Chapter 273 Where Did the Killing God Come From?
Liang Xiang raised his hand to dismiss his attendants. He glanced at the Third Prince's face and said with some regret, "Forget it. It seems that the Third Prince doesn't know much."
After he said that, he took a half step back, pulled out the knife hanging on the pillar, and handed it to the fifth prince on the side.
The fifth prince was slightly stunned. He caught the knife with one hand and called out helplessly, "Prime Minister."
"The Third Prince brought back a woman from the Huan Dynasty. This woman was a spy sent by the Huan Dynasty to assassinate you and me. The Third Prince was caught off guard and was killed by this woman."
Liang Xiang finished speaking calmly.
The fifth prince realized that this was a prepared statement for the outside world.
"Go ahead!" Liang Xiang shouted fiercely, "Show me the king's resolve!"
The fifth prince staggered forward with a knife in hand.
The third prince's hair stood on end and he instinctively turned his head to look at the moon.
Although Liang Xiang felt strange about his reaction, he did not think too much about it for a moment.
He stood there coldly, his dissatisfaction with the Fifth Prince surging, overwhelming his slight curiosity. "You've always had to fight for what you want! Are you planning to wait for your enemy to get so desperate that he'll kill himself?"
The fifth prince gripped the hilt of his sword and took a big step forward.
At that moment, the third prince could hardly suppress the scream in his throat.
Wangyue finally moved.
Four stones she picked up on the road flew out of her sleeves.
The lights in the four corners were extinguished with a soft "crack".
The third prince's face felt hot and he closed his eyes unconsciously. His scalp suddenly tensed to the extreme and his whole body was like a stiff piece of wood, not daring to move.
Blood? Is it blood?
Why are they silent?
The third prince turned his eyes, trying his best to adapt to the darkness around him.
finally.
He saw the fifth prince's figure clearly.
The knife was no longer in his hand, and he stood there like a statue. Wangyue, with her hair in twin buns, had one hand on his neck, her outline clearly visible in the darkness.
So the fifth prince did not shout.
He didn't dare to scream.
What about Liang Xiang?
The third prince looked further away and saw only a vague human outline.
The outline moved faintly.
There was only a rustling sound in my ears.
Decisive battles are always extremely brief. In the blink of an eye, the blurry outline separated, becoming a human figure lying on the ground and a slender figure slowly standing up.
"Light the lamp." Cheng Nianying's voice sounded.
No one moved for a moment.
"Li Xiu, light the lamp." Cheng Nianying said again.
The third prince woke up as if from a dream, took out a lighter from his waist and rushed to the corner. With sweat on his forehead and trembling hands, he lit the lamp again.
As the light returned to the tent, the Third Prince squinted his eyes in difficulty, and then saw Liang Xiang's appearance clearly.
He was stabbed in the neck, his limbs were tense and his fingers were grasping. Obviously, at the moment of the attack, he reacted quickly and resisted immediately.
But it was too late.
A chill suddenly ran through the Third Prince's body, even more so than when Liang Xiang had questioned him just now.
Liang Xiang.
Wen Xiang, once a powerful official, died quietly on the battlefield in the blink of an eye.
The moment before, he was ambitious to overthrow the rules established by the Central Plains dynasty since ancient times, and he also sneered at the weakness of the new crown prince of the Huan Dynasty.
The Third Prince's gaze swayed for a moment before settling on Cheng Nianying.
The girl walked lightly and in a few steps she was in front of the Fifth Prince. "There's one more person."
The Fifth Prince's eyes trembled, and Wangyue's hand pressed on his mouth, causing his face to deform slightly, but he still didn't dare to move.
Where on earth did this killer god come from?
"Fortunately, I brought you with me." Cheng Nianying spoke again.
Wangyue smiled when he heard the voice.
"Where are the people of Huan Dynasty who were abducted by you now?" Cheng Nianying raised her eyes and met the eyes of the fifth prince.
The muscles on the Fifth Prince's cheeks trembled. He raised his hand with difficulty and pointed at Wangyue's hand, signaling her to move away.
The third prince said hurriedly: "No! I'm afraid he will scream for help!"
Wangyue was unconvinced: "The sword in my hand is faster. If he dares to shout, he will die."
It was late at night and the camp was growing quieter.
But I could faintly hear footsteps approaching.
I guess Liang Xiang's guards were not used to being too far away from their master, and thought that the matter of the Third Prince was over, so they came to take care of the follow-up.
The Third Prince quickly bent down to pick up the knife that the Fifth Prince had dropped, and walked over quickly: "Let me do it... I'll find out the whereabouts of those seven families."
"He was just instigated by Liang Xiang to kill me. He is no longer worthy of being my brother."
The Third Prince said this and raised his hand to stab, much more skillfully than the Fifth Prince just did.
This added to the fear of the five princes.
He really wanted to ask, where on earth did his Third Brother get this God of Death to rely on?
The fifth prince closed his eyes in despair.
But the next moment, the third prince couldn't help but hissed.
Cheng Nianying grabbed his wrist, gently pulled it away, and took away his knife.
The Third Prince turned his face away in embarrassment: "Why did the Crown Prince stop me?"
Crown prince?
The fifth prince's eyes trembled again.
She is...the new crown prince of the Huan Dynasty???
At the same time, the guard's voice was heard outside the tent asking, "Sir? May I come in?"
Cheng Nianying tapped the fifth prince's neck with a knife.
At the same time, Wangyue let go of his hand.
The Fifth Prince took a quick breath, exchanged glances with Cheng Nianying, and shouted, "Don't come in yet."
"...Yes." The guard muttered to himself, he hasn't done anything yet?
"He is very obedient." Cheng Nianying turned to the third prince and said.
The Third Prince's expression was a little subtle.
Does this mean that he is not obedient enough?
The Fifth Prince, upon hearing this comment, nodded hurriedly to save his life, saying, "Yes, yes, I'm perfectly obedient. Although Liang Xiang wants to establish me as king, I still want the legitimate imperial edict and seal of the Huan Dynasty. Liang Xiang is different. He has wicked ambitions and is hell-bent on overthrowing the Huan Dynasty..."
"In short, I'm different from him!"
"In my heart, I still wish to maintain good relations with Huan Chao!"
"Are you looking for the people who were taken captive? Look to the right, behind the stable."
After hearing his very cooperative words, Cheng Nianying did not show any happy expression.
She immediately thought of the little prince in Imperial Capital.
The Third Prince clenched his fists and turned back. "Now we know everything we need to know. Does the Crown Prince still want to keep him? If there were two princes here, they would be hesitant. If there's only one, it would be much easier to choose, wouldn't it?"
Cheng Nianying ignored him and only raised her face to the panicked Fifth Prince: "You ask the guards to come in, only two of them, and ask for Liang Xiang's confidant."
The fifth prince nodded repeatedly and called out to the outside of the tent: "Guard Wei, Guard Yuan."
"I'm here!"
"Come in."
The fifth prince is not stupid, he knows to call out the names accurately at this time.
The next moment, the tent moved.
Guard Wei walked into the door first, followed by Guard Yuan.
Cheng Nianying held the Hanyue Sword in her left hand and the sword she had snatched from the third prince in her right hand.
She stood in the middle, raised her arms, and pulled the knife inward, slitting the throats of both men at the same time.
Now that the lights are on, this scene is even more exciting than the one just now.
The pupils of the third prince and the fifth prince shrank almost at the same time. They looked at each other... They had to survive!
I have to survive this woman's hands!
She didn't kill the fifth prince again, is she raising a Gu? Is she raising a Gu?
As the thought came to mind, both sides saw a strong desire to survive in each other's eyes.
The fifth prince took the initiative to speak first: "Are you still trying to trick people into coming in?"
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The official from Huaiyuan wiped the sweat from his forehead, looking as if the sky had fallen. He only now realized that it was the crown prince who had left the city.
At this moment, he was so shocked that he stammered: "How can we ask the crown prince to go and rescue people?"
He read it over and over again, and as he read it he could not help beating his chest and stamping his feet, and tears came out of his eyes sincerely.
Since ancient times, has there ever been a crown prince who sacrificed his life for the common people?
Facing the grief-stricken faces, Fu Yi acted calmly: "Why panic? We'll go out of the city to welcome them as soon as we get the signal."
"There's no need for everyone to gather here. Go back and do what you should do."
Fu Yi sent the man away, and then his face darkened.
Wu Xun rarely saw his master like this. He was always confident and composed. Even if the sky was falling, he would remain calm.
"If the master is worried about the crown prince, why would he let her go like this?"
Fu Yi didn't say anything.
The first important thing to be an emperor is to have the courage to rule on your own.
After a while, Fu Yi closed his eyes: "You should go and rest too."
Wu Xun opened his mouth and had to retreat.
I didn't know how much time had passed, but I saw my master suddenly come out from the inner room and said in a hoarse voice, "Tell someone to make a decoction to calm the mind."
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