Her strength was exhausted, but she didn't dare to stop. She stumbled forward and finally ran into the Qin family cavalry who came to look for her.

Deputy General Zhou quickly tightened the reins, dismounted, and came to Jiang, taking the child from her arms, who was about to fall off her arms: "Madam Wei!"

Jiang's legs went weak and he almost fell down.

Deputy General Zhou quickly helped her up and said, "Give it to me, Madam Wei."

Jiang had been holding the child, her arms were already stiff. Deputy General Zhou slowly brought the child over and said to her, "I'll send someone to take you back."

Jiang gasped weakly: "Nan... the traitor is inside... go and catch him..."

Deputy General Zhou sent two cavalrymen to escort her back to the Wei family, and the rest of the people followed him into the forest according to the direction indicated by Jiang.

However, when they arrived at the crime scene, they only saw a few pools of almost dried blood and the bodies of two secret guards.

"Did you find anything?"

Qin Canglan's voice suddenly appeared behind him.

Deputy General Zhou turned around and saw Qin Canglan and Su Mo riding towards him. He bowed and saluted: "Marshal, Master Su."

Qin Canglan has resigned from his post as the Grand Marshal of the Army, but his brothers in the barracks are still accustomed to calling him Marshal.

He continued, "In reply to the Marshal, judging from the traces at the scene, a fierce fight took place here, and both sides were injured, but... everyone is missing."

Qin Canglan and Su Mo dismounted and carefully inspected the scene.

Qin Canglan had fought with Gui Bu and King Nanyang, and knew very well that both of them fought with their lives at risk. Life and death were often a matter of a moment, and the outcome of a battle was sometimes not necessarily determined by the level of martial arts. Any small factor could change the final outcome.

"Have they moved to another place to fight?" Su Mo asked.

Qin Canglan squatted down and dipped his fingertips in the blood on the ground: "Judging from the amount of bleeding, one of them was fatally injured. I don't know if it was Guibo or that guy. If we split up and search, they shouldn't be able to get far."

Soon, Su Xiaoxiao, Wei Ting and Wei Liulang also arrived.

The three of them looked at the bloodstains on the ground with solemn expressions.

"Who is the one who was seriously injured? Could that guy have some way to save his life like Mo Guiyuan?"

Su Xiaoxiao found a bottle on the ground. She had studied the notes of the Western Jin Dynasty poison master a lot during this period and recognized that this was the poison powder used by the assassin.

Wei Liulang's expression changed: "Brother... was hit by the Huagong powder? Doesn't that mean..."

That guy is difficult to deal with to begin with, and coupled with the effects of the Power-Destroying Powder, big brother is in great danger!

A cold light flashed in Wei Ting's deep eyes: "If he's alive, I want to see him. If he's dead, I want to see his body."

They followed the blood trail and found it under a big tree, but the blood trail was gone.

They had no choice but to scatter and continue searching.

Qin Canglan called in the cavalry, and Wei Ting also returned to the capital to call in the imperial guards. They searched the woods and mountains for three days and three nights, but could not find any trace of the two.

On the fourth day, when they were preparing for the worst, Gui Bu appeared with a frosty look on his face.

Wei Liulang hurriedly stood up from under the tree, rushed over to hold his shoulders, and looked him up and down: "Brother?"

Wei Ting and Su Xiaoxiao also walked towards him.

He had a penetrating wound on his shoulder and several not-too-serious cuts on his body. Su Xiaoxiao took him under a big tree and opened the first aid kit to treat his injuries.

Wei Ting followed him: "Brother, your skills..."

Gui Bu said: "I didn't inhale much of the Hua Gong powder, so I lost a little bit of my power. I can get it back after practicing."

Wei Liulang asked: "King Nanyang..."

Gui Bu whispered, "Dead."

When everyone heard this, they felt relieved.

I didn't feel that guy's death was sudden. After all, the Wei, Qin, and Su families had all mobilized, and even dragged Emperor Jingxuan into it. It would have been too unfair if they still couldn't kill that guy.

Later, he lost his great enemy Helian Ye, and his power was further weakened.

Of course, they couldn't take it lightly. After all, even if his rebellion failed, killing a few people was more than enough.

Fortunately, everything is finally over.

Wei Liulang let out a long sigh and was about to ask, "Big Brother, how did you kill that bastard? Where have you been for the past three days?", when he heard Gui Bu say, "Don't ask anything. Also, don't call that man the King of Nanyang anymore. Call him Lord Xiao."

"Xiao...Jun, oh." Wei Liulang responded obediently.

The eldest brother is like a father, and his words carry the pressure of blood.

Gui Bu took out a bundle from his arms and handed it to several people.

Wei Liulang took it, opened it and looked at the bright yellow cloth. His eyebrows jumped: "Is it the late emperor's will? Eh? No, it's blank."

The ghost said in fear: "The late emperor's will was destroyed."

Xiao Jun found the late emperor's will before them, otherwise he would not have the courage to force the emperor to abdicate and rebel.

"The secret decree was also destroyed." Gui Bu said, "I destroyed it with my own hands."

Wei Liulang was surprised and said, "Ah... I'm not surprised by the will and the secret decree... but what's going on with this blank imperial decree?"

It was stamped with the handprint of the late emperor and the seal of the late emperor.

"This is Mr. Xiao's trump card."

They had previously overlooked an important point, that is, there were two secret decrees for the enthronement, first he was enthroned, and then King Ruyang was enthroned. It can be said that from the moment King Ruyang was enthroned, his secret decree was ineffective.

Even if his rebellion succeeded, it would still be considered as usurping the throne, which was not legitimate.

If there was this blank imperial edict, things would be different.

Su Xiaoxiao was puzzled: "Since he had this, why didn't he take it out earlier?"

Gui Bu said, "It was hidden by the King of Nanyang, and Xiao Jun has been looking for it."

Several people were stunned at the same time, and understood something in an instant.

On the way back, Su Xiaoxiao rode in a carriage, and the three brothers rode their horses beside her.

Gui Bu said to Wei Ting: "Find a cemetery where you can see Min'er's tombstone."

Wei Ting: "Okay."

…

Wei Ting brought back the body of "King of Nanyang" to Emperor Jingxuan, and the matter was settled.

Emperor Jingxuan did not want to hurt the empress dowager's feelings, so he did not announce to the public that it was the King of Nanyang, and still maintained the claim that someone was impersonating him to rebel.

Wei Ting had no intention of telling him the truth about Prince of Nanyang and Xiao Jun. He did not really surrender to Emperor Jingxuan. He was just using Emperor Jingxuan to deal with Xiao Jun.

This accident was the biggest crisis that Emperor Jingxuan had faced in his 18 years on the throne, and he almost lost his life.

After he was able to get out of bed, he immediately began to reward his meritorious officials.

The main credit goes to Su Cheng.

He not only protected the emperor but also turned the tide, nipping the rebellion of the Guards in the bud and reducing a large number of casualties.

He was already the Duke of Protectorate and there was no more title to be added to his rank, so Emperor Jingxuan promoted him to the position of commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard and deputy commander-in-chief of the Imperial City Administration.

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(End of this chapter)