Chapter 35

"Oh, every time you want to achieve your goal you use the people as your shield. This trick always works!" Li Yin sneered disdainfully.

"How long are you going to be so willful? Put down the knife immediately." Prime Minister Ji Ke was so angry that he didn't even use honorifics.

The prime minister glared at Li Yin, but Li Yin held on to his sword and refused to let go. The two sides remained in a stalemate.

"I'm leaving." Luo Sanrong's words broke the deadlock.

The prime minister breathed a sigh of relief. Li Yin's sword was unsteady, and he asked in surprise, "What are you talking about?"

"I said I'm leaving." Luo Sanying repeated it again, his tone a little louder than the first time.

"Have you forgotten the agreement you made with me?"

"Your Highness told me before not to endure anything, especially not for Your Highness, so I couldn't hold it back and just said it out loud."

Luo Sanrong swallowed his saliva, but his eyes were burning as he continued, "But, Your Highness, you must endure it, not just for me, but for all the people in the world who support you."

Li Yin was silent.

At this time, the guards beside His Majesty held Li Yin. Li Yin tried to struggle, but the guards said to him sternly, "Your Highness, please don't embarrass us. This is the king's order."

Li Yin stopped struggling.

Luo Sanrong lowered her eyes, trying hard to hold back her tears, while Bening showed a triumphant smile.

The carriage drove slowly, and Li Yin's eyes followed it until it got smaller and smaller...

After seeing the carriage go away, the guards just stood around Li Yin to prevent him from doing anything inappropriate, and no longer tied him up tightly.

Seeing this, Wei Dao approached Crown Prince Li Yin and whispered, "Everything has been done!"

Li Yin rubbed his fingers carelessly, and the faint smile in his eyes also had a bit of coldness.

The sound of the wheels rolling over the gravel became more and more harsh, and the squeaking sound caused by the friction between the wooden axle and the spokes penetrated into the car curtains wrapped in the hot summer wind.

The envoy raised his hand to lift the bamboo curtain and looked at the sun that was about to set in the west. His gilded armor shone coldly in the twilight. "Stop and rest. Give the horses some water."

Before he finished speaking, the driver in front of the shaft had already pulled the reins.

Six strong horses snorted loudly, and the hot steam rising from their manes mixed with the smell of sweat, condensing into a white mist on the dry post road.

The two guards jumped off the shaft of the cart nimbly and poured out half a bucket of water from the cowhide water bag. The water in the copper basin emitted a fine silver light in the twilight.

"Sir, the Yunzhou Post Station is twenty miles ahead."

The envoy took the document and glanced at it casually. His fingertips paused on the dense handwriting, and he suddenly looked at the dead tree beside the road - a few dead leaves were falling on the bluestone slabs, startling a few dormant graybirds.

Bening glanced at his confidant, who nodded slightly. Bening then understood that this was the location of the transaction.

He whispered to his confidant, "Bring those people here quietly."

"yes."

Benin, accompanied by several of his most trusted confidants, slowly approached the tribute from Xia'an Kingdom with a serious look on his face.

He walked to a huge box, raised his hand slightly, and signaled his men to open it.

The men carefully lifted the lid of the box, moving with extreme caution, as if they were afraid of disturbing the "distinguished guest" in the box.

As the lid of the box slowly opened, a strong and unique medicinal fragrance instantly spread out, lingering around everyone's noses.

Benin's eyes fell on the neatly stacked medicinal herbs in the box. These herbs were all of pure color and excellent texture, and some even emitted a slight luster.

Benin looked at it carefully, and a satisfied smile gradually appeared on his face.

He nodded slightly and whispered to his confidant beside him: "This kind of tribute shows Xia Anguo's sincerity."

Bening's confidants echoed the sentiment, their eyes also revealing their admiration for these medicinal herbs.

Benin signaled his confidant to replace it. The confidant understood what he meant. This was already a tacit understanding. Every time the State of Qiping sent Prince Benin on a diplomatic mission, some of the things would always quietly go into his pocket.

Just as the confidant was about to take action, suddenly, there was a sound of fighting around. The guards were knocked down, and the confidant who was defending was also knocked down.

"Who is it?" Benin was a little flustered. Logically speaking, he was very secretive in his actions and even temporarily changed his route back to the court. He should not have encountered robbers.

"I prepared a gift for you, I almost forgot."

The voice turned out to be Li Yin.

"Why is Li Yin here? Is his presence here a sign from the Emperor of Xia An? Or has he discovered something?"

Bening tried to hide his guilty expression and taunted, "Looks like you haven't learned enough of your lesson yet?"

Li Yin's dark brocade robe rustled in the draft, but his expression showed he was in a very bad mood. Drawing his sword, he sarcastically said, "Perhaps that's not enough! I want to know what lesson I'll learn if I kill you."

At this time, the guards who were resting nearby also noticed something was wrong and realized that it was Li Yin, the uninvited guest, and surrounded Li Yin.

Weidao stood in front of Li Yin, blocking Li Yin's body. His feet were firmly planted on the ground, his posture upright and resolute.

He was dressed in a dark suit, the corners of his clothes fluttering in the wind, but it could not hide the tension in his whole body.

He slowly raised his hand, his five fingers slender and powerful, firmly grasping the hilt of the knife, and said to Li Yin seriously: "I can do it alone, you step back."

Li Yin stood side by side with him and said in a nonchalant tone: "Such words should be said before drawing the sword!"

Li Yin was not in a hurry. He moved sideways as lightly as willow catkins and easily avoided the fierce attack.

At the same time, the long sword in his hand turned, and the blade, like a nimble white snake, accurately hit the numbness on the strong man's wrist.

"ah!"

The guard screamed, his wrist went numb, and the sword fell to the ground with a clang.

Li Yin took advantage of the victory and pursued the opponent. He tapped the ground with his toes and rushed forward like a swallow skimming over water. He kicked the strong man right in the chest.

The guard flew backwards like a kite with a broken string, knocking over two of his companions behind him. The three of them fell heavily to the ground and were unable to get up for a while.

Weidao bent over and rushed towards the enemy on the left, waving the knife left and right with a cold light flashing.

A guard raised his sword to block, and there were two "clang" sounds, sparks flew from the collision of metal, and the blade of the tail sword had cleverly bypassed the opponent's long sword and slashed towards his arm.

The man felt pain and instinctively retracted his hand. Weidao took the opportunity to move forward and kicked him in the knee. While he was kneeling, he hit his neck with the handle of the knife, knocking him unconscious.

At the same time, another guard attacked from behind. Tail Knife seemed to sense something and turned his body, crossing the knives in his hands to block. With a loud "bang", he blocked the fatal blow. Then he stabbed with his backhand, straight to the guard's throat, scaring the other party so much that he retreated repeatedly.

But in just a few moments, seven or eight guards fell to the ground in a mess, groaning.

Li Yin sheathed his sword, gently brushed off the corner of his clothes, wiped the blood stains on his two swords with his tail knife, and put them back on his waist. Li Yin walked up to the frightened Bei Ning and said, "Are you satisfied with my farewell gift?"

"What?" Bening was a little confused. "Is this a gift?"

"It's not enough that you embezzled the tribute that Lord Shang gave to the emperor, but you are planning to smuggle it out? As far as I know, in Qiping State, embezzling sulfur will at least be punished by exile, right! Prince Bening?" Li Yin's voice was crisp but chilling.

Prince Benin's body shuddered violently, but he quickly adjusted his expression and said with a thick skin, "I will report this to His Majesty. You are framing me. I am His Majesty's biological brother. Who do you think His Majesty will believe?"

"That's right, it's impossible for them to believe what I say, but I have other witnesses!" Li Yin had already anticipated this step.

At this time, the footsteps of the third group of people were heard in the woods. Li Yin and Weidao looked back and saw that it was Ji Zeming.

Ji Zeming came forward with his men and introduced them to Li Yin: "This is the envoy inspector from Qiping State. He received your letter and came here specially from Qiping State."

Li Yin and Weidao nodded.

"Benin, you abuse your power and endanger the country, just wait to be deposed!"

Benin could no longer maintain his calm expression. The blood drained from his face in an instant, turning it as pale as paper.

He raised his head tremblingly, wanting to explain something, but his lips trembled for a long time and he couldn't utter a word.

The arrogant and domineering demeanor of a prince in the past had disappeared without a trace. Under the sharp questioning of the envoy inspector, he was like a lamb to be slaughtered, and fear filled his whole body.

Luo Sanrong was locked in a prison van by the Benin people, with two people guarding her. She was wondering what her future would be like.

Suddenly, two arrows shot and hit the two guards. Luo Sanrong no longer had any desire to see what was happening and was just immersed in his own world.

"Luo Sanrong, I've kept my promise and am here to pick you up!"