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Late at night twenty-six days ago, in Li Shuangwan’s room in Lexiaoyuan.

Gu Xingyan was sleeping on the floor when suddenly, there were two soft knocks on the door of the wardrobe in the room.

Gu Xingyan immediately opened his eyes, glanced at Li Shuangwan who was breathing evenly on the bed, then immediately opened the closet door and entered the secret passage.

The two walked several feet inside before Ou Jianglin stopped.

In the secret passage, the lights were bright. Ou Jianglin handed over a secret letter with a pale face: "Master, I'm from the Fourth Nine City. His Majesty was strangled to death by a close eunuch while sleeping in the Emperor's bedroom around midnight two days ago."

Gu Xingyan's face changed immediately and he opened the letter. The letter was written by his brother, the Crown Prince. It was written in a hurry. The usually calm brother wrote those few words crookedly and it was obvious that his hands were shaking while he wrote the letter.

His brother was very weak. Since he was found and sent back to Daliang in his previous life, this brother, who was ten years older than him, doted on him.

He mobilized the entire country of Daliang to search for famous doctors, just to cure the poison in his body and restore his memory. Even though he himself was suffering from illness every day, he never mobilized such a large number of people.

Before dying, he handed the imperial edict and the imperial seal to him, held him tightly, and spat out a few words from his bleeding mouth: "Xiaojiu, you must live, you must live!"

That year, my brother was forty years old and lived five years longer than the imperial physician had predicted. It was Yang Luo who took action.

Unfortunately, her brother has been ill for a long time. Even though Yang Luo is the best doctor in the world, he can only extend her life for five years and cannot snatch him back from the hands of death.

He was poisoned and without the most crucial medicine, how could he survive?

In their previous life, their father, who favored his concubine over his wife and was cold-hearted by nature, did not die so early.

It was not until three years later that he passed away, leaving a mess of responsibility to his sick brother.

Of course, my father’s death in the previous life was not glorious either.

During his five years in power, his elder brother reduced taxes, lived in harmony with the people, and reversed the decline of Daliang. Within a few years, Daliang's national strength increased dramatically, becoming the leader among the five countries.

Could it be that in this life, because the news that he was found early was passed back to Daliang, and he had not returned yet, Concubine Chen and her mother's family could not sit still and took action against my father early!

How dangerous that brother and mother will be.

"Where's the eunuch?"

Ou Jianglin's face was gloomy. "The imperial guards who heard the noise rushed into the emperor's bedroom, but they only heard that eunuch Hong say, 'Your Majesty, I will not let you down,' and then he drew his sword and committed suicide."

"Where did the knife come from in the Emperor's bedroom?"

Ou Jianglin shook his head. "I heard it was a very thin blade hidden in his belt. When he saw that His Majesty was no longer breathing, he immediately took out the blade and committed suicide the moment the imperial guards came in. Moreover, Eunuch Hong had served His Majesty for decades, and no one thought he would do anything to His Majesty."

Gu Xingyan clenched his fists tightly, and his joints creaked. Everyone knew that although the old eunuch named Hong who served his father was left by the previous emperor and had served his father for many years, his mother had saved his life.

Many years ago in the spring, this old eunuch went hunting with his father and a group of civil and military officials. Suddenly, a leopard jumped out from the depths of the jungle and pounced on his father. Eunuch Hong blocked the leopard with his body and was scratched on the back by its claws.

It was the Queen Mother who was always by my father's side who took out her treasured heart-protecting pills to protect his vitals, waited for the imperial physician to come, and saved his life.

Since then, he has been deeply grateful to his mother for saving his life.

The emperor was originally displeased with him because he was the person arranged by the late emperor, but after this incident, he began to trust him deeply.

Ou Jianglin knelt down anxiously: "The Queen is now surrounded by the imperial guards in Kunning Palace, and even the Crown Prince can't move. Master, we have to return to Daliang immediately."

Gu Xingyan reached out and pulled Ou Jianglin up from the ground: "Go back home."

He strode back to the Gu Mansion, where Liang Tianyou, Shu Wenbo and other personal guards were standing in the yard waiting for him, all with anxious looks on their faces.

"Uncle Ou, Shu Wenbo, Liang Tianyou, the three of you follow me in."

"Yes."

After entering the study, Gu Xingyan looked around at the three people standing in front of him and ordered: "Liang Tianyou, you take fifty people and leave now. Leave five people every three hundred miles to prepare three hundred good horses and food. We will rest for three hours every three hundred miles. You set off immediately and walk fast. Wait for us in Tongzhou City."

Tongzhou City is located on the border between Daliang and Northern Jin, and is the first city in Daliang.

"Yes." Liang Tianyou took the order and left immediately.

He knew clearly the purpose of Ninth Brother's arrangement. In Northern Jin, there was a stronghold established by Uncle Ou every three hundred miles, with a special communication channel. He would first send a pigeon to the contact person at the first location, and he would immediately make arrangements after receiving the order. At the same time, this person would send a pigeon to the contact person at the next stronghold, and the notification would be passed down layer by layer. This was the most time-saving and effective way.

Once you enter Daliang, you can change horses and get supplies at the official post station with your pass.

Gu Xingyan turned to Ou Jianglin and said, "Uncle Ou, you must leave through the secret passage immediately. Once you leave, immediately call back half of the people with the highest martial arts skills from each stronghold. Gather a total of 300 people. Wait for me at the villa 50 miles away and return to Daliang with me."

"Master, after receiving the secret letter, I have ordered people to be called back. They will arrive at the villa in a quarter of an hour at most."

"Very good, tie a piece of cloth on the horse's hoof and don't alarm others."

"Yes, I understand. The secret passage has been opened. I will leave now."

Gu Xingyan nodded, and Ou Jianglin took the order and left.

Gu Xingyan turned to look at Shu Wenbo.

Shu Wenbo stepped forward: "Brother Jiu, you give the order."

Gu Xingyan said nothing. He picked up the pen and paper on the table and wrote a letter almost in one go.

He read the letter twice, picked it up, brought it closer, gently blew dry the ink on the letter, folded it, and put it in the envelope.

Handed it to Shu Wenbo: "You stay in Shengjing City, there is no need to go back to Daliang with me."

Shu Wenbo was anxious: "Brother Jiu, I..."

Gu Xingyan raised his hand to interrupt: "If Miss Li comes to see you, please help her give this letter to her and tell her that she can do whatever she wants. I will take care of everything."

Shu Wenbo clenched his fists. It was already so late, why didn’t Ninth Brother wake up? Was it worth it for the woman of the Prince of Northern Jin?

Seeing that he didn't take the letter, Gu Xingyan put it on the desk and said, "Uncle Ou must go back to Daliang with me. Beijin cannot be without our people. It's not easy for you in Beijin. Wenbo, who else can I entrust these things to besides you?"

Shu Wenbo slowly loosened his clenched fists and finally nodded: "Yes, I will listen to Brother Jiu."

Gu Xingyan patted Shu Wenbo on the shoulder: "Protect her for me. If possible, persuade her to find a way to get out of Prince Heng's Mansion as soon as possible."

Shu Wenbo lowered his head. He knew that his ninth brother had done a lot for Miss Li during this period of time, and he also asked his ninth brother why he did this.

He just couldn't figure it out.

Before leaving, Gu Xingyan once again took a deep look in the direction of Lexiaoyuan in Prince Heng's Mansion, then without looking back, he entered the secret passage.

Half an hour later, hundreds of people mounted their horses at a villa on the outskirts of the city and headed for Daliang.