Reborn to marry the regent and seize the throne as queen

Chapter 214: Dead bodies at the city gate, Gu Yanbai follows Jiang Qingwu

Gu Yanbai's heart sank and his thoughts froze.

When I came to my senses and wanted to say something, Yan Xiuchen seemed to have fallen asleep.

Looking at Yan Xiuchen, Gu Yanbai squatted beside the bed and smiled.

"You're only a few years older than me, why are you acting like an old father and saying such cheesy things?"

"If you weren't my brother, I would really fall in love with you."

Gu Yanbai sneered softly, then his expression suddenly changed when he heard a strange sound coming from outside the door.

After slowly standing up, he gently pulled down the curtains.

He turned around and a flying needle shot out from the rear window.

Seeing that there was no movement outside, Gu Yanbai walked out of the door calmly and headed towards the backyard.

When he arrived, Gu Ming was covering his arm. Seeing Gu Yanbai coming, he quickly knelt on the ground.

"How dare you barge into the Regent's Palace and even go outside his room."

Gu Yanbai shouted softly, standing in front of Gu Ming with a frosty face.

"I'm sorry, sir, it's urgent, so..."

Gu Yanbai glanced at Gu Ming coldly and walked towards the pavilion in the distance.

Seeing this, Gu Ming hurriedly followed and said, "Our people found out something, so..."

"explain."

"The king sent someone to deliver a secret letter to you. The messenger changed the person but not the horse. He said that he wanted his subordinate to hand it to you personally."

As Gu Ming spoke, he handed the letter stuffed in the mailbox to Gu Yanbai.

Gu Yanbai opened the letter and his face became gloomy.

"Fu Ya? How dare you attack Sang State from Fuhu Pass..."

"Fuhu Pass? That is the weakest pass of Sang State. All the troops of Sang State are in the east, confronting Jiang Ruhai..."

"Does the king want you to go back?" Gu Ming asked.

Gu Yanbai came back to his senses, looked at Gu Ming and shook his head, "No, just let me decide how to proceed."

"I know about this. Let the messenger wait for my news at the base."

"Yes, there is one more thing... Jiang Qingwu went to the ghost market today."

"Our people have been investigating the remnants of Fuye, but there is no news. However, Jiang Qingwu found out today."

Gu Yanbai frowned, stood up in surprise, and walked towards Gu Ming, "Did she find Fuye's people?"

"Yes, where are the people?"

"The people are in the hands of Jiang Qingwu's people."

"They are all Jiang Qingwu's secret assassins, as well as two people from Liushan Hall. Our people dare not get too close to them."

"We stayed in the ruined temple in the ghost market for more than half an hour, and then we lost track of them."

Gu Yanbai had a lot of thoughts in his mind. Thinking of the inexplicable words Jiang Qingwu said to him when he left the palace, he was a little confused for a moment.

"Go ahead. From now on, you are not allowed to come to the palace without my secret letter."

"Yes, son."

The next morning, when Yan Xiuchen woke up, it was already bright.

Gu Yanbai was sitting cross-legged on a couch not far away, with his body slumped over the table, sleeping soundly. He didn't even notice when Yan Xiuchen got up and walked over to him.

Yan Xiuchen didn't expect that after not getting drunk for a long time, the person who stayed by his side was actually Gu Yanbai.

"Wake up...Aze..." Yan Xiuchen called in a low voice.

But Gu Yanbai was still sleepy, so he changed his posture and lay down again.

"Brother, stop making noise. I'll sleep a little longer."

"Go back to your room and sleep. You won't be able to sleep well here." Yan Xiuchen said as he went to pull him.

Gu Yanbai narrowed his eyes, raised his body weakly, looked at Yan Xiuchen and held up his head, "You have a really poor alcohol tolerance. You got drunk after just one jar of wine."

"Really? Then you must have drugged her." Yan Xiuchen said seriously and turned to go to the closet to change clothes.

Gu Yanbai sat up straight with his pupils slightly dilated, and shouted with a wronged look on his face, "What do you mean by drugged? You are wrongly accusing me."

As he spoke, Gu Yanbai stood up and walked towards him, leaning against the wall outside the screen, and a soft laugh came from him, "Gu Qing... still doesn't want to let you touch..."

Yan Xiuchen's eyes changed slightly, and he ignored Gu Yanbai and changed his clothes.

He wore a gorgeous brocade robe, then took out an outer robe embroidered with dragon patterns and walked out.

Seeing this, Gu Yanbai stood up straight and asked, "You want to enter the palace?"

"Yes, there are many things to do in the court, and Shangyang Palace cannot be without people."

Gu Yanbai nodded. He wanted to talk about Jiang Qingwu, but when he saw Yan Xiuchen was busy entering the palace, he didn't say anything.

"I think you should just talk to that idiot emperor and abdicate."

"This way, you can ascend the throne and enter the palace legitimately, saving you the trouble of going to the palace every day."

Yan Xiuchen lowered his eyes slightly and sighed softly, "Now is not the right opportunity. Let's talk about it after we deal with Yan Lin and the Shen family."

Gu Yanbai smiled secretly and said nothing.

As soon as Yan Xiuchen's carriage left the palace, the news that caused a sensation in the capital reached the ears of Gu Yanbai and Yan Xiuchen.

After hearing the report from his men, Jiu Han immediately caught up with Yan Xiuchen and moved closer to the small window of the carriage, "Godfather."

"What's wrong? What's going on?"

"At the city gate in East City, there are eight Fuye people hanging there..."

Yan Xiuchen frowned upon hearing this, opened the curtain, and looked at Jiuhan, "What's going on?"

"I don't know. The person who reported it said that eight people had their tendons cut in their hands and feet. They were covered in wounds and several of them were already dead."

"There was a notice posted at the city gate, saying that the Fuye people had brutally murdered prisoners and civilians from Dayan, and that they were being treated in their own way. The notice was signed by an unknown person from Dayan."

Yan Xiuchen listened to Jiuhan's words and suddenly remembered what Su Wenli said yesterday.

He said that he couldn't tell himself where he and Jiang Qingwu had gone today, but he would know tomorrow.

"It's that girl..." Yan Xiuchen sighed secretly and shook his head gently, "Tell the governor of Beijing that it was my intention and tell him not to pay attention to it."

"Yes, godfather."

East city, city gate.

People coming and going were pointing and talking, some dodged and dared not look, while others stopped and talked.

Many people gathered in front of the notice.

"I heard that the Fuye people are very cruel. It says here that they killed the people and captives of Dayan. Hanging them here is a good deal for them."

“I heard from the people on the Fuye border that none of the prisoners they captured came out alive, and they couldn’t die even if they wanted to.”

"That's really a tragedy. The people there are probably living in fear."

Gu Yanbai hid in the corner, listening to these voices, feeling heavy in his heart.

Looking at Jiang Qingwu and Su Wenli in the distance, he also understood something.

Jiang Qingwu was avenging him and speaking up for him.

Looking up at the Fuye man hanging on the city gate, Gu Yanbai's eyes darkened and his gaze was fixed on Luke.

He knew this person, or at least had seen him before.

As if he recalled some bad memories, Gu Yanbai frowned and secretly clenched the jade flute in his hand.

It was not until he faintly heard Jiang Qingwu's voice that he came back to his senses.

"Let's go. That Luke guy said that if we take the gold medal to the Anxiang Pavilion in the north city, we can find the Bai Pavilion."

"Let's go take a look."

"You want to check the people who helped them?"

"That's right. The gold medal is in our hands. I want to see who is helping Ye's people. I want to see who wants to kill Gu Yanbai."

Jiang Qingwu gestured to Su Wenli with confidence, and the two of them disappeared into the dense crowd.

Not far behind them, Gu Yanbai, who was staring at the two people walking away, had tears in his eyes.

"Gu Qing, I know you feel sorry for me and you want to find the truth for me."

"But Achen is right...you shouldn't get involved."