I am the villain in the book

“Da da da! Da da da!”

Noon, An Wang Mansion.

When more than a thousand imperial guards surrounded the huge mansion, the atmosphere inside was unusually calm.

On the other side, Lü Yuanjin was much the same, his expression showing no trace of fear.

“An Wang.”

Stepping down from the carriage, he immediately saw Gongsun Yan staring at him.

Lü Yuanjin walked closer with a blank face and sternly shouted:

“Why don't you kneel when you see me!”

“Kneel?”

Gongsun Yan didn't take the bait, instead sneering and asking, “Your Highness, why don't you tell me why you brought the imperial army to my mansion?”

“Hmph, you should know!”

Lü Yuanjin narrowed his eyes and directly questioned him in front of everyone:

“An Wang, let me ask you!”

“The assassination attempt on the Second Prince and the extermination of the Kang Wang Mansion today, were they both conspiracies between you and Wei Changtian?!”

“...”

Under the scorching sun, Lü Yuanjin didn't waste any words or probe, and the words he spoke instantly caused an uproar among the surrounding crowd.

After all, although he had long guessed that Wei Changtian was the culprit in both cases, the ordinary soldiers didn't know, so they would definitely be surprised now.

However, Gongsun Yan's answer was even more shocking.

“So what if it is?”

He simply put his hands behind his back and sneered, “Does Your Highness want to avenge them? Or do you want to accompany them on their journey to the afterlife?”

“You!”

Lü Yuanjin's eyes widened suddenly, never expecting Gongsun Yan to say such a thing.

He was even arrogant to this extent.

He abruptly raised his hand, and several fierce auras soared into the sky from behind him, as three second-rank masters stepped forward and stood behind Lü Yuanjin.

Staring intently at Gongsun Yan opposite him, Lü Yuanjin almost gave the order to attack.

But when he noticed that the former's expression showed no sign of panic, his raised arm hesitated to fall.

“Gongsun Yan, very well.”

Gritting his teeth, Lü Yuanjin said, word by word, “So, you are openly declaring your rebellion.”

“Isn't Your Highness asking the obvious?”

Gongsun Yan replied with a smile, “What? Does Your Highness have to hear it from my own mouth to be satisfied?”

“...”

Long spears formed a forest, and armor reflected the sun.

When Gongsun Yan admitted in the most mocking tone that he was rebelling to seize the throne, Lü Yuanjin's, or rather Chu Xianping's, current behavior seemed extremely ridiculous.

Although they had surrounded the mansion with so many people, they had never intended to really start a conflict from the beginning. They only wanted to use such a formation to tell the people of Da Hui that Gongsun Yan had already colluded with the enemy and was plotting a rebellion.

But they didn't expect Gongsun Yan to openly admit his rebellion.

In this case, under normal circumstances, he should be immediately arrested and brought to justice.

However, both Chu Xianping and Lü Yuanjin knew that Wei Changtian was in the An Wang Mansion and must have made arrangements. Once they attacked, they would not gain any advantage.

So... someone admitted to treason, but you dare not act.

At this moment, Lü Yuanjin was in a dilemma like a clown, and the surrounding thousand imperial guards were even more at a loss.

In the end, Chu Xianping, who had been in the carriage all along, said in a deep voice:

“Your Highness! Let's return to the palace!”

“...”

Judging from Chu Xianping's tone, he obviously didn't expect Gongsun Yan to be so tough.

Of course, Gongsun Yan's attitude must have been instructed by Wei Changtian.

Therefore, it should be said that Chu Xianping didn't expect Wei Changtian to be so arrogant.

You should know that although Wei Changtian had been arrogant before, he was mostly "arrogant" when he needed to be "arrogant". In other situations, he was still very stable.

But now...

Sitting in the carriage, Chu Xianping frowned, as if thinking about why Wei Changtian's style of doing things had changed so much from before.

On the other side, Lü Yuanjin also struggled for a long time before suddenly turning around and walking towards the carriage without saying a word.

He came aggressively and left in disgrace.

Chu Xianping and Lü Yuanjin's "surprise attack" on the An Wang Mansion undoubtedly felt like they had lifted a stone and dropped it on their own feet.

However, this trip was not without any gains.

In any case, Gongsun Yan did indeed admit in public that he was going to rebel.

Even...

“Wait!”

Suddenly, just as Lü Yuanjin was about to step into the carriage, Gongsun Yan called out to him without warning.

The latter still had a smile on his face, as if he had just remembered something, and looked at Lü Yuanjin, who was slowly turning around with a livid face, and said:

“By the way, Your Highness, Young Master Wei asked me to give you a message.”

“Young Master said that after you return to the palace, you should quickly arrange your affairs and eat something good.”

“Because within five days, you will surely die.”

“...”

Within five days, you will surely die.

As soon as these words came out, the entire vicinity of the Wang Mansion was silent, and everyone looked at Gongsun Yan in disbelief, with huge waves surging in their hearts.

The crowd was not surprised that Wei Changtian wanted to kill Lü Yuanjin, nor were they surprised that Wei Changtian could kill Lü Yuanjin.

The crowd was surprised that Wei Changtian actually used Gongsun Yan's mouth to say this matter so directly.

Arrogant.

Too arrogant.

Apart from this word, the crowd could not think of any other word to describe their current mood.

But Gongsun Yan's words were not finished yet.

“Oh, and that Young Master Chu in the carriage.”

He stopped looking at Lü Yuanjin, whose face was flushed, and turned his gaze to the carriage, as if he had expected there to be someone inside, and said with a smile:

“Young Master Wei also has a word for you.”

“No, it should be a single word.”

“...”

His pupils shrank, and Chu Xianping suddenly raised his head, looking in the direction where Gongsun Yan was standing through the carriage curtain.

At this time, everyone outside the carriage also focused their attention on the same position.

Gongsun Yan, standing in the center of countless gazes, was calm and composed. After a pause, he said in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft, the word that Wei Changtian had left for Chu Xianping.

“Scram.”

“Young Master, Miss Li, Lü Yuanjin has already taken the imperial guards back to Dragon Head Mountain...”

An incense stick's time later, in a quiet room in the Wang Mansion, Gongsun Yan, whose back had already been soaked with sweat, stood in front of Wei Changtian and Li Zimu again.

It could be seen that although he had appeared very calm just now, he was actually very flustered in his heart.

Fortunately, nothing went wrong in the end, and everything was exactly as Li Zimu had expected.

“Yes, I know.”

Wei Changtian nodded and waved his hand, signaling, “You can go out first.”

“Yes.”

Gongsun Yan immediately left the room upon hearing this, and only Wei Changtian and Li Zimu were left in the room again.

“How did you know it was Chu Xianping?”

Looking at Li Zimu, whose expression was a little complicated, Wei Changtian asked doubtfully, “Just because of Lü Yuanjin's unusual behavior?”

“Young Master, would you believe me if I said it was intuition?”

Li Zimu asked softly, “Would you believe it?”

“Intuition?”

Wei Changtian looked at Li Zimu suspiciously, “Since when have you been doing things based on intuition?”

“I...”

Li Zimu was stunned for a moment, and after a long while, he lowered his head and said softly, answering a different question:

“When facing Chu Xianping, intuition may be more useful.”