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

Li Chengfeng picked up the military token and looked at it carefully.

Shaped like a leopard.

Emperor Jianwu personally built the Five Major Camps. The military token that could command the Five Major Camps was a tiger, so it was also called the Tiger Token.

Wei Du and Zheng Yingtong were good enough to create a leopard talisman, but I don’t know how many private soldiers they have.

I don’t know if the weapons in the Qingshan Cave are related to them.

According to Lu Wen, Zheng Yingtong was a martial artist, and the two attacks on Li Chengfeng on the way to Zezhou were his doing.

Na Weidu is good at destroying people's hearts. He likes to make people collapse mentally, and then give them hope so that they will do things for him.

Then why was the military token in Wei Du's hands instead of Zheng Yingtong's?

Isn't there an iron wall between the two of them?

Putting the problem aside for now, Li Chengfeng asked the secret guard to wake Xiaochan up and warned her not to make any sound.

The secret guards controlled Xiaochan so that Li Chengfeng could question her.

Xiaochan woke up slowly and was a little confused for a moment.

After taking in the current situation, she pitifully said to Li Chengfeng, "Your Majesty, why do you treat me like this? But what have I done wrong?"

Li Chengfeng's eyes swept across Xiaochan's face, with a hint of inquiry: "You look very similar to an old friend of mine. Tell me, what is your purpose in approaching me?"

Her body stiffened, and Xiaochan said vaguely: "Your Majesty, I don't understand what you mean."

The hidden guard grabbed her hair and said, "Answer your Majesty's questions honestly."

The pain made Xiaochan dare not move anymore. She knelt down obediently and told Li Chengfeng the whole story.

It turned out that Xiaochan was indeed a zither player. She was responsible for playing the zither in various restaurants to earn some money to make a living.

One day, Wei Du came to a restaurant for dinner and happened to see Xiaochan playing the piano. Although she was wearing a veil, her eyebrows and eyes were very similar to the emperor's dead lover.

He ordered the restaurant owner to bring Xiaochan to him and pulled off her veil. Now her whole face was exposed, and she looked even more like that old friend.

He took Xiaochan away immediately.

After some training, Wei Du asked her to seduce the emperor. If Xiaochan didn't obey, he would sell her to the lowest-class brothel.

Although Xiaochan made a living by playing the piano, she had never shown up in public, and people dining in the restaurant had never paid special attention to the pianist playing in the inner room.

So Xiaochan was still a girl, and Wei Du’s intimidation made her very scared, so she had to listen to his arrangements.

It was not until Li Chengfeng arrived in Zezhou that Wei Du invited him to dinner at Zuixianlou, and asked Xiaochan to go there deliberately to play the piano to attract the emperor's attention.

Lu Wen had informed Wei Du in advance about coming to the pleasure boat today, and Wei Du brought her here specially to meet His Majesty.

After he stopped talking, Li Chengfeng looked at the secret guard, who nodded to him.

The secret guards not only have to protect the emperor's safety, but also have to have interrogation skills after catching the bad guys. Xiaochan's expression and small movements when she spoke just now proved that what she said was true.

Li Chengfeng ordered the secret guards to release Xiaochan and showed her the military token.

"Ever seen this thing?"

Xiaochan took the military token and looked at it carefully and said, "I think I have seen it in Lord Wei's study."

Looking at Xiaochan, Li Chengfeng asked, "What does Wei Du want with the military token?"

After thinking for a moment, Xiaochan said, "Lord Wei and Lord Zheng, they used the Leopard Talisman to secretly mobilize the city guards and secretly recruited people from the Jianghu outside the city for training."

"How do you know all this?" Li Chengfeng leaned forward slightly, with a hint of oppression in his tone.

"One time, I was tired from practicing the piano, so I took a walk in the garden of the Wei Mansion to rest, and accidentally walked into a secret room."

"Just as I was about to go out, I heard footsteps coming, so I had to find a place to hide."

"That's what they discussed afterwards." Xiaochan recalled and repeated what she heard at that time.

It turned out that Zheng Yingtong and his men were making money so ostentatiously in order to support the army.

Only then did Li Chengfeng understand what their purpose was.

After sorting all this out, Li Chengfeng decided it was time to return to the capital.

After listening to Xiaochan's story, Li Chengfeng already had a plan in mind. He arranged for Xiaochan to continue to work undercover beside Lord Wei and not to reveal a single word of what happened tonight.

At the bow, Wei Du and Lu Wen guarded the emperor all night, but their moods were completely different.

Early the next morning, the emperor walked out of the pleasure boat with a smug look on his face, followed by the fragile Xiaochan.

After exchanging a glance with Xiaochan, Wei Du immediately arranged for the servants to bring toiletries.

Picking up the soft handkerchief, Xiaochan took the initiative to wipe Li Chengfeng's face and hands. The two of them only had eyes for each other, and they knew at a glance what good thing had happened last night.

Wei Du watched their interaction and was overjoyed.

"Thank you for your hard work, Lord Wei. The moonlight last night was very beautiful. I like it very much. Come, give me a reward!" Li Chengfeng waved his hand and asked people to reward Wei Du with many treasures.

"Your Majesty, I thank you for your reward." Wei Du knelt down and kowtowed to express his gratitude, with an uncontrollable smile on his face.

After returning to the prefectural government office, Li Chengfeng immediately summoned Zhao Sheng and Lu Wen to discuss important matters.

After the two of them saluted, they stood beside Li Chengfeng and listened to his arrangements.

Li Chengfeng told them that Zheng Yingtong and Wei Du had already started raising private soldiers, which included city guards and some people from the underworld.

An army composed of this kind must be quite powerful. It would probably not be easy for Li Chengfeng to return to the capital smoothly.

Thinking of this, he wrote a secret letter and gave it to the secret guard, asking him to deliver it to Song Wei Yu as quickly as possible.

"Zhao Sheng, I order you to send someone to contact the guards of the various prefectures surrounding Jiangnan Prefecture and have them be on high alert. If necessary, they must come to my side as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" Zhao Sheng took the order and left.

"Lu Wen, you are responsible for monitoring Xiaochan. I have ordered her to seize the opportunity to steal the address of the troops hidden by Wei and Zheng. If she dares to disobey orders, she will be killed without mercy!"

"Your humble servant obeys your order." Lu Wen also went out to make arrangements.

Li Chengfeng was the only one left in the room, staring at the map of Jiangnan Prefecture, planning his route back to Beijing.

Capital city, Zhenguo Temple.

Song Wei Yu held the secret letter in her hand, her face ashen.

Seeing her unhappy expression, Xiao Liuzi quickly took the letter and took a closer look.

The letter detailed the evidence that Zheng Yingtong and Wei Du maintained private soldiers and the reasons why they amassed huge wealth.

Anger spread in his heart, and Xiao Liuzi clenched his fists: "Master Song, this must be told to General He!"

Nodding, Song Wei Yu immediately summoned He Sheng and several trusted ministers and informed everyone of the contents of the secret letter.

"Your Majesty is surrounded by danger right now. We must help him."

"The most important thing right now is to ensure the safety of the capital. There must be no chaos in the capital!" Song Wei Yu said in a serious tone, leaving no room for doubt.

Several generals took orders and quickly made arrangements, mobilizing the guards in the capital to strengthen the security of the imperial palace, and the number of guards at the city gates was also increased several times.

Of course, this is all done in secret.

After arranging all this, Song Wei Yu replied to Li Chengfeng in a secret letter, telling him that everything in the capital had been arranged and asking the emperor to be careful.