Li Yunxing did not choose to go to bed early at night, but was preparing to dispatch manpower.

According to the calculation of time, Xiuyi Yushi Jianghe should have returned to Beijing with the grain and grass by now, and he can still handle it, but it is necessary to ensure the safety of this grain and grass transportation.

All the imperial troops in the capital must be personally deployed by Li Yunxing. If he does not return to the capital, the censor Xiuyi will have no right to mobilize troops.

If he goes back like this, I'm afraid Liu Zhongqing will blame this debt on himself.

In the middle of the night, when the people were sleeping peacefully, a fire was lit at the sentry tower in the distance.

The soldiers guarding the city took turns on duty at night. When they saw the smoke at the sentry post, they quickly realized that something was wrong and immediately passed the news to the county magistrate's office where Li Yunxing was staying.

Lian Jirou was about to deliver a late-night snack to Li Yunxing when he met the soldiers who came to inform him hurriedly and asked them why they came in the middle of the night.

During the time they stayed in Zhijiang City, they had become very familiar with Lian Jirou. In addition, they knew that Lian Jirou was the daughter of the famous General Lian, so they also respected her.

"Miss Hui Lian, the flames of war are rising. The prince said before that if anything unusual happens, he must be reported to him as soon as possible. I don't dare to delay because of my humble duty, so I paid my visit late at night."

Lian Jirou knew that the matter was urgent and did not stop him. He led him all the way to Li Yunxing's bed.

"Do you know which sentry post Wolf Smoke is?" Li Yunxing asked after hearing this.

"It's the sentry post in the northeast."

To the east...is the direction of Yangzhou.

Li Yunxing's face became serious. He had already caught up with him? Impossible.

Even so, Li Yunxing had to be on guard, "If anyone comes, immediately mobilize ten elite cavalry, and I can get up and go. The other ministries will wait for me to leave the city, and immediately block the city gate, and at the same time closely monitor the surrounding movements to prevent unexpected events."

!”

Unexpectedly, before Li Yunxing set out, the second piece of information had already been sent to the city.

"Reporting to the crown prince, five miles outside the city, two people and one horse were rushing towards the city. They arrived around one watch. The leader of the group was Jingzhou Junjun Qianyue Mountain, so the soldiers at the sentry post let them in. Qianjunjun

There is another man on the horse, I don’t know who he is." The soldier quickly approached and reported.

Li Yunxing frowned slightly when he heard this. Why did Qianyue Mountain appear here at this time? Could it be...

"Let them into the city."

Li Yunxing issued an order to open the city gate and welcome the two of them into the city.

The army horse was already carrying the weight of two big men, which was already at its limit and was traveling very slowly. Therefore, not long after they entered the city, they saw Li Yunxing and Lian Jirou standing at the gate of the city.

Qianyue Shan turned over and dismounted, bowed his hands and said, "I have met His Royal Highness, Miss Lian!"

He had seen Li Yunxing's personal guards coming before, and had received news of His Highness the Crown Prince's patrol incognito.

I just didn't expect that there would be Lian Jirou beside me.

It seems that Lian Zhan really cares about His Highness the Crown Prince.

But what was before him was how to explain the situation at hand.

"Your Highness, we were ambushed on the way transporting grain and grass. None of the 307 people in the team survived. King Zhaoyang was seriously injured and will not die soon. Please ask the prince to immediately send troops to escort him back to the capital for personal diagnosis and treatment by the imperial doctor.

Save King Zhaoyang’s life!” Qian Yueshan said in a sincere tone.

Now as long as he returns to the capital, Liu Zaifu may be able to save his life.

Sure enough, after Li Yunxing heard what he said, his expression changed, and then he looked at Su Zhaoyang who was lying on the horse.

Half of his arms were stained with blood, and his whole body lay limply on the saddle, breathing extremely weakly.

King Zhaoyang is a flower who grew up in a greenhouse. He is cowardly but upright. He still knows to ask the prince for help in times of crisis, which shows that he is still naive in nature.

Therefore, Li Yunxing did not delay medical treatment just because he was Liu Zhongqing's person.

After all, Su Zhaoyang was also the King of Zhaoyang. If he died in front of him, it would be inevitable that Emperor Wu would not be implicated.

Therefore, Su Zhaoyang not only cannot die, but also must be sent back to the capital as soon as possible.

Li Yunxing was silent for a long time, finally sighed and said to the guard next to him: "Find a carriage to come over immediately, carry him into the carriage, and take him to the medicine shop in the city first."

"Let's set off tomorrow morning and rush back to the capital."

After the deputy general received the order, he sent several people to lift King Zhaoyang off the horse.

At this moment, Qian Yueshan knelt down heavily on his knees and kowtowed to Li Yunxing.

"His Royal Highness, I am a soldier in Jingzhou. Due to the death of the former criminal governor Su Tianyang, no one in Jingzhou's thousands of troops can give orders. Even in my humble position, I can only summon nearly a hundred people to escort King Zhaoyang. But in the end, I still protect King Zhaoyang.

Zhou, encountered bandits on the way."

"Although I tried my best to fight with him, I could only save King Zhaoyang in the end. It's because I didn't do my job well, so I asked the Crown Prince to punish him!"

As expected of someone who worked under Su Tianyang, he has the ability to turn against someone faster than anyone else.

Now he pleads guilty to Li Yunxing in front of everyone, but he completely shirks his guilt.

"He is indeed guilty, so why not just behead him?"

Li Yunxing's indifferent words instantly frightened Qian Yueshan so much that he did not dare to say "please apologize" again.

Does His Highness the Crown Prince really want to kill himself directly?

Then he immediately changed his words, "Your Highness, I really deserve to die. But this is the critical moment, I don't dare to die. I am willing to make meritorious service and recover the 100,000 stones of food!"

"Haha, recover the food? How do I know whether you are going to suppress the bandits or collude with them?" Li Yunxing's eyes suddenly turned cold, and his tone was extremely cold.

Hearing this, Qian Yueshan became even more nervous.

Qian Yueshan's heart beat, and he didn't understand why His Highness the Crown Prince was so sharp. He was certain that His Highness the Crown Prince had already guessed his intentions.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t have deliberately brought up the word “collusion” to test myself.

As long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince becomes slightly suspicious of himself, his head will be completely off.

But he couldn't care so much. As long as he could save his life, he could say anything. "Your Highness, I have never betrayed the imperial court. If I did something that was unworthy of Your Majesty, I will be struck by lightning and die a good death!"

Qianyue Shan's voice was hoarse, as if he had suffered great humiliation.

Seeing him like this, the other soldiers were secretly amazed. Usually they had only seen Qianyue Mountain being arrogant and domineering and doing all kinds of evil. But he had never been as low-minded as he was today.

Li Yunxing looked at him with a half-smile, a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes, "If that's the case, why is King Zhaoyang covered in wounds, but you are able to escape unscathed?"

"This... Your Highness the Crown Prince clearly knows that Beizhi has not colluded with any bandits. Beizhi has also killed bandits with his own hands." Qian Yueshan said plausibly, his face full of determination.
Chapter completed!