Mu Jingrui was also in a state of excitement, and it wasn't until he held Shangguan Wan Ning in his arms that he finally let go of his worries.
"Why did you come..." Shangguan Wan Ning leaned against Mu Jingrui's chest, holding onto his arm tightly, feeling the warmth transmitted from his body. "If you were a step later, you would have collected the body for me.
."
Mu Jingrui patted Shangguan Wan Ning's back gently, with lingering fear in his heart.
"I failed to protect you, and I will never let something like this happen again."
Shangguan Wan Ning's emotions calmed down, and then she came out of Mu Jingrui's arms. Looking back, all the soldiers who followed were looking at the two of them blankly.
She immediately blushed with embarrassment and wished she could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
Mu Jingrui didn't change his expression, walked up to the arrested man and looked at him condescendingly.
"Jing Rui, he..."
"He is the Holy Son of the Barbarian Tribe." Mu Jingrui was also a little surprised and sarcastically said, "I thought the most noble Holy Son of the Barbarian Tribe had any abilities. It turned out that he could only run away from the battlefield. You left 80,000 elite soldiers and fled alone.
,don’t you feel ashamed?”
After Mu Jingrui arrived here, he had an in-depth understanding of the culture of the barbarians.
Since ancient times, the barbarians have believed in witchcraft. The Holy Son is the holy infant they selected from the clan. He has been raised since childhood and his status is even higher than that of the clan leader.
The Holy Son can accept offerings from the entire clan, and he has priority in choosing anything.
Mu Jingrui's words made the Holy Son raise his head slightly. His eyes were still calm and fixed on Shangguan Wan Ning's body.
Shangguan Wan Ning subconsciously hid behind Mu Jingrui.
"Bring back."
Mu Jingrui also didn't like the way the Holy Son looked at Shangguan Wan Ning. After saying that, he got Shangguan Wan Ning onto his horse and galloped away.
After returning to the city, Shangguan Wanning found out that Sun Jinyao had been poisoned.
She didn't bother to rest, so she came to visit Sun Jinyao. Just when she saw two military doctors discussing Sun Jinyao's physical condition, they could do nothing but shake their heads and sigh.
Shangguan Wan Ning was a little annoyed, so she stepped forward to check Sun Jinyao's pulse and found that the toxin had penetrated into his internal organs.
She had only just studied medicine for a short period of time, and she was completely helpless in the face of such a menacing poison.
"It would be great if Master were here." Shangguan Wanning looked at Sun Jinyao who was lying unconscious on the bed, her eyes red with anxiety. "You must not have anything happen to you. Otherwise, I don't know how to explain to Master."
Shangguan Wan Ning always felt that there must be some kind of relationship between Lu Xiangzi and Sun Jinyao that others did not know about.
She returned to her room and carefully read the ten medical books given to her by Lu Xiangzi, one of which was devoted to detoxification. She hoped to find a way to treat Sun Jinyao.
Vaguely, Shangguan Wanning felt that her body seemed to be suspended in the air.
She opened her eyes and found herself being held in Mu Jingrui's arms.
"I...why did I fall asleep?" Shangguan Wan Ning blamed herself, "Hurry up and put me down."
"You've stayed up all night, it's weird if you don't fall asleep. Get some sleep first." Mu Jingrui looked at the woman in his arms distressedly.
Shangguan Wan Ning shook her head and jumped down from Mu Jingrui's arms firmly. "I'm afraid that Brother Yao's condition will worsen."
Mu Jingrui frowned and said, "You are so interested in Sun Jinyao, aren't you afraid that I will be jealous?"
Shangguan Wan Ning paused as she picked up the medical book and sighed helplessly.
"General Mu, are you not so stingy? Brother Yao was poisoned because of me. Besides..."
"I told you to change the title." Mu Jingrui gritted his teeth in anger.
"Qi General Mu, the barbarians have sent an envoy to ask for an audience."
Zheng Zhixing stood outside the door to report. Mu Jingrui motioned for him to come in and warned: "I'm going to see the barbarian envoy now. You stay here and watch Ning'er. She must go to bed and sleep for four hours before getting up."
After that, he walked away.
When Zheng Zhixing saw Mu Jingrui walking away, he let out a long sigh of relief, relaxed his whole body, and immediately lay down on the chaise longue.
"It's too hard and depressing to follow this cold-faced god. Cousin, you have to think carefully. If you marry him in the future, hehe... it will be too uncomfortable, and he won't even laugh."
Shangguan Wan Ning disagreed.
Mu Jingrui just didn't smile at outsiders, and was... as tender as water towards her.
"Hey, do you know what the barbarian envoys came to do?" Shangguan Wan Ning sat down at the desk, picked up the book and continued to study.
"Do you still need to ask? They must be here to seek peace. Otherwise, with their current strength, how can they save the Holy Son?"
"Seek peace?" Shangguan Wan Ning thought thoughtfully.
"But don't worry, cousin, I think General Mu will never agree to it due to his personality."
Shangguan Wan Ning's heart skipped a beat.
Not compromising and killing everyone is Mu Jingrui's style of doing things.
She was a little worried, fearing that if things continued like this, Mu Jingrui would return to the path in her memory from the previous life.
and……
Shangguan Wan Ning thought of Sun Jinyao who was poisoned and the people who were homeless due to the war.
She pondered for a moment, then ran over and pulled Zheng Zhixing up. "Let's go and listen to what they say."
"No, if you eavesdrop, you will be beheaded..."
After all, Zheng Zhixing couldn't defeat Shangguan Wan Ning, so he took her to hide behind the screen in the back hall and eavesdropped on the conversation between Mu Jingrui and the barbarian envoy.
"...As long as General Mu is willing to release our Holy Son, we are willing to withdraw all our troops." The envoy said and waved his hand again. Several soldiers carried two large boxes forward. After the envoy opened them, a burst of golden light dazzled.
"These gadgets are from our filial piety and admiration for the general. Please accept them."
Zheng Zhixing's eyes widened and he lowered his voice and said, "Hey, I never thought that a small barbarian tribe could have so much gold, silver and jewelry?"
"Shh!" Shangguan Wan Ning covered Zheng Zhixing's mouth.
Mu Jingrui has deep inner strength, and she doesn't want to be discovered.
"What if I don't let it go?" Mu Jingrui just glanced at it lightly, not interested in those belongings at all.
"The war started by you barbarians has hurt so many innocent people in our kingdom. Now, seeing that we can't win, you want to withdraw your troops and take away your holy son? What? Do you think we in the Central Plains are easy to bully?
"
"General Mu misunderstood, we just..."
"Okay, stop talking." Mu Jingrui interrupted the barbarian envoy with a cold voice, "Take your things back and tell your clan leader. I will not let go of your holy son. Do you want to withdraw your troops?"
I don’t care either. I will definitely attack your capital until the whole clan is exterminated.”
The messenger's expression suddenly changed.
What else did they want to say, but the cup in Mu Jingrui's hand was placed back on the table without hesitation.