Chapter 364 Different Life, Shared Death
The hoarse and frantic voice of the King of Chen echoed in the cave.
Shen Cong's expression was cold and stern, with a slight sneer curling at the corner of his mouth.
"If the blood curse on me hadn't been broken, how could I be here in my current physical condition?"
King Chen staggered back several steps in shock, the iron chains scraping against the stones on the ground with a grating sound.
"That's absolutely impossible!"
Li Nanke walked over and stood side by side with Shen Cong.
"Do you really think there's no way to break the blood curse you cast? There are plenty of capable and extraordinary people in this world."
Prince Chen glared fiercely at Li Nanke.
"It was you? You were the one who broke the blood curse?"
Li Nanke chuckled lightly, not denying his guess.
Instead, he looked at Prince Chen with a hint of disdain, "Do you think that by linking Prince Xuan's life with His Majesty's, you can save your own life?"
"What a pity, all your scheming has come to nothing in the end!"
"Ah! You're lying, you're talking nonsense! There's absolutely no way anyone in this world could break my curse of sharing life and death! Absolutely not!"
As if greatly provoked, Prince Chen suddenly lunged at Li Nanke, his thin, claw-like hand reaching out to grab her.
Shen Cong pulled Li Nanke behind him and took a few steps back.
Because of the chains binding him, Prince Chen could not pounce on them; he could only glare at them and roar angrily.
"The Curse of Sharing Death with Others is something I painstakingly developed. What do you know? They all rejected me since I was a child because I have Miao blood."
Recalling his childhood experiences, Prince Chen's sunken cheeks twitched incessantly, and a sinister light flashed in his eyes.
"The more they reject me, the more I want to master the art of Gu poison. I want all those who look down on me to die painfully from my Gu poison, hahaha."
As Chen Wang finished speaking, he suddenly raised his finger and pointed at Chen Cong.
"It's a pity that my rebellion back then failed at the last minute, and I was ultimately defeated by Shen Lang. I know that he has been secretly searching for the late emperor's edict."
Moreover, he was extremely wary of you, his only younger brother, fearing that your will would prevent him from securing his throne.
But he was also wary of the Empress Dowager, who forced him to swear an oath not to execute you. So I told him I had a way to get rid of you quietly.
Shen Cong narrowed his eyes slightly, "Is this the 'Curse of Shared Death' you mentioned?"
"Hahaha, that's right. This is something I developed myself by combining the methods of the black and white shamans from Miao territory."
Of course, I didn't tell Shen Lang. I told him that casting a blood curse requires your personal belongings, and then you need to offer his blood and your blood together for forty-nine days.
Then place it in a cold, dark place to nourish it. Within a year, your body will gradually weaken and you will start vomiting blood.
You won't live past twenty; you'll die coughing up blood!
"Shen Lang was very tempted after hearing this, and immediately asked me to cast a curse on you. This way, he could gain a reputation for loving his younger brother and get rid of you without anyone noticing."
But that fool had no idea that what I cast wasn't a simple blood curse, but a curse of mutual death.
The two of you are like sharing one life; if one is strong, the other will be weak!
But if one of them dies, the other will die at the same time!
Li Nanke and Shen Cong exchanged a glance. Sure enough, the facts were almost exactly as they had deduced.
No wonder that during the two years when Shen Cong vomited blood, although the emperor was thin, he was still quite energetic.
The turning point came after Shen Cong's health gradually improved, while the emperor's health began to decline.
That is, when they exposed the conspiracy between the old Marquis of Anping and Prince Chen, and captured Prince Chen for the first time.
"If I'm not mistaken, the emperor probably only learned about the Curse of Mutual Death around that time, right?"
Li Nanke asked.
Prince Chen nodded smugly.
"That's right, he wanted to kill me, so I told him the truth: I am the only one in the world who can break the curse of being born together and dying together."
"If Shen Lang wants to live, he has to keep me alive!"
Li Nanke looked at him with disdain, "Being imprisoned here like an animal, living in darkness and despair, what's there to be proud of?"
The Prince of Chen seemed to be provoked by these words and flew into a rage.
"You brat, what do you know? You don't understand my plan at all! I was just lying to Shen Lang. How could I possibly have lifted the curse of mutual death for him?"
I lied to him and said that I needed his own child to make the antidote, and he immediately sent his own child over for me to use in making the medicine!
That idiot has no idea that the antidote I gave him can only alleviate the symptoms, not break the curse at all! Hahaha, Shen Lang won't live past this year.
Not only will Shen Lang die, but Shen Cong, you will die too!
The Prince of Chen pointed at Chen Cong and roared triumphantly, as if he wanted to vent all the anger that had been building up in his heart.
"I want you two brothers to die! Die! The Great Chu empire will ultimately belong to me! The throne is mine!"
When the throne was mentioned, Prince Chen's face turned crimson, and he seemed to go mad.
Li Nanke was so angry that he trembled all over.
"You beasts, you are all beasts! The newborn baby was so innocent, yet you used him to make medicine!"
Prince Chen sneered.
"Shen Lang is stupid! He actually believed such a stupid thing as sacrificing anyone to save his own life!"
"Chen Cong, do you see this? This is the elder brother you've trusted and respected since childhood. He's been secretly hoping you'd die!"
Shen Cong clenched his fists and remained silent.
Upon hearing this, Qin Wei finally realized what was happening.
"Damn it! You've been deceiving His Majesty all along! You deserve to die!"
"Not only did he deserve to die, but you, and you too..."
Qin Wei pointed his longsword at Li Nanke and Shen Cong, "You will both die here today! Your Highness, I'm sorry."
Today is your death day!
As soon as he finished speaking, he put his finger in his mouth and quickly whistled.
Immediately afterwards, a group of men dressed in black and carrying long swords rushed in from outside. These were all spies from the Imperial City Guard, Qin Wei's subordinates!
"Kill them all!"
One of his subordinates hesitated, then pointed at Prince Chen and said, "Boss, are we going to kill this old beast too? How will we explain this to His Majesty?"
Qin Wei's lips curled into a smile. "I have my own instructions for His Majesty. Take action immediately!"
A dozen or so men in black immediately swarmed forward and pounced on Li Nanke and Shen Cong.
The two exchanged a glance and went to meet him almost simultaneously.
However, the enemy outnumbered them and the two of them had already fought fiercely, fallen off a cliff, and drowned, leaving them almost completely exhausted.
Soon both of them were covered in bruises, and they slowly backed away.
Shen Cong lowered his voice and said, "Don't be afraid, I left a mark. Xie Xuanxiao and Erfeng will definitely be able to find us."
Li Nanke nodded slightly and gripped the whip in his hand tightly.
"careful!"
Seeing Qin Wei's sword thrusting towards Shen Cong, she pushed Shen Cong aside without thinking and swung her whip to meet him.
But she was no match for Qin Wei. After struggling for more than a dozen moves, she was kicked to the ground by Qin Wei.
Qin Wei suddenly swung his sword at her neck.
"You brat, go to hell!"
"Ke'er!"
Shen Cong's eyes were bloodshot, and he wanted to pounce, but he was held back by the enemy and could not break free.
Just as Qin Wei's sword was about to press against his neck, at the critical moment, a stone flew in from outside the cave.
"stop!"
Qin Wei's sword was knocked from his hand, and Li Nanke looked up and saw the person who rushed in, his expression changing slightly.
"It's you!"
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