At night, the wind and sand outside the city were blowing, bringing a slight chill.

Nangong Jing and Ah Qi were already waiting at the observatory.

Ah Qi was a little bit unconvinced and asked, "Your Majesty, do you think Li Mao will come?"

Nangong Jing looked at the scenery in the dark night and said, "I don't know!"

Nangong Jing was just betting on the little friendship that still existed between him and Li Mao.

If Li Mao really cared, then he would definitely do it, but if he didn't care, Nangong Jing could see through his mind.

I will not show mercy in the future.

"Submit? Are you kidding me, Prince Duan?"

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Sheng Yu's words these days made Li Mao realize that he was not trusted by the emperor. Now Nangong Jing was asking him about the poisoning. This made Li Mao suddenly feel that the meaning of his existence was too insignificant and pathetic.

Nangong Jing slowly pointed out Li Mao's problem.

"Prince Duan, you keep calling yourself this prince, but you forgot that you are now a traitor, doing treasonous things. You asked me to meet you again, aren't you afraid of taking action right away?"

Nangong Jing heard this. He knew Li Mao's temper and was not angry. Instead, he agreed: "You are right. I really shouldn't call myself the king anymore, haha!"

As he expected, Li Mao came alone on horseback.

Only then did Li Mao remember that when he led his troops away from the capital, the emperor also sent a small team for him to lead along.

Li Mao didn't think much about it at the time. After the battle, the team returned to the capital. Afterwards, Li Mao heard that Nangong Jing was poisoned on the battlefield. He was quite surprised at the time and wondered who helped him.

When asked this question by Nangong Jing today, Li Mao remembered that team.

Now it seems that the emperor does not trust Li Mao at all.

"It is you, Prince Duan!"

They said that these were people who had retired from the Imperial Guards, and they were asked to go to the army for training.

Li Mao asked back.

Join forces to resist foreign enemies and kill them in battle.

"Why are you in Langzhou? Aren't you afraid that I will bring people to arrest you?"

"I know it wasn't you who did it. I have another matter tonight. General Li, are you willing to submit to me?"

Nangong Jing's identity at this time is completely different from before, and his every move will affect the life and death of the people at hand.

But when he met Li Mao today, Nangong Jing wanted to verify one thing: whether Li Mao knew about this matter or not.

Nangong Jing smiled and said, "You won't. Besides, I am alone in Langzhou now, without any army by my side. If we really want to fight, I will just attack the city directly. Why would I bother to meet with you in private?"

Li Mao was conflicted for a long time before coming. Should he come? Should he come?

Li Mao thought so too, but still asked cautiously: "What are you doing in Langzhou?"

Nangong Jing also heard it, and he was sure it was Li Mao.

As soon as Li Mao entered the Wangyuan Pavilion, he recognized Nangong Jing at a glance just by looking at his back.

Li Mao's face was full of caution. Although he came alone, he had made some preparations. The fireworks in his arms could be released at any time, and Deputy General Wen would bring people to support them immediately.

Nangong Jing suddenly asked.

I can't believe that I am still defending the emperor who doesn't trust me.

It's typical that he did something bad and wanted Li Mao to take the blame.

"Come and see you!"

He thought that since Nangong Jing was in Langzhou, his army must be not far away.

If Nangong Jing made an appointment with Li Mao tonight to reminisce about the past, then Li Mao was on guard.

"General Li, I don't need to tell you about your current situation. You know it very well in your heart. His Majesty doesn't trust you and you let the city lord suppress you everywhere. Do you still want to listen to him?"

"You heard me right. I asked you, are you willing to submit to me?"  Nangong Jing repeated it again. Li Mao rarely showed a smile, but it was full of sarcasm.

It's impossible to talk about the past.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and he said, "I didn't do it, but I just remembered one thing. When His Majesty asked me to go out and kill you, the traitor, he assigned me a small team of soldiers. After the battle, they returned to the capital a few days later. When you were poisoned that day, I thought there were other people who wanted to kill you, so I didn't think much about it!"

"Why can't you answer?"

Li Mao felt that it was a bit difficult to talk to Nangong Jing, so he resisted the urge to fight and said, "Why did you invite me here?"

Nangong Jing still felt frightened when he recalled the incident when he was poisoned before.

Nangong Jing already knew the answer, but he asked Li Mao in person to see whether he knew it or not.

Li Mao thought of these things in his mind, but now he had the emperor's order and was an enemy of Nangong Jing.

Li Mao had no idea what Nangong Jing was thinking at this moment, and he spoke with anger in his tone.

But he chose to come because of the friendship they had when they worked together in the military.

His Li family's ancestors had been loyal officials for generations. How could they do such a thing as surrendering to the rebels?

These words sound like a woman confessing her love to a man she has long admired, giving people goose bumps.

Li Mao did not call out the rebel at the first moment, but called him Prince Duan. It can be seen that he still has some military friendship with Nangong Jing in his heart.

Nangong Jing turned around and looked at Li Mao with a smug look on his face, and said, "You're here after all!"

Li Mao was shocked and whispered, "You, what did you say?"

Li Mao was obviously surprised when asked this question. He thought for a moment before saying, "I, Li, have an upright style of doing things. It is not my style to use poison on the battlefield. You said that you were stabbed and poisoned by my people on the battlefield? I can't answer that!"

Nangong Jing knew Li Mao's character, which was stubborn and pedantic.

"I want to ask you what do you think of Sheng Yu, the Lord of Langzhou?"

He just said these words in front of Li Mao to make him think about the situation they experienced in the army back then.

Although Bai Hengqiu had said in Liuzhou that this poison did not seem to be the kind used by the underworld, Nangong Jing and Lin Jiuxi only guessed that the poison came from the palace.

Ah Qi went to check behind and found that no one was following, so he felt relieved.

"Back in Liuzhou, when our armies were fighting, why did you resort to such despicable means, sending people to besiege me and poison me?"

"He is fair, loves the people, and is a good official!"

Li Mao's mouth corners turned up, but the smile did not reach his eyes.

"The Li family has a motto that loyalty and righteousness are the only things that matter to us throughout our lives. We will never do anything that goes against our will!"

This means that even if Nangong Jing forces a confession to usurp the throne one day, he will prioritize protecting His Majesty and will not allow Nangong Jing to do whatever he wants.

In Nangong Jing's view, loyalty and righteousness are both noble and a little foolish.

"General Li, have you thought it through?"