After leaving the Imperial Study, Li Mufeng felt extremely heavy-hearted.
Neither the Feng clan nor Chu Yunmo could make him let his guard down, in order to ensure the safety of his father, Emperor Li Hongwen.
Li Mufeng made a thorough plan.
He arranged for several secret guards, all of whom were elites personally selected and trained by him. They possessed keen insight and outstanding combat abilities, so his father's safety should no longer be a problem.
After arranging everything, Li Mufeng and "Xue Ziwei" embarked on their journey to "Baojun County".
Along the way, in order to save time, the two rode at a fast pace. Although they were very tired, they did not feel lonely because they had each other's company.
Li Mufeng, in particular, gained a deeper understanding of "Xue Ziwei." She was not a pretentious woman; on the contrary, she was intelligent, strong, and independent...
"Blood Purple Rose" is a mysterious and powerful being. Her appearance gave Li Mufeng hope and light. He trusted and relied on her completely, knowing that as long as "Blood Purple Rose" was there, he would be able to overcome all difficulties and eradicate the parasites of "Purple Cloud Kingdom" one by one.
Along the way, the two supported each other, their relationship growing increasingly intimate. Li Mufeng curled the corners of his lips into a smile.
"Ahead lies Jiugou Village, the boundary between Baojun County and Chenxi County. I'll take you to Baojun County first, and then I'll go to Chenxi County."
"No need, I'm just going to bring rain, not to do anything dangerous, so you don't need to worry about me too much."
"But in Chenxi County, so many people have died. We've been here from the capital for half a month, and we still don't know what's going on there. You should go and check on them quickly!"
"Blood Purple Rose" urged her on. She didn't know when it started, but she was no longer a cold-blooded killer. She even began to think about others, something she had never done in her previous life.
"Okay, Wang Feng and Zhao Hu will protect you. If anything happens, light the signal flare and I will come immediately."
Li Mufeng took out a signal flare from his pocket and handed it to "Blood Purple Rose".
"good."
Holding the signal flare and feeling the warmth from Li Mufeng's palm, "Blood Purple Rose" felt her heart beat faster for a moment.
"I want to watch you go."
Li Mufeng spoke gently, and "Xue Ziwei" flicked her riding whip, knowing that "Chenxi County" needed Li Mufeng and did not want to waste his time.
"Protect her well. If anything happens to her, I will not forgive you."
Li Mufeng watched the woman's figure gradually disappear, his dark eyes sweeping over Zhao Hu and Wang Feng.
"Your Highness, rest assured, we will definitely protect Miss Han."
Zhao Hu said in a deep voice, flicking his horsewhip.
"Your Highness, rest assured, as long as the Princess is alive, I am alive. If the Princess dies, I die."
Wang Feng made the same promise, but was met with a reproachful glare from Li Mufeng.
"What do you mean by death? I want you all to live. And the only one who can die with her is me. You are not worthy."
"Yes. I understand."
Upon hearing Li Mufeng's words, Wang Feng quickly agreed.
"This prince is too possessive. He's even jealous of this. If he had known this would happen, why did he agree to the princess's request for a divorce?"
After Wang Feng and the others disappeared, Li Mufeng led more than two hundred people toward "Chenxi County".
"Chenxi County" is a small county town located deep in the mountains.
Built on mountains, the terrain is treacherous, with undulating mountain ranges resembling a giant dragon coiled on the earth. The surrounding peaks soar into the clouds, layer upon layer of ridges.
Li Mufeng asked many people, and they all said that no one had died in the past two weeks. For safety reasons, he went to the county government office, where he was personally received by Magistrate Xu.
His statement aligned with the people's sentiments, causing Li Mufeng to furrow her brows involuntarily.
"Could it be that the murderer has left?"
"Could he have gone to another village? If this person isn't caught, he'll truly be a menace to the surrounding area!"
Lord Xu's expression was equally grave. Just as the two were talking, a jailer rushed in in a panic.
"Sir, something terrible has happened! Another person has died. Old Wang has been murdered; his death was gruesome, his throat bitten through."
Upon hearing this, Li Mufeng was greatly shocked.
"Quickly, take me there to see."
Lord Xu also dared not delay and rushed to the scene with Li Mufeng.
The local government was quite efficient, setting up a cordon early on. Li Mufeng squatted down in front of the deceased and examined him carefully.
The deceased was covered in blood, with a deep wound on his neck that exposed bone, as if he had been bitten off by some ferocious beast. His eyes were wide open, filled with fear and despair, as if he had seen something terrible before he died.
"Could it be that he was killed by a wild beast? Judging from the shape and depth of the wound, this kind of beast has very sharp teeth and great strength."
One of the constables spoke up.
"Impossible. If it were a wild animal, there would be no human handprints."
Lord Xu pointed to a bloody handprint on the deceased's body. Perhaps the murderer left the handprint because of excessive blood loss from the neck.
"It seems to be a premeditated murder. The killer must have planned it, chosen Old Wang as his target, and used a very cruel method to kill him. It must have been a deep-seated hatred."
Li Mufeng frowned deeply. Lord Xu spoke again.
"This man's death was completely different from the previous ones. Those people were killed with a single sword strike, but this old Wang..."
"ah……"
Before Lord Xu could finish speaking, another heart-wrenching scream came from afar.
"Quickly, come with me..."
Hearing the sound coming from the canyon, Li Mufeng was startled and quickened his pace. The scene before him shocked him greatly.
There were at least three hundred people standing at the edge of the canyon, their eyes glazed over, their faces expressionless, like wooden figures.
"Zhou Datong".
"Li Xiaoming".
"Wang Ermazi".
...
Exclamations and screams erupted from all around.
"Ah...ah..."
It turned out that these people were villagers who had died some time ago.
The reappearance of people who had supposedly passed away is chilling.
"Young Master, Li Mufeng has arrived."
Two men in black were on a hillside not far away. One of them spoke in a low voice.
A piercing flute melody rang out, and the dead began their attack on Li Mufeng and his companions.
"Shoot arrows, shoot arrows, protect Prince Longxuan, protect Prince Longxuan..."
When Magistrate Xu saw the zombies all walking towards Li Mufeng, he screamed in terror.
“If the prince loses his life here, even if he has ten heads, it won’t be enough to chop them off.”
Arrows flew towards the horde of zombies, and to everyone's disbelief, the zombies were fearless. Despite being riddled with arrows, they still possessed considerable lethality.
With screams of agony, many of the constables had their necks bitten off by zombies and were subsequently turned into zombies themselves.
Li Mufeng unleashed a sword beam, snapping more than a dozen zombies in half at the waist. However, they quickly stood up again, and despite being headless, they could still quickly identify their direction.
"It was the sound of the flute, it was the sound of the flute that controlled them."
Li Mufeng finally realized what was happening and began searching for the source of the sound.
"Over there, kill them."
Pointing in the direction of the man in black, Li Mufeng shouted in a deep voice.
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