mtl008 Chapter 465: Rebellion outside the Great Wall (3)
Chapter 465: Rebellion outside the Great Wall (3)
"Cough cough!"
Just as Zhao Fan and the other man were taking turns lobbying eloquently, a few deliberate coughs suddenly sounded outside the door, perfectly interrupting the suspicion that had just arisen in "Mo Gu".
Qin Shibo felt a chill on his back, and when he turned around, he met the teasing gazes of Zhuo Wang and the others. It's over!!!
He turned to look at Zhao Fan worriedly: What should I do? Prince Zhuo is here, and your fake identity as the second prince is about to be exposed! !
Zhao Fan was only surprised for a moment. Why did the prince come in person? Then he looked at the companion standing at the back who was delivering the letter. Seeing him nod slightly, he knew what was going on.
He suddenly smiled a dandy smile, "Hey! Are you here?"
In Zhuo City, he was one of the four secret guards responsible for secretly protecting Princess Zhuo. He met the Second Prince very many times, so it was easy for him to imitate his words and deeds.
Qin Shibo was really scared. Is he crazy!!!
Lu Yingxing raised his eyebrows, but did not expose him. He replied in a good-natured way, "Yeah!"
In Shilin, he received news from both the secret guards and the subordinates sent back by Zhao Fan, and learned that his original plan was to pretend to be captured, and later changed to pretending to be the second prince to trick these people into the city. However, after eavesdropping outside for a while just now, it was obvious that the plan had changed again?
No wonder the lady said that Zhao Fan was very flexible, bold and careful. He was the only one who was most suitable for the mercenary industry. He could act and fight, and dared to think and do... He looked at Zhao Fan with more and more satisfaction. The lady really knew how to train her subordinates. "Second Prince, what are you playing at?"
Zhao Fan knew that the prince would not expose him, so he stepped forward with a smile and introduced the newcomers, "Prince, this is the new Northern Rong King 'Mo Gu', and those over there are his followers..." At this moment, he had his back to the Yun family. Only Lu Yingxing and his group saw him making crazy eye contact. His eager hints were silently conveying some kind of message.
Su Wei and Nie Jing looked at each other calmly, then took the lead in bowing and said, "Greetings, Second Prince..." Lu Yingxing did not need to bow when seeing the prince, but people like them could not.
Seeing that everyone understood, Zhao Fan breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "The father and mother of this Beirong King were killed, but his mother was from the Yun family of Youcheng, so he has half of the Yun family's blood. It just so happened that the people chasing him were from the Zhuocheng Army. I said it was impossible. At least this prince has secretly come to Zhuocheng for more than a month, and I have never heard you say you would send troops or send people out to kill people."
He turned to "Mo Gu" and said, "Hey! Prince Zhuo is here, why don't you ask him in person?" After saying this, he had an expression that said, "You idiot, you don't believe this prince."
In fact, from the moment Prince Zhuo and his party entered the door, "Mo Gu" had already secretly felt that something was wrong, because there was no such thing as being hunted down... Back then, they had a group of 3,000 people who were the first to enter the area outside the Great Wall. There were actually only a hundred or so people from the real branch of the Yun family, and the rest were servants who were held indentured to sell themselves and had no choice.
Although the Yun family had sent many people here over the next ten years, he had learned that some of these people were bought, some were beggars they had captured from various places, and some were soldiers who had been "faked dead" in the Youcheng Army. Anyway, they could not go back after they got out of the pass, so if they did not want to starve to death, they had to depend on them.
But despite this, at the peak of his power, he only had 40,000 to 50,000 men under his command, of which nearly a third were women and children. However, living conditions outside the Great Wall were difficult, and each change of seasons was like a game with death. The casualty rate was too high, and in the end only less than half of the original number of people were left, still gasping for breath in this desolate land.
Perhaps the Yun family was on guard, fearing that once these people from outside the Great Wall mastered the conditions for building towns, they would come up with the idea of establishing themselves as kings.
Therefore, they had neither craftsmen nor the tools needed to build houses. They were forced to live in groups according to the lifestyle of the Beirong people. The whole family was crowded in a tent and moved with the migration of water sources. Nomadic life became their daily routine. The days when they used to live in mansions and go to school seemed like an illusion.
Even the necessities of life, such as salt, firewood, cloth, food, etc., can only be secretly delivered by the Yun family's caravan. Although they are a branch of a wealthy family, they live in an almost primitive manner.
They are like a group of pets kept outside the Great Wall, with no way forward and no way back...
So how could he not be tempted by the Second Prince's proposal?
There was a hint of caution in "Mo Gu's" eyes. He took a deep breath and walked in front of King Zhuo. He put one hand on his chest and knelt on one knee. This was the posture of submission for the Northern Rong people.
He spoke slowly, continuing his previous lie, "I, Mo Gu, just want to ask Prince Zhuo to tell me the truth... Was it someone from Prince Zhuo's mansion who killed my father, mother, and concubine?"
There was a bit of weirdness on Lu Yingxing's face. Was he addicted to acting?
Qin Shibo was afraid that the prince and the others would not understand the situation, so he repeated Zhao Fan's proposal and said, "The second prince said that since he has the blood of the Yun family, we should support him to go back and seize the position of the head of the Yun family."
Nie Jing was very satisfied listening to this, and his eyes were also a little excited when he looked at Zhao Fan. He was indeed Shen Yu's subordinate. Even the Second Prince said he was an impersonator! He was often seen as a child of the powerful and noble families in Zhuocheng, and of course he had met the Second Prince Lu Junling. He stroked his chin and agreed, "In this case, I also think that the people chasing you should be the Yun family. Their family is most afraid of having their bloodline tainted. It is said that they have been so crazy recently that they sent girls from the side branches to their own brothel... Oh, those side branch girls whose parents have died and are lonely and helpless."
Isn't it just nonsense? He is also good at it!
He had gossiped about this yesterday. These people from the side branches should have had their identities erased by the Yun family long ago, so they were considered "dead" in the eyes of the world. However, judging from the ages of some of the people opposite, they must have been married long ago.
He will have children after getting married. The snake is hit at its most vulnerable part. The concubine's daughter from a branch of the family who is a descendant of her deceased father is sold to a brothel by the Yun family. The logic of this story is flawless!
"………" Everyone in Prince Zhuo's Mansion looked at each other in bewilderment. How could someone dare to talk nonsense than Zhao Fan? But the effect was earth-shattering.
As expected, upon hearing this, the Yun family members who were originally sitting on the ground to rest suddenly became angry, and some even spit out blood and roared, "Ah!! I will never forgive them!! Ah!!!"
"Mo Gu"'s expression also changed. He clenched his teeth, and his hands that were pinching the hem of his clothes were bleeding. He was obviously extremely angry.
But he couldn't reveal his identity. He was now the son of the King of Beirong. He shouldn't be too angry about this matter, but he also had a daughter. Could it be, could it be...