Chapter 454 Swiftness

Yueshi Royal City.

There is no sound in the cold palace now. Compared with the lively environment outside, it is simply another world.

Iron boots stepped into the palace. Its owner was tall, with thick hair, and looked very handsome. He looked at the throne in the palace, but did not sit on it and said nothing.

Mokdu followed cautiously, his head lowered like a servant.

"Sworn brother!"

Mokdu prepared a grand welcome ceremony for Leonard, just like a butler waiting for his master. When Leonard's army arrived, Mokdu did not stop him, but welcomed him into the city and exchanged all his father's things with him.

"How did my father die?"

Leonard pulled out his personal sword and pointed it at Mokdu behind him. With Leonard's swordsmanship, it only took a few breaths to take Mokdu's life.

Mokdu lowered his head. Before coming, Tudor had repeatedly warned him to get through. Otherwise, they are all screwed.

"Death from physical failure."

"Although he was obese, he was quite healthy. Why did he suddenly die of illness?"

"this……"

The long sword climbed up to Mokdu's neck. Leonard only needed to move his hand lightly, and Mokdu lost his life.

"If there was no ghost in it, why did you rush to cremate my father's body?"

Mokdu knelt down and saluted with his hands in hand.

"Brother, to be honest, my foster father died of poisoning."

"What did you say?"

"My adoptive father was poisoned by a mysterious poison. By the time I found out, it was already too late. Before he died, he entrusted me to manage this place and wait for my adopted brother's return."

"Who gave the poison?"

"My adoptive father was always cautious and paid attention to his diet. It was all handled by his cook who had been trusted by him for many years. But after the incident, the cook also died. In order to stabilize the situation, I cremated the body of my adoptive father to avoid panic. "

The Mokdu in front of him, Leonard's adopted brother whom Leonard had never met, seemed to be sincere to him. However, Leonard never felt relieved.

"There is also a possibility that my father, his trusted adopted son, secretly plotted to take away everything he had. Then, now that the Yuezhi is in crisis, he sees that he is unable to cope with it, so he takes advantage of the situation and welcomes me into the city."

"What my adopted brother said, I really can't explain. So, I ask my adopted brother to take my life so that I can meet my adopted father and serve him again."

The eyes of the person in front of him were so sincere that it was difficult for Leonard to judge whether it was true or false. After a long confrontation, he put away the sword in his hand and walked out of the palace.

"I hope what you said is true."

Mokdu looked at Leonard's figure, collapsed on the ground, breathed a sigh of relief, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

Qin army camp.

"My lord hopes that all your troops will withdraw from the territory of Yuezhi and return Princess Yuezhi..."

Zhao Shuang sat in his seat and looked at the new Yuezhi envoy. His tone was obviously much tougher. To be more precise, a little arrogant.

"And return the Yuezhi people who were plundered by the Qin army after they entered our country and compensate for the losses..."

Zhao Shuang hit him, waved, and asked Bai Lu beside him.

"How's the meal going?"

"It should be fine soon."

At this moment, Aaliyah was holding a large plate with several stacks of vegetables and meat on it.

"Your Majesty, it's ready!"

Aaliyah clapped her hands, somewhat satisfied with her work.

Zhao Shuang picked up the chopsticks and prepared to taste the food. On the side, the Yuezhi envoy who was talking endlessly suddenly discovered something and was filled with righteous indignation.

"Princess!"

Aaliya turned around, looked at the Yuezhi envoy, and blinked, as if she didn't recognize him.

"Why are you here, working as a servant?"

Then, the Yuezhi envoy looked at Zhao Shuang with anger in his eyes.

"It's unreasonable that you treat me like a servant, Princess Yuezhi. This is an irreconcilable hatred."

Zhao Shuang really had no interest in this chatty messenger. He stretched out his chopsticks and looked at the burnt meat and boiled vegetables on the plate. He didn't know how to eat it for a while.

"Who are you?"

Aaliyah looked at the messenger in front of her and asked.

"My Lord Leonard has returned to the royal city now. Princess, don't worry, General Leonard has returned and asked me to take the princess back to the royal city so that the princess can succeed to the throne."

"A traitor can actually have such a loud tone."

It was obvious that Aaliyah did not trust the Yuezhi envoys and was very hostile.

"Princess, you must not listen to the lies of the Qin people. General Leonard is loyal to the royal family and will definitely respect the princess as his king."

"It's a joke. Wasn't it his father Barrett who massacred our clan? How can anyone believe the son of a traitor?"

The Yuezhi envoy didn't know what to say for a moment, so he just held his hands and said.

"My lord's heart, the princess will understand sooner or later."

After the Yuezhi envoy left, Qiu Biju walked in with a heavy look on his face.

"Your Majesty, after Leonard came back, the ten princes who originally agreed to submit have cut off contact with us. There is also news that Leonard is gathering an army and coming towards us. The number of troops is one hundred thousand. above."

Qiu Biju's words did not move Zhao Shuang. What he was more concerned about now was that the food on the plate was really hard to swallow.

After Aaliya repelled the Yuezhi envoy, she looked at Zhao Shuang with expectation.

"Your Majesty, how do you like the food I cooked?"

"It's very good, full of imagination and has huge potential."

"Really? Then I'm going to prepare today's dinner."

"Actually, you don't need to prepare...that's fine."

Before Zhao Shuang finished speaking, Aaliyah's figure had already ran out of the tent, furious.

Qiu Biju stood aside and smiled bitterly.

"Your Majesty, why don't you tell the princess that she has no talent at all in cooking."

"Do you think I don't want to say it?"

Zhao Shuang was a little helpless. Whenever he wanted to speak, the other person would open his big eyes and look at him pitifully, so that he could only swallow the words that came to his lips.

"Is this the army you trained for my father?"

Leonard stood on the city wall and looked at the phalanx of soldiers holding six to seven meter long spears in the distance, practicing on the flat ground and showing off their military posture.

Mokdu stood aside and held his hand.

"Yes, in order to gather the equipment of these 30,000 troops, most of the wealth in the Sewei clan's treasury was spent today. After training for a long time, it became what it is today."

Leonard nodded. Having experienced battles for a long time, he can naturally see the advantages and disadvantages. Mokdu was a man of great talent, no wonder his father kept him around.

"The envoy I sent has returned. It seems that the Qin man is not going to accept my opinion. So, I will lead the army to break through his walled city and fight to the edge of the Great Wall to demonstrate the martial arts of my Yuezhi army. "

"In this case, I am willing to lead 30,000 troops as the vanguard to seek good fortune for my sworn brother."

"No need. Most of these 30,000 troops are heavy armored infantry and are moving slowly. I will lead a 100,000 cavalry charge forward. Within ten days, we will achieve great success."

"I wish my sworn brother a good start."

The war he was looking forward to was about to come, and Mokdu felt happy. Even though he couldn't control the outcome of this war at this moment.

"I heard that this Qin man defeated Gubiqi's 30,000 cavalry army with 10,000 troops. He must be very capable. I am looking forward to this war."