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Your Highness, do you not want your dignity anymore?

The reason for this delay was that although Gu Yun had rushed back and forth between the capital city and Jiangbei, there were still many things to be done in the front line, just in time to let Chang Geng rest until his daily routines were no longer hindered by the injuries, only then did the two men depart for their return.

On the way back, they happened to run into a busy area along the canal.

The factories under construction were always not very pleasant-looking, dust was everywhere. Coming in and out, whether it was the craftsmen working hard, or the officials and merchants who were sent down, everyones faces were dirty, but they were still in order.

The workers had two meals a day. After noon, a group of young and vigorous refugees who had just laid down their butcher knives gathered together and fished out cakes from the tin cart to eat.

Gu Yun once wore disguises and walked around anonymously. He saw that after being broken apart, the filling of those cakes was very good, with proper millet and felt heavy in the hand. It was not comparable to the precious and rare delicacy on Qi Yuan Tower from the capital city in that year. It could not even be described as a simple meal, but a group of strong men who had just finished their work gathered together, each held one piece of dry food, dipped in soy sauce brought from the foremans home, eating together, it could make one feel a peace of mind.

Near the outskirts of the capital, Gu Yun rode along with Chang Gengs carriage and chatted about this along the way. Chang Geng laughed and said, The craftsmen may be invited from outside. They come to work as foremen to lead everyone in working. Most of the remaining workers are directly recruited by Master Du from the refugees. In the future, where they had carried the bricks is where they will make a living. For this reason, I heard that Master Du asked for a decree from the Canal Department, guaranteeing in the name of the court that unless one wanted to go, the factory would not drive people out. They will belong to this place for the rest of their lives.

No one was more eager to take root and build their own new homes than the refugees who had drifted away. In order to build their new families, they can do their work steadily and quickly without any trickery. Du Wan Quan only needed to manage their meals, even saving a lot of money for labor. Oftentimes, there were old grandmothers who would call him Charitable Du behind his back, when they worshipped Bodhisattvas, there was always with his share. This God of Wealth was truly smart.

This is a good thing, Gu Yun thought for a moment, and asked, except for not reducing taxes, Its a bit like a military household. Its just that civilians are not the same as the army. What if there is someone who doesnt do their job or commits a crime?

Regulations have been issued by the Grand Council, Chang Geng said. Before I left, I had instructed Jiang Han Shi. It has been sent along with the imperial decree. There are thirteen rules in it. After they finish their work every night, someone in charge will come to explain this to them. If the evidence proves to be correct, the local branch of the Canal Department can fire them… Why, do you still worry about workers being bullied in case of collusion between government and business in the future?

Gu Yun was dumbfounded, then laughed and said, What, there even is a solution for that?

Yes, said Chang Geng, For people who have worked for the factory for over ten years, if half the amount of workers are willing to guarantee, the person can stay, moreover, they can bring it up to the Canal Department at the next level. In fact, even if we do this, after a long time problems are inevitable. When that happens, we can slowly make changes, it is impossible to finish in one time.

Gu Yun: How long have you planned this?

It was not me who came up with it, Chang Geng laughed. Its only when I first came into contact with Master Du that I had a vague idea. After a long time of paving the way and discussing, negotiating nonstop with them, it took me more than a year to polish it. Master Du and his group have traveled south and north all their lives, taking many trips across the Western Ocean. Their knowledge is vast and they are quick in reaction, they only lack a ladder. I only needed to set up a ladder for him, he can handle the rest.

Scholars have the meticulousness and sentiment of scholars, businessmen have the cunning and skills of businessmen. Essentially there was no good or bad, one could only see which way the upper people were willing to lead them according to the situation.

By the way, Zi Xi, I also heard Master Du say that Westerners have this type of very long and large car, Chang Geng said excitedly, looking out from the window of the carriage. It runs very fast on metal rails, but it is unlike the Large Eagle and the Giant Kite, it can pull many sections behind it. Wont it carry as many things as you want? Its much better than the canal waterway, but its size was rather large and runs on a long distance, it is not easy to coordinate, just in time for us to use this opportunity of land acquisition for factory construction to leave a space for that thing.

I really have to thank the Yang-Lu Party for its diligence in buying houses and land, saving me a lot of work. Master Du planned to start with the path along the canal and invite someone to build one for trial. Right now with the struggle in Jiangnans frontline, rations, Ziliujin, and machine from the capital would be troublesome to transport, if it could be built one day…

Gu Yun did not have much bright ideas on the matter of the national economy and peoples livelihood, but he was extremely keen on defense and military affairs. He understood Chang Gengs meaning with just one word and quickly said, Can you elaborate more on it?

But Chang Geng did not continue, he waved at him as if he intended to whisper. Gu Yun urged his horse to catch up a little, bent down slightly and asked, Whats the matter, is there something that cant be revealed now?

Its not that I cant tell you, just… Chang Geng hesitated slightly.

Gu Yun was at a loss for a moment. He didnt reflect on the reason for this confidentiality. At that moment, Chang Geng popped his head out of the carriage and quickly took advantage of his lips.

Gu Yun: …

Chang Geng swept a glance around and saw that with the carriage blocking, nobody was paying attention. He whispered, After we are home tonight, go along with me once more and Ill show you the drawings.

Gu Yun took the reins and leaned back gently. How many times have I went along with you? If it wasnt acting spoiled using the injuries then it is playing tricks on me no way.

Chang Geng was good in every aspect, only that he had a strong desire for control, especially towards Gu Yun, wishing that he could do such things as changing his clothes for him and feeding him food. In regular days, he would deliberately restrain himself and try not to make Gu Yun uncomfortable. But when they get to bed, he was no longer able to pay that much attention.

Chang Geng whispered softly, Yifu, if I did not serve you well, I can put my heart into learning more.

Gu Yun: … Son, you dont have to work so hard.

Having passed where Jiangbei Camp was stationed, Gu Yun did not wear armor, he had on only a casual gown, the sleeves were even wider than his waist.

Chang Geng grabbed his sleeve and shook it silently from side to side.

On their way through a village and town, they happened to see a three or four-year-old child pulling its parents sleeve crying for candy. Ever since then, no one knew which nerve of Chang Geng was fried, he copied the action exactly, seemingly wanted to bring it to the next level.

When he was a child, there was no sleeve in the world for him to pull. Now, even if he was already a grown man standing tall, he always seemed to have regrets and wanted to make up for all of it with Gu Yun.

Gu Yun laughed and felt goosebumps raised up: I already said no, just let go. Your Highness, do you not want your dignity anymore?

Chang Geng refused to let go, and there was a tendency that he would not rest until his sleeve was served in public.

When Shen Yi and Jiang Chong led people out of the city to welcome them, they saw Yan Wang sitting in his carriage, poking his head out talking to Gu Yun. Gu Yun let his steed wander lazily, with a little hint of a smile in his eyes and lips tightened in indifference.

Yan Wang first said something. Gu Yun knocked on the back of his hand, forcing him to release his hand involuntarily.

Yan Wang seemed to have not given up, he said something again. Gu Yun pulled down the curtain of his carriage as if to put him out of sight, out of mind.

The third time Yan Wang lifted up the curtain and poked his head out, Gu Yun finally could not help but burst into laughter, waving his hand as if already defeated, he seemed to have compromised.

Jiang Chong was stunned.

Shen Yi sighed, It is fortunate that the Marshal has no blood-related children. Otherwise, he would have created a mischievous devil from his spoiling. I dont think he can say no three times to His Highness Yan Wang. If he does not agree in the first two times he was asked, he would in the third.

Jiang Chong has not yet returned to his senses, I thought that since the Marquis was not in the capital for a long time, there is only the title of adoptive father and son between him and Yan Wang, but it seems that their affection is really deep.

When Shen Yi heard the word affection, his train of thought deviated, his feelings as to how Gu Yun was unable to act as a strict father had made a turn. He scolded in his heart, This Gu Zi Xi blinded by beauty could never be proper for his entire life, what on earth is he doing in broad daylight?

Gu Yun blinded by beauty felt his nose itch, he twisted his head and sneezed. As soon as he turned back, he saw Master Jiang with a face full of the sentiment watching the two officers* at peace, my heart rejoices, and Governor Shen with the words paying attention to your image, are you not afraid of losing your dignity written angrily on his forehead.

*referring to the two highest positions in civil and military.

The once again dignified Yan Wang was invited into the palace before he could get out of the carriage.

Shen Yi constantly gave Gu Yun a condemning glare. Gu Yun, who had just promised a very humiliating and disgraceful deed, was currently regretting it. He asked angrily, What are you looking at?

Governor Shen, an old scholar, reproached with righteousness, Its not that I want to be lengthy, but you can be so improper sometimes!

Gu Yun: Whats wrong with me?

Shen Yi: Like a lecher who had his soul hooked by a fox spirit.

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Gu Yun: …

It was a general injustice of thunder rumbling in winter and snow falling in summer, it was impossible to justify himself even with a hundred mouths…he truly wanted to sever ties with this Shen.

Fortunately, before he had time to lay a murderous hand against Governor Shen, Shen Yi had blocked his mouth with business: I thought you would arrive here in a few days, so I didnt send a messenger. There are two important things needed to be said to you. First, Jia Lai Ying Huo of the Northern Man had sent an envoy.

Gu Yuns face changed.

Since the Black Iron Camp slowed down and calmed down the western turmoil, it had been stationed eagerly northward, which has largely relieved the pressure of defense in the Northern Frontier. The Black Iron Camp was a lifelong nightmare of Jia Lai Ying Huo. With them there, the Wolf King of the Eighteen Tribes dared not move recklessly.

But the Northern Frontier had always been barren, even raising cattle and sheep had to depend on the gods. In this battle, even Great Liang used up all their resources, let alone that Jia Lai whose thought was full of vengeance and neglected producing.

In the long run, its natural that they could no longer hold on.

Gu Yun: Came for a peace treaty?

Yeah, said Shen Yi, nodding, This matter had not been brought up to the Grand Court Meeting yet. The Emperor called us into the palace to discuss the terms of the other side. Do you know how I feel?

Gu Yun eyebrows twitched.

Shen Yi said, It was the same as when the old Wolf King offered Ziliujin and proposed to be the hostage back then. It was well-spoken, humble, and sincere. The conditions are very pleasant. Zi Xi, do you trust them?

Gu Yun was silent for a moment and slowly said, I dont. The Barbarians are different from the Westerners. The Westerners are just greedy, but the Barbarians had harbored hatred for generations especially Jia Lai.

Shen Yi asked hurriedly, What do you mean?

Since Jia Lai took over the Eighteen Tribes, he has done nothing but seek vengeance on the Central Plains, Gu Yun said. There are only two possibilities for them to come for a truce now. Either Jia Lai has been usurped by someone from inside their Eighteen Tribes, or he has ulterior motives.

Shen Yi: We cant rule out the possibility that the Eighteen Tribes can no longer survive…

No, its not winter yet. I dont believe theyre on their last leg, Gu Yun said. Listen to me, Jia Lai is a mad dog. Mad dogs dont care whether they eat meat or grass. They only bite people. By the way, what did the Emperor say?

The Emperor… Shen Yi paused and lowered his voice. This is the second thing I want to tell you. the Emperor did not seem very healthy recently.

Gu Yun was stunned.

Now the Grand Court Meeting will be changed to be held once every fifteen days, on the first and fifteenth of each month, all the other important matters that need to be discussed will be taken to the Small Court Meeting and handed over to the Grand Council to be brought up to the West Warm Pavilion and wait for the Emperors approval. I feel that the Emperor can no longer stand the loudmouth people arguing on the court meeting.

Shen Yi said in a small voice. On the court meeting this month, as soon as the servant announced that the court was dismissed, the Emperor stood up and stepped on his own dragon robe, almost rolled down from the throne hall on the spot and was quickly caught by the attendants. As a result, here…

Shen Yi pointed to his leg: Directly broke it and has not been able to get up from bed even now. I think that might be the reason why he hurried to call Yan Wang into the palace.

Gu Yun was surprised: Can one fall break a bone? How fragile. This is too much of a coincidence.

The doctors dared not speak. Later, they asked Miss Chen to come take a look. Miss Chen said that after many years of overwork and irregular diet, the bones have softened, breaking easily with just one fall. Some people said that the former Emperor was also…

No wonder the doctors kept silent. Only Chen Qing Xu, who often traveled to the border, dared to tell the truth.

The country had truly worn a person out.

Shen Yi looked around and saw that all the people and horses who came to greet Yan Wang had followed after Jiang Chong, Gu Yun left his guards in the Northern Camp. There were only a few generals around him. He lowered his voice and said to Gu Yun in an almost whisper, Because of the Lu family incident, the consort was also implicated and was directly stripped off of the position. There was nothing wrong on the outside, but in fact, she was basically sent to the Cold Palace. The prince is so small, his mothers family is not of much help, if the Emperor really… say, what is he eagerly calling Yan Wang into the palace for? Is he entrusting his child or…

Gu Yun looked at him, Shen Yi shut up automatically.

When the imperial city was about to break down, Li Feng did mention the matter of passing on the throne, not to the prince, but to Yan Wang.

In the case of the collapsing country of that time, the little prince truly did not have the power to undertake the responsibility of the Li family. Now, although the country had not yet recovered, the Man has sent an envoy to seek peace. After several years of recuperation, they could go out to battle. Will the Emperor still pass on the throne to his brother and not his son?

Gu Yun suddenly remembered the unrelated words Li Feng suddenly mentioned to him when the imperial army rebelled Yan Wang was abused by the barbarian woman when he was a child

Li Feng didnt seem to be the type of person who would take the initiative and ask him, theres a chance that Chang Geng told him on his own will. What kind of occasion would it be?

Although Chang Geng and Li Feng were brothers, they were not close. Gu Yun understood that wolf cub Chang Geng well, if it was not a loved one, he would not let anyone pet even a hair. It was impossible for him to take the initiative to confess his childhood wounds to win sympathy, unless…

Gu Yuns mind flashed and suddenly thought of a possibility: Thats right, Yan Wang had come of age and has been crowned for several years, why did nobody care about his marriage? Even if its inconvenient for others to mention it, would Li Feng also forget?

So the second half of Emperor Long Ans mindless remark on that day may have been: Hes not willing to marry a wife and have children due to this problem.

If Yan Wang had no offspring, it would mean that no matter what happens in the future, nothing could shake the position of the little prince, there was a possibility that Li Feng would truly entrust his orphan child to Chang Geng.

And Li Feng had always let the little prince interact with him. On one hand, it was to ease their relationship, on the other hand, it was to pave the way for his son!

The minds of these people…

Shen Yi: Do you think it is possible for the Emperor to pass on the throne to Yan Wang?

Shh dont mention it anymore, Gu Yun said. Dont get mixed up in this. Remember what our job is.

Shen Yi hurriedly agreed, In fact, I have one more thing… uhm, its a private matter.

Gu Yun looked at Shen Yi in surprise. What?

Shen Yi scratched his head for a moment. Are you close with Miss Chen?

Chapter 98: Overturn

The whole Great Liang was set ablaze by a fire, as if they were going to make up for two dynasties they spent idly eating salary.

Gu Yun reached over and caressed Chang Gengs waist gently, not strong to the point of making the other feel invaded, but also teasing just enough. The temperature of his palm gradually soaked through the clothing, like rubbing a flame that was not scorching, not light nor heavy on Chang Gengs body.

Chang Geng truly went mad from missing him so much. When he was in Jiangbei Camp, he had been longing to get intimate once, after many ups and downs, it had dragged on and struggled until today.

No matter how much spring and autumn were in his heart, Chang Gengs body was only in his twenties after all. Never experiencing that feeling was one thing, but he was interfered with by Miss Chen as soon as he learned of this taste. If it werent for many important business, the string in his heart never loosened, he would have soon turned mad from enduring.

Right now as Gu Yun only touched him slightly, half of his body went numb. He gasped for a few breaths, his ears buzzing, Chang Geng asked in a low voice, Yifu, do you want my life?

Gu Yun: Your wounds dont hurt anymore?

It was still painful, but the pain from before was of a different type than in this moment. His Royal Highnesss injuries usually hurt normally. When acting spoiled and wanting kisses, it was very painful. At present, even if his wound broke open again and blood flowed into a river, he will be made of copper skin and iron bone, not knowing either pain or itch.

If it doesnt hurt, Gu Yun said with a casual smile, grabbing Chang Gengs hand currently moving inside his clothes, taking it out and throwing it aside. Lets settle your debt with me.

Chang Geng: …

Gu Yun pillowed his hand behind his head, leaning back on the bed in a relaxed posture. One hand was still gently supporting Chang Gengs waist. His voice was not very strict, but the content could make one break out in a sweat.

Gu Yun: Tell me, what were you thinking, when you bravely rushed into the bandits den with a scholar who does not have the strength to tie a chicken?

Chang Geng: Zi Xi…

No need for Zi Xi, Gu Yun said lightly. You can continue to call yifu.

Chang Geng revealed a stiff smile, giving him a few kisses. Chang Geng recently discovered Gu Yun liked this type of sticky kisses very much. He pecked a few times and then looked at him with that kind of careful eyes, basically anything he said, Gu Yun would go along with it…

But this trick didnt seem to work at this moment.

Gu Yun raised his eyebrow slightly. You dont have to be so polite. My wound doesnt hurt.

The wise Yan Wang finally ran out of strategy, he had to honestly say, I didnt expect that they would really rise up.

Gu Yun gave a very indulgent smile, rubbed Chang Gengs cheek with the back of his hand, then said mercilessly, Nonsense, you must have expected it.

Chang Gengs throat slightly moved: I… Master Xu and I were on our way to the headquarters at that time. We didnt know in advance that they would choose that moment to…

Ah, Gu Yun nodded. Then you see that this is a once in a lifetime chance for you to find death, thus you hurriedly charged into it.

Chang Geng could hear the hidden meaning in it. Feeling that this situation was off, he quickly and cleverly admitted to his mistake: I was wrong.

Gu Yun put his hand down, no emotion could be detected on his face, a pair of peach blossom eyes half closed, even Chang Geng could not understand what he was thinking for a moment. He could not help but become quite nervous.

However, he waited for a long time, Gu Yun did not spit out his anger, but suddenly asked, Was it because I asked you that day When can we settle the refugees, when can we recover the Jiangnan, that gave you pressure?

When he said this, there was a wrinkle in his eyebrow, and his expression was almost lonely. Chang Geng had only seen it once on the Red Kite on New Years Eve, when Gu Yun used three cups of wine at that time to offer sacrifices to thousands of dead souls. His face was very lonesome and quiet that the bright lights of the entire capital could not light up his profile.

Chang Geng almost panicked for a moment, his words becoming incoherent: I am not… I… Zi Xi…

When Gu Yun was young, he did not like to talk about his feelings with others it was for no other reason. He felt that hanging all joys and sorrows on his face was like opening his clothes at any time to show others his skin and flesh. It was very indecent, and others might not want to see them either.

It had nothing to do with being happy or unhappy. It was purely a teaching from the family. In daytime, a group of people sitting together eating meat and drinking alcohol, only when they get drunk would they show their difference. Some people will cry and shout wildly, while others will only sing at most.

Untimely words rolled on Gu Yuns tongue several times, floated up and sank again. Finally, he opened his mouth as if to try: While coming here from the capital, I…

Chang Gengs observant skill was very sharp, he could feel what he was going to say in a blink of an eye. His pupils shrank slightly, he looked at Gu Yun with both panic and expectation.

Perhaps Gu Yun had never said such difficult words aloud in his life, he almost ran from it.

Chang Geng: How were you while you were on your way?

Gu Yun: …My heart was burning with anxiety.

Chang Geng looked at him in a daze.

That year, when the whole army of Jiangnan Navy was overthrown and the Black Iron Camp was damaged more than half, while Gu Yun himself was just released from the prison by Li Feng in a hurry, did he ever mention the words burning with anxiety?

Never.

Gu Yun seemed to forever remain stable, never panicking, and even if he was in a panic, it was mostly a pretense.

He was too strong it almost appeared false, making people always have a feeling that it was unreal, suspecting that one day he will be like the tall and grand Nine Gates of the Imperial City, suddenly collapsing.

Gu Yun seemed to have opened a locked gate for a long time. Once these words are out, the latter came smoothly: If something really happened to you this time…what am I supposed to do?

Chang Geng looked at him, not daring to breathe.

Gu Yun: Chang Geng, I truly have no strength left to…place someone else in my heart anymore.

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Chang Geng was shakened.

Gu Yun had the strength to stabilize the north and south, had the strength to not close his eyes in death as long as the country was still not at peace, and the strength to spent sleepless nights discussing with General Zhong about the establishment of the Jiangbei Naval Army.

But there was no strength left to love someone else anymore.

Over the years, besides Shen Yi, a friend who he had been through life and death with, Gu Yun seemed to have only one Marquis manor with a few people left. All the efforts he could squeeze out were all placed on the sensitive and anxious teenager handed over to him by the former emperor many years ago.

In interacting between officials, flattering each other were inevitable. When it came to Marshal Gu, the words dedicated and selfless were mostly used. But in reality, Gu Yun was not purely selfless, thinking about it carefully, he truly had nothing of himself.

This kind of loneliness, Gu Yun did not have a deep awareness for it when he was a teenager. At that time, he was the Marquis of the Black Iron camps three factions. Even with thousands of grievances and indignation, with a pot of hot wine, he would be able to get up in a fresh mood and forget everything the next day.

Now, as he grew older, thinking a lot more, he found that the carefree attitude from his early years had dissipated a lot without him knowing. Especially recently, he felt that he was particularly easy to get tired, and as his body was tired, his heart was often not in a good mood.

If it wasnt for one Yan Wang who sometimes managed everything carefully, sometimes turning mad and causing him to worry, then his life would have been tasteless.

Gu Yuns exhaustion and loneliness flashed by, but was retracted back in the blink of an eye. He placed Chang Geng down gently.

He pulled a thin blanket spread on one side and laid it on Chang Geng. He sighed, Lie down, you cant even straighten your waist but you still want to do it, are you serious?

Chang Geng grasped his hand. Gu Yuns hand would never warm up. It was always as if he had just taken it off from a Wind Slasher. It was dry and rough: Zi Xi, can you lay with me for a while?

Gu Yun did not hesitate to remove his outer robe and lie next to him. He hugged Chang Geng through the thin blanket and soon fell asleep.

Only then did Geng open his eyes quietly. He felt that every hair on his body was trembling to drag the person on the next pillow towards him and entangle together to his hearts content. However, he couldnt bear to destroy the quiet and warm atmosphere of this moment, thus he remained unmoving while being burned up by the flames of lust, enduring in both discomfort and happiness.

It has been almost eleven years since Gu Yun picked him up in the town of Yan Hui. In these eleven years, Gu Yun had spent more time in the frontier and in the battlefield, they had spent more time far apart than near each other. But he had never left Chang Gengs heart and soul for even a day.

Sometimes Chang Geng did not know how to love him properly. He always felt that it was difficult to repay him even if he used all of his life. Suddenly, he realized that Gu Yun was not the only fortunate thing he had ever met in his life, but rather, all the difficulties he had suffered since his birth, was in order to save up enough luck to meet this man.

As soon as he thought so, every knot in his heart was unravelled like a miracle.

Yan Wang was injured in Jiangnan. Xu Ling stepped forward to handle everything, Master Xu was someone who did not eat either hard or soft, and no one knew where he managed to find Du Long, the son of Du Wan Quan. Young Master Du did not speak much, but he was not at all easy to fool, the difficulty in bribing him was also too high. Their family was so incredibly rich that even the Emperor owed a lot to them, a bits of meager gifts were not worth bringing up to this man.

At the end of September, Xu Ling, under the guidance of Yan Wangand the full support of Jiangbei Camp, calmed the mob rebellion and resettled refugees in Jiangbei. Then, as Yao Chen was serving as a temporary governor of Liangjiang, Xu Ling returned to the capital with the papers from Yan Wang.

At this time, the curtain of this nationwide case came to an end.

Yan Wang himself still lingered while recovering his wounds and strolled back to the capital without appearing. The vigorous campaign of Canal Corridor initiated by him had already taken root. His papers only stayed in the palace for only two days when the Grand Court Meeting arrived, the Grand Council tried their best to support. The two departments were rarely quiet, several great families were busy gathering together their internal forces. They had no mind to pay attention to anything else. Fang Qin was temporarily dormant, and Emperor Long An gave his approval on the same day.

The Grand Council that quickly predicted this situation showed their incredible display of efficiency. In two days, a complete plan was worked out, making people suspect that they already prepared everything beforehand.

Less than a month later, a Canal Office was set up outside the six ministries. The Canal Office fully represented the court and contacted Du Wan Quan and other members of the trading group. Du God of Wealth transformed himself into a true imperial businessman.

Various resources and materials that had been privately allocated were sent to the area for factory building endlessly. The entire court up and down did not sleep and rest for an entire month, exhausting a large number of civilian officers who could only lean on their desks on regular days. The whole Great Liang was set ablaze by a fire, as if they were going to make up for two dynasties they spent idly eating salary.

Finally, before the deadly cold of mid-winter, the refugees from Liangjiang were gathered under the tents of the preliminary factory buildings.

Only then did Yan Wang Li Min return to the capital.

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If that was the case, the last words you would have said to me would be get out, Im not willing to close my eyes even in death.

After Chang Geng said this sentence, as if spitting out all his pain, his whole body was empty, almost fainting directly. The moment he saw Gu Yun, his rigid backbone softened and was pulled out, there was not a trace of strength left.

Nevertheless, he still could not find the heart to shut his eyes, resting on Gu Yuns shoulder and tried to recover for a moment. He seized Gu Yuns clothing consciously or unconsciously.

Losing too much blood, Chang Gengs body felt cold all over. Only Gu Yuns temperature and the familiar bitter scent of medicine reminded him in a trance how Gu Yu wrapped him in his cloak in the ice and snow and took him inside when he was a child. For a moment, he lost his sense of time and murmured, …do you have any wine?

Xu Ling eagerly came over and tried to give them a hand: Marshal, let me help…

… Unfortunately, Master Liao Ran, who heard the whole scene from start to finish, held him back.

The monk who stood beyond the mortal world heard a few of Yan Wangs delirious mumbles, instantly shocked by the hidden meaning inside.

Gu Yun did not utter a word. He safely picked Chang Geng up and carried him to the carriage. He frowned deeply and ordered, Call a military doctor!

After that, he took out a kettle when on a march or expedition, the kettle did not carry pure water inside, but a little bit of salt would be mixed in. This trick was first learned from the merchants traveling in the desert.

Gu Yun let Chang Geng lay on himself, telling a blatant lie, Here comes the wine, open your mouth.

Chang Geng was only in a little dazed, not completely confused. If it wasnt Gu Yun who came, he could kill another group of fierce rebels. He drank a few mouthfuls in cooperation, then chuckled and said, You tricked me.

Gu Yun not only deceived him, but he also wanted to hang him up and give him a beating, so that he could understand the meaning of the sentence, a being of precious status should sit and stand properly. But when he saw the real person in the flesh, his heart ached so much that his chest turned numb. How could he be angry?

No matter how Yan Wang overturned the river and the sea outside, he had never been injured like this right under his eyes. Gu Yun sat stiff for a moment expressionlessly, then carefully pushed the front of his clothes and took a look. A heavy scent of blood immediately rushed to his face. Gu Yuns chest fluctuated violently. For the first time in his life, he knew what it was like to have trembling hands.

Chang Geng seemed to be able to feel his emotional turmoil. For a moment, he tasted the sweetness of acting spoiled and refused to stop. He poured oil into the fire and whispered in Gu Yuns ear, I was afraid I can never see you again…

Gu Yun closed his eyes slightly, his face tensed, his hands were very gentle, all anger was concentrated on the tip of his tongue. He said coldly, Pardon my poor eyesight, I cannot see what is there to be afraid of, consider Your Highnesss careful calculation.

Chang Geng did not seem to hear him. Using the curtain as cover, he rubbed his face gently between Gu Yuns shoulder and neck. His voice was somewhat vague as whispered, If that was the case, the last words you would have said to me would be get out, Im not willing to close my eyes even in death.

Gu Yun: …

He felt that the man in his arms was like an abominable vine, stretching out loads of deadly twig and poking endlessly into his heart.

Outside came the sound of horses hooves far and near. A man shouted in a loud voice of a messenger, Marshal, the military doctor had arrived!

Chang Geng seemed to be in extreme pain, but dared not let it show. He maintained his original posture and took in a soft breath slowly, revealing his pale neck. Gu Yun was both angry and distressed, he lowered his head and kissed him furiously under the cover of the curtain. His lips were gentle as dragonflies on the water surface, but his expression was like seeking revenge.

Chang Geng suddenly opened his eyes, his scattered sight suddenly regained focus, looking at Gu Yun with expectation.

Gu Yun said in his ear, Ill settle this matter with you later after were home.

After that, he flung up the curtain and shouted towards the military doctor running over, Hurry up!

The military doctor originally wanted to clear away any uninvolved people, but was already frightened upon meeting Gu Yuns eyes. He dared not send Marshal Gu away even if his guts were bigger, he had to endure Gu Yuns gaze that could make one sweat and treat the two horrifying wounds on Yan Wangs body with trepidation.

When there are outsiders, Chang Geng refused to say anything. Only when the clumsy military doctor pulled his wound while pulling the gauze did he endure with a slight twitch. Gu Yuns expression turned worse as time goes by, suddenly, Chang Geng placed a cold hand on his using the cover of his wide sleeve. Chang Geng seemed to know that he was upset and did not dare to hold it, only making light contact, sneaking glances at him several times.

Gu Yun looked down at him and saw a drop of cold sweat rolling down his forehead to his eyes, sticking to his eyelashes and rolling down with a blink. The gaze that came out of the cold sweat and appeared cloudy.

Gu Yun: …

When Chang Geng was a child, he was already very good at acting spoiled, but now he was no longer of ordinary level, it almost reached a godlike state. Gu Yun could not help it, being stared at by these eyes for an incense time, he truly had to give him anything he wanted, accepting his fate, he took Chang Gengs hand and pulled him to his chest, whispering, Close your eyes.

Chang Geng shut his eyes without another word. During this trip, he had thoroughly cleaned up the chaos in Jiangbei, this big stone had fallen on the ground. At this time, his heart was almost free of concern. Listening to Gu Yuns heartbeat, he felt that even if he died on this occasion, there would be no regrets, he fell asleep peacefully.

The Sha Hai Group could no longer stir up a storm with its internal conflicts. General Zhong honourably abided by the promise given by Yan Wang, not moving a single soldier. He sincerely wrote a letter of peace and sent it to them. The remnants of the King of Heavens people were cleaned up by Chang Geng. The rest were dealt with by the joint effort of the other three bandits leaders, the rebellion that should have shed blood into a river disappeared into thin air.

Three days later, Yao Zhen came from Jiangbei Camp to serve as governor of Liangjiang for the time being. Yao Zhen first captured Yang Rong Guis party, then led people to find where Yang Rong Gui had detained the refugees, released them all one by one, comforted them and re-compiled their official documents, he then asked the ones responsible for registering lost relatives and friends to send people to look for them, personally coming to comfort and compensate the bereaved families of those who had unfortunately fallen victim to it.

A few days later, the medicine sent by the court arrived in large quantities. Li Feng ordered that part of the stolen money and bribe would be returned to the capital, the rest would be distributed to the victims for relief immediately, then report back to the Ministry of Household.

Xu Ling restored his imperial status and thoroughly investigated the Yang-Lu party. He brought into full play his upright, impersonal attitude, confiscating their possessions neatly.

But as Yang Rong Gui said, there was hardly any gold or silver in his home. All of them were exchanged into Feng Huo tickets. Xu Ling had no choice but to consult the bedridden Yan Wang.

Chang Geng explained, I know how many Feng Huo tickets were issued and who took them away. The treasury was not supported by that Yang. You can find out which folk businessmen he associates with on a regular basis, he was mostly in collusion with officials and businessmen. If you cant read the account book clearly or distinguish between true and false, you dont have to worry about it. Ive looked for a person to come and help you. He will arrive in these few days, it is Du Wan Quans son. He grew up with an abacus when he was young, he has a good and credible personal relationship with me, he can be trusted.

Xu Ling eagerly nodded.

Also, Chang Geng leaned on the bed and raised his gaze slightly. The eyes that appeared to have been carved by knives could not be erased, even with the coldness of serious injuries. The court decree stipulated that the Feng Huo ticket was equivalent to gold and silver, which could be circulated among the people, and the price was stipulated. It could be used as relief money. Whats the problem?

Xu Ling whispered, Your Highness, the second batch of Feng Huo tickets has just been issued. There are not too many people who bought them. Except for your men, most of the people who bought the tickets are large families with some family background. They do not lack money to use. They usually leave the ticket at home for supply. Few of them circulate on the market. They really dont know whether the merchants can accept it or not. This is…

Chang Geng reached out and grabbed the edge of the bed and propped himself up. I cant control whether the holder is willing to keep it at home or take out to use. But its a felony for the merchant to refuse to accept the Feng Huo ticket. Tomorrow, count all the Feng Huo tickets in Yang Rong Guis house, then use them to buy relief food from large ration merchant. Let me see who dares to treat imperial decrees as waste paper ask for a few people from Jiangbei Camp to go with you, do you understand?

Understood, forcibly using this hoodlum trick, starting from Jiangbei, to deter the whole territory, forced people to recognize that Feng Huo ticket was equal to gold and silver.

Starting with the big merchants who were so-called shoe-wearing people fearing the barefooted, nobody wanted to offend the court. They could either pinch their noses and accept it, holding onto it after business was done, or they must try their best to turn the Feng Huo ticket into real gold and silver, sparing no effort to push it.

Give them another ignition, Chang Geng whispered in a weak voice. Let Brother Chong Ze write a decree in the name of Governor Liangjiang. If businesses, big or small, unreasonably refuse to accept the Feng Huo ticket, everyone can report to the Yangzhou government, if it turned out to be true, they will be punished by sticks and rods, those who repeatedly offend will be sent directly to prison.

Xu Ling understood His Highnesss method of coaxing when it should be, punishing when it should be. He responded hurriedly and ran back to work. Before he reached the door, Chang Geng suddenly stopped him and said, Ming Yu.

Xu Ling turned around.

Chang Gengs stern face faded, and in a twinkling of an eye it was the gentle and elegant Yan Wang: It all depends on you.

Xu Ling asked in confusion, What do you mean, Your Highness?

Chang Geng said, Im afraid I have to delay some time on the way, I wont be able to accompany you back to the capital. At that time, I hope you can bring a request to the Emperor for me.

A while ago, the pace was pressing, he should also be temporarily retreating. Footsteps need to be evened out, it was just in time for him to take advantage of the injuries to let go of power.

Unfortunately, the honest Master Xu obviously failed to understand what he meant. He solemnly put his hands together and said, It is precisely this reason, Your Highness is seriously injured, you should take more care of yourself. You must take a good rest and leave the errands to me. If I dont understand something, I will ask you again.

Chang Geng laughed, seeing that he did not understand, he simply did not explain either, waving his hand to let him go.

Xu Ling was walking outside when he met the Marquis of Order who came in from outside. He quickly stopped to greet him.

Gu Yun politely nodded at him and brushed past. Suddenly, Xu Ling was stunned, Gu Yun was holding a bunch of fresh osmanthus flowers in the hand he hid behind his back, blooming golden with sweet fragrance.

Xu Ling watched him bring the flowers and walked to Yan Wang. He rubbed his nose full of flower fragrance, thinking in astonishment, Marshal Gu is too attentive to His Highness.

Gu Yun went into the room and hung the flower branch on Chang Gengs curtain. The osmanthus had bloomed, I was afraid you would feel stifled after lying down for too long you dont dislike this scent, do you?

Chang Gengs eyes stuck to him and refused to be averted.

Gu Yun looked straight at him: What are you looking at?

Chang Geng stretched out his hand to pull him.

Gu Yun was afraid that it would affect his wounds. He bent down and held his hand back. Didnt I tell you not to mess around?

Chang Geng grabbed his clothes relentlessly and pulled him closer. Zi Xi, my wound hurts.

… Gu Yun said emotionlessly, Let go, I wont fall for this trick.

This time being injured, Yan Wang did not seem to want to reserve any dignity anymore. As long as there were no outsiders around him, it was always, my wound hurts, kiss me.

The more one went along with a bad habit, the bigger it grew, there was absolutely no mistake.

Gu Yun flicked Chang Gengs forehead then turned around to change his clothes.

Chang Geng watched him moving behind the folding screen, grabbed a small sweet-scented osmanthus flower and chewed it carefully in his mouth, then stood up with a wooden cane on one side. He could not straighten his waist for now, reaching the desk step by step, dipped his pen tips with the little residual ink, spread out the paper and began to write reports.

This work truly required stamina. Before long, his forehead broke out a layer of sweat. Suddenly, the pen was pulled away from behind him. As soon as Chang Geng turned around, he was dragged up and carried to bed with both arms.

Gu Yun frowned and scolded, What is so important that you have to write now? Lie down and dont make a ruckus!

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Chang Geng explained without haste: This time, the Lu family are all involved, and the Fang family has not been able to profit from this either. It is a good time to carry out the new policy. Although I am not on the stage, I have to get things ready in advance.

Gu Yun sat beside the bed: Do you still think about Ziliujins authorization? The Emperor will not agree.

It is not about that, Chang Geng said. Its not yet time the land confiscated along the canal can be used for settling the refugees. The best land for fish and rice will be kept for cultivation, and factories will be built elsewhere. Master Du, his trading group and the court will each distribute half of the funding. The factories will not be owned by private businessmen. They will be run by the court and under the Grand Council. In addition to the six ministries, a special department will be set up to supply Ziliujin, strictly controlling the source. On regular days, business affairs in factories will be handled by trading groups. Sixty percent of the profits obtained will be directly put into the national treasury, forty percent are for the merchants to build more factories, is it alright? This not only will settle the refugees, but also will not let the Emperor worry about Ziliujin flowing to the outside. It will also enrich the national treasury and also count as a benefit for the businessmen.

Gu Yun listened and said nothing for a long time.

He understood, Chang Geng had thought it over several times, perhaps it had all been completed before he went down to Jiangbei, but if he had put it forward at that time, he would have created a large profit, all the noble families would have tried all their might to get a piece of it. Yang Rong Guis people even dared to steal the fund for disaster relief to add to their own pocket, let alone this.

In the end, this measure that planned to take down several birds with one stone would inevitably result in the treasury not having any real profit, businessmen being constrained by the many complicated layers of officials in the court, refugees being treated as livestock, only the big and small worms standing in the middle able to fill their own private pockets.

Therefore, he intentionally intensified the contradiction between the noble families and the new officers in the court, disturbed a pool of water in Jiangbei and divided the noble families with their linked branches. He planned to sit and watch how lawless they could be, then retreated behind the scenes to avoid the front.

In the middle, there were several accidents beyond the control of humans, who knew that after having several setbacks, it actually also let him achieve all his set goals.

Chang Geng blinked his eyes. How is it?

Gu Yun returned to his senses and said without a proper start or finish, If one does not know better, they would assume you are a disaster sent by heaven.

His sentence was off the wall, but Chang Geng understood it. He dragged himself beside Gu Yun, touched Gu Yuns shoulder and said, Great Liangs fate stands behind me, do you believe it?

When Gu Yun turned around, Chang Geng took the right moment to throw himself at him and let Gu Yuns lips brush by his cheeks.

Chang Geng: You kissed me.

Gu Yun: …

Werent we talking business right now?

Chang Geng hugged his neck and wrapped his arms around him, pushing the strong fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus between Gu Yuns lips. Gu Yun had no objection to the soft, fragrant, and warm jade throwing himself into his arms, offering affection. Unfortunately, at moments like this, His Highness would no longer obediently pretend to be the soft, fragrant, and warm jade.

In private matters, a beautys lips and tongue were of utmost importance, seemingly honey-laden, the taste of the loved one was the most superior delicacy in the world. Tasting fragrance should go from shallow to deep, tasting and appreciating carefully.

But Chang Geng did not cooperate very well. Although he was obedient at the beginning, he ended up showing his fierceness after a while. It was not like lingering, but a bit like eating, making Gu Yun feel that this delicacy was a bit prickly. The two could hardly be separated. The tip of their tongues were numb, but Chang Geng was still not satisfied, gently biting on his neck and chin passionately, as if he was looking for a place to bite, more like wanting to eat him.

The key point of the throat was treated as a rod for teeth grinding. Gu Yun instinctively tensed, but was reluctant to push him away, started to feel incredibly ticklish, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, Were you bitten by a dog when you were a child?

Chang Geng stared at him with burning gaze. The ban imposed on me by Miss Chen is almost expired, is it not?

When Chang Geng opened his eyes, his surroundings were dark, the only surface reflecting the light nearby was Master Liao Rans bald head.

As soon as he moved, Xu Ling, who was in a very bad state, rushed over and shouted, Your Highness! Your Highness! You are awake! Do you still recognize me? Your Highness…

Before he finished shouting, Master Xu had began to choke. He resembled Chang Gengs filial son, looking at him and wiping his tears. Unexpectedly, the more he wiped, the more tears began to pour, in the end, he sat aside and began to weep loudly.

Chang Geng: …

This ear-piercing sound had a very similar effect to the flute of his General Gu, buzzing around Chang Gengs ear. At this moment, he was very glad that Master Liao Ran was a mute man.

The mute not only wont squeal, but also very considerately comforted Master Xu, who had a runny nose and tears all over.

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He approached Chang Geng and said through sign language, This place is close to Jiangbei Camp, its very safe. The wooden bird had been released. The little brother under Brother Sun has also tried to find a way to contact Jiangbei Camp using Your Highnesss token. If there is no accident, General Zhong will be able to find this place soon, Your Highness rest assured.

Although the monk often pretended to be mysterious and did not like to bathe, he was worthy of being high-ranking disciple in Lin Yuan Pavilion. In more than 360 days of the year, there were always two days where he could be depended on.

Chang Geng nodded his head tiredly and deeply understood what was called having ones boat overturned in a pond, he could not help laughing bitterly.

On that day, Chang Geng left the guards behind and took Xu Ling to Sha Hai group alone. Unfortunately, with not much luck, his arrival was very untimely.

They had just followed Boss Sun to the sub-branch of the group. On the way to the main headquarters, the mob of rebels had already come out of their nests, just in time to run into them.

In fact, at this time, although Chang Gengs heart did startle, he was not so nervous.

According to his understanding of Jiangbeis situation at this time, the rebellion did not come as a surprise to him. Dogs jump against the wall, rabbits bite people when scared. Everyone knew that rebellion was a major crime punishable by execution by nine generations, but even if nine generations were all dead, they themselves struggled to get by, how could this be the way to live? To die as a coward or to die as a beheaded rebel were still death either way. A person could not die twice, then it would be better to rise up, at least they could die for a meaningful purpose, leaving their names behind in history books.

The refugees who escaped from Jiangbei have had their hands forced into rebelling.

However, Chang Geng was not a god. He could deduce that there might be such a phenomenon among the refugees, but it was impossible to know when and what way they were going to rebel. But at that time, Chang Geng only felt that he had come at the wrong time what storms had Yan Wang never experienced? He had never thought that the situation will get out of his control.

Chang Geng knew that this kind of mob rebellion was not difficult to resolve.

First of all, both the court and the rebels all knew that in the era of fighting by Ziliujin, one could not achieve victory by having two or three martial arts masters, machines and armors were of the utmost importance, even the best and most famous general like Gu Yun would not be able to do much when the ammunition was exhausted. The Sha Hai Group, even if this gang from the pugilist world was any bigger, was by no means an opponent of Jiangbei Camp as long as it did not have firearms, steel armor. and its own source of Ziliujin.

They had no choice but to rebel. Their reason was not outside of seeking for a way to survive from the court.

Before Chang Geng came, he had prepared this road to survival for them. People who were brave and fearless of death would still hold onto a chance to survive. If they could, who would be willing to clash against Jiangbei Camp? Who would want to be an egg going against a rock?

Although Boss Sun, the one who took Chang Geng to the Sha Hai Group, spoke harshly and had a bad attitude, he was a smart man and did not act recklessly. Looking at the conflict inside the group, he immediately concealed Chang Geng and Xu Lings identity. In this situation where everyone was on edge, with a Yan Wang that had fallen from the sky, not only was it unable to stabilize the people, but it would ignite the fire in the rebel army. If there truly was a short-sighted fool who would detain Yan Wang to threaten Jiangbei Camp, then the two sides will truly end badly.

Boss Sun himself and Chang Geng coincidentally had the same idea. They did not want to use the lives of these pitiful people to fill the muzzle of Jiangbei Camp which should be aimed at the foreigners just to make the court hear a hoarse and exhaustive cry.

Hence, Chang Geng and Xu Ling continued pretending to be volunteer merchants from the south, Boss Sun helped to hide them. At the same time, Liao Ran, who had been mixing with refugees in Jiangbei to pray for the people also happened to be in Sha Hai Group. Thanks to the relationships Liao Ran established beforehand, they were able to smoothly contact the top ranking leaders of the rebel army.

As everyone knew, Yan Wang had a persistent three-inch tongue that could adapt to whoever he spoke with, except for always acting out of order when facing Gu Yun. This ability had excellent fighting power at other times. As long as he was willing to, he could fool anyone. In a short period of more than a month, Chang Geng had basically controlled the situation. Originally, the people in the group were overheated, later on, everyone was willing to sit down and weigh the advantages and disadvantages.

Except for one stubborn thorn who did not want to breathe the same air as the imperial court, the four kings of Sha Hai group, including Boss Sun, were all persuaded by Chang Geng, willing to send people to try to contact the court first.

But at this time, Jiangbei Camp, which had been searching for Yan Wangs whereabouts in silence, suddenly made movements. The atmosphere suddenly became tense once again.

Chang Geng knew that the false Yan Wang had arrived in the capital, the deed had been revealed and his disappearance in Yangzhou had become a well-known matter. Involving a prince, Jiangbei Camp was forced to change its attitude from acting secretly to publicly.

On one hand, Chang Geng reassured the rebels of Sha Hai Group. On the other hand, he personally wrote a paper, hoping that Jiangbei Camp would not act rashly for the time being, to avoid bringing all his efforts so far to ruin.

Who knew that something would go wrong at this time.

When struck with bad luck, one could choke even while drinking water. Yan Wang had never had things go his way since entering the bandits den. After the Sha Hai Group conspired to rebel, they implemented the strategy of cunning rabbits have three caves for safety and changed the location of their headquarters once in ten days.

At this time, the headquarters had just been moved to a small hill in Jiangbei, leaning on a mine Jiangbei did not lack mines like this. If Chang Geng had an expert Mechanic beside him right now, they would remind him of these small mines, for the wooden birds might not be able to fly out in places near the mountain.

Some mines would invalidate compass and other objects. Even though Lin Yuans wooden bird was exquisitely made, its core mechanics relied on a special magnet in the abdomen, which could establish a connection with the magnet carried by individuals of Lin Yuan Pavilion. Wooden birds could only fly in the air through height to bypass the interference. When they were not, circling around the mines, the magnets in the abdomen of all wooden birds would be ruined immediately.

The bird could not fly out. With no other way, Chang Geng had to use a clumsy method let Liao Ran himself run to send the message, it was the letter Gu Yuns personal guard brought to the capital.

As a result, something went wrong.

The four rebel leaders generally did not have good education. Their level of hobby was very close to old peasants who listened to plays in the temple, referring to themselves as King of Heaven, King of Earth and King of Man, evoking goosebumps.

Boss Sun was the King of Man, the King of Heaven was the especially stubborn thorn who was extremely vicious and harbored deep hatred towards the court.

The stubborn man originally had great influence. Everyone once wanted to follow him in rebellion, but now suddenly turned from a big boss to a hard-head minority. After careful consideration, he felt that everything in this started from the King of Man, who was always unwilling to confront Jiangbei Camp. Holding a grudge against Boss Sun who was greedy for life and afraid of death, he bribed a trusted underling of Boss Sun, ready to catch him by his weak point and eliminate him.

The result was quite coincidental. The man who had been bribed spied for six to seven days, not being able to catch Boss Suns weak point, but managed to see Liao Ran leaving the headquarters late at night, making contact with people from the court.

When the King of Heaven saw that the man who they had called brother for so long was a hound for the court, he turned furious at once, his little trust on the man collapsed in an instant.

Chang Geng made a quick decision, taking the lead in inviting all the leading and respectable bandits to come, admitted his imperial envoy status before the King of Heaven could come to his door questioning. Although the timing was not very mature, it was better than being exposed by another.

Chang Geng could certainly kill the King of Heaven, but the people of the pugilist world have their own way of life. These people who made a living by lowly means were not as practical as the courts officials. Failure to deal with them might trigger a rebound.

At first, the bandits nest was blown up by the King of Heavens intentional provocation, a dozen mouths noisily argued. Yan Wang then boldly took out a knife for chopping wood and nailed it on the table, saying coldly, Then let us follow the rules, three knives and six holes*.

* a rule among bandits, when someone does an irreparable mistake and is asking for forgiveness, you must be stabbed thoroughly three times

This move was able to suppress most people, but could not fool the true bandit. The King of Heavens ferocious blood was aroused by him. Without saying another word, he stabbed Chang Geng with the knife. Chang Geng knew that this ordeal would not be able to end if he did not take this stab, thus he stood without hiding.

The rebels were stunned. As soon as they saw blood, especially the big leaders, they knew that Yan Wang could not die in Sha Hai group in this shady way. Otherwise, at that point, they would be forced to rebel without wanting to, there would be no other way but to die, all hope for turning back will all but vanish. Therefore, they hurriedly tried to make peace and stopped one another. The King of Heaven turned even angrier, announcing on the spot that he would take his men to separate from Sha Hai Group.

With internal fighting in the group, the matter of rebellion had to be put aside. Boss Sun sent people to escort Chang Geng to leave during the night. On the way, they were intercepted by several waves of the King of Heavens men coming for their lives, almost all the underlings left to him by Boss Sun were lost.

However, the type that would lock himself in a Heavy Armor like Master Liao Ran was half a burden, while Xu Ling was entirely a burden. For a martial arts master, even if he was alone in a Tiger Cave, it was still more comfortable than running for their lives with a few burdens.

Chang Geng was injured. He had not struggled this much for many years. In order to protect Master Xu, his critical chest area took another knife wound that overturned his skin and flesh. Fortunately, he was still half Miss Chens apprentice, for better or worse, he could still somehow stop the blood.

Liao Ran used a leaf to gather water and fed it to Chang Geng, then found the medicine he had with him to rewrap the wounds. Chang Geng drank the water, letting out a sigh and gathered some strength to speak, he tried to regain his spirit and patted the side, joking to Xu Ling, Come, sit here, Ming Yu. To lose ones horse might be a blessing, Before my breath runs out, you first stop your mourning.

Xu Ling wiped his tears with his sleeve, after repeating the words how embarrassing several times, he choked up again, It was this lowly official who had dragged Your Highness down.

Chang Geng laughed softly when he heard these words: Last time when foreigners besieged the city, Brother Ming Yu himself determined to work hard and learn a foreign language. What do you intend to do after this? Do you want to go back and learn martial arts that could break big stones with your chest?

Xu Ling: …

Chang Geng: You see, Master Liao Ran doesnt cry, he is very calm.

The monk shamelessly gestured, The poor monk was not able to be of use and had to rely on the protection of Your Highness. I will surely light a longevity lamp for Your Highness and chant sutras every day for you after returning.

Thank you, Master, but with your dignified image, if you were to open your mouth, I am afraid I would have to die young.

Chang Geng adjusted his posture with difficulty. A cold sweat immediately trickled down from behind his ear. He gasped for breath and said to Xu Ling, These days, that boiling…matter, the bandits of Sha Hai Group had also begun to talk about it. Yang Rong Gui used my name to rebel. Even if we were innocent, they certainly can not catch our weak point, but…logic could say otherwise… Ah… Master, you cant talk, but are you also blind?

Liao Ran, who had little eyesight, together with Xu Ling, came closer to support Chang Geng left and right, carefully avoided his wounds and turned him over.

Mm, logic says otherwise… we would not be able to clear ourselves. Chang Geng then withstood the pain to fill in the latter part of the sentence, The situation of the refugees in Jiangbei have arrived at this stage, we cannot give up halfway… Instead of rushing back to find the Emperor to defend ourselves, Id better stay here to settle the matter thoroughly, then I can take advantage of this minor skin and flesh injury to take a leave and avoid suspicion.

Xu Ling saw his newly wrapped gauze starting to bleed again, hearing the careless phrase minor skin and flesh injuries, his admiration for Yan Wang was beyond reproach. It was not much less compared to Master Feng Han from the capital.

He was about to express his feelings sincerely, when suddenly the monks face changed. He waved his hand to stop Master Xu and tilted his head to place his ear to the ground. A moment later, he gestured to Chang Geng, There are no less than dozens of people coming, strong steeds, which side could they belong to?

No one could tell whether the people coming was General Zhongs or the mad dogs of the King of Heaven.

Chang Geng pressed Xu Lings shoulder with one hand and barely propped himself up. Xu Ling was surprised. He was about to open his mouth to stop him when Chang Geng reached out and interrupted: Shh-

The relaxed look he deliberately displayed on his face just now vanished, his eyes shone brightly, his focus concentrated, like a wounded king of beasts. Even if he was bleeding all over, he could still bare his fangs and deliver a deadly blow.

Chang Geng held a knife he had stolen from an unknown bandit. The pale back of his hand was covered with blue veins, yet he did not appear weak from grave injuries. On the contrary, it only made people feel horrified.

Xu Ling could not help holding his breath.

Suddenly, Chang Geng slightly tilted his head, his cracked and dry lips then showed a slight smile. He stretched out his hand to straighten his messy clothes, threw down his knife and said to Xu Ling firmly, Go see which general is coming, go welcome them, say that I invited them in.

Xu Ling was dumbfounded: Your Highness, how do you know…

How can those people in the Sha Hai Group have such orderly horse hooves and footsteps? It must be one of the generals of Jiangbei Camp. Chang Geng took time to cover up the horrifying wounds on his chest and abdomen with his torn up otter robe. He said gracefully, Pardon this Prince for being slightly under the weather, how rude of me.

Liao Ran: …

Yan Wangs skill of pretending could be said to have been passed down by Marshal Gu.

Xu Ling threw himself into the ground with respect for him. At this time, even if Yan Wang farted, he would unconditionally believe in it. He immediately went out to welcome them.

Chang Geng reached for his pouch and felt around. There were some emergency medicines in it besides the tranquilizer. He took out a piece of numbing leaf with trembling fingers and clasped it in his hand secretly. He planned to chew a piece for emergency later on if the pain was too much to bear. He then refused the aid of Liao Ran and supported himself with the knife to stand up.

Just then, he heard Xu Ling shout, Your Highness, it is…

Without saying anything, the visitor had already strode in in the midst of sharp horse neighing.

Chang Geng: …

Gu Yun, who was supposed to have returned to the capital, came in against the light.

Chang Geng was no longer able to stand on his feet. The knife made a loud noise as it was dropped to the ground. He threw himself forward and was caught by Gu Yun.

The Yan Wang who was still walking leisurely in a bloody rain suddenly collapsed from pain, the calm and complacent King of Beasts became a frail sick cat, a hand weakly dropped down from Gu Yuns shoulder. He breathed a silky whisper: Zi Xi, it hurts…

Gu Yun almost could not breathe.

Its bound to be a sleepless night.

Lu familys party was swept away like a storm, all of them were put in prison awaiting trial.

Although Fang Qin and others succeeded in achieving the merit of rescuing the Emperor, they were not implicated for the time being. But this result was quite different from their original plans, every each of them had also turned pale.

And the center of the whirlpool, Yan Wang, remained missing, it was unknown whether he was dead or alive.

The next day was the Grand Court Meeting*, but it had to be canceled temporarily close to its appointed time. Doctors rushed in and out of the palace like ants crawling on a hot pot. Gu Yun and Shen Yi stayed in the palace for a night, then left in the early autumn morning dew.

*It was a kind of ritual with the highest standards that began in

the Western Zhou Dynasty. All officials meet the Son of Heaven.

The scent of medicine of the deep palace still seemed to linger on the tip of Gu Yuns nose, his nose was particularly sharp, he was happy to appreciate a variety of flavors, the fragrance of makeup on beautiful ladies, the summer wind in the rich fragrance of herbs, the fresh and peaceful herbal scent on a beautiful young man…the only scent he did not like was from medicine.

Especially when the doors and windows were closed, the stifling smell of medicine in the room remains dull and lingering, like a mire which can drag living people inside.

After this battle, the two men walked side by side, their hearts and minds exhausted, no one said a word. All the way out until they were out of the palace, Shen Yi did not feel reassured, he finally asked: How are your eyes?

Gu Yun shook his head.

Shen Yi did not know whether he shook his head to say nothings wrong or not so good. After thinking about it, he felt that Gu Yuns house had no one to take care of him, he ordered the driver to go in the direction of his home.

The capitals martial law had not been lifted. There were no people on either side of the bluestone slab. When the curtain was lifted, only the sound of the carriages wheels could be heard. Shen Yi sighed tiredly and supported the slightly shaking steam lamp overhead. The lamp cast a large shadow on Gu Yuns face. There was a blue hue under his eyes, his cheeks were hollow. When he got into the carriage, he immediately crossed his arms on his chest and leaned aside, closing his eyes to rest. He did not even bother to ask where Shen Yi was dragging him to.

Only when the carriage arrived at his home did Shen Yi wake him up. In such a short time, Gu Yun actually managed to fall asleep. He was slightly dazed when he opened his eyes, being blown by a little morning breeze before he came to consciousness. He squinted at the door of Shen manor and said, Just now, in a hurry, I seem to have heard someone say that Master Shen is ill?

Shen Yi gave a dry cough, it was not convenient to speak honestly at the gate. He had to wink and smile at him.

Gu Yun understood him: I visit the bedridden empty-handed like this…

Shen Yi grinned bitterly and said, Oh no, Its all right. You brought his son back home with all his arms and legs intact, its already the biggest gift… You shut up for me!

The latter sentence was towards the unfathomable god bird in front of Shens gate.

Today, the gate guardian bird seemed to be in a good mood. It didnt intend to show its might, only staring at Gu Yun curiously with its neck outstretched. Who knew that just after a little flutter of his wings, it was scolded by Shen Yi, immediately angered, its guts also grew larger, whining loudly to greet the guest, Animals! Little beast! With a gloomy face, die today and get buried tomorrow!

Shen Yi: …

This ancestor of their family only recognized Master Shen. When it saw him, it congratulated him on making a fortune, its attitude towards other two-legged animals was always Bring it on, animals.

Gu Yuns face did not change. It seemed that it was not the first time he was scolded by this bird. His fingers were put together, giving the bird a flick, the strong wind hitting the birds peak, it was knocked over by this slap, feathers falling all over. It immediately shrunk back from fearing the strong. After a moment of silence, it spoke out in a small voice, Gentleman bearing great fortune and blessing, name is written on the golden list.

General Shen was about to lose his composure.

Gu Yun smiled and turned to walk into the courtyard. Unexpectedly, as he did so, the bird immediately turned its face like turning a page of a book and said viciously, Bah! Bah!

According to reason, an adult of more or less than a hundred pounds should not have argued with a flat-haired animal weight less than one pound. Unfortunately, the Marquis of Order was not reasonable. When he heard this sound, he immediately retreated two steps, took off the cage on the door and opened the cage, he took out the gate god and said to Shen Yi, Tell your old man, I will take this one with me. Ill buy him a new one another day.

Shen Yi had already had enough of it for a very long time, his tears were falling from gratitude, Of course, no problem, words cannot express my thanks!

The gate god was so frightened that its feathers all stood up as it screamed, Help! Someone wanted to murder the husband ga!

…Its neck was pinched by Gu Yun.

The noise awakened the sleeping servant inside, who rubbed his eyes. Upon seeing that Gu Yun came, he busily greeted the guest and led the way inside.

Entering the inner courtyard, Shen Yi swept around. Seeing no one near and far, he lowered his voice and asked, Where is His Highness Yan Wang right now?

Gu Yun shook his head slowly.

Shen Yi was surprised: You dont know either?

We already lost communication in Yangzhou. Gu Yun took the bird in one hand and pinched his eyebrow with the other, soon turning it red. He first gave Shen Yi a brief summary of his journey then said, He asked Xiao Cao to pretend to be him and mix in with Yang Rong Gui, while he himself acted in the dark. I heard from one of the guards I left for him said that it seemed he had entered a group in the pugilist world to look for a refugee to serve as a witness. On the way, he only sent a short note saying Doing alright, dont miss me, telling us to go back to the capital without having to worry about him. After that, he never contacted us again. Yang Rong Gui used his name to rebel, I had no choice but to come back here to help him lighten this situation a bit. I left a few people on that side, I also asked General Zhong to send someone to secretly investigate, but even now…

After half a day of trouble, there was still suspense on that side.

Shen Yi did not know what to say for a moment. He stretched out his hand and pressed Gu Yuns shoulder. Dont you know the ability of Yan Wang? You see, he didnt show his face but understands the proper limit in his heart, you know it will be okay. Besides, he has been following Old Zhong since he was a child, wandering all over the world. There is nothing that he hasnt seen before. Its all right.

Gu Yuns eyebrows twisted together without any intention to relax them.

Shen Yi could only change the subject, How is the Emperor?

Gu Yun sighed: Hes unhurt. The doctor said he only collapsed from excessive anger and needs to rest. But to be honest, Im already fed up from hearing the word rest. Doctors seem to always spit this out to deal with all patients. If people can truly take a rest, then who wouldnt?

Shen Yi asked carefully, Didnt he say anything when he summoned you?

Gu Yun was silent for a moment. He did, he asked me, If the rainstorm pours, the river tide rises, then can a jiao grows horns?

Shen Yi held his breath at once. A jiao growing horns was the appearance of its transformation into a dragon. It was very clear who this sentence implied: You…

Gu Yun said: I answered: Jiao or dragon, both are originally close relatives in folklore, calls for rain and moistens the earth, they are of the same kind. But even if it is a divine jiao, for the sake of becoming a dragon, letting the tide rise and abandon both sides of the river, then is it not causing disasters? It must also be an evil jiao with a long history of sins, bringing misfortune to the people.

Shen Yi: … Thats what you said to the Emperor?

Gu Yun: Mm.

In fact, Li Feng also told him something else.

When the man who was still in his prime leaned on the bed, he suddenly gave off the aura of a sun about to set. Li Feng asked without warning, What did the former emperor say to you before his passing?

The former emperor had said a lot, in fact, all of them were still vivid in Gu Yuns memory even now. Listening to Li Fengs question, he pondered a little and picked out the safest sentence as his answer, The emperor told me, Everything good will turn bad when there is too much, we must learn to cherish our good fortune and know how to advance and retreat properly.

Li Feng was somewhat stunned, he turned his head to watch the light of dawn before it came to life, repeating the words Every good thing will turn bad several times, then completely changed the subject: …A Min had told me about his childhood abuse by the barbarian woman. Does Uncle know of this?

Even if Gu Yun used all his focus, he was still momentarily confused, not understanding what Li Feng meant.

At that time, just outside the window, a bird accidentally trampled the tree branch. Frightened, it fluttered its wings and flew to the sky. Li Feng was awakened by the movement. The blank but tired expression on his face suddenly dispersed. He looked back at Gu Yun, there seemed to be a lot of words contained in his eyes, but at last, he did not say anything waving his hand to dismiss him.

Shen Yi sighed, The monarchs heart is hard to measure, the peoples heart is hard to measure.

Gu Yun came back to his senses and said, Tired.

Isnt it, Shen Yi said sympathetically. There are people who were completely lawless, fishing in troubled waters… It was much better to fight at the frontier gates in fact, the period of time when I was a mechanic in Ling Shu Institute, it was truly the most worry-free. Zi Xi, sometimes I think that the capital is just like the Cave of Silken Web*. There are dangers everywhere.

How about we both abandon all of this heavy burden and find a place to open a small shop, do some small business together. We cant die of hunger, and we dont have to assess anyones face either. Selling something… um, We can sell tools and oils for mechanics. What do you say?

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Are you crazy? Gu Yun gave him a despicable glare. Making yourself oily all day and serving a bunch of equally oily and smelly customers I wont do it. If were selling something, I want to sell makeup, its better to see beautiful people coming and going everyday.

When Shen Yi heard this, his proper heart overflowed once again, he laughed and teased, Does His Highness Yan Wang know you have such a big ambition?

Gu Yun laughed along, but only for a moment, and soon he could no longer laugh. In front of Shen Yi, he did not waste his efforts to conceal himself, showing his sadness and worry.

Where was Chang Geng now?

Even if he could come back without any danger, what are they supposed to say to Li Feng? After this battle, could the two brothers still continue on as if nothing was wrong?

Shen Yi quietly looked on. When he saw that as the topic returned to Yan Wang, Gu Yun couldnt even put on a false pretense. He had never seen Gu Yun care for someone so deeply. For a moment, he was somewhat shocked and dared not go on.

In recent years, the situation of the world had been very chaotic, some parts of the civilians were very unrestrained, effectively imitating foreigners to put aside all boundaries between men and women. At the same time, some great Confucian families have become more and more rigid in sticking to the old system, shouting for the collapse of etiquette, and tightening the confinement of their children and family gates.

But somehow, Shen Yi always felt that the world was somewhat ruthless for the former type, it was in love for three days, broken off after two days, putting aside the matchmakers agreement of parents. In fact, when it comes to marriage affairs, everyone harbored somewhat of a calculation in their hearts. Even if others do not interfere, they themselves would measure the matter of pros and cons, and eventually, they would still pinch their noses and live with spouses.

The latter type, there was no need to mention, go along with the old rites when they come of age. Two people knowing nothing about one another were forced to live together, it was not much different from breeding horses.

Perfect conjugal bliss perfect as a jade, it all depends on luck resembling a blind cat catching a mouse. There was only so little affection in the world. Madmen take some, the fools take some, with so little left, how could it be enough to divide?

To be like Yan Wang and Gu Yun, it was truly rare.

Although neither of them showed much in front of outsiders, with Shen Yis understanding of Gu Yun, if it truly wasnt because he could not let go, Gu Yun would never have stepped over the line of his adoptive father and son relationship.

Shen Yi couldnt help feeling frightened when he thought about it. His old hen habit acted up again. He asked in a low voice, Zi Xi, dont say that I have a crow mouth, but have you ever thought about it, in case there is any problem between the two of you in the future, how do you intend to end it?

Gu Yun did not say anything for a long time, but this time, he finally did not give an empty reply. When they were about to arrive at the backyard, Gu Yun suddenly whispered: I have thought about it, I do not know.

Shen Yi was speechless for a moment.

Even if it was a vow or oath, it was not as shocking as these words in his ears.

When they entered the backyard, they saw that the old Master Shen who was rumored to be bedridden was practicing martial arts with overflowing energy, with no intention of dying at all. Gu Yuns visit made the old man very happy, he pulled him over to talk about his health-preserving experience. He also kindly invited Marshal Gu to play hand pushing with him.

Fearing that his father who bit off more than he can chew would be pushed all the way to the coffin by General Gu, Shen Yi stopped the invitation with a cold sweat and took Gu Yun to rest.

Gu Yun fell asleep up until the afternoon. Before he could wake up completely, he was dragged up by Shen Yi who barged in. The Emperor urgently ordered you to enter the palace.

Gu Yun rushed to the palace and was first shocked by the sight of the guard who had been assigned to Chang Geng by himself. The guard clearly appeared to have gone through a long journey, he was in a very bad state, with wounds and bloodstains on his body. Gu Yuns heartbeat sharply quickened. He moistened his lips with difficulty, reluctantly restrained his emotions and quickly paid respect to Li Feng.

Uncle will be relieved of courtesy, Li Feng, a haggard-faced man, dragged his sick body up and turned to the guard, What is Yan Wangs situation?

The guard bowed his head and said to Li Feng, Under the Marshals command, your subordinate accompanied and protected His Royal Highness and Master Xu to investigate the epidemic in Jiangbei. Yang Rong Gui harbored an ulterior motive, we had to travel to Jiangbei Camp to report this, losing communication with Yan Wang for a while. Later, Yang Rong Gui went north, Marshal was unsure whether Yan Wang was being held captive by him or whether he had found a way to escape. On one hand, he took people back to the capital, on the other, he left me and the others in Yangzhou Prefecture to try to find a trace of Yan Wang…

These were the words that Gu Yun had instructed them in advance. In fact, when Chang Geng entered Sha Hai group, the guards had stayed behind in Yangzhou.

Later, when Gu Yun departed to the capital city, still not feeling reassured about Chang Geng, he had left them in Yangzhou and let them continue to search for Chang Gengs whereabouts.

Gu Yun frowned and suddenly felt an ominous premonition.

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The person in Yang Rong Guis hands is fake, Li Feng interrupted. Does it mean that you already found traces of A Min?

The guard took a letter from his bosom: Your Majesty please take a look.

The letter was written in Chang Gengs handwriting, it was slightly messy compared with his usual neatness, even stained with blood.

Gu Yuns fingertips slightly trembled. Suddenly, he came to understand Chang Gengs fear of blood when he came to dress his wounds when he was defending the capital city.

Li Feng took over and read it, his brows becoming tighter and tighter. After a while, he sighed and said nothing, handing the letter to Gu Yun.

Gu Yun probably exhausted all his efforts to make himself not appearing too anxious and impatient.

At the beginning of the letter, it was fairly normal, basically nonsensical words. It described how he managed to escape from Yang Rong Gui. Later, they fell into the hands of the Sha Hai Group by mistake and found that some of the refugees in Jiangbei were secretly imprisoned and persecuted by Yang Rong Gui, some other joined the gang of bandits. Yan Wang decided to seek testimony from one of the refugees. With Master Xu, they sneaked into the bandits den to investigate the matter. Xu Ling has probably been coaxed by Chang Geng to carry out any of his order.

The latter part was unusual

Chang Geng wrote a few sentences about what he had seen and heard in Sha Hai Group. Yang Rong Guis lawless deeds made one felt horrified the more they listen. However, just when he managed to convince a group of bandits from Sha Hai Group to follow him into the capital, some internal problems broke out in the group.

Despite receiving a lot of refugees, the bandits were bandits after all. They were naturally hostile towards government officials. Some bandits suspect that the Yan Wangs entry into the Sha Hai Group did not have good intentions, that he only wished to persuade them to surrender, there were more and more fierce debates on three or two occasions and even conflicts among various forces within the group.

There were also many who love to stir up separation. Local people already had many complaints and grievances, it quickly led to trouble that triggered a mob rebellion.

In his letter, Chang Geng warned that although the mob seemed to have great momentum, its firepower and steel armors were limited, and it was not likely to be able to stand a chance against the army of Jiangbei Camp. The situation would inevitably expand, the peoples grievances and hatred would deepen, suppression by force was the worst strategy, thus he would try to not let Jiangbei Camp intervene. He said that he would take care of it thoroughly from the inside, stabilize the peoples hearts and calm their grievances.

When Gu Yun saw this, his head was overflowing with the urge to kill someone. Wasnt this fucking nonsense?

This could also be called doing alright?!

The guard opened his mouth and said, Marshal, His Highness made his order, your subordinates dared not disobey it, but the situation is getting worse and worse. After Yang Rong Gui left, his city defense officers and soldiers resembled a snake losing its head, being beaten left and right. Some of the rebel had relatives and friends died in Yang Rong Guis hands, hated the local government, they used cruel means and often tortured the captured officers and soldiers to death, seeing that it will be difficult to clean up, General Zhong ordered me to report this to the court as soon as possible, seeking imperial orders.

Li Feng asked, Then where is A Min?

The guard knelt down: …Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Yan Wang… After His Highness managed to send this letter through by many different hands, there is no other information about him. At that time, it was a monk who secretly delivered this letter. The temple where the monk lived was burnt down the next day.

Gu Yun almost could not breathe.

Li Feng was also stunned by this consecutive unexpected changes.

As Li Feng was unable to speak, the Eagle Armor next to him finally pushed the iron mask up and showed the earth-shattering face in no hurry: Your Majesty, the traitorous subjects have all been captured with their hands tied up, you must take care of yourself. The Son of Heaven spared no effort for the people, why must you need to hurt yourself for several rebels?

The voice was all too familiar. Li Feng turned his head and was instantly stunned. The Eagle who was supporting him all this time was, in fact, Gu Yun who was supposed to be in the south at the moment.

Gu Yuns sudden appearance frightened an entire group of people.

The inside of Lu Changs head exploded. Yang Rong Gui had assured and vowed to him before that he would be very careful in his actions on that side, even the Marquis of Order had no knowledge of it!

In his original plan, all the arrangements should be completed within the period of Yan Wangs departure from the Capital. Liu Chong Shan was the fool who followed every instruction without fail like a chess piece. As long as he could be persuaded into killing Li Feng, Yang Rong Gui did not have to personally come forward, they only need to ask Liu Chong Shan to push Yan Wang out in their stead, at that time, whether it was by Yan Wangs own will or if he was forced by Yang Rong Gui, as long as he appeared, the crime of rebellion was immediately implemented.

Once the Northern Camp in the suburbs of the capital reacted, it would immediately go to suppress the rebellion, eliminate Yan Wang and Liu Chong Shan, they would die in the middle of the rebellious army, there would be no one left for confirmation.

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There was no Empress Dowager in the palace. The Empress was a sickly woman who could not go out in the wind, unable to hold even the Phoenix seal. The Prince was still eating milk. The eldest son of Consort Lu was eleven years old. Its self-evident whose hands the country would be in.

Gu Yun was all the way in Jiangnan. When he learned about what was going on, both the Emperor and the rebels were dead, the dust had already settled in the capital. Unless he ignored the dangers of the four frontiers and what the people might say, mobilized the army to fight for justice for two dead people even a coward like Lu Chang did not believe Gu Yun could do something like that.

If Gu Yun wanted to rebel, he would have already done so as early as the uprising of the Northern Camp, or even earlier, when he knew the truth of the Black Iron Camp that year, otherwise, how could that immortal old man Wang Guo continue his dying breath until now?

There were only two key points in this matter. The first was whether Yang Rong Gui could cut off the communication between the capital city and Jiangbei on his own territory, hide Gu Yun, and the second was whether Liu Chong Shan could smoothly kill Li Feng.

The former had Yang Rong Gui using his life and his familys as guarantee, and the latter should have been even more certain. Who knew that someone had leaked the news, many skilled guards were waiting among the civilians, the Northern Camp arrived ahead of schedule, and Gu Yun fell from the sky!

At this point, even if he was any dumber, Lu Chang would come to realize that among the people he trusted most, someone had betrayed him it was either Yang Rong Gui or Fang Qin. This time, Yang Rong Gui would not be able to have a good ending either, could it be Fang Qin?

If it was truly the work of that surname is Fang, then he was too vicious. Leaking their movements to the Northern Camp and dragged in Gu Yun to fish in troubled waters. Not only could he strive for the merit of being the first one to save the Emperor, getting rid of the Lu family right now, from now on, all the big families in the capital could also no longer compete with the Fang.

Lu Changs mind came to an understanding as he thought about it. He wondered at once, Had Fang Qin belonged to Yan Wang party from the beginning?

But Fang Qin from Yan Wang party, upon seeing Gu Yun, his face also paled, no longer able to smile.

He thought that with Yang Rong Guis great ability that could cover the sky with one hand even in the epidemic situation, at least, he could take advantage of when Gu Yun rushed to the front line to carry things out. From beginning to end, his plan did not contain this God of War.

Although with the rescue efforts of the Northern Camp, whether Gu Yun came or not should not affect his arrangements… But somehow, Fang Qin suddenly had a feeling that everything was about to be out of control.

Every person here had their own ulterior motives and intentions, only Shen Yi was relieved to see Gu Yun as if seeing a savior. The cool breeze slipped into his torn up attire and blew directly onto his sweaty skin, making him shiver.

However, he was relieved too early, this bloody rain was not over yet.

Gu Yun handed Li Feng over to an attendant and knelt down on the stone steps. Without waiting for Li Feng to ask questions, he took the lead in reporting in detail: After Your subject and Yan Wang and Master Xu separated at Yangzhou City, I left my guards beside Yan Wang and went to Jiangbei Camp to check on military affairs with Ge Ling Shu.

Unexpectedly, as I was in Jiangbei Camp, I suddenly received a secret letter from a guard seeking for help, saying that Yang Rong Gui dared to raised up soldiers in private, threatening Yan Wang to follow his vile scheme. In urgent need, I had to borrow several Eagle Armors from the garrison of Jiangbei from General Zhong. When I arrived in Yangzhou City, I found that Yang Rong Gui, using the name of calming the riots, has blocked Yangzhou city in a tight circle, leaving no gap for even a fly. I had led my men investigating around for a long time, even sneaked into the governors manor at night, only to find that this man had deliberately used misdirection, Yang Rong Gui himself has no trace left, and Yan Wangs whereabouts are also unknown.

I thought of the rebellion mentioned by the guard, fearing that there will be something going on at the capital. I had no choice but to go back first. I failed to properly protect Yan Wang, failing my mission, I ask Your Majesty to punish me.

As these words came out of Gu Yuns mouth, it shocked the surrounding area into silence.

Fang Qin quietly gave Wang Guo a look. Wang Guo understood and cut in: Your Majesty, there is one thing I would like to consult Marshal Gu… Marshal Gus Eagle Armor chased all the way from Jiangbei to the capital. How could you not intercept Yang Rong Gui on the way?

This sentence could be said to be an extraordinary display of intelligence from Imperial Uncle Wang, seemingly unintentional, but in fact, it aroused many doubts in Li Feng was it Yang Rong Gui who was infinitely skilled, or was it Gu Yun who deliberately let Yang Rong Gui and the others into the capital? Did the Marquis of Order came to the rescue in a flash, or did he have other plans in mind? After coming to the capital, seeing that the Northern Camp soon readied themselves, only then did he change his course of action?

Not to mention the missing Yan Wang, if he was really together with the rebels outside the city, was he forced to come along or did he have other inside information that could not be said?

The publics eyes all fell on Gu Yun, but Gu Yun seemed utterly oblivious and calmly replied, A shame, but I had lost Yang Rong Guis whereabouts when I received the news. It had taken a very long time to search for Yan Wang and the rebel party in Yangzhou City, which almost delayed the bigger matter.

The civil officers present were not able to understand this sentence. Zhang Feng Han, who was supported by two people, cut in at a timely manner: Your Majesty and the gentlemen do not know, the Eagle Armor is very fast in the sky, it can only search for targets in front of the battle or in a small area. For such a far distance from Jiangbei to the capital, if the proper path of the search is not known beforehand, or if the target is not a large group of people, three or two Eagle Armors wanting to find a person is simply like searching a haystack for a needle.

Nevertheless, as it had already come to this, Fang Qins party would never let Gu Yun go lightly. Imperial Uncle Wang pressed on, Then knowing that this is urgent, why didnt Marshal Gu mobilize for more people from Jiangbei Camp?

Gu Yun glanced at them sideways. From Fang Qins point of view, the radian of the peach blossom eyes of the Marquis of Order was especially obvious. The corners of his eyes were almost hooked, decorated by a small beauty mark, his eyes appeared as if they were laughing. Fang Qin instantly realized it Wang Guo had said it wrong, giving himself a slap!

Sure enough, the first sentence was extraordinarily intelligent, this sentence was the true level of Imperial Uncle Wang.

However, even though Gu Yun usually did not argue, he was not at all foolish. At this time, he would definitely not give the old man another chance to repair his mistake.

Imperial Uncle Wangs meaning is somewhat unclear to me, Gu Yun said unhurriedly, Is Jiangbei Camp this Gu Yuns private soldiers? I can mobilize them whenever I want? Ignoring the Westerners preying like tigers? I dare ask Uncle, except for His Majesty, who would be able to bring Jiangbei Camp to the capital city in a single word? Please point them out to me, I will kill those treacherous subjects myself!

This sentence with hidden murderous intent pulled Li Feng back to his senses. He immediately realized that he was almost brought into the ditch by Wang Guo whose heart was the size of a bean Gu Yun held the Black Tiger Emblem in his hand. Even if he wanted to rebel, would he follow someone as meager as Yang Rong Gui?

Gu Yun: Your Majesty, this time, my response was too late. My crime is worthy of a thousand deaths. When I found Yang Rong Guis traces, I was already near the capital. I learned that Yan Wang was probably already captured by the traitor. For fear of affecting the bigger picture, I did not dare to strike the grass and frighten the snakes.

I originally wanted to ask for help from the Northern Camp. Unexpectedly, they are already waiting outside the Nine Gates, I know something has definitely happened in the capital. It was fortunate that the Northern Camp had been warned by Master Fang in advance, in a hurry, I had to temporarily order the anti-air net to be shut down, and at the same time release the Northern Camp into the city. Thankfully, Your Majestys blessing is immense, escaping danger unhurt it was all thanks to Master Fangs thorough preparation.

Fang Qins face twitched, feeling that the gaze of Lu familys party were burning through him. He had pretended to be sick, acting anonymously from beginning to end. He even let Wang Guo step to the front first in order to keep a low profile, hiding behind others was the safest thing. It was better for Lu Chang to think that he had no involvement in this.

Who would have known that Gu Yun stabbed him with a soft knife and put him directly on the fire to roast. Just now Lu Chang was only speculating with no base. Confirmed his suspicion by this remark, aside from surprise, he also wanted to skin Fang Qin.

Only then did Li Feng know that it was not the Northern Camp that was fast, but that it had been waiting outside the gates for a long time. For a moment, he was even more confused: What is this matter with the Northern Camp?

Fang Qin had to put the great surprise that was Gu Yun aside for the time being, together with a General of the Northern Camp, carefully started to talk about the home letter from his younger sister with a glaring Lu Chang at the side. Li Feng was sensitive and suspicious, although Fang Qin was confident that this plan was unpredictable, he was certain he had never left behind any unfavorable evidence, but only one slight mistake could still bring disaster upon himself, thus he had used all his strength to handle this.

The more Li Feng listened, the more frightened he became. Under the Long An reign, there have never been such a wide range of involvements and complicated internal affairs before. The civil and military officials kneeling down dared not breathe out. Northern had temporarily imposed martial law on the side of the street to avoid spreading words that should not be spread into the city.

But Fang Qins loyalty was not yet done being expressed, the Northern Camp had cleanly captured Yang Rong Gui and his accomplices.

Yang Rong Gui was not able to wait for Lu Changs news of victory in the appointed place, but he was able to wait for the encirclement circle of Northern Camp. At that time, he knew the grand scheme had been lost. At first, he wanted to take Yan Wang as a hostage. Who knew that the newly appointed leader of Northern Camp was selfless, only said that even the suspicion of Yan Wang himself had not been cleaned yet, boldly shooting down the traitor holding Yan Wang with one arrow, bringing them all into the city regardless of right or wrong.

Except for Yan Wang from royalty who was given special privileges, the other people were all tied up and brought to the Qi Ming Altar.

Yang Rong Gui had been thinking of how to handle this all the way here, his knees had not yet touched the ground, he already began to shout his grievances before anyone else.

Jiang Chong stepped forward and said, You allied with the traitors to rebel, do you still have the face to say you have been wronged?

Yang Rong Gui touched the ground with his head and cried, Injustice, Your Majesty! I have received the rulers grace for many generations, how dare I betray Your Majesty. From the very beginning, Yan Wang party in the court had slandered me. There are no more than one hundred gold and silver in my family. When the country was in danger, I had exchanged them all for Feng Huo tickets, the matter of corruption and harming the people were all without proof and evidence. If you do not believe me, you can order confiscation of my household possessions! Towards Your Majesty, my loyalty is clear enough for heaven and earth to see, Your Majesty please be my witness!

Li Fengs voice was so low that it seemed to be squeezed out of his throat: Oh? If it is as you say, then youre coming here to the capital arbitrarily, the purpose was to provide aid?

Yang Rong Gui turned face on the spot: Yan Wang party in the court covering the sky with one hand, deceiving the Emperor and forming a party, doing every vile thing possible. Your subject is innocent, being stirred up by the villain, even my brother-in-law, Officer Lu, refuses to believe me. He has written several letters on many occasions to question me, creating the opportunity for the villain to take advantage of, provoked by the treacherous Yan Wang party to commit this grave crime. I am far away in Jiangbei, after knowing this, it was too late. In a hurry, I had to detain Yan Wang and escort him all the way to the capital.

Li Feng interrupted him, Who is the villain?

Yang Rong Gui cried out, It was Fang Qin, the Minister of Housing, who offered my brother-in-law the plan of Royal Robe!

Fang Qin angrily retorted, Your Majesty, the rebels carry hatred in their heart. With no evidence, they are clearly pouring mud on others!

Wang Guo hurriedly danced along: If Master Yang really went to the capital for aid, would there be so little people around him? The Marquis had just said that there are officers and soldiers gathered in Yangzhou City!

Lu Chang cried bitterly, his snot running: I have been wronged!

Shen Yi: …

The cold sweat on his head was blown away by the cool wind. Watching the biggest dogfight event in all of Long An years, he was dumbfounded from fear. The second layer of cold sweat was busy queuing up. He hardly understood how someone as dizzy as himself had the ability to run through all these overlapping schemes and still come out safely.

Li Feng: Shut up! Bring me Yan Wang!

The long-forgotten Yan Wang and Xu Ling were pushed to the front of the imperial court. Li Feng looked gloomily at the people in front of him, his voice cold, A Min, I want to hear from you, what is going on?

Yan Wang retracted his shoulders and hunched his neck, shivering into a ball. His once handsome and deep facial features changed, appeared somewhat cowardly, he was frightened into a human-shaped quail.

The others havent done anything, Zhang Feng Han was the first to feel anxious. He stepped up to push Yan Wang on the shoulder and urged, Please say something!

At this time, something strange happened. The Yan Wang who stood on the Black Eagle and shot an arrow at the Dong Ying spy Lao Chi tumbled onto the ground by one push of a senile man old in age, his shoulder on one side becoming deformed.

Everyone was shocked, wondering if it was Master Feng Han who drank Ziliujin or Yan Wang had turned into mud.

For a long time, the commander of the Northern Camp gathered his courage to take a step forward, tentatively touched the deformed shoulder of Yan Wang and replied, Your Majesty, this thing looks like…

Li Feng: What?

Northern Camp Commander: … Its a shoulder pad!

During the conversation, Yan Wang raised his head, his face was full of tears and snot, his nose and chin were divided into two routes, distorted to the left and right, and the handsome face was completely separated from each other. There was no Yan Wang, it was clearly a devil no one knew where had come from!

The commander was shocked. He pulled the mans outer robe apart quickly and saw that his shoulders, his chest, and his back were stuffed with soft cushions that could be used to replace the real thing. There were at least five or six inches of inner cushions hidden in the boots under his feet. The false nose bridge, false chin, and human skin mask were pulled down. It was clearly a completely strange, short-statured, swallow-headed and rat-like man.

Li Feng had never witnessed such a drastic change in his life. He took a breath of cool air and said, What are… Who are you?

Shen Yi felt that for a moment, His Majesty almost wanted to shout What kind of demon are you?

The man opened his mouth, but could not speak. The tip of his tongue had been cut off.

Looking at Xu Ling on the side, they could also find the seam of a human skin mask on his scalp by pushing his hair aside.

Lu Chang: …

Yang Rong Gui: …

These two men were the ones sent by Yang Rong Gui to keep watch on Yan Wang and Xu Ling. When did they get their tongues cut and become like this? What about the real Yan Wang? Could it be that all these time, the real Yan Wang and Xu Ling have been mixed up in his ranks to pretend to be servants!

Yang Rong Gui anxiously turned back to look for them. At the back, in the group of his followers who had been detained by the Northern Camp, two people were missing.

He had no idea when they had gone missing!

For a while, even Fang Qin did not know what to say. Master Fang, with his head full of scheme, could not help but suspect that perhaps Yang Rong Gui had truly separated with Lu Changs party?

Li Feng could not bear to look at it any longer. As he lifted his legs to walk forward, he found that they have gone numb without him knowing. If it was not for Gu Yun beside him, the Emperor would have lost all his dignified image in front of the people and fallen onto the ground like a dog gnawing at mud.

Your Majesty, Gu Yun whispered beside him, Allow me to carry you down on my back.

Li Feng felt a tremor in his heart. When he looked at Gu Yun, he was almost absent-minded for a moment. The man beside him seemed to have remained unchanged for so many years it was not that Gu Yun still retained the appearance of a young boy in his teens, but it was the look in his eyes.

Over the years, everyone had become deeper and more calculating, only those familiar peach blossom eyes vaguely retained the teasing and romantic aura of the young general secretly smiling at him that year among the crowd of armors.

Li Feng shook his head, refusing to show weakness in the eyes of the public by letting someone carry him. He only supported himself by one of Gu Yuns arms and slowly walked down the broken debris of Qi Ming Altar.

The attendant announced in a sharp voice, Departing, return to the palace

The vast sunset, lingering on the edge of the imperial city, cast the thousands of rows of glazed tiles reflected in a blood red color.

At last it fell.

Fang Qin buried his head low. At an angle where others could not detect, his lips revealed a slight smile.

Liu Chong Shan just finished, a Dong Ying assassin had broken through the Imperial Army and boldly rushed towards the imperial road. Liu Chong Shan grinned and pulled out the sword on his waist, pointing to Li Feng: Your Majesty rest assured, I will not let them touch even one of your hairs.

There was a scream behind Li Feng. He looked back in a hurry and saw that the officer who was overseeing the ceremony was killed by the assassin, the blood on his neck poured down the stone steps.

This horrifying scream was like a command. Liu Chong Shan immediately swung his sword down. Li Feng did practice martial arts for several days as a child. Unfortunately, with no talent for it, his ability was very ordinary, neglecting for many years, he had soon returned everything he learned to his Master. In order to avoid it, he took several steps back in a panic, stumbling over the stone steps without paying attention. Everywhere his hands touched was hot blood, the sacrificial attire immediately stained.

In this situation, if it were to be replaced with a timid person, they would pass out from fright. But thanks to the hard-headed and stubborn personality of Emperor Long An, not only did he not faint, he even dared to point at Liu Chong Shan and burst into a rage, Traitorous subject, are you not afraid of punishment coming down on your entire family!

The Son of Heaven did not have three heads and six arms. With no one here to protect him, did he not stretch his neck out to be cut? Liu Chong Shan missed his first slash, a little fear of rebellion in his heart has already vanished, pursuing him to the end: Then for the sake of my entire family of young and old, I shall charge forward without turning back!

Under the sword, the Son of Heaven was still a mortal body of flesh and blood. The wind brought by the sword slash coming down on his head, Li Feng cannot avoid it, but still refused to insult his royal lineage, he was silent, but his heart was filled only with sorrow he did not die from his brother who wanted to seize power and usurp the throne. He did not die in the siege of the Western Army. Now that the country was starting to stabilize, wanting to rest and recuperate, he would die in the hands of his traitorous underlings… he did not even know the reason for why they rebelled.

At that moment, a strong wind came from the side, sweeping by the tip of Li Fengs nose. The steel blade in Liu Chong Shans hand which almost injured the dragon body was hit by a two-and-a-half-inch Xiu zhong si. At last, Shen Yi, who accompanied him had arrived.

The generals who accompanied the Emperor on the altar did not carry swords, their armor was only for show. No one expected that Shen Yis iron wrist bracelet had a Xiu zhong si.

Liu Chong Shan saw how close he was to succeeding, but was suddenly interfered by Shen Yi. He could not help but cursing inside. Before he came, Lu Chang had said it clearly he already tried to test the reaction of Shens family, they would not cause any trouble. They would only shrink back and watch on like the surname Fang, why did this suddenly happen?

Shen Yi stooped down and helped Emperor Long An up. He and Jiang Chong, who had trotted all the way with their robes, surrounded him in the middle, appearing very isolated and helpless in this moment. Only in difficulty could one see loyalty and treachery. Li Fengs heart was full of mixed feelings for a moment, he lamented awkwardly, The two subjects have a heart.

Jiang Chong did not know martial arts and was somewhat nervous. General Shen, however, was the one who returned from the southwest with an army of defeated soldiers to relieve the capital. His face remained unchanged: Your Majesty does not need to worry. There are many people here today. In order to prevent accidents, many lords have sent their family guards to mix up with the crowd of commoners, it will be enough to deal with this. Even if I was any more useless, I can still clean up this young masters army, protecting Your Majesty thoroughly.

A while ago, Fang Qin secretly went to the Northern Camp with a letter from his sister sent to his Mother*. The things mentioned in the letter were very frightening.

*The word here refers to a mother who is the illegitimate wife of his father.

A young girl who had just been bought by the Fang lady to serve as a maid accidentally broke into the study room from not knowing the rules and was beaten to death. Yet this was not the most frightening thing, even the Fang lady who was married properly got confined to the inner courtyard for this trivial matter and had to appeal to her mothers family for help. The letter mentioned that there were many guests that day, including Liu Chong Shan, the commander of the Imperial Army.

It also happened that Emperor Long An had just announced that he was going out to offer sacrifices to the heavens on his birthday. Such coincidence could not help but make one think.

However, after all, this was only a vague home letter, which could not be used to reported to the Emperor otherwise, if nothing happened, would it not become an accusation based around rumors?

Li Feng hated forming parties and fighting among each other. The reason as to why the Imperial Censorate had been humiliated by the Emperor many times was due to them unable to bring forth any true accusation towards Yan Wang.

Nobody dared to take the risk rashly.

However, the Northern Camp was not allowed to enter the palace unless summoned. If an accident were to happen when the Emperor left, water from far away will not be able to put out this fire.

Thus Fang Qin came up with an idea to let the Northern Camp wait outside the nine gates. Once there was a disturbance, they could force their way into the city and come to rescue in an incense time. Before that, they borrowed a group of powerful generals from military families such as the Shens and the Marquiss manor. They would also be mingled with the spectating crowd. In case of an accident, they only needed to prolong it for a while to wait for the rescue of the Northern Camp.

Although Shen Yi did not like Fang Qin very much, he had to admit that the old man did things very thoroughly.

Liu Chong Shan could not bear to look at Shen Yis leisurely appearance. He sneered and said, Then allow me to observe the Generals skills!

After that, several rebels in the imperial army together with the assassins rushed up behind him. The officers Fang Qin arranged in advance came back to their senses and ran up to the altar on both sides, beginning to clash with the rebels.

Shen Yi pulled Li Feng behind him, grabbed an assassins wrist and broke his arm, taking the sword with a strange shape in the hand of the assassin. The heavy Dong Ying blade then lightly bounced out of his palm and cut right into Liu Chong Shans face.

Observe my skills? Shen Yi shook his head and sighed like a good old man. Im afraid Commander Liu doesnt have what it takes.

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Liu Chong Shan and Shen Yi were both descendants of noble family. Growing up with the grace of their ancestors. Graduated in the same year, the difference was Shen Yi went with literary, while Liu Chong Shan followed the true school of martial arts. Later, he entered the imperial army by the influence of his family background. With incredible glory, why would he ever put Shen Ji Ping, who had never had a proper career, in his eyes?

But in the past few years, the imperial army was full of young master soldiers, Liu Chong Shan had endured hardship until now, honing his experience and finally becoming a small commander. What the hell was that Shen Yi? He was only a mechanic serving royalty who changed his career halfway through, stepping on a pile of feces and getting on the boat of the Gu family by chance, yet he managed to become a Governor in the end.

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Go back to General Zhong, tell him to lend me some Eagle Armors, I will return them when Im done. Hurry.

Whether it was Gu Yun, Zhong Chan, or even the entire Great Liang Army, no one had absolute confidence about naval battle, thus they must bring out their best to respond. First, they followed the young genius Ge Chen of Ling Shu to dismantle the Western Dragon. From the aspects of speed, defense, artillery, and Ziliujin carrying capacity, they analyzed the operational habits of the Western Navy from beginning to end and the possibility of changes they might have on the battlefield.

When the two armies came into an unavoidable confrontation, there were thousands of large and small dragons. It was quite different from when they fled on the river with twenty people. Anything was possible.

How to fight in certain situations, many things seemed to require only flexible reaction during battle, but in reality, these were all dependent on the innumerable experiences and efforts of the commander from behind. Moreover, they must also discuss the direction of development of the Great Liang Navy in the future, how to prepare, what kind of warship should they request from Ling Shu Institute, how to train the soldiers, how to distribute Ziliujin, so on and so forth.

Gu Yuns situation here was a little more complicated. He was ordered to command the four borders. Besides the battlefield in Jiangnan, he had to consider many other aspects.

Every day, he followed the patrol station around Liangjiang to feel the situation of the battlefield. At night, he returned to alternatively discuss with either old General Zhong or Mayor Yao. Since Chang Geng left, he had always been on the move, busy to the point of not having a moment to drink water.

Today as Gu Yun stood up to say goodbye to Yao Zhen, his legs suddenly became numb, his body swaying and his heart beating like a drum. Yao Zhen quickly supported him: Marshal, whats wrong?

Its all right, just hungry, Gu Yun said with a slight self-mockery, laughing at him. To tell you the truth, right now if you were to bring me a pancake as big as a cart pulled by a donkey, I could still swallow it whole.

Yao Zhen frowned. Gu Yun must not be able to see his own face now. They all described young people as overflowing with vigor. A persons spirit was all on their face. Whether they were healthy or not, one could tell by looking at their cheeks and lips.

Yao Zhen said, Marshal should come to my place today. My wife has no other hobbies, she only loves cooking. Let me ask her to prepare some porridge and vegetable dishes for you. There is no luxurious delicacy, but home-cooked meals that are hot and delicious, we dont lack any.

If Gu Yun heard this before, he would have instantly followed along for a free meal, but he did not know what problems he had recently the more tired he was, the more he could not eat, only wanting to find a place to fall asleep. He replied, Thank you. How about another day, its already very late now, Its not appropriate to trouble Madam.

It was not convenient for Yao Zhen to persuade more, he accompanied Gu Yun all the way back to the tent, not feeling reassured. In the end, he said: Preserving the green hill, there will be no fear of lacking firewood. Marshal should take care of yourself more.

Enough to pass the winter, dont worry. Gu Yun waved his hand, raised his head and moved his stiff neck. Suddenly, he caught sight of the river of stars in the sky flowing like satin. He said with emotion, I remember that year, although Brother Chong Ze was brilliant, you were not ambitious, not wanting to take credit for even such great merit as settling the uprising of Wei Wang. You preferred to live a stable life in this one acre of your own house but now you have also been pushed to this point, fate truly toyed with people.

Yao Zhen said with a bitter laugh: There are too many factions fighting among each other in the court. I am only a scholar with no power and influence. Why should I follow along with them to add more fuel to the chaos? How much benefit can there be from plotting and calculating? Its better to stay in this place far away from the Emperor, where the entire family of young and old and all around, not having to worry about food and drink, even my words are worth something in the local area, Is it not good luck?

Yao Chong Ze was too smart, he was even more excellent in pursuing profits and avoid disadvantages. As early as when Wei Wang rebelled, he had soon recognized the declining path hiding behind the false pretense of prosperity of the Great Liang Dynasty, he was not willing to sell his life for the ruined court, only carrying with him an official position that was neither big or small, waiting to die with a belly full.

Unfortunately, at present, there were no whole eggs under an overturned nest, he could no longer hide his talents.

Gu Yun refused to let it go and asked, What about after the war ended?

Yao Zhen answered with vigor, If the country is peaceful then, there will no longer be any place where I can be of use. If the court is still engulfed in thick miasma like this, why should I add more to it? Marshal Gu holds the Black Tiger emblem in your hand, is it truly happier than that year when you were young, returning victorious from the South, enjoying flower wine* with us idlers?

*drinking in the company of prostitutes.

Gu Yun: …

Yao Zhen seemed to have recalled something and laughed: I still remember clearly even now, when Marshal Gu was drunk, you have stepped on a thin railing with one foot, swaying, holding an embroidered sword used for dancing to carve embroidery letters on the fallen petals in the air, making the beauties blush, even now it remained a grand story…

Gu Yun was so embarrassed that he almost knotted his tongue: Back then I was a child, not understanding anything. This nonsensical matter, please dont… dont bring it up again in the future.

Yao Zhen smiled unconsciously, then looked towards the South and said, One day when Jiangnan is recovered, I will be the host, inviting the general to get drunk in the spring breeze. You must come.

Gu Yun thought, I dare not. Having one person like that in the family is already enough.

However, it was inconvenient to confess such embarrassing words in the face of an old friend, Gu Yun can only show an unfathomable smile.

In the middle of the night, when the two of them were not embarrassed to talk about entertainment, Ge Chen suddenly ran over with a pale face, holding a piece of sea grain paper in his hand: Marquis, its not good, Yang Rong Gui is going to rebel!

This letter came from the false Yan Wang. Fearing that the wooden bird would be caught by the bad guys, he did not dare to mention the matter of real and false Yan Wang, nor to reveal that this letter of only a few words was to be sent to Jiangbei Camp, he was only seeking for help. Saying that they have temporarily stabilized the traitors, but did not know what Yang Rong Gui would do to them next.

Gu Yun and Yao Zhen were both stunned at the same time. Gu Yun did indeed assume that when Yang Rong Gui could not bribe the imperial envoys, he would resort to this method. But he had been in charge of the Black Iron camp for a long time, he somewhat did not take these local forces into account. He thought that twenty personal guards were enough to sweep the Yangzhou Capital. Chang Geng was not the type to overdo things.

Gu Yun raised his hand and took Ge Chens paper, only seeing that the handwriting on it was not Chang Gengs, appearing to have been written in a hurry, but above it all, the content caused one to be more frightened the more they read, especially at the end: the Emperor was assassinated, it was unsure whether he is dead or alive.

Gu Yuns thoughts turned quickly, instantly breaking in a cold sweat. Holding Yan Wang in the South and assassinating the Emperor in the capital. This was not impossible to achieve if there was enough thorough calculation, as long as one had the guts to do it.

If Lin Yuan Pavilion had not been secretly involved, there were still Lin Yuan wooden birds that could still fly out. At present, Yangzhou City was isolated, all news was basically blocked. Yang Rong Gui could make his underling forcibly escort Yan Wang to the north, it would not even disturb Jiangbei Camp.

Whats more, once Li Feng had died and the throne was vacant, it would be worth considering.

Yao Zhen: Marshal?

Go back to General Zhong, tell him to lend me some Eagle Armors, I will return them when Im done. Hurry. Gu Yun already forgot his exhaustion from just now. He quickly said, Xiao Ge stays here and tries to contact the capital to see what is going on. Ill take people to Yangzhou.

The false Yan Wang and Xu Ling were packed up by Yang Rong Gui at this time, invited to get on their boat and left Yangzhou Prefecture with their army, moving to the north to force the Emperor to abdicate.

Their travel was very secretive. From the great epidemic in Jiangnan that did not cause any rumors, it was clear how much control Yang Rong Gui and his traitorous party had over the posts along the canal.

In the evening, at a post stop, Yan Wang and Xu Ling must stay in the same room. The bodyguards beside them had already been taken care of. The outside was filled with Yang Rong Guis eyes and ears, they could not escape even if they grow wings.

It was not until the middle of the night that Yan Wang looked out of the window. When he saw the guards had loosened a little, he touched his face and lowered his voice to Xu Ling and said, If I knew it was such a difficult job. I might as well stay at the barbarians. This time, Yan Wangowes me a lot of favor we dont even know if the wooden bird could arrive at Ge Ban Xiaos hands, we also involved the young master like this. If your father knows, he must be very worried.

Xu Ling was about to reply when suddenly, his face turned solemn. Somehow, a few guards at the back door all fell down. With absolutely no sound, a dark shadow flies in.

All the weapons for self-defense on Xu Lings body had soon been confiscated, he grabbed a porcelain cup on the table and threw it out with a strong force. The visitor gently tilted his face, avoiding this weapon by a hair, then reached out and rolled the porcelain cup into his sleeve then crept in silently from the back window. His body was incredibly agile, even after this string of actions, the windchime had not made a single sound.

When the visitor landed, he pulled off his face mask and gestured, Its me.

It was Gu Yun.

Xu Ling had never met Gu Yun before, he was stunned, only Yan Wang took in a breath of cool air, joy showing on his face.

Gu Yun actually thought something was amiss. The cup Xu Ling had thrown carried too much power, but right now there was no time to think about it. He carefully looked outside, frowned, and quickly signed, How did it come to this? Where are the personal guards?

Before the sign language was finished, Yan Wang had rushed towards him like a swallow returning to the woods, with beautiful steps that inspired praises in others.

Gu Yun had a sharp nose unknowing to outsiders. Within three feet of a persons body, he could detect if there was something wrong by scent. Instead of the perennial soothing fragrance, the Yan Wang in front of him did not have the years-long scent of tranquilizer but an imperceptible smell of makeup powder. Gu Yun suddenly stepped backward and grasped the throat of Yan Wang: Who are you?

Yan Wang did not expect to already reveal himself as soon as they came face to face. Frustrated with his immense failure, he fluttered his hands and feet and signaled with his lips: Uncle Shiliu, its me.

The only people who called Gu Yun Uncle Shiliu were the two children Ge Chen and Cao Chunhua brought back with Chang Geng from Yanhui town, although after growing up, they no longer referred to him as such.

Gu Yun loosened his hand and said in astonishment, Xiao Cao?

On this side, they secretly joined hands with each other, there was no information regarding the whereabouts of the true Yan Wang. At the same time, on the third day of July, a secret letter from Yangzhou City passed through the Ninth Gate of the Imperial City and arrived at Lu Changs hand.

After reading, Lu Chang could not hold back his joyous laughter, gathering with trusted people to discuss secret matters while sending an invite for Lord Fang Qin.

The Fang and Lu Manors were not far apart. The family servant soon returned, My lord, Fang family said that Master Fang had contracted a severe illness recently. He had a rash all over his body and a high fever. He is about to move to a house in the outskirts of the capital, it is inconvenient for him to receive any guests. Your servant saw that their courtyard had prepared carriages, their bedsheets and clothing were being burned in the backyard.

Lu Chang asked, Does Master Fang have any words for me?

Yes, the family servant responded respectfully, Master Fang asked me to give you the best of wishes, achieving your desired success.

Lu Chang sneered, waved for him to retreat and turned into the study. Fang Qin this old fox, he has many vile ideas in his mind, all mighty when instructing the people around him, like drawing the rivers and mountains. As soon as something happened, he reverts to his usual habit and shrinks back his neck like a turtle. In this life, he only has the ability of a Dog Head Army Master. Never mind him, now our grand plan was already accomplished more than half. Everything is ready, the only thing left is the East Wind.

The rash-covered Dog Head Army Master that Lu Chang mentioned just burned his clothes and quilts, going to the northern suburbs on a small and very ordinary palanquin. Shen Yi who also snuck out in secret much like him happened to be in the Northern Camp. When hearing Master Fang, the one who no one knew which side he had placed his precious buttocks on, was coming to visit, he was in shock.

The new commander of the Northern Camp was one of Tan Hong Feis deputy generals. Knowing that this was not a trivial matter, he immediately whispered advice, General Shen, please avoid it for the time being. Let me meet this man.

That day, Fang Qin stayed at the Northern Camp for more than an hour. No one knew what he had said. Only until it was dark that he silently left on his small palanquin.

At the end of July, Long An Emperors birthday was just around the corner.

Since Li Feng ascended the throne, he had never thrown a large banquet for his birthday, the Empress Dowager died early in the palace, and after the death of the former emperor, he no longer has any elders left to take care of this.

However, this years birthday, Li Feng finally had some movement.

The Qi Yuan Tower that collapsed during the war was rebuilt in its original location. Li Feng believed that the appearance of the Picking Star Platform was too ominous and the wasteful luxury of Yunmeng Grand View affected heavens goodwill. Thus he ordered a restructuring to transform Qi Yuan Tower into Qi Ming Altar, abolishing the original function of eating, drinking, and entertainment and turning it into a righteous altar for praying to the heaven. The Supervisor had also been moved in.

No one knew whether Emperor Long An had nothing else to do or was persuaded by the bad guys, he decided to go to the newly built Qi Ming Altar to worship the heavens and ancestors, confessing all his sins to celebrate his birthday.

…Speaking of it, Li Fengs underlings consisted of only corrupt officials and ministers devoting themselves to gnawing at his society and eating away at his nation. He himself was fated for a life of hardship with no one loving him, there was no one to even make him a bowl of noodles on his birthday, even having to put all his mistakes in governing on display for everyone in the world to see.

This sorrowful and depressing, but aside from the group of white beard rotten worms in the court, there was no one behind that would praise him it truly was a human tragedy.

When the Emperor left the palace, all officials would naturally accompany him. The imperial army opened its way and marched to the Qi Ming Altar. The imperial sensory was awaiting, dressed in proper costumes, the sounds of the bells ringing all over the city.

There were 1000 stone steps leading to the top of the Qi Ming altar, and a narrow path in the middle was the Imperial Road, only for the Son of Heaven to walk on. On both sides was the Royal Road accompanied by the officials, which only led to 500 steps and stopped halfway to the altar.

Emperor Long An picked up his feet from the Royal Road, the lower ranks of the hundred civil and military officials saw him off from below. Accompanying him to the top were two ministers, one martial and one civil. But both Gu Yun and Yan Wang were not in the capital at this time, the accompanying passengers had to be replaced by Jiang Chong of the Grand Council and Shen Yi, the Southwest Governor, who happened to be in the capital.

Li Feng was always busy, neglected horse riding and shooting, wearing the overwhelmingly heavy Emperors attire, it was quite difficult to climb those 1000 steps. As he walked along, his mind was suddenly in a daze, remembering something from his childhood.

It was Gu Yuns first time going along with the Old Marquiss faction to the South to eliminate bandits and returned victorious. Li Feng followed the former emperor as a Crown Prince and welcomed the army back to the court.

Li Feng remembered the young generals vigor when he left, his face bearing a somewhat arrogant childishness. When he returned from the battlefield, his whole appearance seemed to have aged up to ten years. The facial features had not been sharpened by the years, but the eyes that seemed to be in a daze due to being unable to see well had begun to sink down, resembling a true Wind Slasher, looming faintly with an awe-inspiring aura.

He dismounted from his horse, shouting Long live the Emperor! together with all the officers and generals. The armor on his body was shining like fish scales in the sunshine. Li Feng seldom got to accompany the former emperor outside the palace. He looked at Gu Yun in armor with admiration. Taking advantage of when the commander of the army at that time was conversing with the Emperor, Gu Yun suddenly raised his head, winking towards the Crown Prince who had not yet reached the age of twenty, smiling at each other as they exchanged a look.

Now, Li Feng was on the Qi Ming Altar, remembering this old event from the past, his lips could not help but lift in a smile. He came back to his senses, looked back and saw countless people kneeling down below the stone steps. There were only heads wherever he looked, the two accompanying him were also well-behaved, nobody dared to raise their heads to offend him…

Perhaps there no longer existed in this world the young man who would wink at him. Li Fengs heart suddenly gave birth to the loneliness of a ruler at the top.

The Imperial Astronomical Bureau was ready for the ritual of worshipping the heavens. He was clearing his throat to open his mouth. Suddenly, there was a disturbance under the altar.

Li Feng wanted to display his own sins, but also wanted to make a name for himself as diligent and caring for the people. On this day, the capital did not completely enforce martial law, only used the imperial army to separate the people on both sides of the road. There were countless people who came to join in on the fun. As soon as a commotion broke out, something happened.

A group of masked men suddenly rushed out of the crowds of spectating people, their movement like the wind, tearing a hole in the defense line of the imperial army in the blink of an eye and rushed straight to the prayer altar.

Be careful!

Its the Dong Ying people!

Hundreds of officials were in disorder. Liu Chong Shan, the commander of the imperial army, shouted Protect the Emperor! and rushed directly to the Imperial Road of the altar in a hurry. He knelt down beside Li Feng and said quickly, Your Majesty, this place is dangerous. I will escort you away at once.

Li Feng could not breathe from anger, kicking Liu Chong Shans shoulder: Incompetent!

Liu Chong Shan suddenly raised his head and his eyes glinted with murderous intent. Several of the imperial guards following Liu Chong Shan all drew their swords at the same time. Li Feng was shocked, suddenly coming to a realization there were no assassins in the first place. It was basically a rebellion. This tactic was similar to that of the former Emperor at that time, letting the barbarian consort harm the Black Iron Camp!

Li Feng was both startled and enraged, pointed at Liu Chong Shan and said, How courageous! You would dare!

Liu Chong Shan, with a low laugh, stood up and swept the dust off his shoulders and approached Li Feng. Your Majesty, for your sake, youll have to be escorted out of this chaotic place.

It was actually a false Dragon Robe good enough to replace the real thing!

Yang Rong Gui was taller than most, a talented person, and a renowned young master in his younger years. Now he was a little older, growing a moustache, appearing even more mature and steady. He was excellent in treating others, his way of speaking was not shallow either, it was far different from the despicable appearance in Xu Lings imagination.

But at this time, he had not even had the chance to meet with Yang Rong Gui the people he met was a pair of false envoys.

Yang Rong Guis heart was deep and unpredictable, his thoughts were seldom exposed. But the Governor of Yangzhou Zheng Kun, who had always been serving him, was able to see through it. After sending off Yan Wang and his party, Yang Rong Gui stroked his moustache quietly. Although there was no joy on his face, Zheng Kun knew that he was in a good mood. He came forward and said a few flattering words, It seems that Master Yang and Yan Wang get along very well?

The hidden meaning was: it seemed that Yan Wang also knew the depth of the world of officials. He had no intention to pursue this to the end, only wanting to use this matter to gather power for himself.

Yang Rong Gui laughed and said, His Royal Highness Yan Wang is a talented young man. If he were to be refined a little more, he will have great potential for the future. Deputy inspector Xu is a righteous man, a true pure official rarely seen. But I was thinking the Marquis of Order was accompanying them. I didnt realize that the Marquis was so eager about military affairs, crossed the gate of Yangzhou Prefecture but did not enter, going directly to Jiangbei Camp, not being able to meet with Great Liangs God of War for at least once. It was quite regretful.

Zheng Kun had followed him for a long time. If discussing the matter of being smart flatterer, he was incomparable, immediately assumed he had understood Governor Yangs meaning: Yan Wang was young and inexperienced, although his ambition was not at all small, he had already shown his true intent in a few words he was easy to deal with. That surname Xu was a wooden stick, reading books to the point of being delirious, there was no need to be concerned about him. And the best thing of all, he did not know whether it was a martial officer not interfering with internal affairs to avoid suspicion, or it was a deliberate move by Yan Wang, shooing the troublesome Marquis of Order far away, letting them carry things out with all their power.

Yang Rong Gui and Zheng Kun looked at each other and smiled. Yang Rong Gui said, This time, a peasants nonsense gossip has been spread to the capital, it is reasonable Yan Wang must investigate a bit. Go tell the servants to prepare well, we walk straight and stand upright, we do not fear any investigation.

Zheng Kun smiled with understanding and said, Yes, Master rest assured.

Sending away the joyful Zheng Kun, only now did Yang Rong Gui retract the very faint hint of joy on his face. All that was left was calculating coldness.

He knew that Yan Wang would not be easy to send away, but he did not expect it to be this difficult. If it was not for Officer Lus warning in advance, he would perhaps truly be tricked by him. That Yan Wang who had overturned clouds and rains in the court, what kind of incredible tactics did he possess? How could he be an ignorant young man?

The grand plan they calculated had been tight-knit in secrecy all these time, even Zheng Kun had no knowledge of it. If the storm was raging and swords were drawn as soon as Yan Wang arrived, they could react according to the situation, it would have been easy. But he was being this careful…the grand scheme of things would not be good.

That matter must be done as soon as possible.

When Yang Rong Gui and his colleagues took the Inspector and Deputy imperial envoy to visit their refugee house with very few residents in the suburbs, Chang Geng and Xu Ling were exploring the situation of the refugees everywhere in disguise. What puzzled Xu Ling the most was that his Royal Highness Yan Wang with his noble status would mingle in the city like a fish in water, chatting with small merchants and people from all walks of life in the pugilist world. With the false Yan Wang at the front covering those peoples eyes and ears, no one would pay attention to them. It had not been a few days, but Xu Ling had made several friends close enough to come to their houses for free meals.

Finally, the things they wanted to inquire about were beginning to catch on.

You mean, there used to be many refugee houses outside the city, but now no one knows where they had disappeared to? Your High -… Shopkeep, be careful! Xu Ling was talking to the inn manager while staring at Yan Wang beside him with trepidation.

They were inside a small pub in the outskirts of Yangzhou. The owner was a retired bodyguard*, surnamed Sun, with an intimidating face and fierce temperament. Any guests that annoyed him even slightly would be kicked out. Luckily, this man was excellent at brewing wine, combined with many visitors from the pugilist world, he was able to continue his business that was on the verge of closing down.

*Bodyguard here was referring to a job from ancient time, their duty is to escort and transport goods from one place to another safely. Like a shipping service.

No one knew how, but Boss Sun was getting along with Yan Wang. The inn had already closed as of this moment. Yan Wang was in a good mood, carving a plaque for him on the spot. He was personally stepping on the bench to hang it on the door, the bench was missing one leg, shaking on its own even with no one touching.

Boss Sun laughed aloud and said, Your shopkeep is very well trained. No need for you to worry your pretty little head. What are you asking about the refugees for? Nowadays, with the foreign dogs occupying Jiangnan, there are many people drifting everywhere. It isnt worth much even if they lay dead all over.

Xu Ling said, I heard that there are a hundred thousand refugees in Jiangbei. Our host asked us to come and explore the canal coast. We wanted to accommodate these refugees by building factories and took them in as workers. Traveling all the way here only to find so little people, where else are we supposed to find workers?

Boss Sun had drunk half a kilo of yellow wine, his face was red and his eyes were fluttering. He looked at Xu Ling drunkenly and grinned, showing his yellow teeth and said, What, want to dig for information from me?

Xu Ling: …

Chang Geng took the hammer and nailed the sign into the entrance of the pub. He leaped down, smiling and shaking his head. The three-legged bench remained motionless from beginning to end. Master Xu grew up reading books, not knowing about the outside world, afterwards, he entered the court to be an official. He had always been inside the capital, how could he know how to deal with these hardened and experienced men in the pugilist world?

Boss Sun looked at Chang Geng and slurred his words, White dragon in fish clothing, the shopkeeper is not simple.

Xu Ling was breaking into a cold sweat due to fright for a moment, but Chang Geng took the bottle handed over by Boss Sun without a care and drank half of it, What is all these talks about white dragon or black dragon, some people are bound to run into ghosts if they walked too much at night. I am that ghost.

Boss Sun looked at Chang Geng in a meaningful way for a long time then laughed, Why did the Imperial Officer find me?

Chang Geng had his cover tesr down by someone else, yet his face remained unchanged. Nothing, just thought that Boss Suns small pub business is too good. There are only three or two tables of guests every day, but batches of drinks, vegetables and rice were delivered one after another. Can you finish eating them all?

Boss Sun looked up at him. The drunkenness on his face all but vanished, his eyes shone with malicious intent. Xu Ling was sharp, noticing a fierce-looking short knife hidden under his robe.

Xu Ling suddenly stood up and said, Your Highness!

The accountant, waiters, and the people originally dozing off in the restaurant all stood up, each with sharp and bright eyes, their waist seemed to have weapons, all were martial artists.

The two guards of the Black Iron Camp blocked the door one left one right, Xu Ling unconsciously tightened his hand around a sword he kept for self-defense.

Chang Geng put the bottle gently on the table, making a clicking sound: On the way here, I was thinking, where could one hide this many refugees? The worst case scenario is that Yang Rong Gui has gone completely mad that he gathered all the refugees together under the name of the epidemic and killed them all in a pit.

Boss Sun grinned fiercely and said, Your Highness Yan Wang truly understand the minds of the dog officers under your command, worthy of being the leader of all dog officers.

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The leader of all dog officers is my elder brother, not me, Chang Geng said lightly, but even if Yang Rong Gui was any more insane, if he really forcibly expels and kills the refugees, there will soon be rebels everywhere already. It is impossible not to alarm the garrison of Jiangbei nearby.

Boss Sun gave him a cold look: Yang Rong Gui declared that the villages to settle the refugees had been built. They run along with the hill. He wanted to take the refugees there to open up the wasteland, started farming and settling down slowly, then send people to register and issue a number plate to each refugee and distributed them to different villages by the plate. How to distribute land and collect rents were stated clearly. They also allowed a group of refugees to choose their own leader. If you dont want to go, from now on, you can do as you please on your own, there will be no more porridge to receive outside Yangzhou City sick people will be separated from each other and isolated to another area. Doctors will provide the medicine, every doctor of Yangzhou City will be there that day.

If someone were to come from the pugilist world, more or less involved with some factions, whether it be legal or illegal, there would always be a place for them to go to. Most of those who became refugees were honest and poor people. Their lifelong wish was to have peace, a roof over their heads and food on the table. As long as they could live, that their lives could be improved for the better everyday and have hope for the future, they would never cause trouble.

If Yang Rong Gui said he had build a better shelters on the other side, there would undoubtedly be skepticism from the people. But Yang Rong Gui had explained that they need to cultivate the wasteland and farm by themselves, even assigning the rules beforehand it definitely sounded a lot more certain. Even if the rent might be higher than the land owner that year, in this precarious situation, it was enough for people to take charge of themselves and follow after him on this path.

Xu Ling was very doubtful as he heard this, he had always assumed Yang Rong Gui was the idling type, eating salary, due to his underling causing an epidemic, he had deceived the higher ups in order to push away the responsibility. Who would have expected that he was quite organized? If he had done so earlier, how would there be so many refugees in Jiangbei?

Xu Ling said, It is a good idea to open up the wasteland. Since Governor Yang had managed those refugees well, why did he hide the report of the epidemic?

Boss Sun said with sarcasm, his voice filled with sorrowful coldness, The officer received the rulers salary, you truly are carefree and naive, not knowing where the money came from.

Xu Ling was stunned for a while and suddenly responded, You mean Yang Rong Gui took the money that the court sent down for the epidemic to settle the refugees!

Xu Ling regretted this remark immediately, what he had just said was simply too bizarre. Sure enough, the next moment, Yan Wang and Boss Sun laughed at the same time. Xu Ling blushed and rushed to find a way to mend it: I just didnt think that Yang Rong Gui had the courage to go this far. The area across the river had been taken by the enemy, it was also right next to the Jiangbei Camp. How could he dare…

Jiangbei Camp cant be mobilized freely, Chang Geng muttered. Once the enemy forces have any abnormal changes, nobody can bear the responsibility. If Yang Rong Gui wants to hide it, Old Zhong would not have the type of vision that could know of the situation on this side.

Boss Sun gave a sneer, disagreeing with his explanation.

As long as he can control the North station, he can cover the sky with one hand. Chang Geng turned to Boss Sun and said, Since Brother Sun knows everything so clearly, you must have helped in taking in many of the refugees. My guess is that there are many fishermen in Liangjiang, behind them there is the Sha Hai Group running rampage on both sea and land, I wonder which side does Boss Sun belongs to?

Xu Ling on the other side did not recognize it at first, but felt that the words Sha Hai Group were very familiar. Suddenly, as he saw Boss Sun turn his head and smile, revealing a horrifying scar from a sword wound from his ear to his jaw. He suddenly remembered that the Sha Hai Group was the force that spread all over from Jiangnan to Fujian they were a major bandit group!

Boss Sun was not a bodyguard, but a bandit! The restaurant was not a Xinghua Village, but a place selling steam bun of human flesh filling*!

*A reference to Sun Erniang, a fictional character in Water Margin , one of the Four Great Classical Novels in Chinese Literature.

Xu Ling instantly turned tense, trying to cover for Yan Wang behind him with the power of a scholar who had no strength to tie a chicken, You… You are…

Chang Geng put his hands together: The dog killers could still be the ones who uphold righteousness*, there still exist one with many sentiments in the green woods, I have been disrespectful.

*From a couplet by famous Ming Dynasty poet, Cao Xuequan

Boss Suns eyes swept a few Black Iron Camp guards behind him and straightforwardly said, Yan Wang doesnt have to be so over courteous either. This time you all come openly for a visit, secretly exploring for information, at the end of the day, you only want to know how greedy Yang Rong Gui is, where the refugees that have been harmed by him went to, and whether there is a real epidemic. I might as well tell you directly those people that have been taken to other areas in order to be saved, as soon as the patients arrived, on the first day, each of them received a bowl of medicine to drink. At the end of that same day, at night, there was a big fire that broke out. None of the people inside were able to flee, their bodies and evidences have all been erased. The others had been detained in batches in the so-called mountain village or had joined the gang with us brothers.

Chang Gengs face remained unchanged, he said, If we didnt come, Im afraid the riot will happen sooner or later.

Boss Sun sneered: The Officials forced the hands of the people, but then again, when Yang Rong Gui killed the refugees, Jiangbei Camp did not catch wind of it at all. If the refugees rebelled, Jiangbei Camp would surely move immediately, regardless of whether they could not fight corrupt officials or foreigners, they would still be more than enough to defeat us ordinary people. Yeah, all roads are facing the sky, but none of them is the road to survival.

Xu Ling had seen the reorganization of Jiangbei Camp and witnessed the battlefield along both sides of Jiangnan. As he was about to refute, Chang Geng first raised his hand to stop him.

Chang Geng: If there is really no way to survive, why should Brother Sun wait here for us?

Boss Sun: I am respectfully waiting here, because I only wanted to see if the imperial officials in the court would truly be worth anything or not. If you are the type who only sit above others, rats and snakes in the same den, then even if we must face the gunfire of the Jiangbei Camp, we would still willing to bet our lives and battle to the end! I just dont know if you would dare to come I can not bring a wolf inside our home. If you wish to investigate, you can take this pretty boy and follow me, leaving all the dogs that follow you behind.

Xu Ling: Your Highness, you must not!

Chang Geng laughed and said, I cannot ask for more, please.

Boss Sun puts his hands together: This way.

After he finished, he took the lead in stepping out. He suddenly turn back and look at the plaque carved by His Highness Yan Wang for the pub where the human meat steamed buns were sold. The old bandits face finally moved, on it was carved simply the four words Thousand Years of Justice.

If someone saw the Yan Wang in the manor of the Governor of Liangjiang at this time, they would certainly be startled.

The Yan Wang that was graceful in front of others, as soon as the door was closed, instantly became a blockhead showing off his appearance. It was none other than Cao Chun Hua and his extraordinary disguise.

Governor Yang treated them quite well. The room was graceful and luxurious. There were several small objects burning Ziliujin and a Western mirror in the interior as tall as a person, the entire body can be seen while standing in front of it. Only then did Yan Wang, who just now stood outside like a pine tree, twisted his hip and swayed in, twisting his long legs into a strand. Standing at the Western Mirror, he looked left and right, winking, raising his eyebrows for about a moment and holding his face, seeming to not have enough no matter how long he looked.

Xu Ling at the side resembled a wooden man, and lowering his eyes, there was no telling whether he had truly became wooden or not, he did not look at the other man.

Yan Wang sighed and complimented incessantly, Theres no need to mention anything else, just my big brothers face alone, I cannot have enough no matter how much I touch.

Xu Ling sneered, Go touch the real thing if you have the courage.

I am the real thing, said Yan Wang, nodding in satisfaction and raising his chin. Good enough to replace the real thing. Why did he not allow me perfect it? Since the Marquis also came along, let me mold one out as well. Why did he have to go straight to Jiangbei under the excuse of avoiding suspicion?

Xu Ling said, Not letting you mold it was for your own good, for fear that you might profane Marshal Gus face, at that point you will be chopped alive by the Black Iron camp.

Yan Wang glared and no longer paid him any mind, concentrating on admiring his masterpiece of a face in the mirror. Suddenly, an attendant came and said, Your Highness, Master Xu, Governor Yang wish to see you for an important matter, he is waiting outside.

Yan Wang and Xu Ling looked at each other. Yan Wang said in a hushed tone, We already finished our act, the guests and hosts had also enjoyed the time spent together. The next step should be to pull us on their boat with bribes, right? There must be boxes of gold and silver and beauties waiting outside. Female beauties are whatever, but can the male beauties stay? Our elder brother told us to keep the physical evidence well, but he didnt say what to do if there are human evidence.

Xu Ling looked back at Yan Wangs incredibly handsome face with deep facial features, accompanied by the words Male Beauties spoken with drools, giving him a stomach ache, but before he could make a sarcastic remark, there was a sudden rush of footsteps outside. The guards in the courtyard shouted for them to stop, but the visitors rushed in regardless. A series of sounds of soldiers clashing could be heard.

Xu Lings face changed dramatically, he whispered, Did we show an opening? Or…

The voice was still in the air, the shameless expression of Yan Wang just now suddenly turned grave, appearing much like the real thing.

He stepped forward, pushed open the door, put the hands in his sleeves behind his back and looked down at the people who had broken into their place in full armor and weapons, with Yang Rong Gui as the leader.

Governor Yang, what is the meaning of this? Yan Wang asked, and behind him, Xu Ling placed his hand on his waist imperceptibly, ready to rush out and create a path to escape if their identities were to be uncovered.

Who would have expected that at the next moment, Yang Rong Gui, with raging murderous intent, suddenly stepped forward, knelt on the ground and said loudly, Your Highness, this lowly official was worthless and incompetent. The local bandits had rebelled and blocked the communication route from Yangzhou Prefecture to Jiangbei Camp. I was forced to gather up all the guards and soldiers from the nearby cities, we pledge to protect Your Highness with our lives! The situation is critical. Please make preparations for transportation.

Yan Wang looked back at Xu Ling, Xu Ling made a movement of shaking his head that was hard to detect, he had not yet known what play Yang Rong Gui was putting on here, Yan Wang had to temporarily respond, I already know of this. Governor Yang stand up…

Yang Rong Gui, however, turned a deaf ear to him and continued to say aloud, There is still one more matter, the cutrent Emperor is dim and incompetent, the land of the ancestors is on a declining path, with frequent internal and external troubles. On the outside, there are preying foreigners, on the inside, there are rebel mobs of commoners, but the soldiers everywhere lack a leader. This Yang is willing to take the risk of bearing this grave sin and imitate his predecessors supporting Your Highness to become the Emperor!

As he finished, the ranks behind him split in two. Four people came out carrying a set of clothing on their shoulders. Yan Wangs eyes almost came out of their sockets. It was actually a false Dragon Robe good enough to replace the real thing!

Yang Rong Gui: I have dedicated my all to Great Liang. As the country is in danger, I did not hide any property for myself, selling my own home in order to give to the country. A little of my family wealth, together with my wifes dowry, they have all been handed over to the court in exchange for Feng Huo tickets, but I was still under that incompetent Emperors suspicion. It truly is an injustice for thousands of years. If a true wise ruler descends on earth, I vow to assist him with my own life!

These words echoing pridefully, seeming to straightforwardly express himself, but in fact, it contained three layers of coercion and threats:

Firstly I am corrupt and had committed illegal deeds. All of them were because I was forced to by your Feng Huo tickets. I am guilty, Yan Wang you are the who started it all.

Secondly there may be a bandit riot, there may be not, but if I say they are rioting, then they are rioting.

Thirdly don the royal robe on your body, or die in the uprising of the refugees, Your Highness can make your choice!

When coming here, the real Yan Wang only told them to delay as much as possible with this traitor surnamed Yang. He did not tell them that there would be such a thing!

A pair of counterfeit chief and deputy inspector were stunned in place by fear for a moment.

After a long while later, Xu Ling took a deep breath and shouted, Governor Yang, are you out of your mind rebelling like this. The Marquis of Order is still in Jiangbei Camp. You think that tens of thousands of elite soldiers of Great Liang are dead men?

Yang Rong Gui smiled and said with profound implication, Master Xu had said too much, how could an underling dare to entertain the idea of rebellion? But the Emperor had already been killed by a Dong Ying assassin. At present, the country is in danger, the Prince is still young, us subjects have to make such a decision, inviting Your Highness to ascend the throne.

Notes:

*More about Sun Erniang, in Water Margin, she and an accomplice operated a tavern and targeted travellers, making them unconscious then robbing and killing them, and sometimes used their flesh to make fillings for steamed bun which they then serve to other unsuspecting customers. The Sun in her name is the same with Boss Sun.

Volume 4 Chapter 90

Hi, were back! Just a little note, we made a mistake with General Zhongs name… its Chan and not Xian, sorry for overlooking this OTL corrected name will now be reflected on past and upcoming chapters.

Even if one day he truly lost control, I can handle it. Tens of thousands of the Black Iron Camp soldiers are still guarding the national gate in the northwest, they will not let him run amok.

There was a heavy rain pouring down, but Liangjiang was unlike the north, instead of the clear sky washed by the rain, it became more and more humid.

Jiangbei Garrison was at first a true miscellaneous army. After more than a year under General Zhongs hands, it had started to take shape. If the enemy camp Gu Yun broke into also possessed the same quality, it would probably not be turned over by them so easily.

Gu Yun and Zhong Chan walked their horses side by side. Neither one of them wore armor, and neither thought the other was walking too slow.

For these few years, there was never a day where I could be idle, Gu Yun said. The last time I was able to converse with Teacher, I no longer remember which month and year it was.

When there were no outsiders, the Marquis of Order called him Teacher, Zhong Chan was not being overly courteous either, accepting it with his expression unchanging, he replied, The little Marquis had matured more and more. If the old Marquis is still alive, seeing what you have achieved today, he would perhaps…

Gu Yun continued his words, Beat me to death.

Zhong Chan was stunned, the facial features that appeared to have been carved by a knife showed a little stingy smile: There is no need to look down on yourself as such.

The breeze of the river came from the south, with the vapor in the air, it made one feel damp all around. Gu Yun brushed his untied hair and looked silently towards the south bank, thinking of the barren villages and the white bones he had witnessed himself, the smile on his face gradually turn grave.

Zhong Chan followed his gaze and clapped Gu Yun on the shoulder with his hand. The matter of fate is difficult to say. Not mentioning us mortals, it was impossible for even gods to go against the flow of life. Allow me to say a few disrespectful words as an elder. Looking at the current situation, not mentioning the old Marquis, but even if your grandfather Emperor Wu was alive, it would not necessarily be able to be of help either. We do our best, obey our destiny, and have a clear conscience that is enough.

Gu Yun was stunned. This teacher of his was really familiar with military books, excellent in both civil and military matters. When he was teaching him, he was also truly inhumane. Unexpectedly, during these years traveling the pugilist world, he had become more broad-minded.

Zhong Chan: We are not afraid to fight on land. The main problem is that our Navy is still short of breath. Look at the Westerners, they either walk on sea or approached on the river. They also know this. I have given thoughts on how to fight battles on water these days, but it had not yet been perfected. You are not leaving for now, let us discuss more carefully about it in your free time.

Gu Yun nodded: I know that our Dragons are not good either. This time, we were able to get a Western dragon for ourselves, let Ge Chen bring it back to the capital to see what Ling Shu Institute has in mind.

Zhong Chan sighed, Soldiers can be trained, but equipment and Ziliujin, this old man truly is helpless, I can only rely on you young people to work as hard as possible.

Gu Yuns eyebrows moved, vaguely knowing who General Zhong was about to speak of.

Sure enough, the next moment, Zhong Chan said, When Yan Wang was a teenager, he had spent several years by my side.

Gu Yun: Yes, I know. I have troubled Teacher.

Zhong Chan: Then, do you know that the Lin Yuan emblem is in his hands?

Gu Yun paused for moment, wanting to say I didnt know, but feeling a little guilty, he had to tell the truth: He did not mention it to me, but I do have some guesses… If it werent for Lin Yuan Pavilion, Du God of Wealth and the others would not have supported him as such.

Zhong Chan replied with an Ah, then continued, Yan Wang does not possess the arrogance of youth in his teenage years, he was calm and had self-restraint, he could be a bit stubborn, but is not the type who only know self-pitying. He understood right from wrong, that benevolence and righteousness came first he was much better than you when you were a child.

Gu Yun: …

Zhong Chan glanced at him, squinted his eyes, and showed a little smile that was difficult to catch, fading away as soon as it appeared: But the way I see it, young people that are not a little frivolous, sometimes it is not a good thing. He matured too soon contrary to human nature, it must be due to too much suffering in his childhood the matter of the Barbarian witches, I also heard about it from the Chen familys girl. What are you planning to do?

Gu Yun did not reply quickly but pondered for a moment.

Zhong Chan said, The Bone of Impurity entangling Chang Geng is not his will. Sometimes I think that I am too cautious, doubting him as such, it is not fair to him. If he is just an ordinary person from an ordinary family, no matter what happened, I should not say anything at all. But he is not, what his body was connected with is the country Zi Xi, right now the court had one Yan Wang, pulling one hair will affect the whole body. One cannot leave his side, but cannot rely entirely on him either, do you understand?

Gu Yun probably understood General Zhongs insinuation that he should not let Yan Wang have too much power. When necessary, he should try to suppress him with the force of the military, and retreat when needed.

But Gu Yun did not continue this sentence. He only said, I will take care of him. You can rest assured, Teacher.

Zhong Chan frowned. I know the boy grew up with you when he was young, there is a deep sense of affection, but how long can you look after him? The heir of Chen family in this generation is that girl, she is only at this age, in ten or eight years, you cannot expect to count on her. Would Yan Wangs mind be able to endure that long?

As long as I am alive for a day, I will keep him sober for a day. Gu Yun said. Even if one day he truly lost control, I can handle it. Tens of thousands of the Black Iron Camp soldiers are still guarding the national gate in the northwest, they will not let him run amok.

Zhong Chan was stunned. For a moment, he felt that he had heard the different meanings in Gu Yuns sentences.

While the two were worrying for nothing behind their backs, Chang Geng and Xu Ling had come to Jiangbei District, Yangzhou City, with twenty guards assigned by Gu Yun. It was difficult for them to dress up as refugees, thus they pretended to be businessmen. They only said that they were in charge of a pawnbrokers branch in Lin An Prefecture under Du Wan Quan, forced to move to Jiangbei due to the war with no job to do.

This time, the trading group had requested the Emperor to build factories along the canal to settle the refugees. Although the court had not yet approved it, it seemed that there was a high chance that it would come through, thus they had sent him north to make a preliminary investigation.

The name of the Lin An pawnshop, the age and identity of the shopkeeper coincidentally matched with Chang Geng. Du Wan Quans side had already made the proper arrangements, even if people had the heart to check, they would not be able to find any flaws. The story was seamlessly woven, walking pridefully to Yangzhou.

Either way, Du Wan Qian was now the God of Wealth of the whole country, being brought up deliberately by Chang Geng. A paper from the trading group could go directly to the Grand Council, carrying with them the aura of the imperial merchants. They were of course, much more powerful compared to the local junior officials.

Logically, Du Wan Quans people and the local government officials must at least meet once, even if in reality, Yang Rong Gui of the Lu family did not get along with Du Wan Quan. He still needed to show respect on the outside, thus he had invited Chang Geng to dinner at Fei Ying Pavilion.

Since the invasion of foreigners, the whole country was in turmoil, the festivities and banquets have been greatly reduced. Up to now, the fallen Qi Yuan Tower had not yet been able to be rebuilt. Xu Ling felt that he had not seen such a place that immersed in wealth like this for a long time. Fei Ying Pavilion was well-known in the local area, it was also being referred to as Little Qi Yuan Tower, although it did not possess the same vastness of the star-plucking platform and Yunmeng Grand View, its exquisite luxury was better by a level.

For a long time, the capital city forbade pleasure. This place was far away from the Emperor, no one would pay attention to this rule. The singing voice in Fei Ying Pavilion could be heard from across the street. Coming in and out of the building were all gaudily dressed young men and women.

Xu Lings tongue was in a knot as he watched this, saying to Chang Geng in bewilderment, Your High-… Shopkeep, does your manor have this kind of grand scene?

Chang Geng shook his head and laughed, Not at all, that person in my household had already used the little bit of money to help aid orphans and widows. He does not know what is saving up. I think he would even sell his own ancestral house some day.

Xu Ling was stunned for a moment before he could come to the realization that what he spoke of was not the vacant Yan Wang Palace, but the Marquiss manor help aid orphans and widows, must have been about helping the dead and the injured.

In the past few years before the war, the national treasury was in a difficult situation, the Emperor intentionally reduced military expenditure, the meager bits of supportive funds were becoming less and less, then having to be delayed afterwards at the hands of the Ministry of Revenue and Ministry of War many times.

Those people would stall, would push back and forth at any chance they could, and just like that, there were times where they would be unable to receive the money. The Marquis of Order coming to their door asking for it was one thing, but within a few years, there was a low chance Gu Yun would be able to return to the capital. Things were always out of his reach, it was safe to assume that he would have to use his own personal funds to make up for it.

It was already this neglected in peacetime, now with the war that broke out, the golden words All the goods and materials of the whole country should prioritize garrisons in all parts of the country first from the Emperor had once again excluded them…In a few years, if the lost land could be recovered, the survivors of the whole city would still have to rely on mending clothes to maintain their household.

The more he thought, the more Xu Lings heart became uncertain about how it all felt like.

Chang Geng whispered to him, Im afraid we two poor people will have to show our inexperience later on. It doesnt matter. They want us to show our inexperience, it is our goal to be an embarrassment for their entertainment, I have prepared a humorous play waiting for them to see.

Xu Ling then decided to obey his every word, following every of Yan Wang s directions, he did not have any objections and followed Chang Geng inside with the ambition to clean up society.

The dinner was invited in the name of Yang Rong Gui.

Yang Rong Gui, the brother-in-law of Officer Lu, named Governor of the Liangjiang, sounded very awe inspiring, but in fact, in this special period, his power was not great.

First of all, the entirety of Jiangnan was not under his control. The Jiangbei garrison was independent, and most of Huainan was not in his hands either. The area under his jurisdiction only consisted of a few local places near the Yangzhou Prefecture.

He was promoted by the court in a rush, in order to have a high ranking federal official to settle the refugees, stabilizing the front and back line. If they were able to recover the lost land in the future, depending on Yang Rong Guis contribution, he would surely be able to keep his position as one of the eight governors for times to come.

Unfortunately, like a snake swallowing an elephant, the bottomless heart of humans would never know satisfaction. Yang Rong Gui had been dissatisfied with the present situation of Jiangbei ever since he took office, often getting drunk and complaining repeatedly to his trusted confidants that he was only a governor in name, but in reality, he was simply a local officer.

However, Governor Yangs arrogance was not diminished even with his hands full at the moment. In addition, with the Lu family standing behind him, he was naturally born not getting along with the new officials in the court supported by Du Wan Quan. He would of course, not personally come to meet with several businessmen, only sending a few meager idling officers from Yangzhou to accompany them.

During the dinner, the governor of Yangzhou presented himself respectfully. It had not been long since he sat down and said a few empty words, but before he could finish, a servant came in and said something in his ear. Zheng Kun, the governor of Yangzhou, suddenly changed his expression, standing up and left immediately.

Xu Ling was using the alias Zhang Da Fu. He was born pale, after he drank, the sign would show on his face, making him appear especially simple and honest. He pretended to be a bit drunk and asked, intentionally or unconsciously, Hey, it had only been three rounds of wine, how come Master Zheng already left?

Someone beside him laughed and said, Brother Zhang didnt know. Governor Yang was supposed to come in person, but your timing was off, I heard that that man…

He stretched out his hand in a rather playful manner, gesturing the movement of a bird flapping its wings and whispered, …arrived at Yangzhou just today. Governor Yang already took a group of lords to go welcome him personally.

Xu Ling thought he had misunderstood, he asked in shock, Who?

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Why, dont Brother Zhang know? The person accompanying the guests had drank too much, his tongue also tied in a knot, chattered endlessly, Yan Wang, that is…the blood brother of the Emperor! I really dont want to mention something this trivial. A few days ago, a troublemaker complaint somehow managed to make its way to the capital, but the Emperor truly took it seriously. He actually sent Yan Wang down. This man is a major character, if we did not serve him well, we would have to be beheaded in public.

After saying this, the person shakes his head and add a sentence: We are innocent, a straight body is not afraid of an oblique shadow, let him check all he wants, haha… Its just that Master Yang had to go accompany them all the way. It truly was hard work.

Xu Lings eyes had turned towards Chang Geng at the table before he finished listening.

The real Yan Wang was here. Then who was Yang Rong Gui welcoming?

Yan Wang gave him a gentle laugh. He picked up a crystal clear dumpling and threw it into his mouth, not eating would be a waste.

First they broke into the enemys line, then it was switching people. Although Xu Ling was a scholar, he still knew how to be flexible. Otherwise, he would be frightened to death by Yan Wang.

After an unpleasant meal, Xu Ling sent away several dancers clinging to himself and Yan Wang, then hurried back to the inn, confirming that there were no people on either side, he then closed the door and asked in a low voice, Your Highness, why is there another one…

Chang Geng laughed and said, Governor Yang has so many eyes and ears, he must have known when the Imperial Officer left the capital. If we do not let him meet the envoys at least once, would it not cause him to feel suspicious?

Xu Ling thought for a moment, still not feeling reassured, he said, Yang Rong Gui has seen Your Highness before, what if he were to find out…

Only once or twice, we havent spoken in less than a hundred steps, he is not so familiar with me. This friend of mine knows a few tricks from the pugilist world. I do not know how well he does in dressing up as others, but dressed up as me, it is dependable and reassured. Lets rest in a minute. We have plans for the evening.

When Xu Ling heard this, his guess was that they would investigate the refugee house tonight, his spirit immediately brightened up.

In the middle of the night, the two men quietly left the city with two Black Iron Camp guards and went straight to the suburbs where the refugees were living. The so-called refugee house was actually only a few shacks outside the city to accommodate the refugees. The summer was hot, it would not be cold even if they were to stay in the open air. A group of officers and soldiers guarding the city nearby watched to keep them from making trouble, there were several big pots near the side of the street. It must be where the people usually received their porridge and ration.

In the middle of the night, the refugees house was quiet, the guards of the Black Iron Camp took the lead in sneaking in. Their footsteps were so light that even the stray cat sleeping beneath the tree was not disturbed.

Xu Ling whispered, Your Highness, something isnt right. There are usually signs in places where the epidemic occurs, and medicinal water will be sprinkled on the ground. It shouldnt be so quiet.

Chang Geng remained unchanged: Since Yang Rong Gui knows we are here, he will not be unprepared. Wait and see.

When he finished, the Black Iron Camp guard who had just entered slipped out like a black shadow: Your Highness, there are only thirty people living in this refugee house, mostly young and middle-aged men and women. There is no sign of the outbreak of the epidemic.

There are a hundred thousand refugees in Jiangbei, but only thirty people were in the refugee houses outside Yangzhou City? Xu Ling sneered. Yang Rong Gui truly underestimated people too much. Are the people living inside also good at talking, well fed, dressed warm and carefree? I think most of them are fake refugees that were hired to be here.

The guard asked, What can we do, Your Highness?

Being completely unfamiliar with ones surroundings is not the way, Chang Geng whispered. First try to contact Master Liao Ran and let the brothers make a few turns in the vicinity these two days to see if there are any traces. There is no impervious wall in the world. I dont believe Yang Rong Gui can cover the sky with one hand.

That evening, a fast horse left Yangzhou City and went north towards the capital with a secret letter, informing those ambitious people that Yan Wang had fallen into the trap.

At the same time, the local city defense officers and soldiers in Jiangbei received dispatches order from the governor of Liangjiang overnight. They came in casual clothes and secretly increased their troops to the Yangzhou Prefecture. The whole Yangzhou Prefecture was still singing and dancing, but it already became loose on the inside, tightened on the outside.

The poisonous snakes in the capital were waiting to deliver a killing blow in one move. They were patiently lurking in silence. Except for Old Master Shen suddenly falling to grave illness, it seemed that nothing had happened.

Master Shen was bedridden for several days, many doctors were flowing in and out. Even the doctor of the Chen family came personally. Servants of the Shen manor had gone to the coffin shop several times, as if to prepare for the aftermath. Even if Third Madam was any more shameless, she would not be able to mention the marriage at this moment, the matter of connecting two families had been put aside.

Shen Yi took a leave of absence to take care of his old father, closed the door and did not receive any visitors.

At dusk this day, Miss Chen, who came to Shen manor every day, left by the carriage as usual, without attracting the attention of the people who were watching her secretly. At the quiet courtyard where she had temporarily settled in the capital, the door of the carriage opened, but coming from inside was a string of sound from an instrument and a man it was Shen Yi himself, who should be giving his best in front of the sick bed.

Shen Yi politely put his hands together towards the person inside, Thank you, Miss Chen.

Chen Qing Xu placed her instrument on her knee and said, General, remember to be careful. If there are anything, just give me the orders.

Shen Yi looked at her a little more. He did not know about the matter of Lin Yuan Pavilion, only thinking that this woman did not have any titles, position, or power. However, an ordinary girl from the pugilist world would willingly travel with their army, eating sand and sleeping in the wind, providing assistance in whatever they required. He was immensely grateful inside, speaking with a serious expression, Miss Chen is noble, I truly admire you very much, words are not enough to express my gratitude.

Chen Qing Xu seemed to have smiled a little her smile was not obvious, neither was her anger, hardship and favor in this world, as if there was nothing that would be able to shake her, a string of musical sounds then rung from her fingertips.

Shen Yi did not dare to delay any longer, turning over and left for the northern suburbs.