After I was reborn, I was scumbag

Chapter 68

The edge of the desolate Gobi Desert can hardly be seen, and the mottled sand dunes eroded by the strong wind form a huge maze. A cavalry of hundreds of people walks in the middle of the sand dunes, as small as insects and ants.

Walking in the middle of the team was a young man in black clothes and silver armor, with a face as sharp as a knife and an axe, with piercing phoenix eyes, but even though his face was covered with dust, he could still see the paleness of some injuries.

"My lord, according to reports from the spies in front, the granary where the Wei army is storing grain is not far from here. As long as we can set fire to the granary, the Wei army will surely be destroyed without attack!"

"Take out the map."

Murong Xing made a gesture to stop the army, his phoenix eyes reflected the vast desert smoke, and raised his hand to cover up two light coughs with his sleeves.

"My lord, your cough has become serious again these days. Originally, you arranged for a general to lead the team on this trip to raid the enemy's granary. Why did you come in person?"

The young man's eyes swept across the map, and the black sleeves were soaked in the blood he coughed up, which deepened a layer.

"This raid on the granary is of great importance. If one strike fails, it means that the battle to defend Jiayuguan will be another bloody battle. You are all elite soldiers, so you should understand this."

"Don't worry, my lord, we have circumvented more than half of the Gobi in this raid, and Wei Jun certainly never thought that we would—"

After a few bangs, the billowing smoke and dust suddenly swept towards the cavalry.

The howling smoke and dust almost blinded everyone's eyes, so that when Murong Xing realized that things had changed, countless arrows were like a storm in the desert, and they made a neat and sharp sound of breaking the wind.

The horse neighed in horror.

"My son, be careful!"

His body was pulled heavily, and he fell off the horse. Immediately, sticky, sweet blood splashed all over his face, almost washing away the dust covering his eyes.

The loyal bodyguard's anxious expression froze on his face, with several feathered arrows behind him, his body was still warm, but he was not breathing.

The blood in his heart seemed to be frozen by something for a moment, Murong Xing suddenly raised his face, and looked towards the direction where the feather arrow shot.

As the sun sets over the Changhe River, there are well-equipped condescending soldiers of the State of Wei on the high sand dunes.

The two figures headed by him were a rough and bearded general of the state of Wei, and the other was a handsome and clean literati, wearing a large official robe and holding a scroll of bright yellow imperial edicts.

"Listen up, soldiers of Daliang, our family is the supervising army for this expedition, the chief of the internal affairs of Daliang, this imperial edict was written by His Majesty myself!"

"Murong Xing, the prince of Pingxi Hou, first colluded with the remnants of the previous dynasty, and then designed to annihilate our army that fought in Lingnan. Your Majesty has long wanted to get rid of such disloyal and unrighteous people!"

"Our family obeyed my emperor's order to kill Murong Xing, so as to comfort my great Liang soldiers who are alive in heaven."

"The Sergeant Daliang below put down their weapons immediately, otherwise, they will be sentenced together with Pingxi Hou Shizi Murong Xing for the crime of treason and be executed immediately!"

The sound of the blade colliding with the arrow gradually stopped, and the eyes of the Liang soldiers who were still standing fell on the familiar yet unfamiliar face beside them, and then on the imperial edict embroidered with dragon patterns on the paper.

After a few breaths, someone's knife hit the ground first, creating a bunker.

"My son, there are old mothers, wives and children at home under my subordinates, I am sorry for my son..."

The young man standing under the sand dune had a straight back, the knuckles of the hand holding the long sword were white, and the tiger's mouth was almost ruptured and bleeding.

There were more and more sounds of swords falling behind him, but his face was as calm as a windless sea, with only a faint smile on his thin lips.

So far, there is nothing left to understand.

From the beginning to the end, Emperor Liang never thought about letting him return to Chang'an alive.

"Your Majesty is really scheming... How could you collude with the Wei people who slaughtered our people and invaded our territory, and staged such a scene of an enemy invasion, just to kill me?"

The loud words were almost hoarse, accompanied by bloodshot engraved on the chapped lips of the young man.

"The so-called supervising army, a mere eunuch, dares to talk about loyalty and treachery here, such a loyal running dog!"

The head chief's face distorted all of a sudden, as if he had been poked at a sore spot, and he hurriedly shouted: "What are you doing in a daze!? Didn't you hear His Majesty's imperial decree? Murong Xing's treason is a heinous crime, and he must be executed immediately." !"

"Whoever removes Murong Xing's head will receive a reward of one thousand taels!"

The howling wind and sand cast a deep shadow on everything under the sky.

The cold light of the knife flashed, and it slashed heavily at the young man's defenseless back.

With a sound of "clang", someone picked up the long knife and took the slash. After almost half of the soldiers were stunned for a moment, they burst into an uproar.

"How dare you use a sword against the prince! Don't you know how the prince treats us and the whole army?!"

"There is a shortage of food in the pass, who hasn't eaten for a few days, and saves dry food for us to eat, and it's just a thousand taels of gold. That's how you repay the prince!?"

The soldiers who didn't put down their swords had the same flame on their vicissitudes or immature faces, and they spontaneously blocked Murong Xing and kept them in the middle.

"We only recognize the military talisman of the prince, not the chief executive!"

Seeing someone slashing at Murong Xing with a knife, the smug smile on the Chief Inspector's face has not yet disappeared, the sudden change made the stiff smile on his face look a little funny.

"It's reversed, it's all reversed! The imperial decree is printed with the Jade Seal of Chuanguo! The surname of this Liang Tianxia is Shao, not Murong! How dare you disobey the emperor's order, and you will be sentenced to death for the crime of treason!"

Murong Xing suddenly smiled lowly, he looked around at the sergeant who was about to draw swords, a trace of cold murderous intent flashed across his phoenix eyes.

The boy's wrist moved slightly, and the long knife in his hand flew towards the chief executive Ouchi who was speaking nonsense on the sand dune.

Without any hindrance, the clamoring eunuch sprayed blood soaring from his neck, and then fell straight to the ground.

The imperial edict was floating on the pool of blood gathered by the blood.

General Wei Guo above seemed to be taken aback by Murong Xing's indifferent expression and unswerving movements, and then suddenly burst out laughing loudly.

"Okay, okay! As expected of Pingxihou Shizi, after the door, you still have a bit of the heroic spirit of the old Marquis!"

"It's a pity, if you were born in my Great Wei Dynasty, you must be a general in the army for life, and you don't have to be stuck in the little Chang'an by a stupid emperor!"

With a wave of his hand, the soldiers of Wei State behind him put on the arrows again, and the sharp arrows pointed directly at Murong Xing's heart.

"What's even more regrettable is that even if you kill this eunuch today, you will probably die and go back alive—all the people of Liang Kingdom below will be killed without mercy."

"Fire arrows!"

The buzzing sound of arrows seemed to explode in the ears just like that, causing the sleepy teenager lying on the bed to suddenly open his eyes and let out a low muffled groan.

His legs were wrapped in thick bandages, and he was almost unconscious.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

Xia Tong immediately ran into the room when he heard the noise, and was relieved to see Shao Guan just sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Your Highness, the doctor said that although your leg is seriously injured, it has not injured any muscles or bones. After a few months of rest, you will be back to normal."

"The money from Chang'an's sale of officials has already bought food at a fair price, and it is being transported to the middle of Sichuan. The soldiers have resettled most of the victims. You don't have to worry, just take good care of your body."

The peach blossom pupils were a little hollow, Shao Guan was silent for a long time, and then he seemed to have just realized Xia Tong's words, and smiled back.

It's been more than a month, and the disaster situation in central Sichuan has eased a lot. The list registered by Chang'an City's sales officials has also been handed over to the spies below to investigate the tricks of collusion between officials and businessmen.

Obviously everything is on the right track, even someone from Lingnan has sent a letter, saying that they have found a Miao doctor who can prepare the antidote for Heart-eating Gu.

But his heart just couldn't settle down.

It seemed that Murong Xing was not by his side, he couldn't see that person every day, and fell asleep without him hugging him at night, his whole heart seemed to be floating in mid-air, flustered and restless.

"Xia Tong...does Prince Murong send you a letter?"

Xia Tong lowered his head slightly, his face froze when he heard the words, seeing that Shao Guan didn't notice, he pretended nothing happened.

"I haven't received... the letter that His Royal Highness sent to the prince, hasn't the prince already replied?"

A few lines of regular script appeared in my mind.

In fact, Murong Xing's cursive writing is the most beautiful, and was once praised by several great scholars in the dynasty for being tangible and solid, but this time the letters he sent were all in correct block letters.

As if he was afraid that he would be struggling to watch, he wrote very seriously.

"Everything is fine, sir. I already know that His Royal Highness has sent someone to find a Miao doctor who can research the antidote. When His Highness returns to Chang'an, I will personally come to greet you outside the city. It is late autumn, and although it is warm in Sichuan, Your Highness must be careful." Caught a cold."

"I have missed His Highness for a long time, and I hope you are safe."

Shao Guan exhaled lightly, and his black eyes regained some spirit: "Tomorrow I will go to the county town alone to take a look, and I don't need to let those officials know."

"Yes... Then this subordinate will go and bring dinner to His Highness first."

Xia Tong walked out of the room quickly, until he was out of Shao Guan's sight, he raised his hand and slowly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.

Then he touched the cuff with his fingertips.

Half a month ago, he kept the letter from his eldest son next to him day and night, and he dared not tell anyone, and naturally he dared not tell His Highness the Crown Prince.

His Majesty issued a secret decree, ordering the son to take a mere 3000 people to the northwest to fight against the Wei army.

Not to mention that his family's son is poisoned by Gu, and his martial arts skills are not enough to show nine out of ten, even if the son is safe and sound, there are only 3000 people, what do they have to guard a pass?

It's clear...it's false to let the son guard the gate, but it's true to have ulterior motives.

Xia Tong's heart was full of blood, and even when he thought of those few words at this moment, he still felt furious.

But there are three whole lines at the end of the letter, all of which repeat a few words so calmly and indifferently.

"Don't tell His Royal Highness the Prince."

"If someone with a heart wants to spread rumors about this matter, remember to hide it from the prince, and don't let him know anything."

After experiencing so many corpses and seas of blood, it seems that his family only remembers this incident.

Even if it is vain peace and joy, he is willing to leave it all for the prince...