Mu Jingrui looked outside, his brows furrowed, as if thinking about something.
He kept holding Shangguan Wanning's hand and turned his gaze to Chang Qingqing.
"From the first time you appeared in front of me, I woke up the next day in **."
Mu Jingrui felt Shangguan Wanning's breathing become heavy, so he increased the strength of his palms to comfort her.
"I sent people to investigate Admiral Chang's family background. Indeed, after his death, his family property was seized by his clansmen, and his wife and children had to return to their hometown in poverty. Madam Chang had no choice but to sell her daughter to raise money."
"But you hid yourself too well. According to the spies' report, Admiral Chang's daughter knows martial arts, but you... you showed me that you don't know any martial arts at all. I sent people to chase Madam Chang, but found that they were all dead."
"I think someone was afraid that they would reveal some secrets, so they killed them to silence them."
Chang Qingqing didn't expect that Mu Jingrui, who looked cold and unruly, was actually so thoughtful.
"Since you already doubt me, why do you keep me with you?"
"Because... I don't just want to recover the lost territory, I also want to eliminate the trouble forever."
Shangguan Wanning raised her eyes and looked at Mu Jingrui. Well, this is in line with his style.
"Eliminate the trouble forever?" Chang Qingqing laughed. "Mu Jingrui, you underestimate our barbarian tribe too much. It's useless even if you kill me. Our noble Holy Son has ways to deal with you."
"What you call a method is nothing more than using witchcraft to control people's minds."
A calm voice sounded, and another person walked in from outside the military tent.
"Brother Yao?" Shangguan Wanning was shocked. She shook off Mu Jingrui's hand and went forward. "Are you okay? Your injury..."
Mu Jingrui was a little depressed and his face darkened, but he still suppressed his dissatisfaction and unhappiness.
"It's okay." Sun Jinyao smiled slightly, his eyes full of pampering and tenderness.
He walked up to Chang Qingqing and looked down at her. "Do you know that in our Central Plains, there is a saying that goes, give someone a taste of their own medicine?"
Chang Qingqing was stunned and suddenly had a bad feeling.
Sun Jinyao walked to the clothes spread out and said coldly, "You have already set up the formation. If I guess correctly, your Holy Son is also casting a spell at this time, working with you to control Mu Jingrui. Am I right?"
Chang Qingqing snorted heavily and turned her head to the side.
Sun Jinyao continued, "Now, if I do the opposite, it will be your Holy Son who will be controlled."
Chang Qingqing laughed contemptuously. "How ridiculous! Who do you think you are? I'm going to believe you just because you say a few words for no reason? You can try it."
Sun Jinyao took out a book from his arms and threw it in front of Chang Qingqing.
In an instant, Chang Qingqing's face changed drastically.
"Impossible, how...how did you get this book?" Chang Qingqing stood up and wanted to rush over to kill Sun Jinyao.
Sun Jinyao just dodged to the side and took her pulse.
At this moment, a yellow light appeared on the mirror, and there seemed to be a shadow swaying in the distance.
Sun Jinyao looked down and said, "The timing is perfect. Now I just need to find a holy girl's blood and drop it on the mirror, and your Holy Son... will be dead."
"No...don't..." Chang Qingqing struggled to escape, but was held tightly by Sun Jinyao.
Sun Jinyao looked at Mu Jingrui. "Why don't you do it?"
Now, the only person who meets the requirements is Shangguan Wanning.
But Mu Jingrui couldn't bear to let Shangguan Wanning bleed.
"Use my blood, can't you?"
"In the witchcraft of the barbarians, there is a huge difference between yin and yang. If you use your blood, you will be controlled by them. If you use Ning'er's blood, you can control them."
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Wanning picked up the dagger on the ground, gritted her teeth and cut her wrist.
“Ning’er…”
Mu Jingrui was too late to stop her and could only watch her blood drip onto the mirror.
Suddenly, the mirror emitted a blinding light, causing the four people present to close their eyes involuntarily.
In a trance, I even heard a creepy scream.
The light disappeared immediately, and peace returned to the military tent.
It took a long time for Mu Jingrui and the other two to come back to their senses.
Chang Qingqing collapsed to the ground, dazed and trembling all over.
"We... succeeded?" Shangguan Wanning was completely confused.
Sun Jinyao was not sure either. After all, he had only seen it in books and this was the first time he had actually put it into practice.
"Also, what's going on between you two?" Shangguan Wanning didn't believe that Sun Jinyao's appearance would be such a coincidence.
Mu Jingrui and Sun Jinyao looked at each other and smiled with relief.
It turned out that before Sun Jinyao and Shangguan Wanning came, Mu Jingrui had already found out that the barbarians used witchcraft during their marches and battles.
He planned to take advantage of the situation and pretend to be misled by Chang Qingqing and lose to the barbarians, but in fact he was buying time and sending people to infiltrate the barbarians to investigate the situation.
However, Mu Jingrui could never find a suitable person he could trust.
Just at this time, Sun Jinyao and Shangguan Wanning came.
Mu Jingrui privately found Sun Jinyao to discuss the matter. The two hit it off and staged a play together to conceal the truth. In fact, Mu Jingrui sent his trusted assassin to Sun Jinyao and asked him to lead people to infiltrate the barbarian tribe.
The two have been keeping in touch with each other all along.
Mu Jingrui continued to feign defeat, luring out the main force of the Barbarians, and then launched a counterattack, trapping them all in the valley, forcing the Barbarian Saint to use witchcraft, and taking this opportunity to defeat them completely.
"I see." Shangguan Wanning let out a long sigh and punched Mu Jingrui's chest hard with her fist. "You scared me to death. I thought you were really bewitched by her beauty."
"Am I that kind of person?" Mu Jingrui asked back.
Shangguan Wanning folded her arms across her chest, looked Mu Jingrui up and down, and smiled. "That's hard to say. In the dead of night, a man and a woman are alone in a room, who knows what will happen?"
"Don't worry about that, there's nothing wrong between them." Sun Jinyao said lightly.
"You are a man, so you will definitely help other men." Shangguan Wan Ning was not convinced.
Sun Jinyao didn't argue, but walked to Chang Qingqing and grabbed her arm.
"Look."
Only then did Shangguan Wanning discover that the toad blood on Chang Qingqing's fair arm was particularly eye-catching.
"From what I know, the witchcraft of the Barbarians is extremely strict with women. They must remain chaste, otherwise they cannot cooperate with the Holy Son. They have a very high status in the tribe, and they must remain single for life."
Shangguan Wanning couldn't tell what she felt in her heart. She looked at Mu Jingrui again.
"I am innocent." Mu Jingrui emphasized.
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