Chapter 3443: Please ask the emperor to order the troops to be dispatched!
At this moment, Zhu Feng seemed to have come back to his senses, and his face immediately darkened: "Is it Li Bu Shang?"
“…”
Nan Yan suddenly didn't dare to say anything.
Zhu Feng asked, "Where are the others?"
At this time, Li Bushang walked in from outside and kowtowed to Zhu Feng, saying, "Your humble servant greets His Majesty."
Zhu Feng looked at him coldly: "You are very thoughtful."
Li Bushang lowered his head and said solemnly, "This is the border. Last month, Chen Biri was assassinated not far ahead. Your Majesty is a precious woman, and such a mistake cannot happen. Therefore, I took the initiative to go and provide assistance. If the Emperor blames me, I will bear the full responsibility."
Zhu Feng looked at him coldly for a while.
Then he said, "The imperial concubine is safe and sound. Why should I blame you? Get up."
Only then did Li Bushang stand up.
Zhu Feng turned to look at Nan Yan again: "Are you here alone?"
Nan Yan was originally worried that Zhu Feng would take advantage of the situation again, but he didn't say anything. She was relieved. When she heard his question, she immediately said, "No, I came here with Master Li's wife."
"she?"
When mentioning Xie Jiaojiao, Zhu Feng frowned slightly.
His temper had improved a bit, but his memory wasn't bad either. When he mentioned Xie Jiaojiao, the scar left by Jie Shi stabbing him in the chest at the wedding of Li Bushan and Xie Jiaojiao seemed to ache faintly.
He said coldly: "Since your wife is here, go and keep her company."
Obviously, he didn't intend to let Xie Jiaojiao come in to see him.
Li Bushang said, "I am on errands, so there is no need to accompany her."
Hearing this, Zhu Feng glanced at him again and said with a half-smile, "You clearly distinguish between public and private matters."
Li Bushang said, "I dare not."
Nan Yan, who was nearby, couldn't help but frown when she heard him. Logically, Xie Jiaojiao had come with her, so she should have been given a place to stay. But since she had met the emperor, she naturally had to serve him. Li Bushang refused to leave with her, and she was surrounded by burly soldiers. Wouldn't that leave her, a woman, alone here?
This was too embarrassing for her.
Nan Yan was about to say something when suddenly, there was a noise outside, as if someone had entered the military camp and there was a commotion outside.
Zhu Feng frowned and said, "What's going on outside? Go and take a look."
Li Bushang immediately said, "Yes."
He immediately turned around and walked out. When he lifted the curtain, Nan Yan saw Xie Jiaojiao standing outside the door of the tent. The red sunlight made her face red, but she was still as pale as ice. The contrast made her look indescribably panicked.
And further away, at the gate, I saw a group of people gathered there, and I didn't know what they were talking about.
After Li Bushang walked out, he strode towards the gate without looking around.
Xie Jiaojiao lowered her head, as if nothing had happened, except that her two fingers, twisted together until they were white, were tightly clasped together, and her nails were digging into her palms.
Nan Yan listened to the noise outside, frowned, and walked to Zhu Feng's side: "Is there something wrong outside?"
Zhu Feng said, "Let's listen first."
After a while, Li Bushan hurried back and said to Zhu Feng, "Your Majesty, the patrolmen we sent out have returned. They just engaged in a fight with the Yue people at the border."
"oh?"
Zhu Feng frowned when he heard this.
Nan Yan, who was standing by, also became a little nervous after hearing this.
Their soldiers fought against the soldiers of Yue State? Doesn't that mean there will be a war?
But Zhu Feng didn't look panicked. He just frowned and said in a deep voice, "What's going on? Tell me clearly."
Li Bushang said, "The military camp sends out three teams of troops to patrol the area every day. Since the incident with Chen Biri last month, tensions have risen between the two sides, so the number of troops has increased to five. Today, four teams have returned, but this one is the last. I just went to see them. They encountered a group of Yue people on the southwest slope. They insisted that they were assassins and attacked them directly."
"Are there any casualties?"
"Four are seriously injured, and the rest are slightly injured. I don't know if there are any casualties on the other side, but it looks like there are some injured as well."
Nan Yan frowned when she heard this.
An assassin? How could an assassin go out in broad daylight like this? Furthermore, the soldiers out on patrol were all in armor and on horseback. Where in the world could such an assassin come from?
Isn't this a deliberate provocation?
Sure enough, Zhu Feng's face darkened.
He stood up suddenly and said, "Go and take a look."
Li Bushang immediately leaned over and lifted the tent, and Zhu Feng walked out.
Nan Yan hesitated for a moment. This was a military camp, and she was no longer the female official in charge of the imperial court who could go anywhere she wanted. It would be inappropriate for her to just go out like that.
After thinking for a while, she called Delu outside and said, "Hurry up and follow the emperor out. If there is anything, tell me immediately."
De Lu was also smart. He knew that this was a military camp and also on the border. If something happened here, it would be a major event that would lead to war between the two countries. So he agreed and immediately followed the emperor. He saw Zhu Feng leading Li Bushang and several other generals in the army striding towards the camp. Sure enough, he saw a large group of people gathered there, all talking loudly and excitedly.
At this moment, the people standing outside heard footsteps, stepped back and looked, and were so scared that they knelt down.
"emperor!"
When the people around heard that the emperor was coming in person, they all retreated to the sides and knelt on the ground. Zhu Feng walked over and saw General Xiang Yuanbo standing in front of a pergola. Several soldiers were lying on the ground, covered in blood, and a military doctor was treating their injuries.
It was the person who had just returned from patrol.
These men were covered in wounds. One of them was even cut from the shoulder to the armpit by a knife, and his entire arm was removed. He was bleeding profusely and lying on the ground crying. When he saw the emperor coming, he struggled to stand up and salute.
As soon as Zhu Feng raised his hand, the people around him went over and held him down.
Xiang Yuanbo's eyes were red. He walked up to Zhu Feng and said, "Your Majesty, please allow me to send troops!"
The sun was shining brightly at this time, but Zhu Feng's face was ashen even in the sun.
He kept silent with a sullen face, but several lieutenant generals around him started to speak: "General Xiang, don't be impulsive!"
"Yes, General, if we send troops at this time, things will get out of hand."
"Let's wait and see."
Xiang Yuanbo glared at them with red eyes: "What are you still looking at? Our people have been beaten like this. If we keep watching, those bastards from Yue will rush here to kill people!"
The surrounding soldiers were already angry. This was not the first time they had clashed with each other in recent days, but this was the first time that the fight had turned out like this.
Upon hearing Xiang Yuanbo's words, everyone shouted, "Kill them!"
"We have to let them know that we are not to be bullied!"
"Your Majesty, please order the troops to be dispatched!"
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