Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

The deputy generals standing on the shore were laughing at Xuanyuan Lie and the other two at first.

But now, seeing that those palace guards could no longer hold on and were slowly sinking into the water, their faces changed.

Everyone really felt pity for these people, thinking that they had no vision. How could they choose such a cowardly master?

Gu Chan was not a cruel person. Her purpose was to teach Xuanyuan Lie and the other two a lesson and she did not want to kill these palace guards. So at this moment, she could not bear to watch it any longer and was ready to step forward to help.

Nan Xing Kuang suddenly raised his eyes and glared at her and shouted, "Gu Chan, what are you doing?"

"General, I..."

"Stand where you are. This is the way the world is. They have their choice. If they are loyal to their master, then even if they die for their master, it is their fate." Nan Xing Kuang did not give Gu Chan a chance to speak and interrupted her.

Gu Chan glanced at the palace guards who were slowly sinking into the water, but ultimately she couldn't bear it and turned her back.

After a while, several palace guards sank into the water one after another.

Yan Xishan climbed to the shore exhausted, grabbing the weeds on the shore tightly with both hands.

Xuanyuan Lie held the fishing rod in his hand, looked at the calm river surface, slumped on the ground with a look of loss on his face, unable to utter a word.

These loyal subordinates sank into the water in front of him, and the long incense stick in the incense burner over there was still one third left to burn out.

Nan Xing Kuang said coldly, "Second Prince, I give you face. You can't save these loyal subordinates by yourself. It has nothing to do with me. Now the three of you can take Bai Jingtian back. As for their bodies, whether you want to find someone to fish them out and bury them properly is also your business."

After saying that, Nan Xingkuang led everyone away with a look of disappointment on his face.

Gu Chan stood there, unable to move forward, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

She was fully confident that Xuanyuan Lie could save these imperial guards, but she didn't expect that this grandson was such a coward that he couldn't even fish them out so easily. Now she even felt guilty for harming these imperial guards!

At this time, Nan Xing Kuang shouted at her without even turning his head, "Gu Chan, why are you still standing there? Come up quickly, I want to go back to the camp and have a good talk with you."

"Yes, General." Gu Chan came back to his senses and responded.

Then she sighed helplessly, and left with the white fox behind the team.

Soon, Xuanyuan Lie and four others were the only ones left on the shore.

Bai Jingtian walked forward, helped Xuanyuan Lie up from the ground and said, "Let's go, Master, go back to Jiangnan City, we will find someone to retrieve their bodies and bury them properly."

"Bai Jingtian, am I a coward? I can't even save my beloved subordinates?" Xuanyuan Lie asked in despair.

"Master, this is not your fault. It's my fault that I'm not strong enough to defeat Nan Xing Kuang. Otherwise, this wouldn't have happened." Bai Jingtian said, holding back tears.

Xuanyuan Lie waved his hand to push him away, then lowered his head and walked away dejectedly like a defeated rooster.

Guo Huai quickly pulled Yan Xishan, who was clinging to the shore, ashore.

Yan Xishan was lying on the ground, panting and cursing, "Gu Chan, you little bastard, you almost killed me. I will never coexist with you."

Bai Jingtian was already sad, and when he heard Yan Xishan's words, his anger was instantly ignited. He immediately rushed up and beat him up with his fists.

"Ah ah ah..."

"Commander Bai, are you crazy? Why are you hitting me?"

Yan Xishan was beaten so hard that he screamed like a pig being slaughtered. He huddled on the ground with his hands on his head, completely confused.

Guo Huai hurriedly pulled him aside and said, "Commander Bai, calm down. Please calm down! At this critical juncture, we can't fight among ourselves anymore. We must unite to face the outside world."

"Bah! You two pigs have no brains. If you hadn't instigated the Second Prince last night, he wouldn't have given such a foolish order, and my brothers wouldn't have died in vain. I tell you, if it weren't for your loyalty to the Second Prince, I would have wanted to chop you to pieces right now." Bai Jingtian cursed them all.

After cursing, he kicked Guo Huai to the ground and then chased after Xuanyuan Lie.

Yan Xishan and Guo Huai collapsed on the ground, looking at each other in bewilderment.

Guo Huai said with a wronged look on his face, "What does it have to do with me? I tried so hard to save them just now, and my old bones are so tired. Now you kick me. I am really dumb and can't say anything about my suffering!"

"What's a big deal about you just getting kicked? Look at me, I was beaten black and blue by him, and I still went into the water to rescue him! Although I failed, he shouldn't have beaten me like this!" Yan Xishan said with a grimace in pain.

After saying that, both of them stood up feeling aggrieved, supported each other and limped away.

On the other side, inside the General’s Mansion in Jiangnan Camp.

At this time, Gu Chan had already followed Nan Xingkuang back and sat in the huge general's hall.

The deputy generals sat on both sides, all looking at Nan Xing Kuang who was sitting in the first seat in silence.

Nan Xing drank a mouthful of wine, then looked at everyone and said, "You all saw it just now, right? This is the second prince of our Tiancang Kingdom. As the lord of the Jiangnan area, what qualifications does he have to rule this place?"

"Hey! Rumor has it that the Second Prince is swift and decisive, ruthless, and resourceful. I originally thought that he was very powerful, but judging from what happened today, the rumor is false."

"Yes, this person is very concerned about his reputation, but his own talents are mediocre and he is definitely not worthy of being promoted."

"If I am to be loyal to such a person, I would rather die."

All the deputy generals sighed one after another, and they were all extremely disappointed with Xuanyuan Lie.

Gu Chan heard something wrong in everyone's words, stared at Nan Xing Kuang and said, "General, according to what you said, are you saying that you originally planned to submit to the Second Prince and help him rule the Jiangnan area?"

"Of course, this is also the secret order given to us by the emperor, and the secret order clearly states that if he is worthy of being used, we should do our best to support him. If he is not worthy of being used, we should abandon him." Nan Xing Kuang nodded and said.

After saying that, he reached into his sleeve, took out a secret letter, and asked his men to hand it to Gu Chan.

Gu Chan took the secret letter and asked in confusion, "General, what does this mean?"

"Take this secret letter back to Jiangnan City to find the second prince and let him see what the emperor means. You also have to tell him not to blame me for being ruthless next time." Nan Xingkuang said with a sullen face.

Gu Chan nodded quickly in agreement.

Then she stood up and said goodbye to Nan Xing Kuang and others, took the secret letter, and quickly left the Jiangnan camp with Bai Hu and rushed to the Censorate in Jiangnan City.

It was because she understood that with the emperor's secret letter being revealed, the situation in the Jiangnan area would probably change completely.