At the foot of Mopan Mountain, Zi Yan and Lian Zhongwen each led a group of troops to escape. Zi Yan went north, Lian Zhongwen went south, and Gou Jingqin led a group of troops to pursue north. This was because Li Xiao would flee to the north in order to return.

Judgment to Taizhou, and because Ziyan was born

The darkroom, who knew the darkroom's style of business very well, actually led Gou Jing to escape across several states, and was eventually captured. Gou Jing was shocked and angry when he knew he had been fooled, because he had wasted too much time here.

So that Lian Zhongwen won the majority of his works

To escape. He went back and chased to the Three States in the South, but there was still no trace of Li Xiao and his group. This made Gou Jing extremely confused. The Three States in the South were Li Xiao's base camp. Why hadn't he shown up yet when they got here?

?The darkroom can still be large in the north

But now, especially in the three southern states, they have almost broken ties with Beijing and are about to rebel openly. It is naturally impossible for Gou Jing to show up publicly, but the power of the darkroom in the three southern states is still

Not to be underestimated.

Looking at the extremely exhausted Zi Yan, Gou Jing's face flashed with a trace of greenness. Such a darkroom detective, who he usually didn't know about, actually caused such a big obstacle to his pursuit.

"Ziyan, do you know your guilt?" His cold voice sounded.

Zi Yan raised her head and looked at Gou Jing. She had suffered a lot of torture along the way. "Master Manager, why didn't you kill me?" she asked calmly.

Humph! Gou Jing sneered twice, "I don't want to kill you, I have my own reasons. You dare to betray the darkroom. This is the first case since the darkroom was established. I haven't figured out how to deal with you yet. Naturally, I have to let you live.

,Want to die? You are thinking too simply!"

A wry smile flashed across Zi Yan's face, "What else can be done? The word "death" is the same in the end, but the process is a little tortuous!"

Looking at the slender woman in front of him, a hint of appreciation flashed across his respectful face, "Yes, I didn't expect that a little-known little detective in my darkroom would have such knowledge. This courage makes you feel wronged.

If I had known you had such talent, I should have let you shoulder more burdens, but it's a pity. You betrayed the darkroom. Do you have any regrets in the face of the upcoming suffering? "

"Have I ever betrayed you?" Zi Yan suddenly laughed. "Master Manager, I am hiding in the fourth master's house. Have I completed the task of the darkroom?"

Gou Jing was stunned. "Of course it's done."

"That's right. In the end, I was exposed. According to the rules of the darkroom, once exposed, I will have nothing to do with the darkroom. Life or death is a matter of fate. The darkroom will never admit that there is a person like me, right?"

"certainly!"

"In that case, how can a dead person betray the darkroom?" Zi Yan looked at her opponent mockingly.

"This..." Gou Jing was speechless for a moment. This rule does exist. The secretaries of the darkroom usually stay in the mansions of important ministers. Once exposed, they are more often executed secretly by the master's family. Naturally, the darkroom will not recognize it.

The owner would not make any announcement, but who would have thought that Ziyan could actually survive and join the other party's army?

"Since there is no betrayal, how can there be any punishment?" Ziyan giggled, "But speaking of which, the manager has been teased by me for so long. This little girl is really honored!"

"Bold! Seek death!" behind Gou Jing, two eunuchs scolded him harshly.

Gou Jing laughed, "That's right, that's right. I like you more and more!"

Walking up to Ziyan, her livid face almost touched Ziyan's ear, and she said softly: "But Ziyan, you should know that you have become the prey of the darkroom. Death is probably the best first choice. Death is the best choice."

A kind of relief, right? Which of the eighty-eight kinds of punishments in the darkroom do you want to receive? Or, should I hand you over to them?" Gou Jing pointed at the two eunuchs behind him, "For women, they have many

Does the method make you want to die?"

Zi Yan's face suddenly turned white. These eunuchs were castrated and lost the most fundamental thing about a man. Their mentality was extremely distorted, and they had an extremely primitive hatred and perverted methods towards women.

"Would you do that?"

"I don't want to!" Ziyan replied immediately.

"Very good, I can give you a chance!" Gou Jing laughed, "Tell me, is the Fourth Master in another group, and have they reached Ezhou?"

Zi Yan looked at Gou Jing and blurted out: "Of course they are in the other team, but you don't know whether they have arrived in Ezhou or not, so how can I know?"

Gou Jing took a deep look at him, a strange look flashed in his eyes, and stood up straight, "Okay, from now on, you are free. Not only are you free, you also return to the darkroom and will become the leader of the darkroom in the south. How about

, are you willing to accept it?" Gou Jing stretched out his hand, and a dark red token appeared in his hand.

Ziyan was greatly surprised and looked at Gou Jing.

"Life or death? You can choose now, but time is limited!"

"Do you believe me?" Ziyan asked, "What do you want me to do?"

"It's very simple! You have worked so hard to rescue Li Xiao. All the people you were traveling with are dead. No one knows that you were captured by me. Therefore, you can appear in Ezhou openly, and those who appear in Fourth Master's

With my comrades, this is what I want."

"Hidden again?" Zi Yan breathed rapidly.

"This time you are not just hiding, you are also the leader of my darkroom in the south." Gou Jing smiled. "I need a capable man beside them. You can gain their trust. We are the people in the south now.

, it’s too far away from their core.”

"Aren't you afraid that I'll betray you?"

"There is no benefit to you in betraying the enemy. There is no harm in me either." Gou Jing said with a smile. "In this case, of course I have to take a gamble. You should know that the fourth master has a high probability of success. General Guan

When we go to Taizhou, Taizhou's 200,000 troops will be as stable as Mount Tai. With the three southern states, how much trouble can Fourth Master stir up?"

Ziyan lowered her head, waited for a while, stretched out her hand, and took the dark red token from Gou Jing's hand. "Okay, I did it!"

Gou Jing clapped his hands and laughed, "Okay, very good. From now on, you are free! The suffering you have suffered these days can make them believe in you better. Go ahead! Someone comes and arranges for Ziyan to leave!"

Seeing Zi Yan staggering away, an eunuch behind Gou Jing couldn't help but said: "Manager, do you really trust her?"

Gou Jing smiled coldly, "Only a pig would trust her."

"Then you let her go? Such a person should be skinned and cramped, so that she can follow her example."

"It's better to let her go than to kill her. Letting her go will have better results." Gou Jing walked back to his seat and sat down. "I asked her earlier if the fourth master was in another team. She almost didn't think about it.

The answer is yes, right?"

"right!"

"She is lying!" Gou Jing sighed: "She answered too quickly. The several groups of people who broke out at that time were all fake, and none of them had Li Xiao. If my guess is correct, Li Xiao should still be on the mountain at that time.

He didn't come down the mountain at all. It's wonderful, wonderful. Such a dangerous move can actually be used. You know, if we had left a team of darkroom personnel on the mountain at that time, we could have found them. I admire them. I admire them.

"

"No one would have thought that the Fourth Master would come up with such a dangerous move."

"It's not him, it's the woman named Nian Yun!" Gou Jing exhaled deeply. "When the fourth master escaped, there were no more people around him. Those who followed were all brought up by the woman named Nian Yun.

, Princess Nianyun, the dark force responsible for Li Xiao, underestimated her."

"Then, what does this have to do with letting Zi Yan go?"

"After Ziyan leaves from me, she will definitely go to Ezhou Prefecture, and she will definitely confess to them her experience of being captured. The news that I am now in Ezhou will naturally be leaked to them."

The expressions of the two eunuchs behind him changed, "Manager, what are you doing?"

"Li Xiao hasn't arrived in Ezhou yet." Gou Jing said: "If he had arrived in Ezhou, Ezhou would have already shown its flag. Li Xiao must have been seriously injured when he was in Mopan Mountain. This is why they chose to take risks and stay behind.

The reason is that they must have just left Tongzhou and are heading south. Therefore, I want them to know that I am in Ezhou, but I will leave here."

"Do you want the manager?"

"Ezhou will definitely send people to meet Li Xiao. They have their own way to deal with it. Now, I just need to follow these people!" Gou Jing sneered, "Let them know that I am in Ezhou, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate Li Xiao or maybe

Wouldn't it be possible for the important people in Ezhou to welcome Li Xiao with more confidence? Maybe they would even set up a few traps to lure me there."

"The boss has a clever plan!"

"You two, stay here, pretend to be me, and step on the trap they set after a while!" Gou Jing said. "We must make them believe that the main force of the darkroom is still in the south."

"Yes, Controller!"

At the Ezhou Prefecture, civil servants and military officers from the three southern states gathered. Not only that, the heads of the most powerful families in the south also attended. For these powerful families, this was also an opportunity.

"The fourth master hasn't arrived yet!" Li Qing was sitting high on the throne. Now, everyone knew that this Buddhist monk of the Ten Thousand Family, who was famous for his medical skills in the south, turned out to be a noble man and the late emperor's younger brother. They were surprised and also

They were so excited that even if Li Xiao couldn't come, they could still push forward with Li Qing here.

A war for hegemony is sweeping the world. The three southern states are the richest in the world. Half of Vietnam's wealth is concentrated in the south. These people are no longer satisfied with the current situation. "If we want to make use of the late emperor's edict, we need the fourth master to show up.

So." Li Qing clapped his hands and walked out of the back hall with a smile.

"Fourth Master!" Everyone in the hall stood up in surprise. The person who came out of the back hall was not Li Xiao or who else?

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone!" Li Xiao nodded and walked into the lobby with his hands behind his back, looking around with a leisurely expression.

Everyone was surprised for a long time, and then they realized that this was a fake, this was a stand-in.

"So similar!"

"Oh my God, doesn't this look like the Fourth Master?"

There was a lot of discussion in the lobby.

"From the outside, this substitute looks very similar to Fourth Master, but once you come into contact with him too much, you will find something is wrong!" Li Qing smiled and waved his hand, "You go down."

The fake Li Xiao bowed to everyone, turned around and walked away.
Chapter completed!