Dress up as a sickly person to capture the villain princess!

The extinguished lanterns were lit again.

A faint light illuminated the dark stone road, and the graceful shadows of several people gradually appeared.

The big man held the lantern, hurriedly put away the tinder, and looked up while holding the lantern.

Then, they saw a woman in a long blue dress walking towards them, with the soft white fur on the edge of her clothes fluttering in the night breeze in the corridor.

Gorgeous.

The big man was stunned, holding his breath for a moment.

I couldn't help but swallow my saliva.

"It's indeed a good method. I think if it were anyone else, they would have fallen into your trap by now."

"But, Commander Gu...God is watching what people do."

"I think that with your ability, you are not yet able to control my direction."

Such a weak woman could speak such... chilling words.

Xia Zhiyuan's smile, illuminated by the candlelight, is still so warm and gentle, making people feel like they are bathed in spring sunshine.

But Gu Zhao, who was lying on the ground dying, didn't think so.

If it weren't for this woman, he might have become a powerful official who could make the world go round at will.

Second to none, above ten thousand people, able to call the wind and rain, how comfortable it is!

His eyes were filled with hatred, and he wished he could rush forward and strangle the woman to death with his bare hands.

"I don't have the ability...hahahahahahahahahahaha...Xia Zhiyuan, one day...all your efforts will be ruined..."

"Including the canal you've been thinking about..."

"I'm telling you, the people in this world who are least worthy of pity, sympathy, and effort are these fools!"

"They won't be grateful to you, they won't... think that your great achievements will last for generations, they will only slander you, they will only... think that you are a woman... who is not up to the task!"

Sparks almost ignited in his eyes.

Gu Zhao couldn't help but move his hands forward.

He really wanted to kill this woman right here. Even though she was his own brother, he had never hated her so much.

The crisp sound of a blade being unsheathed.

Zhao Changlin turned his wrist and blocked it with his sword.

The pattern on the ink-colored blade shows a dancing dragon, with its claws flying and stepping on auspicious clouds.

Gu Zhao recognized it at a glance. This was not the long sword used by the Shadow Guard. If it was used by the Shadow Guard, then there must be a majestic Bi'an on it.

Looking up, Gu Zhao saw Zhao Changlin's familiar face and dark eyes that almost blended with the candlelight.

"Zhao Changlin..."

"why you!"

In this world, no one dares to call the royal family members by their names directly, let alone the emperor who is above everyone else.

However, Gu Zhao obviously did not expect that Zhao Changlin would dare to take the risk and personally lead the army to arrest him.

Zhao Changlin...the several big men around Gu Zhao had never heard of this name before.

However, they could still understand that Zhao was a royal surname.

Speculations immediately arose in his mind. Could this person be Princess Chengwang, a member of the Zhao clan who was ordered to follow Xia Zhiyuan and help inspect the Grand Canal?

Looking up and taking a closer look, I saw that although the man was wearing a light military uniform, the glittering golden dragon pattern on his uniform was hard to ignore.

——Three claws are a Jiao, four claws are a python, and five claws are a dragon.

There are many people in the world who can wear python robes, but the only one who can wear a dragon robe... and she is a woman, can only be the current emperor!

"How about me?"

"Do you think you did these things perfectly?"

The blade moved downwards, and with a light flick of the tip, the mask on the man's face flew off.

It fell on the ground in the distant corridor.

The hideous face was exposed to everyone, and Gu Zhao subconsciously wanted to cover his cheeks with his sleeves.

After all, he was born into a noble family, and even until his death, he could not forget his precious status.

The person in front of me is actually the emperor!

A few ignorant bandits... were stunned.

Except for that day when they caught a glimpse of the emperor from afar in the reed marsh, the other few people had never seen the face of the current emperor.

The woman had eyebrows like distant mountains and a sharp jaw, yet she was as gentle as autumn water.

It makes people almost forget to breathe.

She was dressed in a heroic manner, and the long sword in her hand seemed to be in perfect harmony with her temperament.

But Zhao Changlin didn't give Gu Zhao this chance at all. With his fingers turning red, Zhao Changlin swung his long sword and advanced another inch!

The hideous-looking man lay on the ground, scarlet blood gradually oozing from the corners of his mouth, his body pressed against the cold stone wall.

"Cough...cough...cough..."

He coughed up two mouthfuls of blood foam, and then grasped the long knife in Zhao Changlin's hand with his burned hands.

Smile decisively.

"Your Majesty, you and I are still king and subject, why do you have to kill us all?"

"Is it just because of... this woman in front of me?"

The blood flowing from his palm flowed along the dragon scale patterns on the blade, bit by bit.

"You have such a wicked ambition, why should I spare your life... I have already prepared for the Gu family's affairs."

"I just didn't expect that you would be so impatient..."

There was a rumbling sound in the corridor, which was the sound of armor rubbing against each other. Gu Zhao closed his eyes.

His mind raced, and he realized that becoming the emperor's prisoner today was an inevitable fact.

So the only thing we can do now is to preserve our own strength, at least to save our life.

In the eyes of the emperor, his crimes were probably too numerous to list. The crime of wanting to murder Xia Zhiyuan, an official appointed by the imperial court, was enough to get him killed a hundred or eighty times.

But the mountain man has his own clever plan.

When judging his own guilt, Zhao Changlin, who cannot tolerate any sand in his eyes, will definitely be very meticulous.

What if I was locked up in a water dungeon? As long as I was still alive, there was still a way. At the moment, I couldn't rely on the Gu family, but I still had the mirror in my hand, which was enough to turn the situation around.

With his eyes closed and his chest breathing rapidly, Gu Zhao seemed to have given up struggling, becoming a fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others.

Xia Zhiyuan squinted his eyes and always felt that something was wrong. Gu Zhao was originally a person who was eager for quick success and instant benefits, and his personality was crazy enough.

Now that he has been arrested, he can still do this, facing death calmly... No, that's not right, definitely not facing death calmly.

As the saying goes, when you haven't seen someone for three days, you should look at him with new eyes.

The experiences in Xizhou City and Longcheng over the past six months must have changed Gu Zhao a lot.

So I can’t think in the same way as before.

This guy squinted his eyes, and I guess he was thinking of something bad in his mind.

.........

Imperial city, Gu family.

Old Master Gu was sitting on a high table with a cup of freshly brewed tea at his hand.

The hot steam was rising, but Mr. Gu had no appetite to taste it.

He clapped his hands and frowned.

"You mean the guy who was guarding the cemetery disappeared today?"