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Beijing.

Seeing that Linguan County could not hold on, two days ago, Prince Yong'an ordered the dispatch of 8,000 cavalry troops to support Linguan County.

The Hussar Army was strong, and thanks to its support, Linguan County, which was on the verge of collapse, was stabilized.

At this time, in a deep mountain in Jingzhou, Xu Chengwei led a team of people to gallop along the mountain road to bypass Linguan County to seek help from Yuanzhou. The task given to him by King Yongan was to secretly transfer back 10,000 Red Guards from Yuanzhou to support the capital.

Their team consisted of only twenty men, and they attacked for two days straight.

If you don't go through Linguan County, the official road, or the shortcut to get to Wonju, it will take at least five days of non-stop travel to enter Wonju.

The capital city is very dangerous now. In order to get there faster, they disobeyed Bei Zhenting's orders and took a shortcut.

"General Xu, don't worry. The brothers all think that taking a shortcut is the best way. This is the road that only our scouts are familiar with. Those rebels certainly don't know it!"

"That's right, brothers are also anxious. Linguan County must be defended now! It's extremely urgent. I really don't know why General Zhenbei asked the brothers to take a detour!"

Xu Chengwei was worried. He knew that Bei Zhenting was afraid of being ambushed and intercepted by the rebels along the way. He naturally understood such a simple principle as the birth of a scout.

Only three people in the team of twenty disagreed with taking the shortcut. They were him and two younger scout brothers. Everyone else thought the shortcut was the best.

This war would not have broken out if he had not failed to protect His Majesty. Feeling guilty and unwilling, and thinking that only the scouts like them knew about this shortcut, Xu Chengwei did not refute the suggestion of taking the shortcut out of his luck.

At this time, several people were drinking water and eating dry food under a hidden cliff. The view here was wide, and there was only grass around, so there was nowhere to hide.

The enemy had nowhere to hide, and neither did they. Feeling vaguely uneasy, Xu Chengwei urged the people sitting on the ground, "Hurry up and finish eating. After you finish eating, we must set off immediately. There is no time to waste!"

A few people nodded and stuffed their mouths with hardtack. Suddenly, a bird in the forest was startled and flew out.

Several people looked over there sharply and stood up quickly.

Xu Chengwei swallowed his dry food and whistled towards the forest, and a few bird calls were heard one after another in the mountains.

"Three of the eight are missing! Hurry! Enemy attack!"

Just as Xu Chengwei finished speaking, two arrows shot out from the opposite forest and hit the two people next to him. Everyone was shocked.

"Come on!"

Without having time to check whether their companions were dead or not, the remaining few people immediately flew up the cliff. Although they were flying with ghost steps, three of them were still hit by the flying arrows.

After a few of them ghostly stepped over the cliff and scattered to hide in the forest, a bird cry sounded in the forest, and only twelve people were left in the group.

Those arrows were shot from the opposite forest. There were very few sharpshooters like Dacheng. In just a moment, only twelve of the twenty people were left!

Xu Chengwei hung upside down between the vines, his face solemn.

After thinking for a while, Xu Chengwei heard a bird call and a gust of wind blew by, and a slight rustling sound was heard in the forest. After the wind passed, everything returned to calm.

Judging from the situation, it is estimated that ambushes have been set up on these roads. They must act separately, otherwise they will be wiped out. Xu Chengwei plans to continue taking the shortest route and then change to another route to enter the city when he is about to reach Yuanzhou.

In the secret room of Longxin Hall, the young emperor has returned to the capital for a few days, but the only person in the capital who knows that he has returned is Zhu Shengyuan.

At this moment, Zhu Shengyuan had already reported all the events in the capital.

The young emperor leaned back in his recliner, his voice somewhat weak: "How is the investigation going on into the assassin who killed the Queen Mother on her birthday?"

His Majesty didn't care about the crisis in the capital, but he actually cared about the case. Zhu Shengyuan didn't understand, but he still replied to Bei Zhenming.

"Your Majesty, the capital was in chaos and the people fled. Now the Dali Temple Minister is also helping to garrison the capital. The assassins are nowhere to be found. They are all ordinary people. But the Heze Kingdom envoys in the Heavenly Prison are completely unaware of it! They have been crying out for justice!"

Bei Zhenming frowned and said, "Find out where those two assassins are from in He Zeguo. This matter will be handled privately, so you go and do it. Also, keep an eye on the officials during this period."

After explaining these two things, Bei Zhenming thought of the princess who escaped from the fire with Bei Zhenting. If she hadn't been prepared for that kind of fire, or had someone help her, she would have never been able to escape... What a coincidence... Thinking of a certain possibility, Bei Zhenming's face darkened, and he looked at Zhu Shengyuan seriously, "Princess Yong'an must also pay close attention and bring him back to me."

Zhu Shengyuan wiped the sweat off his forehead and quickly agreed to leave the secret room.

After Zhu Shengyuan left, a young man walked out of the darkness. His expression was dull. He walked over and leaned against the table, commenting on Bei Zhenming: "Your Majesty is truly cunning and treacherous."

Bei Zhenming was reading a secret letter when he looked up and said seriously, "Bi'er, do you think I'm old and can't do it anymore?"

When Xiao Bi heard the old emperor say this, and then looked at the obvious invitation on the old emperor's face, he was choked by his saliva and the old emperor's shamelessness.

He glanced at Bei Zhenming with a faint expression and reached out to touch his chest. Although he was clearly touching him, Bei Zhenming gasped in pain and grabbed his white wrist.

Xiao Bi shook off his hand, his voice full of sarcasm: "Your Majesty is a strong dragon. It was Xiao Bi who said the wrong thing."

Bei Zhenming ignored his ridicule, grabbed his hand again, looked at his palm, and saw the bruises on his palm, which made him feel very distressed.

Xiao Bi clicked his tongue twice, feeling disgusted by the old man, and pulled his hand back, "I'm going to bed."

Before he finished speaking, the boy disappeared into the secret room.

In the second half of the night, the moon was round and bright, and everything around was illuminated by the cold moonlight.

Bei Zhenting, who had not slept for three days, rubbed his brows and walked out of the Machinery Bureau. He got on his horse in a daze and rode back to the palace.

Many people in the palace were arranged to go to other places, and some were driven back to the northwest. With fewer people, the palace was deserted at night. The lights in the house were out, and only the candles in the yard were still lit.

After entering the study and sitting down, a severe headache penetrated into his brain, as if ants were gnawing at his brain. Bei Zhenting gasped in pain.

When I close my eyes, the memory of the lotus pond comes to mind.

He took out the purse from his arms and brought it to his nose. The faint scent of wild herbs slightly relieved his headache.

He staggered to his feet, walked out of the study, and stumbled towards Yong'an Garden under the full moon.

Finally reaching the lotus pond, Bei Zhenting sat on the steps holding the railing, leaning against the railing. In a daze, he saw Luo Yao sitting on the other side, throwing small stones beside him.

He reached out to touch Luo Yao, but Luo Yao turned around, his face blurred. Bei Zhenting missed his grasp and almost fell down.

The sudden strong longing made his eyes red.

He hasn't seen Yaoyao for a long time.

They had already opened their hearts to each other, so why did Yaoyao leave him?

Was it that night that frightened him?

With a whimper in his throat, Bei Zhenting became sober.

Because he was unable to protect Luo Yao, Luo Yao left him.

Because he scared him.

Because he didn't trust him.

He wouldn't believe a word Luo Yao said, nor did he believe what those people said. He wanted to find the truth himself, but Luo Yao left him before he found the truth! He didn't give him a sense of security, so he left him.

Thinking of the truth, Bei Zhenting clenched his fists.

He personally went to ask Aunt Wei and personally investigated the three unsolved cases in the mansion.

The blood-stained clothes that Wang Guangcheng had no time to destroy, the medicinal powder in the cracks of the bed in the laundry room, the maid's testimony, Ye Qing's words, and the servant of Wang Guangcheng mentioned by Aunt Wei!

The maids and servants in the kitchen spread the news to the palace soldiers that Wang Guangcheng was dead!

And him...

Yaoyao was forced to leave!

And him... and him!

Bei Zhenting felt cold all over, his teeth chattering and his voice was intermittent, "Yaoyao... Yaoyao... I'm sorry, Yaoyao, I will drive them all away... all of them away!"

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After reciting it countless times, Bei Zhenting suddenly stood up in anger and left quickly.