After the convoy stopped, the man on the front horse dismounted.
The man had a beard that covered most of his face, making it difficult to see his appearance.
After landing, the man chuckled a few times, "Inspector Zhu, why did you come to greet us in person?"
The moment he heard the man's voice, a fierce look flashed across Li Junyan's eyes.
Zhu Wuyou, who was standing aside, wished he could just close his eyes and faint.
But being stared at by Li Junyan, Zhu Wuyou didn't dare to faint at all and could only force himself to stand.
The man didn't notice anything wrong and continued to smile, "Prefect Zhu, you came out to greet us, why are you silent now?"
As he spoke, the man approached Zhu Wuyou.
Xu San subconsciously tightened his grip on the knife handle, but at the signal from Li Junyan's eyes, he still stood there obediently, not daring to act on his own.
The man was in front of Zhu Wuyou in a flash. He leaned close to Zhu Wuyou and said in a low voice, "Zhu, I brought a lot of water this time. You must give me a good price! If you don't have any suitable water in Xizhou, it would be nice to get some from Tingzhou for me!"
After saying that, the man laughed, and his voice was extremely obscene.
Zhu Wuyou suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Junyan. After meeting Li Junyan's warning eyes, he didn't dare to say a word.
The man also noticed something was wrong at this time, and followed Zhu Wuyou's gaze and looked at Li Junyan.
The moment he saw Li Junyan's appearance clearly, surprise flashed in the man's eyes, "It's me who was blind! I didn't even see that there is such a handsome man here!
Governor Zhu, who is this? If you give him to me, I will give you all the water I brought this time. I don't want anything else and will go home now."
Give Prince Chen to him and let him go back?
How dare he make such a request!
Zhu Wuyou no longer dared to remain silent.
If he didn't speak up, who knows what wild words this Ashina would say next.
"Shut up, stop talking nonsense—"
Zhu Wuyou had just scolded this when Li Junyan glared at him.
Ashina looked at Zhu Wuyou, then looked at Li Junyan warily, and subconsciously stepped back.
Li Junyan said in a cold voice, "Xu San, Lin Qi, leave them all to me."
"yes!"
Xu San and Lin Qi rushed towards Ashina, while the other guards headed towards the convoy.
Under the siege of Xu San and Lin Qi, Ashina was quickly defeated and was tied up tightly by Lin Qi with a climbing rope.
Ashina struggled hard, trying to break free.
But he tried his best, his face turned red and his neck became thick, but he still couldn't break free, and his eyes were red with anger.
"You two fighting against one, what kind of heroes are you?"
Lin Qi kicked Ashina in the knee, making him kneel on the ground.
"Who told you we were heroes? We are the prince's guards, obeying his orders and carrying out his instructions.
As long as we can capture you, let alone two against one, even twenty against one doesn't matter."
Ashina raised his head and glared at Li Junyan. "Are you the Prince of Chen? Why are you in Xizhou when you're not in your fiefdom, Tingzhou? Aren't you afraid that your emperor will know you left your fiefdom without permission and chop off your head?"
Li Junyan smiled, a very pretty smile, but his eyes were extremely cold. "You are a Turkic person, sneaking into the Great Zhou and being caught by me on the spot. You don't think about how you will die, but you still have the time to meddle in my affairs in the future."
Hearing this, a flash of panic crossed Ashina's face, but he quickly calmed down and said, "You can't kill me."
"Oh?" Li Junyan looked at Ashina with interest. "Why?"
"I'm here to help Xizhou!" Ashina shouted. "Do you see my caravan? It's full of water! And dried meat and food! If we hadn't sent water and food regularly over the past three years, the people of Xizhou would have died out long ago! We are Xizhou's benefactors! You can't be ungrateful!"
"Is that so?"
The ending tone of Li Junyan's voice rose slightly, with a hint of disbelief.
Ashina's voice was louder than before, full of urgency, "Of course it is! If you don't believe me, you can ask Governor Zhu!"
Li Junyan looked towards Zhu Wuyou and said, "Then Governor Zhu, please tell us!"
Zhu Wuyou was sweating profusely and opened his mouth several times, but couldn't utter a word.
Seeing this, Ashina became increasingly anxious. "Inspector Zhu, why are you still silent? Didn't we work together well before? I gave you food and water, and you gave me women. What's so unacceptable about this?"
Before Ashina finished speaking, Zhu Wuyou knelt on the ground.
Li Junyan looked at Zhu Wuyou with half-lowered eyes, his eyes full of murderous intent.
"Your Majesty!"
Zhu Wuyou crawled on the ground, his voice choked with sobs.
"I was wrong! But I have no other choice! There is no water in Xizhou. In order to keep most of the people in Xizhou alive, I can only... can only give up a small part...
Besides...and they just moved to a new place to live, with food and drink, which is better than their life in Xizhou. I have also found a new way out for them!"
"So, this king should join the people of Xizhou in thanking you sincerely?"
Zhu Wuyou shuddered, "No... no need. I just did what I could. I don't deserve your thanks, Your Highness."
Li Junyan turned around and looked at the people behind him, "What about you? Do you want to thank Governor Zhu?"
The people shrank back, their faces filled with fear.
In the midst of silence, an old woman with gray hair and a bony figure rushed out from the crowd.
She stumbled forward and knelt down straight when she was two or three meters away from Li Junyan.
Even though her knees slammed hard on the gravel, the old woman didn't care.
She looked at Li Junyan with tears in her eyes, her lips trembling uncontrollably. After a while, she said, "Please...Prince, save my daughter!"
An old man ran out from the crowd and knelt beside the old woman, tears streaming down his face.
"Your Highness, please help us. Last month, Governor Zhu and this Ashina forcibly took our daughter away and threw a bucket of water and half a bag of grain at us. We old couple fought back desperately, but were beaten and covered in wounds."
The old woman cried breathlessly, "It's all my fault that I'm incompetent and couldn't protect my Anan!"
"Please, Your Majesty, make the decision!"
Li Junyan slowly turned his head to look at Zhu Wuyou, a storm brewing in his eyes, "Is this what Governor Zhu said, to help the people of Tingzhou?"
Zhu Wuyou's eyes were filled with despair, and he couldn't utter a word of defense. His mind was filled with only one thought: My life is over!
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