I am a commoner, but I will lead the empress to unify the world

Gongsun Wan'er was overjoyed.

Humph! I thought you, Shen Changgong, were so powerful. Did you really think you could sneak in here without anyone noticing?

Look, we were discovered by the shadow guards. There are so many of us. If we can't capture you alive, I'll just find a piece of tofu and kill myself.

"Captain, what do you mean by ruthlessly capturing alive?"

Lu Bing, the deputy leader of the Shadow Guard, asked curiously while running.

Gongsun Wan'er was also running fast and said,

"Don't worry about it. Just capture him alive. You don't have to break his arms or legs, but you can give him a beating."

"Oh, I see. You want to capture him alive and interrogate him, right? I understand!"

Gongsun Wan'er and deputy leader Lu Bing brought their men quickly to the area in the southwest corner and immediately squeezed in.

They saw a man lying on the ground with three other people shot by arrows.

Lu Bing shouted,

"What's going on? How many enemies are there? Where are they running to?"

A shadow guard who was shot by an arrow said,

"Deputy Chief, after the enemy knocked Bamu down, they shot three arrows at us simultaneously. We didn't have time to take a closer look and immediately hid behind the house. The enemy has disappeared. They may have run away, but since they shot three arrows simultaneously, there must be at least three of them."

Lu Bing gritted his teeth and said,

"Bullshit! The enemy came into our Shadow Guard compound just to shoot three arrows at you and then left?

They must have other motives. Search immediately, search the entire compound to find them!"

The shadow guards around scattered and began to search.

Gongsun Wan'er was suspicious. Shen Changgong said he wanted to sneak in alone, but he didn't say he wanted to find help.

This is a foul.

Suddenly, Gongsun Wan'er followed the light of the torch and saw the sleeve arrow stuck in the wall.

She picked up the sleeve arrow and looked at it, seeing the three arrow slots on it, and found the rope connected to the sleeve arrow. She pulled it hard and found that the rope was connected to the body of the shadow guard named Bamu.

Gongsun Wan'er immediately understood and shouted angrily,

"We've been tricked. The enemy is just one person. This is a trap he set to cause chaos and draw us all in. He must have already sneaked in!"

Lu Bing widened his eyes and looked at the sleeve arrow in Gongsun Wan'er's hand. Although he was a little confused, he still understood what the other party meant.

"Captain, are you saying this is the enemy's diversionary tactic, designed to lure us here, leaving the compound empty and giving him an opportunity?"

"Let's go back to the training room!"

Gongsun Wan'er didn't have time to explain in detail. She was so angry that her teeth ached. She ran towards the training room as fast as she could, hoping to stop Shen Changgong.

You are so good, Shen Changgong, you actually did this to me. I really underestimated you!

Lu Bing was completely confused. In his opinion, the least valuable and unimportant place in the entire Shadow Guard was the training room.

There are only some weapons and martial arts equipment in the training room.

There are a lot of intelligence information and mission records in the Shadow Guard Compound. Aren’t those more important than the training room?

Even if he poisoned the food in the kitchen, it would be understandable, but why did the chief steward insist on going to the training room?

Gongsun Wan'er ran very fast, her little breasts shaking, her body covered in sweat, and finally she ran into the training room panting.

She walked in quickly and ran to the middle of the training room, followed closely by the shadow guards.

But there was no sign of Shen Changgong inside.

Gongsun Wan'er breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately she made it in time, otherwise she would have been deceived by Shen Changgong.

However, in the next second, a black figure fell from the sky and landed behind Gongsun Wan'er.

The shadow guards were horrified and immediately drew their swords to attack.

But the other party moved faster, and the scimitar in his hand had already reached Gongsun Wan'er's throat from behind.

Just a slight stroke and Gongsun Wan'er would die.

Lu Bing looked at the man in front of him wearing a terrifying iron mask, and stretched out his hand to signal the other shadow guards not to take action. He took a step forward and said coldly,

"My friend, you didn't join our Shadow Guard just to take the Chief Steward hostage, did you? There are so many opportunities out there, you wouldn't choose the most dangerous and difficult path.

Release the chief steward first. If you want anything, just tell us and we can discuss it."

Shen Changgong turned his head to look at him and sneered,

"Do you think I'm a fool? If I let her go, won't you chop me into pieces?"

"Then you can also put forward conditions first, tell me what you want, or say, I will come over, you can put a knife to my neck, as long as you release the chief steward."

"Oh? So loyal?"

"Your Excellency should know that the Grand Steward is a close minister to His Majesty. If I die, only I will die. If anything happens to the Grand Steward here, all of us will be held responsible.

Let's both take a step back. I'll give you my life. Then tell me what you want, and I'll give it to you if I can."

Shen Changgong looked at him and sneered,

"You are quite smart, but as an assassin leader, you are unprofessional."

As he spoke, Shen Changgong let go of Gongsun Wan'er, walked over to Gongsun Wan'er's chair and sat down.

Then, he took off the mask on his face.

"Grand Commander?"

The deputy leader was shocked, then signaled the people behind him to put down their weapons, and put his knife back into the sheath.

"Oh? Have you seen me?"

Shen Changgong smiled.

"Yes, our shadow guards went to protect Her Majesty in batches. The day Her Majesty chose you, she was out, so I went to protect her personally. I saw you in secret that time."

Lu Bing clasped his hands and continued,

"Captain, you chose to come in this way instead of coming with the chief steward. Do you want to see for yourself if our defenses are lax?"

"Almost, more than that. What's your name?"

Shen Changgong asked.

"My name is Lu Bing, and I am the deputy leader of the Shadow Guards. Ten years ago, I followed the late emperor and commanded the Shadow Guards."

"Who was the previous leader who taught you so unprofessionally?"

Shen Changgong asked calmly.

Lu Bing looked a little embarrassed and hesitantly said,

"Yes... before it was the late emperor, and now it is Your Majesty himself."

"Oh, no wonder. It's a wonder you can train well if an amateur is in charge of the professionals."

Shen Changgong showed no respect to the emperor and directly pointed out the mistake.

This is a crime of great disrespect to Your Majesty. If anyone else dared to say this to Your Majesty, they would have chopped him off long ago. But the person in front of them is Your Majesty's husband.

What's wrong with people commenting on their wives?

Gongsun Wan'er curled her lips and said,

"How dare you speak of His Majesty in that way? I will sue you and have His Majesty punish you severely."

"You'd better take care of yourself and think about how you're going to be beaten later."

Shen Changgong glanced at Gongsun Wan'er, and she remembered that she had lost the bet and had to be slapped three times.