Chapter 455 I wish we had never met
Luo Heng frowned slightly when he saw Pei Yuan sitting high on his horse and the Flying Eagle Guards behind him.
"What does Your Highness mean by this?"
Pei Yuan gave him a cold glance, raised the imperial edict in his hand, and said loudly:
"His Majesty has decreed that Luo Heng is the son of a criminal who colluded with the Imperial Guards to poison a prince and committed numerous other crimes, including arson and assault."
"He is hereby ordered to be immediately arrested and imprisoned, and handed over to the three judicial departments for joint trial. The entire Luo family's property is to be confiscated and all assets seized."
Luo Heng's expression changed drastically, and he subconsciously took a few steps back.
Pei Yuan waved his hand, and the Flying Eagle Guards instantly pounced over, surrounding the entire Luo residence.
He landed steadily in front of Luo Heng, holding a long sword.
He pointed his long sword at Luo Heng, his face filled with a chilling killing intent.
"Luo Heng, your good days are over. Today, let's settle our old and new scores together."
Luo Heng's face turned ashen. With a tremor, he pulled a soft sword from his waist and looked at Pei Yuan with eyes full of hatred.
"You're really tough. I've tried several times but failed to take your life. It seems that Heaven has taken pity on me and allowed me to take your life with my own hands."
"I wonder how many of my sword strikes your poisoned and mangled body can withstand?"
A hint of mockery surfaced in Pei Yuan's eyes.
"To deal with you, my broken body is enough."
Enraged, Luo Heng drew his sword and charged forward, instantly engaging Pei Yuan in battle.
For the past three years, he had harbored deep hatred for Pei Yuan and had been practicing martial arts diligently, hoping that one day he could kill Pei Yuan with his own hands.
Unexpectedly, after only a few dozen rounds of fighting, the sword was kicked away.
Pei Yuan sliced off his jade crown with a single sword stroke. Half of his hair was also cut off, hanging loosely over his shoulders, making him look utterly disheveled.
Luo Heng was filled with rage and threw a punch, but was kicked hard in the chest and fell to the ground.
Before he could get up, Pei Yuan's longsword was already at his neck.
Luo Heng's face turned ashen; he couldn't believe that Pei Yuan, despite being poisoned, had managed to capture him.
He pursed his lips tightly, his eyes filled with resentment as he looked at Pei Yuan. A frenzied hatred fermented in his heart, turning his eyes bloodshot.
"Why? Why do I always lose to you?"
"Pei Yuan, do you know how much I hate you? Because of you, I had a very miserable childhood."
When I met Achu, I thought it was God taking pity on me, finally allowing me to meet the girl I liked and live a happy life.
He looked up and stared intently at Pei Yuan.
"But why did you even try to take A-Chu away? You're already a prince, what kind of woman can't you have?"
Why do you have to take A-Chu from me? You ruined my childhood and stole the person I love most in my life. I wish I could chop off your head and tear you to pieces.
Pei Yuan snorted coldly, "You're wrong. It wasn't me who ruined your happy childhood. A-Chu has already told you the truth, but you just refused to believe it."
As for Achu, she never loved you from beginning to end; you only brought this upon yourself.
Luo Heng trembled all over, looking like a madman.
"You've created your own trap? You're talking nonsense. If it weren't for you, Achu would definitely have fallen in love with me."
Pei Yuan was too lazy to argue with him and signaled the Flying Eagle Guards to take him away.
Luo Heng suddenly gave him a strange smile.
"Pei Yuan, do you really think you can kill me like this?"
Pei Yuan's expression remained indifferent.
"You mean you still have Fengyun Pavilion? Well, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed."
Luo Heng's pupils constricted slightly as he thought of something.
"What else did you do?"
"We didn't do anything special. What happens in the martial world should be left to the martial world. Who can guarantee that there aren't other organizations in the martial world coveting Fengyun Pavilion?"
Pei Yuan scoffed, "Your Fengyun Pavilion can assassinate people and also has other clandestine businesses."
"If another gang offers a higher price, and your master is no longer here, do you think those people might betray you?"
"You!" Luo Heng's face turned deathly pale instantly.
Fengyun Pavilion was his last trump card. Even during the three years he followed Prince Heng, he was very careful not to let Prince Heng come into contact with too much of Fengyun Pavilion's power.
"You...you destroyed my Fengyun Pavilion?"
Pei Yuan shook his head, "Not yet, but it should be soon."
"Heh, for the past three years, you haven't really thought I was someone who would die from poison at any moment, have you?"
The color drained from Luo Heng's face inch by inch, and the last glimmer of hope in his eyes vanished.
Pei Yuan waved his hand, and two Flying Eagle Guards stepped forward and tied him up.
Luo Heng suddenly began to struggle violently, his voice hoarse.
"Where is A-Chu? I want to see A-Chu, let me see A-Chu."
Pei Yuan looked down at him from his high position, his expression icy cold.
He used a great deal of self-control to refrain from killing Luo Heng with a single sword strike, because of the person who had caused him and A Chu to be separated for three years.
How dare Luo Heng ask to see A Chu?
"A-Chu doesn't want to see you. She only has one message for me to pass on."
Luo Heng stared intently at him, a glimmer of starlight returning to his eyes.
Pei Yuan parted his thin lips slightly and slowly uttered a sentence.
"A-Chu said she wished they had never met, so that they would never meet again in the next life."
Luo Heng trembled all over, staggered backward, and collapsed to the ground.
Her lips trembled, and she murmured, "I wish we had never met, so that we would never meet again in the next life..."
Ah Chu, do you hate me that much?
He couldn't help but chuckle, and as he laughed, tears streamed down his face.
I wish we had never met.
But if he leaves with A-Chu on their first meeting and becomes A-Chu's master, or if he leaves A-Chu behind and grows up with her.
Will his life have turned out differently?
Or perhaps after he learned that Achu was a woman, he let go of his deep-seated hatred, stopped taking advantage of Achu, and wholeheartedly treated her well?
But life doesn't offer "what ifs".
After a brief encounter, he and Achu eventually went their separate ways and drifted further and further apart.
The light in Luo Heng's eyes went out completely, and he was taken away like a puppet.
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When Pei Yuan arrested Luo Heng, the Longqing Emperor issued an imperial edict.
Grand Secretary Chen actually swapped his son with a death row inmate, breaking the law. His Majesty immediately stripped him of his official post, but out of respect for the Empress Dowager, demoted him to a commoner.
His son was immediately taken to the execution ground and executed.
Upon hearing the news, the Empress Dowager was so enraged that she vomited blood and fainted.
The Luo family's residence was raided, and the Chen family was dismissed.
All of this happened after Prince Rui, Pei Yuan, brought his princess to the palace.
The news that her princess was the young Master Shen from three years ago, and that Chu Chu, the accountant of the Flying Eagle Guard, spread throughout the capital in an instant.
Shen Chu returned to the Flying Eagle Guard.
When she stepped into the Flying Eagle Guard, almost everyone's eyes were on her.
Li Ruer, who had repeatedly made things difficult for her, knelt down in a panic.
"This humble servant was ignorant and arrogant, and offended Your Highness. Please forgive me."
Li Ruer's face was deathly pale, and her voice trembled as she spoke.
Shen Chu looked at her with a half-smile.
"I have impure thoughts? I seduced His Highness?"
Li Ruer was so frightened that she waved her hands and kept kowtowing.
"Please spare my life, Your Highness. I truly know I was wrong."
Shen Chu's smile faded slightly. Her purpose in coming to the Flying Eagle Guard was not to make things difficult for Li Ru'er, but Li Ru'er was a potential breakthrough point.
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