Upon seeing Arrow Soul again, the killing intent emanating from him was still there, though he looked much thinner, but his eyes were even more piercing…
The archer was carrying a cloth-wrapped package, from which blood was still dripping continuously…
Judging from its shape, Li Zhu guessed that it was very likely a human head…
The Arrow Spirit appeared before him, not to kill him, but instead to deliver a head? This situation seems rather strange…
"Arrow Soul, it really is you..."
Li Zhu's eyes held a hint of murderous intent. Being nearly shot to death by this bastard in the palace was an indelible humiliation for him!
"Greetings, Your Highness. I have been ordered to deliver Yang Shihou's head, along with the 30,000 private soldiers trained by the Yang family..."
Upon hearing Arrow Soul's words, Li Zhu had only one thought: This guy is a liar...
What a coincidence! He had just thought of incorporating Yang Shihou's soldiers when someone delivered Yang Shihou's life and all his private soldiers into his hands.
Those around them were speechless with shock. This was truly a stroke of luck; their wishes had come true, like a pillow being delivered to someone who was just falling asleep…
"Arrow Soul... are you out of your mind? You and I are enemies, and you just suddenly appear in front of me, telling me you killed Yang Shihou and then voluntarily led his troops to surrender to me? This joke is not funny at all..."
Li Zhu refused to believe it was true, thinking that Arrow Soul was just playing a trick on him...
"Your Highness, everything I said is true. This is Yang Shihou's head..."
As Arrow Soul spoke, he threw the package in his hand to the ground, and the human heads inside rolled out like bowling balls, revealing a bloody head before everyone's eyes...
"Arrow Soul, you should know that very few people know what Yang Shihou looks like. Even I haven't seen his true face. You just throw a head at me and say it's Yang Shihou; that's very difficult to verify..."
Li Zhu stroked his chin and said that by now, he had believed 30% of what Jian Hun said, and the remaining 70% was simply because the two of them had different stances before...
He just didn't understand what made Arrow Soul set aside his prejudices and come to join him.
Arrow Soul was tasked by Yang Guifei to intercept and assassinate Li Zhu in the palace…
Logically speaking, it wouldn't be unreasonable for Arrow Soul to seek refuge with Yang Shihou after leaving Luoyang, given their existing cooperative relationship...
But now that the other party had cut off Yang Shihou's head and presented it to him, he was completely bewildered. He wasn't confident enough that others would bow down and prostrate themselves upon seeing him...
If that were the case, Cui Qianyi wouldn't have doubted his abilities, and Zhu Zhen and Hong Ao wouldn't have needed to resort to torture to obtain the information they wanted...
"Your Highness, the Yang family's private soldiers are now entirely under my control. With just your command, they will all be your subordinates..."
Arrow Soul's expression remained unchanged, appearing cold and aloof, but it was precisely this attitude that made Li Zhu unsure of the other party's true intentions...
"Arrow Soul, the news you brought me is truly shocking, so shocking that it's unbelievable. If you were just trying to lure me in, then let me tell you, you've succeeded. Whether it's the 30,000 private soldiers or Yang Shihou's head, these are the things I want to see most right now, and you've delivered them all to me at once. Now, tell me your purpose..."
Li Zhu observed the Arrow Soul's reaction, but the other's gaze remained completely unmoved, as if it were an emotionless robot...
Faced with Li Zhu's questioning, Arrow Soul calmly replied...
"Just completing the task assigned to me by the Empress..."
Your Majesty? A mission?
Li Zhu stared blankly at the Arrow Soul, and couldn't help but ask in confusion.
"You're talking about Yang Guifei, right? She gave you a mission to kill your own family members and then defect to me? That doesn't make sense..."
Arrow Soul still wore an expression that said, as if someone owed him three million.
"The Empress I'm referring to is Consort Nangong..."
Consort Nangong?
A big question mark appeared in Li Zhu's mind. He felt that things were getting more and more interesting. How could such an easily exposed lie be told? His mother stayed in that small courtyard every day. How could she possibly have come into contact with Jian Hun, a military officer?
He looked at Arrow Soul with some uncertainty and asked...
You mean my mother?
Seeing Arrow Soul nod in agreement, Li Zhu was even more speechless. His mother only had one maidservant, Xiao Su, so how could she possibly give a military officer a mission? And even if she did give a mission, you wouldn't be able to obey, would you?
Are you sure you're not joking?
Looking at the dead Arrow Soul, Li Zhu felt it wasn't lying, but something still felt off...
"I never joke!"
Arrow Soul said with utmost seriousness!
Li Zhu clicked his tongue, then couldn't help but look at him questioningly.
"You should know that my mother was just a talented woman, right?"
Seeing Arrow Soul nod in agreement, Li Zhu continued to question.
"Then you should understand that my mother never leaves her own courtyard. If I hadn't deliberately stirred things up, the place where my mother lives would still be a dilapidated, cold palace. How could she possibly give you a task?"
"Your Highness, sometimes you can't judge things by appearances alone. Consort Nangong is far more capable than you imagine..."
"Arrow Soul said calmly!"
This left Li Zhu speechless for a moment, after all, he had long harbored suspicions about his mother…
For an ordinary concubine to know someone from the Heavenly Dao Alliance, and even a high-ranking one at that, is no ordinary matter...
He was the only one who insisted that his mother was just an ordinary woman...
He then thought about how his mother had received so many poisoned food containers without suffering any harm, which in itself seemed very unreasonable…
Every time he went to see his mother, he could sense the faint aura of powerful figures on the way. He initially thought they were experts from the palace, but now he realized they were probably responsible for protecting his mother…
And then there was the expert who suddenly appeared when Xun Daoren was trying to kill him…
The sudden demise of the Yang family…
Looking back now, it seems there are too many things that are hard to explain, but once you connect them to his mother, everything makes sense...
"You were Yang Guifei's subordinate, so why are you obeying my mother's orders?"
Li Zhu looked at Jian Hun and questioned him, "Even if everything he said is true, why should he obey his mother's orders?"
"I am not Yang Guifei's subordinate. It was that vicious woman who had the Yang family coerce my wife and daughters, forcing me to work for her..."
Arrow Soul's eyes suddenly flashed with murderous intent, clearly showing his immense resentment towards Yang Guifei...
"If you kill Yang Shihou, aren't you putting your own family in danger?"
Li Zhu looked at the Arrow Soul with a puzzled expression and asked...
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