As soon as he settled in, there was a knock on He Feng's room.
"Come in." He Feng was about to wash up and lie down. He was really tired from traveling for days. He was already tired from being suddenly in trouble these days.
"General."
He Feng was taking his feet out of the basin, drying them comfortably, and glanced at the person who came in.
"What's wrong with you kid?"
The person who came in was his deputy general, Xiao Neng, the former deputy commander-in-chief of Gyeonggi Province.
Even though his surname is Xiao, Xiao Neng no longer belongs to the royal family. His ancestor was just a county prince with a bit of royal blood.
Therefore, He Feng didn't need to be too polite to him. The relationship between the two of them was just like a normal principal and deputy.
"General, we are about to arrive in Suzhou, what do you think?" Xiao Neng said seriously.
"What else can you think about? Let's just make peace with it now." He Feng was helpless but showed no resentment, which made Xiao Neng a little unhappy.
"The old man asked you to resign, so you really resigned. With your reputation in Gyeonggi Province, His Majesty can't do anything to the He family, so why give in so early?" Xiao Neng was really unhappy.
He was implicated to this point partly because of He Feng, and partly because of King Qi.
Xiao Neng was somewhat involved in King Qi's affairs, otherwise he wouldn't have been demoted so far at the same time.
However, Xiao Neng did not dare to agree with He Feng. He felt that there was no need for the matter to come to an end so early.
"If you think like this, something will happen sooner or later."
He Feng wiped his feet, put on the wooden clogs prepared by the inn, walked to the bed and pulled the quilt to cover his legs.
It was cold here in the north, and his body was shivering a little after dark. Fortunately, the conditions of the military post were not bad, so he would not get cold.
"Something happened?" Xiao Neng shook his head, "We are not making trouble, what can happen?"
"You are just relying on your fame. You won't give in until trouble comes. It's useless to pretend that it has nothing to do with you in front of His Majesty. Admitting defeat is a kind of wisdom... What do you know?"
He Feng lay down, resting his arms on his pillow, and looked sideways at Xiao Neng:
"Your lineage has been less than a hundred years old, but it has not been able to pass down the title of county king. However, my He family has been the Duke's residence for hundreds of years... Do you know why this is?"
"Why?" Xiao Neng really didn't understand.
Logically speaking, my ancestors were more noble than the He family, but up to now, they are far inferior.
He Feng smiled and said: "Let me give you some advice. The reason is very simple. My He family will always stand by His Majesty's side and always think of His Majesty. We will never be insecure."
"Huh?" Xiao Neng seemed to understand, but also seemed not to understand, and finally shook his head slowly.
"I don't understand."
He Feng rolled his eyes at him, and then said more straightforwardly:
"It's very simple. You may be a member of the Qi royal family, but my He family will always be a member of the imperial family."
"Imperial Party?"
Xiao Neng frowned: "Is there such a party in the court?"
He Feng shook his head and said silently to himself, his understanding is too poor!
"If you want temporary glory and a moment of high status, you can do nothing."
"But if I stand in the right position, even if I am always overwhelmed by others, I will always stand in the center of the court."
"Giving in does not mean giving in...forget it, you and I have different family backgrounds and different environments since childhood, so we can't force it."
He Feng talked for a long time, and when he saw that Xiao Neng was already on his way out, he suddenly felt that it was useless to say more.
"Go away, I'm going to bed. I'll try to get to Suzhou tomorrow."
"Oh." Xiao Neng walked away confused.
Hearing the sound of the door closing, He Feng shook his head and spat softly: "How dare you think of driving a wedge between the He family and His Majesty?"
…
It's night.
A ray of darkness rushed into the Suzhou government office dungeon.
Like a breeze, all the jailers guarding the door fell to the ground.
Hearing the sound of something falling to the ground, Chu Huairen, who was tied to the torture rack, was suddenly awakened.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a pair of cold eyes, revealing Ye Xingyi's only pair of eyes, and two glances of sword eyebrows.
Seeing the dark night clothes, Chu Huairen was suddenly shocked: "Woooo..."
Li Deen stared at him, pointing his sword between his eyebrows: "What have you confessed to?"
After learning that Chu Huairen was arrested, Li Deen immediately set off from the capital. For so many days, he did not believe Fang Jue and the Xuanjian Division and had not tortured Chu Huairen.
As for whether Chu Huairen was smart enough and betrayed King Wei, he couldn't guarantee it, so he had to ask.
"I..." Chu Huairen's eyes were cloudy, and he was a little confused. He looked like he had been overdosed and was already a little stupid.
"It seems I can't ask anything else."
Li Deen felt a little regretful, and decisively crossed the sword in his hand, cutting off Chu Huairen's neck.
After sealing his throat with a sword or even decapitating him, Li Deen was very relieved. He always did things cleanly and neatly.
After silencing him, Li Deen carefully walked out of the cell. He didn't relax until he was out of the dungeon.
"With such a lax defense, I think I got Chu Huairen's confession and felt that he was worthless."
Li De'en didn't believe it, but Fang Jue could predict that the King of Wei would send him to silence him.
"If he confessed His Highness King Wei, Fang Jue would definitely protect him as a witness, but he did not send an expert to guard him. It can be seen that His Highness was not betrayed..."
Li Deen had another thought.
He thought that Fang felt that after hearing Chu Huairen's confession and knowing that it was the King of Wei, he would definitely protect the witnesses and then return to the capital to accuse the King of Wei.
Because there is only a confession without witness, it is impossible to accuse someone, especially if the person concerned is a prince.
But he never expected that Fang Jue didn't care at all whether he wanted to overthrow King Wei.
Little did he know that not long after he set out, the King of Wei in the capital had become a prisoner.
"In that case, there is no need to risk assassinating Fang Jue."
Li Deen thought for a while and immediately headed south of the city on the street.
He wants to leave the city overnight.
Tomorrow morning when the dungeon shift is over, something will inevitably happen. By then the whole city of Suzhou will be under martial law, and he, a master of martial arts, will definitely be suspected.
If you don't leave at this time, it will be difficult to leave.
"Reply to His Highness first."
When I returned to the inn, I opened the sword box I had brought along the way. The swords inside had already been taken out, and there were a few pigeons in the box.
Write the same message, tie it to the legs of several pigeons, and release them at the same time.
After doing all this, Li Deen quietly went to the inn stables, took away his BMW, and planned to leave the city overnight.
Going out of the city went smoothly without being intercepted. Although there was a curfew in Suzhou, the door was not locked for frequent entries and exits. As long as there were road signs and identification stamped with the official seal, one could come and go at will.
This is also the reason why Li Deen held the horse, otherwise he would leave the BMW outside the city.
"drive!"
When leaving the city, you naturally take the official road, and no matter how good a BMW is, you have to take the main road.
After traveling twenty miles, Li Deen suddenly reined in his horse and stopped in front of a forest.
He looked up and saw that everything was extremely quiet, and the neighing of the BMW did not scare the birds in the forest.
"There is an ambush..."
Li De'en didn't know whether it was against himself or some thieves blocking the road, but he didn't want to cause trouble, so he immediately stopped and took a detour.
After just a few hundred steps around, I saw a war horse parked on the road.
Before he could see clearly who the person on the horse was, Li Deen turned around without hesitation.
But a war horse slowly walked out of the woods behind him, blocking his retreat.
Li Deen reined in the horse again, letting the BMW stop where it was, and moved the horse's head to look around.
The main road in the forest was also blocked by a war horse, leaving no one at the city gate.
"who?"
He knew that this was directed at him.
"Li De'en?" Xiao Chaoguo asked lazily in the night.
Warriors also have very good eyesight at night, and even if they can't see clearly, the sound is so distinctive that everyone in the capital knows about it!
"Xiao Chaoguo!" Li Deen's face changed slightly.
He looked behind him again.
Bai Qing slowly approached on horseback: "The beheading sword Li De'en has not been famous for a long time."
"Who are you?" Li Deen didn't recognize Bai Qing.
Bai Qing: "I'm the swordsman of the Xuanjian Division, Bai Qing."
"It's you! The deputy master of the Overlord Palace!" Li De'en said in fear, then sarcastically said, "A person like you is actually willing to be a dog for Xiao Chaoguo?"
Xiao Chaoguo coughed and said, "Brother Li's words are wrong. They are all working for Your Majesty and the Xia Kingdom. No one is a dog or a master."
With such an obvious provocation, even if he had the slightest advantage, he couldn't let him take advantage, otherwise it would inevitably make Bai Qing unhappy.
"Who else, please come out?" Li Deen said coldly.
In the forest, Ning Fei led a few people on horseback and walked out: "I'm Ning Fei, the general manager of Xuanjian Division Qi."
"You are not worthy of seeing me, get out!" Li Deen said disdainfully.
Ning Fei gritted his teeth and felt as if he had eaten a fly, but his words were true. He was ashamed of his martial arts skills.
"Then am I worthy?" A woman's voice came from the direction of the city gate, and the sound of horse hooves gradually became clearer.
Li Deen looked over and saw that the red dress was so clear even in the dark night.
"Ye Hongyi?" Li De'en recognized her without the need for Ye Hongyi to introduce herself. After all, there was only one woman in the world who could catch his eye, Ye Hongyi.
Ye Hongyi arrived at the scene and surrounded Li Deen in the center with Xiao Chaoguo and Bai Qing.
Li Deen sneered: "I actually worked for the three masters of the Hanging Sword Division to round up me. It seems that I am destined to die today?"
Xiao Chaoguo said calmly: "Unless you are the case of Mo Yuan or Fan Xi, you will not be spared today. It is better not to struggle and accept your fate."
"hehe……"
Li Deen slowly pulled out the only long sword he carried, looked around and asked: "Is there another one? You have to hide one out of four against one. Are you too unconfident?"
"Are you talking about me?" On the treetop at the edge of the forest, Noriichi folded his arms on his chest, his golden rooster standing alone, his eyes cold and full of disdain.
"I've been here for a long time, you just didn't see it." Dianyi said coldly, reaching for the hilt of the sword behind his back.
