Chapter 61: Chaos Erupts

  (The first day,)

  "Of the nine counties of Qinghai, four are loyal to you and four have pledged their strength to me. Only Yuguang County has yet to make a move." Cao Pi looked at Mo Yuguang in the crowd and said, "Lord of Yuguang, I wonder if you've made up your mind?"

  Mo Gu Yun walked out of the crowd, his heart racing with anxiety. The thing he was most worried about had still happened. Xu Chang Geng, Cao Ying and others' families were all taken hostage, Mo Yan and Qin Cang were likely to be in a precarious situation as well. With this thought, Mo Gu Yun could only let out a long sigh. He bowed his head and clasped his hands together towards Cao Pi: "Second Prince, Mo Gu Yun is willing to serve you."

  "Good, Lady Gu Yun is indeed a heroine among people, and she knows what's timely. Don't worry, your daughter should be safe in the mansion right now, not a single hair on her head will be harmed." Cao Pi burst out laughing happily.

  "Mo Gu Yun, you will regret your choice today." Cao Qingying scolded in anger, while Mo Gu Yun did not respond, sighed and stood quietly behind Cao Pi.

  "Cao Zhi, now that five commanderies are all under my control, will you surrender the throne or continue to resist stubbornly?"

  "Your Majesty, Qing is not worthy of the throne. Why not let it be given to the King's younger brother instead? Perhaps he will keep his promise and not trouble us." Cao Zhi said with a trembling voice, clearly intimidated by the current situation.

  "Your Highness, we have not yet lost. As long as we rush to the Heavenly Army's garrison and assemble the Heavenly Army, we will definitely capture all these treacherous officials." Xu Changgeng refused to yield at this point.

  "I'm afraid you won't have that chance!" Cao Pi didn't want to say more, and shouted: "Wang Meng, take them down for me. Those who don't obey will be killed by me!"

  "Yes!" Wang Meng shouted loudly.

  "Imperial City Guard, escort!" Xu Changgeng's hoarse voice let out a sharp cry, and with this shout, a group of heavenly soldiers wearing golden armor surged out from behind the palace steps. These people were none other than the Imperial City Guard.

  The golden and silver troops were clearly distinguished. The Golden Guard surrounded Cao Zhi in the middle, and a golden figure whispered to Cao Zhi's ear: "Guard Captain Chen Zhuo vowed to defend Your Highness with his life."

  "Chen Zhuo, cover the retreat of His Highness." Cao Zhi was already frightened out of his wits at this scene and stood there speechless, unable to utter a word. Xu Changgeng could only give orders on behalf of Cao Zhi.

  "Yes!"

  Gold and silver clashed together with a loud crash, and the battle was triggered at once.

  The Wangcheng Guards had only five hundred men and were outnumbered, but the guards were all elites and didn't need to annihilate the enemy, they just needed to cover Cao Zhi's retreat.

  Although the Central Guard Army was numerous, within the Wang City it was not a flat plain, and the advantage of having many people could not be brought into play for the time being. Moreover, the Wang City Guards were retreating while fighting, and did not tremble at all, so that for the time being, it became a stalemate.

  "Ladies of the counties, it's time for you to take action. You absolutely cannot let them escape, or everything will be in vain." Cao Pi said to the five county ladies.

  "All right, Your Highness can wait for our good news then." Cao Qingyun said, and after finishing speaking, he beckoned to the other four people to chase after him.

  Mo Gu Yun's body was not under his control, and since he had made a choice, he could only do his best. However, looking at the current situation, the Second Prince indeed had the upper hand. As long as the Second Prince ascended to the throne smoothly, Mo Gu Yun thought that for the time being, there wouldn't be any changes for himself and others.

  "Gentlemen, soon Cao Qingyun and a few others will also make their move. We have one more person, which is our advantage. Gu Yunjun, at that time we will confront Cao Qingyun and his men, the task of pursuing and eliminating Cao Zhi will be handed over to you."

  "Qingying Junzhu can rest assured that Cao Zhi will definitely not escape." Mo Gyun also made up his mind.

  "That's fine."

  Mo Gyun and others were all masters of the Refining Spirit Realm, several people flying at extreme speeds in the air, and in an instant they caught up with Cao Zhi and others who were retreating.

  "Cao Zhi, you'd better surrender obediently." Cao Qingyun stood with her feet treading on air, gazing at Cao Zhi who was being surrounded and protected by the crowd in front of her.

  Whoosh!

  Several figures also flew into the sky, standing opposite Cao Qingyun and others. It was indeed Cao Qingying and others. At this moment, all nine county owners of Qinghai State were gathered here, but they were divided into two opposing camps.

  "Cao Qingyun, must you be so ruthless?" Cao Qingying said coldly.

  "Qingying brother, you and I are brothers in one way or another. To end up like this today wasn't what I had hoped for either. Alas, we each have our own masters to serve." Cao Qingyun said calmly.

  "Mo Gu Yun, are you really going to join this rebellion?"

  "Qingying Junzhu, since you've already made your choice, I don't want to say anything more." Mo Gu Yun said with a firm gaze.

  "Alright, you thieves, will be infamous for eternity and be spat on by the world. Today, I Cao Qingying, will fight to the death with you." Cao Qingying cursed loudly, his feet stomping empty air as he charged towards Cao Qingyun and the others, while Cao Qingzhu, Shu Bowen, and Han Yulai also rushed over.

  "Mo Gu Yun, we're here for you, go take down Cao Zhi." Cao Qingying let out a cold shout, and somehow there was an extra long sword in her hand. With a light swing, she struck up waves of sword flowers that enveloped Cao Qingying. Meanwhile, Cao Qingli and the others were successively paired off against Cao Qingzhu's three men.

  Mo Yu's lonely cloud soared in the empty sky, far away from Cao Qingyun and others' battlefield, his mission was to pursue and capture Cao Zhi.

  "Who would have thought that I've become the key to this coup?" Mo Gu Yun sighed inwardly, and galloped towards Cao Zhi's escape route.

  In no time, Mo Gu Yun caught up with Cao Zhi, but hesitated and couldn't bring himself to strike. Mo Gu Yun knew that Cao Zhi was inherently kind-hearted, although he wasn't quite suitable to be the ruler of a country, but for him to personally take action against him, Mo Gu Yun found it difficult to do so.

  "The former king had kindness towards me, yet now he wants me to kill the former king's descendants. I, Mo Gu Yun, how can I be so heartless and unrighteous?" Mo Gu Yun was filled with sorrow and his face was gloomy.

  "But now the situation is like this......" After struggling in her heart for half a day, Mo Gu Yun finally made up her mind.

  "I apologize to Your Majesty the late king, but Lonely Cloud's only daughter is in their hands, and I have no choice but to take drastic measures."

  "Cloud Palm Technique!"

  Mo Gu Yun's body suddenly flipped over in mid-air, assuming a head-down, feet-up posture. His two hands formed a palm shape and slapped downwards towards the golden crowd in front of him.

  With this palm down, suddenly blood splattered everywhere, more than a dozen bodyguards were slapped flying, and the bloody flowers in the sky almost dyed the crowd into a bloody color.

  A gap suddenly appeared in the golden crowd, and towards this gap, the silver guard army rushed up. The Wang City Guard was caught off guard, and a hint of chaos suddenly appeared in the ranks.

  "Don't be disorderly, maintain the formation, can't let the enemy break through the gap." Guard Captain Chen Zhuo gave consecutive orders, the guard's chaos stopped again, and a complete protection circle was formed once more, tightly protecting Cao Zhi in the middle of the team, while continuously withdrawing towards the exit of the Wang City.

  Lonely clouds reveal cold light, relentlessly pursuing, one palm after another slapping down, like an old tiger chasing a flock of sheep, sweeping away the fleeing and retreating flock.

  "Chen Zhuo, dare you come out and fight me!" Mo Gu Yun said condescendingly, looking at Chen Zhuo in the midst of the golden crowd.

  "Mo Gu Yun, if I, Chen Zhuo, don't die today, I will definitely not let you off tomorrow." Chen Zhuo glared at Mo Gu Yun flying in the air with a vicious expression and gritted his teeth as he spoke.

  "Hmph, I'm afraid you won't have that chance anymore."

  Although there were countless elites in the Wang City Guard, only Chen Zhuo was a truly top-notch expert. Except for him, no one could fight Mo Gu Yun alone. However, at this moment, Chen Zhuo did not dare to go and fight Mo Gu Yun because Wang Meng's strength was equally weak. The number of guards far exceeded that of the guard team. If he himself were entangled with Mo Gu Yun, the guard team would only fall into a fate of being devoured by Wang Meng. Chen Zhuo could only watch as one golden figure after another fell under Mo Gu Yun's palm, these were his soldiers! Although Chen Zhuo's heart was like a knife twisting, he could only swallow his tears.

  He wants to protect Cao Zhi.

  "Fall back! Fall back! Don't be obsessed with fighting! Withdraw from Wangcheng!" Chen yelled with a torn heart and lungs.

  Inside the palace, battles erupted everywhere, countless young lives ended here, forever closing their eyes. Some had wives and children at home, some had old mothers waiting for their sons to return. But they would never come back. This is politics, this is the struggle for power, this is the bloody reality.

  Outside the Wang City, another residence slowly opened a narrow slit in the gate, and two figures quietly slipped out from inside. It was Qin Cang and Mo Yan.

  "Qin Lang, are we really going into Wang City?" Mo Yan asked in a soft voice.

  "I just had this idea, the young master hasn't returned for so long, and now someone wants to kidnap you again. No matter how I think about it, I feel like something big is going to happen. I finally understand why the young master brought us along. If we were still in Yunyun County, who knows, maybe we would have fallen into a trap by now. So we must find the young master, at least let him know that we're okay."

  "But now within the palace walls there must be heavily guarded troops and layers of mechanisms, how easy is it to get in?"

  "Goodness, I just thought so, it would be best if we could get in. If we really can't get in, then there's no way. But we have to try at least, staying put isn't an option either. Right now, the young lady of the county might be in a crisis, we have to do something."

  "Um, okay, as you said." Mo Yan was like a little girl at this moment, although her own strength surpassed Qin Cang's, but at this moment, the man in front of her seemed to be her only support. This change seemed so natural that even Mo Yan herself didn't notice it.

  Qin Lang naturally played the role of a man. With Mo Yan, under the cover of night, they carefully made their way to Wang City.

  Inside the Wang City, Chen Zhuo led the guard team to protect Cao Zhi with all his might and retreated step by step towards the outside of the city.