Chapter 79: Southern Border Curse

  Yun Qian stretched out her hand to cover her arm, barely standing firm, and raised her eyes to see Rong Jing looking at her. Suddenly, she shouted, "What are you looking at? Are you sick? Why don't you dodge your own hidden weapon, why do you dodge for him?"

  Rong Jing opened his mouth and said in a hoarse voice, "You said you wanted to keep him alive for questioning!"

  "He's just a piece of crap, is he worth more than you? Questioning nonsense!" Yun Qianyue was even more furious upon hearing this, she didn't expect him to have such a reason. She was so angry that she used her good hand to pick up an arrow from the ground and walked two steps towards the dead soldier who had been kicked away by Rong Jing. She viciously stabbed the arrow into his neck, and the soldier died instantly. She turned back to Rong Jing with hatred in her eyes and said: "Now you save him? You can revive him? If you can bring him back to life, that's real skill."

  Rong Jing stared blankly at Yun Shang Yue, as if he had turned into a statue.

  "If my arm is crippled, I'll cut off your arm to accompany me." Yun Shangyue no longer looked at Rong Jing, but lowered her head to look at her own arm. She only felt a piercing pain in her arm that made her heart ache. In her heart, she was even more furious, who said this man was clever, he's actually just a fool.

  Yun Qianyue's anger was fierce and violent, and her scolding of Rong Jing was merciless. Not only was Rong Jing stunned, but all eighteen of the hidden guards were also shocked by Yun Qianyue's anger and actions. Xuan Ge and Mo Li happened to be circulating their inner energy to expel the toxins from their bodies when they saw this scene, and now they too were staring at Yun Qianyue in a daze.

  No one expected her to block the hidden weapon for Rong Jing, nor did they expect her to kill that dead soldier in anger, without hesitation, and completely disregarding the fact that he was an important clue.

  This street was filled with an eerie silence, except for the faint scent of blood that lingered in the air.

  Yun Shangyu scolded Rong Jing, then ignored her and looked down at her own arm. Although the hidden weapon was non-toxic, it was sharp and had thorns. Now, in her bone and flesh, it felt like being pierced by a thousand steel needles, causing unbearable pain. Moreover, she couldn't just pull it out like that, or else she would tear out all the skin and flesh, rendering her arm useless.

  She glared at Rong Jing again, lifting her head in annoyance. Originally, she didn't have to take this hidden weapon, but in her opinion, nothing was more important than her own body. Her body was the capital of the revolution, and everything else came after that. She did want to interrogate that dead soldier, but not at the cost of putting herself in danger. If it meant risking her life for something that wasn't even worth it, then she'd rather not have it.

  Rong Jing was still staring blankly at Yun Qian Yue, seemingly stunned, without moving.

  Yun Shallow Moon lazily didn't bother to reason with this seemingly clever but actually foolish man. She shifted her gaze towards the direction where the hidden weapon was shot from, which was a corner of a house ridge, and by now, no one was there. In her heart, she sneered, did that person behind really think that if she killed the only living witness, nothing could be interrogated out? It's worth knowing that dead people are more likely to tell the truth than the living.

  "Mo Li, do you have a dagger?" Yun Qianyue thought that she should pull out the hidden weapon as soon as possible, otherwise the longer she delayed, the more unfavorable it would be for her arm's agility.

  "Yes!" Mo Li immediately stood up, took out a dagger and walked over to hand it to Yun Shangyue.

  Yun Qian Yue took the dagger, rolled up her sleeves, and exposed her arm. The place where the hidden weapon had shot was already bleeding profusely, fortunately it wasn't on her elbow or wrist. She steadily held the dagger and was about to cut off the affected area.

  "Miss......" Mo Li exclaimed in surprise.

  Xuan Ge and Shi Ba Yin Wei also opened their eyes wide at this time, shocked by Yun Qian Yue's actions.

  Rong Jing also woke up with a start and quickly walked over, pressing down on Yun Shangyue's dagger.

  "What are you doing? Get out of the way!" Yun Shangyue's movements were halted, and she looked up to see Rong Jing, her face cold.

  Rong Jing's face turned slightly pale at this time, but his complexion was originally fair, so it wasn't too obvious. He looked at Yun Shangyue, his long eyelashes trembling slightly, his voice hoarse, "I'm coming!"

  Yun Shallow Moon looked at him suspiciously, raised an eyebrow, "Can you do it?"

  Rong Jing nodded, "I can!"

  Yun Qian Yue loosened her grip on the dagger and handed it to Rong Jing, who took it with an outstretched hand, staring at the hidden weapon for a long time without making a move.

  "Hurry up, you can't even see the flower anymore! If you can't do it, give it to me." Yun Shangyue urged Rong Jing, thinking that this guy wasn't a black-hearted person, why was he afraid of such a small hidden weapon?

  The cloud was shallow and the moon was falling, Kong Jing suddenly made a move, the dagger fell steadily on the hidden weapon, his hand didn't look very powerful, but it was fast and steady, the dagger cut through the muscle without making a sound, and he had great skill in taking action, circling around the bone and flesh pierced by the hidden weapon, without any hesitation, one by one picking out the sharp thorns around the hidden weapon.

  Anyone can imagine the pain of being cut by a sharp knife, but Yun Shang and Yue Mei didn't even bat an eyelid, and instead looked at Rong Jing's movements with a calm and collected expression, acknowledging that if she were to do it herself, she still wouldn't be as skilled as Rong Jing.

  Xuan Ge and Mo Li widened their eyes, not even daring to breathe. Xuan Ge saw the tightly pursed lips of his family's young master, with fine sweat seeping out from his forehead, thinking that the young master must be nervous at this moment. How many years had it been since he last saw the young master with such a serious expression? Mo Li's gaze was fixed on Yun Shang Yue's face, thinking about how long it had been since she last saw the young lady with such an expression. Firm and cold, was it five years ago? Or ten years ago? In any case, it was a very long time ago.

  Eighteen hidden guards looked at Yun Shang Yue with admiring eyes. Which woman can be carved to the bone and still not frown? If it's said that there is a woman in the world who can make them admire, then it must be Yun Shang Yue at this moment.

  After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Rong Jing finally removed the last thorn from the hidden weapon. He reached into his sleeve and pulled out a porcelain bottle, opened it, and poured out a white powder that looked like flour onto Yun Shang Yue's wound. Then he reached into his sleeve again and pulled out a piece of cloth to bandage her wound. After doing all this, he seemed to let out a sigh of relief before looking up at Yun Shang Yue.

  Yun Shang Yue glanced at Rong Jing, saw his pale face, as if the injured person was him. She hummed and remained angry, but still praised: "Good technique!"

  Rong Jing looked at Yun Qian Yue, his eyes quietly gazing at her, without saying a word.

  Yun Shang glared at him, "What are you looking at? Don't you hurry up and clean up the mess? Think about what to do next! Are you going to send these people to the capital's government office, or take them to see the old emperor, or throw them into the chaotic burial ground to feed the dogs, or dissect them all to study what's going on?"

  Rong Jing shifted his gaze, looking towards the scene, and saw that over a hundred corpses were scattered about, covering almost the entire street. The blood flowed like a river, making it difficult to find a place to step. He withdrew his gaze and instructed Xuan Ge: "Immediately go and invite Wang Gong from the Imperial City Prefecture and Li Gong from the Jingzhao Prefecture to come and handle this."

  "Yes, Crown Prince!" Xuan Ge nodded and flew up, heading towards the government office in the capital.

  Yun Qian Yue had no opinion, and on such a clear day, openly assassinating Rong Jing and her would naturally not be able to be privately settled without making some noise. Even if the imperial court and government offices in the capital couldn't find out anything, they still couldn't let the person behind their backs get away scot-free.

  "Go down!" Rong Jing ordered another sentence to the eighteen hidden guards.

  Eighteen hidden guards responded in unison and disappeared instantly.

  "You will search these dead men immediately and thoroughly, don't miss any clues." Rong Jing ordered Mo Li.

  Mo Li glanced at Yun Shangyue and saw that she didn't object, so he immediately squatted down to start checking the dead soldiers one by one.

  Yun Qian Yue didn't have any opinion, but instead bent down to pick up the hidden weapon on the ground, put it in her hand and examined it carefully for a while. She raised her head and asked Rong Jing, "Do you know what kind of hidden weapon this is? Does this hidden weapon have a story behind it?"

  "This is Qian Men's unique hidden weapon, San Ye Piao Xiang." Rong Jing said.

  Yun Shallow Moon raised an eyebrow, "Qian Men? Is that the Qian Men where Qian Yan is from? The number one hidden weapon family in the world?"

  "Hmm!" Rong Jing nodded, his eyes gleaming with a clear and distant light.

  "There's no mark of Qianmen on this, how do you know it's definitely a Qianmen hidden weapon? Can't it be someone else imitating Qianmen to frame them?" Yun Shangyue thought that this tyrannical hidden weapon indeed had a good name. Three Leaves Floating Fragrance, she remembered that when the hidden weapon came, it was silent and stealthy, then suddenly burst out from within three feet of her and Rong Jing, truly worthy of the alias Three Leaves Floating Fragrance.

  "The hidden weapons of Qian Men, especially this three-leaf fragrance, are inimitable by others." said Rong Jing.

  "So the person who just threw the hidden weapon is also from the Qianmen?" Yun Shangyue played with the hidden weapon in her hand, finding that it was indeed exquisite. Without a special technique, it would be difficult to replicate. She nodded and asked again.

  "Maybe!" Rong Jing gave an ambiguous answer.

  "Isn't the Qianmen in your control? Something like this actually happened, I really overestimated your abilities." Yun Shangyue scolded.

  Rong Jing blinked his eyes, "How did you know that Qian Men was under my control?"

  "Last time in the underground Buddha hall of Lingtai Temple, we left a mark to hide the Buddha statue. Since Qian Yan is the new generation of the world's number one hidden weapon family, how could he not discover that small mark? Of course, it was concealed. Who can make him conceal it? Isn't it you?" Yun Shangyue raised an eyebrow and looked at Rong Jing.

  "Even if I had control over the Qian Men in my hands, I am not all-powerful. How could I have anticipated that someone would come to kill me today?" Rong Jing sighed.

  "This hidden weapon is even the exclusive hidden weapon of Qianmen, I suppose it's not something that anyone can have?" Yún Qiūyuè aimed the hidden weapon at the sun, and under the sunlight, the hidden weapon emitted a cold white light. She thought to herself that if this were in modern times, taking fingerprints would be easy, but in ancient times, finding them would be a huge hassle.

  "Uh, this hidden weapon can only be used by the direct descendants of Qianmen. Moreover, the technique used by the person who just fired the hidden weapon is a family heirloom of Qianmen's. The tradition is passed down through direct lineage, not collateral lines." Rong Jing nodded.

  "Is it possible that this family's secret technique was leaked out? And also obtained this hidden weapon from another channel, the one who wants to kill us may not be someone from the Qian Gate. Unless the people of the Qian Gate are fools, they would use their own family's unique hidden weapon and leave evidence for others to catch." Yun Shangyue withdrew his hand and said again.

  "Maybe!" Rong Jing threw out two more words.

  Yun Shallow Moon no longer paid attention to Rong Jing, turned her head and asked Mo Li: "Have you found anything?"

  "Miss, there's no evidence at all! These people are penniless and the swords they used were ordinary ones." Mo Li shook his head. He stood up straight, secretly thinking that Miss had killed the only living witness in a fit of rage. Now there was not a shred of evidence. However, he couldn't help but feel that Miss's angry killing spree was quite impressive.

  "You can't find evidence, I'll find it." Yun Qianyue said as she bent down to pick up the sword on the ground and walked towards the nearest dead soldier, raising her sword high and aiming at his abdomen.

  Rong Jing saw Yun Qian Yue's movements and was taken aback, asking: "What are you doing?"

  "Rip it open!" Yun Qianyue spat out four words.

  Rong Jing was puzzled, "What's the point of cutting open one's belly?"

  "Look at what he ate today? What did he drink? Whose local water is flowing in his blood? Where does he usually live, and so on. There are many things to see." Yun Shangyue said as she drew her sword and made a swift cut from the dead soldier's belly, her movements neat and efficient.

  Rong Jing heard the words and turned his head to look, just in time to see that man's belly split open, with intestines and undigested filth flowing out. He immediately turned around and vomited, but he hadn't eaten anything yesterday or today, so all that came out was water.

  "Look at you!" Yun Shangyue turned her head and glanced at Rong Jing with disdain, curling up the corner of her mouth.

  Rong Jing's shoulders shook slightly, but he didn't make a sound.

  Yun Shallow Moon stared at the man's belly carefully, and in front of her were not the intestines and other filthy things that had been cut open and flowed out, but evidence.

  Rong Jing spat for a while, turned his head to take another look, and then started spitting again. He spat for half a moment until he couldn't spit out anything else, and only then did he say with difficulty: "Actually, not finding it today doesn't matter, it will be found sooner or later. You really don't need to be so..."

  What torture for him!

  "Today's matters are settled today, why bother with complicated methods when there are simple ones?" Yun Shangyue remained unmoved.

  "It wasn't necessary to bother with this, if you hadn't killed that living witness," said Rong Jing.

  "Are you still daring to speak?" Yun Shangyue's fire that had just been extinguished was ignited again, and she turned her head to glare at Rong Jing. Just seeing his body tremble slightly, she became even more furious, "You're quite capable, aren't you? What if the hidden weapon was poisonous? Would it have killed you? You'd still be left with a mouth to interrogate, now we should all be holding your funeral."

  "If that hidden weapon was poisonous, why did you block it for me?" Rong Jing suddenly turned his head and stared at Yun Shangyue.

  "I'm afraid that if you die, the gold you helped me hide will be washed away. Do you think I really want to save you?" Yun Shang gave him a cold glance and snorted, then turned to Rong Jing: "From now on, don't talk to me, I don't want to talk to you. Today, I'll disembowel all these people, not one will be left, it's disgusting just thinking about it."

  Rong Jing looked at Yun Qian Yue with a strange expression on his face, then turned away and didn't speak again.

  Yun Shallow Moon didn't even bother to tidy up the scene, and instead stared at the dead soldier who had been disembowelled for a moment, then used the sword in his hand to stir the intestines, belly and filth for a couple of times, his eyebrows furrowed.

  After a while, Yun Shangyue seemed to have finished studying and turned around to walk towards another dead soldier, with the same sword rising and falling.

  "You...do you really want to tear these people apart?" Rong Jing stood with his back turned, seemingly forcing himself to endure something.

  "You think I'm talking nonsense?" Yun Qianyue turned her head and glanced at Rong Jing with a sneer, saying: "You still thought you were all-powerful! Unexpectedly, you're actually so useless, not even daring to investigate."

  "This study of yours is really too... shocking and unconventional!" Rong Jing managed to squeeze out a few words.

  Yun Qianyue let out a cold hum, and this action was indeed shocking in ancient times. But nowadays, there's no other way to make the dead speak. So she went all out. She pursed her lips, raised her sword, and another person had their abdomen ripped open. Once again, she stared at that person's belly.

  This time even Mo Li couldn't help but want to vomit, turning his back and also not daring to look at Yun Qian Yue.

  Yun Shallow Moon looked for a moment, then turned to another person, and before reaching that person's side, Rong Jing's voice came again, faintly saying: "Let me go? Is it okay?"

  Yun Qian Yue snorted and ignored him, continuing to repeat the same action.

  Rong Jing turned his head to look at Yun Qian Yue again, and saw that she had indeed started cutting open the belly with a determined expression. His face twitched, he opened his mouth, stretched out his hand to touch his forehead, and waited quietly for a moment. Half a beat later, it seemed like he couldn't take it anymore, so he turned his back on her. He looked up at the sky, but even the clear blue sky couldn't make him feel any better in his stomach. He remained silent for a moment, listening to the sound of the knife cutting open the belly, which was really piercing to his ears. He spoke softly and patiently to Yun Qian Yue: "Then hurry up..."

  The cloud is shallow and the moon is faint, as if it had never been heard before, and then looked up again carefully.

  This time Mo Li really couldn't take it anymore and turned his back to vomit.

  Yun Qian's expression didn't change, she looked carefully and seriously for a moment, then there was no movement, staring rigidly at the heart of the corpse on the ground.

  Rong Jing and Mo Li hadn't heard her move, but soon after, they both slowly turned around to look at her. Only then did they discover that the three people who had been killed by Yun Shang Yue were all very special: one was the leader of the first wave of archers who shot arrows at the horse carriage, one was the leader of the second wave of archers, and the other was the only person in this battle who used a left-handed sword. Because when he died, he still had his left hand clenched around the hilt of the sword.

  Rong Jing also began to look seriously at the three people who had been disembowelled, his gaze sweeping across their abdomens and lingering on the red dot on their hearts. His eyes narrowed slightly, with a hint of darkness gathering in the depths of his pupils.

  Mo Li endured the turmoil in his stomach and looked at it seriously. His eyes were first puzzled, then astonished, and finally disbelieving as he stared at the heart, before turning pale and looking towards Yun Shangyue.

  "It's indeed true that the dead speak the most truth!" Yun Shang Yue coldly laughed, using her sword to rip apart those intestines and stomachs. She naturally wasn't going to disembowel everyone; these three pieces of evidence were enough.

  Rong Jing looked at Yun Qian's sword tip, this time without feeling nauseous, but with a faint and cold gaze.

  Mo Li didn't say a word. Yun Shang Yue also stopped talking and continued to use her sword to dig through the intestines and other filthy things. She thought that she was able to become familiar with the current state of this world and its various strange phenomena in just over a month after arriving here, thanks to being forced by Rong Wang Fu's Zong Jing to read those books in his study, as well as the knowledge and memories about those books stored in her mind. Otherwise, even if she had dissected everything, she wouldn't have found any evidence.

  Most of these undigested objects were ordinary, and it seemed that the dead men's food and clothing had been trained to be very regular. The only exception was a small blood-colored worm lurking in their hearts. From the outside, nothing could be detected, even if she hadn't killed the only survivor rescued by Rong Jing, she might not have gotten anything out of him through hypnosis, because these people were all controlled by some kind of curse.

  This spell originated from the southern border region.

  It is said to be the untransmitted secret of the Southern Xiang royal family, called "Lí Hún". These dead warriors are no longer human, but real killing tools. They have been controlled by people and have lost their minds, with no intention of interacting with others.

  But these more than a hundred people are not all human puppets. Among them, there were three half-human puppets, which are the three people she dissected now.

  This curse is listed as one of the three forbidden arts in the world. Its horror lies not only in its ability to manipulate the mind of the person who has been cursed, but also in the fact that even if the person dies, the insects that have been nurtured within their body will not die and will continue to live and multiply inside the corpse. If the body is not cremated within three days, it will come back to life after three days, and the caster can still control it to harm others. Therefore, this curse also has another name, known as "Living Zombie".

  It can be seen that the people behind these dead warriors today, even if they are not from the Southern Border Kingdom, must have an inseparable connection with the Southern Border Kingdom. Otherwise, this untransmitted and mysterious curse technique would not be used by anyone.

  At that time, she saw the page about the soul-releasing technique in the book of Nanjiang secret skills and still doubted whether there was such a magical and inhumane insect curse technique in the world. She didn't expect to see it so soon.

  It is said that this curse has another extremely sinister aspect, which is that it can be controlled within a hundred miles. In other words, at the time when these assassins were hiding in ambush to kill her and Rong Jing, the person controlling from behind was within a hundred miles. The capital city is also about a hundred miles in circumference, indicating that the person behind was in the capital. Or it could be that the one who just released the hidden weapon to kill them was the person behind, or possibly someone else.

  Yun Qian's eyes narrowed as she stared at the small blood worm, her gaze icy cold. That person had better pray that they could hide well, otherwise once she found them, she would flay their skin and extract their tendons. Using this curse to harm people was truly despicable. Moreover, there was also the royal family of Nanjiang, the family of the first beauty who was in love with Ye Qingchen. She thought that someone should come out and explain things clearly.

  Just then, the sound of horse hooves came from the far end of the street, although it was only one person and one horse, but it was quite a stir.

  Yun Qianyue heard the familiar sound of horseshoes and knew that Ye Qingran had arrived without needing to turn around.

  Ye Qian seemed to be in a hurry, and the crisp sound of the whip hitting the horse's body could be heard from afar. Before long, he arrived at the front, reined in his horse, and was stunned by what he saw before him.

  Only saw over a hundred corpses, the dead were miserable, among them three corpses had their intestines and stomachs ripped out, filthy beyond recognition. Yun Shangyue was squatting among the corpses, using his sword to scrape away at the intestines and stomachs and other filth. Rong Jing and Mo Li stood some distance away from the corpses, both looking somewhat unwell. The three of them seemed not to have noticed his arrival, no one looked towards him. Not far away was Rong Jing's carriage, the curtains were densely covered in arrows, except for the sandalwood, everything else was invisible, it could be imagined how brutal the assassination had been earlier, but if the person being assassinated had moved just a little slower, they would have ended up dead.

  Her eyes were fixed on the shallow moon, and she saw that nothing was wrong with her after a sigh of relief. She looked around again and retracted her line of sight. Seeing that Yun Shangyue seemed to have not noticed his arrival, he concentrated on looking at the dead body in front of him, which had been disembowelled. He looked puzzled for a moment, then threw open the reins, turned over and got off the horse, walked to Yun Shangyue's side and asked: "Little girl, what are you doing?"

  "Doing research!" Yun Qianyue spat out four words, admiringly looked at Ye Qingyan's unchanged face and praised: "Good job, your expression didn't change, you're a real man! Much better than those two who vomited until their stomachs were empty like zombies."

  Rong Jing heard this and his shoulders shook violently twice, Mo Li's body also trembled.

  "What's there to study? Study what?" Ye Qingran glanced at Rong Jing and Mo Li with a puzzled expression.

  "Look at what they eat? What water do they drink? Whose local water and soil are flowing in their blood? Where do they usually live? And so on, there's a lot to see. It's naturally useful for finding evidence. Let's take a look at who wants to kill me." Yun Qianyue repeated the original words she had just said to Rong Jing to Ye Qingran without changing a single word.

  "So that's how it is! What have you found out? Do you need my help to disembowel all these people?" Ye Qingran looked at the intestines and other filthy things that flowed out after they were disembowelled, and asked with interest.

  Mo Li's heart skipped a beat as he thought that the little demon king's title was indeed well-deserved, and that his family's young lady had an equally strong inner self.

  "You're too late, I've already found the evidence!" Yun Qianyue couldn't help but admire Ye Qingran's strength at this moment. The first time she dissected a corpse, it took her three whole days to mentally prepare herself, and even then, her hands were shaking when she held the knife, and she vomited while operating. It wasn't until a year later that she could finally face it calmly and make precise cuts. She had to admit that in this regard, she was no match for Ye Qingran. With the tip of her sword, she picked up the small, blood-colored insect and showed it to Ye Qingran, "Look, is this what you recognize?"

  The complexion changed in an instant as if dyed by the night.

  "It seems you really are acquainted." Yun Shangyue smiled slightly, carefully putting the insect back in its original place. This was evidence, and it couldn't be killed.

  Yè's face suddenly turned extremely ugly, staring dead at the insect, and angrily said: "Soul-stealing technique, it turns out that someone from Nanjiang is behind this. This kind of evil thing has actually come to the capital city, in broad daylight, to assassinate you, it's simply seeking death!"

  "Hmm, seeking death! So they all died. Not one escaped." Yun Qianyue said.

  Yè Qīng Rǎn pulled back her gaze, just about to say something, when she suddenly saw the wound on Yún Qiǎn's arm. Startled, she asked in a urgent tone, "Little girl, are you hurt?"

  "It's just a minor injury, it's nothing!" Yun Shangyue shook her head.

  Ye Qian saw that her sleeve was stained with bright red blood, thinking that it might not be a minor injury. However, he didn't ask further and instead turned to Rong Jing who was standing quietly beside him, scolding: "Weak beauty, aren't you very capable? You actually let the little girl get hurt? How did you take care of her?"

  Rong Jing's complexion had already returned to calm, and he said lightly to Ye Qing: "She was injured for blocking the dark weapon for me, it wasn't that I didn't take care of her, but rather that the person from your family, the number one beauty of Nanjiang, was too formidable. The Linghun Technique and San Ye Piao Xiang aren't something just anyone can dodge."

  "It was actually her who got hurt while blocking the sneak attack for you!" Ye Qingran suddenly felt uncomfortable in his heart, and looked at Yun Shangyue's pale face that didn't refute, he couldn't describe what kind of feeling it was. He suppressed the discomfort in his heart and glared at Rong Jing: "She is not my number one beauty of Nanjiang, weak and beautiful, watch your words."

  "Hmm, we haven't had a big wedding yet! For now, it doesn't count as yours. Maybe in the future," said Rong Jingdao.

  "Later also..." Ye Qing's eyes were filled with anger as she glared at Rong Jing.

  The night was lightly colored, and the conversation had only reached halfway when the sound of horseshoes came from the end of the long street again. This time, there were probably several dozen horses, their horseshoes clattering loudly as if they were in a hurry. Behind the horseshoes was a team of infantrymen, their footsteps disorderly and their breathing urgent.

  Yun Shang Yue turned her head to look, and saw that in front of her were two men wearing official robes walking side by side. They were both over 40 years old, one fat and one thin. The slightly fatter man on the left was wearing the official robe of the Jingcheng Prefecture, while the slightly thinner man on the right was wearing the official robe of the Jinghu Guard, who was also the commander-in-chief of the Jingzhao Prefecture.

  "Wang Hao, Li Guan, pay respects... Pay respects to Jing Shizhi and Ran Xiao Wangye. Your humble servants, the two of us... have arrived late, please forgive us, Jing Shizhi and Ran Xiao Wangye..." Just then, the two men approached, and what they saw before their eyes almost shocked them into falling off their horses, prostrating themselves on the ground, their bodies trembling with fear. This bloody and shocking scene directly impacted the hearts of the two men.

  The soldiers following the two men were also frightened and fell to the ground from their horses. The sound of "thud, thud, thud" was endless. As for the infantry who didn't ride horses, they had weak legs and feet, took a look, and then dared not take a second look. Almost everyone's face was pale.

  "You are in charge of the security of the capital, yet you allowed this assassination to happen in broad daylight! Is this reasonable? I, Xiao Wang, think that you don't want your heads anymore." Ye Qingyan stopped talking and looked at the two people on the ground with great anger.

  "Your Excellency King Wang forgives the crime, your humble servant..." The two were greatly shocked and hastily wanted to give a reason.

  "Take your reasons and tell them to the Emperor, I don't want to hear a single word now. Whoever dares to speak will end up like those people on the ground right now. Wang Gong, Li Gong, think carefully before speaking." Rong Jing said calmly, looking at the two men prostrating themselves on the ground. It was a calm tone, but it had an aura of being crushed by a high mountain.

  The two of them immediately shut their mouths and didn't dare utter another word. They cowered on the ground, trembling with fear, not even daring to breathe.

  Ye Qingyan glanced at Rong Jing and turned to ask Yun Shangyue, "Little girl, what do you want to do?"

  What does she want? Yun Shang Yue's mind was racing, thinking that although this place is quiet, it is a must-pass route from the imperial palace to the Cloud King's mansion. Now at noon, there isn't even a single patrolling guard, and suddenly 100 dead soldiers appeared silently, if they can freely assassinate people in broad daylight in the imperial city, and with such a large-scale assassination, how can it be that the guards of the capital are so useless? The ones guarding the key areas of the capital, the Metropolitan Governor and the officials of the Imperial City Prefecture, didn't even show up until they were summoned by Xuan Ge, this imperial city is like an open field for outlaws to invade at will, without any defense or measures. If the guards of the imperial city are so useless, then that old emperor's position would have been taken long ago, how could he sit on it for so many years? Unless someone in the court is intentionally helping these people and colluding with them to kill Rong Jing and her, she wouldn't believe it even if you killed her.

  " Investigate! Give me an explanation! I won't let it go until I find out who's behind this!" She added, "Especially the Southern Border Tribe, didn't the founding emperor strictly prohibit the use of this technique a hundred years ago and exterminate all the insects that could carry out this technique? Now, shouldn't they explain how this curse came from the South to wreak havoc in the capital?"

  "Hmm. This matter must be thoroughly investigated." Yoru Kurenai nodded.

  Yun Qian let go of the sword in his hand, stood up and said, "Alright, I'll leave it to you. The southern border should also give an explanation within three days. These corpses cannot be left for more than three days, and it's best to cremate them all within three days. Otherwise, you should know the consequences."

  "Mm!" Ye Qing nodded solemnly with a heavy expression.

  Yun Qianyue was about to say something, but seeing Ye Xing's gloomy expression, he thought of the number one beauty in Nanjiang, Ye Qian, and swallowed his words, saying instead: "Then I'll just go back to the manor to recover from my injuries."

  "Alright! I'll go to the palace right away to report to His Majesty. I will definitely ask His Majesty to thoroughly investigate this matter and make the King of Nanjiang give a satisfactory explanation." Ye Qingran said.

  "I believe you!" Yun Qian Yue smiled, and as soon as she finished speaking, she didn't want to stay any longer. She looked at the carriage that had been pierced by arrows like a hedgehog, it was definitely impossible to sit in now. However, this place wasn't too far from the Cloud King's Mansion either, walking back was still possible. She didn't say anything else and turned to leave.

  "Little girl, ride my horse!" The night was lightly dyed with a hint of cloud and shallow moon.

  "No need!" Yun Shallow Moon waved her hand, she just wanted to take a walk now.

  Ye Qing didn't insist, but instead looked at Rong Jing.

  Rong Jing's gaze swept lightly over the mutilated corpses and the officials from the Imperial City, as well as the people from the government office, before looking at Ye Qingran with a profound meaning in his eyes. Without saying a word, he followed Cloud Shallow Moon as she left.

  Mo Li and Xian Ge immediately followed behind the two, feeling that their master had no martial arts skills after what had just happened. The heavy burden on their shoulders was even more unbearable, and they had to be careful every moment, not daring to leave half a step.

  Rong Jing and Yun Shang Yue's figures disappeared at the end of the long street, Ye Qing's eyes finally returned to normal after a "wow" sound, he vomited until everything in his stomach was out, vomiting until the sky was dark and the earth was dim before stopping. Just now he was barely holding on, heaven knows he had wanted to vomit for a long time, but didn't want to lose face in front of Yun Shang Yue and Rong Jing, so he endured until now.

  Wang and Li, along with over a hundred others, all stared at Ye Qingran, their faces as white as ghosts. They didn't vomit, not because they were stronger than Ye Qingran and Rong Jing in heart, but because such a huge event had occurred today, they feared losing their heads, and were too scared to even think about vomiting.

  After vomiting enough, feeling empty in the stomach and unable to vomit anything else, she wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, threw it away mercilessly, and muttered, "Ben Xiao Wang has been defeated by Xiao Yatou! Inhuman. That damned Rong Jing, what kind of eyes does he have?"

  No one responded to his words, they all stared at him.

  "You, go to the Crown Prince's mansion and inform His Highness to come quickly to deal with this matter. You, go to the Chancellor's mansion and report this to the Chancellor. You, go to the King's mansion and ask the King to come over as well. You, go to the General's mansion... never mind, you all divide up the work, run through all the ministers' mansions in the capital, and summon them all for me. Let everyone come see that under the clear blue sky of this imperial city, such a blatant assassination attempt using dead soldiers has occurred. Where is justice?" Night Light Stain pointed to several soldiers on the ground one by one, giving orders, then suddenly withdrew his hand and gave a simple and vague command. He thought it was unfair for him to suffer alone, if he had to suffer, everyone should suffer together!

  "Little... little Wang Ye, this matter... doing it this way is probably not... not good..." Lord Wang's voice trembled as he spoke, his words unclear. He could hardly finish a single sentence.

  "What's wrong? Would it be better if you cut your throat to apologize now?" Ye Qingran looked at Wang Daren coldly. "Today's incident is the dereliction of duty by the Governor of the Imperial Capital and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. I, Xiao Wang, have arrived but haven't seen any of you show up yet. Have you gone drinking? If anything happens to Jing Shizi or Shallow Moon Miss, how many heads will you use to make amends?"

  That King immediately shut his mouth and didn't dare say another word.

  "Hurry up and get out of here!" Ye Qingyan coldly shouted.

  The two officials, Wang and Li, exchanged a glance. Before they could even instruct their attendants behind them, the soldiers in the back, intimidated by the atmosphere of the night, all stood up and ran away quickly and obediently. In an instant, more than 100 people disappeared without a trace.

  Yè Qīng Rǎn yòu duì shēn hòu yī zhāo shǒu, "lái rén!"

  Translation:

  Ye Qingran beckoned to someone behind her, "Come here!"

  "Little Prince!" A hidden guard floated down.

  "Return to the mansion immediately and inform my father, the king, and grandfather about this matter. Have them enter the palace at once. It's best if you have the emperor issue a secret edict to the southern border, ordering the king of the southern border to come to the capital within three days to explain this matter in person." Ye Qingran instructed.

  "Yes!" The hidden guard retreated as ordered.

  Tonight, he thought that he would also enter the palace, but not now. He is now waiting here, waiting for those people to come after a while. Then he will watch them spit to death. Especially Ye Tianqing and those old-fashioned officials from the Imperial Censorate who often impeached him and Yun Shangyue for being unscrupulous and lawless. He left the capital seven years ago, and the old and new things in the court have become more and more out of shape. Today, he will clean them up once and for all. After these people see this scene, spit it out, and feel comfortable, then look at who is behind the scenes manipulating such a large-scale assassination with impunity.

  "Seal off this street immediately! No civilians are allowed to take a single step in!" Ye Qingran gave another hand signal behind her.

  "Yes, Young Master Wang!" A dozen or so people floated down and landed, dividing into two groups to guard the ends of the two streets.

  Ye Qingyan gave a series of orders, hesitated for a moment, then pulled out a bottle from her bosom and, forcing herself to overcome the nausea, used the tip of her sword to pick up those three small blood-colored insects and put them into the bottle. After doing all this, she didn't look at the corpses again, walked far away and vomited several times before stopping.

  Digression

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