Traitor in our midst

  Traitor

  "What did you say?" Rong Jingze suddenly stood up, panting heavily with a stifling sensation in his chest. Before Rong Shi and the others could approach him, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

  "Prince Wang!" The crowd was frightened and quickly supported Rong Jingze who had already fainted.

  "Let me go." Rong Jingze's voice was weak, but very firm. "Lord Gao, please tell me what's going on."

  "Your Highness, you..." Although others may not know, as the emperor's lover, Gao Jin naturally knew the importance of Rong Jingze to Da Lin. He deliberated repeatedly and decided to speak directly, otherwise he would waste time, he feared that Xiao Fei's life was in danger. Only he did not expect these two people to be so deeply in love, they were actually excited to the point of spitting blood.

  "It doesn't matter to me." Rong Jingze knew his own body. He took people to investigate the rebel king's lair today, those organs were like dragon and tiger dens, which had already caused him some internal injuries, but he didn't want to disturb others' minds, so he didn't tell Rong Shi and others about it. Just now, that one time was just a sudden attack of fire in his heart, spitting out the blood that had accumulated in his abdomen, no big deal, what's important is how Xiao Fei is doing now.

  Fan Wang has never been a good person, and Xiao Fei's identity is so sensitive. If you say who Fan Wang hates the most, apart from his brothers, he hates Yin Haicheng the most.

  Many years ago, the rebellion was due to Yin Haicheng's mistake. The Lin family's previous rebellion also couldn't escape the shadow of the Yin family. Xiao Fei is his queen and also a high-ranking official of Da Lin, most importantly, she is Yin Haicheng's eldest legitimate son. This identity makes Rong Jingze completely uneasy, he now regrets letting Xiao Fei go to Da Yu Shi.

  Gao Jin looked at everyone's expressions and had no choice but to tell them what had happened.

  It turned out that after Yin Ruofei left, Hansu suddenly returned to the capital and arrived at Ze Wangfu. The twenty-eighth guard who was guarding Ze Wangfu was shocked as soon as he saw him. This young marquis went to find Mr. Han, how did Mr. Han suddenly appear in Ze Wangfu?

  Anyway, this is a good thing. On the one hand, bring Mr. Han into the palace to detoxify the emperor, and on the other hand, send someone to quickly catch up with Yin Ruofei and his party.

  It was easy to resolve the detoxification in the palace. Hansu Sheng was the senior fellow of Rong Jingze, and not only did the emperor know about it, but also the empress dowager and the empress knew about it. When several people saw Hansu Sheng arrive, they all felt relieved and treated him with courtesy.

  Han Su's life did not disappoint the expectations of the crowd, although it took a lot of effort, and in the end, he managed to detoxify the emperor. However, after this battle, the emperor's body was much worse than before, and many people, especially Gao Jin, were speechless with grief, but the emperor himself did not think so.

  The crown prince is already an adult, and if he can live a few more years, he will be able to guide him for a few more years. Even if his lifespan is only ten years, it will be enough to ensure a smooth transition of power. Moreover, there is also Rong Jingze, this younger brother is a man of both literary and military talents, although he does not like the affairs of the court, but if he were gone, Rong Jingze would certainly not sit idly by and watch the great calamity.

  Now, the emperor no longer concealed his relationship with Gao Jin. The empress dowager and the empress, regardless of what they thought in their hearts, saw the pleading eyes of the emperor and Gao Jin, and thinking about the emperor's limited lifespan, nodded in agreement.

  Everyone is overjoyed, and Gao Jin feels grateful to the few people who have helped him. He also thinks he should do something, so despite the emperor's opposition, he insists on going to the rebel camp to take a look. If they can successfully eliminate the rebels, it will be considered a meritorious act that makes up for his past mistakes, and he won't feel so tormented in his heart.

  The emperor agreed, but knowing that Rong Jingze was a cautious person and would not act rashly, he let Gao Jin take care of the child for a while longer. Otherwise, looking at Gao Jin's frail appearance, it was likely that he might die halfway.

  Gao Jin had no choice but to agree. Fortunately, with Mr. Han around, taking care of his body was not a problem. Moreover, he was young and had a good foundation, so it took him just over half a month to recover completely.

  It was just over half a month later that they suddenly received an urgent telegram, saying that Xing En Hou Yin Ruofei had been kidnapped in Dali and his life or death was unknown.

  Upon receiving this urgent report, everyone was outraged. Yin Ruofei was not only his trusted minister but also a member of the imperial family now. The letter from Da Yue Wang and the urgent report from the border had pushed their anger to its peak.

  Because of this, Gao Jin no longer had the mood to take care of his body, and led a team of people to meet with Rong Jingze, telling him these messages. Meanwhile, Han Xiansheng stayed in the imperial palace, to prevent anyone else from poisoning, after all, the rebel king would stop at nothing.

  After hearing everything, Rong Jingze fell into deep thought. It seemed that Yin Ruofei had been kidnapped, but in reality, it was a profound reflection. Rong Jingze's face became even colder and more stern, and he secretly sneered to himself: Was there an internal traitor by his side?

  If no one informed the king, how would he know that Yin Ruofei was going to seek help from Da Yue Wang and ambush him in advance in that desolate place? However, this person obviously did not lay in wait until they arrived at Da Yue, because apart from Yin Ruofei's group, the other three groups also suffered an ambush. It seems that the traitor is among them.

  "Palace Nine, arrange for High Lord's rest." Rong Jingze endured his fatigue and instructed, "Rong Shi and I will come over."

  Rong Shi is the person Rong Jing Ze trusts the most, having followed him since he was young. After all these years of going through thick and thin together, if Rong Shi were to betray him as well, Rong Jing Ze felt that he might as well be dead.

  Rong Shi exchanged a few words with him, and Rong Shi's cold sweat came down, "The subordinate deserves to die, actually didn't discover someone betraying the master!"

  Rong Shi had long entrusted his life to Rong Jingze, but he never expected that among the twenty-eight guards he led, there would be a traitor, which dealt him a heavy blow.

  "Hurry up, I didn't call you here to interrogate or punish you, but to discuss what to do next." Rong Jingze helped Rong Shi up. "The 28 guards have been following me for many years, through life and death. If someone betrays me, that's one thing, but if they were against the king from the start, that's terrifying."

  Rong Jingze's mind was dense, he regarded the twenty-eight guards as his brothers, and even Xiao Fei had always treated these people with respect as if they were his parents and older brothers. His martial arts skills were also taught by these people one move at a time. What reason did they have to harm him like this?

  The answer is chilling: Fan Wang had already set up his men around him without his knowledge.

  Rong Jingze calculated how to surround and began a small-scale attack. Let the anti-king know that they had been besieged, in order to maximize the preservation of Yin Ruofei's life, making Yin Ruofei their lifesaving straw.

  Xiao Fei's life-saving straw has been going through a tough time lately. Yin Jintang and Gu Changjun seem to have reached some sort of consensus, and neither of them has come to harass him again. However, this doesn't mean that Yin Wufei is having an easy time. For several days now, he hasn't received any food at all, only a bowl and a half of murky well water every day or two. As they say, with such great martial arts skills, one won't die from hunger even if they don't eat.

  Of course, the enemy's goal was not to starve Yin Ruofei to death, but to make him lose his ability to resist. By the fifth day, Yin Ruofei had become dizzy and weak from hunger, with no strength in his limbs.

  Having great martial arts skills doesn't mean you don't need to eat, not eating is for immortals. Moreover, there's no food and little water, Yin Ruo Fei's face turned waxen yellow, her lips dry and cracked, she was thrown into the grand hall.

  "Yin family's legitimate son?" The person sitting in the main seat on the platform looked down at the young man kneeling on the ground with a hint of disdain on his face. "We finally meet."

  "Who are you?"

  "Me? You've been searching for me all these years, and now you're asking like this?"

  "Are you a rebel king?" Yin Ruo Fei gritted his teeth, he had suspected earlier but wasn't certain, and didn't expect this bastard to dare reveal his true face like that.

  "It's strange to say, I thought I had done a perfect job of faking my own death and changing my identity back then. I'm really curious how you knew I wasn't dead, and that you've been searching for me for so long. Not only did you cut off several of my sources of wealth, but even the Lin family was implicated and executed." Fan Wang looked at Yin Ruo Fei with curiosity and asked, "Did I reveal some clue?"

  "The net of heaven is vast and wide, but it will not let a single evil deed escape! Those who do many unjust things will ultimately destroy themselves!" Yin Ruo Fei didn't have the strength to say more after these words, and weakly closed her eyes. She had also seen him before, now he couldn't fight or kill, and arguing was useless.

  "Hmph. Those who do evil will eventually perish, why should the throne only belong to those brothers and not me?" Wang snorted disdainfully, "Now that you're in my hands, whether it's Rong Jingze that little brat or Yin Haicheng that old thief, they'll all be at my mercy!"

  "Stop dreaming." Yin Ruofei didn't even want to open his eyes, "Do you think the Marquis of Zhenjiang will be afraid of you just because of a son? He has many sons. As for the King, there are many people who want to marry him, not to mention women, even men are waving their hands in droves. You'd better save your breath!"

  "Hmph." King Fan was clearly enraged by Yin Ruofei, "Don't be so quick with your words. If you're really useless, I'll hand you over to my soldiers and let Rong Jingze see what it's like for his queen to serve under me. Take him away, make sure he doesn't die!"

  Yin Ruofei was locked up again, but at this time Yin Ruofei's heart was as dead as ashes. If he were to be used as a hostage to force Rong Jingze to surrender or retreat, and become a sinner of the Great Lin, that would be what he least wanted to see. For Rong Jingze, he was willing to do anything, even if it meant death, he did not want to ruin Rong Jingze's reputation.

  These days, the ones who came to see him most often were Yin Jintang and Gu Changjun. Yin Jintang naturally ridiculed and scorned him, although he was sent by the anti-Wang faction to persuade him to surrender, but he neither hoped that Yin Ruofei would surrender nor did he hope that Rong Jingze would betray Dali because of Yin Ruofei.

  He is naturally not a patriot, loyal to the Great Court, but once these two surrender, there will probably be no place for him by the king's side.

  One Gu Zhang Jun has already made his position precarious, if Wen You Rong Jing Ze and Wu You Rou Fei were to join forces, he would still have an unresolvable feud with these two men, let alone his future wealth and glory, even his life might not be spared.

  So he might as well be here to provoke Yin Ruofei into surrendering, rather than persuading him. Of course, what he did was behind the back of Fan Wang and the eyes of the crowd. So when another person appeared, Yin Jintang shut his mouth and even turned around and left.

  This is Gu Changjun.

  Gu Changjun was someone who left Yin Ruofei completely perplexed.

  At first, I thought this man with a peach blossom-like gaze was full of ill intentions and would take advantage of me at every turn.

  But as he got to know him better, he discovered that Gu Changjun was actually a wonderful person.

  Don't be fooled by his charming appearance, but this man's knowledge is extremely profound.

  He was well-versed in both ancient and modern knowledge, from the south of heaven to the north of sea, there was almost nothing he didn't know, this was also the only fortunate thing for Yin Ruofei being trapped here.