The little soldier who was shouting thought he had misheard, scratched his ear and raised his head to ask: "What?"

  "I said," the man on the city wall stood with his hands behind him, speaking slowly and deliberately, "Today, the city is under martial law. People with unknown backgrounds are prohibited from entering or leaving."

  He was choked by these words, and the little soldier almost died. He rode his horse back to Jia Liang's front, adding fuel to the fire: "Sir! There is a young master on the city wall who says that your identity is not enough, and he won't open the city gate for you!"

  "What?"

  "That man isn't even wearing armor, just his usual clothes, soft and delicate skin, clearly a pretty boy! Holding a chicken feather as if it's a command arrow, obviously not taking the adults seriously!"

  "This is outrageous!" The vice general behind him angrily said, "The adults have brought the imperial edict!"

  Jia Liang narrowed his eyes and gazed at the distant city tower, vaguely seeing a figure wearing a light-colored robe. He sneered: "Unaware of the height of heaven and earth. This official will make him kneel down and admit his mistake today!"

  "Hear, hear!" The guards behind him all cheered in unison.

  With so many people helping him, Jia Liang's waist was straightened and he rode his horse to the front of the city gate with his personal guards.

  "Hmph----" The thousand-strong army shouted, countless arrows shot towards the city tower, Jia Liang held the reins and said slowly: "Being supported by a woman, really thought you had some ability? Just now, who said that this official's identity is not enough? Why don't you dare to show your head?"

  The people behind him burst into laughter, and Jia Liang was also blunt: "You've eaten too much soft rice, you don't even have the strength to open the city gate?"

  On the city wall, banners and flags were fluttering in the wind. There were many people standing there. The little messenger looked around and pointed at the cyan-colored robe, saying: "Sir, he's over there!"

  Following his pointing direction, Jia Liang was about to continue mocking him for a couple of sentences, but when his eyes met the man's gaze, he was taken aback.

  Why does it seem so familiar?

  Finely arched eyebrows, clear and cold, not like a mortal man, jade crown dignified, sternly as if from heaven. Jia Liang had seen Zi Yang Jun before in the imperial court, and secretly praised his unparalleled elegance, unable to find another like him. Now seeing this person, he was stunned for a while, reacting afterwards with a twitch at the corner of his mouth.

  Xiao Zhu didn't see his expression, saw the man standing at the edge of the wall and pointed at him with a slap: "The imperial envoy has arrived. You have the guts to not open it! I'll see what you're capable of"

  Scene.

  Before the last word was spoken, the back of his head was severely hit. The little servant felt pain and shut up, looking back in confusion, only to see Mr. Jia, who had just been arrogant, now covered in cold sweat, trembling with rage, scolding him: "What nonsense are you yelling!"

  "What's going on?"

  Jia Liang fell off the horse and landed on the ground, he looked back at his army behind him, hesitated for a moment, and finally went forward to pay his respects.

  "Your humble servant Jia Liang has seen your majesty!"

  With this bow, the soldiers behind him were stunned. There was only a weak-looking person standing on the city wall, and with a loud "Fire", he would be shot into a hornet's nest, how could they still be afraid of him?

  Jiang Xuanjin looked calmly at the person below him, still saying: "The city is under martial law, the gates are closed, if you have something important to say"

  He paused for a moment, then looked back at the restless soldiers and horses, "Why don't we try to force our way through?"

  How provocative these words are, Jia Liang can endure, but the group of ignorant deputy generals behind him cannot tolerate it, and they all make hissing sounds, their horses' hooves trampling back and forth on the sandy ground.

  "Don't be rash!" Jia Liang hastily said, "Everyone dismount!"

  Several deputy generals reluctantly rolled down, looking displeased no matter how they looked.

  If it were Xu Xian, a fierce general with an aura of murder, standing on the city wall, they would still think it's possible to make way for him. But who is this person in front of them? Someone without any presence or aura, why should they retreat and give way to so many people?

  The first-line city is already precarious, and they followed Jia Liang to clear the way, in order to be able to enter the city and drink a bowl of soup. Everyone knows how much oil and water can be scooped up during the clearing process, otherwise, why would they all praise Jia Liang along the way?

  It's actually good now, they've already reached the city gate, but he seems to want to back down.

  "The people below are blind and don't know that Your Highness is here, they have committed an offense!" Without looking at the person behind him, Jia Liang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "I dare not force my way in, but I have brought a sacred decree with me, so Your Highness should let me enter the city."

  Jiang Xuanjin nodded understandingly: "If the adults want to come and declare the imperial edict, one person can enter the city, and the rest will camp outside."

  "This" Jia Liang choked with sobs, how dare he enter the city alone?

  "Sir!" someone whispered from behind, "Didn't you say that even if Zi Yang Jun is in this city, he would still be helping us?"

  Jia Liang also wanted to know what was going on! Didn't they say that Prince Zi Yang and Princess Chang had a falling out? It's been spread around in great detail, saying that the person claiming to be Princess Chang had offended His Highness, and His Highness even issued an order to seal off the border of Purple Sun and cut off all contact with Dan Yang.

  But now this situation, no matter how you look at it, it's just not right.

  "General, let's charge in," the deputy general said in a low voice. "What does it matter whether he is Prince Ziyang or not? Can one man stop our army of thousands? After we enter the city and eliminate the rebels, we can apologize to him later."

  "Yes, can't give him such a big face, so many brothers want an explanation."

  Everyone was talking at once, making Jia Liang very flustered. He waved his hand and said, "No way, no way."

  The deputy general lost his patience: "If you don't dare, sir, then I'll take the lead. You can go back and rest afterwards."

  As he spoke, he waved his hand and had someone escort him away.

  Jia Liang reluctantly agreed, after all, he also wanted to enter the city, but didn't dare offend Prince Zi Yang. For now, he wouldn't take the lead, and after entering the city, he could still go to Prince Zi Yang's face and sell his cleverness, pushing the deputy general to take the blame, and the lord couldn't blame him either.

  Thinking so, Jia Liang pretended to be in a difficult situation, struggled for a while, and then hid behind the main force.

  "Charge!" With a flourish, the deputy general raised his sword to meet the gaze of the young man in green.

  The men behind him responded in unison, turned over and mounted their horses, and rushed towards the city gate. At the same time, the archers received the order, and a thousand arrows were fired at once, like rain, straight to the wall.

  "Be careful above!" someone shouted from the city wall.

  Jiang Xuanjin stared intently at the arrows flying up from below, their momentum not fierce, and with one stretch of his hand he could grasp two of them.

  "Your aim is really bad." He commented objectively.

  The cloud ladder was set up against the city wall, and that general had also read the Art of War. Without saying a word, he thought to capture him first. A few steps across the cloud ladder, his movements looked very agile. After flipping over the wall, it was a move of fierce tiger descending the mountain, wanting to seize his throat.

  Cheng Xiao and Yu Feng were standing beside him, seeing the situation they didn't intend to help, instead they pinched the long pole and pushed down the cloud ladder he had stepped on.

  His hand reached out in front of him, and at a glance, it hadn't been washed clean, with mud in the gaps between his fingernails. Jiang Xuanjin furrowed his brow, dodged to the side to avoid his grab, and suddenly knocked against his elbow pit, following through to twist his arm half a turn and pin it behind his back.

  Enduring the pain, he countered with a backhand attack on his lower body, struggling free from his restraints. Jiang Xuanjin released him, pulled his leg back to avoid this sweeping kick, and landed again, directly stomping on the man's ankle.

  With a "crack" sound, Deputy General's face turned pale.

  This guy looks like he doesn't have much strength at all, how can his blows be so heavy?

  It hurt so much that his whole body was numb. That move would be a bit hard to get out of, gritting his teeth and making an effort, he pulled the knife out and wanted to place it across his neck.

  Jiang Xuanjin reacted faster, his knife flashed out of its sheath and he kicked the man's hand with a swift and clean motion. The cold light of the knife flashed in mid-air for an instant before it flew off. He landed a palm on the deputy general's shoulder, using the force to flip himself over and catch the knife in mid-air. With a swift somersault, he landed back on his feet, the blade pointing at the deputy general's throat.

  "Is this what you want?" he asked.

  Extremely quick movements, unencumbered by armor, made him much more agile. The deputy general felt a chill on the back of his neck and finally changed color: "How did you learn martial arts?"

  Zi Yang Jun shouldn't be from a literary background?

  Jiang Xuanjin replied indifferently: "I have a rough idea."

  As he said this, he thought of Rong and smiled slightly, adding: "Better than ordinary people who only understand the surface by a couple of points."

  "Ah-choo!" Just as he was leading his men to intercept the reinforcements heading towards Pingling, Zhuo suddenly let out a loud sneeze, startling the horse beneath him.

  "What's going on?" he muttered, rubbing his nose and said, "Perhaps it's the prince thinking of me, let's hurry up!"

  "Yes!" The mighty army followed behind, cutting across from the southeast direction, and was about to meet with the reinforcements from Pingling in the valley ahead.

  The strong wind howled on the city wall, and the deputy general turned his head to find that he was the only one standing on the city wall. The cloud ladder was broken, and there were no guards behind him.

  "Spare your life!" He softened his tone and said, "I'm just following orders."

  The knife handle was a bit dirty, Jiang Xuanjin casually threw it away and said, "Let your people retreat now."

  If the knife was still at his throat, he could only listen to this, but he actually threw away the knife and said this? The deputy general's eyes flashed with a hint of ferocity, and he nodded repeatedly: "Yes yes yes, I'll let them send you on your way!"

  The tone changed abruptly at the last four words, and the deputy's toe flipped up to pick up the knife on the ground and grasped it in his hand. Jiang Xuanjin hacked over.

  As if he had expected this move, Jiang Xuanjin calmly sidestepped, twisted his wrist and kicked him in the chest.

  His hands didn't let go, but he was kicked back and then pulled back again, his face turned blue. The deputy general wanted to fight back, but unfortunately, his ankle was dislocated, his movements were not agile enough, a moment of hesitation. The man in front of him punched him in the abdomen again.

  The force penetrated the armor and shook his body. The deputy general had not reacted yet, but his throat was sweet, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he spat out blood.

  The people below were still attacking the city, and the shaky city gate crashed down with a loud noise, shouting voices echoed everywhere.

  The deputy commander spat out a mouthful of blood foam and coldly said, "You can't stop us from entering the city even if you kill me, surrender obediently!"

  Frowning at the bloodstain on his sleeve, Jiang Xuanjin grabbed his helmet and pulled him from the outer wall to the inner wall, slamming him against the stone.

  He was knocked dizzy and saw blood flowing from his head, and when he lifted his eyes in a daze, he saw the situation inside the city.

  A sea of people filled the streets and alleys, a row of shield-bearing soldiers stood at the city gate, protecting the archers behind them, their sharp arrowheads already aimed at those entering the city.

  The number of people he can see from this angle is already comparable to those they brought with them, let alone the ones behind who are out of sight.

  "How can this be?!" The deputy general was shocked, "Wasn't it said that there were no defending troops in the first line of the city?"

  They're just relying on their numbers to be so arrogant, if they really want to fight

  The soldiers who rushed into the city saw the scene in front of them, were stunned and stopped their steps, not daring to rush forward again. Some timid generals directly led their men to retreat.

  "Your Excellency, let's discuss this calmly." The deputy general's temper finally subsided, and he forced a smile, saying, "I've been serving in Pingling all along. I didn't know that Your Excellency's reputation was also unfamiliar to me? Please calm down first, and let's sit down and have a good talk?"

  Jiang Xuanjin coldly smiled.

  A moment later, this deputy was directly thrown down from the city wall by someone.

  "Ah----"

  A loud cry of despair echoed out, and even Jia Liang in the rear heard it clearly. He hastily asked: "What's going on?"

  Someone came forward and reported in a trembling voice: "There is an ambush inside the city, Deputy General Liu was thrown down from the city wall, it seems that his bones are broken."

  He took a deep breath, and Jia Liang immediately jumped up and said: "I said it couldn't be beaten, but you didn't listen! Now look, Zi Yang Jun is obviously annoyed! Hurry up and withdraw!"

  "But what reason does Ziyang Jun have to not let us enter the city?" The military advisor stepped forward and said, "When doing things, one must have a proper title. We are here by imperial decree, is it that you intend to defy the decree?"

  Jia Liang thought for a moment, holding onto a glimmer of hope, and had someone respectfully ask: Why can't we enter this city?

  The news came down from the city wall soon: "His Majesty has spoken, Her Ladyship is pregnant and resting in the city, she doesn't like to be disturbed."

  Jia Liang's eyelid twitched.

  "This excuse is too fake! Who doesn't know that Prince Zi Yang doesn't care about women? How could he possibly do something against the emperor's orders for his wife?"

  Maybe there's some other interest involved? He pondered for a moment, deciding to wait for the reinforcements that would arrive later and first station himself honestly outside the city.

  Recently, there were some clashes between the two sides. Dozens of people were killed or injured, but the other side retreated quickly, and by dawn, the city gate had returned to calm.

  He followed his master back to the princess's mansion, watching as he washed and changed into a brand new set of clothes before heading to the main house with an air of nonchalance.

  Li Huaiyu had just woken up and was lazily leaning against the edge of the bed. When she saw him come in, she smiled: "I was just asking where you went."

  He lifted his robe and sat down at the edge of the bed. Jiang Xuanjin said calmly, "Take a walk if you'd like."

  "Really?" Huai Yu looked at Cheng Xiao's back with doubt.

  Daring to say what with the wind at your back? Only nodding repeatedly, yes, yes, strolling around at will, scaring off a large army at will, and even throwing someone else's deputy general from the city wall.

  The master says be casual, so they are casual; no matter how many words they have, they can only swallow them in their belly.

  "It's already this late, why haven't you had breakfast yet?" He glanced at the tray placed beside him. Jiang Xuanjin furrowed his brow.

  Hua Yu smiled and leaned against his leg, saying: "I just woke up, I'm not hungry at all."

  "That also needs to be eaten." Picking up the red bean porridge, Jiang Xuanjin took a sip and said, "It's still hot."

  "Feed me!" The person on my leg whined.

  If it were in the past, Jiang Xuanjin would definitely sneer and say, "Do I need someone to feed me just to eat a meal? My hands aren't broken!"

  However, he looked at her increasingly scary big belly. He didn't say anything, helped her sit up and lean on him, scooped the soup and fed it to her lips.

  "Ah, no, not that one." Huai Yu smiled slyly, his eyes full of cunning as he nodded towards his lips, "Use this."

  The veins on her hand burst out, and Jiang Xuanjin glared at her: "What nonsense are you spouting?"

  Pouting, Hua Yu said: "Qi Jin has already told you that I've been emotionally unstable lately, so you have to coax me a bit."

  "Even if you coax me again, it's no use," Jiang Xuanjin said with a mixture of shame and annoyance. "Can't you be serious for once?"

  "I've always been serious, you see me in front of them, am I not a qualified big sister?" Huai Yu hummed twice, with dazzling smile in her eyes, "But when I meet you, I just can't help it, want to get close to you, want all of you to be mine!"

  Jiang Xueming: "I don't know"

  He seemed to have been choked by her since he met her, and there were no more than two decent words in his mouth. He was born with a half-knowing shamelessness, which made him speechless.

  "Ah, my tummy hurts!" Seeing that he didn't react, Huai Yu rolled onto the bed and threw a tantrum, "It hurts so much! Only if Zi Yang Jun hugs me and gives me a kiss will I feel better!"

  The blue veins on his forehead also bulged out, Jiang Xuanjin said coldly: "You make another move. I'll leave."

  "Waaahhh!" Huai Yu covered her quilt and pretended to cry, "In the desolate mountains and evil waters, I was abandoned for over twenty years. With six months of pregnancy, Master didn't ask about me. Alas, alas, no one cares about my life! Why is my fate so bitter?"

  The sound of the door opening and closing came from outside, and Huaiyu's heart sank.

  He really said goodbye and left?

  She was originally pretending to cry, but as soon as she heard the sound of the door closing, she really felt a bit wronged, and her eyes became blurry. She turned her head and wanted to scold.

  However, as soon as he turned his head, a cyan-colored robe rushed up.

  "What's worth making a fuss about?" Jiang Xuanjin turned her face over, looked at the tears in her eyes and frowned, put down her belly and hugged her, then lowered his head and gently kissed her eyelids.

  "You've hugged and kissed, what more is there to cry about?"

  She blinked at Yu, then again, and wrapped her arms around his waist, murmuring: "You didn't leave?"

  "I made Cheng Xiao and Yu Feng step down." Without opening his mouth, he said, "In front of them, how do you want me to be?"

  "Pfft" she burst out laughing, Hua Yu was delighted, and wrapped her arms around his neck, saying "You're all close friends, are you still shy? Learn from me, even if Qing Si is here, I can still pin you against the wall and kiss you!"

  Jiang Xuanjin said calmly: "Do you think anyone can learn your way of doing things?"

  "What's wrong with me?" Huai Yu glared and put her hands on her hips.

  Jiang Xuanjin paused, closed his eyes and said: "Your free-spirited and uninhibited demeanor, unbound by worldly conventions, requires a very high level of cultivation."

  When entering the court, he does not flatter the monarch; when leaving the palace, he does not fawn on his colleagues. Zi Yang Jun is famous for speaking the truth, and in the past, he considered this a kind of integrity. Neither power nor wealth could make him bow his head.

  However at present

  Staring at the suddenly smiling face in front of him, Jiang Xuanjin felt that there were some empty words that needed to be said after all. Life is not worth making things too difficult for oneself.

  Li Huaiyu was satisfied and lay back in his arms, nuzzling him gently as he took the red bean porridge to drink by himself.

  "How come the imperial envoy hasn't arrived at our place yet?" she asked while drinking.

  Jiang Xuanjin said calmly: "Perhaps the scenery of Pingling Mountain is good, and the imperial envoy has decided to stay for a few more days, so there's no need to rush to Yizheng City for the time being."