"Prince An! He was the most favored prince by the Emperor! I remember that the Emperor posted a list all over the country to choose a concubine for him, and notices were posted all over the streets. There are even rumors that the Crown Prince will be deposed sooner or later, and Prince An will one day be deposed.
Make him the crown prince." Lord Xiang recalled.
"No, this is just someone else's speculation. In fact, King An doesn't want to be a prince at all. He just wants to be a free king. He indulges in the mountains and rivers every day, plays the piano, paints, plays chess and cooks tea." Xiao Mu's eyes were full of grief, and he couldn't even speak.
He even choked up a bit: "He never thought about competing for the position of prince, but he was still killed..."
Lord Xiang was deliberately surprised: "You mean...the death of King An is related to the current saint?"
Xiao Mu's sorrowful eyes were full of anger: "Isn't it true? If it weren't for Li Heng's order, how could Chen Xuanli's imperial army mutiny? How could King An be in trouble in the chaos, be chased by the rebels, and lose his life in the Weihe River?"
"Hey!" Lord Xiang sighed heavily: "The most ruthless imperial family. Over the years, there have been many incidents of fratricide among the royal family fighting for power. How can we control these?"
"I don't care about others, except King An. Although he belongs to the Li Tang royal family and is the son of my enemy, he is different from other princes. His biological mother was born in a humble way, so he will never look down on common people like us.
For me, he is willing to risk everything, even not caring about his own life! Therefore, I also regard him as my best friend, and he is the person I care about most!"
Xiao Mu said, clenching his fists tightly, as if his anger was about to explode.
Last time in Xiao Mu's study, he was heartbroken when he mentioned King An, and I secretly lamented the depth of their friendship. Until Du Xiuzhen mentioned to me Xiao Mu's hidden illness and his dissatisfaction with King An.
The same emotion, I truly understand this pain!
"People cannot be resurrected, so please show your condolences to me!" Lord Xiang also consoled him, then stood up and said: "Since you sincerely want to cooperate with us, it is unreasonable for Huang not to help. Okay, I will do it as soon as possible.
We will arrange for you to meet. However, you need to submit a letter of surrender first!"
Submit your certificate!
I heard this from Mr. Fang when he was telling stories. I heard that bandits who enter the green forest must first sign a life and death contract. Once they have a surrender certificate, they will become bandits. The only way to get rid of the surrender certificate is to accept the government's recruitment. And the so-called
To submit a petition, in many cases, it means to kill a person and offer the head as a sign that you have someone else's life on your side and will not betray you.
I don’t know what the name-dropping certificate mentioned by Lord Xiang refers to...
"Kill him! I will take you to see my master!"
Before I could even think about it, Master Xiang had already pointed his finger at me! He then took out a small dagger from his arms and slammed it on the table.
I was so frightened that I involuntarily took two steps back and looked at Xiao Mu timidly, hoping that he would not lose his mind.
Xiao Mu, on the other hand, picked up the knife without hesitation, except for the scabbard. In an instant, the cold air from the blade rushed towards me.
"Let's get to know each other. If you have any last words, please tell me. If I can, I will satisfy you." Xiao Mu looked at me coldly, like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
"Why?" I looked at my friend in front of me in shock... my friend? Is he still my friend?
Li Jianghu, are you going to risk your life in his hands?
"Brother Jianghu! Mom said she wanted to go out for a walk, is that okay?" Wang Jiajia's knock on the door came at an inappropriate time.
"Okay, you... you can take grandma with you." I was extremely flustered and just wanted to get them away as soon as possible.
"Do you want to buy something? Do you want us to bring it to you?" Wang Jiajia asked again.
"I……"
"Jiajia, come in and talk!" Xiao Mu said softly with a sly smile.
I wanted to step forward, but Master Xiang stopped me. The door opened, and Wang Jiajia stepped into the room with a smile on her face.
"Get out quickly..."
I shouted, but before I finished speaking, I saw Wang Jiajia's face changed drastically, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. On her left chest, the newly made silver-white short coat had been dyed red. She glanced at Xiao Mu in front of her in pain.
, covering his chest with his left hand, but the red blood gushes out like spring water, how can it be suppressed?
"Brother Jianghu..." She was so painful that she burst into tears. She called out my name and slowly fell down.
"Jiajia!" I pushed Master Xiang away with all my strength and ran over, just in time to catch her: "Jiajia, are you okay...Jiajia...don't scare me...please don't
Leave me...Jiajia...I haven't married you yet..."
I shouted, but she had already closed her eyes, and even the hand she stretched out to grab me dropped to the ground.
"Jiajia! Wake up!" I shook her thin body like crazy, but she never responded.
My eyes had already been blurred by tears, and I tremblingly reached out to help her straighten the broken hair on her face. Her centipede-like scar deeply hurt my heart.
"Don't cry so miserably. Don't worry. Since we have met, I will never treat you badly. I will order a good coffin for you so that you can be together forever." Xiao Mu said unhurriedly.
, put the bloody dagger on my shoulder: "One last question, do you have any last words?"
"Why? Why do you do this? You want to avenge King An, but Jiajia...she is not your enemy!" I shouted at the top of my lungs.
"Didn't Master Xiang just say that I need to submit a letter of surrender before we can proceed with the next step of cooperation? You know too much. If I don't kill you, my wish may not be realized. If you die, she probably won't want to live alone.
Well, you might as well let me help you. Don't be afraid, I will strike quickly and won't cause you too much pain!" Xiao Mu said, swung the knife and stabbed me.
I hugged Wang Jiajia tightly and closed my eyes. It seemed that I was destined to die today. I would have no regrets if I could die with the one I love. But Auntie, Fatty Wang and the others...will they avenge me?
Xiao Mu has a high position and a careful mind. How can they be his opponents?
"What do you mean?" Xiao Mu's voice was a little ethereal.
I opened my eyes slightly and saw Master Xiang's hand holding Xiao Mu's wrist, and the dagger was far away from my heart.
I'm not dead!
"Forget it, you have already killed one person, that's all." Master Xiang let go of Xiao Mu and glanced at Wang Jiajia in my arms: "You are indeed brave, this is an inn, there are so many people, how dare you
Take action. How should we deal with the aftermath?"
"He knows too much, we can't let him live." Xiao Mu glanced at the dagger in his hand and said coldly: "If you want to achieve great things, how can you be timid? One person is a kill, and two people are also a kill. Why?
, Lord Xiang still can’t bear it?”
"It's still useful to keep him! Historically, when two parties make an alliance, there must be a notary, otherwise it will be boring." Lord Xiang said with a smile.
"Mu You, give me back Jiajia!"
I clenched my fists and rushed towards Xiao Mu. This man is no longer my friend. Regardless of whether he is an imperial envoy or not, he killed Wang Jiajia and my lover. I will fight for him...
However, before my fist touched him, there was a heavy kick in my abdomen. I was kicked out and hit the wall hard, shrinking into a ball in pain. When I looked up, I was just in front of him.
Xiao Mu's eyes met each other, his eyes were so cold that it made people tremble, and his condescending figure made me breathless.
"You are not overestimating your own capabilities!" He said with disdain, and turned to Master Xiang: "Master Xiang, you see, keeping this man here will sooner or later be a disaster."
"What's wrong? What happened?" Ah Wu's voice sounded, and footsteps came straight upstairs.
Xiao Mu quickly threw the dagger at me, stepped over Wang Jiajia's body and ran toward the door: "Come quickly, there is an assassin!"
"Assassin? Envoy, are you okay?" Ah Wu's voice was full of anxiety.
"Captain Cao, hurry up! The imperial envoy is on the second floor, saying there is an assassin!" Uncle Fu's voice shouted.
I picked up the dagger without hesitation, stood up with difficulty, and staggered towards Xiao Mu. Since he is not a good official who sincerely protects our Xiangzhou, what's the use of keeping him? What's more, he also killed Jia Jia.
Good! Well, since I am framed as an assassin, then I will be an assassin!
"Protect the imperial envoy!"
One person ordered, and in an instant, the sounds of chaotic footsteps and the sound of drawing swords merged together, and it sounded like a lot of people were coming.
I held my stomach with one hand and a dagger in the other and chased me to the door, but I was still a step too late. Xiao Mu had already jumped out and hid behind the group of policemen.
"Cao Hua!"
"exist!"
Xiao Mu waved his hand: "Take down the assassin!"
"Yes." As soon as Cao Hua finished speaking, he kicked my dagger away.
Assassin! I glared at the dog officer in front of me, what a man who confuses right and wrong! He killed someone, but wrongly accused me of being an assassin!
"Wait a minute! Wait a minute, Mr. Cao!" Master Xiang ran a few steps in front of me, cupped his hands to Xiao Mu and said, "Your Majesty, are you confused? Wasn't the assassin just killed by Li Jianghu?"
"The assassin was killed by Li Jianghu?" Xiao Mu was stunned at first, then deliberately took a deep breath, patted his chest and said: "Oh, yes, I was really scared to death just now. Fortunately, Li Jianghu took the knife regardless of his own safety.
, kill the assassin, you take Li Jianghu to the Governor's Mansion and let Meng Sima reward him well."
"Yes." The detectives quickly moved to both sides to make way. Cao Hua stretched out his hand towards me: "Please!"
Receive the reward? They actually blamed me for Wang Jiajia’s death!
"Jianghu, what happened?" Fatty Wang helped his mother-in-law and came upstairs!
"Is this your daughter in the house? She actually wanted to assassinate me. Fortunately, Li Jianghu executed her on the spot." Xiao Mu still said coldly.
"Jiajia!" Fatty Wang gave me a confused look and rushed into the private room quickly.
"What's wrong with Jiajia? Jianghu, what happened?" Aniang also ran in after her.
"Jiajia, Jiajia, wake up!"
"Jiajia! This...how could this happen!"
"Jiajia...who did it? Who..."
In the private room, the mournful voices of Fatty Wang and Auntie could be heard one after another, and I burst into tears again.
"Okay, let's take the person back and bury her properly. I guess she was also bewitched by others and was confused for a moment, so she did such a treasonous thing. Now, since the person is dead, I will no longer pursue the matter.
"Cao Hua, clean up the scene." Xiao Mu said calmly, waved his sleeves, and went downstairs.
I collapsed on the ground and stared blankly at my bloody hands. I could no longer tell which was Wang Jiajia's blood and which was the wound I made on the dagger. I only felt cramps in my heart and a strong sense of helplessness.