Chapter 141: Chapter 141 Ambition Chapter 141: Chapter 141 Ambition Li Wenli glanced at the gradually brightening sky and sighed, “We can’t stay here long.”

As soon as Li Wenli’s voice fell, footsteps began to echo from outside consecutively; it seemed to be the refugees returning who had hoped to cross the bridge.

Li Wenli slightly lifted the curtain to look outside and saw that although these people hadn’t been able to cross the bridge, their mood did not seem too bad.

Upon reflection, it made sense; although they couldn’t leave, at least they had a bowl of porridge at night. Once they left here, who knew when they would be able to have such a bowl of porridge again.

Thus, the mood of the people wasn’t necessarily bad.

“It seems that this Yuwen Jun isn’t as foolish as everyone says.”

“Boss, what others said was ‘benevolent’…” Smiling Face couldn’t help but remind him.

“…” Li Wenli.

“…” everyone.

The horse carriage suddenly fell into an awkward silence, and Ah Dao silently stretched out his hand and flicked Smiling Face’s head, “If the young master says he’s foolish, then he is foolish.”

“Cough.” Li Wenli listened to Ah Dao’s obviously sycophantic flattery filled with personal feelings and coughed awkwardly, scaring Rabbit into quickly handing him water.

Once Li Wenli had recovered, Ah Dao asked, “Young master, you just said it’s intentional, what does it mean?”

“Ah, those who cut in line—if I’m not wrong—are probably all from the Ninth Guard,” Li Wenli confidently answered.

“Ninth Guard?”

Everyone in the carriage widened their eyes.

“Why would the Ninth Guard disguise themselves as refugees??”

Even if the Ninth Prince wanted to infiltrate, he should be infiltrating the Xuanwei Seven Cities. What can he do now, dispatching troops to Biluo?

“Could it be that the Ninth Prince wants to join forces with the Third Prince to attack the Fifth Prince?” Xiao Chan felt like he had stumbled upon a huge secret.

Li Wenli looked at him with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, “On the contrary, Yuwen Jun’s ambitions aren’t just that.”

“???”

Xiao Chan, Smiling Face, and Rabbit all looked utterly puzzled.

Ah Dao thought deeper and said in surprise, “He wants to move against the Third Prince?”

Had this man gone mad? He was still confronting the Fifth Prince on this front, yet he was diverting troops to ambush the Third Prince?

Biluo was separated from here by a large river, and in the Northern Lands, he hadn’t yet gained the right to speak, and he was thinking of challenging the Third Prince without fear of the Fifth Prince stabbing him in the back?

“This must be what they mean by ‘mending the pen after the sheep are lost,'” Li Wenli analyzed clearly.

The Xuanwei Army and the Ninth Guard pretended to fight, but in reality, they were assembling troops to march south, and when the time comes, the Third Prince will surely be caught off guard.

Since the situation in the south had basically formed a tripod stance, the Ninth Prince had no excuse to rashly move southwards—those Ninth Guards disguised as refugees were probably the pretext he needed to have a justified cause.

No matter what the Ninth Prince wanted those Ninth Guards to do in Biluo, it’s inevitable that there would be great chaos in Biluo City sooner or later.

Going to Biluo now might not be any safer than staying put.

Everyone listened, their faces filled with horror.

“Then… should we still head south?”

“Have you not had enough of the Northern Lands?” Li Wenli rebutted.

“…” Ah Dao. Is this the time to discuss being fed up?

“Fed up.” The Old Monk answered calmly first.

“…” Ah Dao.

Li Wenli was also amused by the Old Monk, “So, did you find any new paths yesterday?”

Only then did Xiao Chan truly understand the intent behind their leader asking them to scout for other exits; it turns out the boss had sensed something wrong yesterday.

As expected of their mastermind leader with superior intelligence.

Li Wenli looked at his admirers with a bitter smile and asked, “So, did you find anything?”