I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 321 The Five-Star Prince's "Great Love"

"I have followed him, but I have not come back to report yet."

Tu Fei bowed and said,
"In addition, I have already mobilized the troops and are ready to fight. If the savages of this tribe make any unusual moves, we will be able to respond immediately."

"You're doing great. Keep a close eye on their movements and report back at any time."

Yang Pu nodded.

There were only more than two hundred short savages, including the elderly, the weak, women and children. The soldiers under Tu Fei's command were enough to make them unable to fight back.

However, Yang Pu immediately called the accompanying generals and ordered the soldiers he brought with him to intensify the inspection.

Be careful to prevent savages from sneaking into the camp and affecting Liu Ju's safety.

He personally brought his personal soldiers to guard near Liu Ju's tent just in case.

In order to prevent more people from knowing that Liu Ju had gone to sea, he naturally did not make Liu Ju's identity public. Instead, he gave Liu Ju and Guo Zhen new identities as personal soldiers, and set up a separate tent next to his own tent for Liu Ju to rest and provide protection.

Soon after.

As soon as Liu Ju got up, he received Guo Zhen's report and learned that Yang Pu was personally guarding outside his tent.

"What happened?"

Liu Ju couldn't believe that these Japanese tribes were so bold. With such a small number of people and such backward equipment, they dared to act rashly in front of the Han army that now dominated the world.

But he still walked out of the tent to find Yang Pu to ask about the situation:

"General Yang, why are you so cautious?"

"It's just that Tu Fei discovered in the early morning that a few savages sneaked out of the tribe and headed for the valley in the north. Someone has secretly followed them to check the situation."

Yang Pu didn't seem nervous at all, he just bowed and said,

"Your Highness, don't worry. These barbarians are much inferior to our Han Yiting. They can't cause any trouble. Although I am not talented, it is just a matter of a flick of my hand to wipe them out."

While talking.

Tu Fei walked in quickly from outside the camp, came to Yang Pu, saluted, and reported in a serious tone:

"General, the scouts who followed the wildlings have returned. It seems that it was a false alarm. Those wildlings who entered the mountains were just killing each other. It has nothing to do with us."

"Killing one's own race?"

Yang Pu looked suspicious when he heard this.

"Exactly."

Tu Fei continued,

"The scout followed the savages all the way to an open space in the northern valley. They put down a white-haired female savage they had carried with them, and brought stones from nearby to pile up around the female savage. Finally, they piled the female savage completely in the middle of the stones, forming a helmet-shaped stone pile. They knelt down, kowtowed a few times, and then went back."

"What do you mean, they piled up living people with stones and walked away?"

Yang Pu was even more confused.

"I don't know either, but according to the scouts' report, there are at least a hundred of these stone bags on the open ground. At least if you get a little closer, you can smell the scent of adult corpses... So I guess this may be a special custom of this tribe."

Tu Fei touched his chin and said thoughtfully,
"General, Gongsun Qing and those alchemists and wizards can communicate with these savages, why don't you order Gongsun Qing to ask the savages, maybe there will be some results..."

"No need to ask."

Liu Ju interrupted Tu Fei at the right time and continued his words to Yang Pu,

"General Yang, if my guess is correct, this should be a custom of abandoning the elderly. When the elderly in the family reach a certain age and are no longer able to work or hunt, they will abandon or kill their elderly parents in various ways to prevent them from consuming their already limited food. This should also be their tradition."

"this!"

Yang Pu and Tu Fei couldn't help but widen their eyes when they heard this, and even clenched their fists unconsciously.
"Can this be called a human being?!"

Not only them, but also Guo Zhen and several nearby bodyguards had slightly changed expressions, with a hint of contempt and disgust in their eyes.

After all, the Han Dynasty had been ruled by filial piety since its founding. Even before Liu Che promoted Confucianism, the "Book of Filial Piety" had long been deeply rooted in people's hearts and became the most basic virtue for judging a person. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for successive empresses to have such great power. Even Liu Che had to be controlled by Empress Dowager Dou and Empress Dowager Wang, and was only able to realize his ambitions after they passed away. An unfilial person would never have a foothold in the court or in the countryside.

Therefore, the Han people simply cannot understand this so-called custom of abandoning the elderly, and just hearing about it makes their scalps tingle.

At this point, Guo Zhen finally fully understood Liu Ju.

It was not just Gongsun Qing who could feel Liu Ju's prejudice against these short savages. In fact, as Liu Ju's closest official, Guo Zhen's feelings would be even deeper.

After following Liu Ju on many trips, he had become accustomed to Liu Ju's style of doing things. No matter what decisions Liu Ju made that were incomprehensible to others, in the end it would be proved that Liu Ju's decision was correct. Moreover, no matter what kind of difficulties he fell into, Liu Ju would be able to turn the tide and eventually turn danger into safety.

In the process, he has also learned not to ask or say anything, and just follow Liu Ju's decisions in everything.

Just like this time.

Although Liu Ju felt that it was not a good idea to employ Gongsun Qing and that rumormonger, he did not say anything and just "escorted" Gongsun Qing all the way to Qi to recruit these people.

Liu Ju decided to go out to sea in disguise. Although he felt it was inappropriate, he did not raise any objections. He just followed in disguise and protected them.

Liu Ju seemed to be prejudiced against these short savages... Let him be prejudiced, they are not of my race anyway, so what's wrong with me, the great prince of the Han Dynasty, looking down on them?

However, after learning about the custom of these short savages to abandon the elderly.

Especially when I think about how they piled up their aging parents with stones, leaving them unable to eat, drink, sleep, or even move, using a method comparable to torture to trap the elderly to death.

Guo Zhen only felt chest tightness and shortness of breath.

It is not enough for Liu Ju to just be prejudiced against them. They are not worthy of being human beings at all. Liu Ju should slaughter all these short and savage people who have lost their humanity!

"Your Highness, these short savages are shameless and extremely evil. I am ashamed to share the same fate with them. I am willing to lead the troops to kill them all to restore morality. Please give the order, Your Highness!"

In his indignation, Yang Pu completely forgot to hide Liu Ju's identity from Tu Fei, and directly saluted Liu Ju to ask for orders.

"Your Highness?"

Tu Fei and several nearby bodyguards were all shocked.

They had not yet realized that just because they heard this name, they had no choice but to board Liu Ju's broken ship... Even if Liu Ju didn't care, Yang Pu and his men would definitely pull them aboard by force.

However, Liu Ju just shook his head and laughed:
"General Yang, you look anxious again."

"Just lead the army to kill the enemy. I have a lot of things to consider."

"First of all, you have to understand that killing these few people won't change anything. There are more savages like this on the big island in the southeast. If they migrate around and hide in the mountains, it will be very difficult to wipe them out. The loss of Han people and food is incalculable. For the Han people, this is a losing business anyway."

"Tell me, can we, the Han people, do such a loss-making business?"

Yang Pu was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking:

"Of course not. According to your opinion, how should we deal with these savages?"

"You are anxious again. Gongsun Qing and those alchemists and wizards are here to influence them with the Five-Star Prince's 'great love'. You just need to do your own thing."

Liu Ju grinned.

Everyone became more confused after hearing this. What does a "five-star prince" mean? Are there different stars for a prince?

……

One month later, Weiyang Palace.

After seeing the imperial edict that Su Wen had just sent in, Liu Che's face had become gloomy, his brows furrowed and he fell into a thoughtful state.

Su Wen was nervous and didn't dare to make a sound. After all, this was another memorial from Liu Ju.

After a long time.

Liu Che suddenly asked:
"Su Wen, based on your understanding of Chang Rong, do you think he would take the initiative to ask to go out to sea?"

(End of this chapter)