Everyone only felt a figure flash by, protecting Shangguan Wanning while breaking the guard's arm.
The prefect was horrified upon seeing this, and shouted in panic: "Come here, come here quickly... Mu Jingrui is trying to escape from prison, kill him without mercy! Uh..."
The prefect's next words got stuck in his throat.
Mu Jingrui stepped forward and grasped the prefect's throat with his cold fingers. His dark and deep eyes remained calm, yet made people feel chilled and terrified.
"You...what do you want..." The prefect struggled but failed to break free from Mu Jingrui's grip.
The guards and jailers around were all terrified. They held weapons in their hands but did not dare to step forward. They all stood there at a loss.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you." Mu Jingrui's voice was not loud, but it revealed a fierce murderous intent. "If I want to escape from prison, even if you transfer all the guards from the provincial government, you can't stop me."
The prefect was very dissatisfied, but he was under the control of others and could do nothing about it.
Shangguan Wanning stared at Mu Jingrui blankly. She felt that at this moment, he seemed to have the shadow of the murderous and terrifying god of war many years later.
"I didn't think of running away, but..." Mu Jingrui's eyes swept over everyone present one by one, "If you dare to touch a hair on Ning'er, I will not let you go even if I become a ghost."
When Shangguan Wanning saw the scarlet murderous intent in Mu Jingrui's eyes, her heart sank involuntarily.
"I want to say a few words to Ning'er, let them all go out." Mu Jingrui scolded in a low voice.
The prefect hesitated for a moment, and in order to save his life he had no choice but to do as Mu Jingrui said.
Everyone retreated.
"Now you can... ah!"
Mu Jingrui looked at the prefect with disgust, knocked him unconscious with a palm, and threw him aside like garbage.
He stepped past the prefect and came in front of Shangguan Wanning.
"Ning'er, listen to me and return to the capital as soon as possible. Judging from this guy's attitude, the emperor is far away and your father and grandfather's power may not be able to protect you."
Shangguan Wanning was in a state of confusion.
The purpose of her rebirth is actually to protect her family and prevent tragedy from happening again.
However, everything she is experiencing now is something she never experienced in her previous life.
Mu Jingrui shouldn't have died at this time.
He was the biggest help in the crown prince's ascension to the throne. If he died, who would lead the crown prince in the various difficult battles in the future?
Now, the Shangguan family has completely offended Xiao Zhenting. If he is allowed to ascend the throne, history will probably just repeat itself in a different way.
“Then…” Shangguan Wanning gritted her teeth and said, “You can run away. Go and meet up with the Crown Prince. He will definitely find a way to protect you.”
Mu Jingrui looked at Shangguan Wanning and smiled gently.
"Ning'er, do you know why I insisted on opening the warehouse to release grain even though I knew I would be punished?"
Shangguan Wanning shook her head in confusion.
In fact, in the deepest part of her impression, she still regarded Mu Jingrui as the cruel, heartless, ruthless and decisive King Zhennan later on.
"My father is a general guarding the border. He regards protecting the people as his mission. And the way to protect people is not just war."
Shangguan Wanning was stunned.
She had never thought that in Mu Jingrui's heart, there was also national justice and the common people.
Suddenly, Shangguan Wanning discovered that in her previous life, even though she had followed Mu Jingrui for three whole years, she had never really understood him.
"In my father's last battle, he knew he was betrayed, but he still insisted on fighting and died for his country. He is a hero in my heart. I cannot... discredit the ancestors of the Mu family."
Shangguan Wanning understood that Mu Jingrui really didn't want to escape.
She was suddenly panicked.
"You are not trying to discredit the Mu family. This is just a temporary measure. Wait until His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrives, or my father gets a pardon for you..."
Shangguan Wanning's tone was full of anxiety. When she saw Mu Jingrui raised his hand, she immediately stepped back.
"Don't even think about pressing my acupoints again."
Mu Jingrui's smile deepened.
He tidied up Shangguan Wanning's hair and stroked her cheek gently with his fingers.
"Fortunately, I haven't married you yet..." Mu Jingrui said with a smile, "Otherwise, you would be a widow at such a young age, which would ruin your life."
Mu Jingrui felt a little regretful, but he could also let it go.
He lowered his eyelids, a trace of sadness flashed across his eyes. "Ning'er, if you see Xiaoyan in the future, please take care of her for me."
After saying that, Mu Jingrui turned and left.
Shangguan Wanning tightly grasped his sleeve, tears welled up in her eyes uncontrollably, and she choked up and said, "Maybe... there is another way..."
Mu Jingrui looked back at her, pulled his hand back, and walked out without hesitation.
"Don't go to the execution ground."
After saying these four words, Mu Jingrui's figure completely disappeared from Shangguan Wanning's sight.
Shangguan Wanning's heart ached. She fell to the cold ground as if exhausted, with an unprecedented sadness surging in her body.
The sky gradually brightened, but it was still snowing heavily, and the pain of snow blowing across my cheeks was as sharp as a steel knife.
The officers and soldiers escorted Mu Jingrui to the execution ground, and a long trail of footprints behind him was particularly eye-catching.
When the people in the city heard that General Mu, who had opened the granaries to release grain, was going to be executed according to law, they spontaneously came out to see him off.
The cold wind was howling, and the executioner saw that the time was almost up, so he told the executioner to get ready.
Mu Jingrui stood calmly in the wind and snow, motionless.
"General Mu."
An old man came over tremblingly, holding a bowl of wine, and knelt down silently.
"Old man..." Mu Jingrui wanted to bend over to support him.
The old man handed the wine to Mu Jingrui with both hands.
"General Mu, we all know that you have been wronged greatly, but unfortunately... we are powerless and cannot save you. Now there is a blizzard and disaster, and we can't even give you a good farewell. This bowl of wine is a token of our appreciation, so please drink it."
Mu Jingrui looked at the bowl of wine. At this time, having a bowl of wine to warm the body was indeed comparable to delicacies from mountains and seas.
He took it from the old man and drank it all.
"Old man, it's freezing cold, you and your fellow villagers should go back."
Mu Jingrui looked calm and composed, as if he was not going to die at all.
He watched the old man kowtow and then retreat, then raised his eyes and saw a young girl walking towards him not far ahead. He frowned and watched Shangguan Wanning, who was dressed in plain clothes, walk up to him.
"Didn't I tell you not to come?"
"I……"
Before Shangguan Wanning could say anything, she heard the executioner shouting.
"The time has come. Execution."
Shangguan Wanning's heart was in a knot. She watched the warrant in the executioner's hand fall on the snow. The executioner raised his sword high and chopped towards Mu Jingrui's neck.
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