The early morning light shines through the window lattice into the guest room of the inn. Chen Yugui inside the room anxiously paces back and forth, looking out the door from time to time.

There was a sound of footsteps, and Bai Yu hurriedly stepped into the door with his entourage.

Chen Yugui hurried forward to greet him and asked, "Have you found Han Rong?"

"No news yet!"

Bai Yu shook his head, sighed, and added: "I was careless. He had always been obedient before, but I didn't expect that he would suddenly run away."

Chen Yugui thought for a moment and said worriedly: "It's over. Do you think he is not stupid and went to find Chang Yu?"

Bai Yu frowned after hearing Chen Yugui's words, "I will send people to the Yamen now and ask the county magistrate to seal the city gate. At the same time, I will send more people to search along the way back, hoping to find something."

After Bai Yu left, Chen Yugui was depressed and at a loss. He sat down on the square stool and thought silently in his heart: Shen Qin, where have you been? Show up soon. I can't handle it anymore.

Speaking of getting up early on the day of the talks, Chen Yugui found that he and Shen Qin had suddenly changed their identities, so he had no choice but to take Han Rong to the talks.

Unexpectedly, after the two parties met, Sanyu's attitude towards Han Rong was very bad, and he was not even willing to take off his mask and let Han Rong take a look.

"My leader now has a new love. He is the emperor of Dali. Who do you think you are? You are just a pet. You still think you are worth something."

After Sanyu said coldly, he assassinated the cat that Han Rong gave him with one sword, and then said to Chen Yugui.

"You can do whatever you want to him. I don't care. You want me to lead the people to surrender unconditionally? It's a joke! If Dakang doesn't agree to give me half of the territory, I will never do it. Those who have ceased war, just wait for our army of dark snakes to defeat Dakang!"

Not surprisingly, the peace talks ended in failure. Han Rong was already mentally fragile. After receiving such a blow, he fainted on the spot. When he woke up, he became taciturn and refused to eat or sleep.

Chen Yugui patiently persuaded him, saying that maybe Sanyu had not changed his mind, but just couldn't help himself in front of all the believers. After hearing this, Han Rong became a little convinced and said that he wanted to meet Sanyu alone.

Chen Yugui persuaded him that since the two sides were hostile, it was impossible to see Sanyu alone, not to mention that there was a mixture of good and bad among the dark snakes, many of whom wanted to catch Han Rong and control Sanyu, so he persuaded Han Rong to do it for Sanyu's sake. For your own safety, please do not act rashly. We will discuss countermeasures with the emperor after returning to Beijing.

At that time, Rong Chen followed the advice and followed the team back obediently. Unexpectedly, five days later, when they arrived at a post station in a small county town, Han Rong actually knocked out the guard and ran away while going to the toilet in the middle of the night. Everyone looked for him. At night, all to no avail.

Just when Chen Yugui was frowning, a postman suddenly came to inform him that a young man in white and his entourage in black wanted to see General Chen.

"Who is bothering you? No one is here!"

Along the way, many local officials wanted to get close to him, a high-ranking official, but Chen Yugui was not in the mood to deal with them.

The postman replied: "He said his surname is Shen and his name is Qin."

Shen Qin? ! Chen Yugui was startled and stood up hurriedly.

"Invite him in now."

……

……

After traveling for half a month, Li Yunxi suddenly returned to the palace. The first thing he did was to summon Li Heng and order him to deal with Cheng Feng. To show the kindness of the new emperor, he gave him dove wine to preserve his body.

Li Yunxi said that if Li Heng didn't want to, he didn't have to go, but Li Heng said that his crime was so serious that it would be a pleasure to kill him with his own hands.

But when he was about to be executed, Li Heng poured the Jiu wine. The porcelain cup trembled in his hand, but he still didn't hand it to Cheng Feng.

Cheng Feng, with messy hair, shackles and chains, knelt in front of Li Heng like an ant, and said with tears in his eyes: "Please give me some wine, your Majesty the Fourth Highness, and I hope that the common people will die soon."

Li Heng slowly leaned over, but the moment Cheng Feng took the cup, his fingers suddenly slipped and the porcelain cup fell to the ground and broke.

"I have already said that if fourth brother can't do it, don't force it."

Li Yunxi's voice suddenly sounded from behind him, and all the soldiers knelt down to bless the emperor. Li Heng was sweating profusely. After hesitating for a moment, he also turned around and saluted.

Li Yunxi dismissed the outsiders, walked up to Li Heng, patted his shoulder gently, and whispered: "Fourth brother, there is no need to hide it anymore. I have already learned the truth from his confidants. I think he has spared no effort for you. A father’s love is truly as great as a mountain.”

After hearing this, Li Heng was horrified. He knelt down on the ground with a plop and said, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I really have a hard time talking about this, and I did not participate in any planning."

Cheng Feng hurriedly spoke to the side and said: "Everyone is responsible for the work. He has no knowledge of the things done by ordinary people. Your Majesty, please don't blame him."

It turned out that Cheng Feng and Concubine Jing were originally in love, but due to family opposition, the two could only secretly have a tryst. Later, Emperor Kang forcibly separated the two, causing the death of Cheng Feng's family. Cheng Feng hated Emperor Kang, and he Joining the Dark Snake, stepping into the Cangmen, and exploring the art of immortality is not entirely a matter of Gou Chen's fate, but also of his own free will.

After entering the palace, Cheng Feng discovered that Emperor Kang was unkind to the concubines, but Concubine Jing still had a crush on him, so he continued to have private meetings with Concubine Jing for various reasons, which eventually led to Concubine Jing becoming pregnant. Because the date of her death was close, Concubine Jing unexpectedly I don’t know whose son it is. Cheng Feng insisted that Li Heng did not look like Emperor Kang and was his son. From then on, Cheng Feng's goal changed and he wanted to help Li Heng get the throne.

However, due to Li Heng's upright nature and poor pretense, Concubine Jing never told Li Heng the truth until he was demoted to the border. Li Heng was shocked when he heard this. He recalled the vague hints and vague care from the imperial master and realized the truth.

Cheng Feng took advantage of Emperor Kang's weakness of coveting immortality and turned the court into a mess. On the surface, he wanted to complete the Dark Snake's mission, but in fact, he wanted the princes to fight among themselves and die, and help Li Heng return to the court and ascend to the throne.

According to his original plan, if the sacrifice method was successful and he could completely gain Emperor Kang's trust, he would naturally trick Emperor Kang into killing other threatening princes, and then try to escape from the palace, shattering Emperor Kang's dream of rebirth. In this way, Li Heng acted as The only crown prince will naturally inherit the throne.

As a result, due to a series of changes, the adultery between him and Concubine Jing was known to Empress Liu, and was later caught by Li Si, who forced him to work for them.

In the end, Cheng Feng had done all his bad things and was caught in law. He knew that he was bound to die, but seeing Li Yunxi's eagerness to save Shen Qin, he came up with a plan and encouraged Li Yunxi to sacrifice the baby.

Unfortunately, the success fell short in the end. The sacrificial technique failed inexplicably, and Li Yunxi actually woke up midway.

In fact, no matter whether the sacrifice technique was successful or not, Cheng Feng knew that Li Yunxi would never let him go, so at this moment he accepted his fate and just wanted to protect Li Heng from being implicated.

"Fourth brother, you have been stationed at the border and it is difficult to communicate with the DPRK. I believe you were not involved in the plan."

Li Yunxi paused, pointed to the imperial master, and said: "But this person's crime is extremely heinous, and I will never forgive him. Fourth brother, can you forgive me?"

Li Heng's eyes turned red and he was silent for a moment. Although he still didn't know who his biological father was, he would rather recognize Cheng Feng as his father than the ruthless Emperor Kang. However, now that Cheng Feng has committed many serious crimes, he has no say. Room for love.

Seeing that Li Heng did not express his position, Cheng Feng said anxiously: "Your Majesty is right. The common people's sins are so heinous that they cannot be forgiven. I am willing to die to apologize."

After saying that, he resolutely crawled towards the porcelain pot containing Jiu wine that the jailer had placed on the bench just now. However, Li Yunxi, with quick hands and quick eyes, grabbed the wine pot first and glanced at Cheng Feng coldly.

"Don't worry, Cheng Feng, don't you want to know whether the fourth brother is your biological flesh and blood before you die?"

Cheng Feng was stunned for a moment, kowtowed heavily to Li Yunxi, and said beggingly: "Your Majesty, please have mercy. He is not my son, it's just my wishful thinking."

Li Heng looked at Cheng Feng, his eyes filled with mist, still silent.

Li Yunxi smiled faintly, "This is not your decision. I know that Shen Qin can identify his closest relatives through blood. Although Shen Qin is no longer here, I have invited his apprentice."

Then, Hao'er was taken to the sky prison. He used the microscope brought from Shen Qin's house to take the blood of Cheng Feng and Li Heng for identification.

Finally, under the tense gazes of the two people, Haoer announced that Li Heng was not a blood relative of Cheng Feng.

After Cheng Feng learned the news, he was so happy and sad that he fell to the ground, collapsed and cried.

Li Yunxi put the jug back on the stool and glanced at him coldly, "No wonder the fourth brother's temperament is very different from yours. I am very satisfied with the result. You can settle it yourself later. Don't dirty the fourth brother's hands." .”

After saying that, he helped Li Heng, who was shaking all over, and said with a smile: "It was a false alarm, it seems that the fourth brother is still my fourth brother.

He took Li Heng's cold hand and said, "I guess fourth brother doesn't like to see the horror of death, so let's go."

Li Heng didn't dare to disobey. Before leaving, he turned to look at Cheng Feng reluctantly and saw that he had picked up the wine pot and poured it into his throat. He couldn't help but feel sad and a tear slipped quietly.

The two of them left the prison and it was already dusk. Li Yunxi wanted to stay with Li Heng for dinner, but Li Heng refused because he had no appetite. After that, he felt that he had no face to stay in the palace anymore, so he asked Li Yunxi to join him, saying that he wanted to go to the battlefield to kill. enemy.

But Li Yunxi replied: "Fourth brother wants to show off his majesty. He will have the opportunity in the future. Fifth brother still has other matters to be dealt with by fourth brother."

Li Heng lowered his head and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please make it clear."

Li Yunxi said unhurriedly: "Recently, the Ministry of War is secretly researching some new weapons. The fifth brother heard that the fourth brother likes to play with weapons at the border. The generals of the Ministry of War are acting rough. The fifth brother is worried. I wonder if the fourth brother intends to take over the Ministry of War?"

Li Heng was greatly shocked when he heard this. He hurriedly saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has great power, and I may not be able to handle it."

Li Yunxi sighed softly and smiled helplessly: "Fourth brother, do you think I'm testing you?"

Li Heng remained silent. As soon as this incident happened, he was entrusted with an important task. It was difficult not to make people guess.

Li Yunxi looked at him sincerely and said sincerely: "Over the years, the imperial brothers in this dynasty have been fighting for the right to inherit the throne. The fifth brother luckily escaped and ascended to the throne. Now, only the fourth brother is left. The fourth brother. I don’t think I want my fifth brother to not even have an older brother to talk to, right?"

Li Heng raised his eyes to look at Li Yunxi, the circles under his eyes suddenly turned red. He had been so worried these days because he was worrying too much.

Li Yunxi smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to tuck Li Heng's broken hair behind his ears, and said: "Fourth brother doesn't look like fourth brother anymore. The fourth brother in my memory is so high-spirited. He also said that he would conquer Daliao in the future and let the border The people will no longer be violated!"

Li Heng felt even more sad when he heard these words. Time flies, and the heroic ambitions he once had have disappeared.

Li Yunxi smoothed his slightly frowned brow with his hand.

"Okay, don't be so gloomy. Fourth brother is not much older than me, so why do you look like an old man? Let the past go by, it's not your fault."

Li Heng gave an embarrassed smile. It seemed that his fifth brother had not changed, but he had changed.

Li Yunxi turned around and looked at the red clouds in the sky, his bright eyes reflected the brilliant light, and said expectantly: "Fourth brother, let's create that peaceful and prosperous age that we once longed for, okay?"

Li Heng looked at Li Yunxi's straight and firm back. The man's gorgeous yellow robe and the dazzling sunset seemed to merge into one, like a god looking down at the heaven and earth.

He felt that his sadness and depression were gradually melting away, as if a fire was igniting in his heart, and the long-lost warmth was filled with the ambition and pride of the past.

He cried again, but he didn't know whether he was crying because of what emotion.

"My brother is willing to serve your Majesty to the death."

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