Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Bai Jingtian's mind was very clear.

Kneeling on the ground, he sorted out his thoughts before saying, "If I remember correctly, when we were in Zhongyuan City, the Ninth Prince recognized you as his sworn brother and even asked the Emperor to confer you the title of the Seventeenth Prince of Tiancang. Is this true?"

"Um... this... this is true." Gu Chan said awkwardly.

At that time, it was that brat Xuanyuan Qing who deliberately tricked her. He did this just to use her to deal with the three major families in Zhongyuan City and raise military funds.

So she didn't take it seriously at all, and later just threw it aside as a joke.

Bai Jingtian added, "And the emperor has tacitly approved your title as the Seventeenth Prince of Tiancang Country, so now, if you take over the Second Prince's place and become the leader of Jiangnan, then all of us in the Second Prince's Party will become the Seventeenth Prince's Party. If the Crown Prince wants to move against us again, wouldn't it be a bit difficult?"

"Oh my god! Damn it! You really have a good brain! The second prince committed suicide, damn it, you want me to be the scapegoat, I'll do it!" Gu Chan was stunned at first, then she reacted and started cursing.

She had to admit that Bai Jingtian was really a cunning cunning guy and wanted to push her forward to go against the prince.

You know, the prince is really cruel! He didn't even let his own second brother go, and forced him to death, not to mention her, who has nothing to do with the royal family of Tiancang Kingdom.

If she really agreed to Bai Jingtian now, the prince would definitely beat her to death in the future!

She is not that stupid!

At this time, Yan Xishan and Guo Huai seemed to suddenly come to their senses. They quickly crawled over and knelt beside Bai Jingtian, bowing to Gu Chan and saying.

"Your servant, Yan Xishan, the Chief Censor of Jiangnan, is willing to follow the Seventeenth Prince and pledge allegiance to you."

"I, Guo Huai, the president of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, am also willing to follow the Seventeenth Prince and serve you with all my heart and soul until my death."

“……”Gu Chan!

Dry!

These three bastards really wanted to put her on the fire.

Gu Chan retreated to the door, glared at the three people and shouted coldly, "Don't dream on, I'm not stupid, I won't be a scapegoat! You guys figure it out! Anyway, I have raised enough money for the remaining 3 billion taels of silver for border relief, and then I will go back to Zhongyuan City, and I have nothing to do with this place, so don't mess with me."

After saying that, Gu Chan turned around and ran away, not daring to stay here any longer.

The three men stood up from the ground but did not chase after him.

Yan Xishan stared at Bai Jingtian and said, "Commander Bai, you have a close relationship with him, go and persuade him. From now on, the lives of all the Second Prince's followers in Jiangnan will be in your hands."

"It's useless. After spending some time with him, I've also realized that this kid is very stubborn. Now if we push him to confront the prince, he will definitely not do it." Bai Jingtian said with a gloomy face.

"What should we do? The second prince committed suicide by taking poison. Once the news of his death gets out, we'll be doomed!" Yan Xishan said with his hands spread out.

Guo Huai said with a firm look in his eyes, "There is no other way at the moment. We can only risk our lives to carry him up. Otherwise, without the protection of the Second Prince, a prince of the royal family, our Jiangnan area will inevitably face a major purge, and no one will survive."

"Mr. Guo, what do you mean?" Yan Xishan asked.

"It's very simple. Lord Yan, you should unite all the officials in Jiangnan and jointly submit a memorial to the capital, expressing your willingness to follow the Seventeenth Prince and requesting the Emperor to grant the Seventeenth Prince the Jiangnan area as a fiefdom. This way, the Emperor will be in a difficult position and the Crown Prince will be forced not to take action against all of us easily." Guo Huai said with a grim face.

This time, he finally did not make a mistake. In order to save the lives of all the Second Prince's party members in the Jiangnan area, he was sober for once.

But once he wakes up, it will be tantamount to directly trapping Gu Chan to death.

Yan Xishan slapped his thigh and said, "Yes, what Mr. Guo said is right. Now we have no choice but to go all out, otherwise no one will survive."

"Commander Bai, what do you think?" Guo Huai asked.

Bai Jingtian said with a bitter face, "There is no other way. Right now this is the best way to protect all the members of the Second Prince's party. Let's do it this way! As for Gu Chan, I will lobby him. Even if I pester him this time, he must agree."

"Then Lord Yan and I will take care of the second prince's funeral." Guo Huai nodded.

Yan Xishan reminded him at the right time, "Oh, Commander Bai, the Second Prince promised Gu Chan this morning that after helping him save you, he would repair the dilapidated temple for Gu Chan. I suggest you find someone to help him repair the dilapidated temple first. It's better to find him based on this matter, so as not to pester him and annoy him. If he runs away to the Great China, it will be troublesome."

"Okay, I got it. I'll go find someone to help him repair the dilapidated temple." Bai Jingtian said.

Then he quickly ran out and found a group of people to help Gu Chan repair the dilapidated temple.

Yan Xishan and Guo Huai held a funeral for Xuanyuan Lie in the Censorate, and posted a notice to the public, announcing the death of the second prince who had committed suicide by taking poison.

As the news spread, there was a sensation in the Jiangnan area, and all of the Second Prince's followers were trembling with fear, and everyone was in danger.

All the common people in the Jiangnan area were extremely confused. No one could understand why the second prince, who was fine, would commit suicide by taking poison.

Seven days later, when Xuanyuan Lie was buried, the news that he had committed suicide by taking poison finally spread throughout the Tiancang Kingdom.

Among all the people in the Kyoto royal family, except for the old emperor and Xuanyuan Lie's mother, who felt sad about this, basically everyone else in the royal family was secretly happy.

After all, there is one less person competing for the throne, so how can everyone feel sad?

The happiest person was the crown prince. The next day after hearing the news, he sent his top general with an army of 100,000 to the Jiangnan area on the pretext of paying condolences to the second prince.

As the 100,000-strong army marched in, all the Second Prince's followers in the Jiangnan area were frightened and hurried to the Censorate in Jiangnan City to find Yan Xishan to discuss countermeasures.

It is too late to escape now, and if they fail to escape and are caught, they will surely lose their heads. Therefore, these people dare not run even if they want to, and can only hope that Yan Xishan will save them.

But Yan Xishan was helpless. As early as the afternoon of the day when Xuanyuan Lie committed suicide by taking poison, he and Guo Huai hurriedly wrote a long memorial and sent it to Kyoto.

It has been almost ten days since then, and there has been no news from Kyoto.

He could only wait and place all his hopes of survival on Gu Chan.