When the news of the fall of Qingwu City spread, Helian Mu had already captured three cities in a row and was stationed in Qinghe City with his large army in high spirits.

After receiving the news, he drank the wine in the cup, "A woman who is restless and stays in Xiangchu dares to come out and fight for the world."

The Qinghe County Magistrate flatteredly, "Your Majesty is the royal bloodline and the orthodox one. She is just a traitor."

He felt relieved to hear this. In recent years, he had become more and more arrogant and conceited.

He was not happy with the wine, so he said to the guard beside him, "Send Rouge to get drunk."

A lot of rouge wine was specially prepared for him during this march. The guard went to the rear camp, brought out a jar of rouge wine, and threw a pill into it, which quickly dissolved in the wine.

Soon the Rouge Wine was brought. Since he didn't bring much, he drank it alone without thinking of sharing it with his subordinates.

He Zhan, who was drinking, had a twinkle in his eyes. Since he married Chen Ying, he had been won over little by little. But the reason was that he did not think highly of the King of Yan in the three-way dispute.

Although it is said that the winners are the kings and the losers are the bandits, he did not want to die in vain. So he wavered after Chen Zhun extended an olive branch to him.

What finally made him make up his mind was that Concubine Qiao Xue had secretly joined forces with the King of Xiangchu. The situation was basically clear, and he naturally knew what to choose.

After marching for many days, Helian Mu had already developed a craving for alcohol and quickly finished a jar of Zui Yanzhi.

Then he returned to the villa of the county magistrate's mansion, where he would stay temporarily for the next few days.

The county magistrate was a tactful man and had long heard that the Prince of Yan loved beautiful women.

He had drunk some wine today, and it was a beautiful day, so naturally he couldn't stay alone in the empty room.

He presented to him a pair of sisters who had been presented as a gift from below but whom he had not yet had time to enjoy.

Helian Mu sat on the bed and said, "Raise your head."

One of the sisters is cold as ice, while the other is charming as fire. The two faces look 70% alike, but they have completely different styles.

Having been a widow for so long, and drunk with rouge, he quickly praised, "The county magistrate is thoughtful."

The county magistrate tactfully withdrew and did not disturb him. The two sisters played the piano and danced, and the more they danced, the thinner their clothes became.

The two were originally born in brothels and were carefully trained.

Now that he has the opportunity to get close to the King of Yan, he naturally tries his best to create a future for himself.

He has been indulging in pleasure in recent years and has tried everything, so he is naturally an expert. When three experts meet, it is like a fish in water.

Chen Zhun brought food and tens of thousands of his trusted followers and rushed here day and night.

He Zhan sat by the window, not wanting to sleep. If nothing unexpected happened, the weather would change after dawn. In order not to attract attention, he closed his eyes and rested.

It was a ridiculous night. There was no movement in the room until noon, and Helian Mu did not get up.

The two sisters woke up and felt the people around them were cold. The younger sister was trembling and wanted to scream, but the older sister covered her mouth with her hand.

The two of them pretended to be calm and walked out, saying to the maid at the door, "The prince is tired and wants to continue sleeping."

As soon as the two of them left, Helian Mu's confidant General Ling Fei strode over and asked, "Is the prince still not awake?"

"not yet."

He looked back and saw that the sun was already high in the sky. He felt something was not right and shouted outside the door, "Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

No one responded, and it was so quiet inside that you could hear a pin drop.

"My Lord, are you awake?"

Still no one answered, this was not right. He no longer hesitated and pushed the door open.

The room was filled with the smell of alcohol mixed with a strong aroma, and Helian Mu was lying on the bed in dishevel.

"My lord..."

He stepped closer, put his hand under his nose to test his breath, and said with a changed expression, "Call the doctor and the military physician over."

Soon the news of Helian Mu's accident spread throughout the mansion, and the three main generals and some deputy generals all arrived. The county governor knelt and trembled beside him, and as for the pair of sisters, they sneaked out through the back door and disappeared.

He Zhan deliberately had someone let them go. They were innocently implicated. Whether they could escape alive in the chaos depended on their luck.

The atmosphere was heavy, Ling Fei was guarding the door himself, and soon the military doctor said with an unpleasant expression, "The prince has passed away..."

The county magistrate was so frightened that he fainted.

At this critical moment, Helian Mu died, leaving the remaining people and the Yan army with no way to advance or retreat.

"The prince was fine last night, how could he suddenly die?"

"There must be a conspiracy. What should we do if the prince dies..."

Finally, the military doctor and the doctor confirmed that he died of horse madness. He drank too much and was too stimulated last night, and finally his body and heart could not bear it.

Seeing such a death, the people present looked at each other and couldn't even feel sad.

Ling Fei didn't believe it, so he went in to check it himself, but didn't see any problems.

"Could it be that there was something wrong with the wine last night?"

He Zhan said in a deep voice, "The news of the prince's death cannot be concealed. Once the outside world knows about it, what should we do..."

"Still fighting, or retreating back to Yandi..."

"The prince is dead, what's the point of fighting? Who will take the blame if we defeat him?"

Helian Mu only had one daughter, who had long since disappeared. He had no sons, so he didn't even have the chance to assist the young master.

Everyone became discouraged and their morale was low.

Ling Fei always felt that the time of death was too coincidental. He said coldly, "I don't believe that the prince went crazy and died immediately. Someone must have harmed him."

One of the lieutenants said unhappily, "Everyone is dead. What matters now is how to end it."

"I think everyone present is a suspect." Ling Fei's eyes swept over them, "No one is allowed to leave the mansion without permission."

"Oh, the prince is dead, you don't want to label us as murderers and take the throne yourself, do you?"

"You really think you're something." Another commander who had always been at odds with him said, "I suspect you were the one who did it..."

As soon as Helian Mu died, he didn't need to say much, and the few people immediately fell into chaos.

He spoke in a cold tone, "General Ling, no matter what, it's not your turn to make the decision now."

Ling Fei frowned, "We should unite now and not let ourselves get in chaos."

"Unity, what the hell? Unity means just obeying you. I'm the first one to disagree."

Now that the King of Yan was dead, the so-called great cause was over. No one obeyed him, and he could not control the house at all.

Soon the group of people dispersed unhappily, and even became wary of each other, fearing that they would be stabbed.

Soon, his troops split up and no one trusted anyone else. He Zhan had 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers under his command, who were brought by his own confidants and Chen Zhun.

He took them to wait and see what would happen, and at the same time tried to win over another general with whom he had a good relationship.

Ling Fei had the most soldiers, and he wanted to find out the cause of Helian Mu's death and catch the murderer behind it. Unfortunately, the other people didn't cooperate with him at all, and they almost started fighting each other.

Everyone had different thoughts, and the whole Qinghe City was in turmoil. He Zhan was very calm, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

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