Huang Huihong frowned, but still led Sang Hong to a secret room: "What advice does Lord Sang have for me?"
His tone was not good; clearly, the recent deaths of two of his men had left him in a very bad mood.
Sang Hong didn't take it seriously and said calmly, "There are people in the team who are working with those assassins from the inside."
Huang Huihong sneered, "I know that too. Does Lord Sang have any evidence?"
Sang Hong shook his head: "They're all old foxes in politics, how could they leave any handle for others to use against them?"
Huang Huihong was somewhat dissatisfied: "Then what do you mean by saying all this?"
Sang Hong said, "Although I am now a prisoner, I have always been loyal to the Emperor. Looking at the people in the team now, I think only Commander Huang is truly loyal to the Emperor."
Huang Huihong frowned: "What exactly does Lord Sang want to say?"
Sang Hong said, "Zu'an is very important to the Emperor, but now there are people in the team who are colluding with outside forces. I don't think Commander Huang can safely deliver him to the capital."
Huang Huihong fell silent. In fact, he had felt the same way during this period. If the enemy were to fight openly and honestly, they, the Embroidered-Robed Envoys, could request an imperial decree at any time and were not afraid of anyone. But now the enemy was playing dirty tricks, and there were people within the team cooperating with them, making them feel like they had power but nowhere to use it.
"Does Lord Sang have any good ideas?" Huang Huihong suddenly remembered that Sang Hong was always resourceful, so he humbly asked him for advice.
Sang Hong said, "Let's use a substitution trick. My son and Zu An are about the same age. Let them switch clothes and identities. That way, if the various forces go after Zu An, even if they succeed, they will only capture my son."
Huang Huihong was taken aback: "Wouldn't this put your young master in danger?"
Sang Hong replied, "I have always been loyal to the Emperor. Since I know he cares about Zu'an, I naturally want to share the Emperor's burden. Of course, there is another personal reason. I also want to take this opportunity to redeem myself and make amends. I hope that when the Emperor learns of what I have done after I arrive in the capital, he will be lenient towards me."
Huang Huihong was initially somewhat skeptical, but upon hearing the last sentence, he was completely relieved: "Lord Sang is indeed loyal and devoted to the country. Please rest assured, I will definitely report this matter to the Emperor after we arrive in the capital."
His primary concern was Zu'an's safety; Sang Qian's life or death was of little importance. Of course, if they could all reach the capital safely, he might as well do the Sang family a favor.
"Thank you, Commander Huang." Sang Hong smiled slightly. He made this suggestion not to redeem himself, of course. He knew that with the Emperor's cold-hearted nature, since he had already become a pawn, it would be difficult to change his mind no matter what he did.
Therefore, the most important thing is how to get to the capital safely. Sang Hong is more concerned about his son's safety than his own, since he only has this one son. At his age, if something happens to Sang Qian, he will have no descendants.
His intelligent daughter guessed his thoughts, so before leaving, she sent him a suggestion via telepathy.
Both father and daughter knew that there were many people in the capital who wanted to kill them. Although Sang Qian was secretly protecting them, she was not confident that she could keep them safe during the long journey.
Conversely, there were just as many people targeting Zu'an, but since they all wanted the "Phoenix Nirvana Sutra" on him, they generally wouldn't kill him immediately. This indirectly ensured Sang Qian's safety and also gave Sang Qian time to rescue him.
When Zu'an woke up the next morning and learned that he was to switch identities with Sang Qian, he immediately refused.
Huang Huihong snorted, "That's not up to you. Someone, change his and Sang Qian's clothes."
Upon hearing that he had to change his clothes, Zu An's eyes darted around, but he didn't object anymore.
Sang Qian had already secretly received instructions from his father, so naturally he had no objections.
Seeing Zuan still smugly wearing his wedding attire, he sneered inwardly, "You won't be able to gloat for long. You're about to die and you still don't realize it."
He still felt lingering fear when he thought about yesterday's assassination attempt. In addition, his sister mentioned that there were countless assassination attempts waiting for him and his father along the way. Naturally, he was happy to pretend to be Zu'an. That way, he could have the protection of the Imperial Guards and be with Zheng Dan at the same time. Why not?
The procession was about to depart when Zheng Dan, standing next door, spotted Zu An dressed as a groom and was startled: "You... how come you..."
Zu An chuckled: "Wife, don't you recognize your husband anymore?"
As he spoke, he reached out to hug her. Zheng Dan blushed. In front of so many people, she was unsure of the situation and subconsciously took a step back.
Sang Qian, who was standing nearby, panicked and quickly stepped forward to stop him: "What are you doing!"
Zuan pointed to his clothes: "See? The groom's clothes and the bride's wedding dress are a perfect match, aren't they? Since we're going to switch identities, we should go all out with the act."
Sang Qian became anxious: "Then why didn't you let Zheng Dan stay with me before?"
Zuan looked helpless: "It's your own fault for being incompetent."
He then said directly to Huang Huihong, "I can guess what you're up to by switching our identities, but those assassins aren't stupid. After all, it's hard to imagine the bride not being with the groom. They'll see the flaws as soon as they see them."
Huang Huihong nodded secretly. What this guy said did make some sense. After all, not all forces knew that Zu'an was actually with Zheng Dan. When the assassins sent saw this, they would subconsciously suspect that the person with the bride was the groom, Sang Qian, which would be troublesome.
He valued Zu'an's safety above all else, so he was unwilling to take any risks. He then said to Zheng Dan, "You and Zu'an go to Sang Hong's prison cart, and Sang Qian, you go to the carriage in front."
Sang Qian was dumbfounded. After all this time, he still couldn't be with Zheng Dan?
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