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The stench of rotting corpses.

The battlefield was riddled with wounds and the victors cleaned up the filthy battlefield. The victors in their tents were crying as they looked at their severed arms and legs. Their swords and halberds were stained with thick blood, and even the river water was dyed red.

Gu Danyan and Ghost mounted their horses and rode across the bloody shallows. Their eyes were filled with disarray, so any recruit that saw it would immediately feel sick and choke their throat. However, Gu Mingyan just calmly rode through all of this, showing her identity token in front of the city gate full of arrows.

Above his head was a city wall with a head hanging from it.

"Open the gates!" The soldiers on the wall waved the chess pieces in their hands.

The doors were wide open. On the main street and above the market, there was an orderly army. There was also a dark red color on the ground that could not be rushed.

Gu Liuyan could not imagine how many lives had been lost here.

Unexpectedly, Duan Chengxuan walked over from the side. The blood on his body had not been cleaned up, and the killing intent in his eyes had not truly dispersed. When he saw her, the flames of anger in his eyes actually flickered slightly.

"I heard that the Jing King won a great victory, so he came here specifically to come up with some ideas."

The corner of Gu Daiyan's mouth lifted slightly, revealing the face under the cloak that was similar to Gu Daiyan.

"Mister military is joking. Didn't you serve His Highness the third prince? I heard that a few days ago, you were grounded, and now that you're here, do you want to change your backer?" Xiao Hai walked out from between the soldiers. He was dressed in a long black robe, as if he had entered the battlefield without any armor. The corner of his skirt was dyed red with blood.

Gu Danyan raised his eyebrows, but only smiled helplessly: "Yunchen said he is only a Navy Tide man. What difference does it make if he is serving the Jing King or the Third Prince?"

Xiao Hai even wanted to say a few more words, but when he saw those eyes, he was stunned: "You are Yun Chen?"

"Yes." Gu Danyan nodded his head in understanding. His fingertips smoothed out the wrinkles on his sleeves: "I've come to see you because I heard that there are a lot of slaves left behind in the city. May I ask, how does His Highness Duke Jing plan to punish them?"

"Of course we're going to kill them. Otherwise, we'll just stay here and waste the food." One of the high-ranking officers standing on the side said fiercely, "These slaves almost killed us on the battlefield, who knows how many of our brothers were killed by them."

"You think?" Duan Cheng Xuan passed the long saber in his hand to Cheng Shan, then raised his hand to grab Gu Daiyan's wrist. "Could it be that the Yun family is filled with kindness, and you want me to release these ten thousand slaves?"

Gu Danyan's wrist ached from being grabbed, but there was a smile on his face: "Of course I can't let them go, but didn't your highness think that Jiang Yan's spies could be amongst the remaining slaves?"

Duan Chengxuan's gaze turned cold and he gave Xiao Hai a meaningful glance. Xiao Hai wanted to investigate this matter, but then he heard Gu Liuyan continue to say, "I've seen these slaves before, whether they were identified or were identified, they should be arrested."

Xiao Hai's footsteps stopped as he looked curiously at Duan Chengxuan.

"Do as she says."

"Yes." Xiao Hai looked at Yun Chen with a conflicted expression before walking away.

If he wasn't a man, Xiao Hai would even believe that Gu Pingyan had been resurrected from the dead. Moreover, according to his understanding of Duan Chengxuan, Gu Pingyan was alone in the courtyard at that time, so how could he have escaped the golden cicada under Duan Chengxuan's nose?

However, he felt slightly uneasy in his heart.

"I didn't expect that the prince would trust me so much." Gu Danyan's forehead was already covered in cold sweat, he was afraid that his wrist would be pinched so hard that it would turn blue.

Noticing that there was something wrong with her expression, Duan Chengxuan let go of her hand and coldly said, "Are the three emperors attacking a city and sending the city away related to you?"

"So what if I am or not?" Gu Danyan rubbed his wrist, glad that he did not let ghost enter the city. He continued, "Since those slaves were killed, why not find out the whereabouts of the other slaves from their mouths? Although these people eat a lot of food, if they were left behind for farming, they would still be good people."

"In times of war, you only need food. You don't need to plow the fields yourself."

"Cultivating land is not the important thing. The main thing is to let them realize that they are a single person, so their deep slavishness would make better use of them. If they use them properly, in the future, these ten thousand people will be your army." As Gu Liuyan spoke up to this point, her eyes fell on Duan Chengxuan's shoulder as well. "When we reach the Rising Dragon City and achieve victory over Navy Tide, King Jing still wants to stand against the Third Prince. The hearts of the people are essential, and although your martial prowess can convince others, your title of Sky King Asura is far from being able to compare to the considerate hearts of the people."

"The slaves are all Jiang Yan's men. If we get their hearts, it will only ruin our soldiers' hearts." Duan Chengxuan felt that this trip wasn't appropriate, but the problem this Yun Chen spoke of was indeed one that he was worried about.

"If you can't even do something as small as this and carelessly kill ten thousand people, do you know what the people of Navy Tide will say about you?" Gu Daiyan moved closer to Duan Chengxuan and said with a gentle voice, "You said you are from Hades, Asura's Heart? Or a wargod that kills people without blinking? Duke Jing's reputation is so precious that you should know about it. "

Gu Danyan slowly took a step back and said, "Although I don't know what you're going to do next, I won't just sit by and watch the Third Prince fight for the glory. See you in the future. Today, I will tell you …"

"Rather than gambling in the future, I might as well keep you by my side." At some point, Duan Chengxuan's hand had fallen onto the back of her neck, causing Gu Ming's hair to stand on end, and he felt the hairs on his body rise. Duan Chengxuan's bloodshot eyes moved slightly closer to her and said, "This duke is curious, why did Imperial Brother send you a secret decree from so far away?"

The feeling of her weak spots being controlled by someone made Gu Mingyan extremely afraid, not to mention the pressure that Duan Chengxuan emitted caused her to be unable to catch her breath. She could only open her eyes wide and feign calmness. "What does it have to do with you?"

"Then how long are you going to lie to this king with your men's outfit?" Her fingertips slid from the side of her neck to rest on her false Adam's apple.

Gu Danyan subconsciously took a step back and held his throat.

"Where did the cloud on your wrist go?" Duan Cheng Xuan's gaze descended onto her fair wrist.

No wonder she wanted to squeeze his wrist so hard, wasn't she just waiting for him to reveal himself subconsciously!

Gu Danyan thought to himself that he had not paid attention to these details. He only lowered his head and said, "Since you have seen through me, why don't you let the matter of me disguising as a man be known to the public? This way, I won't be able to serve the Third Prince."

"Although I don't know who you are, but with your intelligence and your knowledge of my situation with Yan'Er, it is better for me to keep it a secret for you than to destroy you so that you can get off the board. You stay by my side and work for me, and as for the third prince, I naturally have ways to make him shut his mouth and not expose your identity." Duan Cheng Xuan crossed her arms, and her voice was cold and indifferent.

Gu Danyan rubbed his aching wrist.

Looks like Duan Chengxuan didn't connect him and Gu Mingyan, or was he so sure that Gu Danyan was really dead?