jdhmnovel Chapter 467: Rebellion outside the Great Wall (5)
Chapter 467: Rebellion outside the Great Wall (5)
While Lu Yingxing was looking at the fake Mo Gu... no, looking at Yun Mo, the Yun family members behind him were all on edge.
This was the closest they had ever been to returning home, and no one wanted to give up this opportunity, even though they knew that Prince Zhuo was using them... but so what? Wasn't the Yun family also using them?
They have been living by self-hypnosis these years, hypnotizing themselves that the Yun family has great ambitions, hypnotizing themselves that they are the most useful team, and hypnotizing themselves that the Yun family will definitely complete the plan of their ancestors...
But in fact, they all know in their hearts that this is just deceiving themselves.
Others did not understand the cause of the war back then, but those who participated in it personally knew it best. The Queen Mother of Luocheng wanted King Zhuo to die in the battle, and the Yun family, as her collaborator, instigated the King of Beirong of the previous generation to send troops.
As a result, the Queen Mother changed her mind at the last minute and said she wanted to capture Prince Zhuo alive? She also promised the Yun family that if they succeeded, she would help them place the Yun family members in the Luocheng court.
But King Zhuo has been through hundreds of battles, how could he be so easy to capture?
Unfortunately, the head of the Yun family issued a supreme order that those descendants of the side branches who were usually responsible for doing the dirty work must die if they fail to complete the task... So everyone had to go out and use every possible means to target the Zhuocheng Army.
To put it nicely, the Yun family's side branches are called Yun family members, but in fact they are no different from secret guards and servants.
He used to be the military advisor of the first squad. Although he did not kill people personally, the Yun family's lobbying and calculations against Beirong were basically completed by their team.
Twelve years ago, all twelve teams were mobilized. Some used poison, some assassinated, and some even kidnapped the child of the deputy general of the army to threaten him… Even though the power of an ant trying to shake a tree is small, it can always bring a sense of looseness.
At that time, Prince Zhuo was leading the troops in the front, and the supply personnel in the rear were briefly in chaos. This gave another team an opportunity to succeed and tamper with Prince Zhuo's medicine. Although the low price was the lives of four teams...
However, no one expected that the wounded King Zhuo would choose to die together with his enemy. Both the Zhuocheng Army and the Beirong Army suffered heavy losses. Not only were the Beirong people nearly wiped out, but even their side troops were almost wiped out...
In the end, their team of people lurking on the border were lucky and successfully found King Zhuo's body after the war. They thought that bringing it back would be considered completing the mission, but unexpectedly they gained a great opportunity.
At that time, King Zhuo had fallen into a coma and was covered in blood, but miraculously he was still alive. They were excited and thought that they would be valued because of this. After all, the only chance for a child of a side branch to succeed was to exchange his merits for status as a direct descendant.
The successful capture of Prince Zhuo was enough merit for them to directly enter the main family.
Indeed, they were immediately highly valued and assigned a temporary secret mission: taking advantage of the chaos and casualties of the Northern Rong army after the fierce battle, they put on the clothes and armor of the fallen soldiers, quietly blended into the defeated remnants, and pretended to be Northern Rong people to return to the outside of the Great Wall.
Now that I think about it, the so-called secret mission was nothing more than a plot by the old patriarch to kill someone with a borrowed knife. By silencing them, no one would ever know the whereabouts of King Zhuo...
It is estimated that even the old patriarch did not expect that they could survive by relying on their own abilities and successfully integrate into the Beirong people. Therefore, the Yun family later took advantage of the situation and planned to send more people to Beirong to pretend to be Beirong people.
Unfortunately, they were overwhelmed by the sudden importance they received and thought that this was a great mission bestowed upon them and that they were the only ones who could take on this task.
Now, more than ten years have passed, and Yun Mo no longer has the excitement he had before in his eyes.
The plan to replace the Beirong people was hasty and improvised, and I didn't even have the chance to go back and say goodbye to my family...
He had always believed that this merit and the silent lurking for more than ten years should be enough to ensure that his wife and daughter would receive the most comprehensive protection in the rear. Even if he had already "died in battle", this blessing should allow them to live in peace...
However, Prince Zhuo said that the Yun family actually sent an orphan girl from a branch family to a place of fireworks! ?
The moment he heard the news, he felt like a pot of cold water was poured on him, and an indescribable worry surged in his heart. He was worried about his daughter who would call him daddy in a soft and tender voice, and he was worried about his gentle and quiet wife. He wanted to go back, he had to go back!
He can only feel at ease if he sees them happy with his own eyes!
Lu Yingxing took in the expressions of everyone in the Yun family. He didn't care whether they surrendered or not. He glanced at Zhao Fan, seeming to be very satisfied with his plan.
He looked at Yun Mo and asked, "Does your Beirong Dynasty really have a so-called treasure map?"
"Yes! I have a book on where supplies were found. Since we need to move around all year round, we have basically been to all the land outside the Great Wall. There are even some records on the snowy mountains. I have seen descriptions of strange stones. Although I don't know if it is the mineral vein that the prince needs, the detailed location is there. It is better than you groping around inch by inch without a clue."
Yun Mo slowly told the excuse he had in mind. No matter whether King Zhuo believed it or not, even if he couldn't find the iron ore and silver mine in the end, he couldn't do anything to them! Anyway, he found this booklet from the treasure house of King Beirong. Although it basically records water sources and cattle and sheep, it also records stones, right?
Zhao Fan was thoughtful after listening to Yun Mo's words. He believed that the booklet existed, but it was definitely not a mineral vein. After all, they captured the people of this village and tortured them severely, and their purpose must be the iron and silver mines.
But whether he has found the answer or not is unknown... He has not yet contacted Molt's team. Even if he has doubts in his heart, he cannot express them in front of these people. So he gave King Zhuo a subtle look, indicating that he should leave first.
Lu Yingxing pondered for a moment and said, "In that case, show your sincerity." He didn't say yes or no, he just took his people away.
Zhao Fan knew that he had misunderstood his meaning, but it didn’t matter because the result was the same anyway.
After they left, Yun Mo and his group were locked in this hall. The second-in-command Yun Mo struggled to stand up, looking like he had survived a calamity.
Everyone's eyes were filled with shock and doubt, but more of excitement. Did King Zhuo let them go? And he wanted to send them back to Zhuo City? But how could it be possible? It was that simple?
The second in command, Yun, spoke first, "King Yun Mo, we have decided to fight back, right?" His voice was trembling with a barely perceptible hint of uneasiness.
“That’s right! Let’s fight back!” Yun Mo thought for a moment, looked at everyone and announced, “From now on, I will call you Yun Er. From today on, we are no longer surnamed Mo, but Yun…”