I transmigrated to ancient times and became a king with a title equal to mine.

Long Bin received a message by carrier pigeon an hour ago; his father-in-law only wrote four words: "A storm is coming."

Long Bin thought to himself: Logically speaking, Li Guixiao's memorial should have been written after his father-in-law sent a message by carrier pigeon, otherwise his father-in-law would not have written only four characters.

In this light, the storm my father-in-law mentioned must be a group of people framing me.

Both groups are targeting him, and they must all be from the front lines in Lishui. It seems that Brother Erwang can't wait any longer.

Long Bin's guess was correct, but he did not expect the other party to be ruthless and to openly deceive the emperor.

Long Bin said in a deep voice, "Zhong Lin, this is blatant deception of the emperor. Are you even aware of what's going on?"

"Monkey," Song Zhonglin paused for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "They are lying. But lies will eventually be exposed. They are taking advantage of the time difference created by such a long distance to openly deceive the emperor. They must have something to rely on."

"This is a crime of deceiving the emperor, and they're even framing a prince. What are they trying to do?" Song Zhonglin said, his expression tense.

Long Bin said, "He has nothing to rely on, but he has something to gain. Otherwise, they wouldn't dare to be so bold."

"Oh no! Your father is in danger!" Song Zhonglin exclaimed in alarm.

Long Bin got up, walked to the window, and sighed, "I hope Xiao Yudong can return to Beijing alive."

Xiao Yudong was stabbed to death in the polder area outside the West Gate of Sishui. Long Bin received the report while he was at Hu Deren's house.

Upon hearing this, Song Zhonglin was greatly surprised: "Someone wants to kill Lao Xiao?"

Long Bin nodded and said, "Killing someone to silence them. This matches Li Guixiao's false accusation perfectly."

Long Bin said solemnly, "Zhonglin, all of our actions are being watched by them, except for you. You lead your men along the Zhengyangmen special transportation route, traveling day and night, with the horses and men never stopping, to rescue the emperor from afar!"

"Your subordinate obeys!" Song Zhonglin showed no arrogance and leaped away.

Long Bin thought to himself: If I'm not mistaken, the imperial court should be sending people to arrest me. It's a three-day journey from the capital. That means His Majesty should be safe for the next three days.

I hope the monkey has a smooth journey, and I hope my father, the king, is lucky to survive.

Long Bin had no feelings for the deceased Long Bin's father; his concern stemmed from loyalty to the country.

Outside the window, all was quiet. Long Bin muttered to himself: "The Long brothers, and Empress Zhu, you have forced me time and time again. Now you can blame me for being ruthless."

If you want to play, let's play big! Let the storm rage on!

He immediately thought of gathering the main leaders of Zhengyangmen to make arrangements, but it was the middle of the night, so how could he recruit people?

Damn, this era is so backward. In my past life, I could command the wind and rain. Cell phones, telegraph machines, and universal communication devices were so convenient.

No, we must research a communication tool after this is over, a tool that is definitely secure for carrier pigeons.

After changing into their night clothes, they went to the second floor of the agreed-upon Haolai Inn and lit five oil lamps. This was an emergency summons signal.

Half an hour later, in the basement of the inn's backyard.

Lu Zhusheng, one of the five guardians of Zhengyang Sect, asked, "Sect Master, what's the emergency?"

There were only five people on the upper floors of Zhengyangmen in Lishui, but they all arrived at this time.

Long Bin opened the door and went into the mountain, telling everyone the situation directly.

Wei Fengchen, the head of Lishui Hall, said angrily, "Li Guixiao was a despicable man to begin with. I would have killed him long ago. I wonder when Lord Xiao will arrive in the capital?"

Lu Zhusheng shook his head and said, "Xiao Yudong's return to Beijing this time is no less than a brush with death; we can't count on him. The key right now is how to resolve the crisis."

“Yes.” Qian Jin, one of the five protectors, frowned and said, “If the imperial envoy arrives, the sect leader will be in a dilemma. If he agrees to be escorted back to the capital, his life and death will be out of his control once he gets on the prison cart, and those people will definitely have poisonous hands planted along the way. If he doesn’t agree, that would be disobeying the imperial decree, which would mean father and son becoming enemies and wandering the martial world.”

This was the first time Long Bin had met these people. After hearing what they said, he thought to himself that the deadbeat Long Bin had some talented people under his command.

“You are right. The reason we summoned everyone here is to take action, otherwise I will be on the defensive.”

The five men said in unison, "Please give your orders, Sect Leader."

Long Bin clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Thank you all for your help."

"It is an honor for all the disciples of Zhengyang Sect to serve the sect leader."

"Thank you, brothers." Long Bin said solemnly, "This crisis is not only about me personally, but perhaps even His Majesty is in great danger."

"I have a feeling that those people might make a move against me before the imperial envoy arrives."

Qian Jin said, "I think we should deploy personnel along the Huai River to snipe any suspicious individuals we find."

Wei Fengchen said, "This is a good idea. I suggest that we carefully observe the merchants entering the drainage system before they enter."

After discussing for an hour, they decided to establish two observation lines: the south bank of the Huai River and the north bank of the Chuzhou River.

Subsequently, Qian Jin suggested that the sect leader move to Fengleji immediately.

"Outsiders don't know that the sect leader went to Fengle. This adds an extra layer of protection to the two lines of observation, which is equivalent to having a buffer period."

Long Bin nodded in agreement and agreed to stay temporarily at the Wang family compound.

Before leaving, he said, "We must remove the hidden spies of the Heavenly Way Society."

Lu Zhusheng said, "We'll take care of this."

Long Bin shook his head and said, "I'll do it. The Zhu family is a powerful family, relatives of the Empress."

"Then, we'll send you people."

Long Bin disagreed, and Qian Jin laughed, "If the sect leader can't handle all the families, what kind of Heavenly Fiend Dragon are you?"

The group burst into laughter, instantly easing the tense atmosphere.

Long Bin asked Lu Zhusheng, "What happened to those damaged boats on the Dongjiang River?"

Lu Zhusheng, whose public identity was the logistics officer of the Lishui military camp, smiled at the sect leader and said, "I secretly sold each boat to the Juchao pirates for twenty taels of silver."

"Oh?" Long Bin was taken aback for a moment, then immediately understood and laughed, "Go to the Niangniang Temple right away and tell them to hurry up with the repairs and be ready to go into battle at any time."

"Master, the three hundred young men in the mountains have been training for three years. Isn't it time to show them to the world?" Qian Jin asked.

There are still three hundred men in the mountains? Long Bin was startled, and memories of the dead ghost suddenly flooded his mind.

It turns out that three years ago, the dead guy fell into the trap set by the seventh and eighth brothers and almost died at their hands.

After escaping danger, the deadbeat Long Bin had the idea of ​​training assassins.

Goodness, this guy is really something else, he has a great strategic vision.

Long Bin said to Lu Zhusheng, "Give us three hundred sets of equipment, let the men change into them, and establish the Southern King's Guard."

"In addition, you should arrange for several skilled men to protect Prefect Ma Gui."

After the people from Zhengyang Gate left, Long Bin gave a few instructions to the person in charge of guarding him, and Qiao Zhuang left.

Dressed in black, Long Bin quietly slipped into the residence of Marquis Wanjiang in Lishui.

Li Guixiao, in the prime of his life, was fast asleep with a woman in his arms when Long Bin inserted three needles into him, set the house on fire, and left.