Just as Li Feng was at a loss for words, the Eagle Armored Man beside him finally pushed up his iron mask and calmly revealed a shocking expression: "Your Majesty, the traitors have all been captured. Please take care of your health. The emperor has worked hard for the country, why should he hurt himself for a few traitors?"

The voice sounded so familiar that Li Feng turned his head and was stunned. The person holding him with Eagle Armor turned out to be Gu Yun who was supposed to be in the south.

Gu Yun's sudden appearance scared the whole group of people.

Lu Chang's mind buzzed. Yang Ronggui had promised him that they would be extremely careful in their actions, and Marquis Anding was completely deceived by them!

In his original plan, all arrangements had to be completed during the time when Prince Yan was away from Beijing - Liu Chongshan's idiot who refused to go east was a chess piece, and he could use a stick as a needle. As long as he was lured into killing Li Feng, Yang Ronggui would not have to step forward, and he could ask Liu Chongshan to take over Prince Yan and push him out. By then, no matter whether Prince Yan was willing or was coerced by Yang Ronggui, as long as he showed up, the serious crime of treason would be immediately implemented. Once the Northern Camp outside Beijing reacted, they would immediately enter Beijing to quell the rebellion, and kill Prince Yan and Liu Chongshan at the same time, letting them die in the chaos, so that there would be no evidence.

There is no empress dowager in the palace, the empress is a sickly woman who cannot stand the wind and cannot even lift the phoenix seal, the crown prince is still breastfeeding, and Concubine Lu's eldest son is already eleven years old. It is self-evident who owns the country.

Gu Yun was far away in Jiangbei. By the time he found out, the emperor and the rebels were both dead, and the dust had long since settled in the capital. Unless he ignored the dangers in the four borders and risked the world's condemnation to raise an army for two dead people - even a villain like Lu Chang didn't believe that Gu Yun could do it. Gu Yun wanted to betray the country as early as the mutiny in Beidaying... or even earlier, he rebelled when he knew the truth about the rebellion in Xuantie Camp. How could that old immortal Wang Guo still be alive and well today?

There are only two key points in this matter. The first is whether Yang Ronggui can cut off the connection between Beijing and Jiangbei in his own territory and hide it from Gu Yun. The second is whether Liu Chongshan can successfully kill Li Feng.

The former was guaranteed by Yang Ronggui with his life and property, and the latter was originally foolproof. However, someone leaked the news and found many expert guards lying in ambush among the common people. The Beidaying arrived ahead of time, and Gu Yun also descended from the sky!

At this point, no matter what, Lu Chang had to realize that someone among the people he trusted the most had betrayed him. It was either Yang Ronggui or Fang Qin... Yang Ronggui would not end up well in this incident, so could it be Fang Qin?

If he is really surnamed Fang, then he is too vicious, using the opponent's strength to defeat the opponent, leaking their whereabouts to Bei Daying, and dragging Gu Yun to fish in troubled waters. Not only can he win the first merit of protecting the emperor, but if he gets rid of the Lu family now, there will be no one in the major families in the capital who can compete with the Fang family in the future!

As Lu Chang thought about it, his mind suddenly opened up, and he wondered in surprise, "Could Fang Qin have been a member of the King of Yan's party from the beginning?"

When Lord Fang, who had inexplicably become a member of the "Yanwang Party", saw Gu Yun, his expression changed and he could no longer laugh.

He thought that with Yang Ronggui's ability to cover up a major epidemic, he could at least get things done while Gu Yun was rushing to the front line. From beginning to end, this killing god was not in his plan. Although with the merit of Peking University's rescue, whether Gu Yun came or not would not affect his arrangements... But inexplicably, Fang Qin suddenly had a premonition that everything was out of control.

This group of people all had their own ulterior motives, but only Shen Yi breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Gu Yun was like seeing a savior. A small cool breeze came in through his slit court robes and swept directly onto his sweaty skin, causing him to shiver violently.

However, he relaxed his breath too early, as the bloody storm was not over yet.

Gu Yun handed Li Feng to the eunuch who came over, took a step back and knelt on the stone steps. Without waiting for Li Feng to ask, he took the lead in replying in an orderly manner: "After I separated from Prince Yan and Lord Xu in Yangzhou City, I left my personal guards with Prince Yan and went to Jiangbei Camp with Ge Lingshu to check on military affairs. Unexpectedly, when we were in Jiangbei Camp, we suddenly received a secret letter from the personal guards asking for help, saying that Yang Ronggui dared to privately station troops and hold Prince Yan hostage with ill intentions. In a hurry, I had to call on General Zhong to dispatch the I dispatched several eagle armors from the Jiangbei garrison and rushed to Yangzhou City. I found that Yang Ronggui had surrounded Yangzhou Prefecture in the name of suppressing the riots. I led people to explore the surroundings for a long time, and even sneaked into the Governor's Mansion at night. Only then did I find that this person deliberately created a fog. Yang himself was nowhere to be found, and the whereabouts of Prince Yan were unknown. I thought of the "rebellion" mentioned by the personal soldiers, and I was afraid that the capital would be lost, so I had to rush back first. I failed to protect Prince Yan and failed in my mission. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

As soon as Gu Yun said this, the thrilling part in his words shocked everyone around him into silence.

Fang Qin quietly glanced at Wang Guo, who understood and interrupted, "Your Majesty, I have something I don't understand and would like to ask General Gu... General Gu's Eagle Armor chased all the way from Jiangbei to the capital, but how come they were unable to intercept Yang Ronggui?"

This sentence was an extraordinary performance by Wang Guojiu. It seemed to be an unintentional remark, but it actually aroused many doubts in Li Feng's mind - was Yang Ronggui so powerful, or did Gu Yun deliberately let Yang Ronggui and others into the capital? Did the Marquis of Anding come all the way to rescue the emperor, or did he have other plans in mind, and when he arrived in the capital and saw that the Bei Daying Camp was well prepared, he changed sides at the last minute?

Not to mention the "missing" King Yan. If he was really with the rebels outside the city, it would be hard to tell whether he was kidnapped or there was some other story.

Everyone's eyes fell on Gu Yun with ambiguous meanings, but Gu Yun seemed to be unaware and replied calmly: "I am ashamed that when I received the news, I had already lost track of Yang Ronggui. The search for King Yan in Yangzhou City and the search for the rebels along the way delayed me for a long time, and I almost missed the big event."

The civil officials present basically didn't understand this sentence, but Zhang Fenghan, who was supported by two people, interrupted at the right time and said, "Your Majesty, you don't know that when the Eagle Armor is in the sky, it is very fast and can only search for targets in front of the battle or in a small area. From Jiangbei to the capital, if you don't know in advance which way the target has taken, and the target is not a large group of people, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack for three or two Eagle Armor to find someone."

However, at this point, Fang Qin and his party would never let Gu Yun go easily. In a hurry, Wang Guojiu pressed on, "Since you know the situation is urgent, why doesn't General Gu borrow more people from the Jiangbei camp?"

Gu Yun turned his head to glance at them. From Fang Qin's perspective, the curvature of Marquis Anding's peach blossom eyes was particularly obvious, with almost hooked corners. Combined with the small mole, there was an inexplicable smile. Fang Qin's heart suddenly jumped - Wang Guo said the wrong thing and slapped himself!

Sure enough, the first sentence was an exceptional performance, and this sentence is at the level of Uncle Wang Guojiu.

But although Gu Yun usually doesn't fight, he's not stupid, so he definitely won't give him a chance to make up for it.

“I don’t quite understand what you mean, uncle,” Gu Yun said indifferently, “Is the Jiangbei Camp my private army? I can mobilize them just by saying so. I don’t care about the tight frontline supplies and the foreigners who are eyeing them covetously? Uncle, I would like to ask, except for the emperor, who in our dynasty can mobilize the Jiangbei Camp to the capital with just one word? Please show it to me, and I will personally kill the traitor!”

His words with hidden murderous intent brought Li Feng back to his senses, and he immediately realized that he was almost led into a ditch by Wang Guo's narrow-mindedness - Gu Yun had the black iron tiger talisman in his hand, and even if he wanted to rebel, would he be worth following behind a scum like Yang Ronggui to take advantage of the situation?

Gu Yun: "Your Majesty, I failed to react this time and deserve death. When I found the traces of Yang Ronggui and others, I was already close to the capital. I learned that the King of Yan might have been kidnapped by these traitors. I was afraid to act rashly and did not dare to alert the enemy. I wanted to ask for help from the North Camp, but I met the North Camp waiting outside the Nine Gates. I realized that something might have happened in the capital. Fortunately, the North Camp was reminded by Lord Fang in advance. I had to order the Nine Gates to temporarily ban the airspace and let the North Camp enter the city. Fortunately, Your Majesty was blessed and escaped without any danger - also thanks to Lord Fang's thorough preparations."

Fang Qin's face twitched, he felt that the gazes of the Lu family's party were about to burn through him. He pretended to be sick from beginning to end, remained anonymous, and even let Wang Guo rush to the front, just to keep a low profile. It was safest to hide behind others, and it would be best if Lu Chang could not even imagine that he had anything to do with this.

Unexpectedly, Gu Yun stabbed him with a soft knife and pierced him directly onto the fire. Lu Chang had just had a random suspicion, but this sentence confirmed it. He was so shocked that he wanted to skin Fang Qin alive.

Li Feng then realized that the Beidaying was not running fast, but had been waiting outside the Nine Gates for a long time. He was even more confused for a moment: "What's going on with the Beidaying?"

Fang Qin had no choice but to put aside the huge surprise of Gu Yun for the time being, and together with a lieutenant general of the Northern Camp, he carefully talked about the letter from his sister Fang. There was a stunned Lu Chang next to him, and Li Feng was very suspicious. Although Fang Qin was confident that this matter was well planned and he had never left any unfavorable evidence, he could still get into trouble if he was not careful, so he had to be fully alert to deal with it.

The more Li Feng listened, the more his head began to turn. This matter involved a wide range of people and was extremely complicated. It was unprecedented during the Long'an period. All the civil and military officials knelt down without daring to speak. The Beidaying Camp had temporarily imposed martial law on the streets to prevent inappropriate rumors from spreading to the people.

Before Fang Qin could finish expressing his loyalty, Beidaying had already dealt with Yang Ronggui and his gang.

Yang Ronggui did not wait for Lu Chang's victory report at the agreed place, but instead waited for the encirclement of Beidaying. He knew that the situation was hopeless at that time. At first, he wanted to take Prince Yan as a hostage, but the new commander of Beidaying was ruthless and just. He thought that Prince Yan's suspicion had not been cleared yet, so he shot down the rebel who was holding Prince Yan hostage with an arrow and brought them into the city without thinking twice.

Except for the "King Yan", a royal relative who received special treatment, all the others were tied up and taken to the Qiming Altar.

Yang Ronggui had been thinking about what to do all the way, and before his knees even touched the ground, he had already begun to cry out for his injustice.

Jiang Chong stepped forward and shouted, "You colluded with the rebels to start a rebellion. How dare you cry out for injustice?"

Yang Ronggui touched his head to the ground and cried, "Unjust, Your Majesty! I have been blessed by your grace for generations, how dare I betray you? This matter was slandered by the Yan Wang Party in the court from the very beginning. The total amount of gold and silver in my home is less than 100 taels, and it was all exchanged for beacon bills when the country was in danger. The so-called corruption that brought disaster to the country and the people is completely nonsense. If you don't believe it, order a raid on my home! I am loyal to your majesty, and the world can prove it. Please understand!"

Li Feng's voice was so low that it seemed to be squeezed out of his throat: "Oh? According to what you said, you went to the capital privately. Could it be that you came to rescue the emperor?"

Yang Ronggui turned black into white on the spot and said, "The Yan Wang clique in the court is so powerful that they can cover the sky with one hand, deceive the emperor and form a clique, and do everything they can. I am innocent, but they have been slandered by them. Even my brother-in-law, Minister Lu, refused to believe me and sent me letters to interrogate me several times. I was taken advantage of by the villains and was instigated by the treacherous Yan Wang clique to commit a serious crime. I was far away in Jiangbei and it was too late when I learned about this. In desperation, I had to detain the Yan Wang and escort him all the way to the capital..."

Li Feng interrupted him and asked, "Who is this villain?"

Yang Ronggui shouted, "It was the Minister of Revenue Fang Qin who proposed the plan to 'put on the yellow robe' for his brother-in-law!"

Fang Qin said angrily: "Your Majesty, the traitors are holding a grudge without any evidence, and are clearly slandering you!

Wang Guo quickly chimed in: "If Lord Yang really went to the capital to defend the king, would he only bring these few people with him? Just now, Marquis Anding clearly said that soldiers and officers were gathering in Yangzhou City!"

Lu Chang burst into tears and said, "I am innocent!"

Shen Yi: “…”

The first layer of cold sweat on his forehead was just blown away by the cool breeze. He was stunned by witnessing the largest dog-eat-dog fight during the Long'an period. The second layer of cold sweat quickly broke out. He had no idea how he, who was so confused, had managed to get through all these layers of conspiracies and intrigues intact.

Li Feng: "Shut up! Bring King Yan!"

The long-forgotten "Prince Yan" and "Xu Ling" were pushed in front of the emperor. Li Feng stared at the people in front of him with a gloomy look and said coldly: "Amin, I want to hear you tell me what's going on."

The "Goose King" hunched his shoulders and shrank his neck, his whole body trembling. His usually handsome and deep facial features changed and took on a bit of vulgarity out of nowhere. He was frightened into a human-shaped quail.

Others were fine, but Zhang Fenghan got anxious first. He stepped forward and pushed the "Goose King" on the shoulder, saying anxiously, "Say something!"

At this moment, a bizarre thing happened. The infatuated King Yan, who had shot a Japanese spy to death with an arrow while standing on the back of a black eagle, was unexpectedly pushed to the ground by such an old man like Lord Fenghan. He staggered and crawled on the ground, with one of his shoulders deformed!

Everyone was stunned, not knowing whether Lord Fenghan drank the purple gold or King Yan was turned into mud.

After a long while, the commander of the North Camp bravely stepped forward, tentatively reached out his hand and touched the deformed shoulder of the "Goose King", and replied: "Your Majesty, this thing seems to..."

Li Feng: “What?”

The commander of the Beidaying Camp said: "...It's a shoulder pad!"

As he spoke, the "King of Goose" raised his head, and tears and snot were streaming down his face. His nose and chin were twisted to the left and right, and his handsome face was split in two directions - this was not the "King of Goose" at all, but a demon from nowhere!

The commander of the Beidaying Camp was shocked. He quickly pulled off the man's outer robe and saw that his shoulders, chest and back were stuffed with soft pads that looked lifelike. There were at least five or six inches of padding hidden in his boots. When he pulled down his fake nose, fake chin and human skin mask, he was clearly a strange man with a short stature and rat-like eyes.

Li Feng had never seen such a sudden transformation in his life. He took a deep breath and asked, "Who... who are you?"

Shen Yi felt that there was a moment when the emperor wanted to shout "Who are you, monster?"

The man opened his mouth, but could not utter a word. His tongue had been cut off.

Looking at "Xu Ling" next to him, if you pull aside his hair, you can find a seam of a human skin mask on his scalp.

Lu Chang: “…”

Yang Ronggui: “…”

Those two were sent by Yang Ronggui to guard Prince Yan and Xu Ling. When did they have their tongues cut off and become like this? Where is the real Prince Yan? Could it be that for such a long time, the real Prince Yan and Xu Ling have been mixed in with his team and pretended to be his attendants!

Yang Ronggui turned back anxiously to look for them, and sure enough, two people were missing from the group of followers who were brought from Beidaying!

He had no idea when he disappeared!

For a moment, even Fang Qin didn't know what to say. Lord Fang, who was full of conspiracy, couldn't help but suspect that Yang Ronggui had really broken up with Lu Chang a long time ago?

Li Feng couldn't bear it any longer, so he raised his foot to leave. He didn't know when his foot became numb, and he staggered as he took a step. If it weren't for Gu Yun beside him, the emperor would have fallen flat on his face.

"Your Majesty," Gu Yun whispered beside him, "I will carry you down."

Li Feng's heart was shaken violently. When he looked at Gu Yun, he was almost dazed for a moment. It seemed that the person next to him had not changed much in all these years - it was not that Gu Yun still maintained the appearance of a ten-year-old child, but his eyes.

Over the years, everyone has become so calculating and deep, and only those familiar peach blossom eyes can still vaguely retain the mischief and charm that she had secretly smiled at him when she was covered in armor.

Li Feng shook his head, unwilling to show weakness in front of everyone and be carried on their backs. He just held Gu Yun's arm and slowly walked down the messy Qiming Altar.

The eunuch pinched his shrill voice and shouted: "Get up, return to the palace——"

The vast sunset slowly hung down to the edge of the imperial city, casting a blood-red cast on the myriad of glazed tiles that were lined up one after another.

Finally it fell down.