Mu Fulan walked into the dungeon and ordered people to remove the shackles for the spy who had been detained here for nearly half a year.

Zhu Liuhu slowly opened his eyes.

Her appearance made the dark dungeon seem to have become brighter.

He looked blankly, wondering why she appeared here, and not even knowing why he was stopped when he raised his dagger and wanted to commit suicide, until he heard her say, "Do something for me."

"Take Xie Changgeng's mother back to him."

Zhu Liuhu was stunned. After a moment, he understood. A trace of a living aura appeared in the eyes that had already become stagnant.

He climbed up from the ground and kowtowed to the woman in front of him with gratitude.

When he stood up, he wanted to ask, what was going on now, and he opened his lips with difficulty, but he swallowed the words back.

This woman gave him a chance to face his boss and try to accept the punishment that should belong to him as decently as possible. This is already a great favor. He is not qualified to think about anything else, and there is no such opportunity.

His life no longer belongs to him.

At this moment, he knelt in front of the person who controlled his life and death, bowing deeply to the ground, ashamed of being unable to bear it.

"She has nothing to say except asking you to send my mother back?"

A cold voice came from the opposite side. He immediately took out a small gold-covered ebony box from his arms, held it in his hand, and raised it high above his head.

"The Lord Weng asked Bei Zhi to transfer this item."

Xie Changgeng held the box and slowly opened it.

The box is a snake seal that seems to be split into two halves by a sharp weapon.

He stared at it for a long time, without even blinking his eyes.

Zhu Liuhu did not dare to look up and waited for a moment, saying, "The humble position ruined the Qin King's great affairs, and even death is not enough to apologize!" After he finished speaking, he took the dagger and was about to stab his heart. Suddenly, the person opposite him asked, "When you came out, can you tell the situation of Li Liang's attack on Changsha State in Fuzhou?"

Zhu Liuhu stopped and looked up.

Xie Changgeng looked at him expressionlessly.

When the court returned to Shangjing, when Xie Changgeng was about to lead the troops to Changping Pass himself, the ministers also criticized Changsha, one of the culprits. Although Mu Xuanqing had died of illness on the way to retreat, this did not eliminate the anger of the ministers. Everyone wrote letters to demand that they be suppressed. Li Liang, the governor of Fuzhou, who was close to Changsha, took the opportunity to stand up and wrote a letter to recommend himself, claiming that he would share the worries of the court and lead the troops to destroy Changsha.

"When Beizhi came out, Li Liang and Changsha General Yuan Handing were fighting in Yunmeng. As for the situation of the war, Beizhi didn't know."

"You and Liang Tuan have been with me for the longest time. They are smart and cautious, and have never made any mistakes in their work. Why did they neglect their duties this time?" He heard Xie Changgeng ask again.

Zhu Liuhu was extremely ashamed and dared not look at him, and whispered: "I dare not hide it. Two years ago, when I was ordered to settle in Yuecheng, I met a woman as my neighbor..."

He paused and bowed deeply to the ground again.

"It's all because of low-level duties, indulging in comfort, slackness in mind, forgetting mission, and becoming blind and deaf, ruining the great affairs of the King of Qin and having nothing to do with others."

After a long silence, he heard the cold sound and sounded again.

"Remember you with me for many years. For the sake of merit in the past, I will save your life. Follow the rules and cut off your fingers, and take this as a warning."

Zhu Liuhu could hardly believe his ears, and reacted and burst into tears of gratitude.

He cut off his left thumb with one knife, regardless of the blood gushing like a spring, gritted his teeth and endured the pain, and kowtowed heavily to the back that had already turned around in the box in front of him: "Thank you for not killing the King of Qin!"

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A few days later, Li Liang, the governor of Fuzhou hundreds of miles away, was in a dilemma and could not sleep or eat.

Changsha was located in the southern corner. At the beginning of this dynasty, when he was the first to the king of Mu, except for a few larger cities near Yuecheng, the rest of the places were sparsely populated and covered with wastelands. However, after the governance of the king of Mu, he filled the land and implemented benevolent governments. He gradually flourished the population, abundant fish and rice, and rich granaries. Li Liang had long been coveting the Changsha country's weak soldiers without weapons. He had taken advantage of the chaos and sent troops to attack, intending to seize territory. Unexpectedly, the other side launched a sharp army out of thin air. He was defeated at that time, but he was very unwilling to accept it. This time, when Changsha was unable to rebel with the King of Qi, he lost the king again. The country was in a state of turmoil and was in a state of disarray, and many people were very happy. He believed that the opportunity had come again, so he wrote a letter to the court, one to express his loyalty to Xie Changgeng, and the other to take the opportunity to get some food and salary, and then came.

As the saying goes, the emperor is far away. As long as he can win battles and conquer Yuecheng, he can take advantage of the situation.

He did not expect that Changsha would stand up with a regent. Not only did Changsha not have a mess as he thought, but the army became more and more united in hatred of the enemy, and its combat power was astonishingly brave.

From the time he sent troops again to the border of Changsha to invade Yunmeng, in less than a month, he had suffered three consecutive defeats, losing troops and losing generals, and was in a mess.

He was unwilling to retreat. He wanted to regroup and attack Yunmeng again, but his subordinates began to complain. Yesterday, he killed several captured deserters and promised to break the city and let the soldiers robbed them for three days, so he barely suppressed his position.

Yunmeng is just a small city, and it cannot be captured for a long time. The longer the time is, the more unfavorable it will be for morale.

He planned to launch another attack as soon as possible. If he lost again this time, he would probably have no chance to turn around. He did not dare to be arrogant, and it was still deploying plans with his subordinates in the camp. However, the two generals had dissent because of who led their subordinates to act as the vanguard, and they shirked each other, and even drew their swords to each other.

Li Liang was furious and was scolding him sternly, but suddenly he heard someone coming to report that the new Qin King of Jin and the governor of Hexi Xie Changgeng had come here in person. He was shocked, and he dressed and hurried to greet him with his people.

Outside the gate, a group of people stopped and took the lead. On the horse's back, there was a person sitting high. It was Xie Changgeng.

Li Liang knelt down to greet him, took the person into the tent, and said with a smile: "The King of Qin came from afar, but the officials were unable to come out to greet him. Please forgive the King of Qin."

He felt guilty, how dare he ask him about his purpose of traveling south? I think it was for this war with Changsha.

Xie and Changsha's origins of grudges, he naturally knew that he had changed from a relative to an enemy. The Mu family rebelled with the King of Qi, causing Shangjing to fall for a while. I guess he hated the Mu family very much.

Xie Changgeng glanced at the military map that was still scattered on the case. "I heard that the war is not going well here?"

His expression was calm, and he could not hear whether he was happy or angry in his tone.

Li Liang knelt in a hurry: "The officials have let down the high expectations of the court and the King of Qin! It's just that the officials are not lazy. I really didn't expect that the Mu Weng-chan and the regents came here to supervise the battle, bewitching and bribing people's hearts, and the rebels were unable to suppress it."

He raised his chest and said with a sigh: "Don't worry, King Qin, this is just a temporary situation! The officials are already deploying and are planning to attack again soon. What's more, the King of Qin comes here in person. If the soldiers learn about it, they will be greatly encouraged and swear loyalty to their death!"

After he said that, he solemnly kowtowed to the person on the seat.

The tent was silent. After a long time, he heard a voice saying, "Retreat. Without my order, no troops should be sent without authorization."

"Otherwise, you will be treated as a matter of resistance!"

Xie Changgeng got up and walked out.

It was night, the bright moon hangs in the sky, and the cold river was deserted.

Xie Changgeng wandered alone, walking by the river several miles away from Fuzhou Daying.

He went down to the riverside, and the rocks were piled up at his feet, and the waves of the river slammed the bank, endlessly. At the end of his sight, above the river surface, it was pitch black.

In this deep winter night, there seemed to be nothing else. There was only the flowing water under his feet rolling in between heaven and earth.

Until the distance, a sound of a boat roar drifted with the wind. A black boat came from afar above the middle of the river.

He made his fortune in the river and knew this waterway. At this point, the river flow had many reefs in the middle of the river, and it was extremely dangerous to walk at night. However, the owner of the ship did not know that it was for the merchants to make profits or to catch up with the future, so he ignored the danger and walked along the river at night. A lonely boatman, as if he was from the sky, drifting in the middle of the river. When he arrived at the tributary entrance in front of him, several Kongwu boatmen who had been walking on the waterway for many years, lit a rock protruding from the river, shouted horns, and exerted force together, and smoothly turned the bow of the boat, followed the flowing water and turned into the branch road.

The sound of the boatman's trumpet gradually faded away, and his ears became silent and returned to peace.

Xie Changgeng was alone on the riverside, allowing the rolled river water to wet the corners of his clothes.

He watched the lonely boat go away, gradually swallowing into the darkness, and disappearing from his sight.

Follow this tributary and wind down, you can take the nearest road to enter Dongting.

Many years ago, a young man also walked into Dongting in such a late night with an ambition that was indescribable to others.

This young man is planning to marry the princess of Changsha.

But at that time, he was just a bandit on the river. The woman he wanted to marry had a noble identity.

He always strives to do things, let alone such an important thing. After flowing into Dongting along the river, he did not go ashore immediately, but quietly went to the middle of the lake and went to Junshan to visit an old friend he had met by chance in the past.

The purpose of the visit is naturally to know more about what he wants to know.

Time flies, and warriors fly. In his memory, these old things from many years ago have already gradually become blurred.

But at this moment, or the riverside is still the same, the moonlight is still bright, and the passing black ship makes him suddenly realize that everything seems to have happened yesterday, and even he remembered a little accident that happened when he went down the mountain.

It seemed as if he had passed a mountain road, he met a girl who ran helplessly towards him for help because of a chick blown off the cliff by the mountain wind.

The girl he never remembered again...

That vague face appeared from my memory. Xie Changgeng's heart suddenly jumped slightly.

A strange feeling, as if the river tide was rushing towards him at this moment, surged into his heart.

He frowned, slowly closed his eyes, and tried to recall the girl who had long disappeared in his memory.

The shadow gradually became clearer.

I remember it was a spring day. The girl was half-grown, black hair and pink shirt, beautiful eyebrows and light moon, and charming. She knew that she was growing up and didn't know the dangerous path in the world. How could she know that she had a kind-hearted person who ran to ask for help was a bad person. Just before she stopped, he was still thinking about the secret hidden things hidden deep in her heart.

Although he was surprised, he was just a little help. He was a good person. As she asked, he helped her bring the bird up and send it back to the nest.

She looked up at her delicate jade face like a flower, her eyes were bright, and she looked at him and thanked him happily.

Facing the girl's romantic smile, he was a little uncomfortable, but he nodded at her, smiled back, and then left.

Xie Changgeng opened his eyes suddenly, turned his head suddenly, and looked towards Dongting, which was separated by water, under the dark night sky.

He remembered it.

If the little girl he met under the old cypress in Junshan that day, if her face had been removed from her childishness, it would be the daughter of Changsha, Mu Fulan, whom he married three years later!

The wind in the river roared in his ears, his heartbeat kept accelerating, and his hands were covered in hot sweat.

He remembered what she had said to him in the past.

She said that before getting engaged to him, she met the person she liked in Junshan.

But later, the man died.

He once believed in this, but for this, he was still jealous and resentful and reluctant to accept it. Later, he didn't care about this at all, and even refused to hesitate to bow down in front of her, hoping that she could be better for him, forget the person in the past, and regard him as her real man.

However, she was so heartless that she abandoned him like a worn-out shoe.

Fang, at this moment, his intuition made him vaguely understand. It turned out that he should be the person she used to be in love with.

If this were the case, he was clearly alive and married her as she wished.

What happened later he didn't know. She was so cruel to treat him to this point?

Even today, even if he let Li Liang use his troops to put pressure on her, she would not even want to see him again when she negotiated!

On the banks of the river, Xie Changgeng's figure froze, as if it turned into a rock pillar.

He looked at the dark sky in the distance in a steady state, his eyes gradually turned red. After a moment, he suddenly turned around, climbed up the river bank, and walked away quickly. His figure quickly disappeared under the moonlight.
Chapter completed!