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

Cui Tianhe listened to what Dugu Meng said, and it didn't seem like a lie.

"Could he really be a descendant of the dragon? Was everything he knew taught to him by the Dragon God in a dream?"

"You can think of it this way." Dugu Meng nodded and said, "I'm telling you again now, I am indeed holding Shen An back, and I can't give him any help!"

But! Shen An really wants to help me, so you should give up your attempts to win him over!

Cui Tianhe was truly unwilling to give up, so he immediately changed his tune: "Your Majesty, Shen An is definitely up to no good. Why don't we join forces now and bring him under control!"

Dugu Meng, however, hoped that Shen An had no good intentions.

But Shen An treated her with utmost respect from beginning to end.

Where did this ill intention come from?

As for the throne?

If it's Shen An's doing, so what?

She had long wanted to be Shen An's woman. If she could return to the throne in the future, she would hand over the world to Shen An and then become a wife and mother.

As long as her bloodline remains within the royal family, that's fine.

But the reality is that Shen An has nothing to gain from her.

"Hmph! I don't want to hear your attempts to sow discord. Besides, you need to understand that even if I cooperate with you, you can't fight against Shen An. If you don't want to die, then honestly tell me everything you need to say about the Divine Dragon Society!" Dugu Meng said in a deep voice.

"His Majesty..."

"You're really not honest! What are you all standing there for? Teach him a lesson!" Dugu Meng urged the soldiers around him.

They glanced at Shen An, seeking his opinion.

"beat!"

At Shen An's command, they immediately began to torture Cui Tianhe.

This guy is much weaker than I thought.

He was only repaired briefly, and soon he started begging for mercy.

He obediently told Shen An everything he knew.

His direct superior was Wang Gang, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who was also one of the elders of the Shenlong Society.

He is currently the highest-ranking officer in the Divine Dragon Society in Daliang.

As for the rest, he knew nothing.

The Dragon Society has done an excellent job of keeping this a secret.

"Damn Wang Gang! This man has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looks like a loyal and virtuous person. He's actually an elder of the Divine Dragon Society!" Dugu Meng was furious.

"But I don't think he's a member of the Divine Dragon Society, the highest-ranking member in Daliang. The Divine Dragon Society is good at hiding and concealing itself."

"If Cui Tianhe can establish direct contact with the highest-ranking people, then he's actually falling behind," Shen An said.

"That should be the case. The real person in charge should have been hiding for a long time. However, if we can control Wang Gang, we should be able to follow the clues and find the person who is hiding the deepest. Then we can dig out all the people in the Divine Dragon Society and kill them all!" Dugu Meng said, clenching her fists.

"Yes." Shen An nodded.

"Gentlemen, I am willing to serve you. I believe I can definitely help you with my abilities!" Cui Tianhe volunteered.

Shen An sneered, "You should have spoken. You've already spoken, so what value do you have left? I'm about to kill you!"

"No, please don't kill me! Didn't you just say you'd spare my life?"

"I was thinking of giving you a way out, but the next second, I changed my mind. What does the previous second and the next second have to do with each other?" Shen An asked rhetorically.

"You can't do this! You have so many soldiers under your command. Do you want them to think you're a man of your word?"

"Hahaha!"

The soldiers burst into wild laughter.

"Why are you laughing?" Cui Tianhe asked.

"Hehe, we've known for a long time that our lord is always untrustworthy when dealing with enemies, especially someone like you who is destined to die. You provoked our lord back then, and that meant certain death!"

Although our lord treats his enemies this way, he is extremely generous and trustworthy towards his own people.

Therefore, nothing you have experienced will affect our judgment of our lord!

"You, all of you, have been deceived by him. I think you should listen to me and join our Divine Dragon Society. I guarantee that you will all become kings and generals in the future."

"Now, right now, let's deal with Shen An together!"

Cui Tianhe shouted, "You're wrong! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! You must cherish it!"

Before he could finish speaking, Dugu Meng walked up to him and pierced his chest with a sword.

"You, you.."

"You chased after me before, so it's reasonable for me to kill you with my own hands, isn't it?" As Dugu Meng spoke, she drew her sword and stabbed him dozens more times, venting the hatred that had been building up inside her.

Before Cui Tianhe died, his face was full of regret.

He couldn't speak, whether he regretted chasing after Dugu Meng or regretted telling everything and believing Shen An's lies.

Killing him brought Dugu Meng immense pleasure.

And all of this, including taking revenge on her enemies, was brought to her by Shen An.

"Shen An, thank you!" Dugu Meng's eyes were filled with gratitude.

Shen An simply nodded, then said, "Keep yourselves well hidden. Who knows, Li Huaiyi might show up at any moment!"

Li Huaiyi did not keep Shen Andan waiting.

After writing a paragraph in the book, he led two hundred guards and fled.

As for the other soldiers, he couldn't take them with him. He sent them to the front lines and made sure they held out no matter what, giving them enough time to escape.

Not long after!

But he thought he had made a clean getaway.

"Ahhhhh!"

After a series of screams, Li Huaiyi saw his personal guards in front of him fall off their horses one by one and crash heavily to the ground.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Protect me! Protect me!"

Li Huaiyi changed direction, intending to escape from this place.

But he discovered that the speed at which the other party killed him far exceeded his expectations.

In just a few breaths, he had only twenty or thirty men left.

next moment!

Shen An appeared, stepping over the bodies of his personal guards.

"Shen An! Shouldn't you be commanding the army in Qingping County? Why are you here?" Li Huaiyi questioned.

"Do you think I'm as stupid as you? That I didn't foresee you wanting to run away?" Shen An retorted.

"Then you didn't need to come in person, did you?" Li Huaiyi asked.

"Hmph, not only am I here, but my brother and Liu Wenyuan are here too!"

Shen An clapped his hands, and Shen Xiaoqi and Liu Wenyuan appeared.

"Aren't you afraid I'll have too many men and wipe you all out?" Li Huaiyi asked. "If you know what's good for you, get out of here now, or my 20,000 men following behind will kill you all!"

"You idiot, trying to scare us! Do you think we're as stupid as you?" Shen Xiaoqi laughed loudly.

"You don't believe me? Then try it! Don't blame me for not telling you!" Li Huaiyi sneered.

"Stop pretending. I've already planted a lot of spies around your people. I know your every move. Otherwise, why would I be waiting for you here?" Shen An retorted.

His words made Li Huaiyi stop laughing.

He immediately changed his attitude: "Shen An, you and I aren't exactly enemies, are we? At most, we're rivals. Let me go, and I'll give you 100,000 taels of gold, how about that?"

"No matter how much money you give me, it won't help. You're going to die today!" Shen An was completely uncompromising.

"Why? We're not enemies at all!"

"Not an enemy? What kind of joke are you talking about? You killed my parents! And you killed Liu Wenyuan's wife and children too! We have a blood feud with you!" Shen An said menacingly.

Hearing this, Li Huaiyi became excited instead: "Don't tell me that you were able to climb from a lowly corpse carrier to your current position all because of your obsession fueled by blood and sweat and deep-seated hatred?"

"You're right!" Shen An's murderous intent intensified. "Everything I've planned, the thing I most want to do is kill you!"

"Yes, I'll kill you!" Shen Xiaoqi and Liu Wenyuan's eyes were also full of murderous intent.

They desperately wanted to kill that damned Li Huaiyi.

"Hahaha, hahaha!" Li Huaiyi burst into laughter again.

"What are you laughing at!" Shen An yelled.

"Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! You can further enrich your character development. Once my book is finished, it will definitely be a masterpiece!" As he spoke, Li Huaiyi dismounted, lit an oil lamp, picked up his book, and excitedly began to write: "Tsk tsk tsk, these newly added plot points will absolutely ignite the entire story, hahaha!"

His actions caused Shen An and the others to frown.

Facing death, Li Huaiyi was not afraid at all; on the contrary, he was excited. Why write a book?

"Brother, could this guy be an imposter? Is he not the real Li Huaiyi?" Shen Xiaoqi asked.

"It's unlikely he's an imposter; his current behavior simply can't be explained by an imposter."

Even imposters wouldn't react like this when faced with a certain death. Shen An stared at Li Huaiyi.

"Is he stalling for time?" Liu Wenyuan asked.

"Just kill him first, isn't that enough?" Shen An chuckled. Villains often die from talking too much. When facing an enemy like this, he must be even more ruthless and decisive, not giving the other party any chance!

Just as he was about to make a move, Li Huaiyi suddenly burst into laughter: "Haha, luckily my book is almost finished, I only need to make a few minor changes to the character settings."

Shen An, this book is absolutely valuable. You can get it printed; it will definitely make you money in the future.

My only request is that you ensure my book will be remembered for generations to come!

"I didn't know you liked writing books."

"I not only enjoy writing books, but I also enjoy writing my enemies into my books. You are the protagonist of my current book."

You surprise me time and time again, making me change the settings for you again and again.

"Although it's troublesome, it always gives me unexpected inspiration." Li Huaiyi laughed maniacally, "Come on, come on, kill me! You can settle your scores and grudges!"

"It seems you'll be able to die without regrets once you've finished writing this book?" Shen An asked.

"Yes! I have no regrets." Li Huaiyi said with certainty.

"Fine, but since you're not deliberately stalling for time, I'll tell you before you die: I won't just kill you, my men have already captured your wife and children. I'll send them to the underworld to see you in a bit, so your family can be reunited!"

With a broad smile, Shen An clapped his hands, and Li Huaiyi's real wife and children were captured by Shen An's men.

Although they followed Li Huaiyi's previous orders and did not acknowledge him.

But how could such a trick possibly fool Shen An?

Li Huaiyi felt terrified to the extreme.

In his eyes, as long as he wrote a book that would be remembered for generations, and as long as his real wife and children were alive and well, it didn't matter if he died.

Anyway, he's done so many evil deeds in his life, he's already gotten his just desserts!

Now Shen An has actually arrested his real wife and children.

He absolutely could not let Shen An kill his wife and children.

"Shen An, don't you understand the saying 'the sins of the family should not be visited upon them'?" Li Huaiyi retorted. "Please release them!"