Chen Chuan suddenly looked up, staring at Xuan Yuanzhan in disbelief. His legs went weak, and he knelt down in front of Xuan Yuanzhan, pleading, "Your Highness, spare my life!"

Ye Feng drew his sword and lifted the black veil above Chen Chuan's head.

Chen Chuan didn't dare to look at Xuan Yuanzhan at all, hanging his head as if he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

He never imagined that this Su Zhan was actually Xuan Yuan Zhan.

He was truly blind; he didn't even recognize that he was the Holy King.

He clearly sensed a kingly aura emanating from him, yet he didn't think much of it. Seeing him speak so eloquently about the art of horse trading, he actually believed he was a horse trader!

How could someone who is first-rate in appearance, temperament, and martial arts be just a horse trader?

He's as stupid as a pig!

Xuan Yuanzhan stared coldly at Chen Chuan and said solemnly, word by word, "Chen Chuan, as the governor of the North, the North is now in the midst of famine and banditry. Instead of pleading for the people, opening granaries to provide disaster relief, and suppressing the bandits, you have even colluded with bandits from four villages in the North to rob the disaster relief grain. You are even more unforgivable than these bandits!"

Chen Chuan knew that falling into Xuan Yuanzhan's hands meant certain death.

He colluded with bandits to rob government grain; such a grave crime would never be forgiven by the Holy King.

"Your Highness, I was wrong. I am not human and do not deserve to be the governor of the North. I was bewitched. It is all my fault. I will not complain about how Your Highness intends to punish me. However, my family knows nothing about what I did. I beg Your Highness to spare them." Chen Chuan knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to Xuan Yuanzhan.

He knew he wasn't going to survive, but he didn't want his family to die with him.

Seeing that he was now thinking of his family, Xuan Yuanzhan frowned and said coldly, "If you really cared so much about your family, you should have thought of them when you were doing these evil deeds!"

Xuanyuan Zhan glanced at the soldiers: "Take all these people into Beian City for me!"

"yes."

The soldiers responded loudly.

Xuanyuan Zhan personally led the way with the grain, and Mu Lingchen followed closely behind.

Behind the military rations were Chen Chuan, Zhang Debiao, and others being escorted by soldiers, while Ye Feng followed behind them, clearly to prevent them from escaping.

Behind them was a large group of bandits, and then soldiers.

"Your Highness." Ye Yun ran over and followed behind Xuan Yuanzhan.

Upon hearing Ye Yun address Xuan Yuanzhan as "Prince," Zhang Debiao behind him frowned in annoyance: "So he was calling him 'Prince.'"

He had heard the attendant call him "King" once before, and later "Young Master".

Who would have thought he was calling out "Your Highness"!

If he had been a little more quick-witted earlier, things might not have gotten so out of control.

Zhang Debiao was filled with regret!

Qian Ergou looked at Xuan Yuanzhan riding ahead and whispered, "Do you think this Holy King might take our lives?"

Li Yuanbao looked anxiously at Zhang Debiao: "Zhang Debiao, this man used to be one of yours. Can you plead with him and ask him to spare our lives?"

Zhang Debiao was sweating profusely with anxiety. Hearing Li Yuanbao dare to say such things, he glared at him and said, "What do you mean 'my man'? Are you crazy! He's a prince!"

Now that he knows who the other person is, does he still dare to call him his underling?

Even if the other person dared to agree, he wouldn't dare to say it!

Zhang Debiao then looked at Bai Ying and said, "Bai Ying, I think the prince admires you quite a bit. Why don't you go to the prince and plead for us?"

Bai Ying didn't even glance at them: "Don't worry, no matter how badly we fare, we won't fare as badly as Chen Chuan."

As the governor of Beidi, Chen Chuan did something even more disgusting than embezzlement, so the prince certainly wouldn't let him get away with it.

As for these bandits, the prince just said that if they surrender, he might spare their lives out of consideration for their past relationship.

Moreover, they were all lone bandits, with no ties to them, so what did they have to fear in death?

However, before he dies, he will probably still plead with the Holy King, even if not for himself, he must plead with him for the brothers of Liuying Village.

The Holy King did not appear to be that cold-blooded and cruel person.

The bandits from those four villages numbered a total of 40,000. To kill 40,000 people at once seemed like something he couldn't possibly do.

Perhaps they still have hope.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Debiao and the others glanced at Chen Chuan, who was being led ahead of them, and were speechless.

Chen Chuan's situation is definitely worse than theirs. At most, one of them will die, but Chen Chuan might lose his entire family.

At the very front, Mu Lingchen glanced back at the swarming bandits, then turned to Xuan Yuanzhan: "How did you end up with them?"

Xuanyuan Zhan didn't turn his head, but looked ahead and said, "When I arrived in Bei'an City with Ye Yun, we ran into the bandits of Silver Tiger Stronghold. We fought and killed their third leader and several bandits. Later, Zhang Debiao, the leader of Silver Tiger Stronghold, came looking for us. How could he be a match for me? I defeated him without even making a move."

Mu Lingchen's eyes twitched.

Of course!

Even if these bandits know martial arts, they are probably just a rabble. How could their martial arts skills compare to Xuan Yuanzhan's?

"He probably recruited you into Silver Tiger Stronghold because of your high martial arts skills, right?" Mu Lingchen vaguely guessed a bit about the second half of the story.

Xuan Yuanzhan raised an eyebrow noncommittally: "He saw that I was so skilled in martial arts, and Chen Chuan had just found several strongholds to join forces to rob government grain. So he pulled me into Silver Tiger Stronghold, saying he would give me half the profits. I guessed that officials from the north were definitely involved in robbing government grain. So I followed him back to Silver Tiger Stronghold, firstly to see what these northern bandits were up to, and secondly to find out who was the mastermind behind the robbery of government grain."

Mu Lingchen nodded knowingly, then frowned and said, "This Chen Chuan is really audacious, daring to covet the disaster relief grain. He's utterly lawless! Luckily, you infiltrated Silver Tiger Stronghold long ago and appeared in time today."

They suddenly rushed out and robbed the government's grain, which really startled him and left him somewhat at a loss.

Xuanyuan Zhan snorted: "Even if I don't take action today, they won't be able to steal the government grain."

If 100,000 soldiers were to face 40,000 bandits and still lose their government rations, then these soldiers would be utterly useless.

Even if they block the valley entrance with Master Balls, they can still come around from Yangmingshan Mountain. It won't be easy for these people to take away the government rations today!

Unless he is truly one of their people and has kidnapped the Holy King, there might still be a chance of success!

"That's true." Mu Lingchen smiled.

He had already fired a signal flare to tell the soldiers trapped outside that they had encountered an ambush and that they would find a way into the valley.

Even if it means going around to rescue them.

However, if that were the case, there might have been some casualties today.

Now that Xuanyuan Zhan has intervened, neither their soldiers nor the bandits suffered any casualties, thus peacefully resolving this major incident of robbing government grain!