Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

At night, in the lobby of the front yard of the lord's mansion.

At this moment, Gu Chan was slumped in the first seat, expressionless and silent, in a very bad mood.

Wei Xing, Ren Nanshan and others were sitting on chairs on both sides of the lobby, arguing fiercely about the death of the old emperor.

The crowd was divided into two factions. The faction represented by Wei Xing advocated that Gu Chan should not go to Kyoto, otherwise it would be like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth, with no way back.

The faction headed by Jie Sanshao and Long Yu advocated that Gu Chan had to go to Kyoto, otherwise it would be disobeying the imperial order and committing a capital crime.

Compared to them, Xu Ziguang was obviously much more cunning. He neither opposed nor agreed with Gu Chan going to Kyoto. He just sat in the chair without saying a word, watching the two factions quarreling.

Gu Chan listened for a long time, and at one point she couldn't bear it anymore. She slammed her palm on the table beside her, glared at everyone and shouted, "Enough, everyone, be quiet. Those of you sitting here are either my trusted subordinates or the leaders of the Jiangnan area. How can you make such a fuss? It's disgraceful."

After being scolded, everyone immediately quieted down and dared not make any more noise.

Gu Chan looked at Xu Ziguang and said, "Sir Xu, you haven't said a word since you came in. I would like to hear your opinion."

"My Lord, I'm afraid you will feel uncomfortable after hearing my opinion!" Xu Ziguang said with an embarrassed look on his face.

"What's so uncomfortable about this? Just tell me now and don't waste my time." Gu Chan said unhappily.

Xu Ziguang smiled awkwardly, looked at everyone, and then said timidly, "I think it's not important to go or not. What's important is whether the lord has the courage to go to Kyoto to fight with the prince. Now that the old emperor has passed away, there is obviously something wrong. The prince has succeeded to the throne and become the new emperor of Tiancang at this critical juncture, which is even more problematic!"

"So, you think I don't have the ability or courage to go to Kyoto and confront the prince head-on?" Gu Chan said with narrowed eyes.

"My lord, I didn't mean that. I was just stating the facts. And I've already said I didn't want to say it, but you forced me to say it. See! Now you're unhappy, aren't you?" Xu Ziguang said aggrievedly, spreading his hands.

Gu Chan glared at him fiercely and said coldly, "Alright, go back and deal with your own affairs. You don't need to discuss this matter anymore. I will think of a solution myself."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Everyone responded in unison.

Then everyone quickly stood up and left quickly as if they were escaping.

In the end, only a few of Gu Chan's close associates remained in the lobby, looking at her with worried faces.

Gu Chan said, "You guys go down and have some rest too! Leave me alone."

"master……"

"Okay, stop talking. I'm annoyed now. Let me be quiet for a while." Gu Chan waved her hand to interrupt Wei Xing.

Only then did they reluctantly take their leave.

Gu Chan sat alone in the lobby. After thinking quietly for a while, she stood up and left the lobby. Then she walked out of the City Lord's Mansion and headed towards the Jigong Temple to the east of Jiangnan City.

Half an hour later, Gu Chan arrived at the Buddhist hall of Jigong Temple.

What surprised her was that at this time, not only was the nine-fingered old beggar in the Buddhist temple, but also the general Nanxing Kuang of the Jiangnan camp was there.

Gu Chan walked over and sat across from them and said, "What a coincidence, you two are together."

"We have been waiting for you for a long time. We calculated that you would come tonight." Nanxing said with a wry smile.

Gu Chan frowned when she heard this, and felt that something was wrong.

These two people had nothing in common before, and she had never seen Nan Xing Kuang come to Jigong Temple. But after the news of the old emperor's death spread, he actually appeared in such an unreasonable place tonight.

This is of course very wrong.

Nan Xing Kuang looked at the nine-fingered old beggar and said, "Don't hide it from him anymore. It's time to confess to him."

"Well, there is nothing to hide anymore today." The nine-fingered beggar sighed.

After saying this, under Gu Chan's astonished gaze, he reached out and slowly tore off the disguise skin covering his face, revealing his true face.

Gu Chan was stunned for a while before she reacted and said, "Damn it! Old Boss, you are a beggar and you are a bull! You even changed your appearance, you are really ugly, and you are so good at playing tricks!"

"Gu Chan, don't be rude. He is none other than Xuanyuan Wu, the Dragon Martial Emperor of our Tiancang Kingdom." Nanxing scolded harshly.

Gu Chan was so frightened that her face turned pale. She quickly stood up, knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Your Majesty, I am so sorry! I have never seen you before, so I didn't recognize you just now. I thought you were having fun!"

"Haha...you little brat, you make me laugh to death, and you make me angry to death. Forget it, get up! Ignorance is not a crime, and I don't blame you. Just treat me as the old gang leader you used to be." Xuanyuan Wu said with a chuckle.

He has been in Jiangnan for such a long time, and he has known Gu Chan for quite some time. Naturally, he dotes on her very much and has no intention of blaming her at all.

Gu Chan smiled awkwardly, thanked him quickly, got up from the ground, and sat back on the cushion.

Nan Xingkuang said, "The news of the emperor's death in Kyoto this time is false. This is something the prince did to usurp the throne. But now that he did this, the real emperor in Jiangnan has become a fake emperor, and the fake emperor lying in the Kyoto Palace has become the real emperor!"

"Oh! I understand. So the prince found a corpse and pretended to be the emperor, and then announced to the public that the emperor had passed away. In this way, he could naturally succeed to the throne and become the new emperor. Now, if the real emperor dares to jump out again, he will naturally be regarded as an impostor by the world and be hunted down, right?" Gu Chan said with relief.

Nan Xing Kuang nodded affirmatively.

Gu Chan shook her head and said, "What a prince! He is so brave. His father is not even dead yet! He is so eager to usurp the throne just by doing this. I am convinced."

"Now, in the entire Tiancang Kingdom, only the three of us know the truth, so you have to keep it secret and not leak it to outsiders, otherwise the emperor's life may be in danger." Nanxing Kuang reminded.

Gu Chan nodded hurriedly in agreement. She was already overwhelmed by this matter anyway, so naturally she didn't want to get involved in other things.

But just as she was thinking this, Xuanyuan Wu laughed and said, "Gu Chan, do you still remember when you asked me to help you trick Zuo Wangfeng?"

"What happened? It's been so long, I don't remember much." Gu Chan said with his hands spread out.

During this period of time, so many things happened in the Jiangnan area, and she also went abroad. Naturally, she had forgotten those things that happened in the past, and it was difficult for her to recall them suddenly.