"Boom!"

There was a thunderous explosion, right above Xia Shang's head.

Xia Shang was so frightened that he almost bit his tongue.

Standing in front of the hut, Xia Shang stopped and looked back at the distant imperial city.

"Why is there only a sudden thunder?"

An ominous premonition lingered in my heart and couldn't go away.

But Xia Shang couldn't protect himself now, so he didn't think too much and walked into the house.

…

In the torrential rain, the cracked cow's face fell silently into the raindrops, causing splashes, and the blood gradually dyed the water red. Between the gray sky and earth, this bright red was so conspicuous.

An old body collapsed, looking no different.

Only half of his head was picked up and held in a package.

The whole body looked very miserable, but I would never have thought that such an old man could be a master.

Fang Cheng wrapped up the half of his head and straddled the younger generation. He looked at the corpse on the ground indifferently and sneered: "I'm sorry, boss. If you don't die, I will never be able to control the Iron Arm Division. You keep saying that I don't have it."

Advocate, just treat yourself as an independent person this time. Iron Arm Division will never become someone else’s vassal, and I will never let anyone ride on your head!"

Fang Cheng spat, took back the bloody black knife, wiped off the blood on the imperial edict found from the old leader's body, and then casually threw the edict into the bloody rain.

…

"Sir, you were so confident earlier, why did you look so melancholy as soon as you walked in, as if you had something on your mind?"

Xia Shang worriedly sat down in front of the old eunuch and asked, "Did you sense anything about that red glow earlier?"

"Oh? Sir, can you think of this?"

"Father-in-law, your expression before has said everything."

"Indeed, the red cloud made me sense a person before. At that moment, I had the urge to kill the master first. However, the master is really auspicious and the old slave soon realized that there was no need to do that.

.”

Xia Shang asked anxiously: "Why?"

The old eunuch smiled and said nothing.

"Is he dead?"

"Sir, you seem to know everything."

The uneasiness in Xia Shang's heart became more and more intense: "Has a grand master died? Is it the old leader of the Iron Arm Division?"

The old eunuch looked at Xia Shang for a while and replied: "It is certain that the master is dead. But I don't know whether it is the one you mentioned."

Xia Shang took a deep breath, thinking that there was something wrong outside!

What should I do?

After so much effort, if I failed to save those scholars in the end and killed the old leader, wouldn't it be my own fault?

Seeing Xia Shang's worried look, the old eunuch smiled and said, "Sir, given your current situation, do you still have the time to care about others?"

Xia Shang was silent for a while, took a deep breath, and nodded: "Yes! Do you still care about others? It's all God's will!"

"Sir, you'd better wait with peace of mind. Since I promised you to wait until midnight, I will definitely accompany you until midnight."

Xia Shang didn't say anything more, but walked to the door again.

As soon as I went out, there was another thunder!

"Boom!"

This thunder came without any warning, and once again frightened Xia Shang so much that his hair stood on end.

However, just after this thunder, the heavy rain suddenly stopped, and the dark clouds overhead began to disperse.

Seeing this, Xia Shang's heart moved: "This is a sign of danger but not danger!"

Then I counted with my fingers, and it turned out to be true!

but……

But the old leader...

Amidst the joy, Xia Shang also had a hint of sadness on his face.

…

The rain stopped, the clouds dispersed, and a red sun shone overhead. In the execution ground, the clock stood on its pole and the shadow of the sword was visible.

The officials present looked at the time and saw that it was still two quarters of an hour before noon!

There began to be some commotion in the execution ground. Everyone knew that the execution was about to happen soon. The scholars seemed to be aware of it, and the sounds of wailing and crying gradually started to sound.

Among the common people, there were also many literati and family members who began to become a little restless. The soldiers were always on guard and did not dare to neglect at all.

The anger and weirdness in the entire execution ground was extremely suppressed.

At this time, a fast horse rushed into the execution ground, from the end of Xuanyang Street, all the way into the execution ground.

The man got off his horse and went directly into the official tent to shelter from the rain. He shouted hurriedly: "The prince is destined to be executed immediately without waiting until noon!"

The official was a little confused: "Prince...His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really said that? Thousands of lives were taken, and nothing can be done carelessly."

"Nonsense! Hurry up and execute me! If it's too late, I'll ask you!"

This person is a close confidant of the prince, so it should be true that he should be the one to deliver the message.

The supervisor decided immediately, hurriedly took out his token and shouted: "Everyone, prepare!"

As soon as these words came out, the scene instantly became chaotic!

Everyone is rushing to the execution ground, and all prisoners are struggling.

"The time has not come yet!"

"Why advance?"

"We are not guilty!"

"We are not guilty!"

Fortunately, there were so many soldiers at the execution ground that they suppressed the restlessness.

The prison officer didn't take it seriously, and with a cruel heart, he threw out the token: "Execution!"

As soon as the supervisor finished speaking, he heard the sound of an arrow.

Whoosh!

The token was shot in mid-air by a sudden flying arrow and landed on the table in front of the supervisor!

An arrow appeared brightly in front of the supervisor, so frightened that he almost ducked under the table.

"Come here, come here! Someone is robbing the execution ground!"

Everyone was shocked, thinking that in such a scene, would anyone dare to rob the execution ground? Is it necessary to risk their lives?

In the midst of confusion, I heard a voice shouting from a distance: "His Royal Highness King Yong is here!"

"King of mediocrity?"

"Which mediocre king?"

The word "Yong Wang" rarely appears in the capital, so when everyone present heard the word "Yong Wang", they were all stunned and couldn't figure out who it was for a long time.

Suddenly another person shouted: "It's His Royal Highness the Third Prince, King Yong!"

This time, everyone remembered that it was the third prince!

But what is he here to do?

The reputation of this third prince in the capital was poor. The single word "mediocre" was the laughing stock of the whole capital. Everyone knew that among the emperor's princes, he was the most mediocre and incompetent.

Being named the "Mean King" and being sent to the south of the Yangtze River is simply a huge irony.

Everyone thought that the third prince could only guard his title and live a mediocre life.

But I didn't expect him to show up now.

"Isn't he in Yangzhou? When did he return to the capital?"

"Yes! I haven't heard anything about it."

"What is he here to do now? To rob the law field?"

"He must have the courage! If he dares to cause trouble, it is clear that he has trouble with the prince."

"Yes, you have forgotten that when he was in the capital, he was like a mouse to a cat when he saw the prince. He couldn't even hide, so you dare to go against him?"

Everyone was talking about it, but they saw a pair of chariot drivers arriving at the execution ground under the protection of several guards.

The prison officer was from His Highness the Crown Prince, and the one he was least afraid of was King Yong, so he didn’t pay much attention to it. He walked out from behind the table and asked somewhat sarcastically: “Your Highness, King Yong, this is an execution ground, not a place for idlers.

You can come and cause trouble as you please!"

Li Yong opened the curtain of the car and without even looking at the officer, he just said: "If you tamper with the time without authorization, I will kill you!"

When the supervisor heard this, he was furious: "How dare you!"
Chapter completed!