Yuan Lang looked into the hall by candlelight. This is said to be the back hall, but in fact it is just a relatively large mansion. In the room on the left, there is dust on the messy veils, and there is a bed in the empty room. With just a glance, Yuan Lang knows that the quilt is thin, and the quilt is messy on the wooden couch on one side. It looks like Yuan Chen Xuan is here to serve Emperor Shen with him.

There was a faint voice on the right, like a woman crying, Yuan Lang was surprised that father and son were in the same room, and there was a woman in the other room, it didn't make sense whether the woman was the emperor's concubine or the prince's concubine.

As if seeing Yuan Lang's doubts, Emperor Shen suddenly stretched out his hand and waved to the side room on the right, his voice softened a lot: "Wanyi, come and see your brother!"

Turning sideways, Yuan Lang saw a five or six-year-old girl with a bun timidly flashing out from the carved wooden door, followed by an old woman.

When the girl passed by Yuan Lang, she moved a little nervously, looked at Yuan Lang with big eyes in fear, and ran to Emperor Shen.Emperor Shen stretched out his hand to touch the girl's hair: "This is the child of my palace lady Rosary, she is five years old, and her name is Wanyi! Now the Yuan family is alive, and there are only four people in this room." Emperor Shen looked up. Look at Yuan Lang: "When I was young, my father once said that I was exaggerated and not suitable to be an emperor, but I still didn't believe it. I listened to the slander and framed my brother. Over the years, I didn't think I was wrong, but until I moved in In this place, I have time to think about what I have done in the past 17 years. The Yuan family's country...is ruined in my hands."

Yuan Lang had a complicated look on his face as he watched Emperor Shen gently stroke Wanyi's hair.In fact, Emperor Shen was only forty years old, but he looked like a dying old man. Under the faint candlelight, there was a silver thread on his head.

"Chen Lang, I know you hate me to the bone. At the last moment, if you are willing to save me, my heart is enough!" Emperor Shen raised his head, with a look of emotion on his face, just like the young second uncle in Yuan Lang's memory 20 years ago, It's not the disgusting face that I dreamed back at midnight for many years: "I can't get out of this side hall, Chen Xuan and I..." Emperor Shen swallowed with difficulty: "I was drugged by Hu Ke, and every day We all begged him to give us the antidote, but he didn't dare to face the north to become king, so he could only secretly watch me, the emperor, fall at his feet and beg him to take pity on him. I have already humiliated the ancestors of the Yuan family. Little, I have nowhere to entrust, I have already..."

Yuan Lang's brows were filled with evil spirits: "Five Stones?"

"It's much more powerful than that. It's the boosting potion taken by the southern army before the war..." Emperor Shen waved his hand: "I just hope that Wanyi can go out safely and live the life of an ordinary person. Chen Lang..."

Yuan Lang waved his hand: "I will take you out together. I promised Wang Shangshu that I will take you out!"

"Wang Shangshu..." Emperor Shen grunted twice, and stretched out his hand to Yuan Chenxuan.Yuan Chenxuan took out a roll of yellow cloth from under the thin bed, handed it to Emperor Shen, and looked back at Yuan Lang with a complicated expression.

Emperor Shen opened the yellow cloth and took a look, took out something from his arms, wrapped it in the yellow cloth with trembling hands, and handed it to Yuan Chenxuan, who walked to Yuan Lang with it, and said in a hoarse voice: "This It’s the royal decree and the imperial father’s private seal. Hu Ke came to ask for it every day, but the imperial father didn’t hand it over, so he had to make a fake one. Take your sister and hurry, these are yours!”

Yuan Lang raised his head and looked at each other with Yuan Chenxuan. The two looked somewhat similar, but their demeanors were too different. Yuan Lang had seen Yuan Chenxuan many years ago. Although he was also gloomy at that time, there was a sense of life. Now the dark eyes are full of lifelessness.

"You...don't want to live?" Yuan Lang couldn't help asking.

Yuan Chenxuan sneered: "Since my father succeeded to the throne, I have been the crown prince. I have been honored and honored since I was a child, and I thought that the real dragon came, but after I came out of Youzhou, I encountered too many things along the way, and I was still the emperor. Meng, always thinking that half of the country is also a country, and I even did not hesitate to lead troops into Fuzhou. It was not until Hu Ke turned against me that I realized that I had indeed lived in the Liuli Palace for too long, was protected too well by my father, and was praised by all the officials. It is too high, so that it has reached the point of being ignorant of worldly affairs. Now my father and I have been drugged, and death today and death tomorrow is just a matter of Hu Ke's words, but it is... disheartened!"

Yuan Lang shook his head, and took out a medicine bottle from his sleeve pocket: "This is something I kept for myself, as long as I take one, I can go away without a sound!"

Yuan Chenxuan reached out to take it, and cupped his hands to Yuan Lang: "Wanyi has suffered a lot, and from now on... I will take care of you! The Yuan family's country... will also be returned to you!"

Yuan Lang came out of the Xibei Hall, held Wanyi in his hand, looked back at the room where the candles had been extinguished, and sighed long.Ma Jian ran over to see Wanyi, and whispered, "Emperor Shen..."

"Bring this child, let's leave Fuzhou as soon as possible!" Yuan Lang interrupted Ma Jian, reached out to hug Wanyi, and went over the wall through the back door.

Outside the wall, Qi Huan and Xue Gang were already waiting there. Seeing that they had brought a child out, they were a little puzzled, but they also knew that this was not a place to talk.

Back at the place where he settled down, it was already daylight, and Wanyi on Yuan Lang's shoulders had long been sound asleep. Yuan Lang carefully placed her on his bed, and Qi Huan came over curiously: "This is..."

"My sister, Emperor Shen's daughter!" Yuan Lang said softly.

"Emperor Shen..." Qi Huan carefully observed Yuan Lang's expression.

Yuan Lang sighed: "Don't talk about that, just look at what I brought back!"

Qi Huan opened the yellow cloth bag that Yuan Lang had brought back, and was shocked immediately, his tone filled with unconcealable joy: "This... This is the imperial decree for passing on the throne, and there is also a private seal! My lord, you can now be the emperor in a legitimate way!"

Yuan Lang was exhausted physically and mentally all night, but he also knew that he couldn't stay here for long. If Hu Ke found out that Wanyi was missing, he would be able to block Fuzhou immediately, and Emperor Shen and the crown prince would be doomed.So he didn't care about these things, and told Qi Huan: "Let the brothers pack up their things, and we will go to Zhao He's side when the city gate opens at dawn!"

Qi Huan also only had important matters, so he hurried out to greet his companions to pack up.Ma Jian took the opportunity to come in and looked at Yuan Lang hesitantly.Yuan Lang put the things on the table into his arms, raised his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Ma Jian scratched his head: "That person... is Lord Gao... don't you need to check? He must have something in mind when he comes here!"

Yuan Lang frowned, and said softly: "You and Qi Huan and the others go to Zhao He's place together, and I will investigate by myself!"

"I'll go with you, he..." Ma Jian was very worried about Yuan Lang's safety.

Yuan Lang pursed his lips and shook his head: "It's okay, this is not his territory, he won't bring too many people, besides, his martial arts are not as good as mine!"

Ma Jian hesitated to speak, and finally went out disgruntled.

On the second day, Yuan Lang handed over Wanyi and the private seal of the imperial decree to Ma Jian to cross the river back to Lu'an first, and then let Qi Huan go first, and went along the river to find Gaocheng by himself, Qi Huan naturally disagreed and insisted on going together, Yuan Lang shook his head "He won't harm me. Go to Zhao He quickly and give him the letter. If he is willing to surrender, that's great. If he doesn't, then... cut the grass and root out! Gao Lan won't be waiting for long, you hurry up Just go, let's meet at the ferry, if you haven't seen me when the sun comes out tomorrow, hurry back to Lu'an and let Wu Zhe get ready for the battle, don't delay."

Qi Huan also knew that the matter was important, so he sighed and said, "I know you will not let go of Gaocheng. If there is a break in this trip, let it be!" He reined in his horse and went away.

Yuan Lang looked along the river, and he saw a black-covered boat on a deserted beach. The surroundings were quiet. Yuan Lang raised his vigilance and led his horse closer. speechless.

"It's cold outside, sit inside for a while!" Gao Cheng moved clumsily, making the boat rock from side to side.

Yuan Lang got off his horse, jumped onto the boat, and bent down into the canopy. The boat was specially made, and the canopy was tall. A tall person like Gao Cheng didn't have to bend down when standing. Yuan Lang saw that there was no one in the canopy. There are some cooked vegetables on it, and there is a small clay oven next to it, on which wine is warming.

"Just you?" Yuan Lang asked casually.

Gao Cheng hummed, and sat down cross-legged: "I sent them across the river first!"

Yuan Lang also sat down cross-legged, looked at Gao Cheng pouring wine for himself, and said softly: "Your trip was in vain, I have already taken the things!"

Gao Cheng's subordinates kept moving: "I didn't intend to do that either!"

"You don't want to be the emperor?" Yuan Lang took a sip of the wine and squinted at him.

Gao Cheng also picked up the wine, drank it all in one gulp, and said with some gloom: "What time is it, you still use these words to embarrass me, that day... I was wrong!"

Yuan Lang chuckled lightly: "I forgot!"

Gao Cheng filled two more glasses with wine: "You're lying!"

Both of them picked up the wine, swayed it, and drank it at the same time.

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