Although the south is not as cold as the north after winter, the cold wind still blows people's faces.

Mo Xiyuan sat in the damp dilapidated temple covered in injuries, the eaves above his head were incomplete, and the walls around him were constantly blowing in cold wind.

The whistling night wind poured in, and even though he was wrapped in a thick coat and the fire was burning in front of him, he still felt cold and shivering.

Mo Xiyuan is still in a trance, and he doesn't know how things came to be like this.

Last night, they besieged Yushan County, obviously they had the upper hand, and they obviously surrounded the entire Yushan County, and Mo Xuanchen and King Hui and others were already turtles in the urn, but why did they suddenly take a turn for the worse later, Xu Chongzhi, who should have been in the south, appeared in Yushan County, and also led troops to reinforce Mo Xuanchen.

They tried their best to give up half of their troops to stop the reinforcements from the second prince's side, but how could they think that they had missed the southern border, and he didn't understand why the father and son of the Xu family, who had been supporting their father all these years, would betray their father and turn to Mo Xuanchen, the sinister villain.

The flames in the fire were swayed by the wind, and the damp wood crackled.

"Father, aren't we going back to the South?"

Mo Jingyue's whole person was hidden in the shadows next to the fire, looking down at the firelight not far away.

The scar on his face stretched across half of his face, although he was still very terrible after being drugged, and the thick scars on his body could not cover the mottled scars, because he was chased and killed for a day and a night, and the whole person was extremely embarrassed.

In the past, the king of Zhennan, who was always mighty and impressive, is now like a lost dog, and most of the people around him are killed and injured after escaping from Yushan County, and now he is only followed by Wu Changshi, and there are only three people left in the blood slaughter guard, he can only take his son to hide in this deep mountain and broken temple to survive.

Hearing the words of the eldest son, Mo Jingyue was silent for a long time: "I can't go back." ”

Mo Xiyuan was unwilling to hear this: "Why? Although Xu Chongzhi betrayed you, but General Zheng and they are still there, over the years, our father and son have been guarding the southern border to subdue the army, and it has long been no longer the world of the Mo family, even if Mo Xuanchen returns to Shuokang, there will always be people who are willing to follow us. ”

"What's more, there is a second brother, he guards the palace and will never let Wei Runan and them succeed."

When Mo Xiyuan hissed, his eyes were full of ambition,

"We can go back to the second brother, as well as General Zheng, Zhu Hongyang and Lu Ju, they still have tens of thousands of troops in their hands, and they will never betray our father, as long as we rein in those military powers, our father may not be able to recapture the southern border, and we can still compete with Mo Xuanchen and Emperor Jing ......"

Mo Jingyue and Wu Changshi on the side were silent when they heard Mo Xiyuan.

"Father!"

Mo Xiyuan didn't respond for a long time, and couldn't help but stand up suddenly, "That Mo Xuanchen is a sinister and cunning villain, he calculates that his father and king will buy Xu Chongzhi and them, those soldiers in the south will not obey him, as long as we go back, we will definitely be able to regain military power." ”

"You are the king of Zhennan, the lord of the southern realm, why should we flee like a lost dog in such a mess?!"

Wu Changshi hugged his injured arm, and seeing that the prince beside him was silent, he couldn't help but whisper: "Eldest prince, Mo Shizi will not let us go back..."

"So what, there are countless roads in the south, there is always one that can go back, and General Zheng will definitely come to save us if they know about the matter of Yushan."

Mo Xiyuan's mind was racing sharply, and the more he thought about it, the more feasible he felt,

"Mo Xuanchen guards us from going back, he will definitely intercept and kill us on the way, but we can go to the Sun family first, with the Sun family's affection, they will definitely be willing to shelter us, the Sun family has a merchant ship to Shuokang, we can take a boat, even if it doesn't work, we can wait for the second brother and them to come over, and then we will kill the whole army back......"

He said with excitement, and his originally decadent face turned red, as if he had seen the day they killed back.

Wu Changshi was silent for a moment when he heard this: "Eldest prince, do you think Xu Chongzhi is reversed, and the second prince and General Zheng can still be fine?" ”

"Why not?!" Mo Xiyuan was stunned.

Although Xu Chongzhi has a lot of troops, the second brother and General Zheng are not without confidence.

My father had been in the south for many years. has already been in charge of more than half of the army, even if Xu Chongzhi betrays his father and joins forces with Wei Runan, it is not easy to take down the second brother and General Zheng, once the two sides fight, the entire southern border will be completely chaotic, with Xu Chongzhi's temperament, they will never do it.

In Mo Xiyuan's opinion, Xu Chongzhi must have come to Yushan to hide from General Zheng, otherwise they should have received the news a long time ago.

But he looked at Wu Changshi, who was full of bitterness after listening to his words, under the firelight opposite, and his father who sat in the shadows without saying a word from beginning to end.

The thoughts in Mo Xiyuan's mind gradually became less certain.

The originally determined truth became shaky, as if something was faintly floating, he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, remembering that after coming out of Yushan, his father insisted on refusing to return to the south, and he just fled with him in embarrassment, and even the whole person seemed to have lost his spirit.

Mo Xiyuan said in a hoarse voice: "Father, why don't you dare to go back to the south..."

Yes, not that they would not, but that they would not dare.

"Don't think about it, the prince doesn't dare, it's just that it's too dangerous to go back to the south right now......"

"Alright."

Mo Jingyue stopped Wu Changshi, who still wanted to hide from his eldest son and bother to make up lies, and raised his head to reveal the terrifying scars on his face.

He really didn't want his eldest son to know what he did, and he tried his best to hide it before, but now there is no point in hiding this situation anymore, there are some things that Mo Xiyuan can't know, but he must always give him a reason to convince him, so that he no longer wants to return to the south.

Mo Jingyue raised his eyes to his eldest son: "Yuan'er, have you ever thought about why Xu Chongzhi would vote for Mo Xuanchen?" ”

Mo Xiyuan opened his mouth: "Mo Xuanchen promised him benefits......

"He is not Wen Yanqing, nor is he Zhu Hongyang, the Xu family's status in the south is second only to the Mo family, Xu Chongzhi's status in the army is also second only to this king, the Xu family has its own industry and is not short of money, he is not a person who is greedy for ink ambitions, what benefits can Mo Xuanchen promise him?"

"He—" Mo Xiyuan was stunned.

Mo Jingyue said: "Xu Chongzhi and your grandfather used to be good friends, and the bloodline of the Mo family is also extraordinary. ”

"At the beginning, he would suddenly give up Mo Xuanchen to assist this king and support this king's ascension to the throne, because after the old prince Mo died in battle, Nanchu took advantage of the chaos to invade the realm."

"Luyun Pass is lost, the southern forces are hostile to each other in the army, and it is difficult to resist Southern Chu, Shuo Kang almost fell into purgatory, he feels that this king can stabilize the situation in the south, and he also needs a strong enough new town Nanwang to deter Nanchu and let the southern border quickly settle down."

"Now that he has betrayed this king, what do you think he is for?"

Mo Jingyue's words made Mo Xiyuan's face change, and the whole person quieted down.

He remembered Xu Chongzhi's personality over the years, remembered his dedication to assist his father, remembered that he spared no effort to cultivate him and Mo Xiheng, teach them things in the army, and never wanted to jump above his father.

Before his father left Shuokang, General Xu had no objection, and even willingly suppressed Wei Runan and others for his father, saying that he would never let the southern realm cause chaos.

But after his father left......

Mo Xiyuan didn't know why, and suddenly remembered that when they took advantage of the chaos to escape last night, there was a faint cold voice from General Xu in the distance.

He said.

"Mo Jingyue colluded with Nanchu and betrayed Daye......"