Seeing this, Shen He quickly explained: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. The princess is now either in Qingzhou or Tongzhou."

Chu Xuan was stunned for a moment, and it took him a while to react. He asked, "What? The princess went to Qingtong Prefecture? But didn't you bring back food? Why did the princess take the risk?"

Shen He had no choice but to tell Chu Xuan the situation in the capital in detail. The emperor was poisoned and unable to preside over the government. Kong Chenyang teamed up with Yue Meiren to undermine the former dynasty and the harem, and forged the imperial edict with ulterior motives, including the fact that the emperor asked Lu Yanluo and Chu Chen to go to Qingtong two states to ask for food on their own.

Chu Xuan was speechless after hearing this. To him, the man far away in the capital was the emperor, an opponent, and someone he needed to deal with carefully, but never a father.

The emperor was wary of him, wary of him, and made things difficult for him. Over the years, he never even considered him as his son.

So Chu Xuan didn’t care about the emperor’s life or death, but Lu Yanluo couldn’t.

After sorting out everything that had happened after leaving Beijing, Chu Xuan ate something in a hurry and couldn't sit still anymore, so he led the Cheng family army all the way to Qingzhou.

How could he feel at ease knowing that his most beloved woman and his most beloved brother were in danger?

On the way, he happened to meet Cheng Ruoxue and her men who were transporting food and supplies. After asking, Chu Xuan learned that Lu Yanluo had already resolved the issue in Qingzhou and had now rushed to Tongzhou.

Chu Xuan couldn't wait any longer, so after telling Cheng Ruoxue a few words, he took his men to Tongzhou.

Along the way, Chu Xuan was secretly worried. He had long discovered that there was something fishy about Wang Jiyang, the prefect of Tongzhou, and he was afraid that Lu Yanluo had already confronted Wang Jiyang.

When they arrived outside the Tongzhou city gate, looking at the tightly closed city gate, Chu Xuan ordered the soldiers to break the gate open without thinking.

He wants to see Lu Yanluo, and no one can stop him. He will kill anyone who stands in his way, and even gods who stand in his way.

Fortunately, everything was still in time. Lu Yanluo was safe and sound, and Chu Chen was also fine. The two finally returned to Chu Xuan's side.

In less than two quarters of an hour, news came back from Chu Chen's side. Just as Lu Yanluo had expected, Wang Jiyang was still hiding in the mansion.

He tried to secretly send a message to Wang Yue Niang, but Chu Chen discovered the clue.

Chu Chen followed the secret passage mentioned in the letter and waited beside a rockery in the backyard of the government office.

Since Wang Jiyang took the risk to pass the message to Wang Yueniang, she will definitely come out to check the situation.

When Lu Yanluo and Chu Xuan arrived, Chu Chen had already captured Wang Jiyang who was trying to escape.

Chu Xuan looked Wang Jiyang up and down, his eyes were cold, and he said in a low voice: "Wang Jiyang, hearing about you is worse than meeting you in person. I finally met you."

"Your Highness the Night King, you can't arrest me. I just didn't deliver the grain to Tianque Pass. Are you going to arrest me for such a small matter? Isn't it too narrow-minded of you to do so?" Wang Jiyang saw that he had no way to escape and immediately began to confuse right and wrong.

"Although Tianque Pass is in trouble and needs food and fodder, Tongzhou also has its own difficulties. I thought about it again and again before reluctantly rejecting His Majesty the Night King. Even if this matter is brought to the attention of His Majesty, I have nothing to fear."

Chu Chen really learned a lot today. He looked at Wang Jiyang, who was just talking nonsense, in astonishment and said angrily, "You change your attitude faster than turning the pages of a book. You looked so proud and confident before, but why do you change your attitude now that you see that the situation is hopeless? You are such a disgusting man."

Chu Xuan stopped the furious Chu Chen, walked a few steps forward to Wang Jiyang, sneered, and the atmosphere around them suddenly became solemn.

Chu Chen behind him slowly took a few steps back and walked cautiously to Lu Yanluo. His brother's sneer was too scary. From childhood to adulthood, every time he saw his brother's sneer, it meant that someone was bound to be in trouble.

Chu Xuan said calmly, "Kong Chenyang, no, it should be A Hongshan. What benefit did he give you to make you agree to help him secretly switch the food and supplies sent by the court to Tianque Pass? Or are you actually like him, a secret agent sent by Tatuo to Tianji?"

Wang Jiyang didn't expect that Chu Xuan didn't talk about his refusal to provide food, but asked about Kong Chenyang and him. He was suddenly confused for a moment. The transaction between him and Kong Chenyang did not start recently. They had been friends since he entered the court as an official. Later, when he went to Tongzhou, the correspondence between them had never stopped.

So he couldn't figure out how Chu Xuan knew that the food and grass had been secretly replaced by them?

"Are you curious about how I know this?" Chu Xuan seemed to see into Wang Jiyang's heart and kindly explained it to him.

"The grain is sent all the way from the imperial court to Tianque Pass, passing through the Huai River near Tongzhou. In order to cross the river, the grain will be sent to cargo ships and come from the Huai River all the way to Tongzhou, and then transferred to horse-drawn carriages and go directly to Tianque Pass.

"The king of Japan has been thinking about this for a while. The grain and grass are transported from the capital. There are always people guarding them along the way. Unless the guards are stealing, the baggage must have been secretly replaced when it was boarded. May I ask, Lord Wang, who else in Tongzhou is capable of doing such a thing except you, the prefect?"

"So... tell me, what exactly happened between you and Ahongshan?"

As soon as Chu Xuan finished speaking, Wang Jiyang flatly denied it, saying, "If you want to accuse someone, you can always find a pretext! I have worked diligently in Tongzhou. I dare not say that I have made great contributions, but I have also worked tirelessly. Your Highness Ye Wang's words are really chilling!"

[Why doesn't this guy go to the theater to act? Why is he still a prefect? ​​He's obviously an acting genius! ]

Chu Xuan glanced at Lu Yanluo sideways, and thought to himself, it seemed like... But it was true, this Wang Jiyang was really good at pretending.

But it was just bad luck for him to meet Chu Xuan. As early as when he had doubts about Wang Jiyang, Chu Xuan used the Shadow Order to find out the relationship between Wang Jiyang and Kong Chenyang.

Naturally, they also discovered that Wang Jiyang and Kong Chenyang had conspired to secretly switch the food supplies.

Chu Xuan took out a stack of papers from his bosom and threw them at Wang Jiyang's face. Under his suspicious gaze, he explained: "These letters came from the secret compartment in your study, Wang Jiyang, if you don't want others to know, you must not do it yourself. Now that the evidence is conclusive, what else do you have to say?"

What do you have to say? Wang Jiyang smiled and said, "It's just a few letters. What can they prove? Your Highness said that it was a letter between me and Lord Kong, but I think it was a forged letter deliberately written by someone who wanted to frame me."

No matter what Chu Xuan said, even after he showed him the correspondence, Wang Jiyang still refused to admit it and insisted that he was innocent.

Lu Yanluo was so angry that her teeth were itching. For the first time in her life, she wanted to kick someone away to vent her anger.