Chapter 490 The Difficult Road Up the Mountain
Shen Zhao walked up to Song Zhou and the Song mother and daughter and said with a sullen face:
"Hand it over!"
A hint of coldness flashed across Song Zhou's eyes.
"I don't know what the prince is talking about. What does the prince want me to hand over?"
Shen Zhao looked at the Song mother and daughter, a smile on his lips.
"What about you? Don't you know either?"
Song's mother and daughter exchanged a quick glance and shook their heads hurriedly.
"I have nothing to give you, Your Highness. Please be frank."
When the man in black spoke just now, Shen Zhao made sure that these three people could hear him.
"In that case, I'll have to ask the three of you to test the poison on yourselves."
"Come here, tie up the hands and feet of these three people and throw them into the dense forest ahead."
As soon as Shen Zhao said this, his followers immediately came forward and wanted to tie up the legs and feet of Song Zhou and the Song mother and daughter.
Seeing this, the Song mother and daughter gritted their teeth and looked at Song Zhou hesitantly.
Shen Zhao understood that among the three of them, Song Zhou was the leader.
If Song Zhou didn't speak, the fake mother and daughter would not dare to make any move.
In the minds of Song Zhou and the other two, they would die at the hands of the Xuanyuan family sooner or later, so they were not afraid of her.
Song Zhou just had a gloomy face and let Shen Zhao's men tie him up tightly.
He just couldn't believe that Prince Zhong would dare to kill him just when he arrived at the foot of the mountain.
The journey was extremely difficult, and his death would be of no benefit to Prince Zhong.
The leader of the men in black looked at Shen Zhao hesitantly, wanting to say something.
In fact, they have enough antidotes. As long as Prince Zhong asks, they can give one to each person.
But now the prince obviously doesn't need them to provide medicine anymore.
Shen Zhao listened to the thoughts of the leader of the men in black and looked at him with complicated eyes.
He only gave her one pill, and she mistakenly believed that these people would only protect her life, so she forced Song Zhou to take out the antidote.
Looking at the leader of the men in black who had retreated to the periphery and quietly put away the antidote given to her, Shen Zhao's eyes became more complicated.
"The prince has been tied up tightly. Do you need me to throw them in?"
The guards came to inquire.
Shen Zhao shook his head and said:
"Let them jump in on their own. What if you go in and breathe in the miasma?"
Song Zhou and the other two: So their lives are not worth living!
Their hands and feet were tied, leaving them no chance to take the antidote or escape.
Just send them to their death openly!
Shen Zhao walked behind Song Zhou and kicked him in the buttocks.
"Come in quickly."
Song Zhou staggered after being kicked, gritting his teeth as Shen Zhao kicked him again.
Song Zhou finally spoke:
"There is medicine on my inner shirt, close to my chest."
Someone immediately reached in and pulled out a small porcelain bottle.
Shen Zhao took the porcelain bottle and walked towards the leader of the men in black. She was not sure whether the medicine was genuine, so she could only ask him to identify it.
The leader of the men in black opened the bottle and sniffed it. "Your Highness, don't worry about it being an antidote. This is enough for our group."
As he spoke, the leader of the men in black unceremoniously poured out the amount needed by their group from the porcelain bottle, and then stuffed the porcelain bottle back into Shen Zhao's hands.
Only Shen Zhao was left looking at the porcelain bottle in his hand, which was disheveled in the wind.
Chen Zhao: “…” Don’t they have it!
After the group took the antidote, Song Zhou and the other two still led the way.
After all, the only way into the mountain is filled with miasma and swamps. If there is no one to lead the way, even if you avoid the miasma, you cannot escape the swamps that are well hidden by dead branches and rotten leaves.
Song Zhou learned his lesson this time and did not cause any trouble in the swamp. He led Shen Zhao and his group safely across the swamp.
But before everyone could catch their breath, sharp arrows were shot from all over the forest.
All I heard was a loud shout from the leader of the men in black.
"Everyone retreat a hundred meters and lie down."
Shen Zhao's face turned cold as he looked at Song Zhou and the other two who wanted to take the opportunity to escape.
Shen Zhao dodged the sharp arrow in his face and pulled Song Zhou back.
Only a scream was heard coming from Song Zhou's mouth.
A long arrow shot straight into Song Zhou's left arm.
Let him beg for mercy loudly:
"Quick, Your Highness, please retreat! Someone...someone has triggered a trap. If we retreat a hundred meters and stay out of range, we won't be shot to pieces."
The Song mother and daughter who were escaping were also hit by arrows, and were held in one hand by Xie Yuheng and the leader of the men in black, looking very embarrassed.
The Song mother and daughter were so sad that their eyes were about to burst.
Are these men really eunuchs in the palace? Not only do they have no sympathy for women, they also use them as shields and living targets.
To block the sharp arrows.
Shen Zhao dragged Song Zhou to a safe area.
Her eyes seemed to be frozen in ice. She grasped the arrow that was exposed outside and thrust it in suddenly. Song Zhou immediately screamed in pain.
"Tell me, did you trigger the mechanism?"
Song Zhou quickly shook his head in denial, "Your Majesty is not a villain, I dare not."
The coldness in Shen Zhao's eyes became even more intense because she heard Song Zhou's vicious inner voice.
[The fact that I didn't let your entire army be wiped out this time was due to my carelessness. When the road ahead is filled with traps, I will make sure each of you dies in a more humiliating way than the last.]
It seems that the lesson she taught Song Zhou was not enough.
Shen Zhao pulled the arrow out suddenly, and before Song Zhou could scream, the arrow was stabbed into Song Zhou's thigh again.
The arrow still had flesh torn from his arm on it.
"Ah... Your Majesty, please spare me... Your Majesty, please spare me... If I die, Your Majesty, don't even think about going to Yunlong Villa."
Shen Zhao did not loosen his hand holding the arrow, but turned it twice violently.
The voice was cold and cruel:
"Have you learned your lesson this time? If there's a next time, I won't mind killing you. After all, besides you, there's also the Song family mother and daughter who can take me to Yunlong Villa."
At this moment, the thoughts of the leader of the men in black once again entered Shen Zhao's mind with some entanglement.
"Actually, we can also lead the way for Prince Zhong, but we haven't been here for many years, so I wonder if the route up the mountain has changed."
When the leader of the men in black took out the pills to overcome the miasma, Shen Zhao had thought of letting them lead the way.
But considering that these people have been with Master Wuyou for more than twenty years, who knows if the mechanisms on the mountain have changed over the years.
Just to be on the safe side, she took the risk of letting Song Zhou lead the way.
But Song Zhou was obviously looking for death!
Song Zhou was in so much pain that he broke out in cold sweat.
"I will never dare to do that again. I will definitely bring the prince and the others to Yunlong Villa safely."
Although he said this, he was still thinking about how to kill Shen Zhao and others.
Shen Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly.
She took out the hemostatic pill that Feng Li had given her, stuffed it into Song Zhou's mouth, and forced him to swallow it.
"What I just fed you was a poison that would penetrate your intestines. If you obey and come to Yunlong Villa, I will give you the antidote. Otherwise... you will die miserably. Don't think that the people at Yunlong Villa can detoxify you. This poison is beyond the detection of others."
This was to frighten Song Zhou, and secondly, Shen Zhao didn't want Song Zhou to die from excessive blood loss before reaching Yunlong Villa.
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