Three days later, Xiang Nan and Pei Zhao came to the bamboo forest on the outskirts of the city to welcome Gao Xian.
This time, eight high-profile people went to Beijing to deliver the files, and the remaining eight people were on the way, and had been intercepted and killed by Li Chengye's dead men one after another.
Only Gao Xian escaped from the encirclement and arrived outside Shangjing safely.
After the two waited in the bamboo forest for a while, they heard the sound of trampling hooves, and then saw a galloping horse galloping to them.
The man on the horse covered his face with a black veil, which he took off when he was near the front.
When Xiang Nan saw it, he immediately went forward, "Cousin Gao Xian, you are finally here!"
"Cheng Yin, I sent you this file at the risk of death!" Gao Xian glanced at Pei Zhao who was in front of Xiang Nan, and said immediately.
Xiang Nan knew that he was asking for credit from himself, and quickly said, "The kindness of the Gao family, Cheng Yin will never forget it!"
"Okay! When you become the prince, remember what you said!" Gao Xian said with satisfaction after hearing this, and then threw the package with the dossier to Xiang Nan.
Xiang Nan took it with one hand, and at the same time, he pointed at the sky and injected a burst of true energy into Gao Xian's body.
He knew that after Li Chengye was brought down, he would ascend to the crown prince.
At that time, the Gao family, which was originally an ally, will become his opponent.
On the one hand, Li Xi will not allow his heir to become a puppet of the Gao family, and Xiang Nan will not allow himself to become a puppet of the Gao family;
On the one hand, the Gao family will not allow the prince, whom they have managed to support with great difficulty, to stand against them. Therefore, the political struggle in the future will be very cruel and bloody.
The Zhenyuan General Gao Xian played a pivotal role in the Gao family.
Gao Xian is guarding the western border, holding the military power in his hands, with an army of 100,000, which is a great threat to the imperial court. If he turns against the enemy and retaliates and joins forces with other countries in the western borders to attack the Rich Dynasty, it will bring immeasurable losses to the Rich Dynasty.
In the play, when Gao Ming was impeached due to the imperial examination case, Gao Xian let Shuo Bo soldiers capture several border towns in Fengchao overnight, forcing Li Xi to make concessions.
Therefore, getting rid of Gao Xian is tantamount to cutting off the Gao family's arm, which will definitely cause heavy losses to the Gao family. Also for Xiang Nan himself, a hidden danger was removed.
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After getting Batur's dossier, Xiang Nan and Pei Zhao rushed to the palace immediately.
At this moment, a large group of men in black suddenly appeared from all directions, and attacked the two of them.
When Xiang Nan saw it, he and Pei Zhao immediately fought against them.
It has been nearly a year since Xiang Nan crossed over. His internal strength has already reached the peak state, and his martial arts is also close to the Great Perfection.
It is naturally enough to deal with these killers.
He wields the sword with his right hand, and moves his fingers with his left hand. No one is his equal enemy.
In an instant, dozens of men in black were all strangled by them.
"Don't fight, get on your horse!" Seeing that there were still men in black arriving, Xiang Nan immediately said to Pei Zhao.
Pei Zhao nodded, and the two got on their horses and galloped all the way to the palace.
Although King Zhong has sent people to guard the nine gates, Xiang Nan is the prince after all, unless the emperor has an order, no one else would dare to harm him.
Therefore, when the soldiers guarding the city gate saw Xiang Nan and Pei Zhao galloping, they did not dare to stop them, so they had to let them pass.
Xiang Nan then ran all the way to the palace. He didn't even have time to change his clothes, and didn't even wipe off the blood on his body. He went straight to Li Yu's case.
Li Xi was taken aback when he saw that Xiang Nan was covered in blood.
Seeing that the person in the portrait, who was escorted to Beijing with Li Feng, was not the same person at all, Li Zhen was not surprised.
He knew earlier that Batur, who Li Feng bet on Beijing, was a fake.
But at that time, the war with Dan Chi was imminent, and he also had the intention to support Li Chengye to take the position, so he knew that Batur was a fake, and knew that the prince's assassination had another real culprit, but he still suppressed it.
But now, he can no longer cover up.
As soon as it came, Li Chengye was already in a frenzy, killing his elder brother was not enough, but he also wanted to kill his fifth younger brother. If he continued to cover up, he would be the next one to be killed;
Secondly, Xiang Nan's intelligence, courage, and perseverance in this matter also let him see the potential of a prince. He believes that a person with such ability will not live under others for a long time.
Gao Ming and Zhang Meiniang wanted to manipulate him, but it was definitely not that simple. Because of this, Li Yu was not too worried that Xiang Nan would become a puppet of the Gao family in the future.
So he has the heart to support Xiang Nan in his position.
"Xuan Adu goes to the palace, I want her to identify who is the real Batur." Li Wei immediately ordered.
Xiang Nan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that, knowing that Li Zhen had really made up his mind to get rid of Li Chengye. Otherwise, he could have pretended to be confused like before. He could even burn Batur's portrait in front of Xiang Nan.
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Xiang Nan brought Batur's dossier into the palace, but he failed to hide from Li Chengye and Li Feng's eyeliners in the palace.
After Li Feng learned about it, he immediately found Li Chengye, but he was still leisurely pruning flowers and trees, which surprised him, "Your Highness! Your Highness! Can you bear it?!"
"Being impatient is the last step, do you want to take the last step?" Li Chengye said quietly.
"So we can only wait now?" Li Feng asked puzzled.
"It's waiting, but it's not waiting to make fish on the chopping board, but to wait for the opportunity." Li Chengye put down the scissors, looked at Li Feng and said, "It's a pity for the beautiful flowers in this garden!"
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At the same time, Pei Zhao also invited A'Du.
"A'Du, you only need to recognize which one of these ten portraits is Batur." He explained.
The portrait of Batur was sent by Gao Xian, and the Gao family probably cheated on the portrait. And Pei Zhao used to be Xiang Nan's accompanying reader, so his confession is also questionable.
Only A'Du is neutral, and has hatred with Xiang Nan, Pei Zhao, Gao Xian, and Li Chengye, so he will not favor any side. So her confession is the most trustworthy.
After Adu went to the hall, he quickly found the real Batur's portrait among the ten portraits, that is, the one sent by Gao Xian.
Ever since she knew that Li Chengye had poisoned Qu Xiaofeng, she had sentenced Li Chengye to death in her heart.
Although Li Xi had expected it, he still sighed.
"Father, my son suggests that Li Feng should be interrogated immediately." Xiang Nan bowed immediately.
Li Xi nodded.
By this time, there is no way to be kind.
He gave Li Chengye a chance, but Li Chengye's performance made him extremely disappointed.
Assassinate the prince, embezzle Buddha copper, privately mint copper coins, poison the nine princesses, plant the fifth younger brother, raise the dead, intercept and kill the prince... If he continues to let it go, it is not uncommon for him to kill his father and usurp the throne someday.
He no longer wants to keep such a son.
Immediately, the attendant took the imperial decree to arrest Li Feng.
At the same time, Li Chengye and Li Feng also entered the palace with the dead soldiers they raised, together with the Chang army.
The so-called jumping over the wall in a hurry, Li Chengye has already ignored a lot.