Chapter 1427: The Beauty Spy General

Muyue was frightened by those icy words and took a long while to answer, completely at a loss.

"No…… I don't want to kill you anymore… Only you treat me well, so I won't kill you."

He sobbed in pain, reached out again hoping for a hug from Jin Chen, but only received a map Jin Chen handed over.

"This was snatched from the hands of a Xiwu spy." Jin Chen said, still gazing at Muyue's brows and eyes, his tone unchanged.

He showed no anger, no killing intent.

Yet it was enough to make Muyue lose even more color.

"No…"

Muyue unfolded the map and examined it carefully, then suddenly, as if seeing hope, hurriedly said: "I gave a fake map… not this one, older brother, do you believe me……"

Muyue couldn't help recalling what the Xiwu warrior had just said—there must be another spy inside the Divine Might Camp, deceiving both him and his older brother!

But he racked his brain and still couldn't fathom what the monarch's purpose in doing this could be.

Suddenly a gale rose, dust swirled, the quiet night was shattered as another troop of soldiers and horses came flying in.

"Report——"

The leading soldier dismounted, his eyes toward Muyue full of vigilance and killing intent, then he quickly bowed to Jin Chen and said: "Reporting, General, the Divine Might Camp was tonight ambushed by spies; the spies and internal collaborators joined forces, storming straight into the secret quarters, and they even said…… they said to hurry and return the little prince!"

"General! This Muyue before you is a spy of the Xiwu State! His mission is to kill you!"

As the soldier's words fell, the squad behind him swiftly drew their blades and faced him; some were even familiar faces to Muyue, the soldiers tasked with protecting his safety inside the Divine Might Camp.

Jin Chen saw the person swaying on the verge of collapse, still pulled him into his embrace, pressing his hand on the back of his neck and said: "As long as you explain, I will believe you."

To call tonight's events a coincidence would be too far-fetched; it must be that the Xiwu State came prepared, deliberately exposing Muyue's identity—its purpose…… likely to abandon this pawn.

"Under heaven, now only I can keep you safe." Jin Chen whispered in his ear, then lightly stroked Muyue's unconscious trembling body, as if bewitching, yet also like commanding submission.

Muyue suddenly shivered; he would of course rather think of nothing, just obediently stay by his older brother's side.

But that's not possible.

Tonight is again the fifteenth; he's almost out of time.

In an instant, Muyue finally understood the purpose of the Xiwu spies' actions tonight—forcing him to return to take the detox medicine.

A line of clear tears slid from the corner of his eye; Muyue pouted his lips and shook his head: "Impossible…… older brother."

He shoved Jin Chen away; the hairpin had already fallen on the road here, the Saiwai wild wind blowing his black hair to flutter incessantly, his extraordinarily beautiful, demonic visage growing ever paler.

"Older brother, can you let me go?" Muyue pleaded softly.

Jin Chen raised his brows in surprise: "You want to leave?"

"Where to go!"

"Is exposing your identity meant to make you return to the Xiwu State?"

Jin Chen gritted his teeth in anger: "No, more nonsense and I'll lock you in the big prison."

Muyue cried even harder: "You really still want to lock me up…… but I can't……"

"Am I about to die? If I die, I can never accompany my older brother again; must I hurry back to the Xiwu State to get the medicine?"

Muyue clutched his chest, yet merely thinking of the impending separation from Jin Chen made him feel so awful he could barely breathe.

He lunged back into Jin Chen's embrace, soft and obedient, crying and acting coquettish, tears smearing his front garments: "Older brother, I beg you, let me come back soon, okay? After I return, you can do whatever you wish with me."

"Why must you return?" Jin Chen still felt suspicious; damn it, the original plot never mentioned it—aside from the wet nurse who kidnapped him, why does Muyue obsess over returning to the Xiwu State?

"I have something very important; once it's settled, I can stay with my older brother for a long, long time."

Muyue still evaded the topic, knowing how ugly he would look after the poison erupted, simply not wanting his older brother to know, nor to be despised by him.

Their back-and-forth really didn't look like a general dealing with a spy.

The soldier who came to report stared wide-eyed in confusion, glanced at Shiyu, who gave him a look telling him to quickly sheathe his blade.

But the soldier obviously wasn't one to read looks; he merely thought the general had been bewitched by the spy's beauty, and immediately shouted hoarsely: "General! This spy is truly vicious, and besides being a prince of the Xiwu State, why not bind and control him so that Xiwu dare not intrude into our Divine Might Camp again!"

"No…… nobody can tie me up." Muyue suddenly muttered, the dagger he had always held plunged into the soldier's arm, then he sideways kicked and seized the man's fine horse.

"General older brother, I love you, wait for me to come back……"

Muyue left his last words, gave the soldiers no time to react, spurred his horse away without pause.

【Oh my, the wife ran off.】

Jin Chen: "……"

Next time let Zero Egg upgrade a system and also report his Blackening Value.

How does this little liar just refuse to listen.

"Chase……"

"Don't block him, let him go." Jin Chen ordered, his voice taking on an even deeper chill.

Until that silhouette gradually vanished into the night.

Shiyu had the wounded soldier step back; after hearing the whole account, he roughly understood the situation and asked: "General, if Muyue isn't lying, there is still another spy inside the Divine Might Camp."

"Return to camp."

——

Inside the Divine Might Camp, torches blazed fiercely.

Tonight, the seven members of the Patrol Team on duty guarding the secret quarters knelt before Jin Chen, some bewildered and doubtful, others unsettled.

Jin Chen swept his gaze over those kneeling, his sharp eyes slightly narrowed, still holding anger.

"Shiyu, bring the torch."

"Yes."

Shiyu raised the torch and handed it to Jin Chen, glanced at those few little soldier eggs, sighed and shook his head, inwardly cursing the Xiwu spy for being shameless.

These soldier eggs were all familiar; perhaps they had drunk together and fought side by side, knowing each other far longer than they had known Muyue, yet before they had shown not a hint of exposure.

Yet as soon as Muyue entered the Divine Might Camp, he could no longer restrain himself, secretly acting to steal intelligence; the so-called killing two birds with one stone was clearly a plan to use the General's hand to kill Muyue.

Jin Chen: "All confidential maps inside the Divine Might Battalion are sprinkled with special fine powder; ordinary people who touch the sparking grenade and keep their hands away are unharmed, but undercover agents who have touched the powder will be engulfed in flames over their whole body and burned to death."

In the dark night, the general's deep, rich voice reached every soldier's ears, and they all shouted in unison: "Please, General, use fire to thoroughly investigate the undercover agents!"

As the torches drew nearer, after just passing two people, the undercover agent, frightened to the point of being unable to hold back, let out a low growl, drew his blade, and charged at Jin Chen.

Jin Chen was fuming; upon catching him, he beat him, and with bare hands he caught the blade in just half a move.

The undercover agent was kicked flying, then head-on struck by the torch thrown by Jin Chen; instantly the flames surged wildly, burning his flesh and clothes, and his agonized cries continued without cease.

Jin Chen: "Throw it into the fire pit to dispose of."

"Yes." Shiyu secretly clicked his tongue; the general has always been of an unchanging icy demeanor, and it's been a long time since he's been this angry.

Young Master Muyue, truly possesses some skill.