Deng Guozhong stared at him deeply and asked, "My son...have you known everything?"

Deng Ling nodded without hesitation and said, "Father... I had noticed it for a long time. Later, after hiding it, I found out the inside story of Chang Mengjun's case back then."

Deng Guozhong sighed, then opened the door of the house and said, "Come in, let me tell you the whole story for you."

He personally went to push the wooden wheel and sent Deng Ling into the room.

After a plain narrative, Deng Ling learned about the whole process of what happened back then. He was not surprised, but seemed very calm.

"Father... Ji Cheng suddenly appeared in Hongnong this time, which is very strange. The child thinks... the mastermind behind this matter must be from the court, and he came for his father." Deng Ling guessed and expressed his inference.

Deng Guozhong said in surprise: "How do you determine that this person is for his father? Isn't that King Huai?"

"The King of Huai is powerful. Even if this matter is exposed, he may not be defeated. He is already a powerful minister who is disgusted by the whole Wei Dynasty. There are many bloody cases in his hands. Most of the people's vision is simple. Since he is like this in his perception, he will not cause huge waves of waves. At most, he will end up cutting off his vassals and seizing titles. In the future, he will be able to make a comeback with the troops of Huai State.

But...If Deng's image is implicated, it will inevitably lead to our clan's criticism from the scholars. Mr. Lu was the object of common admiration between nobles and poor students... Until now, there are still endless admirers. If Deng's image collapses, it will never be saved." Deng Ling's analysis made a lot of sense.

Deng Guozhong couldn't help but nodded and said, "Since that's the case...Who in the court would use this matter to target me, Deng?"

Deng Ling answered directly without thinking: "Dongfu Department——Jiang Chengyi."

Feng Youru couldn't help but be surprised and asked in confusion: "Why did your husband say this?"

Deng Guozhong was also confused: "The most unlikely person in the court to harm our tribe is Jiang Chengyi. He is a new noble favored official and has only been in the capital for two years and has no intersection with Chang Mengjun's rebellion case back then... How could it be him?"

"Don't forget my father... who did his sister marry?" Deng Ling said slowly: "Huaiyin Hou Ning Nanyou, who was Lu Yu's favorite disciple back then. If it weren't for the shocking bloody case, perhaps... this person would not have been burdened by his father, King Huai, as he is now, and is notorious.

If Master Lu was still alive, Ning Nanyou must be the envious and admired by scholars all over the world. It’s a pity... Master Lu failed to protect him and grow up. My father didn’t think... the major events that happened in the Wei Dynasty recently seemed to have nothing to do with the Marquis of Huaiyin, but in fact they had something to do with it?"

Ningnan's worries and hidden lights for many years almost made Deng Guozhong forget that he was once a disciple of Lu Yu.

He recovered from Deng Ling's words and felt a chill, "My son is saying... This Huaiyin Marquis looks lustful and unwilling to be enterprising in his daily life. He is probably pretending to be accused of having to endure for many years and has been planning to avenge his commander. And he has long conspired with Jiang Chengyi...the two want to deal with Deng together?"

Deng Ling said silently and looked at his father deeply.

Deng Guozhong stood in front of the window with his hands in his arms, and a chill came from his back. If this is true, then Ning Nanyou would be too scary. He could tolerate external bullying and insults for many years, tolerate royal injustice and court officials, and to hide his eyes until now, which is enough to prove that he is very cunning and has the strongest tolerance.

If what happened to Hongnong was really controlled by him, then over the years, he would have saved a lot of military and material resources privately. Thinking of this, Deng Guozhong was frightened and couldn't help but take a breath.

"Aling, as you see...what should we do now?" Deng Guozhong asked.

"Father, you need to catch a snake seven inches. Since they have already raised their swords and swung them in front of us, we cannot be ruthless." Deng Ling's eyes rose a little bit by bit, and he said coldly: "Tomorrow, Jiang and Mu will set off with the Lingyi team as the host of the sacrificial ceremony of the Empress Dowager, and head to Qinghe together."

When he said this, he suddenly stopped and looked at his father meaningfully.

Deng Guozhong hesitated for a moment and said, "Aling wants to...stop these two girls during this journey?"

"Yes. Only if there is a hostage in your hands can the person behind this scene not dare to act rashly." Deng Ling's eyes were so cruel that he seemed to be determined to win.

Deng Guozhong nodded in appreciation, and then ordered Feng Youru: "Appoint it, tomorrow, I will intercept the Mu family and Jiang family in the suburbs of Beijing!"

Feng Youru turned his head and looked at his lord, looked at Deng Ling again, and finally nodded, "Subordinate to obey the order."

Ning Nanyou and Jiang Chengyi have been away from Beijing for several days and settled in Hongnong. While inquiring about the news about Deng's mansion and Huai's mansion, Ji Cheng arranged for Ji Cheng to go around the city, so busy that he could not take the meal. After learning that Feng Youru came to Beijing again to report the news, the two of them carefully avoided the Tiger Roar Army scattered in the city and led Ji Cheng to the suburbs, quietly preparing for the next attack.

At that time, Jiang Chengjia and Mu Yun were ordered by the emperor and the queen, wearing female silk sacrificial robes, and set off from Luoyang with the Empress Dowager's spiritual team, riding the imperial carriage and horses from the official road, running all the way to the Qinghe River.

The weather was boring and hot, and the two girls took a car together and whispered to discuss the matter of changing people and escaping on the road. Fu Chen had already prepared the boat at Guandu. When the Lingyi team arrived here, they quietly replaced the two of them and changed their route south to Kuaiji.

Who knew...there was a problem before the Imperial Carriage left the suburbs of Beijing.

A group of unknown assassins suddenly emerged from the hill, surrounded the imperial carriage, and attacked the imperial guards who escorted the Lingyi team.

There were a wave of commotion outside the car, which attracted Mu Yun's attention. She lifted the curtain and planned to check the situation outside. Then she saw a long spear piercing through the wooden wall of the imperial car, and a big hole was broken into the inner compartment. She and Jiang Chengjia saw the scene of fighting outside at the same time, and couldn't help but tighten their eyebrows.

People kept attacking outside the car, with spears, long swords, green swords, green halberds, and different weapons kept stabbing into the imperial car, making it impossible for Mu Yun and Jiang Chengjia to escape from the car immediately.

"What is the origin of these people?" Mu Yun pulled out his sword with him and fought with the people outside. Jiang Chengjia, with his always agile actions, kept avoiding the attack and tried not to drag Mu Yun back.

"I don't know...they are decisive in killing, it seems that they are determined to take your and me to life!" Jiang Chengjia shouted loudly, trying hard to answer Mu Yun's question amid the noise.

"A Luo! Come behind me! I'm going to chop the imperial cart! Otherwise, your and my actions will be too limited!" Mu Yun waved his sword and desperately cut the piercing weapons.

Without saying a word, Jiang Chengjia turned over from behind, quickly hid behind Mu Yun, and pressed against her back tightly and said, "Cut it!"

Mu Yun nodded immediately, then raised his long sword and slashed hard at the roof of the imperial car.

The roof of the car crunched and did not crack. Mu Yun slashed several times. The imperial car swayed several times before a loud crack sound came. It spread out from the middle of the roof and was broken along the wooden crack.

The broken plates of the car were quickly rushed out because of the long sword raised by Mu Yun, hitting the enemy attacking outside the car. A wave of ghost crying and wolf howling came. Mu Yun and Jiang Chengjia stood on the car board with their backs, drawing all the assassins at a glance.

Mu Yun turned his hand on his back, grabbed Jiang Chengjia tightly, and shouted loudly: "Aluo, you don't have to do it, follow me closely!"

"Don't worry! I will follow you in an endless manner!" Jiang Chengjia responded with the same loud voice, staring coldly at the attacking enemy. Although she could no longer squander force, the most basic self-defense technique could still be used. Her long-term martial arts habits caused her to kick and hit the masked man she punched with almost conditioned reflex. So, she gradually discovered that although these attacking people were all killing techniques, they were not on the spot everywhere, and never really hurt her and Mu Yun.

She looked strange and said in Mu Yun's ear: "This group of people... don't seem to want to hurt us..."

Mu Yun didn't see that she only felt that the swords in front of her were fatal and murderous intent, so she retorted: "Did you read it wrong? Look at them, which one is not full of murderous intent?"

Jiang Chengjia pulled her clothes and said intimately: "Mu Yun, listen to me... Don't compete with them, jump off the car board, and we quietly move off the horse's back."

Fortunately, when traveling with the imperial carriage, the one matched the thousand-mile horses raised in the palace. If the iron chain between the horse and the imperial carriage is cut off, you can find an opportunity to break out of the encirclement and escape from here.

While resisting the enemy's attack, Mu Yun was distracted and listened to Jiang Chengjia's words, nodding and said, "Good...listen to you!"

She took Jiang Chengjia and moved towards the imperial horse bit by bit. Her movement was not large, and the attacking masked men did not realize the intentions of the two.

Gradually, Mu Yun also discovered that these masked assassins really didn't seem to hurt them. Whenever they were about to cut them, they would suddenly turn their blades and attack other places. Instead of killing them, these assassins seemed to want to capture them.

"You are right... These people really don't want to kill us." Mu Yun whispered to Jiang Chengjia while gasping.
Chapter completed!