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Cuiheng Mountain, tents at the foot of the mountain.

Xiao Jinzhi looked at the peace talisman in his hand intently.

Qin Li walked into the camp from outside and said, "Your Highness, the news just came that something happened in the Imperial City."

Qin Li quickly reported the news that Chu Huanyan had sent urgently, including Jiang Zhou's disappearance and the fact that someone was monitoring the Jiang Family Courtyard.

"It seems we can't hide it anymore." Xiao Jinzhi clenched the peace charm in his hand, "We must seize the time and return to the imperial city as soon as possible."

"Your Highness, are you worried that Miss Chu will be exposed and the Emperor may take action against her?"

"It's not possible. If he really knows that Huanyan is related to this matter, he will definitely take action."

What happened back then was a thorn in Emperor Xiao's heart. It had been too long. Even if Jiang Zhou hadn't happened, I'm afraid he would have started to pull out that thorn.

At this time, if he found out that Yan Yan and himself knew what happened back then, I'm afraid he would be even more desperate to get rid of them.

"But Your Highness, there is a stalemate over the suppression of bandits, and judging from the actions of several generals, it is clear that there is deliberate delay. I am afraid that we will not be able to return to the imperial city in the short term." Qin Li frowned.

This time the bandit suppression was more troublesome than they originally thought. In addition to the terrain advantage that the group of bandits on the mountain had, what was even more serious was the cowardice of the local government officials and the few who obeyed the emperor's orders. The generals who cooperated with His Highness in suppressing the bandits were obviously not doing their best.

I'm afraid someone secretly told them something before leaving the imperial city, so they were so slack.

Xiao Jinzhi looked at the map in front of him, "I have already thought of a way to attack the stronghold. What I have to do now is to deal with the slackness of those generals."

"Your Highness, what do you mean?"

"The order from Chuan Gu is for Liu Zikui to lead a group of soldiers and launch an attack in the middle of the night today."

"Your Highness, Liu Zikui will definitely not do his best."

Although Liu Zikui is a general in the army, he has been relying on connections to get to the top for many years. He has trained soldiers in the military camp. He has never fought a few real battles, and he is very lazy on weekdays. He led people to attack, and he was afraid that he would come back after wandering around halfway up the mountain at most.

Xiao Jinzhi smiled playfully, "It doesn't matter whether he is dedicated or not, the important thing is to take people up the mountain tonight."

Soon, Qin Li followed Xiao Jinzhi's instructions and issued the order.

Liu Zikui was really not happy when he heard that he was asked to lead troops to attack the mountain. However, this was the order of His Royal Highness after all. He could not resist openly. He just cursed a few words in private. When night fell, he quietly led a group of soldiers. Touch the mountain.

"General, do we have enough people?" Liu Zikui's deputy general looked around cautiously, "Why don't you bring more people?"

"You idiot, what are you doing with so many people? Do you think I'm really going to attack the mountain!" Liu Zikui squinted his eyes and looked at the deputy general, "The more people there are, the easier it is to be discovered by the bandits on the mountain. They rush down, what should we do!"

"General, attacking the mountain is an order from His Highness the Crown Prince. If we don't carry out the military order, then..."

"Which of your eyes saw that I didn't carry out the military order? Didn't I bring people out? It's just that the bandits on the mountain were very well defended. We were discovered when we reached the middle of the mountain. We were attacked and resisted desperately. In the end Withdrew, is there any problem?" Liu Zikui said with a cold snort.

The bandits in Cuiheng Mountain are so fierce. If he really leads such a small number of people to attack, wouldn't he die in vain?

What's more, when they set out to Cuiheng Mountain this time, the third prince secretly met him, and his meaning was obviously obvious.

The most important thing is that the emperor summoned Zhang Wu and the others, and there seemed to be a hint in his words that he did not want His Royal Highness to make great contributions. Although he did not say it explicitly, Zhang Wu always knew how to think about it, since he was too lazy. He was lazy and rushed forward regardless of what he was doing.

Anyway, even if the suppression of the bandits fails, it is still His Highness the Crown Prince's fault and has nothing to do with them.

Liu Zikui's thoughts were clear in his mind, and he turned his head again and told the soldiers behind him to keep their voices down and not to alert the bandits.

Seeing that they were almost halfway up the mountain, Liu Zikui was about to let people rest on the spot for a while, and then led his troops back when a sharp arrow suddenly broke through the wind and hit the tree he was leaning on. .

For a moment, Liu Zikui was shocked.

Then came the second one and the third one, all coming towards Liu Zikui's side.

"Damn it!" Liu Zikui cursed and quickly wanted to evacuate, but at this time, arrows were shot from behind them, and they headed straight towards Liu Zikui.

Liu Zikui hurriedly avoided, but the movement finally alerted the bandits who had just been watching in the dark, and they immediately sent out a signal.

Liu Zikui looked at the rising signal and the arrows that were shot one after another. He didn't even bother to continue giving orders to organize the soldiers to retreat, and began to rush down the mountain.

Seeing such timid and timid appearance made the soldiers feel chilled, but under such circumstances, they lost their fighting spirit and ran down the mountain in a swarm behind Liu Zikui.

Qin Li, who was hiding in the dark, put away his bow and arrows, looked at the fleeing soldiers coldly, and then flew to Xiao Jinzhi's side.

Xiao Jinzhi handed the bow and arrow in his hand to Qin Li and glanced in the direction of the top of the mountain.

"You go down the mountain first and give the soldiers who fled down the mountain a good beating. I will go back later."

"Yes." Qin Li responded.

Xiao Jinzhi took advantage of the cover of the branches and forest shadows and flew towards the mountain.

Half an hour later, the camp at the foot of the mountain was brightly lit.

The soldiers who came down the mountain knelt on the open ground, and Liu Zikui stood aside with a pale face.

The lieutenant knelt on the ground and looked at Qin Li nervously, "Master Qin, please tell His Highness the Crown Prince that we really didn't intend to escape, but at that time..."

"Including the time it took you to go up the mountain, if you weren't focused on escaping, how could you have retreated so quickly." Qin Li interrupted the deputy general's words coldly, "Or, you went up the mountain very fast, and you fought with the bandits halfway up the mountain. , fought for a while, and then retreated when they were too weak? I wonder if there are any traces of your fight on the mountainside?"

"This..." the deputy general was speechless and looked at Liu Zikui with a guilty conscience, "General, please speak."

Liu Zikui was still in shock. When he met the deputy general's gaze, he just wanted to throw away the responsibility quickly and said, "This general did not ask you to retreat."

"General, we are all following your orders!"

"Nonsense, did I ask you to retreat from the beginning?" Liu Zikui glared at the deputy general, "This general wanted to have a big fight with those bandits, but I didn't expect you to run away like this!"

The deputy general and the soldiers kneeling on the ground all had ugly expressions on their faces. It was obvious that the general was as timid as a mouse and escaped first, but now he still wants to put all the blame on them.

"What are you looking at? I, the general, still want to punish you!" After saying that, Liu Zikui said to Qin Li again, "Qin Guards, although we failed to suppress the bandits tonight, the bandits are really ferocious. These are useless people. Could you please tell His Highness the Crown Prince? I, the general, will definitely train them well in the future."

Qin Li looked at Liu Zikui coldly, it was ironic that such a person could still climb to the position of leading the troops!

Zhang Wu stood aside, watching this scene. Although he looked like it had nothing to do with him, his eyes couldn't help but glance in the direction of the tent.

"Why hasn't His Royal Highness come out yet?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Jinzhi opened the tent and walked out.

"General Zhang is so eager. It seems he can't wait to let Gu Zhu deal with them."