Lin Che expressed that he was very depressed.
Killing the empress, what does it have to do with me? I only have a few soldiers.
How can this be considered a purge of the imperial court? How much have I harmed His Majesty?
"Tonight? Is there a specific time?" Jiang Li asked quickly again.
The Shadow Guard was somewhat embarrassed and shook his head, saying, "The insider's information is limited. We only know that they will arrive in Leishi City at 11 pm at the earliest."
"Prince Wu had already made preparations. In the past two days, many things have happened in Tiandu City. The Imperial Guards suddenly blocked the entire city and imposed a curfew. A large number of powerful members of the Yin-Yang Family disappeared inexplicably, and the residences of several dukes and the princes were surrounded by the Imperial Guards. The Mingjing Division mobilized a large number of members to rush to Leishi City..."
Lin Che heard this and suddenly interrupted, asking, "Are the residences of the Dukes surrounded? What about General Wen Hong's home?"
The Shadow Guard knew Lin Che's importance and answered directly:
"The Duke of Wei's residence has also been surrounded by the Imperial Guards. General Wen Hong's granddaughter is also under house arrest in the residence."
This was a long-planned coup!
Lin Che instantly realized that Prince Wu was desperate and wanted to kill Jiang Li and take his place.
With such a quick reaction, even the imperial guards switched sides.
In the entire Dagan, who is still on the side of the empress?
Lin Che glanced at Jiang Li and thought, damn, I don’t know if killing Jiang Li now will be considered as following God’s will?
Jiang Li happened to turn around and looked over, and asked with a smile:
"Lord Lin, judging by your expression, do you also want to choose another good tree?"
"Your Majesty, you doubt me? I am definitely not that kind of person." Lin Che looked loyal.
The Shadow Guard continued, "Your Majesty, Tiandu City is in great danger right now. I am willing to risk my life to escort Your Majesty to a safe place. It is too dangerous to stay in Leishi City."
Lin Che also agreed: "Since Lord Shadow Guard has an idea, let's set off immediately."
"I'm sorry, Marquis Champion, we can only escort His Majesty away... We can't take you with us."
Jiang Li raised her eyebrows upon hearing this, and a domineering aura emanated from her. Before she could speak, the Shadow Guard could no longer bear the pressure and quickly explained:
"Your Majesty, forgive me! It's not that I'm heartless or ungrateful, but I've received intelligence from an insider. Priests are already ambushing around Leishi City, and they've planted gold-eating bugs along every road. When a large army moves, these gold-eating bugs will emerge and bite through even swords, not to mention soldiers and horses. If that happens, the army will be in disarray, which will be extremely dangerous."
Holy crap.
Gold-eating bug!
Lin Che knew this kind of thing. It looked only the size of a thumb, but its body was as hard as iron, and its favorite place to bite was the blood vessels.
How many soldiers would be killed by the gold-eating insects during a forced march?
This Prince Wu has too many tricks up his sleeve.
This was a combination of attacks. A witch had appeared inside the city and poisoned the water, drawing everyone's attention to the water source. However, gold-eating insects had already been deployed outside the city.
It was unclear whether it was fate or human intervention, but Lin Che didn't retreat immediately after conquering Thunder Lion City. If he had known Prince Wu was returning, he would have immediately taken Jiang Li and fled. The Divine Machine Battalion would have suffered heavy casualties by now.
So, my Shenji Camp has to stay here and fight to the death?
He subconsciously looked at Jiang Li and his eyes met Jiang Li's.
"Your Majesty, judging by your expression, you are not planning to abandon your followers and run away alone, are you?"
"I am not the kind of person who would run away from the battlefield!" Jiang Li looked arrogant.
Since Jiang Li is willing to stay, that will be easy.
"Your Majesty, Lin Pojun wants to cooperate with the Tiance Army to attack the city tonight, so we should take the initiative. If my Shenji Camp leaves the city on a large scale, it will attract gold-eating insects, but if it is just a small team, we can launch a surprise attack on the Zhenyuan Army first..."
Jiang Li listened quietly and agreed decisively:
"Lin Pojun has been marching and fighting for many years, so this preemptive strike may not be very effective. But it's worth a try. As long as we disrupt their coordination time, that will be enough."
Lin Che nodded heavily, and suddenly her face became serious as she asked:
"Your Majesty, do you have 100 million in silver notes?"
Jiang Li shook his head, his face full of confusion: "What are you going to do?"
"Then...what about 50 million taels?"
Jiang Li was even more confused when he saw a hint of disappointment that was hard to conceal on Lin Che's face, as well as a little bit of regret. What was going on?
"No. What do you want to do?"
"You must have the ten million, right? Your Majesty, don't tell me you go out without money." Lin Che covered his chest.
I don't know why, but it hurts a little.
Jiang Li nodded: "I came here in a hurry. Besides, I don't need to bring any banknotes in Dagan..."
"Then how much do you have?" Lin Che's voice trembled a little.
"Only... one million."
“Your Majesty, please give it all to me. Don’t ask why. This money is very important to me.” Lin Che said righteously.
Jiang Li prides himself on being smart, but at this critical moment, when the army is about to besiege the city, Lin Che suddenly asks what he is going to do with the one million?
She really couldn't figure it out.
Besides, logically speaking, Lin Che shouldn't be short of money. Didn't they just capture Leishi City?
She didn't understand, but she still took out the banknote and handed it to Lin Che.
Lin Che took it with both hands, excitedly saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty—By the way, this Lord Shadow Guard, do you have 100 million?"
“…”
The corner of the Shadow Guard's mouth twitched twice: "My Lord, do I look like someone with a hundred million taels of silver? I only have thirty-six hundred taels here."
"Here. Here."
Even mosquito legs are meat.
Lin Che quickly took the 3,600 taels, but when he saw that the Shadow Guard still had a few dozen pieces of silver, he generously refused to take them.
"Your Majesty, with this money, I will definitely give you a huge surprise. Please also prepare some magical instruments. When I return, we will set up the formation together while it is dark."
Jiang Li watched Lin Che put all the banknotes in his arms, and he felt something was wrong.
But when she heard about the formation, she was slightly surprised:
"Lin Che, don't tell me that you have already learned the Purple Star Hidden Killing Formation?"
"Hahaha. Exactly. I, your humble servant, must be a genius in Yin-Yang magic. It's getting late. Your Majesty, please select ten Shadow Guard masters to follow me and launch a surprise attack on the Zhenyuan Army."
Not long.
Ten Shadow Guards gathered together.
This time, Lin Che did not bring any guards or Yu Huadian with him. He was worried that something unexpected might happen in Leishi City after he left.
There must be a trustworthy person here to keep the situation stable.
"My Lord, His Majesty has issued an order. This time, we will all follow your orders."
"Yeah. Not bad."
Lin Che nodded and glanced at them:
"Do you have 100 million on you?"
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