Chapter 499 Sin
Xie Guanzhi smiled sinisterly as he scrutinized Wen Zhiming, considering where to strike first to best intimidate people. When their eyes met, he realized why the official had been frightened by the gaze of a poisoned person.
Because Wen Zhiming's eyes showed no worry or fear whatsoever. He did not appear helpless and at the mercy of others after being poisoned. Instead, he seemed calm and confident, as if he had everything under control, and his gaze was filled with mockery and disgust.
Xie Guanzhi, who clearly had the upper hand and was the one wielding the sword, still felt like the lowly official kneeling before the prince, his life and death entirely in the hands of the Northern Frontier King.
Meng Lingge also had a cold and stern expression, her gaze as sharp as a knife as she looked at him, as if she were looking at the most lowly and useless thing.
Xie Guanzhi desperately tried to suppress the panic in his heart, wanting to do as he said, close his eyes and randomly make a cut, but for some reason, he always felt that if he made a cut, he would be the one who would get hurt.
A cold smile played on Yue Jiaoluo's lips as she eagerly awaited the scene of Wen Zhiming being slaughtered.
This man was truly handsome beyond compare. Lin Suo usually looked like a fine-faced gentleman, but after being poisoned, he became weak and powerless, losing all his good looks.
Even as Wen Zhiming lay sprawled on the table, he remained like a rare and beautiful jade, aloof and solitary.
It was so tempting that Yue Jiaoluo couldn't resist. If it weren't for the inappropriate occasion, she would have liked to take him to bed, take off his clothes, and admire him properly. Even if she couldn't use him, just looking at him would be very pleasing to the eye.
She was lost in thought when she caught a glimpse of Xie Guanzhi's back covered in cold sweat, his clothes soaked through. Only then did Yue Jiaoluo realize that Xie Guanzhi had been holding his knife up for a while, and the officials he had forced to watch were already tired of looking at it, yet his knife still wouldn't come down.
Is this useless thing scared too?
“My lord.” Yue Jiaoluo stepped forward.
She inwardly scoffed, but outwardly showed understanding by taking the knife from Xie Guanzhi's hand, saying, "Let me handle this small matter."
Xie Guanzhi only knew a little about martial arts. Among those present, apart from Wen Zhiming and Lin Suo, the best martial artist was Yue Jiaoluo. So when Xie Guanzhi heard her words, he immediately nodded with relief.
"Thank you for your trouble, Madam."
He had just used all his willpower to keep the knife from falling to the ground, barely managing to save face, and he dared not be reckless again.
Yue Jiaoluo knew that Wen Zhiming's starry eyes were the most intimidating and fierce, like an abyss or thunderbolts. Those who were timid and fearful would tremble at the sight of them, as if they were about to be swallowed up.
To make the officials behind him obedient, he had to first destroy Wen Zhiming's sharp eyes.
She didn't want to ruin her delicate face too soon, but with two people losing to Wen Zhiming in succession, if she didn't make a ruthless move to stop the situation now, and if word got out and Wen Zhiming's elite troops found out, she would lose everything.
No matter how stunning those eyes are, it would be a sin not to be attracted to her.
Moreover, those eyes are far too biased; they look so gentle when they look at Meng Lingge, but so distant and indifferent when they look at her. They should have been ruined long ago.
The more Yue Jiaoluo thought about it, the more hateful she became, and her smile grew even colder.
"King of the Northern Frontier, you hold a high position and wield great power, yet you look down upon everyone. Have you ever imagined that you would be bullied like this? Three years ago, I offended your wife over a trivial matter, and the two of you tried to take my life. I still bear the scar of that sword wound on my shoulder. Today, I will let you taste the bitterness of being forever plunged into darkness, powerless to resist."
After she finished speaking, she narrowed her cold eyes, and with a flash of cold light, the long sword in her hand was swung out like lightning.
Xie Guanzhi opened his eyes wide with excitement, while the officials following him looked away in fear, and the few officials who had resisted Xie Guanzhi closed their eyes in despair.
"ah……"
A piercing wail echoed through the sky, and as everyone's hearts pounded in horror, they realized that it wasn't Wen Zhiming's voice; the scream clearly belonged to a woman...
The officials who had just turned their eyes away or closed them looked over in confusion, only to be shocked to find that the Northern Frontier King, who had been limp and powerless, was standing as straight as a pine tree, while the Prefect's wife, who was holding a knife, covered her eyes with her hands and rolled on the ground in agony.
Through the gaps between her fingers, two glaring bloodstains could be seen winding down, and those once alluring eyes were now just two empty holes filled with blood.
A strong stench of blood slowly filled the air.
Most of the blood was on Xie Guanzhi and Yue Jiaoluo, while Wen Zhiming and his wife, who were just inches away from them, were completely untouched by blood.
"Madam, how are you? I'll call a doctor for you. Please hold on..." Xie Guanzhi hurriedly held Yue Jiaoluo in his arms, tears streaming down his face.
The journey from heaven to hell is but a moment.
Yue Jiaoluo's eyes were incredibly charming; just one alluring glance was enough to make him weak in the knees, and he would never see those captivating eyes again.
Too many people didn't dare to watch the bloody scene just now, and they didn't know how the person who did the attack became the injured one. Xie Guanzhi saw it, but he couldn't see it clearly.
It was so fast that his naked eye couldn't even see it clearly.
Yue Jiaoluo was already very fast, but Xie Guanzhi clearly saw the knife reach Wen Zhiming's eyes. In the blink of an eye, the knife suddenly reversed and slashed sharply through Yue Jiaoluo's eyes.
The knife was still in Yue Jiaoluo's hand, but in the blink of an eye, Wen Zhiming completed a series of actions, spinning the sword, controlling Yue Jiaoluo's hand, making her slash her own eyes, push people, and get up.
Xie Guanzhi didn't know whether Wen Zhiming was not poisoned or had suppressed the poison with his internal energy, but he knew that Wen Zhiming was now far beyond what his few dozen or hundred men could withstand.
With Wen Zhiming's martial arts skills restored, he had no chance of winning.
But if he surrenders without resistance, given his words and actions today, even ten lives wouldn't be enough to atone for his sins.
He could only try his best to escape.
Yue Jiaoluo had lost her eyesight and was in excruciating pain, her fingers scratching Xie Guanzhi's back until they bled. Xie Guanzhi was both anxious and in pain, but he still couldn't bear to leave his beautiful wife.
"Capture the King of the Northern Frontier, and I will reward you with ten thousand taels of silver!"
After saying this, Xie Guanzhi prepared to carry Yue Jiaoluo outside. He knew that his men inside the room were no match for Wen Zhiming, but he only needed to buy him a little time to escape.
A reward of ten thousand taels of silver was indeed a generous one, and there were plenty of brave guards present.
But Wen Zhiming's speed and ruthlessness had startled them, and now, no matter how tempted they were by the reward of ten thousand taels of silver, they dared not rashly throw their lives away.
Moreover, Xie Guanzhi fled in disarray after speaking. As the saying goes, when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. With the leader gone, they naturally became a disorganized mess.
Some followed Xie Guanzhi, some were bewildered, and some had already knelt down and begged for mercy.
Xie Guanzhi thought someone would stop him, but he passed by without any obstacles. When he passed Lin Suo, Lin Suo even stepped back a little to make way for him.
He didn't have time to think it through before he fled to the door.
I looked up and was instantly dumbfounded.
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