781 At the beginning of the chaos, the water was muddied and people wanted to escape

No matter whether they are killers or politicians, they cannot use "I didn't expect it" to explain their failure. Failure is failure, and no amount of explanations can change this fact. One failure is enough to cause them to lose their lives or be doomed.

For Zhuang Han, his two "unexpected" things were enough to make him lose his life here. As the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he was greedy for merit and took risks, and it was a wrong decision to block the Ninth Prince alone in the suburbs.

As the head of the Imperial Guard, Zhuang Han was only concerned with taking credit for the Ninth Prince's achievements, but he never thought about what would happen if the Imperial Guard of Xiling did not have a chief commander after their failure.

Perhaps in Zhuang Han's mind, it was a foolproof thing for him to capture the Ninth Prince personally, but he did not expect an accident, and this accident happened to cost him his life.

The Ninth Prince and Zuo An had some difficulties in their initial cooperation, but after thirty moves, with the intentional cooperation of the Ninth Prince, Zuo An found that his moves actually brought out the greatest murderous power.

Zuo An was a little surprised. He was certainly not surprised at the change in his own moves, but he was surprised that the Ninth Prince could put aside his pride and edge and cooperate with him. This was really inconsistent with the image of the Ninth Prince in his mind.

However, despite being surprised, with the cooperation of the Ninth Prince, Zuo An fully demonstrated the aura of the number one killer in Jiuzhou Continent and displayed the arrogance of the number one killer to the fullest, which made Feng Qingchen exclaim that it was exciting and worth it.

Ten moves.

With the cooperation of the Ninth Prince, Zuo An only used ten moves to thrust the sword into Zhuang Han's throat. At that moment, not only Zuo An himself couldn't believe it, but even Zhuang Han couldn't believe that he would die in such an embarrassing manner at the hands of a young killer.

"Impossible." The knife in Zhuang Han's hand still maintained the momentum of chopping down, but at this moment he could no longer chop down.

Zhuang Han lowered his head, his eyes fixed on the sword that pierced his throat. He still couldn't believe that he would die like this.

"I also think it's impossible, but it's true." Zuo An came back to his senses from the shock, turned his wrist coldly, and made sure that Zhuang Han was dead before drawing his sword.

Boom...

The moment the sword was drawn out, the big knife in Zhuang Han's hand stood heavily on the ground, and he also stood there steadily. If it weren't for the blood oozing from his throat, the Ninth Prince and Zuo An would have suspected that Zhuang Han was not dead.

Zhuang Han, Xiling's biggest intelligence chief and the man in charge of Xiling's darkest department, died just like that. Although Zhuang Han's death was part of the plan, the Ninth Prince still felt it was a pity when Zhuang Han actually died.

This was a man who had been active in the Xiling officialdom for more than twenty years. He had countless secrets in his hands and mind, but he died without revealing anything.

If Emperor Xiling knew, he might be happy, at least Zhuang Han never revealed the secret of Xiling until his death.

With Zhuang Han's death, the biggest obstacle for the Ninth Prince and Feng Qingchen to leave Xiling was removed. Both of them breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that they would not have to worry about being hunted down by Xiling in the short term.

After Zhuang Han's death, both the Jinyiwei and the officialdom of Xiling would be in chaos for a while. In the short term, the people of Xiling would not have the energy to deal with the Ninth Prince and Feng Qingchen, and their journey out would be much calmer.

"Let's go." The Ninth Prince and Feng Qingchen rode together. Zuo An had his own horse, so of course he didn't need to share with others. After the three of them got on the horses, they tacitly stopped talking and rode towards the official road.

They had to leave Shangjing as soon as possible, the farther away from Shangjing the better. As for the corpse that fell to the ground behind them, the three of them had no interest in paying attention to it. How could a dead person cause any trouble?

The dead cannot turn the tables, but the living can. Early in the morning, Emperor Xiling received the news that the Ninth Prince had fled from Shangjing and Zhuang Han had been killed. He was so angry that he smashed the bird's nest he used to rinse his mouth. He directly ordered the general stationed at the Ningdongling border to capture the Ninth Prince and Feng Qingchen, regardless of their lives.

Sir, you want to run away after muddying the water in Xiling? There is no such easy thing in this world.

The palace servant rushed the message for 800 miles to the general stationed on the border between Dongling and Xiling. However, the Ninth Prince received the message earlier than the general stationed on the border.

So, the general of Xiling who was stationed at the border of Dongling had been waiting anxiously for the arrival of the Ninth Prince's uncle. However, after waiting for a month, he did not see anyone who looked even like the Ninth Prince's uncle. The general had no choice but to write a memorial to the emperor, reporting that he had not waited for him.

The Ninth Prince, Feng Qingchen and Zuo An had already changed their route and headed towards the border between Xiling and Nanling, passing through Nanling and then returning to Dongling. Although this took some time, it was much safer.

No matter how powerful the Ninth Prince and Zuo An are, neither of them wants to confront the army head-on. To go against a million lions alone is brave but also a bit stupid. Even if they can win, it will be a hard win. The Ninth Prince and Zuo An are obviously lazy people. They don't want to cause trouble. Besides, they don't have to go far by taking the road through Nanling. There are people to pick them up in Nanling.

The three of them walked across the border between Xiling and Nanling and arrived at Nanling. They were cautious and did not run to the bustling city, but rode along the border trails, galloping all the way, rushing day and night to return to Dongling, and finally arrived at the Dongling Imperial City before New Year's Eve.

Looking at the tall city gate, the Ninth Prince and Feng Qingchen both breathed a sigh of relief. The time they had been away from the capital had been extremely dangerous. Fortunately, they all came back alive. Seeing this unpleasant city gate, the Ninth Prince and Feng Qingchen also felt that it was more pleasing to the eye than usual.

"Let's go into the city." The Ninth Prince rode forward and motioned Zuo An to follow.

Zuo An was not at all surprised that the Ninth Prince could open the city gates in the middle of the night. He had already witnessed how powerful the Ninth Prince was along the way.

The Ninth Prince's reach was very long. Along the way from Xiling to Nanling, there were people to meet them and provide them with changes of clothes and horses.

Even though Zuo An was knowledgeable, he was still shocked by the Ninth Prince's meticulousness and power. How long would it take to plan and pick out such a good escape route and make preparations along the way?

Soon, just three years.

Three years ago, the Ninth Prince decided to sneak into Xiling secretly to pave the way for Ouyang Chengan, and he has been preparing for it for the past three years, and he has arranged more than one escape route.

What Zuo An saw was only a part of it, and this part would be useless after being used once and would not be used again, so it would be useless for Zuo An to know it.

When they entered the city in the middle of the night, the Ninth Prince did not reveal his identity, but took out the token of the Shenji Camp. When the soldiers guarding the city saw it, they hurriedly opened the side door and let the Ninth Prince and his two companions enter the city.

After entering the city, the Ninth Prince originally wanted to send Feng Qingchen back home, but as soon as he entered the city, someone from the palace was waiting for him, saying that the Emperor had issued an urgent decree, asking the Ninth Prince to enter the palace immediately.

It was obvious that the Emperor was well aware of the whereabouts of the Ninth Uncle, otherwise he would not have arrested him as soon as he entered the city.

The Ninth Prince was not too shocked by this. If the Emperor still didn't know his whereabouts after arriving in Dongling, then his reign as Emperor would have been in vain.

The Ninth Prince nodded to Feng Qingchen, indicating that everything would be fine and asking her to return home with peace of mind.

Although Feng Qingchen was worried, he nodded and returned to Feng Mansion with Zuo An.

She couldn't help the Ninth Prince Uncle in this matter. The Ninth Prince Uncle caused the loss of 30,000 troops in Dongling in Xuanxiao Palace. The emperor would definitely settle the score with him, but she didn't expect that the emperor was so anxious that he dragged the Ninth Prince Uncle into the palace to settle the score as soon as he entered the city.