The Princess of the Substitute Bride Strikes Back

Not long after, Yunhuo and the others saw a large group slowly approaching in the distance. Among them were pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages. The carriages seemed to be carrying a large amount of supplies. Monkey seemed to be able to smell the aroma of meat just by looking at the packages.

"Wipe your saliva quickly, don't scare people away."

"Xiao San, can you speak? Where did the saliva come from? I'm hoping they'll come soon."

"I think you are after their meat."

"Fuck you, fart!"

Seeing Xiao San and Xiao Liu quarreling again, Yun Huo stepped forward to stop them, "Stop quarreling, they have seen us, hurry over and say hello."

"Okay." Xiao San stepped forward with a smile on his face and without any weapons in his hands, for fear of being mistaken for a bad guy!

Zheng Chengyuan saw people coming from Yunmu Village from afar and felt a little surprised. This was already their territory and there was a mountain road entrance ahead. He just needed to wait for them to pass. Why did they have to take the initiative to move forward?

"Mr. Mu, is there any trickery involved?"

"It's okay. He doesn't look like he's here to cause trouble. Let's take another look."

Xiao San smiled apologetically all the way, and finally walked to the front of the team, but suddenly stopped. He stared at the wheelchair next to the carriage. The young man sitting on it had a stern face and an upright posture. Wasn't that their general? The former major general!

Xiao San took two steps at a time and trotted to Mu Yibai, then knelt on the ground with a plop. "Major General! I never thought I'd see you again in this life!"

"..."

Zheng Chengyuan was a little confused by this scene. This person came up and called Mu Yibai General. He should be his old subordinate, right? But it seemed that Mu Yibai didn't know him. What was going on?

Fu Yunxi had a guess in her mind. The young man in front of her was strong and sturdy. He didn't look like a bandit but more like a soldier. Perhaps he was really a subordinate of the Mu family army.

"You stand up and speak first. Who are you?" Mu Yibai's face was calm, but his heart was full of ups and downs. Why did he call him Major General? Could he be his father's man?

"Major General, my name is Huo San, and I am a soldier from the third battalion of the Mu Family Army. Oh, by the way, there is also Deputy General Yunhuo. He is at the intersection of the mountain road behind. I will go and call him over."

"Yunhuo is here? Then let's go to the front together. You tell me first, since you are a member of the Mu family army, why are you here?"

Yunhuo was his father's deputy general. He never expected to meet his father's old subordinates here. Why were they here? Where were his father and elder brother? The doubts in his heart grew bigger and bigger.

"Major General, we escaped back from the border. Three months ago, Southern Xinjiang surrendered to the Great Zhao Kingdom. We all thought the war was over and were preparing to return to the court, but we received the emperor's edict, saying that the Mu family army had betrayed the country and surrendered to the enemy. The evidence is irrefutable. General Mu and Major General Mu..."

Huo San was a man of blood. When he recalled the past, he couldn't help but cover his face and cry.

"What happened to them? Don't be anxious, tell me slowly." Fu Yunxi saw that Mu Yibai's eyes were red, his hands were tightly gripping the armrests of the wheelchair, and his veins were bulging. She knew that he was in great pain at the moment, so she asked this question on his behalf.

"The general has always made many good friends in the army. They have been guarding the border for many years, and the late emperor was quite sympathetic to them. However, since Emperor Zhao Jie ascended the throne, he not only advocated attacking and even occupying the border, but also withheld the soldiers' food and military pay. If the general had not been subsidizing them out of his own pocket, their lives would have been very difficult. Therefore, the soldiers in the army respect General Mu very much and believe in General Mu's character."

"General Mu was killed on the spot? Did you see it with your own eyes?"

Fu Yunxi knew very well that if he learned from Huo San that he had witnessed Mu Yibai's father and elder brother being killed, he would surely be heartbroken.

But she had to ask this question. First, she saw in the book that after Mu Yibai died, someone came late. That person looked very similar to Mu Yitian. She had always suspected that her elder brother might not be dead. Second, when they met just now, Huo San recognized the general Mu Yibai at a glance, but Mu Yibai did not recognize him. This meant that her elder brother was just an ordinary soldier in the army and did not necessarily witness the execution of the person sent by the emperor. There were many doubts...

"I didn't see it with my own eyes. Our camp happened to be in charge of cleaning the stables that day, so I wasn't there. I just heard that in addition to issuing the imperial edict, the emperor also gave poisoned wine, swords, and white silk. General Mu and the major general chose to commit suicide by slashing their throats with swords on the spot. After the imperial edict was read, a fire broke out in the main camp tent."

Huo San tried hard to calm down and told Fu Yunxi everything he knew.

"Then why are you here? And Vice General Yun."

Fu Yunxi thought that there must be something strange about the fire in the tent.

"Later, the emperor sent someone to take over the position of general. The border was peaceful, and many soldiers retired. Deputy General Yun also took the initiative to resign. I was an orphan. General Mu saw me wandering on the streets and took me into the army. Now the general is gone, and there is no war in the army, so I left with Deputy General Yun. On the way, Deputy General Yun saved the life of the leader of Yunmu Village, and we stayed here."

"The current leader of Yunmu Village is Deputy General Yun. But don't worry, General. Yunmu Village is definitely not a bandit. We never rob the people's food. We saw you guys got some wolf meat this time, so we wanted to buy some."

Huo San's words were sincere and everyone believed what he said. Zheng Chengyuan breathed a sigh of relief, and the stone in his heart finally fell!

When Mu Yibai saw Yun Huo, his eyes instantly turned red. That was his brother and elder who had fought side by side with him!

"Major General! It's you!"

Yunhuo was so shocked that he stood there in shock. He had never expected that Mu Yibai was in the team. Yunhuo then stepped forward, knelt on the ground, and stretched out his trembling hands to Mu Yibai, as if he wanted to verify whether what he saw was a dream or reality!

“Uncle Yun, you’ve suffered so much, please stand up and speak.”

Mu Yibai hurriedly helped Yunhuo up.

"Yibai, you've suffered so much! I failed to protect the general and Yitian, causing them to die unjustly."

This matter has always been a pain in Yunhuo's heart. On the day the emperor sent people, he was out purchasing and was not in the camp. When he returned in the evening, it was too late to save the situation.

"Uncle Yun, it was my Mu family who failed to see through the emperor's true colors. When the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is cooked. Zhao Jie is not as good at selecting people and appointing them to positions, as broad-minded as the late emperor, and as concerned about the world. If my Mu family could have seen through it earlier, perhaps this would not have happened."

"Oh! I really want to go back to Beijing to get the head of that bastard emperor!"

Zheng Chengyuan and the officers and soldiers on the side remained silent, trying their best to reduce their presence. People all over the world knew that the Mu family had been guarding the border for generations, and the Mu family soldiers were all loyal and brave.

The emperor's decree is nothing but self-deception. Perhaps he is the only one who firmly believes it.

"Don't mention these things. Let's find a place to rest first, and then reminisce about the past."

Mu Yibai spoke, breaking the atmosphere full of remembrance and sentimentality.