Deputy General Liu and his men ran for dozens of miles and finally arrived at the Huangli military camp before dawn.
Looking at the five or six men he had brought, Deputy General Liu suddenly felt that there were too many people, making them too conspicuous and easy to expose. He said, "How about this, you few stay outside and find a place to hide. Ye Feng and I will go in first to find General Cao."
"Yes," they all replied in unison.
Deputy General Liu then instructed them, "If we haven't come out after an incense stick has burned, don't go in. Go back and find the Prince to rescue us."
"Understood." The group immediately hid in the nearby bushes.
Ye Feng looked at Deputy General Liu and said, "If something really happens later, I can bring you out safely."
Deputy General Liu smiled wryly: "General Cao treated me quite well before. Even if he doesn't agree to surrender to the Prince, he shouldn't do anything to me."
The two secretly infiltrated the military camp together.
Deputy General Liu went to Cao Qi's room as if he knew the way well.
There were two soldiers guarding the door. Deputy General Liu led Ye Feng into Cao Qi's room through the back window.
"Who!" Cao Qi was instantly awakened from his sleep and shouted sharply.
"It's me," Deputy General Liu said in a low voice, introducing himself, "Liu Changhu."
Cao Qi was momentarily stunned when he saw Deputy General Liu and Ye Feng.
The soldiers outside seemed to have heard the commotion and knocked on the door, asking, "General, is something wrong?"
Deputy General Liu looked at Cao Qi pleadingly.
Cao Qi unconsciously called out to the outside, "It's nothing, I just had a dream."
He glanced at Deputy General Liu and Ye Feng, then said to the outside, "It's almost dawn, and I'm no longer sleepy. You may leave."
"Yes." Cao Qi's tone was normal, and the soldiers, without suspecting anything, withdrew together.
Once the commotion outside subsided, Deputy General Liu knelt before Cao Qi and said, "This humble general greets the general."
Cao Qi gave him a deep look and said coldly, "Didn't you pledge allegiance to the Holy King? What are you doing back here?"
Seeing his cold attitude, Deputy General Liu quickly explained, "General, you are unaware of the truth. In fact, the Prince's uprising was out of necessity. When the Prince first offered amnesty to the bandits, he submitted a memorial to the capital, but the Emperor did not respond for a long time, so the Prince did not formally offer amnesty to the bandits. However, not long after, an imperial edict came from the capital saying that the Prince had privately offered amnesty to the bandits and intended to rebel. Furthermore, the Imperial Guards went to the north to execute the Prince on the spot. The Prince was truly forced into this situation, which is why he started the uprising."
Cao Qi was stunned, seemingly not expecting things to turn out this way.
"His Majesty has long been seriously ill, and the court is controlled by the Third Prince. This must be the Third Prince's intention."
Seeing that Cao Qi's attitude had softened, Deputy General Liu quickly added, "His Majesty previously doted on the Prince so much, even giving him the Xuanwu Sword. Everyone could see that His Majesty wanted to make the Prince the Crown Prince. So why would the Prince start a rebellion without a reason? The Prince knew that His Majesty was seriously ill and suspected that the Third Prince had cast a spell on him. That's why he raised an army to return to the capital to save His Majesty."
Cao Qi was instantly shocked upon hearing this: "Poisoning?"
Deputy General Liu scratched his head sheepishly: "Actually, I don't really understand either, but I heard the Prince and the Marquis mention this matter. It seems that the Third Prince used a curse on the Emperor, which made the Emperor seriously ill. The Prince also captured a witch, who seems to be able to help the Emperor remove the curse."
Cao Qi's expression instantly turned serious. He knew the emperor was seriously ill, but he never expected that the emperor had been poisoned by a curse!
He even suspected that the emperor might have been poisoned, otherwise how could a perfectly healthy person suddenly become seriously ill? But he never imagined that it was a curse!
Being infected by a Gu poison is far more serious than being poisoned!
After a long silence, Cao Qi looked at Deputy General Liu and asked, "Why did you come here this time?"
Deputy General Liu glanced at Ye Feng and said somewhat embarrassedly, "It is His Highness's wish that the general would stand on His Highness's side in the final battle."
Cao Qi fell silent again.
Deputy General Liu cautiously observed Cao Qi, trying to discern something from his expression, but he couldn't glean anything.
After a long while, Cao Qi finally spoke up: "I understand the matter now, you can go back first."
...Deputy General Liu looked at Cao Qi speechlessly.
Does this mean he agreed or not?
"Let's go." Just as Deputy General Liu was stunned and about to ask something, Ye Feng directly led Deputy General Liu out.
As soon as Deputy General Liu and his men left, Cao Qi got up and began writing a letter.
Ye Feng led Deputy General Liu out of the military camp. Deputy General Liu frowned and looked at Ye Feng: "Did General Cao's words just now mean he agreed or disagreed?"
Ye Feng dared not speak recklessly: "Go back and ask the Prince."
...Deputy General Liu was speechless again.
He doesn't know why he was pulled out here, and he's not allowed to ask clearly, so now he has to guess.
"Lord Ye Feng, Vice General Liu."
The group of people who had been hiding in the bushes came out as soon as they saw Ye Feng and Deputy General Liu.
"We don't need to go back. We can just wait on the road the prince will inevitably take on his way back to the capital." After all, the prince has to return to the capital anyway.
As Ye Feng spoke, he sent a signal flare to Xuan Yuanzhan.
Xuanyuan Zhan, who was resting in the woods, received a signal flare from Ye Feng.
In fact, Xuan Yuanzhan barely slept that night.
The main problem is the grim situation; the outcome of the final battle is uncertain, and he is finding it difficult to sleep soundly.
Mu Lingchen, Bai Ying, Ling Lang, and others also couldn't sleep.
"Was it sent by Ye Feng?" Mu Lingchen also saw Ye Feng's signal flare: "What does this signal flare mean? Has the defection been successful?"
"I don't know." He and Ye Feng hadn't made any agreement.
Bai Ying and Ling Lang looked up at the sky at the same time, only to see a streak of red light leaping past.
What is that?
The white eagle pointed in amazement at the red light flashing across the sky.
Xuanyuan Zhan and Mu Lingchen didn't notice; when they looked up, they could see nothing at all.
Ling Lang, however, saw it quite clearly: "It looks like a bird."
White Eagle nodded: "It is indeed a bird, a huge firebird."
Upon hearing this, Xuanyuan Zhan instantly perked up and grabbed the white eagle excitedly, asking, "What did you say? You just saw a giant firebird?"
Bai Ying was startled by Xuan Yuanzhan and nodded hesitantly: "Yes, there was a red thing that flashed by just now. It looked like a giant bird, but it was too fast. I didn't see it clearly. I don't know if it was a bird or something else?"
It does look like a bird, but are there really birds that big in the world? And so fast too.
Seeing Xuan Yuanzhan's nervousness, Ling Lang cautiously raised his hand and said, "I did see a huge bird just now, it was red."
Although he thought it was impossible for a bird to be that big, he actually saw it.
Mu Lingchen instantly realized what was happening and immediately looked at Xuan Yuanzhan: "Could it be..."
Has my cousin Ning'er returned?
"Let's set off for Kyoto!" Xuan Yuanzhan shouted excitedly, and led the large army hurriedly towards Kyoto.
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