Daqian deposed the crown prince, and the emperor begged him to stop rebelling

Chapter 4: Tiangu Pass, Death Row Camp

Daqian, the westernmost region.

This place is called the land of exile, the land of barbarians, and the place of death in the far west by the people of Qian Kingdom.

Here, there is miasma that makes people shudder, as well as cannibalistic barbarian tribes that frequently harass the border.

And right here, a magnificent pass stands in the middle, closely connected to a long city wall, which almost runs through the entire west, keeping all the barbarians out of the country.

"Tian Gu Pass..."

On the ancient road filled with smoke and dust, a long line of prisoner carriages escorted by officials slowly approached this magnificent city.

In this row of prison vans, almost every van was packed with death row prisoners.

Only the first prison car held a handsome young man with extraordinary temperament.

The number of officials stationed around this prison van was several times more than that of the other prison vans.

This young man was naturally none other than the deposed Crown Prince of Daqian, Li Mu, who had just been deposed not long ago and fell from the clouds to the abyss in an instant.

Li Mu looked at the huge city in front of him. Above the city gate, three large characters "Tian Gu Guan" were engraved in bold strokes.

The originally somewhat silent line of prison vans suddenly became noisy at this moment.

"Frame, frame! Frame!"

In the prison car behind him, a death row prisoner was shaking the huge wooden cage with all his might, and the thigh-thick iron chains on the door were shaking so loudly that they made a deafening sound.

"Let me out! I'm being wrongly accused!"

"Let me go! Let me go!"

"Officials protect each other, and we have to die a miserable death. I am a kind-hearted family in this place, but we have been forced to be torn apart by the government, and now we are being sent to the Tianguguan death row camp! Oh, God! Please open your eyes and look at this damn world!"

It was in the prison car behind Li Mu.

An old man with silver hair, obviously in his sixties, knelt weakly in front of the cage, looked up at the blue sky, knelt on the ground in despair, tears streaming down his face!

"Save your energy, old man! You'll have a place to cry when you're in death row!"

The officer at the side swung his sword and hit the prison cart without any hesitation. He was already dissatisfied with the hassle of traveling, and his resentment became even more intense. Not yet satisfied, he used all his internal strength to kick the old man.

"Get down!"

The officer looked fierce.

“Old bastard! I’m telling you, no matter who you were before, whether you were a dragon or a tiger, when you come to Tiangu Pass, you must lie down like a dog!”

"A bunch of useless idiots! They are a waste of the imperial court's food if they are still alive!"

The old man had already been knocked over by the kick, but the kick could not take his life.

But he was leaning against a death row prisoner, staring blankly at the sky.

If these death row prisoners were just silent and wooden before, then when they saw the three words "Tiangu Pass", what others saw was only a full sense of despair.

After the officer finished speaking, he looked at Li Mu, who was sitting upright in the first prison car, with amusement.

He raised his finger and pointed at his back, with a smile on his face.

"Did you see it? This is the former crown prince of Daqian! The legitimate son of the former queen!"

"My status is not much more noble than yours? But so what? Once I get in there, I will be no different from you pigs and dogs!"

"He has been quiet all the way, which saves us a lot of effort. He is much more sensible than you! If he dares to make a fuss like you, even if he is the prince, what does it matter? I will train him like a dog!!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the death row prisoners in the prison van raised their heads and looked forward with numb faces.

At this moment, that desolate and lonely figure appeared to them.

They are really no different from all these people.

What about the prince?
The prince will die if he arrives here!
Can these people survive?!

The example given by the official obviously had an effect.

Those death row prisoners who were originally making a fuss allowed the officers to beat and kick them from outside with numb looks on their faces.

This kind of expression can only be seen on people who are full of despair about their current situation. Li Mu listened to the shouting of the official behind him and turned his head indifferently.

He paused there slightly, maintaining this posture.

After a long time, the officer turned back inadvertently and seemed to see his gaze. His originally fierce expression paused, but then became even more fierce.

Who knows.

At this time Li Mu waved at him.

The officer hesitated for a moment.

Perhaps it was the identities of the two people at the moment that emboldened him.

He walked straight over with knife in hand.

His narrow eyes narrowed into a slit, revealing a hint of ferocity.

"Why, His Royal Highness the Deposed Crown Prince?"

Li Mu looked at him expressionlessly, with the corners of his lips moving slightly.

"I'll buy you some information for five hundred taels, okay?"

The officer had not expected such an opening remark and was visibly stunned.

Then he frowned and stood there for a long time.

He walked silently towards Li Mu's prison van.

He was wearing the uniform of a captain of the Zhenyiwei Guard, and it looked like he should be a high-ranking official among the officials, so the other officials just turned a blind eye when they saw him.

"What do you want to know?"

When the officer approached, Li Mu discovered that there was a subtle knife wound at the corner of the man's eye.

Whenever he moved his expression, the scar looked even more hideous.

"What's the name of the general in charge of the death row camp at Tiangu Pass?"

Li Mu looked very casual, and his attitude did not seem to take it seriously, but rather it seemed like he was just asking casually.

The officer smiled when he heard this. After confirming that he was really trying to get information, he raised a finger and said, "One thousand taels for this information."

No one would doubt that a prince could not come up with a thousand taels, even if he was just a deposed prince!

Li Mu nodded.

The officer laughed and said, "The general in charge of the death row camp is named Li! He is the cousin of the current queen!"

The current queen he was referring to could not be Li Mu's mother, but the Concubine Li who had just ascended the throne.

Li Mu nodded imperceptibly.

"Thank you. What's your name? Someone will deliver the silver to you."

The fierce officer suddenly became alert and stared at him.

Li Mu suddenly smiled, shook the thigh-thick iron chain wrapped around his hand, and said with a smile: "I'm like this, are you afraid?"

The officer's expression changed!
With a ferocious look on his face, he said, "I don't think you would dare! Remember, my name is Hong Gao! If your people send the wrong amount of money, I have plenty of ways to make you live a life worse than death in the death row camp!"

Unexpectedly, after hearing his name, Li Mu simply closed his eyes and ignored his subsequent words.

Now, he needs an opportunity to complete the task.

Standing on death row!
He has already thought about how to use his two hundred Snow Dragon Riders for the first mission after completing the task!

A row of prison vans gradually approached Tiangu Pass.

The ancient and heavy city gate slowly opened at this time.

Li Mu suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the huge camps inside the city gate. His aggressive eyes seemed to be looking for the next target to complete the mission...

(End of this chapter)