Li Zhengqing was grabbed by the collar of his clothes by Yan Zheng, and he had difficulty breathing.
Yan Zheng's eyes were red and murderous intent was evident.
Li Zhengqing just shouted to Ma Yan:
"What are you doing? Let go of His Majesty!
What good does it do you to hold His Majesty hostage?!"
Ma Yan, however, turned a deaf ear to his words.
Li Zhengqing's previous behavior with Ma Yan had already fully demonstrated that the two were in the same boat. Then Ma Yan's testimony that it was Li Zhengqing who asked him to hold the emperor hostage seemed even more credible.
At this time, Li Zhengqing asked Ma Yan to stop, which sounded like pure hypocrisy to outsiders.
Zhao Sicheng finished shouting that sentence with his throat pinched, and suddenly he felt Xiao Wan gently tugging him, as if she wanted to say something.
He bowed his head slightly, and Xiao Wan whispered in his ear:
“I always feel that there is something wrong with this Ma Yan.
He suddenly kidnapped the emperor, which is a capital crime. He must have some great appeal to dare to do this.
But now, he said nothing. "
Zhao Sicheng nodded, he felt the same way.
In terms of motive, Li Zhengqing thought Yan Tiao was dead, so he had no reason to instigate Ma Yan to attack Yan Ning.
Xiao Wan paused for a moment and said:
"I think he seems to be waiting for someone."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Sicheng looked at Ma Yan, and it seemed to be just as Xiao Wan said.
Ma Yan seemed to be listening to Li Zhengqing, but his eyes kept glancing in another direction.
Li Zhengqing also realized something was wrong at this time.
At this time, flames appeared in everyone's sight, and it seemed that many people were holding torches and coming towards this side in unison.
Yan Zheng was even more surprised and looked at Li Zhengqing.
I didn't expect him to be so bold as to ambushed troops outside!
Li Zhengqing didn't look at him, but stared at the direction where the fire came from, with deep confusion in his eyes.
Yan Zheng pushed him away and shouted with his hands raised:
"Form a battle array and meet the enemy!"
The imperial guards on standby immediately began to line up, preparing for a head-on confrontation with the team that was going up the mountain.
Relying on the advantage of terrain, the archers would shoot out a rain of swords as soon as Yan Zheng gave the order.
The team soon came into the shooting range, and Yan Zheng raised his right hand with a sullen face.
The bowstrings were pulled to their fullest, making slight creaking sounds.
But when Yan Zheng saw who was coming, his eyes suddenly widened.
"Stop!" He immediately stopped all the archers.
His sister Yan Xue was riding on a black horse, looking a little panicked.
Behind Yan Xue, a ruffian smile appeared.
It must be Li Mao!
Yan Zheng raised his finger and said angrily:
"Let her go!"
Li Mao smiled brightly, raised his hands, and said innocently:
"Commander Yan, don't get me wrong. Your sister was captured by the criminals and I rescued her.
I came here specially to escort her to your side."
After Li Mao finished speaking, he patted the black horse that Yan Xue was riding on the butt, and the black horse moved forward.
Yan Zheng stared at Li Mao vigilantly and saw that he stood still, while the black horse had already brought Yan Xue to him.
Only then did he hurriedly pull the horse and help Yan Xue down.
"Axue, is there anything wrong?"
Yan Xue bit her lip and shook her head gently, then raised her eyes to look at Li Zhengqing who was standing not far away, and her expression suddenly showed a bit of resentment.
She whispered to Yan Zheng that she was tricked by Li Zhengqing into going to the suburbs, and later it was Li Mao who showed up and brought people to rescue her.
Seeing that Yan Xue was safe, Yan Zheng finally felt relieved and looked at Li Mao and the well-trained soldiers behind him:
"You want to rebel?"
Li Mao burst into laughter.
"Hahaha... Commander Yan, what are you talking about? My Li family is loyal to our country, how could we possibly rebel?"
The next moment, the smile on his face disappeared, and he suddenly raised his voice and shouted in the direction of Yan Ning:
"Your Majesty, I, Li Mao, the son of the Wei State, have learned that a rebel group wants to take advantage of the autumn mountain tour to plot evil, so I am here on my father's orders to assist the imperial army and capture the rebel group!"
The moment Li Zhengqing looked at Li Mao, his face turned ashen.
A thought suddenly flashed through my mind, as if a crack had opened somewhere in my heart.
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