"No, no..." Gu Liyan stammered, pursing his lips and saying sympathetically, "Who did this? Tell me, and I'll avenge you!"
Huo Tong sneered, "You're avenging me? What makes you think you can avenge me? Your identity as the poisoner?"
Gu Liyan hurriedly spoke up, "It wasn't me! I've been framed! Wang Meng framed me!"
"Hahaha, Wang Meng? Wang Meng is the city lord? Who would believe that if you told them that!" Huo Tong mocked. "I get angry just looking at your sanctimonious face. Auntie likes you, Uncle Meng likes you, and Sister Wan'er likes you too! What charm do you have that makes so many people like you!"
Gu Liyan remained silent, watching Huo Tong. He sensed that Huo Tong was no longer the same person he once was. Could it be...?
"Huo Tong, are you really Huo Tong? How did you become... become so terrifying?" Gu Liyan asked, looking at Huo Tong.
Huo Tong burst into laughter, "If I'm not Huo Tong, then who am I? You say I'm scary..."
Huo Tong's face darkened instantly as he pointed at Gu Liyan and roared, "How can I not look terrifying in this state? And all of this is your fault, Mo Liyan's fault!"
Gu Liyan looked bewildered. "Me? I didn't do anything..."
"Heh, are you still pretending at a time like this? Who let that bitch from the Liu family lead us back to the capital!" Huo Tong roared angrily.
"I..." Gu Liyan was speechless for a moment. Although he did not instruct Liu Mengxian to do this, he could not push all the responsibility onto Liu Mengxian.
Huo Tong looked at Gu Liyan's silence and sneered, "What? You're remembering what you did now?"
Gu Liyan kept his head down and didn't speak.
Huo Tong pointed at Gu Liyan and said angrily, "If you hadn't sent us back, how could we have been trapped here! How could we have been poisoned one by one! And how could I have become unrecognizable!"
"Yes, I'm sorry..." Gu Liyan opened his mouth to speak, apologizing on behalf of Liu Mengxian.
Huo Tong grabbed Gu Liyan and said, "What's the use of an apology? You can make it up to me, but you can't make it up to everyone else! You must die!"
Gu Liyan's breath hitched, and she stared at Huo Tong in disbelief. "You...you want to kill me?"
"Hmph, I don't have the ability to kill you. It's everyone in the entire royal city who wants to kill you!" Huo Tong sneered.
"Why!" Gu Liyan's pale face turned even paler.
Why would the person he was trying to save kill him?
"Heh, do you even need to ask? It's because you were the one who poisoned everyone! Isn't that enough?" Huo Tong sneered.
"It wasn't me, it really wasn't me!" Gu Liyan then realized the seriousness of the problem.
Huo Tong sneered and pulled Gu Liyan towards the door, saying, "Even if it wasn't, it is now!"
"No! Let me go, I need to find my senior brother!" Gu Liyan broke free from Huo Tong's hand and headed outside.
Huo Tong sneered and did not chase after them.
Gu Liyan stepped out of the dungeon. The rising sun in the east was blinding, and he instinctively closed his eyes. But when he opened them again, he froze on the spot—
In front of him stood a group of soldiers with guns pointed at him. He recognized Wang Mang and Li Qiang... Behind them was a group of seemingly weak civilians, their eyes filled with resentment as they stared at him, as if they wanted to tear him apart alive...
Gu Liyan looked at them with a panicked heart. Only then did he realize that the cold dungeon was warmer than their gaze.
Gu Liyan staggered forward, wanting to say a few words to Wang Mang, but as soon as she moved, everyone cocked their guns and aimed them at her again.
Gu Liyan shuddered, knowing that if he went any further, he would be shot dead on the spot!
Gu Liyan looked at the crowd. Where was Mo Han? Where was Liu Mengxian? Why were they all gone?
"My senior brother said he would protect me... Xian'er said she could concoct an antidote... Why..."
Gu Liyan's eyes welled up with tears.
Have you... abandoned me?
Gu Liyan felt a sharp pain in his chest, which spread throughout his body, making it difficult for him to breathe.
Mo Han chased after the figure out of the royal city without realizing it, only realizing something was wrong when the sunlight stung her eyes. "Oh no! Xiao Li!"
Mo Han hurriedly returned the way he came and headed towards the royal city. Upon entering the city, he found that none of the people who should have been on the road were there. His heart sank and he ran towards the dungeon.
Upon arriving at the dungeon, they found it deserted, even the guards were gone. Mo Han asked anxiously, "What happened? Where's Xiao Li?! How come everyone in the city has disappeared?!"
"Let's go to the stands in the square!" A voice came from behind Mo Han as she was frowning. Mo Han turned around and saw Wang Mang sitting in a dark corner of the dungeon, holding a cigarette in his mouth without a lighter.
"What are you doing here?" Mo Han asked anxiously, frowning. "Where's Mo Li? What happened?"
“They said that Commander Mo, you were abusing your power and couldn’t find out the truth. Then someone instigated you to be brought here and taken to the square so that everyone could question him together,” Wang Mang said without looking up.
"What?!" Mo Han's expression changed. "It's Wang Meng! It must be him!"
“They’ve been gone for half an hour already, you’d better hurry over there,” Wang Mang said.
Mo Han was about to leave when she stopped at the door, looking at Wang Mang with a puzzled expression. "Why aren't you going? Don't you want to know the truth?"
Wang Mang sighed and said, "What good does it do to know? Can we escape? Nobody knows yet, but just now, news came from the capital that it was shrouded in poisonous fog. It's not just the capital; the entire world is enveloped in it..."
Mo Han's eyelids twitched, and without further hesitation, she left.
If that's the case, they will definitely vent all their anger on Gu Liyan.
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