Overnight, the situation changed suddenly.

Wang Guo, the emperor's brother-in-law who had been favored by two dynasties, was put in jail. Many eunuchs in the palace were implicated with him, and they were brought out for trial one by one. People in the nine-story palace were in a panic. A lot of nonsense was uncovered during the trial. The old case of the Xuantie Camp was also inevitably dug up. When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. The whole court was busy distancing itself from the Wang family, for fear of being implicated if they were involved in the slightest.

The barbarian envoys who maliciously caused trouble were secretly detained, and the Beidaying camp patrolled in shifts and was on high alert.

But even Fang Qin did not expect the final result of this matter——

Prince Yan, whom he regarded as a thorn in his side, actually resigned from his official position, and Emperor Longan approved it!

For the first time in his life, Fang Qin understood what "the world is unpredictable". When he was plotting to deal with Prince Yan, the prince was fine, but he almost got involved. This time, he was completely unintentional and was anxious to cut off his relationship with the prince, so he stood on the side of his political enemy... In the end, he got what he wanted by accident!

No wonder the ancients said, "The mind of the emperor cannot be revealed by gods or ghosts."

It snowed heavily that night, and the plum blossoms in the mansion were covered with a layer of crystal clear frost, which condensed all their colors. They were so beautiful.

The returning carriage stopped at the door. The steam lamp on the gate of the mansion was covered with snow, but it still faithfully cast a small bright light. The iron golem guarding the gate let out a long sigh and turned around with a "creaky" sound. The steam dissipated quietly and the gate of the mansion opened wide.

Gu Yun jumped out of the car, waved to Huo Dan, lifted the car curtain and said, "Give me your hand."

The wound made by Chang Geng with the silver knife looked terrible, but in fact, no broken bones were involved. Even if Chen Qingxu ignored him, with Wuergu's physique, the wound would scab over quickly and he would be fine.

But when facing Gu Yun, he would find trouble even if there was nothing to do.

Chang Geng pretended to hold onto Gu Yun's arm and got out of the car, then he pounced on him like a boneless person, clinging to Gu Yun's shoulders and arms without letting go. His grip was so strong that he couldn't even shake it off. Who knows what kind of injury could make a person's martial arts skills improve so much.

Gu Yun knew that he was pretending, and also knew that he was indeed wronged, so he didn't have the heart to blame him. He just reached out and slapped Chang Geng lightly on the back, then pulled his cloak around to pull him in, and walked in two steps at a time.

The two men walked into the house wrapped in the cold wind, waking up the bird in the small cage hanging on the window.

The bird was in a deep sleep when the cold wind made it shiver violently. It was irritable as if it had just woken up. It cursed, "Asshole, I'm freezing to death... Gah... Gah... Good luck and happiness! May the flowers bloom and the moon be full! May wealth roll in! May all your wishes come true!"

Gu Yun: “…”

He and the divine bird stared at each other for a long time. Finally, the bird raised one of its wings in shame to cover its face, as if it knew that its current servile image was shameful and it was too ashamed to see anyone.

Chang Geng laughed quietly on the side, and General Gu was convinced.

"Your face is red from the cold," Gu Yun touched Chang Geng's chin, "You're so happy that you didn't lose your official position after getting stabbed, huh? Go change your clothes quickly."

"No official position brings relief." Chang Geng laughed meaningfully, turned around and changed into a set of dry clothes, then sat by the window, grabbed the bird and held it in his palm to stroke its feathers. The bird trembled under his touch and was almost scared to death. "Hey, Zixi, if I am really Hu Geer's son, then who is my father?"

Gu Yun: "Don't let your imagination run wild."

Chang Geng smiled nonchalantly and said, "That person is definitely not a barbarian, otherwise he would have gone with her at that time. But he must have a close relationship with the barbarian girl. He may have participated in planning the escape of the barbarian concubine, and then took over the barbarian forces in the capital and the palace... He only showed his true colors when the capital was besieged."

The person he was talking about was Master Lechi, which was the same as Shen Yi's earliest guess.

He was shot to death by his own hands.

Gu Yun commented indifferently: "You mean Japanese? Japanese people can't grow as tall as you, but if you really grow up to be as ugly as that old monk with a crow's mouth in the future, I won't want you anymore."

Chang Geng laughed silently.

Gu Yun: "I'll ask someone to make some ginger soup, don't catch a cold."

Chang Geng jumped up upon hearing this, stuffed the bird back into the cage, and pulled a large black cloth over it, saying maliciously, "You don't have to drink that stuff to keep the cold away. Let me do it!"

At this time, the barbarian Shijie, who had just been interrogated, was taken to a sky prison with three layers inside and three layers outside.

The barbarian envoy who was pushed into the dark place turned his head and happened to meet the eyes of Shen Yi on horseback. That look made Shen Yi's heart tighten.

The barbarian envoy smiled at him strangely and hummed a little tune: "The purest elf, even the sky wind will kiss the hem of her skirt..."

They have lived in the grassland for a long time, and all of them have a loud and distant voice. The man's voice is a little low, echoing in the wind and snow, with a kind of tragic sadness of the end of a wild wolf. The singing is still lingering after the man leaves.

Shen Yi frowned and listened for a moment, sensing a sense of change that came with the passage of time.

Purple flowing gold burned quietly in the golden boxes of several heavy armors patrolling near the sky prison. A little purple halo could be seen from the outside. The steam floated in the ice and snow and dissipated in the blink of an eye. The grassland, Pegasus, primitive swords, spears, halberds, blowguns and lances all faded together and solidified in the dark and heavy back of the heavy armor like an iron puppet.

Shen Yi suddenly had a feeling that an era was coming to an end before his eyes.

However, he only sighed for a short while, and quickly came back to his senses, alert as ever - if Gu Yun's speculation was correct, then there might have been disagreements within the eighteen tribes, and this opportunity must not be missed, as war might break out in the north soon.

Just as Shen Yi was walking around outside the prison and preparing to leave, a white shadow suddenly flashed by not far away, so fast that it made people feel dizzy. If it weren't for Shen Yi's keen intuition honed over the years on the battlefield, he would hardly have noticed it.

Shen Yi made a gesture to the ignorant guards nearby, and took up his Wind Cutting Blade and entered the prison first. He became more and more frightened as he walked. There was not even a footprint on the ground. The empty prison was silent, and the two jailers who were guarding the gate were sitting or standing motionless. Upon closer inspection, they had fainted silently.

Suddenly, a breeze came from behind Shen Yi's head. He instinctively lunged forward, stretched out his hand to draw out the wind-cutting blade on his back, and swung it back - but missed.

There was a slight "ding" sound in his ear, and the wind-cutting blade hit something particularly light. Shen Yi rushed forward without looking back, jumped up to the corner, used his feet to gain leverage on the wall, turned over, and grabbed the corner of the clothes of the intruder. He pulled it down, and the veil on the person's face was unexpectedly pulled off. It was Chen Qingxu.

Shen Yi: “…”

He had almost no idea how he landed on the ground. He opened his mouth stupidly and almost sprained his ankle.

The next moment, hurried footsteps were heard from the side. It was the guards from the North Camp who followed in. Shen Yi came to his senses, shook his head quickly at Chen Qingxu, pushed her into a corner where there was no light, and then put away the Wind-Cutting Blade as if nothing had happened, turned around and walked out.

Guard: "General Shen, what's wrong?"

Shen Yi said calmly: "It's nothing, I was wrong for a moment, that barbarian is treacherous, tell the brothers to be alert."

The guards did not suspect anything and quickly formed several teams, each of which went on patrol elsewhere.

Shen Yi stood there calmly for a moment, took several deep breaths, his heart almost beating out.

After a long while, he quietly wiped the second cold sweat from his hands and turned to where Chen Qingxu was hiding: "Why is Miss Chen here?"

Chen Qingxu came to meet the barbarian envoys. She didn't want to miss any clues about Wuergu. She greeted Chang Geng before coming. Chang Geng wanted her to ask the army for help, but Chen Qingxu thought about it and thought that she didn't intend to rescue the prisoner. She just wanted to sneak into the prison at night and take a look around. It shouldn't be a big problem. The fewer people who know about Wuergu's affairs, the better.

She really didn't expect that she would be arrested, and by someone she knew. She bowed awkwardly and said, "Thank you, General, for showing mercy. I came to the prison to confirm a few things with the barbarian envoys. General Shen, you can take a look at this."

As she spoke, she took out a handwritten letter from Chang Geng, which was stamped with Gu Yun's private seal. This was a backdoor that King Yan opened for her with the help of Gu Yun. Chen Qingxu had no intention of leaving at first, but now she was secretly glad that she had such a thing, otherwise it would be hard to explain.

She had been holding the letter in her bosom, and it still had some residual warmth. Shen Yi's hands were shaking when he took it. He read it as if in a dream. Every word was like a passing cloud, and every ink dot could enter his burnt brain.

Shen Yi was in the same narrow room with Chen Qingxu, and he didn't dare to look up at anyone.

Seeing that he didn't say anything for a while, Chen Qingxu reminded him, "There is Lord Gu's private seal on it."

Shen Yi woke up from his dream: "Ah... Oh, yes, then you should be careful, um... please come in."

Chen Qingxu breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the prison. After a few steps, he found that Shen Yi had not followed him, so he said, "General, if you are worried, you can come with us."

Shen Yi nodded, speaking sparingly: "Yes, excuse me."

After that, he just followed silently five steps away from Chen Qingxu, without making a sound, quieter than a lifeless iron golem. The prison was dark, and Chen Qingxu couldn't see Shen Yi's face blushing like a monkey's butt. He was still surprised in his heart - don't they say birds of a feather flock together? How come there is such a serious and old-fashioned person around Anding Hou?

The two walked in silence until they reached the barbarian envoy's private room. Shen Yi finally spoke, counting the words as he said, "This man's name is Chi Kuyou, and he is the confidant of Wolf King Jialai."

He suddenly spoke as if he was a corpse, and Chen Qingxu was startled. A silver light flashed at his fingertips, and he almost took out the murder weapon. Of course Shen Yi saw it, and he shut up in annoyance, and dared not say anything.

At this time, it was the enemy who rescued General Shen who was about to get in through the cracks in the prison wall. Chi Kuyou in the cell heard his introduction and said leisurely: "Others say I am a traitor to the Wolf King, but this general has a keen eye."

When Shen Yiyi met him, he became much more eloquent: "Traitor? So the rumor that your second prince usurped the throne is true?"

Chi Kuyou shook his head. At this point, there was nothing to hide. He said frankly, "The second prince is just a child. He is not yet old enough to have ambitions. However, there are three princes under the Eighteen Wolf Tribes. The Crown Prince has been locked up by them. The third prince...haha, he is a fool who needs to be served by others for food, clothing, shelter and transportation. Only the second prince can make do with being their puppet."

Shen Yi keenly caught the word "they". As long as his mind was not on Miss Chen, he would react quickly. He immediately realized that the northern barbarians were called the "Eighteen Tribes Alliance" and they were not originally a whole. If they wanted to be the king of the wolves, in addition to ensuring that everyone was well fed and clothed, they also had to have sharp teeth that could bite off other people's necks.

Shen Yi narrowed his eyes and asked tentatively: "Why? Can the Wolf King tolerate this?"

Chi Kuyou sneered: "No matter how great a hero is, he will eventually grow old. Otherwise, how could it be the turn of the wild dog to take the lead?"

Shen Yi could hear that Gala Yinghuo was either injured or sick, and he might have lost control of the eighteen tribes.

He put down the wind-cutting blade from his waist. The tip of the blade was separated from the sheath and he held it in his hand just enough to lean on the ground. Chikuyou's pupils shrank slightly - the Black Iron Camp would always be a shadow hanging over the heads of the three generations of the eighteen tribes.

Shen Yi said in his elegant tone, "Your wolf king is very extreme in temperament. He has been fighting for many years. I don't think his people have had a good life. Now that our northwest is heavily guarded, the warriors under the wolf king may not have the will and strength to fight. Forgive my stupidity, why did your envoy try every means to infiltrate the envoys and disrupt the peace talks? Isn't it implicated the innocent child of the third prince?"

Chi Kuyou looked at him calmly and said, "General, you are right. I'm afraid those people in the Eighteen Tribes Alliance also think so, but this is not what my king wants. I have sworn to Changshengtian that I will be loyal to my king. Even if I am labeled a traitor, I will fulfill my king's wish."

Shen Yi: "Please give me some advice."

"A fierce beast should behave like a fierce beast. If the Eighteen Tribes fall into the hands of those who wag their tails and beg for mercy in the future, and are trained by Daliang to be a dog digging purple and flowing gold, it is better to let them perish and die on the road of fighting." Chi Kuyou looked at Shen Yi and said, "General Black Crow, I ask you, would you rather live miserably or die in flames?"

This Chikuyou spoke like an asshole. Chen Qingxu thought Shen Yi would not care about him, but Shen Yi actually replied in a serious tone: "I myself would rather die in the flames, but I also know the truth that 'even ants try to survive'. It is natural for soldiers to protect those who prefer to live. I don't think the peaceful days of fishing, farming and reading are tragic. If the tribe members really live a tragic life, it is the fault of the superiors who hold sharp weapons."

After Shen Yi finished speaking, he felt that he had roughly obtained some information, so he took a step back and politely made a "please" gesture to Chen Qingxu: "Prince Yan asked this girl to ask you a question, so let's stop talking nonsense."

When Chi Kuyou heard the words "King Yan", his expression changed, as if he was a little strange, and as if he was sighing. Before Chen Qingxu could speak, he took the lead and asked, "Are you here for Wuergu?"

When Chen Qingxu came, Chang Geng asked her to convey a message to Chikuyou, "Hand over the secret of the barbarian voodoo and I will give you what you want." Chen Qingxu didn't understand what this meant before, but after overhearing the confusing conversation between Chikuyou and General Shen, she finally got the clue and said this.

After hearing this, Chikuyou showed a rare look of deep thought on his face, and then he answered in a very upright manner: "Regarding the Ur bone, I only know how to stimulate and control it. As for how to refine it, only the leader and the goddess know it. It is a secret that cannot be passed on. Sorry, I can't promise."

Chen Qingxu: "What's the solution?"

Chi Kuyou was stunned when he heard this: "What did you say? The solution?"

He sighed and pouted, "Central Plains woman, Wuergu is not one of those crappy poisons you Central Plains people use. One bite won't kill you, but you can still live after swallowing the antidote. The refined Wuergu is Wuergu. He has been reborn and is no longer a human. If you want to beat him back to his original form, it's like putting a puppy back into its mother's belly and asking it to give birth to a rabbit again. That's impossible."

Chen Qingxu was not so easily fooled: "The so-called 'reborn' is fine to fool laymen, but if you are really sincere, you'd better not use such nonsense to fool me."

Chikuyou rolled his eyes slightly and smiled slyly, "Unfortunately, I am just an 'outsider' - the last goddess Huger has been dead for almost ten years. When the eighteen tribes fell, the goddess left her forbidden skills to my king. The third prince was forged by him personally... Although this Ur bone is not complete due to the host's qualifications, if you want the secret of the Ur bone, you can go to him - as long as your black crow can kill all the wild dogs that imprisoned the wolf king."

This barbarian was full of tricks and his intention to provoke a fight was obvious, but at least one thing was confirmed - if the third prince was really Wuergu, then there really was a complete set of the goddess's forbidden techniques in Calais Yinghuo, which was a direction.

Chen Qingxu said no more nonsense, turned around and left, and left the capital the next day after leaving a letter.

Shen Yi was almost going crazy, wishing he could grow wings and fly to the northern front immediately. He went to harass Gu Yun every day. Gu Yun couldn't stand it anymore and went to the palace three times in two days.

Finally, on the third day of the New Year, Li Feng relented and ordered Gu Yun to secretly go to the northern front, act cautiously, investigate the movements of the eighteen tribes, and not to mobilize troops rashly.

It was inconvenient for Prince Yan to accompany him to the front line, so he sent his men all the way out of Beidaying. He felt a sense of inexplicable anxiety in his heart.

He turned his head and glanced in the direction of the palaces, and whispered to the driver, "Go to the South Tower."