After I was reborn, I was scumbag

Chapter 14

"...Your Majesty knows that Gu didn't mean that, you—"

"Your Highness, Prince Murong!"

Shao Guan's words froze, his hands under the sleeves clenched into fists, his handsome face was tense and he looked at Yang Ling who had spoken.

"His Royal Highness is not looking very well, but the wind and cold from the past few days have not healed? The army is about to go out, and the battle in the northwest is dangerous. As the supervisor, your highness should pay attention to your health."

Yang Ling walked quickly in front of the two of them, seemingly not seeing the coldness in Shao Guan's peach blossom eyes, and smiled warmly.

Shao Guan's eyes sank for a moment, and he replied with a light smile, "Young Master Yang is concerned about Gu's body. But just now, when you were in the court, when you recommended the Young Master Murong, why didn't you think of 'the war in the Northwest is dangerous'?"

It is absolutely impossible for Yang Ling to recommend Murong Xing to lead the army so graciously. It is absolutely impossible for him to consider the country's plans, but it is very possible to take the opportunity to win over Murong Xing.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the reason why I recommended the son to lead the army is to hope that the Northwest War will end soon. After being a general, the son must also hope to fight on the battlefield as soon as possible and make contributions. Does the son think so?"

"That's natural." Murong Xing took back his sleeve robe calmly, glanced at Shao Guan's furrowed brows, and raised his phoenix eyes slightly, "Your Highness, you don't have to be so nervous, Your Highness has been sick several times in just half a month. If you leave the Northwest, you should be more careful."

Immediately before he waited for Shao Guan to answer, the expression on his face was a little impatient.

"I'm going to the barracks first, Your Highness, please do what you want."

Xia Tongfu waited for his family's eldest son outside the palace gate as soon as he went to court, and he waited for half an hour before he saw Murong Xing's figure from a distance.

A dark black robe set off the handsome face of a young man with a crown of jade, and his thin lips were slightly pursed. Even if he was walking on the Yulin Road, it was enough to attract people's attention all at once.

It's just that the boy's eyes are as calm as a frozen lake, only a cold light can be seen, but the turbulent undercurrent below cannot be seen.

"My lord, you are here, what are you doing today..."

Murong Xing reined in the reins and got on his horse: "We'll talk about it when we return home."

Xia Tong followed Murong Xing into the study of the Hou Mansion in a daze, and heard the faint voice of his eldest son.

"Have the secret guards found out the things in the secret room of Miaoyizhai?"

Xia Tongyi cupped his hands: "My lord, the secret guard just came to report an hour ago, and the things in the secret room were directly handed over to His Majesty by the city defense battalion. If you insist on investigating, you may startle the snake, so you will find nothing."

Murong Xing went straight to a long sword placed in the study room, the sharp blade was unsheathed, reflecting the warm light of the candle, reflected in the young man's black pupils, but he was terribly calm.

"Well, they don't need to investigate this matter anymore." Murong Xing picked up a white handkerchief casually, and wiped the long sword in his hand, "In addition to the imperial decree ordering me to lead the army to go out in the afternoon, there will probably be another decree."

Xia Tong was stunned for a while, but he couldn't understand the meaning of Murong Xing's words, so he could only say in a low voice: "Your Majesty is about to go to war, why don't you bring all the hidden guards in the mansion..."

"Well, that's fine too."

"That……"

After wiping the sword, Murong Xing stared down at the sleeve robe with the rolling cloud pattern, and suddenly chuckled: "Let the dark guards follow His Royal Highness, don't be negligent."

The Hou mansion just finished lunch, Pingxi Hou Ye gathered some old troops in the mansion partly to discuss the war, partly to clear up some obstacles in the army for Murong Xing.

Murong Xing had honed himself in the army since he was a child, even though he went to the Imperial College to study as he grew older, he rarely went to the army again, and the generals in the barracks were quite familiar with him.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the son will lead the army, and I will definitely assist you with all my heart. Within a month, we will wipe out the Wei thieves!"

"Uncles, you are welcome." Murong Xing held up the wine cup with a smile, "Although the imperial decree has not yet arrived, the date of the expedition must not be more than three days. I will go to the military camp for a military parade soon, and Uncle Lao will introduce the situation of the military camp."

"We are also preparing for the military parade, and I just invite the prince to go and have a look-"

"The imperial decree has arrived! Pingxihou Shizi Murong Xing accepts the decree!"

Murong Xing's eyes moved slightly, and he got up first and walked out of the house.

After the imperial decree ordering him to go out was issued, the father-in-law who delivered the decree asked Murong Xing to stand up with a smile: "The son will go out in the next day, and His Majesty ordered the son to just focus on the war, and he doesn't have to go to court for a few days."

"The minister leads the decree. Dare I ask Eunuch, apart from this decree today, has His Majesty issued other imperial decrees?"

The eunuch who delivered the decree took a bag of silver and stuffed it into his cuff: "Your Majesty, you are very polite. There is also a decree that His Majesty has sent someone to the south of the Yangtze River... Withdraw the two lieutenants of the Lingnan Army stationed in the south."

"Lingnan Army?" A little thought flashed across the long and narrow phoenix eyes, the young man curled his lips and said politely, "Then there is Mr. Lao, I will see you off."

As soon as the eunuch delivering the decree left, several generals discussed in the main hall.

"Let's go out in the next day, and the food and grass will only be distributed this morning. I don't know if I can make it in time..."

"Several large cities in the northwest still have reserves of food and grass, so it's not urgent—Father, do all uncles know what happened to the Lingnan Army recently?"

"Your Majesty, you mean Lingnan where the Baiyue people are located? There hasn't been any war there for decades, and I haven't heard anything happened. Why do you ask me that?"

"It's nothing, it's just that the father-in-law who just heard the decree said that His Majesty decreed to withdraw the two lieutenants of the Lingnan Army."

Murong Xing's slender fingers gently stroked the edge of the teacup, and the westward sunlight shone through the window, covering the young man's handsome face in a dazzling halo.

It's just a little shadow at the corner of the nose and the corner of the eyes, carving out the boy's three-dimensional facial features and brows, which looks a little gloomy.

"This is a bit strange. However, the people stationed in Lingnan are all idiots, and there are many foreigners. It is probably because we are about to fight against Wei, and His Majesty is worried about something happening in Lingnan, so he wants to change some generals to station there."

Murong Xing was noncommittal, just smiled faintly: "It's getting late, why don't you invite all of you uncles to go to the military camp with me first, and do some inspections."

The barracks of the large army stationed near Chang'an are all in the outskirts, and it would take two hours to ride there on a fast horse.

The horse stepped on the cold and hard ground of the mountain road, and there was a rush of hooves.

But when they were less than a mile away from the barracks, the thunderous shouts overwhelmed the sound of horseshoes and went straight into the sky.

"The uncles are indeed good at leading troops. There has been no war for more than ten years, and the atmosphere of martial arts in the army has not diminished."

Murong Xing listened carefully and said with a smile.

"The prince is overwhelmed. Just listening to the voice, the army seems to be performing martial arts, but I don't know..."

When the soldiers on guard saw them coming on horseback, they immediately knelt down and saluted: "I have seen you."

Murong Xing reined in his horse, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and saw the black and neatly arranged army in the spacious martial arts arena not far away.

The long halberd steel knife reflected the golden glow in the sun, looking magnificent.

"Who organized the martial arts?"

"Bing Shizi, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrived at the barracks an hour ago to parade the troops in person."