In a chaotic and famine-stricken era, I picked up an empress to be my wife.

"My lord, what if the Yuwen Qin you met is an imposter?"

Dugu Meng asked a rhetorical question.

A single word awakened the person from their dream.

If it's fake, then everything makes sense.

This person is not Yuwen Qin.

Then what does Yuwen Qin have to be afraid of?

He could certainly take advantage of Shen An's attack on Nanling Prefecture to launch a surprise attack on Qingyang City.

Of course, they dared to cooperate on the surface to attack Nanling Prefecture, but stab each other in the back.

Liu Wenyuan frowned and stared at the handsome Liu Xiaosi in front of him, saying, "Xiaosi, isn't what you said a bit too shocking? I've met Yuwen Qin before, and the person brought here is him."

"Yes, I've met Yuwen Qin in person before." Liao Bing scratched his head. "Are we overthinking this? Maybe Yuwen Qin really was a former subordinate of the Prince of Zhennan, and he genuinely acknowledges our lord as his young master."

But Shen An was reminded by Dugu Meng's words.

He suddenly remembered that he had previously asked Mr. Mingyue to send intelligence through the Shenlong Society members who had infiltrated Yuwen Qin's group.

The intelligence sent back, however, was completely different from the facts.

This means either the spy working for Yuwen Qin has been discovered, or he has defected to the enemy.

Either way.

As long as the other party is controlled by Yuwen Qin, the secret of the Divine Dragon Society will be lost.

Including that human skin mask.

Shen An shared his thoughts.

The entire room fell silent.

After a long pause, Liu Wenyuan said, "Even Mr. Mingyue doesn't know the specifics of how to make a human skin mask. Even if Yuwen Qin knew, the people he dealt with were only those who obeyed Mr. Mingyue's orders, and their ranks were even lower. They probably wouldn't know anything about how a human skin mask is made, right?"

"That is indeed a question, but wouldn't it be clear once we investigate?"

Shen An immediately led the way and arranged for Yuwen Qin to stay in the residence.

When Yuwen Qin saw Shen An return, he showed no emotional fluctuation and remained as respectful to Shen An as before.

Shen An, however, was rude to him and immediately ordered his men to take Yuwen Qin into custody.

"Young Master, why are you doing this? I have been utterly loyal to you, even giving you military power. What are you trying to do?"

"Let's verify a hypothesis. If I'm wrong, I'll apologize! Liao Bing, go!"

Liao Bing clenched his fist, stepped forward, pressed down on Yuwen Qin's head, and began to grope his face.

Yuwen Qin reacted extremely strongly: "Young Master, what are you doing? This is my real face!"

This statement made Shen An even more certain that this person had a problem.

Does he immediately emphasize that it's his real face when he opens his mouth?

If people didn't know about human skin masks, how could they possibly talk about the real face and the fake face?

"Keep searching."

Soon, after rubbing for a while, Liao Bing found a patch of peeling skin on his neck.

He pulled hard.

Yuwen Qin's face was ripped off.

Except for his eyes, which resembled Yuwen Qin's, his face was completely different from Yuwen Qin's.

"It really is fake!"

Liu Wenyuan and Liao Bing felt a wave of fear, as did Shen An!

If Dugu Meng hadn't awakened them, they would have suffered greatly if they had actually believed his lies.

"You son of a bitch, it's fake! How dare you deceive our lord!" Liao Bing, enraged, slapped him across the face.

The slap was powerful and heavy, causing blood to flow from the corner of the man's mouth.

That man was quite the actor. Even after being exposed, he still said, "Young Master, I am real, I am real. This is my true appearance. My previous appearance was just to hide my identity and avoid being recognized. I was just one of the Prince of Zhennan's former subordinates!"

"Still not being honest? Liao Bing, Liu Wenyuan, you two interrogate him properly and make him spill the truth!" Shen An waved his hand.

"Young Master, I really didn't lie to you, I really didn't!"

Shen An ignored him completely, waved his hand, and Liao Bing and Liu Wenyuan took him and his two followers away.

Only Shen An and Dugu Meng remained in the room.

At this moment, Shen An felt grateful: "Dugu Meng, thank you. If it weren't for you this time, I might have suffered a great loss!"

Dugu Meng was a little embarrassed. She lowered her head and said, "It's about brainstorming. I just thought a little more about the paths you had already considered. If you hadn't thought of them beforehand, I wouldn't have been able to come up with them."

"No matter what, I still want to thank you," Shen An said sincerely.

Dugu Meng's face turned even redder, but she was very happy inside, as she had accomplished another good deed for Shen An.

She is actually still somewhat useful...

One hour later.

Liao Bing dragged the fake Yuwen Qin over like a dead dog.

He said with a burning rage, "My lord, this fellow has confessed everything. He is Yuwen Qin's handpicked double. Yuwen Qin's plan this time is similar to what he had in mind before. He wanted to trick us into attacking Nanling Prefecture. He only sent a portion of his troops to pretend to cooperate with us. Once our army arrived in Nanling Prefecture, his remaining troops would launch a surprise attack on Qingyang City. After we conquered Nanling Prefecture, he would stab us in the back."

That guy is fucking awful, so evil!

"This Yuwen Qin is indeed a remarkable figure. He is far more cunning than Li Huaiyi and Yuwen Bingyu! I have to admire him!" Shen An was not blindly arrogant. In terms of such cunning, he was definitely no match for Yuwen Qin.

"Then can this person tell us how they made the human skin mask based on Yuwen Qin's appearance? Do they already possess the method of making human skin masks?" Shen An asked.

"Even with his leg broken, this guy still says he doesn't know how to make a human skin mask. He says Yuwen Qin only gave him the mask, and he doesn't know anything else," Liao Bing replied.

Shen An stepped on the leg that the fake Yuwen Qin was holding.

"Ahhhhh!"

"Tell me, do you know the method for making that human skin mask or not?"

"I really don't know! I really don't know! I'm just a stand-in, how could I possibly know! I've told you everything I know!"

"Alright, I'll believe you for now!" Shen An released his foot.

"My lord, should we kill this scoundrel now?"

"Why kill him? Since Yuwen Qin can scheme against us, why can't we turn the tables and scheme against him?" Shen An retorted.

"How do we calculate this?"

"He thought we believed him, and that's why they sent a large army to ambush us. So let's create the illusion that we've been deceived, luring him to attack the city!"

"But we won't have enough manpower then. If we don't send a large army to Nanling Prefecture, he definitely won't fall for it." Liu Wenyuan said, "Although we are defending the city with repeating crossbows, which doesn't require many people, if the other side fights a war of attrition with us, and they are probably already studying how to deal with repeating crossbows, we will still need enough manpower to deal with them."

"You're absolutely right, but I have another powerful weapon. If you use it properly, I can kill tens of thousands of them, or even more!" Shen An said eagerly, "Just once, and they'll be terrified and lose the courage to continue the siege!"

Everyone present became interested.

Is there another killer weapon?

"My lord, what is this powerful weapon you speak of?"

They all stared wide-eyed and asked.

"First, send someone to take him back to his original residence, and on the surface, continue to treat him to good food and drink."

"yes!"

As the fake Yuwen Qin was taken away, Shen An snapped his fingers: "Give it to me!"