Chapter 89 Oh, disrespecting the elderly
"Bah."
The lock on the iron cage opened.
Facing the two people's burning gazes, Xihe laughed dryly twice, "Xihe just tried it, and I didn't expect it to open."
Xiao Mingxuan walked over and snatched the wire from the little girl's hand. He turned her delicate white hand over and over twice, and after confirming that there were no wounds, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief. "If I don't watch over you for a while, you'll go to heaven."
The little girl is a person who can't sit still. If no one is watching her, she will immediately climb up the roof and tear off the tiles.
"It's okay, little brother, Xihe will be careful." Xihe smiled and said nonchalantly.
"Call me next time and I'll do it." Xiao Mingxuan said without question.
"Okay, I'll listen to you~" Xihe agreed obediently, then took out a few porcelain bottles from her arms and handed them to Xiao Mingxuan, "Little brother, apply medicine to this weird uncle."
Then he assured: "I promise I won't go over there, I'll just watch."
Xiao Mingxuan took the medicine bottle, took a look at it, and threw it to Liu Yuan behind him without even looking at it. "Apply the medicine yourself. It's not like you're going to lose your hands or feet."
Liu Yuan fell silent as he looked at the porcelain vase in his arms, then laughed and cursed, "You son of a bitch."
He bit open the lid, applied the medicine himself, and then tore the material from the hem of his clothes to bandage the wound.
After being tired for most of the day, Xihe's lips were already a little dry and chapped. Xiao Mingxuan gave him some water before resting.
Liu Yuan bit the bandage and watched Xiao Mingxuan busying himself with a half-smile. Suddenly he said, "Little brat, do you know your identity?"
Xiao Mingxuan paused, pursed his lips, and said in silence for two long seconds, "I know."
"Do you know her identity?"
"I know that too."
Liu Yuan's expression was cold, but when he spoke, he hit the nail on the head, "You two are not suitable."
Princess Tianshuo and Prince Beili. Tianshuo and Beili are mortal enemies, and coupled with some secrets Liu Yuan knows, these two are destined to be enemies from birth.
"Oh." Xiao Mingxuan responded lightly.
Now it was Liu Yuan's turn to be confused.
What's the answer?
Just as he was about to open his mouth to offer some more advice, Xiao Mingxuan simply changed the subject, "Don't talk about me, talk about you. What exactly is going on in the Imperial City? Although the resemblance in appearance is not easy to detect, it is impossible for the behavior to be exactly the same, unless..."
"Unless he was trained to follow my example from the beginning." Liu Yuan sneered and said slowly, "They were worried about me from the beginning. After they found that I was gradually slipping out of control, they kept someone like him, hoping that one day he would replace me and become their puppet to help them complete their disgusting plans."
"What business?" Xiao Mingxuan asked, then felt it was inappropriate and quickly fell silent.
Liu Yuan, on the other hand, didn't mind and told him everything. "What else could it be? It's just treason. They want to occupy the border fortress to cover their activities."
"Uncle Weird didn't want to, so they locked him up here?" Xihe took a bite of the few cakes, her cheeks puffed up round, and from a distance she looked like a big bun.
"Don't call me Uncle Weird, or I'll beat you up." Liu Yuan threatened the little girl in a vicious voice, snatched the cake from Xihe's hand, and put it into his mouth.
Xihe looked at the crumbs in her palm and almost cried in anger.
How could this person steal food from children!
It's so unfair.
Xiao Mingxuan couldn't help but give Liu Yuan a cold look, then he took out a piece of cake from his arms and handed it to Xihe, which made the little girl smile happily.
Liu Yuan tutted and continued, "I'm a citizen of Tianshuo. How could I possibly joke with the lives of civilians and soldiers? When I discovered this, I intercepted the items and intended to report it to His Majesty in the capital, but... my father stopped me. He begged me not to report it, and he promised me that it would be the last time, and he would never do it again."
"Do you believe it?" Xiao Mingxuan asked.
Liu Yuan's eyes dimmed and he nodded silently.
"I believe it, but that is also the thing I regret the most."
He let out a deep breath and said, "My father said he knew he was wrong and asked me to deliver a letter to Jiang Zhongguo, asking him to stop. I believed him, and I secretly left the border and rode as fast as I could to Jiangnan. But I didn't realize it was all a setup. Jiang Zhongguo imprisoned me here for three years, and sent the imposter they'd kept for years to take my place as a border guard."
"That makes sense." Xiao Mingxuan calculated the time in his mind. "Chen Wang's petition alleges that 'Liu Yuan' began embezzling military pay three years ago. You were also imprisoned here three years ago. So, the person in charge was replaced by someone else at that time."
Liu Yuan left the city without telling anyone. Overnight, he was replaced silently, yet no one knew about it.
The fake "Yanagura" continued to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country on behalf of the Liu family, while the real Yanagura was imprisoned in a dark dungeon.
"Uncle Weird, shall we take you out? Xihe will take you back to the capital, and we will tell our father everything and give you justice!" Xihe finished the last bite of the cake, jumped up, patted the cake crumbs on his body, and said solemnly.
"Did you come here to study in Jiangnan?" Liu Yuan suddenly asked.
"Yes, a lot of people are here. My brothers and sisters are here, and my uncle is here too~" Xihe didn't understand and answered obediently.
"Uncle?" Liu Yuan was stunned for a moment, "Who is your uncle?"
Xiao Mingxuan responded, "Xu Qingcheng is her uncle, and the general accompanying the army is Zhong Ting."
"Zhong Ting, Xu Qingcheng." Liu Yuan muttered the two names, then smiled knowingly, "It's been three years, and I've finally waited. It truly is the perfect time, the perfect place, and the perfect people."
He looked at the two little guys in front of him and suddenly smiled.
Two young men of status and two credible generals, perhaps God really treats him well.
"Little guy, there are heavy troops outside this secret room. I am a useless person now and can't help you. You should think about how to get out alive."
He has not gone out in the past three years, partly because he has no one to trust, and partly because of his frail body.
His martial arts skills had long been wasted.
"Who said there is only one way?" Xihe, who had been silent on the side, suddenly spoke.
"Do you know another way?" From the moment she opened the lock, Liu Yuan knew that the girl in front of him was no ordinary person. Although she had been suppressing herself intentionally, her natural determination could not be hidden.
"Just go, I won't sell you out." Xiao Mingxuan didn't bother to talk nonsense with him and went over to pull the man. However, he was too small to face an adult man like Liu Yuan. Instead of pulling the man, he stumbled and fell.
Liu Yuan laughed without giving any face, "Little guy, I am your elder after all, can't you show some respect?"
"Oh, you are disrespectful to the elderly."
Liu Yuan walked in front, and Xiao Mingxuan walked behind holding Xihe's hand.
"Little brother, after everything is clarified, the strange uncle should be able to return to the border and continue to be his general, right?" Xihe suddenly asked.
Xiao Mingxuan was silent for a while, shook his head, and said in a low voice: "It's too late."
Even if he announced to the world that he was Liu Yuan, so what?
It is easy to splash ink, but difficult to wash it off.
In the minds of people all over the world, the name "Liuyuan" is closely tied to those treacherous deeds, and he is destined to be nailed to the pillar of shame.
Moreover, all his martial arts skills were wasted, and he could only be a rich and idle man for the rest of his life.
The once high-spirited general had his wings clipped by the ambitions and desires of his relatives, and from then on fell into the dust and disappeared from the world.
Today's tears are given by General Liu~
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