General, the lady escaped again

Chapter 248: Prince Li Hong (3)

"How should I know who you are?" Ji Xiaowu looked at the man in front of her. He was dressed so flashy and had such a villa. If she said he was an ordinary person, no one would believe it.

But, she really didn't know.

"That's right, you can't possibly know my identity." Li Hong looked at Ji Xiaou for a long time. Perhaps it was just his illusion. This woman was just an ordinary woman in the mountain village. How could she know his identity as the third prince?

"Are you General Fang's wife, Aunt Ji?" Li Hong put on airs, but Aunt Ji didn't buy it at all.

"I'm just an ordinary woman. What do you want to do by arresting me? Who is General Fang?" asked Ji Xiaomu.

"Fang Chen is the General Fang I mentioned. He was once the most heroic and powerful general in our great dynasty. Has he never mentioned him to you?" Li Hong promoted Fang Chen's heroic deeds to Ji Xiaomu, but did not see Ji Xiaomu's admiring expression.

"Why don't you seem to admire him at all? Don't you feel anything when you hear about such great achievements?" Li Hong frowned and looked at Ji Xiaou, feeling that Ji Xiaou was not worthy of Fang Chen.

"I only know that when I met him, he was just a small cowherd in our village, not a general. Moreover, if he really was such a great general who defended his country, why did he fall to this situation now? Shouldn't he enjoy wealth and glory?" Ji Xiaowu blinked and successfully blocked Li Hong's mouth with the simplest and most straightforward question.

"He..." Li Hong certainly knew why Fang Chen had fallen to such a state. It was precisely because of the suspicion of his good father. Fang Chen and his eleven brothers formed the Twelve Iron Cavalry, who were deeply loved by the people. However, because of their great achievements, their father used a trick and threatened the emperor's life to force him to hand over his military command, retire to the mountains, and never leave the mountains for the rest of his life.

"Why don't you say it?" Ji Xiaomu raised her eyebrows and chin, "Is it difficult to speak?"

"It's because of my father's suspicion..." Li Hong looked at Ji Xiaomu and told her what had happened seriously.

"I know that asking you to come here so rashly is a bad idea, but... now that my father has passed away, my brothers have turned their backs on their relatives for the throne. I need the general's help."

"You just captured me and you need my husband to help you? If it were you, would you agree?" Ji Xiaowu said with a smile. "Why should my husband pay for the stupidity of your royal family? He has done his best to protect this land, but in return he is suspected by your rulers. Anyone would be disheartened, right? And you still want him to work for you?"

"You even used the most despicable method to invite me here. Do you think that if you use me as a threat, he will do what you want?"

"I know this is the most despicable way, but..." Li Hong looked at Ji Xiaowu, trying hard to express that he had no intention of hurting her. "I won't hurt you, and I won't let anyone hurt you. I just have no choice. I need him to help me take the throne."

“So what after you take him down? Will he still help you pacify the world and expand your territory? To put it bluntly, you just used him once more. When he has done his job and you no longer need him, you will use his so-called achievements to become suspicious of him and frame him, because by that time, you no longer need him…” Ji Xiaomu’s words made Li Hong’s face change, but he was unable to refute.

"You guys are using so-called wealth and glory to win him over, but in the end you're just trying to use him. Why bother saying all this high-sounding nonsense?" Mother Ji rolled her eyes.