"Ah? You... you mean..." Shen Xingran backed away in confusion, unable to believe it.
"Brother Shen," Xu Zun asked, "when the mission was attacked, did you know about the lemon toxin? Do you know that the sea monsters you encountered were all fake?"
"No... I don't know, I don't know anything," Shen Xingran said, "The prince didn't tell us anything about Meng. He just told us the plan and told us that we would be attacked, but what exactly would happen?
We didn’t know about the attack, how...how could this happen? Why didn’t I think of it?"
"How could it be such a coincidence," Xu Zundao broke the mystery, "Kong Zhen has already mastered the method of controlling lemon toxin, but he still asked you to go to Gufeng Island?
"Don't they know that Gufeng Island is the birthplace of lemongrass?"
"You mean," Shen Xingran said tremblingly, "Kong Zhen did that on purpose. She wanted us all to die on Gufeng Island?"
"It's the prince, wake up, Brother Shen!" Xu Zun shook his head and sighed, "The prince's plan is not to let you wait for the opportunity, but to use Gufeng Island to silence you all!"
"No...how...how could this happen?" Shen Xingran was trembling all over, and his face was bloodless.
"Because you know too much," Xu Zun said, "Whether the Heavenly Tribulation succeeds or fails, you will become a stumbling block for him!"
"He..." Shen Xingran was stunned, "He even..."
"The Crown Princess herself belongs to the Queen Mother," Xu Zun said, "From the beginning to the end, the Crown Prince did not want her to live.
"It's just that he didn't expect that there would be anyone on Gufeng Island! If Wang Dian hadn't set up the arena there, and if we hadn't happened to go to Gufeng Island, then you would never have figured it out!"
"It's actually...it's actually like this...Prince, he..." Shen Xingran clenched his fists, fear turning into indignation.
He finally saw the true face of the prince. He never expected that the prince was so vicious. Not only was he kept in the dark, but he was even working for the prince until the last moment...
"Brother Shen," Xu Zun asked, "how did you spread the news?"
"The drift bottle," Shen Xingran said, "When I first came to the Banshee Kingdom, I threw the drift bottle with the secret message written on it into the sea when no one was prepared. There were gold coins in it. Anyone who picked it up would
It will be sent to the Banshee Palace."
"So," Xu Zun was not surprised and asked, "You have known for a long time that the prince and Kong Zhen conspired and that the prince is in the palace of the Banshee Kingdom?"
Shen Xingran nodded.
"You are indeed the prince's high-ranking confidant!" Xu Zun sighed.
"A senior confidant, haha..." Shen Xingran smiled bitterly, "A senior confidant doesn't even know about lemon toxin. What a big joke! Haha..."
Seeing Shen Xingran's bitter smile, Xu Zun felt very uncomfortable.
Didn't he know that there were many people with higher rank than Shen Xingran on the Fuju Ship that day, and among those people there must be people from the crown prince.
But now, Shen Xingran obviously wants to take all the blame on himself and doesn't want to drag more people into trouble.
"That was the first time," Shen Xingran said, "I reported everything about the situation on Gufeng Island and the situation on the ship.
"So, Kong Zhen already knew our plan to go to Niwantan to capture Hei Bo Yu."
"What about the second time?" Xu Zun asked again, "It was just a few hours ago, right?"
"Yes," Shen Xingran replied, "before the ship docked, I threw the drift bottle off the ship to help you see through the siren's tricks, defeat Heibo Yu, and let the warriors pretend to be wounded to sneak into the palace.
All the plans have been revealed."
"Oh..." Xu Zun nodded, "Kong Zhen knows that we are coming, so there must be spies around our ship, so the secret message will be discovered quickly."
"Wait..." Shen Xingran realized something again and asked excitedly, "Jiying, did you already know that I had a problem? Otherwise, how could you..."
"Yes," Xu Zun nodded, "Although I was very reluctant, I still ordered someone to reveal the false news to you. Those soldiers are actually sea bandits and pirates who were captured by us."
"Okay, awesome, awesome..." Shen Xingran nodded first, then raised his head and asked, "Jiying, let me ask the last question, how did the prince die?"
At this time, Xu Zun naturally had no need to hide it, so he told Shen Xingran about the murder of the prince.
When Shen Xingran learned that the prince's overall plan had been mastered by Xu Zun, his expression became even more gloomy and solemn.
"Blood Fiend Palm..." Shen Xingran frowned and shook his head, then thought of something, "Could it be... that he belongs to the Queen Mother?"
Facing Shen Xingran's question, Xu Zun did not answer, nor could he answer. He just looked at Shen Xingran with a complicated expression.
"I understand! It doesn't matter to me who the prince dies at the hands of!" Shen Xingran closed his eyes, "Okay, Jiying, the winner is the king or the loser, I..."
Unexpectedly, before Shen Xingran finished speaking, he heard the sound of hinges. When he opened his eyes and looked again, he found that Xu Zun had cut off the cable with the sword in his hand and lowered the lifeboat.
"Brother Shen," Xu Zun said with difficulty, "jump down and get on the boat, my people will not stop you!"
"You?" Shen Xingran couldn't believe his eyes. He first leaned on the railing and glanced at the boat, then turned around and asked, "Are you really going to let me go?"
Xu Zun nodded affirmatively: "The Shen family owes me as much kindness as a mountain. Now that I have lost Duke Shen, how can I lose my eldest brother again?"
"This..." Shen Xingran's eyes widened. After thinking for a moment, he pressed Xu Zun's shoulders and said, "Good brother! You will always be my good brother!"
"Let's go quickly!" Xu Zun said, "Take care of yourself, maybe we brothers will have a chance to meet in the future."
"Okay!" Shen Xingran nodded resolutely. He had already turned around, but then thought of something, stretched out his hand and said, "Jiying, I don't have much, so why don't you keep your sword with me?"
"Okay!" Xu Zun didn't think much and handed the sword directly to Shen Xingran. At the same time, he wanted to take out a few gold ingots and give them to him.
However, he never expected that as soon as Shen Xingran took over the sword, he would hold the hilt of the sword tightly with both hands and stab the tip of the sword into his chest!
"Ah!?" Xu Zun was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, but it all happened so suddenly that it was too late.
Shen Xingran stabbed the sword sharply into his body, until it only reached the hilt.
"Brother Shen! Brother Shen!" Xu Zun supported Shen Xingran who was about to fall over and asked loudly, "What are you doing!?"
"Ji...Ji Ying..." Shen Xingran grabbed Xu Zun's arm and used his last strength to express his intention, "If I don't die, you will be blamed. If I die, you will become famous!"
"Only if you have the right...can...you...promise me to...take good care of my brothers and sisters...answer...answer..."
He could no longer say the word "ying" that followed. The rise and fall of his chest became slower and slower, and his pupils gradually expanded.
At this moment, Xu Zun's heart felt like a knife was piercing his heart. He wanted to happily agree to Shen Xingran's last request.
However, when he remembered the scene of the murder of Mr. Shen in the Xinye County Yamen, and the tragic death of the prince Li Xun at the hands of the blood evil, he had to fall into a state of mental trauma, so that until Shen Xingran died in anger, he He just stayed there numbly, without making any promises...
