A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 483 Hostage Moon Bell

"So your injuries, and your left arm where the bone is visible... were caused by Li Mingjian?"

"That's not the case, but he also ordered it."

Hearing this, Gao Changgong on the side suddenly said:

"I almost forgot! There's still a hostage I haven't shown you yet."

"What hostages?"

Yuan Wuyou turned his head to look at the man sitting on the general's chair. He was shirtless at the moment, but from his jade-colored chest to his lower abdomen, he was wrapped in blood-stained dark red bandages. Just as Cang Baishu was about to untie the blood-stained cloth strips on his snow-white arm, he raised his arm out of habit, picked up the blood-soaked white shirt and put it on.

"Don't change the medicine yet, I have something else to do." He said to the outside of the door.

"Someone, bring that Miao girl up here!"

Following his order, two guards in armor came in from outside the house.

The two men brought in the tied-up Nao Nao as if she were a chicken. She was still wearing the same black clothes she had worn this morning.

When the three of them entered the room, the already crowded wing became even more crowded. Yuan Wuyou even felt that his room was too noisy.

Gao Changgong tightened his clothes, looked down to see if his belt was fastened, and then smiled at Yuan Wuyou. "Luckily you woke up, otherwise I would have killed her to accompany you in your burial."

Seeing the man's lips turning white from the pain, but he was still forcing a smile at her, Yuan Wuyou suddenly felt sad at heart. It seemed that as long as Gao Changgong was there, he could withstand it even if the sky fell. Even though he might not have a good plan, he would definitely say "I will die with you". He would always protect her with his own life, always ready to commit suicide for love and die before her, always giving her a sense of security that she would not be alone on the road to the underworld.

On the other hand, Miao girl Yue Lingdang was frightened by his confident death sentence. She struggled a bit and shouted, "Wait! Even if you feel sorry for your wife, you can't use me as a scapegoat, right? It wasn't me who cut her!"

Her struggle caused the two guards behind her to tighten their grip on the knot on her back and shouted, "Behave!"

Yuan Wuyou also looked at the Miao girl who was escorted by two guards.

"How did she get into your hands? How did you catch her? Where is Li Mingjian?"

Naonao twisted his neck, snorted, and was too embarrassed to speak.

Gao Yanzong said, "It was the one called Jialuo who sent her here. Now both countries know that the real and fake Fengling Kings are fighting to the death. The ruler of Northern Zhou wanted to protect Master Li at all costs, which incurred the wrath of the old ministers of the previous dynasty. She covered Master Li's escape and was captured alive by Jialuo."

Hearing this, Yuan Wuyou stared at the Miao girl, "You should know where Li Mingjian went, right? How can I find him?"

Naonao still tilted his neck, and without turning his head, he pouted and said, "Is your question redundant? I am willing to risk my life to cover his retreat, so how could I betray him?"

The crisp voice of the Miao girl and her unfamiliar accent gave off a warm and rural atmosphere. Yuan Wuyou could hardly hold back his serious expression, but he still gritted his teeth and said in a gentle and persuasive manner:
"You didn't betray him, you saved him! Today, when I saw his blood and my blood mixed in the water, I realized that it must not be his intention for the siblings to end up like this. Fortunately, I'm still alive, so I want to talk to him and sort out our relationship."

Regardless of whether Yuan Wuyou felt guilty or not when he said this, since Yue Lingdang was not at the scene at the time, he was unable to tell whether it was true or not.

At that time, the injured little Empress Huaxu was leaning against the head of the bed. Her bloodless face was gloomy, majestic and heroic, and her tone was ups and downs. She sat on the sickbed with the momentum of a dragon throne.

Seeing this, Nao Nao felt a little scared.

On the other side, Cang Baishu, who was standing next to the general's chair, couldn't help but scold, "Lanling King, when can you cooperate with the treatment?"

Gao Changgong impatiently pushed away his pulse-taking hand, "Don't interrupt, my wife is trying a case, look how majestic she is!" Cang Baishu glanced at Yuan Wuyou and said unhappily, "Don't be fooled by her majestic appearance, she is actually already angry. If she is emotionally stimulated at this moment, she will easily vomit blood and faint."

"Ah? Really?" Gao Changgong suddenly widened his dark eyes and looked at the girl on the sickbed with surprise and distress.

Yuan Wuyou frowned, "Don't—"

As soon as she opened her mouth, Cang Baishu interrupted her, staring at her and saying, "You have been deficient in Qi and blood recently and have been overexerting yourself, but you can't avoid fighting... I can only suggest that you spend less energy, control your desires, and not have sex too frequently."

"...Me? What's wrong with me?" She wanted to refute, but she had nothing to say, especially when she caught a glimpse of the man in red sitting beside the bed. He was staring at her with his red peach eyes. Yuan Wuyou's cheeks suddenly felt hot.

After saying that, Cang Baishu lowered his head and gave instructions to Gao Changgong.

"You are right. A man must guard his sexual barrier... Once the pure yang body is leaked, the innate holy body will be polluted."

Gao Changgong was stunned and blushed, "Ah?"

Upon hearing this, everyone present felt embarrassed for their own Lanling King, especially Yuan Wuyou, who anxiously waved his tangled left arm and shouted:
"Stop it! Stop it! What kind of perverted theory of male ethics is this? Don't corrupt my man!"

Nao Nao was also quite surprised when he heard this, "No wonder she was bewitched by the male fox, it turns out that Lanling King didn't let her sleep with him. Then what you said is wrong, old Taoist priest. It's not a big deal whether a man is chaste or not. Taoism also has the practice of dual cultivation of yin and yang."

Cang Baishu ignored Yuan Wuyou and just put away the bottles and jars on the table while continuing, "My Shangqing Sect despises those evil ways that use religion as a banner to do evil. Patriarch Tao believes that men should abstain from sex and cultivate themselves, especially military commanders. Maintaining a pure yang body is the best way to conserve energy. You should use your energy for the right purpose."

Yuan Wuyou couldn't listen any longer.

"Okay, if you are willing to preach, Master Cang, take Gao Changgong to another room. No one will bother you while you change the bandages and recite the Men's Virtue Sutra to him."

Gao Changgong nodded blankly, "Oh... then I'll go out first." Then he stood up and left with the help of Cang Baishu.

When he passed by two guards carrying Yue Lingdang, Yue Lingdang was still looking at Gao Changgong with reluctance.

Yuan Wuyou caught her reluctant look and pointed at the two guards and ordered,

"You two go out first and leave her here. I have something to ask her."

The two guards hurriedly took their leave, then happily followed Gao Changgong, pushed the door open and chased after him.

When the two people on the bed were the only ones left in the room, Nao Nao, who was tied up, could not help but look at Yuan Wuyou with a wary look.

"What? Do you want to torture me to get a confession?"

Gao Yanzong glanced at the girl sitting on the bedside, then turned his head and spoke in a deep and hoarse voice:

"Miss Yue, I'm sure you've figured it out. The Lord of Huaxu has no intention of killing your Holy Son, and now his life-definition Gu is in her hands. If you are truly loyal to your Lord, you should tell us where he came from and where he is going, and we can turn enemies into friends and save him, our blood relative. If you are pretending to be loyal, then let him continue to fight us to the death, but next time, we will have no choice but to kill him."

Gao Yanzong first appealed to Yuan Wuyou's emotions and reasoned with her, and then used both kindness and force. As a result, Yue Lingdang confessed without any choice before Yuan Wuyou even opened his mouth.

The information obtained from Yue Lingdang matched what Yuan Wuyou had heard.

Li Mingjian's father was the sworn brother of the Western Wei empress. He had a child because of the Lu Shu bloodline, and the empress's divorced first wife Dugu Lang was also pregnant at the time. The empress originally said that after the brother and sister were one month old, she would announce to the world that he would be given a legitimate status. However, because Shiwandashan surrendered, Li Mingjian's father was sent to persuade them to surrender with the jade seal, and he never returned.

Because the imperial seal was stolen during the Southern Liang mutiny, the father and son were detained in Miao Territory for eighteen years.