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Chapter 164 The truth comes out
This famous general, who was once on the list of divine generals and later entered Buddhism, no longer had the hostility and tyranny he had in the early days of carrying the banner. His features were kind, gentle and calm, but he still broke through the defense of 500 armored imperial guards within fifteen breaths.

Moreover, with just one move, he defeated Ye Buzhi and Zhou Liuying, who were already the best among the younger generation. All he held in his hand was a green bamboo.

The general who carried the banner of the Taiping Army was the one with the strongest physique.

He seemed surprised because he didn't defeat Li Guanyi with the first move.

Immediately, he moved his wrist, and Li Guanyi no longer resisted, and the Frost Halberd in his hand was knocked away. Yan Xuanji did not hesitate at all, and was about to knock Li Guanyi unconscious, but the next moment, he seemed to hear some sound, and changed his chop into a palm, and directly picked up Li Guanyi.

Li Guan raised his hand and grabbed the weapon even in such a situation.

Yan Xuanji praised: "Good martial arts."

This once famous general, even though he had become a Buddhist, still had the style of a great military general. He came and went swiftly. Before Li Guan had time to react, he was carried away and took more than a hundred steps before turning around and punching out.

The punch hit the ground.

The Forbidden Palace collapsed with a loud bang.

Go straight into the ground.

Li Guanyi suddenly felt that his strength was nothing compared to that of this monk.

Li Guan understood in an instant.

Yan Xuanji used the location of the Scarlet Sky Sword to distract the attention of the guards in the Chen Kingdom's palace.

He still had the instinct of a general in the past to attack the place that the enemy must rescue.

As for defeating the Imperial Guards, it was because this would save them from death and prevent them from being killed for dereliction of duty. Facing the once famous divine general, these Imperial Guards and the Jinwu Guards had fought to their limits.

But why did he take me away?

Li Guanyi's heart moved slightly, and a guess emerged, but he finally chose to suppress it for the time being. The situation was unclear, and his position was unclear. If he spoke carelessly, he might die. It seemed that the temperament of this former battlefield killer had changed. He really had the demeanor of a Buddhist disciple who showed mercy.

Yan Xuanji's movements were rough but extremely fast. In just a moment, Li Guanyi disappeared and could only hear some vague noises, such as -

"Oh no! The wicked emperor has ambushed soldiers! Hiss! They are masters from the royal family!"

"Damn it! This emperor actually rebuilt the Huguo Villa without making any noise? This formation!"

"Brother Liu and his men were surrounded and have died!"

"Damn it, this old emperor, did he know we were coming? We've fallen into a trap!"

"It's difficult to get together, let's gather some people first..."

There was a constant noise of blood, swords and collisions. When Li Guan heard these sounds, he knew that the emperor must have set up a tight net in the palace. Coupled with the imperial guards and the endless supply of masters from the royal family, these martial artists began to suffer losses after gaining the upper hand at the beginning.

Li Guanyi thought of what Yue Qianfeng had said before, and how Yue Qianfeng had previously stormed the palace.

The purpose is to make sense of the map.

The map is for the second charge of these people in the martial arts world.

It turned out to be the case.

When the martial artists over there started to get into chaos, Yan Xuanji appeared and knocked down the hundreds of imperial guards one by one. Then he said, "Everyone, a master from the royal family of Chen suddenly appeared with powerful bows and crossbows. Let's retreat into this hall first!"

"I will cover your retreat!"

"Master Zhi Ge, be careful."

Yan Xuanji shouted loudly, but his shoulder knocked down an attic.

He lifted the attic with one hand and smashed it forward, forcing back the besieging soldiers. Many masters from the royal family came forward, but suddenly a sword energy as sharp as water spread out, forcing them all back.

Yan Xuanji said without even turning his head, "Thank you, Sword Immortal."

He used his fists and feet to create a temporary shelter. The other warriors summoned up their remaining courage and fought and retreated in the encirclement. When they arrived at this palace, Yan Xuanji picked up an attic and blocked the entrance. Only then did they feel a little more stable.

"The palace of the State of Chen is specially decorated to be indestructible by fire or water, so you can rest assured."

"Rest first."

Suddenly someone asked: "Master, what is in your hand..."

Yan Xuanji raised Li Guanyi and said in a leisurely tone, "I recognize this man. He is the most outstanding nobleman in Chen State recently. He is a baron of Qinwu County from the fifth rank. He is deeply favored by the emperor."

"He comes from the Xue family, a maternal relative of the emperor. The old patriarch of the Xue family is Duke Xue of Zhongzhou. His aunt is the emperor's favorite concubine recently. He can be used as a hostage in their hands. At least in special circumstances, he can be of some use."

Li Guanyi grinned.

This monk is very smart.

Li Guanyi had never thought that the title he got from Chen Yuyun would become the reason for him to be targeted. After Yan Xuanji's explanation, many martial artists stopped talking, but the looks they gave Li Guanyi were still not very friendly, but full of hatred.

The emperor's favorite!

These four words were enough to cause Li Guanyi to be stabbed and pierced by this group of martial artists.

Warriors who dare to rush forward with blood and courage are all troublemakers.

Yan Xuanji put Li Guanyi down and said, "Mr. Xue, you have helped the people and performed heroic deeds. If it is not necessary, I will not hurt you. Little donor, please forgive me."

Someone sneered, "The emperor's favorite minister, huh, what is the emperor like Chen Dingye's favorite? A hero like Yue Shuai was thrown into a dark cell under the palace, never to see the sun. A loyal minister is treated like this, and those who are favored are all treacherous ministers!"

"It's better to cut it with a knife!"

"Anyway, since we dared to come here today, we had no intention of leaving alive."

The sentiment is exciting.

Suddenly, a cold female voice asked, "What if we rescue Yue Shuai?"

"Don't you need hostages?"

"Or, if you rescued General Yue, you would let him die with you?"

So these martial artists stopped talking and just kept their anger to themselves. Li Guan looked over and saw that the person who was speaking was a woman in white clothes, with a cold and indifferent temperament and holding a sword. It was she who had just fought off those masters from the royal family of the Chen State.

Yan Xuanji said: "What the Luzhou Sword Immortal said is true. Since you all came here to save Peng Wu, you are all comrades."

"Although we are in danger at this moment, we must stick together."

Luzhou Sword Immortal? !
Li Guanyi was just thinking about it, when he heard this name, his scalp suddenly went numb.

Luzhou Sword Immortal?

and many more!

Wasn't Brother Yue injured by the Luzhou Sword Immortal? How could the Luzhou Sword Immortal be among the people who came to rescue Yue Shuai? Li Guanyi realized that the news that Yue Qianfeng was injured was probably not widely circulated in the martial arts world.

But Yan Xuanji and the others didn’t know about this, so they found it very strange.

Could it be that Brother Yue has not contacted these people?

If there was no communication, how could these people know the map of the palace? How could they rush in? If there was communication, why didn't Yan Xuanji know about the news of the Luzhou Sword Immortal?
Li Guanyi suddenly thought of it.

Someone intercepted the intelligence, but concealed part of it.

Then pass on the remaining real intelligence.

Nine points are true and one point is false.

In this piece of intelligence, the truth about the map of the palace was left, but some of the most crucial things were covered up. Eventually the entire palace will turn into an enormous flesh-and-blood grinding trap, luring in these martial artists and those who come to rescue General Yue.

He even planted an insider like the Luzhou Sword Immortal.

There is a sword immortal from Luzhou, are there other warriors?
Li Guanyi looked at these indignant warriors who all looked loyal and brave. He didn't know who he could trust, so at this moment, he felt that everyone seemed to be an insider, a master from the Chen Kingdom Palace.

This is a conspiracy.

Even if Li Guanyi figured out the plan, he could do nothing about it. Even if he told others about it, it would only lead to greater backlash. In the end, even if all the spies were caught, the suspicion had already been planted, and it would be impossible for them to cooperate again.

And it will waste the most important time at this moment.

No matter what he did, he would lose. He played with the warriors who came to rescue General Yue, and this kind of move could only be done by...

'Tan Tai Xian Ming.'

Li Guanyi whispered in his heart.

He seemed to feel that the old man was sitting in front of him, looking at him calmly.

Tan Tai Xian Ming was considered by ordinary people to be flattering and incompetent; by officials, he was considered to be a clique-building, old and cunning person; by Mr. Xue, he was considered his lifelong enemy, by the emperor, he was considered an old fox, and by Po Jun, he was considered the only rival of the State of Chen. He was an outstanding strategist that Po Jun of previous generations feared.

If there are a thousand people with a thousand faces.

The old man seemed to be staring at Li Guanyi calmly across the situation.

The young man suddenly understood how Tan Tai Xian Ming felt when he faced Po Jun's conspiracy. These top strategists looked at the general trend and calculated people's hearts. The level they pursued was not the skills in the ordinary chain of strategies, but the majestic trend.

Li Guanyi could only be thankful that Tan Tai Xianming, the world's top strategist, was pulled directly off the chessboard by the fledgling Po Jun. Otherwise, this strategy would have subsequent changes, and it was only preliminary at the moment.

And the only way out is Yan Xuanji.

Yan Xuanji did not trap Li Guanyi, and even allowed Li Guanyi to move around freely. He turned around and found that this was actually a relatively private palace in the imperial palace, with rolls of files hidden inside. Li Guanyi pretended to walk over casually to look through the files.

Then he used the excuse of asking questions to have a private conversation with Yan Xuanji.

But after flipping through it for a few times, Li Guanyi was slightly stunned. It turned out that all the files here were secret and the most taboo ones. Li Guanyi was silent for a moment. He suddenly searched quickly and found a file from ten years ago in a book in the middle of a bookshelf and pulled it out.

Li Guanyi pressed the file and felt a little difficulty in breathing.

He opened the file and saw the words: "Duke Taiping died."

Li Guanyi's palms were as if clenched with iron. He knew that he should put the file down at this moment and try to attract Yan Xuanji, but he could not control his gaze and continued to read quietly.

"Before the grand sacrifice, the Prime Minister personally invited the Duke of Taiping and his wife to a banquet, and His Majesty hosted the banquet."

"There was poison in the banquet... We had already poisoned Duke Taiping, but by mistake, the poison fell on Duke Taiping's wife and his newborn child. However, this poison is a secret poison of Ying State, and it is as precious as a magic weapon. Duke Taiping's attention was attracted for a short time."

"But the Prime Minister said that we can't wait any longer."

"If we continue like this, a famous general like Lord Taiping, whose instincts are like those of a beast, will react in a terrifyingly short time. Therefore, we invited them to the appointment on the third day. Lord Taiping is cautious and will only come if invited by the Prime Minister."

"We will first poison his wife with a deadly poison, and when Duke Taiping is passing on his power to his wife, we will suddenly attack and kill him. This is a series of strategies. His wife has been seriously injured in order to save their child, and she can't withstand such a deadly poison..."

"The Duke of Taiping and his wife have a relationship that will never allow him to give up on her."

'Kill his son and hurt his mother, kill his wife and harm his general'

'Parents love their children so much that they are willing to sacrifice themselves for them... Even if they know that the ultimate goal may be to weaken themselves, they will not give up the child. This is an open conspiracy, a strategy that will lead to failure.'

Li Guanyi's body was stiff. He looked at the two lines of text over and over again. The young man's memory had become blurred, but at this moment, he seemed to feel a pain coming from his blood. His nose was sour and he almost cried.

Li Guanyi knew that he was getting closer to the truth of the matter, so he gritted his teeth and continued reading.

"What a cold and cruel plan, what a sinister one... Everything is just as we expected."

"Duke Taiping, no, it should be Prince Taiping who did everything he could to extend his wife's life, but Prime Minister Tan Tai did not expect that his wife would voluntarily cut off her heart meridians for Prince Taiping and died in his arms."

"Three hundred experts from the Huguo Villa and three thousand guards formed a formation."

'Led by a general from the Imperial Guards who is on the list of the most powerful generals in the world'

"We entered the hall, which was dark inside. The aroma of wine was fragrant, mixed with the smell of blood. The candles fell to the ground and the fire was lit. The best silk in Jiangnan quickly burned in the flames, as if the curtain was falling."

'We saw the woman in the red dress lying in his arms'

"The war spear of Duke Taiping was placed in front of him. He sat on the ground, hugged his wife, and held her hand tightly. The black soldier war spear was whistling in the wind. We could see blood stains on the spear."

"It is in extreme anger and sadness, and is evolving into a divine weapon."

'Two generals led the imperial guards to approach'

'But they stopped a hundred steps away, instinctively standing still, just as they had done in the past when obeying the orders of their commander. Finally, they gritted their teeth and used up all their courage to move forward, finally coming within a hundred steps of the commander.'

'Then the Duke of Taiping raised his head.'

"Everyone subconsciously saluted and chanted the general's name."

'He smiled, but stopped talking. Then we saw Duke Taiping stand up and hold his wife in his arms. That was a gentle beauty. She closed her eyes and rested her head on Duke Taiping's shoulder, as if she was still alive. Then Duke Taiping pulled out the gun that tore the world apart with his right hand and pointed it at the elite in front.'

'Come on, it's the final battle.'

"I felt that Lord Taiping was still as confident, brave, and like the sun when we first met. This time, he embraced the woman and held the mysterious weapon. He was clearly poisoned by a poison that could kill a dragon, but he was still as blazing as the sun."

'The Duke of Taiping stepped forward and said,

"Li Wanli fights for world peace in this life. This is his last battle in this life."

'Just fight for my wife and children.'

"Comrades, please come forward——"

"Lead to death!!!"

"We were like being crushed by a mighty army, death, the hall was burned by death, the two famous generals were blown away like rags, the top power in the martial arts world, Huguo Villa, was broken, but Taiping Gong let me go. He said that he remembered that I once walked thousands of miles carrying two sick children on my back. "

'He said, you are a good person, I won't kill you'

"I don't know why, but I put down my weapon and cried bitterly. After this battle, Huguo Villa disappeared, and the two famous generals died under the spear of Duke Taiping. He finally let Qilin set the palace on fire, and walked into the palace step by step while holding his wife."

'You are dead, I cannot live alone'

"I have fought for my child's survival. Now, I will walk the last leg with you."

"I could only watch as Duke Taiping walked into the palace. The eldest princess came back, but her kung fu was not the Ice Magic Kung Fu, so she could not rush into the palace that was burning with Qilin Fire."

"After that, the princess turned to practicing Kunlun Heart Technique."

"I went to look for Tan Tai Xian Ming, but I was unwilling to do so. Why?"

"You were so kind to Duke Taiping back then, why are you like this now? Back then, when Duke Taiping was lost in the southwest, only Tan Tai Xianming believed that he was still alive. After Duke Taiping made great contributions, it was Tan Tai Xianming who personally went to ask for a reward for him."

"Tan Tai Xian Ming personally presented the military book to Duke Tai Ping. At that time, Duke Tai Ping had a big appetite, and most of his salary was eaten by Duke Tai Ping, and he often went to borrow money."

'For Duke Taiping, whose father died young, Prime Minister Tantai is like a brother and a father.'

"It was Prime Minister Tan Tai who helped Duke Taiping get to this position. I still remember that when we were all under the Regent, we sat together under a tree, drinking and writing poetry. Duke Taiping got drunk and vomited on Prime Minister Tan Tai, who personally helped him back."

"However, this death banquet was also personally invited by Prime Minister Tantai."

"We are using our most elite guards to kill our strongest generals together. We are hurting his mother by killing her son, and restraining her husband by forcing his wife to death. What are we doing?"

"Now I record it here as history, so that the truth can be known to future generations."

"General, the vanguard Wan Qing will come to apologize!"

There was a glaring scarlet color on the scroll. Apparently, the captain who recorded all this had committed suicide out of grief. Li Guanyi's hands were trembling as he looked at the names recorded at the back. This scroll had been discovered by the emperor, and he angrily asked the historian to burn the book.

However, the historian entrusted by Wan Qinghui refused to do so, so Emperor Chen killed him.

The historian's son continued to report truthfully, and Emperor Chen killed seventeen historians in a row.

Finally, it has come to the side branch, but they still refuse. Emperor Chen remained silent for a long time, and finally just kept it as a taboo text. Li Guanyi's eyes were red. Until now, he finally knew the whole picture. The young man slowly closed the file and silently recited the name in his heart.

Tan Tai was virtuous and wise, and Chen Huang was accomplished and vigorous.

Hold your hands tightly.

A calm voice came: "Are you interested in these?"

Li Guanyi turned his head.

The monk Yan Xuanji looked at him quietly.

(End of this chapter)