On the way, Su Qing "accidentally" bumped into the man's hands, making the man let out another painful wail.
By the firelight, the Emperor's gaze fell on the man. For some reason, he felt that the man's eyebrows and eyes were very familiar, and his voice also seemed to be heard somewhere before.
Cang Xuan let out a soft laugh, raised the soft sword in his hand, and picked off the black cloth on the face of the black - clothed man.
The face of the leader of the black - clothed men was instantly exposed in front of everyone. The Mo family and the three Su brothers hadn't reacted yet, but Su Yuanyuan and the Emperor took a sharp intake of breath.
At this moment, the leader of the black - clothed men, who was being held on his knees by Su Qing, was actually the former commander of the Jingji Army and the head of the Yan family - Yan Huan!
The Emperor looked at Yan Huan's wrinkled and decadent face. Anger welled up in his eyes and was about to burst out.
Su Qing let out a hee - hee laugh and said to Yan Huan, who was kneeling on the ground, "Yan Huan, I was just guessing, but I didn't expect it to be really you."
After learning that this was Yan Huan, the Mo family couldn't control her hot temper and immediately roared at Yan Huan:
"Your good - for - nothing son tried to ruin my son's life on the arena. And at night, you brought troops to wipe out my whole family. Sure enough, like father, like son. The upper beam is not straight, and the lower beam is crooked!"
Enduring the sharp pain from his hands and knees, as well as the humiliation of being forced to kneel, Yan Huan snorted, "Cut the crap. It's my bad luck to fall into your hands. Do whatever you want to me, kill or torture!"
Su Qing glanced at the black - clothed men who were still quietly approaching and surrounding them, and then looked at the gloomy - eyed Emperor. He said to Yan Huan:
"I heard them call you 'My Lord' just now. These people are all from the Jingji Army, your former subordinates, right? I didn't expect that even after you've been removed from the position of the commander of the Jingji Army, you can still mobilize so many troops. You really impressed me."
Sure enough, after hearing this, the Emperor's face became even more unpleasant.
Yan Huan sneered and said, "It's because you, Su Qing, are incompetent. Without the tiger amulet and away from the northern frontier army in Mobei, you're nothing. When you came to Shengjing City, even the small constables didn't buy your account. So what if you've become the Duke of Yong? You're still just a stray dog!"
"What did you say?!" Su Huaiyuan frowned and was about to step forward to stab Yan Huan again, but was stopped by Su Qing's look.
Su Qing said, "I'm naturally inferior to Commander Yan. In order to stay in Shengjing, you don't hesitate to pretend to be bandits, go up the mountain at night to eliminate dissidents, and even brutally kill many innocent people at the foot of the mountain. Commander Yan, is there really only power and interests in your heart, without any law or humanity?"
"Law? Humanity? What are these compared to the hundreds - year foundation of the Yan family?" Yan Huan said, "The Yan family has been prominent in Shengjing City for a hundred years and has become a great family. I will never let the Yan family move to Mobei and be ruined in my hands!"
"If you want to kill us, just come at us. What do the villagers have to do with this? Why did you kill them all?!" Su Huaiyuan roared.
"Who said it was us who killed them? It was clearly you Su family who were planning to rebel. And I, Yan Huan, am here to do justice on behalf of heaven!"
"Yan Huan, you've made one wrong step after another. If you obeyed the imperial edict and moved your whole family to Mobei, His Majesty might remember your merits in the future and recall you to the capital. But if you don't stop now, you may never be able to turn things around. You'd better think it over carefully."
Su Qing sighed and said very pityingly, just like an old friend giving Yan Huan his "valuable" advice.
However, as proud as Yan Huan, how could he listen to Su Qing's sincere words?
"Of course I've thought it over. As long as I kill you all here tonight, His Majesty will know that Shengjing City can't do without the Jingji Army and can't do without me, the commander of the Jingji Army. And you, Su Qing, are just a rebel who failed in his attempt to rebel and was killed by the Jingji Army! Hahaha..."
Unable to bear it any longer, the Emperor roared at Yan Huan, "Say what you just said again."
Yan Huan looked at the Emperor and found that this man looked very strange. He disdained and said, "Do you think I'm stupid? I'll say it just because you ask me to? Fat pig."
Su Qing and the Mo family closed their eyes in pain.
The Emperor was extremely angry. He lifted the human - skin mask on his face and threw it to one side. He said to Yan Huan, "You, say what you just said again in front of me!"
Hearing the Emperor's self - reference and seeing the Emperor's face hidden under the human - skin mask, there were gasps all around. Su Yuanyuan was so shocked that her eyes were wide open. She stared blankly at the Emperor who was only two steps away from her.
So, the purple aura she saw on him before was not a mistake? He was not a wealthy merchant from Shuzhou at all, but the Emperor of the Great Chu Kingdom!
But the Emperor's face and voice were completely different from before!
Seeing that the Emperor finally showed his face, Su Qing withdrew the knife on Yan Huan's neck, pulled the Mo family and his children, and knelt down in front of the Emperor, shouting:
"I, Su Qing, pay my respects to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"
Su Yuanyuan also knelt down with her family and bowed her head to the Emperor.
But the hands hidden under her robe were tightly clenched into fists.
Now that she was sure that "Uncle Shu" was the Emperor, what about "Yun Jian" who followed Uncle Shu? The Emperor had changed his face and voice, so "Yun Jian" could also disguise his face and voice.
Was he also hiding his identity from her?
There were sounds of weapons being thrown to the ground around. The Jingji Army soldiers brought by Yan Huan also knelt on the ground one after another and said tremblingly, "Pay our respects to Your Majesty!"
For a moment, the sound of "Long live" echoed on Yandang Mountain, and the sound reached straight to the sky.
But Yan Huan stood there blankly, his face pale, his eyes filled with disbelief and fear.
How could it be? How could the Emperor be here?
Didn't the spy say that this was a wealthy merchant from Shuzhou?
He didn't believe it!
The Emperor snatched a weapon from the Seven - Star Guard beside him and put it across Yan Huan's neck. His tone was extremely cold, "Yan Huan, I asked you to say what you just said again. Are you defying the imperial edict? Hmm?"
Yan Huan suddenly came back to his senses. Meeting the Emperor's gaze, he trembled all over. He immediately bent down and said tremblingly, "... As long as I kill you all here tonight, Your Majesty will know that Shengjing City can't do without the Jingji Army and can't do without me, the commander of the Jingji Army... And you, Su Qing, are just a rebel who failed in his attempt to rebel and was killed by the Jingji Army..."
The Emperor roared angrily:
"Good for you, Yan Huan. Open your dog eyes and take a good look. Now, who is the loyal subject protecting the lord and who is the rebel trying to kill the king!"