Early the next morning, Yang Fan and his party were ready to set off. The innkeeper, who did not know anything about them, leaned against the door frame and secretly rejoiced that these monsters who could scare the hell out of his squad leader had finally left. Yang Fan and his party left Lushan County under the enthusiastic gaze of the innkeeper.
Yang Fan and his party had appeared in Lushan County in order to attract the attention of the assassins. Although the plan to lure the snake out of its hole had failed and the news had been leaked, the assassins might not be able to learn of the latest news in time. Moreover, the assassins were not from just one faction. The assassins from other factions would receive the news even later, so they would still be surrounded and intercepted.
The goal of Yang Fan and his party was to attract the attention of the assassins and create the conditions for the Prince of Luling to return to the capital. Thus, as long as the truth had not been discovered by the assassins from all factions, they would still be valuable and would still become assassination targets. For this reason, Yang Fan had very cautiously dispatched sentries to advance. He wanted to attract the firepower, not to actually run into the encirclement and lose his life.
Not far from the city, news came from the outpost that there were nearly a hundred horsemen guarding the main road leading to Longxing County. With so many people wielding sharp blades and riding on horseback, it was impossible to hide. It seemed that someone had reached the end of their patience and directly changed from assassins to bandits, intending to openly make a move.
Yang Fan and his party immediately turned east, leaving the main road and fleeing into the wilderness. It was Li Dayong who had set up a battle formation on the main road. He had gathered Wu Chengsi's men together, intending to fight to the death with Yang Fan. Unexpectedly, Yang Fan and his party avoided the battle and fled into the wilderness.
Upon hearing the news, Li Dayong immediately led his army to attack. As the two sides chased after each other, they reached the foot of the plateau, where more assassins of unknown origin rushed over and joined the battle. Yang Fan fought as he retreated southward, all the way to Ye County, where he fled to a high mountain at dusk.
Fortunately, Yang Fan was not in the mood to fight, and the Prince of Luling was a fake. At the critical moment, the fake Prince of Luling simply abandoned the carriage and mounted a fine horse, so he escaped very quickly and did not cause too many casualties to the guards.
On the hill, Li Guo'er limped towards Yang Fan. She was not good at horsemanship, so Lan Yiqing and the other female guards took turns to carry her. Her thighs were swollen and it was difficult for her to walk, like a child learning how to walk. Li Guo'er looked worriedly at the pursuers at the foot of the mountain and said worriedly: "We are trapped here."
Yang Fan smiled faintly and comforted him, "It's fine. Behind us is a continuous mountain range. As long as we hide inside, they won't be able to catch us even if they send an army of tens of thousands."
Hearing this, Li Guo'er felt a little more at ease. Zhang Xitong looked down the hill and asked worriedly: "Will they attack the mountain?"
Yang Fan said in a deep voice: "I hope they will attack the mountain. There are a hundred people at the foot of the mountain. If we can attract their attention here, hehe …"
Yang Fan had not yet announced that there was a spy among them and that the real whereabouts of the Prince of Luling had already been revealed to the assassins. Therefore, these cavalrymen and internal guards all thought that their mission was still to act as live targets to attract the assassins and thus deeply believed in Yang Fan's words.
At the foot of the mountain, the two groups of assassins who had pursued the Prince of Luling all the way here gathered together and seemed to be reporting their identities to each other. After a brief pause, they cooperated and abandoned their horses, pressing up the mountain.
The cavalrymen and internal guards who had escaped to the top of the mountain had just caught a breath. Seeing that the enemy was coming up the mountain, they had no choice but to brace themselves and prepare to defend. At this time, under the setting sun, several fast horses suddenly galloped over from afar and soon arrived at the foot of the mountain. After a while, the people watching the horses at the foot of the mountain suddenly shouted loudly, calling down the assassins who had just climbed halfway up the mountain.
The cavalrymen and internal guards on the mountain looked at each other in dismay, not knowing what had happened. They saw the assassins descend the mountain, mount their horses, and gallop away in a cloud of dust.
The cavalrymen and internal guards on the mountain couldn't help but be dumbfounded at this sight.
Wei Yong scratched the back of his head and said in astonishment: "Strange, why are these assassins running away like their mother has died? Are they rushing back to attend the funeral?"
Zhang Xitong suddenly came to his senses and cried out: "Not good! They must have found out the secret that the Prince of Luling is not here! "
Wei Yong glanced at him and said disdainfully: "What do you know! How could they possibly know … "
Before he could finish, his expression changed. The two of them looked at each other and said in unison: "There's a spy!"
Yang Fan said calmly: "That's right! There's a spy among us! "
His gaze suddenly swept across the crowd and saw that everyone was shocked. Yue Ziqing angrily said: "There's a spy among us? Who's the spy? "
Everyone looked around in confusion, all of them revealing vigilant expressions. Some people had already subconsciously pulled away from the people around them.
Yang Fan coldly looked at them and faintly smiled, saying: "There's indeed a spy, but fortunately …"
His gaze quickly swept across the faces of the crowd before he continued: "Fortunately, the spy has already fallen into my trap!"
Everyone looked at him in astonishment. Huang Xuchang couldn't help but ask: "Fallen into a trap? What kind of trap? "
Yang Fan looked at him with a smile and asked: "What? Commander Huang finally couldn't stand it anymore? "
Huang Xuchang was first startled and then flew into a rage. "What are you saying? Are you saying that I'm a spy? I'm just asking the question that everyone wants to ask! "
Yang Fan gently applauded and said with a smile, "Wonderful! Truly wonderful! Commander Huang, it's really been hard on you. With your cultivation, I feel that you should be sent to the palace to be a performer. Perhaps you can even reach the position of High Priest, haha! "
"What the hell are you talking about …"
Huang Xuchang was furious and wanted to charge at Yang Fan. Unexpectedly, the 'Prince of Luling' standing next to Yang Fan suddenly appeared in front of him like a ghost. A cold light flashed in his palm and a sharp dagger was pressed tightly against his heart. Huang Xuchang immediately didn't dare to move.
Huang Xuchang was so furious that his chest heaved up and down as he shouted: "Yang Fan! Today, you have to make things clear to me! Today, you have wrongly accused me, so this enmity between us is set in stone. If you don't give me an explanation, I won't let this matter rest! "
Yang Fan lightly said: "Explanation? Of course I have to give you an explanation. "
He looked at the hundreds of cavalrymen and inner guards who had gathered around him, and said, "I believe that everyone must be curious as to how I discovered the spy and how I uncovered him, right?"
"That's right!" Zhang Xitong said excitedly: "Lieutenant Yang, don't be mistaken. Commander Huang, he … he has been our brother for many years, how could he be a spy who betrayed everyone?"
Yang Fan said: "I will give you a reason, but before I give it, let me first tell you how I discovered the spy and what I did afterwards."
Yang Fan slowly walked a few steps on the hillside with his hands behind his back. The night breeze fluttered his clothes, making him look like a jade tree facing the wind. "That day, we were ambushed at Gushui Town. It was a very remote place, and logically speaking, even if the assassins had enough manpower to plant eyes and ears there, it was impossible for them to arrange so many assassins there, and it was even more impossible for them to make arrangements in advance. But they did it, so how do you explain this? "
"From then on, I knew that there must be a spy among us. If we don't catch this spy, we will definitely be unable to move an inch. But to catch him is easier said than done, so I racked my brains and came up with a plan to lure out the spy!"
Yang Fan looked at everyone and said with a heavy tone: "Not only did I lure out the spy, I also wanted to use this spy!"
Lan Yiqing said in a loud voice: "Lieutenant Yang, although I am one of the people who participated in this plan of yours, to be honest, I don't know much about your overall plan. You better explain it clearly."
Yang Fan smiled and said: "Alright! The first thing I did was to make the arrangements on the mountain, to disguise as a fake Prince of Luling and thus cover for the real Prince of Luling. But, different from what you know, the one who has always been with us is not the fake Prince of Luling, but the real one! "
Everyone was at a loss when they heard this, "Really? This person who is pointing a dagger at Commander Huang, he is the real Prince of Luling? When did the Prince of Luling become so skilled in martial arts? The skin on his face that was torn yesterday in the inn, and what's with his voice? "
Yang Fan said: "It's like this. After I found out that there was a spy, I suspected everyone except the inner guards. The reason why I didn't suspect the inner guards was because they already knew what we were going to do before we left the capital. If the spy was among them, it would have been impossible for us to bring back a living Prince of Luling from Huang Zhuling. "
Li Guo 'er gazed at Yang Fan who was speaking with confidence and composure, an indescribable expression appeared in her eyes. She was one of the people who participated in the overall plan, and in her eyes, the wisdom of this man before her was far beyond her reach. She felt an impulse to crawl at his feet when facing someone who was far stronger than her.
Yang Fan said: "So, I wanted to eliminate them one by one and find the spy. At that time, the one who was escorted by Miss Gao Ying and Commander Xu Liang down the mountain was actually not the Prince of Luling, but this Miss Gu. I had instructed Miss Gao Ying to do her best to create an opportunity for Xu Liang to be alone with Miss Gu, who was disguised as the Prince of Luling. If he was the spy, he would definitely make a move. In the end, Xu Liang didn't make a move, so of course he wasn't the spy.
That night, we spent the night in the forest. Because His Highness has nightmares, Princess didn't dare to sleep and could only carefully guard His Highness. Whenever there are nightmares, there will always be a reaction. At that time, Princess would wake His Highness up to prevent the spy from confirming that this was the real His Highness. After all, the spy could also be one of us.
Commander Xu, who had been tested, was led by Miss Gao and Miss Gu. They followed the secret marks that I left behind and caught up to us. Princess took advantage of the night to invite the Prince to follow and protect him. The direction they went was the forest that I had arranged for the guards to guard. It was in that forest that the real and fake Prince … were switched. "
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