Chapter 614: Elimination of Adultery
Chapter 614: Elimination of Adultery
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In the cold wind, the appearance of the jade flying sword caught many people by surprise.
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 single golden eye on top of the staff was spinning around in fear.
Faced with Qi Yuchun's "counterattack", Jin Jian felt that the air around her was being held back and pressed 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.
"Ding!"
There was a slight impact sound, and then a white turbulent air wave 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, gathering kinetic energy, and coming 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 been slightly restored 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 seemed to be still in her peak condition. In addition, the two had long lost the will to fight and only wanted to escape. After only fighting for dozens of rounds, the Kuangfushe duo had several wounds on their bodies.
"This vicious woman..." Qi Yuchun's heart sank, 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, the former commander of the imperial guards had a fierce look in his eyes, and he swept his spear decisively, suddenly pulling Ren Kun towards the two women, while he raised his spear high and slammed the lake surface hard.
"boom!"
With full force, the surging lake water rolled up huge waves.
"Run mother..." 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 bit his tongue hard, spurting out blood, with the shadow of the Earth God protecting his body.
Then, from the head down, Ren Kun's skin and clothes quickly turned into a "rock" state. In almost the blink of an eye, he froze himself into a stone man.
Pulled by gravity, the stone man quickly fell toward the lake.
"Humph!"
Yuxiu snorted coldly, the female Taoist's eyes flashed like lightning, and the flying sword spun around the stone man frantically, sparks flew, and in the blink of an eye, the surface layer of the stone man was scraped away, 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 staff.
The brown branches at the end of the staff stretched out wildly and actually tied up the broken stone man.
At this moment, the huge waves that had risen high fell down, 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 Taoist priest's gaze, he smiled:
"Priest, calm down. As far as I know, this Ren Kun is a sorcerer on the wanted list of the Tianshi Mansion. Your handling of this man 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 moment, a woman in red clothes and black hair suddenly emerged from the rippling lake.
Jiyue emerged from the large area of khaki-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 by the Earth God from a thousand miles away in the bamboo forest in the southern suburbs of the capital.
He glanced coldly at Ren Kun, who had turned into a stone man and was barely alive, 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 his sea of qi, he could vaguely sense Xu Jianwen's breath.
"Jiyue stay, I'll be back soon."
After Zhao Duan said this, the bamboo under his feet suddenly shot out like sharp arrows 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 spirit of a dragon 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, not a big threat... Well, the main reason was that Qi Yuchun's blood was too thick, making him really difficult to kill.
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Miles away.
On a barren mountain, the ground suddenly bulged out into a big mouth, spitting out Xu Jianwen, who was covered in blood.
"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 was made during the Daqi period of the previous dynasty six hundred years ago.
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 so..."
If it weren't for this top-grade protective charm, he would have been nearly killed.
But what really broke through Xu Jianwen's psychological defenses was Zhao Duan, the "palace minister", the outsider who practiced the way of martial god, the slave... He should have been suppressed by the secret technique and could not move, but why was he not affected, but...
instead……
Xu Jianwen was unwilling to admit it.
At the moment when the two bamboo rafts approached each other, his energy 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 desperate manner, not caring that his clothes were torn by thorns and dead trees on the way.
However, the more he ran, the more the fear of being targeted by the 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 no way out. There was a cliff in front of him, and below the cliff was a steep cliff hundreds of feet high, and there was a rushing underground river under the cracked ground...
"Second Prince, it looks like I won."
Zhao Duan walked out of the forest, knife in hand, and approached cautiously.
He was not sure what other cards Xu Jianwen had hidden, but having fought with Prince Heng and Prince Mu, he was instinctively wary of such royal members.
No one knows whether these royal relatives have hidden treasures that can be used to fight for their lives.
Xu Jianwen staggered backwards, with a cliff behind him. He stared at Zhao Duan like a lone wolf trapped in despair, but his expression quickly calmed down:
"It seems that I underestimated you. Why are you not 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 you can be caught alive, you might be more useful."
For example...torture out some things.
For example... as long as we get Xu Jianwen's confession, we can completely resolve the long-standing slander 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 a breath when forcing their opponents into a desperate situation. But how could I be fooled? Zhao Duan, if you have the guts, you can chase after me!"
After saying this, without waiting for Zhao Duan to react, Xu Jianwen fell with his head raised, and his whole body fell straight down the cliff like a piece of dead wood!
Zhao Du'an was startled and rushed to the edge of the cliff, leaving behind his residual shadow. He saw Xu Jianwen falling on his back. In the blink of an eye, he fell hundreds of feet and fell into the crack of the earth, disappearing without a trace.
"This madman..."
Zhao Duan suppressed the urge to jump off the cliff...
If a warrior in the world fell from this height, he would be killed on the spot.
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." Zhao Duan turned around and said.
Yuxiu stopped Jin Jian who was eager to try and said:
"Her mana is almost exhausted, and I am not good at flying."
A fierce battle ensued.
Except for Yuxiu who was in better condition, the rest of them were exhausted.
Zhao Duan sighed softly, not surprised, and walked back quickly:
"Alright. Let's go back, the matter is not over yet. Since Xu Jianwen and his men were injured, the enemy forces in Hu Ting must be unprecedentedly empty, and we can take advantage of the opportunity to capture Hu Ting."
Seeing him being so straightforward, Yu Xiu was stunned and said suspiciously:
"Are you giving up now?"
Zhao Duan turned his head and grinned at her:
"He knows it's impossible but still does it. He's a mediocre person. Since we were not well prepared this time, we can just get rid of him next time. The remnants of this group can only exist by relying on Prince Jing. What's there to be afraid of?"
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 it... What a pity, otherwise if I catch this guy, I'm sure he'll scare Zhenbao..."
"Yes, but there is no rush. I seem to be able to use the Dragon Soul to sense this guy's position within a certain range... In other words, next time, as long as he appears within a certain range around me, I will 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?
But... I didn't expect Long Po to have this ability... In this case... maybe, 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.
"Woooo..."
Inside the big tent, on a chair, a civil servant was tied up with hemp rope. It was Jiang Wangsun.
At this moment, Jiang Wangsun had a rag in his mouth, breathing heavily through his nostrils, and staring 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 kept cursing.
But there was deep fear in his tone.
Before the prisoner exchange operation started today, Jiang Wangsun was called over by Ye Xin himself and tied up.
Ye Xin looked at him with disdain and said mockingly:
"Pretend, keep pretending. Do you really think that I, the general, knew nothing about your secret defection to the court and your meeting with the traitor Zhao Duan? Or do you think that I, Ye Xin, was blind and didn't know that you secretly let Feng Ju and others go?"
Jiang Wangsun's beard was trembling, and he was still pretending to be stupid:
"I don't understand what you are talking about."
Ye Xin smiled and said calmly:
"Still don't understand? I might as well tell you clearly. Before the prince left, he told me alone that he knew you were secretly colluding with the court and was determined to depose you.
But 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 has been tolerating you.
Today's prisoner exchange plan was formulated personally by Military Advisor Xu. Regardless of whether Zhao Duan chooses to stay in the city or go to Yansuo Lake for assistance, he will realize afterwards that the information you conveyed was wrong.
Do you think that by then, with this person's suspicious character, 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 morale, we won't make public your betrayal of the prince. The only reason you'll be publicly killed is because you were assassinated by someone sent by the imperial court...
Well, the premise is that Zhao Duan is still alive today.
If he is right as Military Advisor Xu predicted, maybe even the Zhao family will be defeated here, and then you will no longer be alone on your way to the underworld."
Jiang Wangsun showed a look of complete fear.
Watching Ye Xin walking towards him step by step, fishy-smelling urine dripped from under his robe.
"General Ye, I'm not... I don't... I want to see the prince..."
"In the next life."
Ye Xin reached out his hand with disgust, grabbed Jiang Wangsun's neck and twisted it hard. 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 twisted, and Jin Jian waved his staff, canceling 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)