I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

Chapter 587 General Yuan.

Li Mu casually dispersed the sword energy and looked at the young man.

The boy has dark skin and a shallow scar on the bridge of his nose.

But he was not born ugly. The scar made his slightly childish face look more murderous.

"Yuan Lei! How dare you draw your sword at me!"

Perhaps it was because he came to his senses, or perhaps it was because of Li Mu's appearance, Song Chun suddenly gained confidence and pointed at the young man and cursed.

The boy's name is Yuan Lei, and he is the grandson of General Yuan who once fought alongside King Jiang.

He loved martial arts since childhood and had great talent. At the age of seventeen, he was already a second-level external martial artist.

There is a world of difference between him and Song Chun, who is a pure naive person.

Yuan Lei did not answer, but stared at Li Mu and said coldly,

"You are the Prince of Yan. Are you here for the soldiers of my Dawn Army?"

Li Mu sighed slightly. He originally thought it was a very simple matter, but now it seems that he thought it was too simple.

After a little thought, he appeared beside Yuan Lei.

Seeing this, Yuan Lei was about to draw his sword, but Li Mu pointed a finger at his wrist. He heard a muffled groan, and then the sword fell to the ground.

Li Mu grabbed Yuan Lei by the back of his neck and lifted him up. He glanced at the soldiers present, then looked at Song Chun and said calmly,

"Brother Chun, how do we deal with this assassin?"

Song Chun was obviously stunned for a moment, then looked at Yuan Lei with an embarrassed expression on his face.

At this time, the crowd made a noise but soon stopped, and then made way for a path. A middle-aged man who looked 70% like the young man came out and saluted Li Mu.

"General Yuan Changhu greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. My son was naughty and offended the Crown Prince. I hope the Crown Prince will not blame me."

"My father has been waiting in the tent for a long time. Please move over, my lord."

Li Mu didn't look at him, but continued to stare at Song Chun, as if waiting for him to speak.

Song Chun smiled awkwardly. He also noticed something was going on. He hurried to Li Mu and asked in a low voice,

"Brother, what on earth are you doing here?"

Li Mu casually let go of Yuan Lei, signaled the carriage in the distance with his eyes, and said lightly,

"I'll have to trouble Brother Chun to bring my little maid to wait for me at the training ground."

After saying that, he walked directly towards Yuan Changhu, "General Yuan, lead the way."

……

In the big tent.

Li Mu looked at the dignified old man sitting in the first seat, bowed and said,

"Meet General Yuan."

Li Mu maintained the minimum respect for this old general who had truly experienced fighting on the battlefield.

The old man was not wearing armor, but an ordinary gray martial arts uniform. When he looked at Li Mu, there was a sense of majesty in his eyes.

"You are too polite, my lord. I wonder why you are here in this military camp?"

General Yuan's tone was calm, and no emotion could be heard.

Li Mu didn't care about the old general's attitude. He walked to a chair nearby and sat down. He said,

"kill!"

Upon hearing this, General Yuan's eyes fixed, and a strong murderous aura emanated from his body. The atmosphere in the tent instantly froze.

However, Li Mu didn't care at all, as if he was completely unaffected. He still had a smile on his face and didn't say anything. He just looked at General Yuan.

A hint of surprise flashed across General Yuan's eyes. Just as he was about to disperse his pressure, his brows suddenly frowned.

Although Li Mu still had a smile on his face, his sudden fierce gaze made even this battle-hardened veteran feel fear.

This is not the oppression of strength, but the murderous aura emanating from the bones.

General Yuan's heart skipped a beat and he clenched his dry hands slightly on the armrest.

He wondered why this young man, who was only a few years older than his grandson, had such a strong murderous aura.

How many people have you killed with your own hands?

Such tangible murderous aura was something that even he, a veteran warrior with at least a thousand lives under his command, could not do.

"call……"

The old general let out a long breath, and then he spoke, "The prince has already told me that if the prince comes, I will follow his arrangements."

Li Mu smiled, and returned to his previous harmless appearance, nodded and said,

"Don't worry, old general. I have already sent a letter to plead for those barbarians lurking in the Dawn Army. As for how to deal with them, old general, you can make the decision yourself."

General Yuan was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Li Mu to say such a thing.

When King Jiang's personal guards came to the army that day and asked him to cooperate in finding the spies hidden in the Dawn Army, those people were planning to attack and kill King Yan.

After interrogation, we learned that this was an order from the national teacher of Rongyi.

He always thought that Li Mu came here to call for punishment.

Although all this was a conspiracy of the Rongyi people, the lax military discipline allowed for infiltration, and the entire Dawn Army, including him, had an unshirkable responsibility.

It's not that he doesn't want to plead guilty, nor is it that he wants to cover up for anyone.

It was because this time the situation had reached a point where even he could no longer control it.

Now the soldiers in the army are in a panic, fearing that the court will investigate the matter.

What's more, some of those redundant barbarians have been lurking for as long as several decades.

There were even some veteran generals who had followed King Jiang in the uprising.

If we deal with those people at this time, it might lead to a mutiny.

It is not impossible to give King Jiang a yellow robe.

General Yuan looked at Li Mu, suddenly stood up, and bowed to Li Mu.

"I thank His Royal Highness for his understanding."

Li Mu waved his hand. He had not thought about these things before coming to the military camp. This was just an unexpected success. Then, he changed the subject and said,

"Don't thank me too early, old general. I still want to kill those who participated in the South City Massacre and escaped. And I want to kill them in front of everyone. Is it meaningful, old general?"

General Yuan hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"I understand. I heard that it was the prince who stopped the massacre, which prevented the casualties from increasing. It is not a pity for these people to die. I believe that as long as their crimes are made public, the soldiers will not object."

"It's not expanding..."

Li Mu sighed slightly. The entire South City street, thousands of lives...

Li Mu stood up, bowed to General Yuan, and then whispered,

"There is one more thing that I need the old general's help with."

"Please speak, Your Majesty." General Yuan turned slightly aside and did not dare to accept Li Mu's salute.

Immediately, Li Mu told about the barbarians, the sea charts, and the fact that those lurking people might be sailors.

Unexpectedly, General Yuan shook his head and said,

"Your Highness, you don't know that the Rongyi people attach great importance to this. Those people were indeed the sailors who originally built the ship, but there was only one person on each ship who knew how to pass through that death zone."

"I have already ordered people to chase the ship that left the port when the incident happened... but I guess they didn't get anything."

Li Mu nodded, his expression unchanged, and said,

"Please rest assured, General. It won't be long before I present the sea chart to you."

"As for the old general, you should eat and drink as you please. You don't need to worry about His Majesty. Just don't wait until the imperial edict arrives and the soldiers are unable to go out to fight because of lack of training."

Hearing this, General Yuan was stunned and looked at Li Mu deeply.

Li Mu didn't say anything more, he just stood up and left the tent.

He knew that everything was empty talk until he got the nautical chart.

"You bastard, are you overthinking it? Will that woman really betray you and run back to Rongyi?"

Outside the tent, Jun Jiuling appeared beside Li Mu.

As a woman, she felt that Cangzhi was truly surrendering, and she didn't know where Li Mu got his confidence from.

"Maybe, or maybe I am judging others by my own standards."

Li Mu smiled and didn't finish his words, but the look in his eyes clearly told Jun Jiuling to wait and see.