"You are all my men, and I will save your lives. Even if the King of Hell himself came today, he could not take your lives!"
As Qi Guze spoke, he swallowed some more pills, and then his internal energy suddenly erupted.
With a single swing of his sword, many soldiers around him fell to the ground, unable to get up!
"Ah—! Who are you? How do you possess such powerful internal energy?"
"Could they be using this as a pretext to steal the treasure? Are they actually trying to lure us away and send someone to assassinate His Majesty?"
"Since you refuse to surrender, then you will all die here today!"
These soldiers guessed that Qi Guze and his group might be after the King of Mingyue Kingdom, so they immediately sent out some men to find someone to protect him.
Qi Guze and his group only came for the Red Vine, how could they possibly be here to assassinate the King of Mingyue Kingdom?
Meanwhile, in another part of the palace, the King of Mingyue Kingdom, upon learning that someone had broken into the palace and stolen from the treasure pavilion, immediately dispatched men to capture the thief, while he himself remained safely in his bedchamber, protected by many people.
However, as the thieves became particularly wicked, he sent out one of his elite soldiers, leaving him with fewer guards. Suddenly, assassins rushed over.
"Kill him! Kill this scoundrel king!"
"You traitorous dog of the Nation! You actually want to betray the Moon Kingdom and cooperate with the Great Zhou Kingdom! You deserve to die!"
"We absolutely cannot let the dog king live today, or our entire Mingyue Kingdom will be doomed! We'll become a vassal state of the Great Zhou Kingdom!"
"Everyone, charge! Kill that dog king!"
This group of assassins, under the guise of acting in the best interests of the Mingyue Kingdom, wanted to kill the King of Mingyue!
The guards around the King of Mingyue Kingdom rushed to protect him, and a fight was about to break out.
Blood flowed outside the sleeping quarters, and many corpses lay scattered on the ground.
When the soldiers arrived with their men to protect the King of Mingyue, many people had already died in the palace.
The king of the Dark Moon Kingdom also took up his weapon and fought back against the assassins, sustaining some minor injuries in the process.
"Don't kill them all! Leave one alive! I want to see who these assassins are, daring to come and kill me!"
The King of Mingyue Kingdom instructed his men not to kill all the assassins.
But no sooner had he finished speaking than the soldiers had already killed almost all the assassins.
The remaining assassins, barely clinging to life, had no desire to survive. They immediately bit down on the poison stuffed in their teeth and died on the spot!
"When the king returned and fled, they were all dead! Not a single one survived!"
"These people are all suicide squad members; they came here prepared to die!"
"We can't get any clues about who's behind them from these people. If we want to find them, we still have to arrest those people outside the Treasure Pavilion!"
But as the soldiers looked at the corpses on the ground, a question suddenly arose in their minds.
These people are no match for the people we just dealt with at the Treasure Pavilion; it's as if they're deliberately coming here to die!
They were incredibly fragile; the soldiers only needed a few moves to kill them.
It's as if they came here specifically to leave evidence!
I wonder if these assassins are the same group that robbed the treasure vault.
However, none of this is their business; it is entirely up to the King of the Underworld to make arrangements.
"You all stay here to protect me. If things don't go well at the Treasure Pavilion, then you can go and help!"
As the King of Mingyue spoke, he felt a lingering fear in his heart.
If he hadn't also known martial arts, he might have been killed by these assassins.
His servant quickly went to fetch the imperial physician to bandage his wounds.
The soldiers surrounded the palace, protecting the safety of the King of Mingyue.
While keeping an eye on the Treasure Pavilion, they wondered if they would send someone over to ask for help.
But they received no news; it was as if everything had gone smoothly.
Meanwhile, at the Treasure Pavilion, Qi Guze had already knocked all the surrounding soldiers to the ground!
After those soldiers were knocked down, no one stopped them anymore.
Are you sure Duan Nian and the others have entered the treasure pavilion?
"Despite the loud fighting outside, there is still no sound coming from inside the treasure pavilion."
There were some suspicious points to all of this, and Qi Guze felt that there was definitely more to it than that.
Pei Xuan said, "Yes, Miss Xu said that she personally saw Duan Nian and the others enter the treasure pavilion. A short while later, a signal flare suddenly came from above the treasure pavilion."
"Duan Nian and the others must have triggered some mechanism, which caused the signal flare to be fired. They must be trapped inside the treasure pavilion now!"
Upon hearing this, Qi Guze said to Pei Xuan and the others, "Take a group of people and provide backup in this area, pretending that the thieves have already escaped."
"After I enter the treasure pavilion and rescue Duan Nian and the others, we will leave together."
Pei Xuan hurriedly said, "No! How can we let Your Highness go in and risk your life?"
"You should stay here. I'll personally lead the men in to rescue them!"
Qi Guze's face darkened, and he said to Pei Xuan, "So, do you want me to listen to you, or do you want me to listen to you?"
His tone was very cold and hard; if Pei Xuan disobeyed him, he would definitely punish Pei Xuan severely.
Upon hearing this, Pei Xuan nodded silently. "Alright, then I will take men and guard this place. If Your Highness encounters any danger in the treasure pavilion, please remember to remind us, and we will immediately go in to rescue you!"
"Um."
Qi Guze responded indifferently, and then led the group into the treasure pavilion. He wanted to see what was stopping Duan Nian and the others.
Pei Xuan and his men then quickly disposed of the body on the ground and erased all clues.
Then they hid in a nearby area and carefully observed the situation at the treasure pavilion.
Meanwhile, Qi Guze had already entered the first floor of the treasure pavilion.
On the first floor, there were only some books and documents nearby, nothing particularly special. There was no blood or signs of a struggle, and everything seemed quite ordinary.
Therefore, the place where Duan Nian and the others had their accident was not on the first floor of the treasure pavilion.
Qi Guze then led his men to the second floor of the treasure pavilion. The treasures on the second floor were jade artifacts, all of which were extremely valuable. If they were put up for auction outside, they might be worth a fortune!
But in Qi Guze's eyes, these treasures were nothing at all; they were just inanimate objects with so-so value that he didn't even care about them.
Qi Guze didn't find Duan Nian and the others on the second floor, so he went up to the third and fourth floors.
The third and fourth floors contain some fabrics and some jewels, which are also quite ordinary items.
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