Chapter 614: Eliminating the Traitor
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In the cold wind, the appearance of the jade flying sword was beyond the expectations of many people.
The lake water that gushed out from the already broken ice surface was dented into a straight line under the powerful "wind pressure" of the flying sword.
The golden tablet floated in the air, and the priest's robe embroidered with gold thread fluttered in the wind.
She held the staff tightly in both hands and held it upright in front of her. Her face was tense, and the golden eye on the top of the staff was spinning around in fear.
Facing Qi Yuchun's "counterattack", Jin Jian felt that the air around her was confined and squeezed towards her.
Just when Qi Yuchun's spear was about to pierce Jin Jian's chest, the latter suddenly retracted his spear and swung the black spear handle horizontally to block the flying sword that was already cutting towards his neck.
"bite!"
There was a slight crash, followed by a white turbulent air wave that suddenly exploded and spread in a ring shape.
Qi Yuchun felt as if his whole body was electrified, staring intently at the figure of a Taoist nun who was making hand gestures and flying rapidly from the lake in the distance.
His eyes flashed like lightning, and he suddenly shouted:
"Is the Tianshi Mansion also going to intervene in this royal dispute?"
Yuxiu turned a deaf ear to him and just turned her wrist. The flying jade sword was like a cruise missile, circling over the lake surface, accumulating kinetic energy, and came towards the two of them again!
"If you're not dead, let's carry it together!"
Qi Yuchun was furious and let Ren Kun go.
The Earth God Magician's magic power has recovered a little now, so how dare he underestimate the enemy?
The two joined forces and began to resist the two priests, Yuxiu and Jinjian.
However, compared to the two who had been fighting for a long time, Yuxiu was still in peak condition. In addition, the two had lost their will to fight and just wanted to escape. After only a few dozen rounds of fighting, the Kuangfushe duo had several wounds on their bodies.
"This vicious woman..." Qi Yuchun felt a chill in his heart, realizing that if he delayed any longer, and Zhao Duan, Ji Yue and others rushed over, both of them would probably die here.
Thinking of this, a fierce look flashed in the eyes of the former commander of the imperial guards. He swept his spear decisively, suddenly pulling Ren Kun towards the two women, and then he raised his spear high and slammed it hard on the lake surface.
"boom!"
With full force, the surging lake water rolled up huge waves.
"Run Niang..." Ren Kun was caught off guard and cursed loudly, with the flying sword in his pupils getting bigger and bigger.
Before he could curse Qi Yuchun, he suddenly bit his tongue, spurting out blood, and the shadow of the earth god protected his body.
Then, from the head down, Ren Kun's skin and clothes quickly turned into a "rock" state. Almost in the blink of an eye, he froze himself into a stone man.
Pulled by gravity, the stone man quickly fell toward the lake.
"snort!"
Yuxiu snorted coldly, the female Taoist's eyes flashed like lightning, and the flying sword spun around the stone man frantically, sparks flying, and in the blink of an eye, the surface of the stone man was scraped off a layer, revealing the bloody flesh inside the stone.
A large amount of magic power leaked out, and cracks appeared on the surface of the stone man. Jin Jian blinked and suddenly stretched out his magic wand.
The brown branches at the end of the staff stretched out wildly, actually binding up the broken stone man.
At this time, the huge waves that had risen high fell, and Qi Yuchun disappeared without a trace.
The battle is over.
Jin Jian exhaled deeply, feeling as if she had just walked through the gates of hell. She looked at Yu Xiu in confusion:
"Second Senior Sister, why are you here?"
After all, Second Senior Sister is very principled. Logically, she shouldn't be involved in this matter.
Yuxiu had a blank expression on her face and glared at her unhappily: "Isn't it because I'm worried about you?"
At this time, Yuxiu turned her head and looked at Zhao Duan who was rushing over on a piece of bamboo, with cold eyes.
The female Taoist priest was very dissatisfied with Zhao's despicable behavior of using the golden tablet to forcibly involve her.
Zhao Duan was soaked through, but his face was rosy and full of energy. Facing the female Taoist's gaze, he smiled:
"Priest, calm down. As far as I know, this Ren Kun is a sorcerer on the Tianshi Mansion's wanted list. Your handling of him is absolutely in accordance with the rules and does not violate any taboos. It is also a great achievement."
Yu Xiu was choked by him and lost her temper for a moment. Every time this Zhao guy plotted against her, he could always find a reason.
At this time, a woman in red clothes and black hair suddenly emerged from the surging lake.
Jiyue emerged from the vast expanse of ochre-colored water and said:
"Nothing was found, sir."
The smile on Zhao Duan's face faded.
Xu Jianwen was knocked to the bottom of the lake and disappeared...but he was not surprised.
At this moment, he recalled that at the beginning of his time travel, Zhuang Xiaocheng was rescued from the bamboo forest in the southern suburbs of the capital by the earth god across thousands of miles.
He glanced coldly at Ren Kun, who had turned into a stone man and was barely breathing, and realized that it was the other party who cast a spell at the critical moment and took Xu Jianwen away.
but……
Feeling the mysterious sensation transmitted by the dragon soul in the sea of qi, he could vaguely sense Xu Jianwen's breath.
"Jiyue stays here, I'll be back soon."
After Zhao Duan said this, the bamboo under his feet suddenly shot out like a sharp arrow and chased in a certain direction.
He slowly clenched the sword in his hand, and murderous intent arose in his heart... If possible, he would never let Xu Jianwen go.
But the fact that I possess the dragon soul is not something I can tell outsiders.
As for the escaped Qi Yuchun, he didn't take him seriously. He was just a brainless warrior and not a big threat... Well, the main reason was that Qi Yuchun had too much blood and was really difficult to kill.
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Several miles away.
On a barren mountain, the ground suddenly bulged out like a big mouth, spitting out Xu Jianwen, who was covered in blood.
“Cough… cough cough…”
At this moment, Xu Jianwen was in an extremely miserable state. His robe was almost torn to pieces, his hair was disheveled, and his body was covered in blood.
He struggled to turn over and slowly tore open his coat on his chest, revealing an ancient and unusual "heart-protecting mirror" that was cut in half in the middle, as if it were made six hundred years ago during the Daqi period of the previous dynasty.
The heart-protecting mirror was tattered and dull, looking like it was useless.
Xu Jianwen snorted, picked it up, threw it on the ground, and looked at the knife wound on his chest with fear and confusion in his eyes.
"How could this be..."
If it weren't for this top-grade protective charm, he would have been almost killed.
But the one who truly broke through Xu Jianwen's psychological defenses was Zhao Duan, this "palace attendant," this outsider who cultivated the path of a martial god, this slave... who should have been suppressed by the secret technique and unable to move, yet why was he not only not affected, but...
instead……
Xu Jianwen was unwilling to admit it.
At the moment when the two bamboo rafts approached each other, it was his energy that was suppressed.
Yes!
He, the legitimate prince, was suppressed by an outsider in the inheritance of martial arts, as if he was the slave and Zhao Duan was the master.
“Impossible… Impossible…”
Xu Jianwen murmured to himself, no longer able to maintain his calm and confident attitude.
He is not afraid of failure.
He had survived the disastrous defeat of the Xuanmen coup, and this was not the first time he had been in danger.
But he couldn't accept this incomprehensible failure.
However, Xu Jianwen soon realized that he was not out of danger yet. He reluctantly took out a few pills and swallowed them, then staggered to his feet and fled into the distance in the barren mountains.
He fled in a very miserable manner, not caring that his clothes were torn by thorns and dead trees on the road.
However, the more he ran, the more the fear of being targeted by a ferocious beast grew.
It was as if a force that made him instinctively fear was approaching.
Finally, Xu Jianwen followed the sound of water and emerged from the bushes, only to be shocked to find that there was a dead end ahead.
A cliff lay ahead, and below it was a steep drop a hundred feet high, and beneath the cracked ground flowed a rushing underground river...
"Second Prince, it seems I have won."
Zhao Duan walked out of the forest, holding a sword in his hand, and approached cautiously.
He wasn't sure what other cards Xu Jianwen had hidden, but having fought with Prince Heng and Prince Mu, he was instinctively wary of such royal family members.
No one knows whether these royal relatives have hidden treasures that they can use to fight for their lives.
Xu Jianwen stumbled backwards, a cliff behind him. He stared at Zhao Duan like a lone wolf trapped in despair, but his expression quickly calmed down.
"It seems I underestimated you. Why aren't you controlled by the secret technique?"
Zhao Duan stepped on the dead branches and rotten leaves on the ground and approached with a sneer:
"Your Highness wants to know? Come back to the capital with me and you will know after meeting His Majesty."
Xu Jianwen looked at him meaningfully:
"You want to take me back to Beijing?"
Zhao Duan said seriously:
"Actually, I'd rather kill you. But if I could catch you alive, you might be more useful."
For example...interrogate and find out some things.
For example... as long as we get Xu Jianwen's confession, we can completely resolve the long-standing false accusations against the Empress by the Kuangfu Society...
Xu Jianwen smiled:
"You don't have to deceive me with such words. Good chess players know that they should leave their opponents with a breath when they are forced into a desperate situation. But how could I be fooled? Zhao Duan, if you have the guts, you can come after me!"
After saying that, without waiting for Zhao Duan to react, Xu Jianwen fell backwards with his head tilted back, his whole body falling straight down the cliff like a piece of dead wood!
Zhao Duan was startled and rushed to the edge of the cliff, leaving behind his residual shadow. He saw Xu Jianwen falling face down. In the blink of an eye, he fell hundreds of feet and fell into the crack in the ground, disappearing without a trace.
"This madman..."
Zhao Duan suppressed the urge to jump off the cliff...
Any warrior in the world would be killed instantly if he fell from this height.
As for the magic… after that slash, the internal energy in his sea of qi was almost exhausted.
After a while, Jin Jian and Yu Xiu caught up from behind the forest.
"Can you go down and search? I can pay you." Zhao Duan turned around and said.
Yuxiu stopped Jin Jian who was eager to try and said:
"Her mana is almost exhausted, and I'm not good at flying."
After a fierce battle.
Except for Yuxiu who was in better condition, the rest of them were exhausted.
Zhao Duan sighed softly, not surprised at all. He walked back decisively:
"Alright. Let's go back then. This isn't over yet. Since Xu Jianwen and his men were injured, the enemy forces in Hu Ting must be weakened. This is a good opportunity to take Hu Ting down."
Seeing him being so straightforward, Yuxiu was stunned and said suspiciously:
"Are you giving up now?"
Zhao Duan turned his head and grinned at her:
"To act knowing it's impossible is a mediocre talent. Since we weren't well prepared this time, we'll just eliminate him next time. These despicable remnants can only exist by relying on Prince Jing. What's there to fear?"
Yuxiu was startled and looked at him with a different look.
After saying that, Zhao Duan continued to walk back, but his heart was bleeding...
"Damn... What a pity! Otherwise, if we catch this guy, he'll definitely scare Zhenbao..."
"Yeah, but there's no rush. I think I can use the Dragon Soul to sense this guy's location within a certain range... In other words, next time he appears within a certain range of me, I'll be able to sense him..."
"Hey, if the Dragon Soul fully awakens, will this sensing range expand?"
"As for the existence of Dragon Soul, Xu Jianwen obviously didn't guess it. That's because...even Zhen Bao couldn't guess it, so how could he have guessed it?
However... I didn't expect Longpo to have this ability... In this case... perhaps, the plan to deal with Prince Jing can be advanced..."
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Inside Huting City.
In the temporary military tent, Ye Xin was wearing armor and pacing back and forth.
From time to time, messengers came in to report the latest developments, but due to limited means of communication, Ye Xin was unable to grasp the battle situation in a timely manner.
“Woo…”
Inside the big tent, a civil servant was tied up with hemp rope on a chair. It was Jiang Wangsun.
At this moment, Jiang Wangsun had a rag in his mouth, breathing heavily through his nostrils, and stared at him intently.
Ye Xin turned his head to look at him, sneered, and reached out to pull the rag out of his mouth.
"Ye Xin! Are you crazy? How dare you arrest me? I will report you to the prince!" Jiang Wangsun cursed.
But there was fear hidden in his tone.
Before the prisoner exchange operation started today, Jiang Wangsun was called over by Ye Xin himself and then tied up.
Ye Xin looked at him with disdain and said sarcastically:
"Keep pretending. Do you really think that this general knows nothing about your secret defection to the imperial court and your meeting with that traitor Zhao Duan? Or do you think that I, Ye Xin, am blind and don't know that you secretly let Feng Ju and others go?"
Jiang Wangsun's beard trembled, and he was still pretending to be stupid:
"I don't understand what you are talking about."
Ye Xin smiled and said lightly:
"Still don't understand? I might as well explain it to you. Before the prince left, he told me alone that he knew you were secretly colluding with the court and was determined to depose you.
It's just that since you are the hero who started the uprising, the prince couldn't bear to do it himself, so he arranged for me to wait for the right time to get rid of you.
It was Military Advisor Xu who thought that perhaps he could keep you and deceive and mislead the court, so he kept tolerating you.
Today's prisoner exchange plan was personally formulated by Military Advisor Xu. Regardless of whether Zhao Duan chooses to stay in the city or go to Yansuo Lake to provide assistance, he will later realize that the information you conveyed was wrong.
Do you think that by then, with this person's suspicious nature, he will still believe you?"
Jiang Wangsun was stunned.
Ye Xin continued:
“And if the other party doesn’t believe you, then there’s no point in keeping you.
Don't worry, in order to stabilize the military, we won't make public your betrayal of the prince. If you publicly announce your death, it will only mean you were assassinated by someone sent by the imperial court...
Well, the premise is that Zhao Duan is still alive today.
If he is as strategist Xu predicts, perhaps even the Zhao family will be defeated here, and then you will no longer be alone on your journey to the underworld."
Jiang Wangsun showed a look of complete fear.
Watching Ye Xin walking towards him step by step, fishy urine dripped from under his robe.
"General Ye, I'm not... I didn't... I want to see the prince..."
"Maybe in the next life."
Ye Xin reached out his hand in disgust, grabbed Jiang Wangsun's neck, twisted it hard, and with a "click", Jiang Wangsun died.
At the same time that Ye Xin executed the traitor, soft applause was heard from a corner of his tent.
The light distorted, and Jin Jian waved his staff, breaking his invisibility.
Zhao Duan smiled and clapped his hands, praising:
"What a show! General Ye did a great job."
"Zhao Duan!" Ye Xin was shocked and stepped back in fear subconsciously, reaching out to grab the long sword on the weapon rack.
Zhao Duan was too lazy to talk nonsense with him. The light of the sword flashed, and a thin line appeared on Ye Xin's neck. He fell to the ground with a hoarse sound.
He stared at Zhao Duan in disbelief as he walked towards him.
The latter wiped the knife on his body and said softly:
"Traitors deserve death. But you are also a traitor to the court."
(End of this chapter)
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