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Lu Xiaofeng clapped his hands and laughed, "Impressive, you drunkard, you guessed it right away."
Li Gexiao asked with a serious expression, "Where is the Prince?"
Lu Xiaofeng said, "He's probably sitting on the dragon throne right now."
Li Gexiao was taken aback at first, then burst into laughter, startling the surrounding drinkers.
"The drunkard has gone mad again!"
"Speaking of which, it's been a long time since I've seen this drunkard. I'm still a little unaccustomed to this sudden outburst."
"It would be better to die out there, out of sight, out of mind."
They didn't know Li Gexiao's original identity, and only thought of him as one of the countless beggars outside the city. Over the years, they had made it a habit to mock him and the Prince Xian.
Li Gexiao didn't care at all. He was happy right now, happier than he had been in over a decade. Even if he died right now, he wouldn't have any regrets.
Because the person Li Gexiao hated most was never Yan Song, but the emperor who was high above her.
All misfortunes stemmed from the emperor.
However, Zheng Dongliu, who was like a teacher and father to Li Gexiao, always taught him to be loyal to the emperor and love his country. This deep-rooted belief made it difficult for him to put his hatred into action.
When Li Gexiao was caught in a dilemma, Chu Yang appeared and helped her achieve the goal buried deep in her heart.
So at this moment, Li Gexiao felt relieved. All he had to do was send away that old villain Yan Song, and he would have an explanation for his deceased wife.
Seeing the tears welling up in Li Ge's eyes as she laughed, Lu Xiaofeng silently poured the wine on the ground and said, "This cup is a tribute to my sister-in-law. May her spirit rest in peace in heaven."
"If you need me, I'm ready to go with you anytime."
Li Gexiao slowly suppressed his smile and shook his head, saying, "Let's put Yan Laogou's life aside for now. I'll take it sooner or later. Right now, there's something more important to tell Your Highness."
"What could be more urgent than your revenge?" Lu Xiaofeng thought of the Four Great Constables and the Four Divine Constables who had been in a hurry earlier, and felt that there might be a connection between the two.
Li Ge smiled and said, "By order of the Prince, Gui Hai Yi Dao and I were responsible for escorting the Qi family army back to Jinling City. Although we successfully met General Qi, we also heard some bad news."
"There weren't many demon kings besieging Wanglong City. More demon kings led their demon races north by water, bypassing Wanli Xuanbing City on the Liaodong border, and went to places outside the border."
"What's outside the border? In this icy, snowy land?" Lu Xiaofeng frowned, then suddenly exclaimed, "Oh no, they're going to annex the Jurchen tribes and do what the Japanese did back then."
"Li Chengliang is still in the capital; Liaodong is in grave danger!" (End of Chapter)
Chapter 201. Ximen Chuixue's Shock! (A humorous take on the role of Zhui Feng!)
201.
The Japanese pirates in the south and the Jurchens in the north were the two major scourges of the Ming Dynasty, causing even more trouble than the demon race and consuming most of the Ming Dynasty's military strength.
Through the efforts of several generations in Liaodong, a massive ice city was finally built on the northern border to defend against the Jurchen invasion.
Since the completion of Wanli Xuanbing City, the Jurchen rebellion has gradually faded from people's sight and has not reappeared for a long time. Otherwise, Li Chengliang would not have dared to come to the capital to take the position of instructor of the Imperial Guard.
But to my surprise, his arrival really caused trouble.
The demon race migrated en masse and annexed Japan, which nearly resulted in them capturing Nanjing.
If Chu Yang hadn't happened to be looking for Lu Xiaofeng and thus thwarted the demon race's plan, they could have easily wiped out the Qi family army trapped in Wanglong City once they captured Jinling City.
In this way, it's only a matter of time before the entire south falls.
The other generals guarding the city were nothing but scoundrels, utterly incapable of resisting the invasion of the demon race.
Conversely, the same applies to Liaodong. If war breaks out, apart from Li Chengliang, the garrison commander, no one else is of any use.
"Enough of this small talk, I'll go to the palace first and report the news to the Prince."
After explaining the situation, Li Gexiao hurriedly bid farewell to Lu Xiaofeng and the others, but Lu Xiaofeng grabbed her arm.
"You have no status now, why should the guards let you in?"
Lu Xiaofeng reminded him.
“I forgot…” Li Gexiao said, somewhat disappointed.
Only then did he realize that he was no longer the Deputy Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Forget about entering the palace, he would be arrested and thrown into the imperial prison even if he just wandered around the palace gate.
With the emperor now deceased, the palace is under the tightest security, making it very difficult for him to enter quietly.
"Come with me, I'll find someone to take you inside." Lu Xiaofeng remembered that there was a guy in the Prince Xian's mansion who had nothing better to do than eat his fill.
"Will it work?" Li Ge looked at him with a skeptical expression.
"Don't worry about it." Lu Xiaofeng got up and called the waiter to settle the bill, then took Li Gexiao to the Prince's Mansion.
Sikong Zhaixing and Ximen Chuixue were also preparing to follow, but Sikong Zhaixing was stopped by Lu Xiaofeng.
"Monkey, I have an urgent matter for you to handle."
Lu Xiaofeng said solemnly.
"what's up?"
Sikong Zhaixing instantly became vigilant. In the past, whenever Lu Xiaofeng entrusted something to him, it would always turn out to be very troublesome.
"You will take a boat to Jinling today and deliver a message to the yamen runners there for me. It doesn't matter who it is."
"Just say that the prince needs them."
Lu Xiaofeng pulled Sikong Zhaixing aside, and the two whispered to each other for a long time before Sikong Zhaixing reluctantly left.
Li Gexiao asked curiously, "What did you want him to do?"
Lu Xiaofeng explained, "In order to make the prince appear weak and gain some advantage in this struggle, I had the yamen runners suppress the matter in Jinling City. Now that the prince is about to ascend the throne, he needs to build momentum, so it is time to make it public and suppress some rumors that are not conducive to the prince."
Li Ge smiled and said, "No wonder the prince always praises you for being smart. You really are a clever kid. Not bad, not bad."
Lu Xiaofeng stroked his beard and smiled smugly.
Upon hearing "Jinling City," Ximen Chuixue suddenly asked, "Is it about the demon race's attack on the city?"
Li Gexiao looked at him with considerable surprise, "You knew?"
Ximen Chuixue nodded and said, "The news in the capital is out of reach, but everyone outside knows that Little Li Flying Dagger has reappeared in the martial arts world and is leading the city's officials and people to resist the invasion of the demon race."
"When I first heard the name Lu Xiaofeng, I thought I had misheard it and checked it several times."
Lu Xiaofeng said irritably, "As for repeatedly confirming? Don't you trust my character?"
Ximen Chuixue shook his head decisively and said, "Most of the time I can't trust you, but I can trust you when it comes to life and death."
"I'm very curious, did you really use the demon-slaying weapon left behind by General Qi to kill the Demon King?"
"Does the Demon King really exist? Or is it just a rumor?"
Li Gexiao and Lu Xiaofeng exchanged a smile.
"The Demon King is real, and even more powerful than the rumors say. The two Demon Kings that attacked Jinling City were the ones who dealt with us. The one we dealt with was the Golden-Winged Roc King."
"This demon is incredibly fast, and being a bird of prey, it's difficult for the crossbow bolts left by General Qi to hit it. Only Li Xunhuan's Flying Dagger can pose even the slightest threat to it."
"As for the other demon king, we have never seen him."
Ximen Chuixue, who was walking alongside the two, suddenly stopped and asked, "Never seen this before? Why is that? Weren't they saying two demon kings were attacking the city?"
"Because it was already dead before we even saw it!" Li Gexiao said mysteriously in a low voice, "It was beaten to death by the prince with his fists, and its body was covered in sores that there wasn't a single good piece of flesh on it."
"Judging from its appearance, that demon king had the features of a lion and a tiger, and its body was as strong as an elephant. It was a demon king who relied entirely on its physical strength, but it was still killed by the prince. Can you believe how scary that is!"
Ximen Chuixue subconsciously swallowed. He had been thinking that one day he could spar with the Wise King, hone his swordsmanship, and seek a breakthrough. But it seemed that he had been overthinking things.
"That's not right. Shouldn't the Wise Prince be a master swordsman?" Ximen Chuixue turned to look at the palace. "Otherwise, how could he possibly display such superb swordsmanship?"
"What swordsmanship?" Now it was Li Gexiao's turn to be completely bewildered.
Lu Xiaofeng scoffed, "Your talent is there for all to see, what's so surprising? Your Highness is a Taoist master, your Taoist skills are superb, no, with Your Highness's cultivation, you could very well be a Heavenly Lord."
Ximen Chuixue had never felt so lost in his life. Reason told him that it was impossible for one person to be proficient in so many things at the same time, and to reach an extremely high level in each of them.
If someone else said that to him, he would definitely stab them with his sword; it would sound like they were just bragging.
The road back to the Prince Xian's mansion wasn't long, and they arrived quickly. Ximen Chuixue hadn't recovered from the shock yet, and Lu Xiaofeng, seeing this, expressed his understanding, as his previous state was similar to Ximen Chuixue's.
There will always be things that are hard to understand that will break people's established perceptions. It's okay, you'll get used to it as you go along, just like... well, you know.
Lu Xiaofeng entered the room and dragged Chai Hu, who was catching up on sleep, out. This guy had spent the whole night wandering around the palace but couldn't find Guo Bujing and Chu Yang, becoming a complete nobody.
Having accomplished nothing all night, Chai Hu felt ashamed and could only return to the palace to get a blanket to cover his head and fall into a deep sleep.
She had only been asleep for a short while when Lu Xiaofeng dragged her away.
"What do you mean by that, Mr. Lu? You want to fight? Let me tell you, I'm in a bad mood right now, so don't mess with me!"
Chai Hu cursed and shook off Lu Xiaofeng's hand.
"I have something important to discuss with you; it concerns the well-being of the people."
"What's the matter?"
"Don't worry about anything else, just bring him into the palace."
"Are you planning a rebellion?"
"Stop talking nonsense, okay?"