Chapter 68: Cao Pi's Hidden Ambition

  "Bring in the traitor Mo Gu Yun!" Despite his doubts, Li Fei gave the order.

  A group of heavenly soldiers walked out from the Heavenly Army and brought Mo Gu Yun before Qin Lang and Li Fei.

  "Your Highness has made great contributions in capturing the bandits. Now that the king has passed away, the crown prince was murdered by the rebels. The country cannot be without a ruler for even one day. Are you going to make arrangements for your ascension to the throne?" Qin Cang smiled and looked at Cao Pi, saying slowly.

  "I dare not, I dare not. With the king and prince leaving one after another, I am already overcome with grief. For now, I only want to give my father and brother a proper burial. As for other matters, we can discuss them later." Cao Pi suppressed the excitement in his heart and said with a sorrowful expression. He knew that his plan seemed to be going more smoothly than expected. These soldiers were indeed deceived.

  While Cao Pi and others such as Cao Qingyun, as well as the princes and ministers, all had a joyful expression on their faces, with a sense of joy after surviving a disaster, this joy was covered up by a fake sadness.

  "Haha! Prince Wang is really...!" Qin Lang shook his head, speechless for a moment: "I don't even know how to describe it, he's even better at pretending than Laozi!"

  Cao Pi's expression changed upon hearing this, and he asked: "I don't know what you mean by these words?"

  "I'm too lazy to bother with you!" Qin Luo didn't give Cao Pi any face, turned around and walked in front of Mo Gu Yun, muttering something under her breath while untying the ropes on Mo Gu Yun's body.

  "Your Highness, you're overexerting yourself!" Qin Lang said softly.

  The voice was not loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears. Cao Pi's face also changed dramatically, his entire face turned bright red, and Cao Pi anxiously asked: "Why did you release the rebel?"

  "Please, don't call me that again," Qin said with a glance at Cao Pi.

  "May I ask your honorable surname?" Cao Pi was furious in his heart, who would dare to speak to himself like this if it were not for the current situation? But now the situation is not good, this person is obviously holding Qinghai order, even if he is angry again, he can only hold back.

  "Hehe, I'm Qin Lang. You can call me Brother Lang!"

  "Hmph!" Cao Pi was furious and laughed, his anger almost derailing his sanity. He said coldly: "You're also too self-righteous, aren't you, Lü Bu? Who do you think you are?"

  "Haha, even Crown Prince Cao Zhi has to call me 'Liang Ge', you calling me 'Ge' is not excessive!" Qin Liang burst out laughing.

  This remark instantly turned Cao Pi's face into a pig liver color again, he had already sensed that this person was deliberately teasing himself, and just as he was about to speak up, he saw Qin Liang completely ignoring him and instead showing concern for Mo Gu Yun.

  "Princess, you've been undercover among the rebels, I'm afraid you've gotten yourself into trouble." Qin Lang said with a wink at Mo Gouyun.

  "Haha, this is nothing. As long as we can capture these traitors, I, Mo Gu Yun, am willing to die for it." Mo Gu Yun was extremely intelligent and immediately understood Qin Cang's meaning, and responded promptly.

  "Cao Pi, you usurped power and seized the throne, what crime should you be guilty of?" Qin Lang suddenly turned his head and shouted coldly.

  Cao Pi's face changed drastically, but his mouth remained firm as he shouted loudly: "Who says I usurped the throne? It was clearly Mo Gu Yun who plotted a rebellion, and now that we've captured him, you're letting him go. You two are obviously in cahoots! Li Fei, take these two traitors down at once!"

  Li Fei coldly stared at Cao Pi, but didn't make a single move.

  "Cao Pi, at this point you still want to quibble? You colluded with the group of ministers, attempting to usurp power and seize the throne. After your sinister plot was exposed, you even pursued and killed the Crown Prince. Now that the army is closing in, you want to use Princess Yun as a scapegoat? What a great plan!" Qin Liang said calmly.

  Cao Pi's true nature was exposed, his face red and neck thick, but he stubbornly said: "A pack of nonsense, you say I usurped the throne, what evidence do you have? On the contrary, it is you who released Mo Gu Yun, you are the ones who colluded with each other to create chaos."

  "You want evidence? Fine, I'll give you evidence!" Qin Lang coldly gazed at Cao Pi and shouted towards the army: "Mo Yan, bring the Crown Prince forward."

  Cao Pi heard this and instantly broke out in a cold sweat. The worst result had indeed occurred. He had thought that as long as Cao Zhi was dead, there would be no evidence to the contrary, and with Mo Yu as a scapegoat, even if the heavenly army approached, he would have nothing to fear. But now this Qin fellow was saying that Cao Zhi wasn't dead? Could it be that he had been played by Mo Yu after all?

  Cao Pi glared at Mo Gu Yun with a fierce gaze, but saw that Mo Gu Yun didn't even look him straight in the eye. Instead, he had an anxious expression as he gazed up at the Heavenly Army, as if waiting for someone.

  At this time, Mo Yan led the trembling Cao Zhi to the front and met eyes with Cao Pi. Cao Zhi was instantly intimidated and took a step back, trembling.

  "Moyan, you weren't caught by Cao Pi?" Mo Gyun let out a sigh of relief upon seeing Moyan safe and sound, but at the same time, he was also taken aback. He had thought that Moyan had been captured, which was why he had been forced to serve Cao Pi. In the end, it was all because of Moyan that he had willingly become the scapegoat. And yet, here Moyan was, standing in front of him without a scratch.

  "Dad, it's all thanks to Qin Huai that I wasn't taken by Cao Pi. I'm just sorry to have made you worry and suffer." Mo Yan's eyes reddened, and her eye sockets instantly became moist. Just now, in the heavenly army, she had seen her bound father from afar, but because of Qin Huai's plan, she had forcibly restrained her impulse to rush forward.

  "Qin Lang, I didn't misjudge you after all." Mo Gu Yun looked at Qin Lang with a mix of relief and satisfaction, feeling fortunate about the choice he had made back then.

  It was especially affectionate for relatives to meet on this side, while the two brothers met on that side as if they were meeting an enemy. Cao Pi suddenly went crazy.

  "Cao Zhi, you actually didn't die!? Mo Gu Yun, you son of a bitch, how dare you deceive me!" Cao Pi roared crazily, while the people behind him had already lost their temper and were stunned on the spot. Even Cao Qingyun and others, despite their exceptional skills, knew that things had been exposed and they had no chance to resist anymore. They were tied up by the heavenly army that rushed forward. And Cao Pi was left alone, surrounded by the heavenly army in the middle, unable to escape."

  "Cao Pi, you're the one who's a dog, born to a bitch! You even want to harm your own brother. You're not as good as pigs and dogs!" Qin Lang was furious, standing with his hands on his hips, scolding Cao Pi. Suddenly, he felt a bit wrong, if Cao Pi is a son of a bitch, then what about Cao Zhi? He immediately turned around and said to Cao Zhi: "Sorry, I spoke too quickly, I didn't mean to scold you!"

  After finishing, he turned his head again, with his hands on his hips, and continued to scold: "Cao Pi, you think your plan is flawless, but you don't know that even the smallest mistake can lead to failure. The Princess of Gu Yun is actually aware of your plan, so she deliberately cooperated with me, working together inside and out. If it weren't for this, I'm afraid His Highness would have fallen into your trap by now, and that would be a real case of 'dead without evidence'."

  Mo Gu Yun was taken aback, and his eyes flickered to Cao Zhi, only to see Cao Zhi looking at him with a grateful expression. His face flashed with embarrassment as he looked at Qin Liang and shook his head helplessly. Mo Yan, now a obedient daughter, leaned against Mo Gu Yun's side, tightly grasping his hand, as if telling him that all of this was part of Qin Liang's plan.

  Mo Gu Yun was extremely fortunate that he had brought Qin Huan with him to Qinghai City, otherwise, both he and Mo Yan might not have been able to preserve their lives.

  "Hmph, fortunately, I, Lang, have a clever plan, and all your plans are within my expectations. Now that you're isolated from everyone, I think it's meaningless for you to live on. If I were you, I'd just die by crashing into the wall." Qin Lang's mouth didn't stop, like a string of pearls, with a force that was probably no weaker than some advanced martial arts. At this moment, Cao Pi was already panting and almost vomiting blood.

  "You're Qin Lang, aren't you? You'll pay the price for everything you've done today." Cao Pi's gaze was extremely cold and harsh, as if he wanted to swallow Qin Lang whole.

  "Hmph, whether there's a price to pay or not can be discussed later. But for now, it's you who has to pay the price." Qin Lang was like a victorious rooster, proudly raising his head and turning around without even giving Cao Pi a glance, with an extremely arrogant attitude.

  Qin Lang said to Li Fei: "Li Fei, this man is handed over to you."

  Li Fei didn't say a word, but silently walked to Cao Pi's front. After all, Cao Pi was of royal blood, and Li Fei couldn't directly resort to violence. Instead, he chose to use courtesy first, saying: "Cao Pi, you'd better surrender now, I don't want to harm you."

  Cao Pi, who was thought to be at his wit's end, unexpectedly let out a loud roar like a madman: "Don't come any closer, all of you get out of here. I dare anyone to touch me." After finishing speaking, Cao Pi burst into laughter in extreme anger and stared straight at Qin Liang.

  "Qin Huang, I didn't expect that my years of careful planning would be disrupted by you today. But do you think this is the end of it? I'll tell you, it's not that easy." Cao Pi suddenly stopped being frantic and gradually calmed down instead.

  "Cao Pi, if you insist on being stubborn to the end, then I'll have no choice but to offend you." Li Fei shouted angrily, his right hand grasping the hilt of his large knife behind his back, pointing it at Cao Pi.

  "Hmph, you think you're worthy of being Li Fei? You don't even have the qualifications!" Cao Pi coldly shouted, his palm flipped over, and a long sword appeared, seemingly casual, slashing towards Li Fei. This simple-looking sword, however, had a majestic aura bursting out from its tip, forming a one-meter-long aura sword that chopped down towards Li Fei.

  This sword made Li Fei feel as if he was facing a great enemy, and for a moment, he didn't know how to dodge. He could only hurriedly hold his large knife in front of his chest. At that instant, the Yuanqi Sword chopped down fiercely. Li Fei let out a muffled groan and retreated one step, barely stabilizing his footing. However, he discovered that his large knife had appeared with a tiny notch.

  As he came to his senses, Li Fei's face suddenly changed greatly. He had never thought that Cao Pi would be so deeply hidden and shouted loudly: "Protect the Crown Prince and Qin Guang!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, he retreated several steps to the back, putting Cao Zhi and Qin Huai in his body, and the army's formation changed instantly, surrounding everyone in the middle.

  Mo Gu Yun's face also changed greatly, and Cao Pi was such a master. To know that Li Fei was a high-ranking expert in the Hua Shen period, but he could only barely block Cao Pi's one sword. Mo Gu Yun flipped his wrist, and a golden long spear appeared in his hand, taking a step forward, standing together with Li Fei.

  "Qin Lang, I've told you before, you will pay the price!" Cao Pi said coldly as he looked at Qin Lang who was being protected by the heavenly army.

  Qin Lang was already sweating profusely, took a deep breath and swallowed hard, secretly cursing his bad luck.

  "This is going too far!"