Chapter 876 Brother Qing is awesome! (Third update)

This happened so fast that even Gongsun Yu didn't have time to react.

The main reason was that Gongsun Yu hadn't expected Shangguan Qing to pull this stunt. They were clearly two people who didn't know martial arts—Shangguan Yan once knew, but he was crippled later. In short, it was more than enough for Xie Xingzhou to capture them.

So Gongsun Yu didn't stop him.

But then he saw Xie Xingzhou being sent flying right in front of him.

The terrifying force even made him feel a sense of pressure.

This cave is a transit point between various passages and is quite spacious. When Xie Xingzhou crashed into the cave ceiling above, the enormous force nearly caused the ground to collapse.

Dust settled all over everyone.

Gongsun Yu raised his hand to shield his eyes from the flying dust.

The others also covered their faces or heads.

The only one who wasn't unfamiliar with this voice was Elder Lu.

When he and his companion Elder Zhang entered Ghost Mountain to rescue Min Hongyi, Shangguan Qing, who claimed to be the Ghost King, killed Elder Zhang in the same way.

This weapon was too powerful, so he dared not challenge it. Instead of seeking revenge for Elder Zhang, he quickly fled with the seriously injured Min Hong.

Unfortunately, Min Hongyi was shot through the heart by another young man's silver spear, leaving him with only a corpse.

He was still wary of this kind of thing last time, and after experiencing it up close again today, he became even more apprehensive.

He had a very strange feeling that Shangguan Qing's weapon was something no expert could block, no matter how powerful they were.

Xie Xingzhou had fallen to the ground, his flesh mangled and bloody. He did not die immediately, but it was clear to everyone that he could not be saved.

The stone gate on the ground quickly closed after the boat was blown away. Gongsun Yu then touched the stone wall that Shangguan Qing had just moved, but the stone gate did not react at all.

Gongsun Yu chopped open the stone door with one kick, but Shangguan Qing and Shangguan Yan had already disappeared from the secret room.

He jumped down, trying to find a way for them to escape, but the walls around him were all solid, so there was only one possibility: the passage was blocked.

He frowned slightly, a rare occurrence for him: "Who set up this trap?"

So exquisite!

Compared to this person, Yue Liuyi's skills are almost insignificant.

"General, what do we do now?" Elder Lu suppressed the shock in his heart and asked calmly.

Gongsun Yu said coldly, "Find them! Dig three feet into the ground if you must, and find them for me!"

Elder Lu said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult to find."

Gongsun Yu sneered, "Then set it on fire! I refuse to believe that they can still hide if I burn the entire passage into a blazing inferno!"

...

In the other passage, Shangguan Qing and Shangguan Yan, having confirmed that they were temporarily safe, finally stopped to catch their breath.

Shangguan Yan leaned against the wall behind her, put her hands on her hips, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and said breathlessly, "Son, how did you end up at the border? If Jiaojiao hadn't gone to report, I wouldn't have known you were trapped in Ghost Mountain!"

"Who is Jiaojiao?" Shangguan Qing asked, puzzled.

Shangguan Yan was even more puzzled than him: "Didn't you see her? She and Tang Yueshan went into Ghost Mountain together, and she also took a newborn child with her. By the way, the child is temporarily staying with a wealthy family in the city. There is a wet nurse, so he is very safe."

Shangguan Qing understood.

Then he was even more surprised: "He..."

Is her name Jiaojiao?

What kind of names are these?

Shangguan Yan said, "I'll tell you about Jiaojiao's matter in a bit. First, tell me what exactly happened."

"Well..." Shangguan Qing's eyes flashed, and he suddenly bent down and rubbed his head against her shoulder. "I missed you, so I came to find you. Waaah, you don't even praise me, and you even scold me... Am I still your little darling?"

Shangguan Yan's eyes remained completely calm: "You've gone too far."

The dialogue is also outrageous!

What a sweetheart!

You're twenty!

What a sweetheart!

Shangguan Qing immediately lost his composure, straightened up, and awkwardly touched his nose: "I just came out to have some fun."

Shangguan Yan looked at him with a dark expression: "You've gone all the way to the border?"

Shangguan Qing snorted, "Never been here before."

Shangguan Yan: "..."

Shangguan Yan said seriously, "I'll settle the matter of your coming to the border with you when we get back. Now tell me how you ended up in Gongsun Yu's hands?"

Shangguan Qing curled his lip in annoyance: "It's all because of that guy Xie Xingzhou..."

After discovering the underground activity, Xie Xingzhou ordered the Jin army to dig tunnels with all their might. At first, they only dug in the village, but later Xie Xingzhou had a sudden idea and actually went to dig in the back mountain and forest.

As they dug, they actually unearthed quite a few tunnels.

At first, the Jin army dug one passage and had Shangguan Qing block it, but these 20,000 Jin soldiers were too good at digging. If this continued, all the passages would be blocked, and they would never be able to get out again.

Thus, Shangguan Qing, as the eldest grandson of the emperor, "walked right into the trap."

In Xie Xingzhou's view, the thousand worthless lives underground were insignificant compared to the eldest grandson of the emperor, and he indeed did not bother to continue digging people up.

He thought he might as well destroy the passage, so Shangguan Qing tricked him, saying that there was treasure in the passage, and that he would give the treasure to the Jin army as long as they didn't kill him.

Shangguan Yan's lips twitched: "And then Jie Xingzhou believed it?"

How could someone believe such a lie? How incompetent is Xie Xingzhou?

Shangguan Qing pointed to himself: "It should be your son... how amazing I am!"

Shangguan Yan's face darkened.

Son, where does your inexplicable confidence come from?

Shangguan Qing raised an eyebrow and said, "I originally planned to lure that guy Xie Xingzhou into some agency and kill him, but who knew he would have someone notify Gongsun Yu. Gongsun Yu is quite shrewd; I think he's a talent, so I don't want to kill him so quickly."

Shangguan Yan: "..."

You just can't kill him, can you?

Gongsun Yu is highly skilled in martial arts and also very intelligent, making him much more difficult to deal with than Xie Xingzhou.

Shangguan Qing waited and waited but never got the chance to defeat Gongsun Yu. Then, just now, he met his mother in the small cave.

Shangguan Yan sighed.

Her feelings were complicated.

This son may seem carefree and irresponsible, but he has the heart of a child.

He was neither good at literature nor military affairs, but he accomplished many things that neither civil officials nor military generals could do.

If it weren't for this frail body, her Qing'er...

"Mother! There's a noise!"

Shangguan Qing's voice interrupted Shangguan Yan's thoughts.

Shangguan Yan's expression hardened, and she looked up, listening carefully to the sounds above: "It's footsteps..."

Shangguan Qing asked curiously, "What are they doing up there in such a hurry?"

"Hurry up! All of you hurry up! This way! This way too!"

It was the Jin army's fierce shout.

Shangguan Yan frowned: "It sounds like splashing water."

"Splash water..." Shangguan Qing looked up at the ground, thought seriously for a moment, and then his expression changed. "Oh no! They're going to set the tunnel on fire!"

Shangguan Yan clenched her fists: "Are they going to roast us like kiln chickens?"

Shangguan Qing said with a solemn expression, "We can't let them set it on fire..."

The cave where the villagers and the ghost soldiers were located was very deep and had a stream running through it, so they weren't worried about being burned by the heat. However, there were various mechanisms and devices inside the passage, some of which even contained gunpowder.

Once the explosion occurs, it will bring unpredictable consequences.

A thousand lives were buried alive underground in the collapsed tunnel; that would be hell on earth!

"I'll draw them away!" Shangguan Qing said.

"Qing'er, come back!" Shangguan Yan grabbed him. "If anyone should go, it should be me! I am the Crown Princess, my status is more noble than yours, and my words carry more weight."

Shangguan Qing helplessly spread his hands: "Fine, fine, I won't argue with you."

Despite this, he suddenly pressed a mechanism on the wall, pushing Shangguan Yan into the passage that suddenly opened behind him.

Shangguan Qing: "Keep going straight ahead, it leads to the back mountain!"

Shangguan Yan's expression changed drastically: "Qing'er!"

The stone gate was closed.

Shangguan Yan pounded on the stone door, searching for the mechanism: "Qing'er! Qing'er!"

Shangguan Qing turned and walked forward, his eyes sharp and his steps firm.

"Draw them away, and all I need to do is make a deal with them. With my wit, buying them some time won't be a problem. The imperial army will arrive in time, won't they..."

He murmured to himself, then suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest, his legs went weak, and he knelt on one knee.

Why did the poison in my body flare up at this hour?

He reached for his purse, but it was empty.

The antidote is lost!

Just hang in there a little longer, it'll get better soon...

Anyway, this isn't the first time this poison has acted up.

I can still walk on my own.

Shangguan Qing clutched his chest with one hand and leaned against the wall with the other to stand up.

"Make a deal with Gongsun Yu..."

"I am the eldest grandson of the Emperor of the Great Yan..."

"Capture me... and you can threaten the military strength of the Great Yan..."

"I can also take you treasure hunting..."

"ah--"

A sudden, excruciating pain shot through his chest, and Shangguan Qing collapsed to the ground.

He scraped his knee and his gums were bleeding.

The deadly poison was eroding his body, and he could no longer stand up.

I've never been in so much pain before. Am I going to die?

no……

He can't die yet...

Not now...

Enduring the excruciating pain, Shangguan Qing used all his strength to crawl little by little toward the entrance of the passage.

We'll be there soon.

And I, I had no strength left.

His hand pushed open the mechanism of the passage, but he no longer had the strength to climb out.

He collapsed to the ground, losing his last shred of consciousness.

There was a minor bug in the first two chapters regarding the exit of the underground passage; it was inside the city and didn't lead outside. This has been fixed.

(End of this chapter)