After a while, he returned, his face no longer gloomy, but instead beaming with joy.
He suppressed a laugh and said respectfully, "General Mu said, 'I will obey Your Highness's command!'"
The last few characters, "多福" were pronounced with deliberate emphasis.
From his barely suppressed laughter to his deliberately emphasized tone, Helian Jue and Xie Yuan could imagine how much Mu Shao gritted his teeth when he said those words.
"Haha! Hahaha!"
Helian Jue's laughter came from the oxcart and carried far in the wind and rain.
Mu Shao, who was riding his horse against the wind and rain, heard this laughter and his gloomy face was almost dripping with water!
But there was nothing he could do but urge the thousand oxen guards to hurry on their way.
Xie Yuanze ordered his men to find a place to take shelter from the rain, and the group all stopped.
Half a day had passed, and the wind was still blowing, but the rain had stopped.
Xie Yuan glanced at the sky; it was already evening, and they needed to hurry on their way.
Otherwise, they would have to spend the night in the wilderness.
"Speed up!"
Duofu and Duoshou relayed orders in the queue, one after the other.
The massive oxcart convoy sped off and arrived in Guangcheng before nightfall.
After entering the city gate, we headed straight for the governor's office.
Xie Yuan looked out the window, but had a bad feeling.
It seems something's not right in Guangcheng.
The ever-perceptive Helian Jue noticed Xie Yuan's unusual behavior and, unusually, asked with curiosity, "What's wrong? Is something amiss?"
Before Xie Yuan could speak, the guards who had been scouting ahead ran back to report: "Your Highness, Your Highness, the governor's mansion is closed, and the back office is deserted."
Helian Jue's expression changed. What did the governor of Guangcheng mean by this?
A ruse involving an empty city?
Should we give this former crown prince, now the King of Yue, a taste of his power?
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