"Assholes, you are bullying me!"

Before Su Xiaoxiao and Mu Yansong could speak, a voice suddenly came from not far away.

The two men turned around and saw Luye rolling up his sleeves and rushing towards them.

Zhao Zixu followed behind him, his cheeks also flushed with anger.

They had been hiding behind the stone sculpture and heard the conversation between Su Xiaoxiao and the yamen runner clearly.

"Why are you here?"

Seeing the two of them, Su Xiaoxiao frowned.

Despite all their precautions, they were unable to prevent them from following them secretly.

When Luye heard her words, he snorted angrily, "It's a good thing I came with you, otherwise, how could we suppress the bandits with just the two of you?"

“Yes, yes, yes!”

Zhao Zixu nodded, put his hands on his hips and echoed Lu Ye's words.

Fortunately, they followed us, otherwise they would not know how the government bullied people!

"go back!"

Mu Yansong was also speechless.

He deliberately wanted to avoid them, so he chose to leave early in the morning.

I didn't expect that these two people would follow me.

"No!" Luye raised his chin and became tough: "Since I'm here, there's absolutely no reason for me to abandon you and go back alone!"

"Well, we're not going back. We're going to follow you to fight the bandits!"

"Oh, you're all going to die together!"

The bailiff sneered and turned to walk into the yamen.

However, his words directly angered Shikano.

He walked quickly forward and grabbed his collar.

"You dare to curse us? Do you believe that I will kill you right now?"

"How dare you? This is the government office..."

Before the yamen runner could finish his words, Su Xiaoxiao quickly stepped forward, pulled out the sword at his waist, and pressed it against his abdomen.

The bailiff was frightened now, and waved his hands tremblingly: "Don't... don't kill me!"

"I can spare your life, but you have to send us some men, otherwise..."

"Sir, please don't embarrass me. This matter is not something I can decide."

The bailiff had a bitter look on his face.

"To be honest, my master received a secret letter from the court yesterday. He asked him to prepare some remaining soldiers for you to lead to suppress the bandits."

The words of the yamen runner did not surprise Su Xiaoxiao and Mu Yansong.

The emperor originally wanted to take the opportunity to kill Mu Yansong, so naturally he would not really send troops to help him.

But they two knew it, but Luye and Zhao Zixu did not.

When they heard what the yamen runner said, the two men immediately became angry.

"Nonsense! Why would the imperial court write such a secret letter?"

"Yes! It was clearly the Emperor who sent us to suppress the bandits, and the imperial edict also stated that the government would assist us. Why is it different when you say it? Tell me, why did you lie?"

"No, no, no, I didn't lie. This is exactly what was written in the secret letter. Everyone, please let me go. I was just following orders!"

"How is it possible..."

"Let him go. He really didn't lie."

Su Xiaoxiao took off the scabbard hanging around the waist of the yamen runner, put the sword into the scabbard, and then put it into her storage ring.

"Take these people back with you. We don't want them. But this place is still quite far from where we're going to suppress the bandits. To avoid delaying the suppression, could you please prepare a few horses for us, uncle?"

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away!"

The bailiff nodded and quickly pulled out his clothes.

He waved to several death row prisoners and led them into the yamen.

Seeing the yamen runner running away, Lu Ye turned his head and looked at Su Xiaoxiao in confusion.

"Xiao Xiao, how did you know he wasn't lying? Could it be that you knew something?"

"This is a long story. To put it simply, the emperor wants to take this opportunity to kill Brother Song."

"What? You said the Emperor wants to kill Mu Tou?" Lu Ye's eyes widened in shock. "No, no, why would the Emperor want to kill Mu Tou? Does Mu Tou know him?"

Zhao Zixu nodded, his eyes filled with curiosity.

Su Xiaoxiao did not answer their questions directly, but turned to look at Mu Yansong.

After all, this matter concerns his life experience.

All she could reveal was that the emperor wanted to kill him.

As for more, she was not sure whether Mu Yansong was willing to tell others.

Even if he is willing, he should say it himself.

Under the gazes of the three people, Mu Yansong hesitated.

The three people in front of him had shared life and death with him many times and were all his trustworthy friends.

And this time, they followed regardless of everything.

If this can't make him let down his guard against them, then he is too cold-hearted.

"Actually, I..."

"Everyone, here are four horses. This is the only thing I can do for you. You lead the horses and go quickly!"

Just as Mu Yansong was about to speak, the bailiff came out leading a horse.

Mu Yansong, Luye and Zhao Zixu each took the reins of a horse.

Su Xiaoxiao raised her hand and tried, but she couldn't even reach the reins.

Seeing her pouting in frustration, Mu Yansong bent down and carried her onto the horse's back.

"Three horses are enough, thank you!"

Mu Yansong thanked the yamen runner, then turned and left with his horse.

Seeing this, Luye and Zhao Zixu quickly followed.

"Mu Tou, did you want to say something just now?"

"Um!"

Mu Yansong nodded.

Seeing that there were not many people on the street, he told them everything about his life.

Lu Ye and Zhao Zixu became more and more shocked the more they listened.

"What? You...you are actually a prince. And the person who wants to kill you is actually your father!"

"So the current emperor is your father?"

"He's not my dad!"

Mu Yansong shook his head.

"The person who initially issued the decree to take my life was indeed my father. But the current emperor is not my father, but my father's brother. My father did not leave any other princes besides me. The current emperor succeeded to the throne naturally. After that, he continued to send people to hunt me down according to my father's will!"

This was the first time Su Xiaoxiao heard him mention this sentence.

She always thought that the current emperor was Mu Yansong's father.

But unexpectedly, Mu Yansong's father was actually the late emperor.

Coincidentally, he was the only prince born to the late emperor.

This made her wonder whether it was the late emperor who issued the order to kill Mu Yansong?

"Brother Asong, have you ever considered this possibility? Perhaps from the very beginning, the one who wanted to kill you wasn't the late emperor, but the current emperor?"

"I've thought about it, but...but what I've heard from the young servant is that it was my father who ordered my death. The servant was very loyal to me and lost his life protecting me. I believe he wouldn't lie to me!"

"What if he wasn't trying to deceive you, but he was also deceived?"