A voice came from behind me.
Xu Yiran's expression darkened as she looked at Li Qingru, "It seems your plan has backfired. Now the entire Minister's mansion will be implicated."
Li Qingru's expression changed. "What should we do? Although I'm not doing well in the Minister's mansion, what will I do if the Minister's mansion is gone?"
"Otherwise, I'll injure you with a palm strike now, so they won't think we're in cahoots."
Xu Yiran spoke earnestly, raising her hand as if to strike a pose, but Li Qingru shook her head. "No, even if I go back now, my father and mother will blame me for bringing trouble to the Minister's mansion."
"Hurry up and chase after them."
There were still sounds coming from behind.
Xu Yiran said no more, and with a palm strike behind her, she and Li Qingru disappeared from the spot in an instant.
The long street was silent, with several dark figures moving about before finally retreating empty-handed after a long while.
At that very moment, a dark figure soared through the air and flew straight to the city gate.
He was carrying a person on his back. He was weak all over, but his face was cold and hard, showing a spirit of unyielding defiance.
"Who are you, and what do you want?"
"Oh, Young Master Qin, don't be anxious. You don't need to know who we are. All you need to know is that if Nan Lingqin doesn't come to save you, you will soon be dead."
"Where is Yuwen Qingyue? Tell her to come out and see me. If she has the guts, she can say it to my face."
"Ha, you can't just see a princess whenever you want."
As the shadowy figure spoke with a hint of amusement, he had already carried Qin Xun to the city gate. As soon as they landed, he struck Qin Xun's pressure point, then tied a long rope around him and tossed him out.
They actually tied him to the city gate while he was suspended in mid-air.
"Look, what's that?"
The moment the shadow flashed by, the people patrolling below the city gate noticed the anomaly, pointed at Qin Xun who was hanging there, and shouted.
A crowd immediately gathered around, all looking up at the top of the city gate.
Upon seeing this, Qin Xun immediately began to move, but since his acupoints had been sealed, even if he risked injuring himself to break through them, it would still take him a while. At this moment, the city gate was so high and the distance so great that in the darkness, his figure swayed like an enemy about to attack.
"Whoosh—"
It is unclear who fired the first arrow, but the atmosphere became tense, and the city gate guards were on high alert.
"Quickly! Someone from Southern Qi must have secretly infiltrated! Kill them, kill them..."
Someone shouted this phrase again, stirring up restless hearts, fueled by the deep-seated fear brought about by the war between the two countries, or perhaps by a selfish desire for security.
"Whoosh—"
Countless arrows, following orders, shot straight at the swaying figure.
Soaring through the sky for ninety thousand miles, to whom can I confide my heart, for I cannot bear this longing?
Qin Xun's initially anxious expression suddenly calmed down as the arrows, as numerous as cow hairs, flew towards him.
This is a dead end, a dead end from which he cannot escape.
He suddenly understood the other party's purpose in an instant.
However, he never had the chance to tell that kind of woman again that from the day she helped him, his heart seemed to have been haunted by her.
The closer one gets to life and death, the calmer one becomes. Qin Xun smiled, and his entire life echoed in this sleeping space.
He endured hardship and forbearance throughout his life, thinking that the greatest thing he could achieve was to completely destroy the Vice Minister's mansion and gain his freedom, after which anyone who stood in his way would die. However, he met her, who made him realize that the world is vast and there are so many paths for him to choose from.
Nan Lingqin, if I die, will you cry? Will you ever think of me from time to time?
"flutter--"
Arrow after arrow pierced his heart, staining the city wall red. Alone, gazing at the moonlight, he perished.
Will you... remember me...?
A single thought can determine life or death, a mere instant.
His head drooped, and blood flowed down the city wall.
...
Below the cliff, Nan Lingqin was combing the giant clam's hair. Life is so short, and she suddenly realized that what she had been worrying about was nothing more than that.
"Miss, Young Master Qin Xun is dead."
Suddenly, Tinghai appeared.
Nan Lingqin paused, and Tridacna was also taken aback. She naturally knew Qin Xun, who had received much help from her mistress, and he had also helped Qin Xun, the illegitimate son of the mistress's official residence.
"How did he die?"
Nan Lingqin looked at him, her eyes instantly turning a chilling, hellish coldness. "Who killed him?"
Tinghai sensed that the young lady was angry.
"He died, he died on the city gate of Beirongdu, hanging there, riddled with arrows...piercing his heart."
Nan Lingqin's hand trembled, she withdrew it, and in the next instant, she had already dashed away, with Tinghai immediately following behind.
At the city gate.
Upon receiving the message, Yuwen Yao had already arrived. At the city gate, where a thousand people had gathered, they stared in stunned silence at the corpse covered by a white cloth on the ground. Everyone was too frightened to move by the chill emanating from Yuwen Yao.
"Your Highness, at that time... it was too dark, I really couldn't see clearly, I didn't know it was the young master of the Vice Minister's mansion who was tied up and hung there..."
Dressed in full armor, looking embarrassed, and even stuttering as he spoke, he was none other than the city's garrison commander.
The rest of the people remained silent, trembling with fear.
Yuwen Yao watched as the city's garrison commander remained motionless.
"My son, my son..."
Upon receiving the news, the Vice Minister rushed over and immediately threw himself onto the person covered with a white sheet, weeping bitterly and heartbrokenly.
Yuwen Yao's gaze suddenly fell on him, "You don't care about people living, but you cry terribly when people die."
“…What, what?”
The Vice Minister's sobs abruptly ceased, and he met Yuwen Yao's gaze, seemingly not quite understanding.
"Whoosh—"
Suddenly, Tingyu's sword was placed against the Vice Minister's neck.
"Even a tiger doesn't eat its cubs, Your Excellency. Do you need me to make this clear?"
Upon hearing Yuwen Yao's anger, the Vice Minister trembled all over, stammering, "Your Majesty, what are you saying? I don't understand!"
---Aside---
I don't want to say anything, I just want some peace and quiet. Don't ask me who "peace and quiet" is, I won't tell you~
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