Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty-Four(1/2)
Before Xu Muqing left, Wen Ziya rushed over again in a mess, knelt in front of her, and said crying, "Xu Muqing, please put Murong Ding back, okay? I really love him. My life cannot be without him. Please give him a way out."
She said to Wen Ziya calmly, "Murong Ding will never die. He will soon return to Beidi Kingdom. You don't have to cry and beg me. Since it is an exchange of interests, we have still got what we want, and he can leave the dungeon of Youzhou without any damage."
But whether Murong Ding will have a good life after returning to Beidi Kingdom is not something she can control.
Wen Ziya opened her eyes wide in disbelief and asked suspiciously, "Are you all saying true? Murong Ding can really come back, not be controlled by your poison, nor will she come back without missing a broken arm or leg?"
She doesn't want a disabled husband, she wants a complete and healthy man.
Xu Muqing showed a meaningful smile, and her tone was very firm, "Of course, since I promised you that Murong Ding would come back, he would definitely be able to come back. You can stay in Beidi Kingdom with peace of mind and wait for good news."
However, whether Murong Ding can live a prosperous life with her in the following days is not something she can control.
"Wen Ziya, I hope you can live a happy life in the second half of your life."
Xu Muqing gave a positive answer, and Wen Ziya was embarrassed to always pester her and left with a nervous mood.
The army of Liang State organized all the war horses, silver, fur, gold, silver, jewelry, etc. they had looted in an orderly manner and transported them back to Youzhou City.
Beidi, a brave and warlike country, leaked the most important information and secrets under Murong Ding. Under the artillery offensive of Liang State, it became completely defeated, and his ears were filled with the crying of women and children in horror and despair.
Even though she felt a little heavy and uncomfortable in Xu Muqing's ears, she did not feel that she had done something wrong before.
War is cruel, either you die or I die.
If the Beidi people invaded the land of Liang State, those unarmed people, innocent children and women would shed more tears than she had heard now.
At least when Xiao Linye attacked the imperial city, he had already issued an order not to hurt innocent people, nor to plunder the property and belongings of ordinary people.
Xu Yirong, who was in charge of this attack war, came to Xiao Linye and Xu Muqing at some point, and suddenly spoke out, "Emperor, Queen, leave the matter here to Weichen. You can go back to Youzhou to have a good rest. Whether it is climate or conditions, it is too bad."
Xiao Linye thought for a while and said, "Father-in-law, let's go back with us too. The next thing is not very important. Just leave it to Fengjiu and Fengshi to deal with it."
Xu Yirong was a little worried and asked hesitantly, "Is this really OK? Are you not afraid of the Beidi people fighting again?"
Xiao Linye had a momentum of looking down on the world. "If they dare to fight again, I will let the entire Beidi people be exterminated. Those who are not afraid of death can try it."
"Then the minister obeys the order."
Xu Yirong looked at her daughter with concern, afraid that she would be hurt in her heart after she learned about the affairs of the Imperial Concubine Beidi, and she always cared about her mood.
"Dad, I'm not sad. You don't have to care about me. I've been relieved of those things that have happened for many years. But she gave me a chance to make a good life. In order to allow me to live a good life, she sent me to you and went to be a spy. I owe her and always avenge her."
In her heart, Xu Yirong and Yang Yaoguang are the closest and most important parents.
Xu Yirong finally breathed a sigh of relief without seeing the grief and sadness in her eyes.
In this war, Beidi lost at least 80% of his troops. Those who survived by chance either had escaped without a trace or were disabled and had their combat effectiveness became very weak.
Xiao Linye didn't take them seriously at all, and first brought his wife and father-in-law back to Youzhou.
In the dim, humid and cold dungeon, Murong Ding had lost weight in just a short time, suffered from torture, tired, hungry and cold.
So when Xu Muqing and Xiao Linye appeared in front of him again, he was like a drowning man grabbing the life-saving straw, "You are finally back. Have you solved the problem with the Emperor Beidi? Can you let me out now?"
Murong Ding felt like a wild beast trapped in a cage, without any freedom, not having enough food or clothing, and there was no appearance of a Beidi nobleman. He is now a dog of a family, and he wished he could break free immediately and return to Beidi.
Xu Muqing looked at him with disgust and contempt, "Since we agree, we Liang people will never break our promise. But Murong Ding, do you think Beidi was almost destroyed by you? Even if you go back, will you have a good end?
You are a traitor and the culprit that caused the death of Emperor Beidi.
Those royal and noble people may wish to eat you alive, otherwise you would stay in Youzhou and I would put you under house arrest, but I would let you have food and clothing without worries?"
But Murong Ding didn't believe her nonsense. He now hated Xiao Linye and Xu Muqing to the core. If it weren't for this treacherous and cruel couple, he wouldn't have become a prisoner, nor would he betray his country, and he just wanted to get his life.
"No need, Beidi is my hometown. No matter how difficult it is to go back, I have to find a way to go home. Xu Muqing, please keep your word, otherwise don't blame me for sending a vicious curse on your two children, so that they will not die well."
His elderly and fat father died, and he had no time to leave a will. Now is the best time for him to fight for the throne, so he should not stay in the Youzhou dungeon. Every day he spent here made him feel that life was worse than death.
Xu Muqing's eyes suddenly showed strong sympathy, as if she was strongly ridiculed, "Since you have decided, I will not force you. Come on, prepare a table of sumptuous food for the prince, so that he can leave after he has eaten."
Xiao Linye's cold voice came to Murong Ding's ears, "I and the Queen only promised to let you go without any damage, but you can't take any of the other Beidi soldiers with you. Murong Ding, you can do it yourself."
Murong Ding felt a strong regret in his heart, and almost all his power was lost here, but no matter what, he still had to find a way to get out of here, and when there was a suitable opportunity in the future, he would rescue all the soldiers of Beidi.
"I understand, but don't think about using tricks to me. If you send a killer to intercept me on the way, your children will definitely not die well. Xiao Linye, you will definitely lose your son and grandson. If you don't believe it, just wait and see."
Xiao Linye didn't take his curse and threat seriously at all. "If the curse is useful, there will not be so many unjust souls in this world. I will not send a killer to chase you, nor will I poison you, do you believe it or not?"
Murong Ding stared at the pair of perfect matches in front of him with sharp and suspicious eyes. He really didn't see anything wrong, and he felt a strong sense of uneasiness.
Did Xu Muqing and Xiao Linye let him go so easily?
Why does he feel unreal in his dreams? Is it so light to get freedom?
Not long after, a chef brought in a steaming table of hot, colorful, fragrant and delicious food, as well as mellow wine and thick soup to replenish the body's blood. Murong Ding couldn't help swallowing several mouthfuls of saliva.
Since he was locked in the dungeon of Youzhou, he had never had such a sumptuous meal again, and his stomach even sounded inappropriately at this time.
He held the bowl with chopsticks. He was obviously hungry and still didn't dare to eat. He looked at Xiao Linye and Xu Muqing with vigilance and hostility, "You shouldn't poison the food. The emperor and queen of Liang State shouldn't do such despicable things."
There were so many meats and vegetables, and the wine smelled very mellow, and he was really unable to help it.
"If you don't eat, I'll let someone evacuate the prison guards outside to eat. Don't be pretentious here. Murong Ding, you can leave the dungeon now and go back to Beidi directly. Don't stay in Youzhou."
When Xu Muqing looked at Murong Ding, she was always impatient. When she saw his face, her anger couldn't help but surge upwards.
As soon as she got angry, Murong Ding was sure that there was no poison in the food. He ate the vegetables in a storm, swallowed them voraciously, and could tell that he was really hungry.
The whole table of food was all in Murong Ding's mouth, making his stomach round and he couldn't help but burp with satisfaction.
After waiting for a while, the expected stomachache or death from poisoning did not happen. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that there was no poison in the food. He was able to walk out of this dark cell today.
"Can I leave now?"
After a little slowing down, Murong Ding looked at Xiao Linye and the emperor in skepticism and asked.
Xiao Linye didn't raise his head and pointed directly at the door, "There is not locked there. If you want to leave, leave now, give you a stick of incense time to walk out from here. If the time has exceeded, don't say that I have no faith."
Murong Ding was so excited that his blood was about to boil. He was now strong. He couldn't stay in the cold and wet cell for a moment, so he walked out as fast as possible.
Finally, he saw the long-lost sun again, which made him feel the urge to cry.
However, his body was dirty, his hair was stained one after another, and his body was even more disgusting. Even he could not bear it himself, let alone others.
Murong Ding lowered his head and touched his empty pockets, not even a copper plate, let alone silver or something. He couldn't help but suffer a hardship. How could he get the money and return to Beidi Kingdom smoothly without starving and freezing?
Just as he was in deep thought, the guards beside Xiao Linye brought a set of clean coarse cloth clothes, gave him a bag of copper plates, and spoke expressionlessly.
"The emperor said, please leave the territory of Youzhou immediately and go back to your Beidi Kingdom. There is a prerequisite for letting you leave safely and soundly. You can no longer hurt anyone in Liang Kingdom.
Otherwise, everyone will not let you go easily. Even if you die in Youzhou City, you deserve it. It is not that the emperor and the queen are untrustworthy."
Murong Ding took the clothes without any hesitation and left the cell where he had been imprisoned for a long time. He first went to an inn and asked for two buckets of hot water, washed the dirt on his body, and wiped his hair clean.
He did not stay, and chose a relatively remote and quiet path to leave Youzhou City and walked towards Beidi.
About half an hour later, the spy beside Xiao Linye quietly returned to him and said mysteriously, "Master, Murong Ding has left Youzhou and entered the territory of Beidi Kingdom."
Xiao Linye's narrow and deep eyes had a bit of cold ice mixed with the light of calculating. "Transfer news to the eldest prince and the second prince, telling them that the direction of Murong Ding's return should be accurate and not make any deviations."
Xu Muqing also heard all the information and information beside her. She asked uncertainly, "Master, do you think things will develop in the direction we expected? Will anyone continue to support Murong Ding in the Beidi royal family and nobles?"
Her husband had a very good plan. It was too cheap for an ambitious man like Murong Ding to kill him directly. It would be better to let others take away everything he cares most in front of him, destroy all his ambitions, and let him be beaten like a dog.
Xiao Linye was calm and confident, "Isn't this an obvious thing? Murong Ding betrayed important information to survive. This is always a fact? If it weren't for Murong Ding's intelligence, these Beidi nobles and royal families could have at least been able to sing and dance and dance for a while.
Mu Qing, if you were a nobleman of the Beidi or a royal family, what would you feel for a man like Murong Ding who sells the country and seeks glory to ruin your originally exquisite and luxurious life?"
Xu Muqing said firmly, "That's all, if Murong Ding fell into my hands, I would cut him into pieces and Ling Chi would be executed. No matter who doesn't let me live a good life, I will never let him live a good life."
After the words came, she couldn't help but touch her nose, "Okay, the anger of the Beidi nobles and royal families now may be able to destroy Murong Ding. Letting him return to Beidi is not to give him freedom, but to give him the end of life and death."
Xiao Linye touched her long black hair with a doting heart, and said to her gentle and patiently, "Don't always worry about Murong Ding's affairs. His life will never be easy in the future. What you should think about is to pack up now. We have been in Youzhou for a long time, and it is time to go home."
Xu Muqing heard the gentle and affectionate word "home", and a strong longing arose in her heart, "Yes, we should go home too, and the children are still waiting for us at home."
She asked the maids to start packing things. In addition to the clothes they needed to bring, as well as food they ate on the road, she also had to bring back some specialties from Youzhou to her two children, the queen mother, her brother and sister. Now she became even busier and without any relaxation.
In the territory of Beidi Kingdom, the eldest prince Murong Zhi and the second prince Murong He, along with several other adult princes, received news from the Liang Kingdom that Murong Ding had come out of the dungeon in Youzhou and was now heading towards Beidi.
Almost all members of the royal family and noble family hated Murong Ding. When they got his exact news, they were ready to start to deal with him with bone-eroding hatred and overwhelming anger.
Murong Ding knew nothing about this, and he was still thinking about returning to Beidi Kingdom and finding ways to bribe those powerful nobles and become the new emperor.
He walked for several days and was already very close to Beidi's imperial city. However, even if the city in the expected city had been damaged by war, it would be damaged and destroyed at most. However, the more he walked towards the direction of the imperial city, the more desolate he felt.
When he saw the razed palace and the houses where the nobles lived had already been unrecognizable. The former prosperous capital is now deserted. Apart from the remains of weapons left during the war and the bodies all over the ground were not cleaned up, and the smell of stench was emitted, he suddenly collapsed.
"How could this happen? How did the capital city become like this?"
At this moment, Murong Ding finally realized what the regret of bone-eroding was, and finally saw with his own eyes what price he had paid to seek a life from Xiao Linye and Xu Muqing.
The proud and unbeatable sixth prince knelt in front of the destroyed palace gate at this moment, and shed tears in repentance.
The ground was desolate, and the horses were covered with corpses, and there seemed to be fierce screams whizzing past his ears.
The cry of despair of women and children, what painful struggles did the Beidi emperor experience before his death?
Murong Ding said silently in his heart, "I'm sorry, my father, please forgive me for bringing the wolf into the house. I have no choice but to do anything. I still want to survive. Please forgive me for the disasters and sins I brought to Beidi."
He kowtowed three times and stood up again, squinted his eyes to check the surrounding situation, and finally walked towards the depths of the prairie following the deepest traces of the ruts.
Murong Ding took out sharp swords and arrows from the soldiers who died in battle, preparing to find the crowds all the way while finding ways to hunt for a living.
To be continued...