Chapter 1 Those Inexplicable Matters

Hearing Jiang Chen's words, the man's face was filled with bitterness, as if he had some unspeakable secrets that he couldn't reveal.

"Your Majesty, please don't make things difficult for me. Since I did these things, I must have my own reasons. I only hope you can grant me a quick death."

After saying that, the man closed his eyes directly, as if he had already accepted his fate. Seeing his reaction, Jiang Chen was filled with anger.

He glanced at the bewildered staff around him, and Jiang Chen had a rough idea of what was going on.

If he wasn't mistaken, there were probably some people behind these events.

"Take him into custody. When we figure out what's going on, release him. Before that, if he dies, those of you responsible for monitoring him will be punished with the same crime."

As soon as these words came out, many people subconsciously took a step back. They suddenly couldn't understand what was happening. While they were all pondering this, Jiang Chen's eyes were already locked on the flags outside.

"Based on my deductions, it won't be long before the Xiongnu launch an even more frantic attack. They fought so hard even with internal support. Now that they've lost that, they'll probably become even more ferocious."

Thinking of his previous strange actions, Jiang Chen felt a surge of anger. It could be said that Jiang Chen's attitude towards these staff members was far beyond what ordinary people could imagine. Even in other places, they would never receive such favor from Jiang Chen, yet some still chose to betray him.

After everyone had withdrawn from the camp, Jiang Chen seemed a little weak. For some reason, Jiang Chen suddenly felt that this personal expedition was a very wrong decision.

As night gradually fell, Jiang Chen walked step by step towards the house where the staff member was being held. Seeing Jiang Chen arrive, the man couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Your Majesty, I can't speak about these things you know. If I do, my entire family will die."

"If Your Majesty has any anger in your heart, then vent it on me. If I have the chance in the next life, I will come back to serve Your Majesty. I have failed your expectations of me, and I am filled with helplessness."

After saying that, he closed his eyes in resignation, as if waiting for Jiang Chen to take his life.

Seeing him like this, Jiang Chen didn't know what to say, he just stared at him silently, lost in thought.

"This world is my world, why would anyone dare to threaten you in front of me?"

These words were met with a sneer. Before he was employed by Jiang Chen, he felt that everything was as he imagined, that the world was still the royal family's.

But from the moment he was truly promoted by Jiang Chen, he understood what it meant to be a general abroad, whose commands are sometimes not followed. Not only had the aristocratic families completely escaped control, but more importantly, many of the frontier generals had become puppets of those aristocratic families, and some even possessed their own armies, never willing to pay attention to any decisions made in the court.

The most famous of them was the one who was now threatening him.

"Your Majesty, please just give me a quick death. Even if you take me back to the heavenly prison, I will never say a single word. My wife, children, and parents are all in their hands. For them, I will never speak."

Seeing the man's resolute appearance, Jiang Chen realized that it was simply a fool's dream to try to get any information from him.

Because of this, Jiang Chen was now at a loss.

As Jiang Chen walked out step by step, a muffled sound came from behind him. Seeing him fall to the ground, with no chance of survival, Jiang Chen sighed.

"Find a place nearby to bury him properly. After all, he has made many contributions to us."

After saying that, Jiang Chen left without looking back.

Looking at Jiang Chen's slightly desolate figure, the prison guard who was originally responsible for monitoring the staff member took out a pigeon from somewhere, wrote down the situation here, and quickly released the pigeon.

Zhu Su, who was leading his troops forward, couldn't help but sneer after receiving the carrier pigeon.

"I never thought that incompetent fellow would be able to pick out the chess piece I planted. Congratulations."

"But that's all he can do. I'd like to see how he's going to turn around the desperate situation I've left him in."

Although this man was wearing standard armor, most of those standing beside him and following closely were Xiongnu.

"I say, you're not thinking of going back to serve your emperor again, are you? You personally killed your chief general before defecting to our Xiongnu. If you go back now, you can imagine what your fate will be."

"Now, the Khan has given you everything you wanted, so just obediently open up territory for our Xiongnu. I'm just curious how strange the look on your emperor's face will be when he sees you."

While the woman beside him was still chattering, a steel saber was already held in front of him.

"I advise you not to talk too much. Although I am no longer loyal to him, it is not up to you barbarians to interfere in these matters."

Feeling the temperature coming from the tip of the blade, the person who had been constantly muttering just now fell silent and quickly retreated into the ranks.

Zhu Su silently led the army behind him, heading towards Shimen Pass in a mighty manner.

From the moment the Mei family took power, these deputy generals who came from humble backgrounds and had no connections understood that all their future promotion paths had been completely blocked.

Because of this, they all made plans for themselves. Apart from a small number of people who became bandits, more of them stood with the Xiongnu, their opponents in many years of battle.

And Zhu Su was the best of them.

"General, the Prince of Zhennan and the Prince of Zhenbei have been unable to conquer the pass for a long time, and are now resting behind Shimen Pass. Do you think we should speed up our advance or...?"

Hearing this question, Zhu Su couldn't help but look at the map that had already been drawn.

"If I'm not mistaken, the emperor's reinforcements should be arriving soon. When his reinforcements arrive, we will naturally be there as well. At that time, we will fight them head-on, and I want them to remember my name completely."