Chapter 296 Encounter with Li Yan

"Hmph, let's go and take a look." When Mo Jingxuan heard that Dongyou had attacked again, he had just been tricked and had not yet gotten rid of the suffocating feeling he had just felt, so he led the way out.

When he walked to the top of the wall, he saw that this time the Dongyou army was actually stationed not far away, and had no intention of attacking at all.

"What's going on?" Mo Jingxuan pointed ahead and asked a soldier who had been observing.

"Your Highness, it has been like this since we arrived here." The soldier replied respectfully.

"No attack?" Mo Jingxuan looked at the dark mass in the distance. He knew without even visual inspection that Dongyou did not enter the attack range of the arrow formation this time.

"No, Your Majesty," the soldier answered again.

"The Mo Kingdom is a coward. They killed our marshal. If you have the guts, come out and we'll fight to the death." At this time, a very provocative voice suddenly came from Dongyou.

"Why should we go out? Come here if you have the ability." At this time, another soldier replied loudly under the instruction of Mo Jingxuan.

"Are you a man? Come out!"

"You are men, why don't you come out?"

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After several exchanges of words, both sides remained silent.

"Deputy General Yang, it seems that the Mo Kingdom has really been intimidated by us." Deputy General Yuan's face did not show much expression, but his tone was obviously much more relieved.

After all, if the Mo Kingdom really comes out, they really have no way to deal with it.

"I often do this kind of provocative things. Don't worry, they won't come out for a while, but before, I couldn't hold back and rushed over first."

Lieutenant General Yang turned his head and looked at Lieutenant General Yuan beside him, who looked confident.

"However, Deputy General Yuan, the princess is in the military camp treating the wounded and cannot be away. Let's talk to each other. We must not fall for the evil schemes or provocations of the Mo Kingdom. We must not move first this time. If I can't help it, you can persuade me."

Yang Yifeng thought about how he always couldn't stand Mo Guo's provocation and rushed forward first, so he gave another explanation.

"Well, Deputy General Yang is right. If I can't help it, Deputy General Yang will have to help me."

Deputy General Yuan smiled faintly in response. When the Marshal was here, they were all superficially harmonious, but now they really have the same goal.

"Get the arrow formation ready. Shoot them if they come over. And keep provoking them over here."

After Mo Jingxuan finished speaking, he walked down the city wall directly. Anyway, there had been many such provocations before, so he was very confident in their defense.

Thus, a war of words started between the two sides, with neither side giving in.

As for Shangguan Nanxing, in order to reach Dongyou as quickly as possible, he brought only a small number of men and horses, and they all rode fast horses all the way.

When they were about halfway there, they heard abnormal sounds of fighting ahead. Shangguan Nanxing and Ruofeng looked at each other, and then Ruofeng rode his horse forward to investigate.

"I'm warning you, don't meddle in other people's business." Not long after Ruofeng left, a rough male voice was heard.

Then Ruofeng left and came back.

"Master, there is a group of bandits ahead, robbing a few people. The situation at this border has always been chaotic, so it is normal for bandits to cause chaos everywhere. Master, should we intervene in this matter?"

After Ruofeng finished replying, he thought about how he had just seen a dozen bandits surrounding a few people. Without the Third Prince's order, he naturally would not take action on his own.

"Well, let's go and take a look. After all, we are all Dongyou people."

After listening to Ruofeng's words, Shangguan Nanxing realized that in addition to the war, the problem of bandits has also been around for a long time.

Shangguan Nanxing then led his followers towards the place where the noise was more intense. Then Shangguan Nanxing saw about a dozen gray-clothed men, each holding a long sword, fighting with several people on a path in the forest.

"Third Prince, Third Prince, save me." At this moment, a young man who was clinging to a big tree because of fear shouted hurriedly, holding a bundle tightly in his hands.

This young man was Li Yan.

Li Yan is now surrounded by a group of bandits. The secret guards sent by his father try their best to prevent the bandits from getting close to him, but there are just too many of them, and there is absolutely no chance of winning if the fight continues for too long.

"Humph, how can a person of such noble status as the Third Prince come to such a remote place like the border? You are just trying to scare us. I advise you to hand over all your money obediently."

The leader of the bandits, who was fighting with Li Yan's secret guards not far away, replied loudly, staring at the bag Li Yan was holding with his shifty eyes while speaking.

Before in the city, he saw with his own eyes this kid taking silver out of the box as if it were free.

When Li Yan heard what the thief said and looked up to meet his eyes, he regretted it so much.

If only he had listened to his father and not shown off his wealth, it would have been great. He had been locked up at home and hadn't gone out to play for a long time. This time on the way to the border, he had a lot of fun and naturally spent a lot of money.

These people targeted him when he was spending money lavishly.

"Young Master Li?" At this time, Shangguan Nanxing heard Li Yan's call and came late.

"It's me, it's me, please save me."

At this time, Li Yan was already squatting beside a big tree, watching the bandits getting closer and closer to him. Feeling desperate, he heard Shangguan Nanxing's voice and was almost moved to tears.

Shangguan Nanxing looked around and saw that the fight was still going on, so he directly signaled Ruofeng beside him to take action.

These bandits were originally gangsters, and they were able to defeat Li Yan's secret guards because of their large numbers. At this time, with the joining of Ruofeng and others, the situation immediately turned around.

"Brothers, retreat quickly." When the bandits realized they could not win, they fled in panic.

"Why are you here?" Seeing that the bandits had all run away, Shangguan Nanxing stepped forward and asked Li Yan softly.

"Third Prince, it's like this..." At this time Li Yan told Shangguan Nanxing everything he knew, but as to why his father did this, he still hadn't figured it out.

"I see. I remember that you still want Su Yue to give you acupuncture every month, right?"

When Shangguan Nanxing heard what Li Yan said, he naturally thought that it must be Minister Li who sensed the danger and asked his son to come out to avoid danger. However, since he had met Li Yan, he could not let him go easily.

"Indeed, but I don't know where Su Yue went."

When Li Yan heard the third prince's question, he admitted it directly. After all, considering the relationship between Su Yue and the third prince, it was not surprising that the third prince knew about this.

"Su Yue is in the border military camp. I'll have someone take you there."

Shangguan Nanxing pretended to have good intentions, but in fact he just wanted Li Yan to stay with Su Yue, so that if Minister Li from Dongyou turned against him, he would have something to hold against him.

"Really? That's great. Anyway, I don't really want to go to my father's friend's place." Shangguan Nanxing had just finished speaking when the secret guard next to Li Yan was about to persuade Li Yan, but seeing that he agreed directly, he had to shut up.

"How about this, you give me a token, and then I'll go back to Dongyou and tell your father about it, otherwise your father will worry about you."

Seeing that Li Yan agreed readily, Shangguan Nanxing asked for a token of trust, so that when he arrived in Dongyou, this Minister Li would definitely be his.

After all, Minister Li was willing to give up even the silver mine for his son, which shows how important this son was in his heart.

"I have been wearing this jade pendant since I was a child. Third Prince, you can take it to show my father." Li Yan did not have any doubts and took off the personal item and handed it to the third prince.

"Ruofeng, find a few people to send Master Li to Su Yue. I'll go first." Shangguan Nanxing took the jade pendant, turned around and instructed Ruofeng.