Both worlds are like dreams

Chapter 345 Using yourself as bait

When Xue Huang walked out of the room, she met Mo Yunchen who was going out at the stairs.

"Follow me somewhere."

"Where?"

"In town."

"I just came back."

"Then lead the way." Mo Yunchen pulled her and walked away.

Xue Huang stood there in a stalemate with him, "What on earth are you going to do?"

"Go and see a good show."

Xue Huang just felt that he was inexplicable and didn't want to go out with him at all, but his eyes were threatening no matter how she looked at him. She had no choice but to follow him out of the post station.

Along the way, Xue Huang didn't ask him where he was going, but just followed him silently.

But she was keenly aware that someone was following them.

Xue Huang believed that with Mo Yunchen's insight, he had also discovered these people who were following him, but he was not panicked at all.

Walking leisurely on the street, as if I really came here to stroll.

"Fengchun Tavern?" Mo Yunchen stopped at the door. "It's unexpected."

Xue Huang said nothing.

Mo Yunchen suddenly approached her and said, "It's not good to drink secretly. I don't have any money. Go buy me a jar of Rouge Wine."

Xue Huang frowned slightly, pushed him aside and walked in, and soon came out with a jar of wine.

"drink."

"No rush." Mo Yunchen smiled and continued walking forward.

Xue Huang glanced around and followed.

Mo Yunchen brought her to the port and then boarded a small boat, which was already prepared with tea and snacks.

It's clear that he came prepared.

Xue Huang had some vague guesses in her mind and was unwilling to go up.

Mo Yunchen sat down directly and turned to look at her, "Do you know why Shen Congfeng must kill me?"

"I'm afraid you'll turn against him."

"More than that."

"Because you have been in cahoots with him for so long, you know exactly what he has done."

"Do you still remember the Yuanling Alliance?"

"what do you want to say in the end?"

Mo Yunchen motioned for her to sit down.

Xue Huang had no choice but to get on board and pour him the wine she had bought.

The boat quickly drifted towards the center of the lake.

"Eighteen years ago, the war that destroyed Beiyuan began with the breaking of the Yuanling Alliance. According to historical records, Beiyuan broke the agreement and invaded the border on a large scale. Shen Congfeng led his troops to fight, but Beiyuan refused to surrender and fought stubbornly, which led to the destruction of the entire country."

Xue Huang's face gradually turned cold, and the hatred in her eyes could hardly be suppressed.

Mo Yunchen continued, "But in fact, it was Shen Congfeng who first mobilized the border troops to provoke, and Beiyuan sent troops to negotiate, and also brought a letter written by Emperor Yuanwen at the time."

"credentials?"

"Yes. The content of the letter was a request for peace. But this letter was not sent back to the imperial capital. What was sent back was a declaration of war. After Emperor Ling received the letter of war, officials in the court wrote letters to declare war one after another. Under pressure from his ministers, Emperor Ling had no choice but to order the war, but he also sent an imperial edict."

"What's the purpose?"

"You can start a war, but you must capture the members of the Beiyuan royal family alive and take them to the imperial capital to be imprisoned. You must not kill innocent people indiscriminately."

Xue Huang unconsciously clenched her hands, her nails piercing her flesh without her noticing. She said coldly, "But when Shangyang City was broken, corpses were everywhere and blood flowed like a river. In the Taiji Palace, you and Shen Congfeng ordered the massacre of 473 people of the entire royal family, including all the ministers. No one survived."

Mo Yunchen looked at her, his eyes as deep as the sea, "The imperial edict came too late. Or rather, this imperial edict was destined to come late."

"What do you mean?"

Mo Yunchen did not answer, but slowly picked up the wine glass and tasted the wine, as if giving Xue Huang time to think.

"Shen Congfeng was determined to go to war with Beiyuan, so the letter of peace could never be sent back to the imperial capital. He was the one who replaced the letter. Similarly, the late arrival of the imperial edict was also arranged by him?"

"If the imperial edict arrives first, he cannot disobey it and kill people. Without the imperial edict, he can act recklessly. Even if he is held responsible afterwards, he can put all the blame on Bei Yuan. And your majesty is still kept in the dark about the truth of Taiji Palace."

Xue Huang understood what he meant. Shen Congfeng massacred Beiyuan in order to seize the secret treasure. This was his selfish motive, so naturally he did not dare to let the emperor know.

"So what does this have to do with him wanting to kill you?"

"My father is the only one who has seen the Beiyuan State Letter and the Imperial Edict." Mo Yunchen looked at her meaningfully, "The Imperial Edict and the State Letter are the key."

"You mean, your father's death is related to Shen Congfeng?"

Mo Yunchen did not answer her, but said: "After my father died, no one knew whether Shen Congfeng disobeyed the imperial order. But the letter was not destroyed, and it may be the only key to uncovering the truth of that year."

"Then how did you know these hidden things?"

"I'll tell you next time."

"If you want to say it, just say it. Why keep it a secret?"

"If I tell you everything, what should I say next time we taste wine?"

"The knife has been on your neck for so many years, and you are still so calm?"

Mo Yunchen smiled and said, "It's not certain whose neck the knife will be on."

Xue Huang frowned slightly, thinking about what he had just said. If they could find the missing letter, would it be more beneficial for them to overthrow Shen Congfeng? However, eighteen years had passed since this incident, and the clues were probably very slim.

She glanced at Mo Yunchen. It seemed like he was helping her when he brought up the matter of the letter of credence at this time.

But is it credible if it's only half true?

Xue Huang had a lot of thoughts in her mind, and suddenly she felt a shadow looming over her.

She lifted the curtain and looked, and found that the boat had drifted near an island in the lake, blocking out all the sunlight.

They were already far away from the port, with a merchant ship following them on each side and a passenger ship behind them.

"It's getting dark, turn around."

Mo Yunchen didn't say anything and continued to sit there drinking.

Xue Huang felt something was wrong, so she stood up and went to the deck to look at the ships.

The people on the boat were not businessmen, but killers she had seen in the town.

Mo Yunchen came to the deck and showed his two swords, "You won't help?"

"Using myself as bait, are you so confident?"

Mo Yunchen didn't answer, just looked at the boat in front of him.

At this time, the boats on the left and right were getting closer and closer, and countless ropes with iron hooks were thrown out from them, which hooked onto the boat they were on.

The ship could not move forward at all.

The ship behind them rammed into them fiercely. Xuehuang's ship was small to begin with and was almost torn apart.

Then, countless people jumped out and walked towards their ship on the ropes.

Xue Huang immediately slashed out with two sword energies, cutting all the ropes.

Many people who had just used the ropes to perform martial arts were caught off guard and fell directly into the water.

The river water is cold after all in winter, and people with low martial arts skills cannot get out if they fall into it.

Some of them did float out, but a layer of frost formed on their bodies.

Someone yelled, "Shame on you! You have no moral principles!"