The emperor faked his death? Never mind, I will ascend the throne directly!

After packing up everything, Li Chengfeng decided to act like an emperor on an incognito visit and swaggered towards Zezhou.

When the people of Yuxiang County heard the news, they crowded on the roadside to see off their great emperor.

Seizing the money and grain from corrupt officials' homes and distributing them to the people is the greatest benefit to the people.

They will never forget the kindness shown to them by His Majesty the Emperor.

At this moment, their love for His Majesty is unprecedentedly high.

They came to both sides of the road, waiting for the emperor's carriage to pass by, and gave him their most sincere blessings.

Xiong Haikuo ordered the soldiers to stand in rows in front of the people, on the one hand to maintain order and avoid stampedes, and on the other hand to protect His Majesty's safety.

The emperor's identity has been exposed. If there is an assassin or Deadpool mixed in with the people and takes the opportunity to hurt His Majesty, it will be troublesome.

The guard of honor that displayed His Majesty's majesty finally slowly appeared in sight, and the people kowtowed and knelt, shouting "Long live His Majesty".

Children holding wild flowers ran and threw the flowers in their hands towards the carriage where the emperor was sitting, expressing their gratitude and love for the emperor in their special way.

At this moment, Li Chengfeng had another understanding of the meaning of his identity as the emperor.

He suddenly thought of his own world, which always shouted the slogan that national leaders should "come from the people and go to the people". Now he knew the true meaning of this sentence.

As long as you are truly kind to the people, the people will naturally hold you high.

Their demands are not high and they are really easy to satisfy.

"Long live your majesty!"

The people along the way were shouting loudly. This scene of the king loving the people and the people loving the king will be engraved in everyone's heart forever.

Finally leaving Yuxiang County, Li Chengfeng's agitated emotions gradually subsided.

His identity has been exposed, and those corrupt officials who learned the news must be very nervous.

They will definitely make things difficult for the emperor, and even worse, they probably don't want him to leave Jiangnan alive.

The good show has just begun, and he doesn't mind having some fun with these national parasites.

After walking for about dozens of miles, the trees on both sides of the official road gradually became dense.

Li Chengfeng sat in the carriage, lifted a corner of the curtain, and looked at the rapidly receding scenery outside, but he did not relax his vigilance at all.

"Your Majesty, I think it's abnormally quiet here," Tiezhu said.

"I've also discovered this. Be prepared to fight at any time."

"Yeah." Tiezhu held the weapon tightly in his hand. He was determined to protect the safety of His Majesty at the cost of his life.

"Gee!" The coachman waved the whip and the carriage moved steadily.

Suddenly, a sharp sound of breaking through the air broke the original tranquility on the official road.

Several black-clad assassins rushed out from the bushes on the side of the road, like ghosts, waving sharp blades, and rushed towards the guard of honor.

"Protect the emperor!" The captain of the guards, Tiezhu, shouted loudly, and stood in front of Li Chengfeng's carriage like a mountain. The long sword in his hand flashed with cold light, and collided with the assassin's blade, making a harsh metal clanging sound.

With a "clang", Tiezhu drew out the sword in his hand and immediately protected Li Chengfeng.

At the same time, the secret guards hiding in the dark shot out like an arrow and fought with the assassin.

For a moment, the flash of swords and the shouts of killing shook the sky.

Although everyone was desperately trying to protect the front of the carriage, an assassin who fell from the sky still used his sword to pry open the roof of the carriage.

The moment he saw Li Chengfeng, the assassin raised his sword and stabbed him.

Tiezhu blocked the assassin's attack, kicked open the door of the carriage, fought and retreated, protecting Li Chengfeng as he jumped off the carriage.

A hidden guard came to help Tiezhu hold back the assassin. Tiezhu did not want to fight anymore and protected Li Chengfeng while they quickly retreated to the woods beside the road.

The dense branches and leaves obscured the sky, providing Li Chengfeng with a moment of respite.

"Your Majesty, hurry up!" Tiezhu killed an assassin who was chasing him with a knife and urged anxiously.

But several assassins were chasing him relentlessly, like maggots on the tarsal bone.

The secret guards quickly gathered together again to prevent the assassin from approaching Li Chengfeng.

Li Chengfeng quickly shuttled through the dense forest, avoiding pursuit while analyzing the identity and purpose of the ambushers.

"It seems that local officials are colluding with underworld forces," Li Chengfeng's eyes narrowed.

After leaving the main battlefield, Li Chengfeng and Tiezhu hid in a big tree and watched the fight on the ground.

Although the guards were numerous, their martial arts skills were not as good as those of the killers. They were at a disadvantage and could only hold on with great difficulty.

The secret guards were also unable to cope with the tough opponents.

At this moment, another group of masked men arrived.

They were the shadow guards sent by the old emperor.

They were afraid of revealing their identities, so they simply covered their faces.

With their participation, most of the assassins were quickly killed.

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, a few people with relatively high martial arts skills dropped smoke bombs and quickly fled.

Seeing that their mission was accomplished, the shadow guards slipped away in the chaos. They still had to secretly protect the little emperor and could not be discovered.

After the smoke cleared, some of the hidden guards were responsible for checking whether there were any assassins pretending to be dead, and then gave them another stab.

The rest ran to Li Chengfeng and reported the battle situation to him.

By the time Tiezhu helped Li Chengfeng down from the tree, the battlefield had been cleared.

As they walked out of the woods, Li Chengfeng said to the captain of the guards, "These deceased guards must be properly buried, and their families must be well taken care of."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." The captain of the guards took the order and stepped aside.

"How serious are their injuries? Can they still set off?"

"Your Majesty, these are just minor injuries. After bandaging them, we can continue on our journey. They are not a problem."

"Pass on my order. Rest here and reorganize before setting off again."

"Yes." The captain of the guards gave the order.

"Is there any information on the identities of these assassins that can be used to find out?" Li Chengfeng said to the secret guards around him while looking at the dead assassins.

A hidden guard stepped forward and replied, "Your Majesty, these assassins are all low-ranking people from the underworld. They don't have any sects. They only accept money and do things for it."

Li Chengfeng thought for a moment and said, "They are also testing me."

"Testing you?" Tie Zhu asked, scratching his head. "Why?"

"They want to know how many guards I brought with me. If this assassination fails, the killers sent next time will be more powerful." Li Chengfeng said in a light tone.

The guards bowed and clasped their fists: "We swear to follow Your Majesty until death."

With a wave of his hand, Li Chengfeng asked the secret guards to disperse first.

"Your Majesty, have some water." Tiezhu handed the water bag to Li Chengfeng.

After drinking the water, Li Chengfeng called a few guards to discuss the next itinerary.

They looked at the map and studied the route.

After this assassination, Li Chengfeng decided to split his troops into two groups to confuse the assassin's sight.

He took Tiezhu and a small group of guards and took a shortcut to Zezhou. The main force still took the main road and traveled as planned.

After a cup of tea, Li Chengfeng gave the order to continue the journey and then mounted his horse.

Tiezhu followed beside him, and a team of guards formed a battle formation, guarding Li Chengfeng on both sides.

The remaining guards also arranged the same formation as them, split into two groups, and continued to rush towards Zezhou.