Transmigration: I, the Dragon Overlord, start by protecting my beautiful bride!

Upon hearing this, Long Aotian sighed helplessly, helped her up from the ground, and looked at her, saying, "Guixiang, I promise you."

Gui Xiang was overjoyed to hear that Long Aotian had agreed and thanked him repeatedly.

“You don’t need to thank me right now, because what I’m doing is extremely dangerous, and whether I can return to Qianzhou City alive is another matter.” Long Aotian sighed and said, “But I promise you, I will write a letter back during this time and ask the Zhenye Division to do their best to help you find out the truth about this matter. If I can return alive in the end, I will also personally help you find out the truth about this matter.”

Gui Xiang froze upon hearing Long Aotian's words. She stared blankly at him for a moment before saying, "Lord Shen, you will definitely be safe and sound..."

……

A few days later.

The border of the Celestial Empire.

Changyin Mountain Pass.

Li Chunfeng personally led the troops to the battlefield. The Shang Dynasty's 500,000-strong army pressed in, and the Heavenly Dynasty, under Li Chunfeng's leadership, relied on the favorable terrain and strong city walls to hold out for a day and a night.

The city walls were piled high with corpses, and rivers of blood flowed; the battle was incredibly fierce...

Meanwhile, in Suzhou, the disgraced Crown Prince's faction finally couldn't resist taking action.

The defending general betrayed the city, and the two men, working together from within and without, completely trapped Suzhou.

The entire country, both inside and outside, is in complete chaos...

……

"Sir, there is millet porridge today. Please have some."

Gui Xiang entered the Royal Library carrying a food box and found Long Aotian, who was still engrossed in investigating clues, neglecting to eat or sleep.

In the past few days, he has eliminated two-thirds of the problems, but progress on Jiang Beichuan's side is also not good, and bad news keeps coming in one after another. He really dares not stop to rest...

"My lord, let me continue the investigation for you. Please have something to eat." Seeing that Long Aotian was unmoved, Guixiang brought him a bowl of steaming millet porridge.

Long Aotian waved his hand, as if to say no, but the next moment he started to back away and stagger, and my vision went black, I almost fell to the ground...

Fortunately, Gui Xiang reacted quickly and used her shoulder to brace Long Aotian, preventing him from falling directly to the ground.

She helped Long Aotian to sit down, then picked up a spoon, blew on the bowl to cool it, and scooped up the top layer of porridge that wasn't too hot, gently bringing it to his lips.

"The Shang Dynasty army is currently outside Changyin Mountain Pass. If we can't find out who's behind this, things could really get out of hand..." Long Aotian opened his mouth to drink his porridge, but his mind was still on state affairs.

Looking at his haggard and weak appearance, Gui Xiang couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache and said, "If all the officials of our Celestial Empire were like Lord Shen, I think the Celestial Empire wouldn't have fallen to this state."

Long Aotian closed his eyes and smiled, but all that came to mind were scenes from the real world.

Is he a good person?

It's hard to say. In the modern world thousands of years from now, will good people really not be rewarded?

"By the way, have you received a reply to the letter I asked you to send out?"

"Yes, it just arrived today."

As Gui Xiang spoke, she opened the mechanism at the bottom of the food box, then disassembled the bottom layer and took out a letter.

Long Aotian took the letter, and Guixiang tactfully got up and went to the bookshelf to continue searching for clues for him, leaving a private space so that Long Aotian could properly open the letter and take a look.

"My lord, seeing this letter is like seeing you in person."

"You suddenly disappeared several months ago, leaving your wife tossing and turning, unable to sleep, worrying every night about your safety. Fortunately, you are a lucky man and have received a letter from home saying you are safe and sound. My heart, which had been hanging in suspense, can finally be put at ease..."

Shen Juanxin's handwriting is as beautiful as she is. The letter is long, but every word reveals her longing and concern.

After reading it, Long Aotian's eyes welled up with tears. Although his current situation was terrible, at least he was no longer alone...

……

After dinner, Long Aotian was so tired that he fell asleep without realizing it. When he opened his eyes again, it was already dark outside.

"cinnamon?"

"I am here, sir."

Long Aotian looked up and saw that Guixiang was still helping to find clues.

"How many hours have I slept?"

"About three hours, sir."

"Okay, then I'll take over the investigation. You go and rest." Long Aotian said, and immediately stood up to take over Gui Xiang's shift.

Just then, a sound came from outside the door.

Long Aotian and Guixiang immediately fell silent and blew out the lantern.

"How dare you! The Royal Library is a forbidden area; no one may enter without permission!"

The person outside did not speak upon hearing this, but silently raised his hand and held up a token. Upon seeing the token, the guard immediately allowed him to pass.

The doors of the Royal Library slowly opened, and a figure walked in from outside, looking around.

The door behind him closed again, and Long Aotian stepped out from behind it, placing a knife against the man's neck.

"Lord Shen, what are you doing?"

"Zhang Lingyun? What are you doing here?"

When Long Aotian heard that familiar voice, he was momentarily stunned, but when the person in front of him turned around, it was indeed Zhang Lingyun.

“I’m here because I have news,” Zhang Lingyun said, then gestured for Long Aotian to follow her to a secluded spot inside the Royal Library.

"Aren't you from the Ghost Market? The Royal Library is a very important place, how do you know how to get there?" Long Aotian asked curiously as he followed Zhang Lingyun forward.

“Then you underestimate the Ghost Market. Not to mention me, there are probably many court officials who shuttle between the Ghost Market and the court.” Zhang Lingyun said, stopping and turning to look at Long Aotian. “Alright, I can’t stay here any longer. Let me tell you directly. The Ghost Market has been making a lot of noise these past few days. It seems they are about to take action.”

Upon hearing this, Long Aotian was startled, but he forced himself to remain calm and said, "So fast? Is your information accurate...?"

"Yes, there's no mistake." Zhang Lingyun nodded and said, "You two, any progress?"

Long Aotian shook his head and said, "I don't have it here, and it's hard to say about Beichuan..." As he said this, he raised his head and asked, "By the way, didn't Dong Fuguang go to report and send troops to suppress the Ghost Market unrest? How is the progress?"

Zhang Lingyun shook his head and replied, "These past few days I've only seen you and Brother Jiang; I haven't seen Lord Dong." As he said this, he suddenly added meaningfully, "The Huayi Mansion is even harder to enter than the royal city..."

……

at the same time.

Inside the pavilion in the lake of Huayi Mansion, Dong Fuguang was standing to one side, while Prime Minister Jin was still fishing.

“Fu Guang, do you remember what I told you? If you want to change this world and let the people truly live a happy life, you have to drag down all those fools at the top and execute them.”

Dong Fuguang stood aside without answering, but his expression suddenly became somewhat dazed.

On the shore of Huayi Mansion, rows of people had their heads covered with black cloth, and standing beside them were all Huayi officials. Without the slightest hesitation, they slit the throats of these people.

The body fell into the water, splashing up sprays of water, and the blood quickly stained a large area of ​​the water red...

These people were all officials from various parts of Jingcheng who supported Li Chunfeng. Without exception, they either disappeared at home or on the road...

And now,

They were all brought here. The Huayi Mansion, known as the impregnable fortress protecting Jingcheng, a place that made Shang Dynasty spies tremble with fear and deterred lawbreakers from causing trouble under the emperor's nose, had now become the burial ground for these ministers...

Looking at those about to be killed, Dong Fuguang's eyes showed some reluctance. Her lips moved slightly, but in the end, she said nothing.

"Those who achieve great things should not be bothered by trifles. The success of one general is built on the bones of ten thousand soldiers. I remember teaching you this principle when you were a child."

Prime Minister Jin gripped the fishing rod tightly, the line taut, and continued, "All these years, I haven't told you what I've been doing, hoping not to drag you into it. But... what you and that Shen Congxin are doing now is hindering my godfather's great cause, so I have no choice but to tell you these things in advance. Do you understand?"

Upon hearing this, Dong Fuguang remained silent for a moment before finally asking, "Then, my godfather, Lord Qian, did you also die at his hands?"

Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Jin made no attempt to conceal his opinion, nodding in agreement and saying, "That fool Qian Cheng was too clever for his own good; he deserved to die. If it weren't for the need to dig the underground passage to the Ghost Market, someone like him would never have been part of my grand plan!"

Dong Fuguang was somewhat anxious and said, "But Godfather, do you know that the people in the Ghost Market are ruthless and have committed many massacres? Even so, do we still want to cooperate with them?"

Prime Minister Jin raised his voice, saying, "Fu Guang, how can you not understand? Those who achieve great things do not concern themselves with trifles! Which emperor's path wasn't strewn with bones?!"

"But……"

Dong Fuguang still found it hard to accept, especially the fact that she was now betraying what she had wanted to protect for so many years, and betraying her friends...

At this time, he should have led the army and the Huayi Mansion to the Ghost Market to jointly suppress the situation and prevent the Celestial Empire from falling into a state of internal and external troubles...

But now...

“Fu Guang, don’t worry.” Prime Minister Jin saw through his thoughts, stepped forward and grasped his shoulder, and said, “Once I have power, I will definitely eliminate those guys. Cooperating with them now is only out of necessity.”

Dong Fuguang hesitated for a moment, but looking at the man in front of him who had raised him for more than ten years, he finally nodded.

Riverbank

The sound of swords slicing through flesh was followed by another cry of agony...

Dong Fuguang kept his head down, never daring to look in that direction...

As the official in charge of the Huayi Palace, he had the duty to supervise all officials. He knew their backgrounds inside and out, and he was naturally aware of whether they were guilty of heinous crimes...