impossible for them to be so easy to deal with.

This time it was different, the bandits were united, and they also invited the Xiyi people as helpers, how could they be defeated in less than half a month?

Mu Liancheng suspected that they had another conspiracy, so he planned to lock up King Wu Yun first, and then see Jiang Tianba and others, and told them that King Wu Yun couldn't stand the torture, and had already made plans and confessions, if they wanted to live, they had to really surrender, otherwise he would immediately lead his troops to level the cottage, and the chickens and dogs would not be left.

Jiang Tianba and the three were still responsible leaders, and in order to avoid the killing of their brothers and family members, they agreed to surrender.

Then, Mu Liancheng also said that he would intercede with the emperor, arrange for them to recruit An, integrate adult men into the army, and repay their grievances with virtue, put back the other bandits they caught, and distribute supplies to the cottage, ordering them not to go down the mountain to harass the people during the Zhao'an period.

There are many people in the cottage who have relatives and dependents, so they naturally don't want to live a life of fighting and killing, and they all agree with Zhao'an, Jiang Tianba and others are grateful to Mu Liancheng, and they are completely obedient, and they tell all the transactions with Wang Xiong.

It's a pity that Jiang Tianba, like King Wu Yun, has only been in contact with Wang Xiong, and they don't know anything about the identity of the person behind Wang Xiong, they only know that person is one of the royal children, so Mu Liancheng can't directly expose this person's face.

Of course, he had a suspicion in his heart.

In order to lure this person to appear, he arranged an assassination on the way back to Beijing, made himself "disappear", secretly returned to the capital, and secretly observed the movements.

Finally, not long ago, he confirmed that the person who colluded with King Wu Yun and the bandits and designed to lure him into the bait was Mu Beituo.

He was pretending to be injured!

However, Mu Liancheng still has no evidence, and without evidence, the emperor will not believe it, let alone the hundred officials, so he can only come step by step, hoping to find out Mu Beituo through Wang Xiong.

However, what he never expected was that the queen was killed at this time, Feng Qingfang became a suspect, and Mu Liancheng couldn't care about it, so he delayed it.

If it weren't for Mu Beituo's step-by-step approaching today, he wouldn't have acted in advance.

During the arrest of Wang Xiong, the emperor went to the side hall to rest because he was a little tired, and Mu Liancheng wanted to go to the prison first, but Mu Bei Tuola lived in front of the door of the imperial study to talk.

"What did you say to Jiang Tianba?"

"What do I tell them, I don't have to explain it to you, do I?" Mu Liancheng raised his eyebrows and looked at him with a smile.

Mu Beituo smiled coldly and said, "Of course not, I'm just worried about you, in case those bandits make trouble again, you won't be able to clean up the mess." ”

"Instead of worrying about me, you might as well worry about yourself, you say, when Wang Xiong arrives, who will he recruit?"

"It's not certain whether you can catch someone, maybe Wang Xiong has already fled when he heard the wind and is missing." Mu Beituo had someone in the palace, and when people were not paying attention, he had already sent someone out of the palace to inform Wang Xiong.

Mu Liancheng smiled indifferently and said, "It's possible, but this capital is not a place where you can easily escape." ”

Mu Beituo's eyebrows jumped, and there was a cold light in his eyes.

Don't......

At the same time, on the side of the prison, Feng Qingyan was still worried about Mu Liancheng, and he paced back and forth in the prison, frowning.

She was worried for a few hours, and finally heard footsteps approaching outside, and following the reputation, the figure that appeared under the firelight was not Mu Liancheng, but Feng Qingwu.

"What are you going to do?" Feng Qing's heart is full of alarm bells, and now that she has fallen into prison, Feng Qingwu will definitely not have anything good when she takes the opportunity to come.

Feng Qingwu smiled, walked in slowly, looked Feng Qingwu up and down, and said with disgust: "Tsk, I haven't seen you for a few days, why did my sister become like this?" Seeing you haggard and haggard, my sister is really heartbroken! ”

Heartache?

Feng rolled her eyes wildly, too lazy to cooperate with her acting.

"Seeing that I'm not dead yet, your heart hurts, right?"