Chapter 24 You Are Just a Prisoner

The autumn air is clear and crisp, the maple leaves are dyed red, and lines of wild geese fly across the blue sky.

The street leading to the prison was crowded with people, so Lu Xiangrou had to put on a hat and get off the carriage early.

With the help of Lu Fu, she used all her strength to squeeze into the crowd.

"Get out of the way! Everyone, get out of the way!"

Thousands of armored and armed Jinyiwei rushed towards the escort team like sharp swords drawn from their sheaths with unstoppable momentum.

Watching them approaching from afar, Lu Wanyin was still trying her best to encourage Xie Jingci.

"...Just think about it. When Da Sheng was in danger, it was you, Xie Jingci, who saved the day! While you were fighting on the battlefield, the emperor spent his days indulging in pleasure."

"When you and your soldiers were so hungry that you were gnawing on tree bark, he was afraid someone would poison him, so he only ate three bites of a dish at most..."

"If you insist on being blindly loyal to an emperor like this, you will only bring about your own destruction."

Listening to these blatant provocative words, Xie Jingci felt helpless about Lu Wanyin's outspokenness.

In the entire Dasheng, she is the only one who dares to say such words.

While feeling helpless, he also made up his mind.

But he was not bewitched by Lu Wanyin, but the current emperor was indeed unkind.

Listening to the sound of armor getting closer and closer, Xie Jingci looked towards the top of the Dengtian Tower.

He looked disappointed: "You are right, why should I seek death?"

The autumn wind blew up the black hair scattered on his temples and also blew up his blood-stained clothes.

The dead leaves on the tree behind him were falling, making him look even more lonely and desolate.

Lu Wanyin patted Xie Jingci's shoulder and said with a smile, "There are thousands of roads. The road you feel you've been forced into may be the true path to success."

As she spoke, the smile in Lu Wanyin's eyes deepened.

Isn't she herself a living example of someone who was forced to change their ways?

In her first life, she was a woman trapped in the harem who knew nothing, but was suddenly thrown into the crisis-ridden apocalypse.

During the days of living on the edge of a knife, she honed herself and became a strong person who could stand on her own.

Although she has now returned to the ancient times with strict hierarchy, she will never be bound by it again.

Anyone who hurts her, even if it's her own father, will have to pay the price.

The same goes for Xie Jingci.

If the emperor doesn't let him live, then change the emperor.

Anyway, he has the ability.

In short, as long as you are open-minded, all roads lead to Rome.

Xie Jingci was a military general, and the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism was deeply rooted in his bones.

But looking at Lu Wanyin's attitude towards rebellion, she was not only not repulsive but also not afraid, and even looked forward to it.

He became more and more curious about what kind of person his wife was.

But right now he was more concerned about something else.

He sighed and said, "A general's success is built on the bones of thousands of soldiers. To rise to power by stepping on so many corpses, I can't rest in peace."

"The wound is rotten. You think you should feel the pain and cut off all the rotten flesh."

Lu Wanyin paused and said: "You should leave it alone and let it spread and take your life."

As if to prove Lu Wanyin's words, Jinyiwei commander Hou Yuanji came on horseback.

He was not afraid at all of trampling on the people and causing them to flee in panic and complain.

Hou Yuanji did not want to appease him, but instead rode his horse around Xie Jingci.

He looked down at Xie Jingci from above and laughed loudly towards the sky.

"Xie Jingci, Xie Jingci, I never thought that you would fall into my hands one day. At this moment, do you regret having made things difficult for me that day?"

When Xie Jingci had just returned to Beijing from the border, he discovered that Hou Yuanji had seized farmland.

He reported the matter directly to the emperor, forcing Hou Yuanji to apologize to those untouchables.

If it weren't for Hou Yuanji's prominent family background, he would have been stripped of his position and imprisoned long ago.

Feng Ji believed that the crow's protection was a divine will, and he quickly tried to persuade him: "Thank you, General... Xie Jingci has expanded the territory of Dasheng after all..."

"Feng Ji!"

Hou Yuanji warned coldly, "Your Majesty has entrusted me with the task of escorting Xie Jingci. If you insist on offending me for this criminal, think about how long you can remain the commander of the Imperial Guards."

The ancestor of the Hou family was one of the founding fathers of the country.

Hou Yuanji's father is also a favorite of the current emperor.

Feng Ji clenched his fists, his chest heaving, but he didn't dare to offend.

Xie Jingci raised his head slightly, his jawline sharp. "The Hou family is full of evil, and sooner or later they will be trapped in their own web. You'd better pray that I, Xie Jingci, never make a comeback, otherwise, sooner or later, I will once and for all settle accounts with your entire Hou family!"

"Oh, you really scared me to death!"

Hou Yuanji exaggeratedly showed fear: "You don't think that you are still the god of war who is second only to the emperor, do you?"

He laughed sarcastically as if he had heard a joke: "Don't even think about turning things around in the future. First, you'll have to get through the next winter's cold wind before you threaten me! Hahahahaha!"

There is no doubt that the most difficult thing on the road of exile is not the cold winter.

It was Hou Yuanji's difficulty.

Unfortunately, when I met Lu Wanyin, I didn't know who would give whom a hard time!

"roar!"

Before Hou Yuanji finished laughing, the horse under his crotch suddenly neighed twice in a high-pitched voice.

Before he could react, the horse raised its front hooves uncontrollably and shook wildly.

It was obvious that he would not stop until he threw Hou Yuanji off!

The people immediately moved away, fearing that they would become innocent victims under the horses' hooves.

Hou Yuanji tugged at the reins in terror, trying to control his horse: "Are you all blind? Come and help!"

If he were to fall off his horse in front of so many people, Hou Yuanji would be completely humiliated!

Lu Wanyin gently turned her wrist.

The horse shook even more wildly, and its front hooves seemed to be reaching the sky.

Hou Yuanji's subordinates hurried over to help.

But unexpectedly, the horse seemed to have consciousness and avoided everyone!

“Ahhhh!”

Hou Yuanji screamed and was thrown straight down.

Bang!

Hou Yuanji literally prostrated himself before Xie Jingci.

Lu Wanyin winked at the horse and kicked Hou Yuanji, who fell unconscious.

"Hey! It's not even Chinese New Year yet, why are you giving me such a big gift?"

Hou Yuanji woke up slowly and felt a fishy sweet taste in his mouth.

The men hurriedly helped him up: "Sir, are you okay?"

Hou Yuanji’s mind was filled with Lu Wanyin’s words “such a big gift”.

He licked his lips and realized that his nose blood had flowed into his mouth.

He regained consciousness after hearing the low, mocking sounds from the people around him.

Hou Yuanji immediately glared at the horse and said, "Kill it! Kill it for me!"

This beast actually made him so embarrassed!

Lu Wanyin's expression darkened, and she quickly ordered, "Run!"

The horse neighed and turned and ran away.

Hou Yuanji, who had just pulled out a knife from his waist, was hit hard in the face by the horse's tail.

It became swollen in an instant.

The laughter that the people had suppressed just now suddenly exploded.

Even the men who were supporting Hou Yuanji couldn't help laughing.

Hou Yuanji's face turned the color of liver, and he waved the knife in his hand: "What are you laughing at! Don't laugh!"

Lu Wanyin smiled and said, "Sir, we have received professional training and generally don't laugh."

She immediately laughed out loud twice: "Hahahaha... unless I can't help it."

Hou Yuanji was so ashamed that he had lost his mind, and now there was only Lu Wanyin laughing at him.

He didn't have time to think and slashed at Lu Wanyin with the knife in his hand.

Feng Ji quickly grabbed Hou Yuanji and said, "Sir! Think again! That's Xie Jingci's wife!"

Your Majesty only sentenced the Xie family to exile, but did not let him kill anyone in public.

Hou Yuanji regained some of his sanity.

How dare these untouchables laugh at him!

Just wait! He'll see who dares to laugh again!