章節 2566: The Battle (4)

Yun Yanli then turned to the armed men and asked for their opinion, "What do you think? Are you under anyone's control?"

"No!" The Dark Imperial Guards reassured.

"Are you conscious?" Yun Yanli continued to question them.

"Absolutely!"

"We know what we are doing!"

"We are not under anyone's control! What we have for the governor is our loyalty!"

The armed men no longer answered with brief replies. They all chimed in and claimed that they knew exactly what they were asked to do.

Yun Yanli seemed relieved by the men's reassurances. Bitterly, he looked at Gu Xijiu with a sense of hatred as he added, "Gu Xijiu, everything I have done was for you, and yet, you disregard it all. Today, you even chose to stand by the Devil King and even made a false accusation against me."