Mu Jingyan struggled desperately and saw a big hand moving towards his chest.
A gust of palm wind came and knocked the defenseless Ji Kuo away.
Mu Jingyan fell into a strong chest.
"Brother..." Mu Jingyan's nose felt sore. Thinking of the humiliation just now, his body trembled slightly with fear and tears fell involuntarily.
"Jingyan, are you okay?" Shangguan Wanning ran up and held Mu Jingyan's hand with heartache.
Mu Jingrui handed his sister to Shangguan Wanning and looked at Lord Liao who was standing beside him with a murderous look.
"So... she is General Mu's sister... It's a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding." Lord Liao felt his scalp tingling at the look in Mu Jingrui's eyes, and subconsciously took a few steps back.
"Who allowed you to take the prisoners out of the cell?" Mu Jingrui asked in a low growl.
Lord Liao was stunned, then smiled and said, "General Mu, didn't I tell you before? Lord Shangshu said he was willing to accept the peace talks of the Eagle Country. Then, Prince Ji Kuo is our honored guest. It's not good to keep honored guests in jail all the time..."
"Peace talks? Did I agree to it?" Mu Jingrui's face was gloomy.
Lord Liao was angered by Mu Jingrui's attitude.
"What do you mean? General Mu is unwilling to give face to the Minister?"
"I fought the battle and I captured the prisoners. The Minister asked me to release them with just one sentence, without even asking for my opinion. Did he give me face?"
"You..." Lord Liao was so angry that he was shaking all over. "General Mu, you should stop thinking too highly of yourself. In terms of seniority, in terms of..."
"Don't say these useless nonsense to me." Mu Jingrui interrupted Lord Liao rudely and said firmly, "Listen carefully, go back and tell Lord Shangshu that I don't accept the peace talks. All the soldiers captured by the Eagle Country, including Ji Kuo, must die."
Mu Jingrui's words were colder than ice and snow, which made Lord Liao completely scared.
"You... you... Mu Jingrui, how dare you!" Lord Liao saw that the Minister of War could no longer suppress him, so he had to bring up the emperor. "Negotiation is a big deal. Even if you disagree, you have to report it to His Majesty, and it is His Majesty who will make the final decision."
"Really? Who will write the memorial?" Mu Jingrui smiled coldly, turned around, grabbed Ji Kuo's clothes and pulled him up from the snow.
"I don't believe you dare to kill me. Unless you don't want your own future." Ji Kuo was injured by Mu Jingrui's palm, and there was still blood at the corner of his mouth.
"Are you the one who decides my future? I'll let you know now whether I dare or not."
Let’s talk, Mu Jingrui dragged Ji Kuo out.
"Jing Rui..."
Shangguan Wanning was frightened by Mu Jingrui's appearance and turned pale.
From her understanding of him, the more arrogant Ji Kuo was, the angrier he would be.
He would really kill Ji Kuo.
"Jingrui, you have to think carefully. If you really kill Ji Kuo, I'm afraid..." Shangguan Wanning held Mu Jingrui's arm tightly.
"If I don't kill him, how can I be worthy of those soldiers who died defending the city and the women who were raped by them?"
Mu Jingrui thought of the scenes he saw when he first entered the city, and his heart was still trembling violently.
He watched helplessly but could do nothing. He vowed in his heart that he must seek justice for them.
"Ning'er, I hope you will support me." Mu Jingrui's voice became hoarse.
Shangguan Wanning saw Mu Jingrui's sense of justice, which she had never considered before.
Just like before, he knew clearly that opening the granary to release grain was a capital crime, but he still risked his life to do it.
Perhaps, the future King of Zhennan may not be as cruel and brutal as she saw in her previous life?
Shangguan Wanning slowly loosened her hand. "Jingrui, I support you. If this incident prevents you from pursuing a career in politics, then I will accompany you in farming and weaving."
Mu Jingrui's heart calmed down instantly.
He pulled Ji Kuo to the top of the city wall, and Lord Liao saw them and hurriedly followed.
Outside the city wall, tens of thousands of Goshawk soldiers captured by Mu Jingrui were kneeling in the open space, all of them had their shirts taken off, and the biting cold wind blew through like a bone-peeling steel knife.
The soldiers were so stunned that they became rigid.
"General Mu, what are you doing? You..."
"Shut up." Mu Jingrui interrupted Lord Liao with a scolding and fixed his eyes on Ji Kuo who was beginning to feel scared.
"You can rob the Central Plains for the sake of food and clothing for your own people. If you succeed, it is our own incompetence. However, when you broke through the city, you should not be so cruel to women and children. Your behavior is simply outrageous."
"What...what do you want?" Ji Kuo's voice sounded a little panicked and hoarse.
"I will use your blood and the blood of your soldiers to pay tribute to the heroic souls of our dynasty who died on the battlefield."
"No, no, no, General Mu, you must not do this." Lord Liao found that he could not suppress Mu Jingrui with his power, so he had to change the way of negotiation.
He calmed himself down and said, "General Mu, if you kill so many prisoners, and this matter gets out, people will think that our great country has no magnanimity. In the future, in any war, those soldiers will fight to the death."
"Because they are afraid of falling into your hands. It will be useless for you to face a group of people who are not afraid of death on the battlefield, don't you think? It is better to convince them with virtue and let them go."
Mu Jingrui was fascinated to listen to what Lord Liao had to say.
He smiled coldly and said, "What I want is to make all neighboring countries dare not invade. I want to let them know the consequences of invading our land."
Mu Jingrui drew his sword, a flash of light passed by, and Lord Liao watched Ji Kuo's head and body being separated.
His head fell vertically from the city wall.
"kill!"
At Mu Jingrui's command, thousands of arrows were fired at once, and tens of thousands of Goshawk soldiers who were trapped in the open space were all shot to death.
In an instant, blood flowed like a river, and the cold air was filled with a strong smell of blood.
Lord Liao was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.
"Mu Jingrui, you...you..."
Mu Jingrui stood on the city wall and looked into the distance, completely ignoring Lord Liao's stammering accusations.
He seemed to see many injured people slowly moving away.
In war, the people are the ones who suffer the most.
Mu Jingrui returned to the government office and saw Shangguan Wanning sitting at the table waiting.
"I made you a bowl of hot soup. Please drink it to warm your body." Shangguan Wanning said softly.
The anger in Mu Jingrui's heart turned into tenderness in an instant.
He held Shangguan Wanning's hand and asked softly, "Are you scared today?"
"I'm fine, but Jing Yan..."
Before Shangguan Wan Ning finished her words, a group of soldiers led by Lord Liao rushed in.
"Mu Jingrui disregarded the law and killed the surrendered prisoners of war. He is inhumane and deserves death. Arrest him."
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