This sound is so familiar to me, it is the sound of a sharp knife being sheathed.

I thought it was Xie Houqi who drew out his sword and wanted to kill me, but the next moment, a heavy muffled sound came, and with a bang, it seemed as if someone's back hit the huge screen heavily.

I even heard the sound of the screen shaking slightly from being hit.

What's wrong?

I opened my eyes wide, but couldn't see anything. I only heard a person being covered in the light of the swaying flames in front of me, making a whimpering sound, and constantly kicking and struggling, but in the end, a very light sound ended everything.

It was the sound of a sharp blade piercing into the body.

Immediately afterwards, I smelled a strong smell of blood.

The smell filled the whole room in an instant, so strong that it was almost choking. I opened my eyes in panic and took a step forward subconsciously.

Another step.

I reached out and the first thing I touched was an arm.

Pei Yuanxiu's arms actually looked stronger than his appearance. They were covered with strong muscles. His arms were holding something hard against the screen.

When I touched his arm, I touched Xie Houqi's neck.

He seemed to have not completely died, and his neck was still twitching slightly, but Pei Yuanxiu's hand was helpless with his mouth, making him unable to make any sound.

I only felt his hand holding Pei Yuanxiu's hand hard, and even at this moment, he grabbed my wrist.

He exerted a huge force before he was dying, almost crushing my wrist.

Then, the blade pierced deeper, and the sound of cutting the skin and rubbing the bones sounded in my ears, and some blood splattered from his chest to my face.

Finally, the hand lost its strength and seemed to have lost its traction just before the last time I tried to force my wrist.

The hand fell down.

But my breathing became rapid, especially when the hand fell down, bumped against the screen, and made a low bang, it seemed to fall on my heart.

I said hoarsely, barely in a voice: "You—"

“…”

"you--"

"Luckily you can't see it anymore."

He spoke, but there was a strong smell of blood. I don’t know how much blood from Xie Houqi splattered on him, but his voice was so calm that there was no fluctuation at all.

"I don't want you to see me like this."

“…”

My breathing is about to suffocate.

I did not see him like this.

I couldn't imagine that he would be like this.

He actually killed Xie Houqi at this time?!

He killed Xie Houqi!

I forgot to put the hand that touched his arm down, and even grabbed it a little unconsciously, and said hoarsely: "Why?"

“…”

"Why do you do this?"

His hand was released.

Then, I heard a sound, which was Xie Houqi's body, which slid softly on the ground against the screen, and then fell to our feet.

He lowered his head, looked at the corpse, and said calmly: "I knew what he was thinking for a long time."

“…”

"I also know they attacked you in the palace."

“…”

"I just don't want you to see me killing anymore. I listened to you and didn't bother with these people, but I didn't expect that today, he would force me at this time."

As he said that, he turned his head and said to me, "Luckily, you can no longer see."

A person, a living person, died just now in front of us, but what he cared about was - fortunately I couldn't see it.

He doesn't want me to see him kill.

but--

I just felt bitter and didn't even know what kind of emotions I felt in my heart at this moment. After a long time, I said hoarsely: "Then, what are you going to do?"

“…”

"The people outside still want to kill me."

“…”

"You killed him, but-"

Before he finished speaking, one hand stroked my cheek.

I was caught off guard and felt that his originally warm palm was hotter than just now, but his palms were also sticky. I hesitated for a while before I came to my senses.

That's blood.

He was also shocked and immediately retracted his hand.

I stood there in a daze, and hadn't responded for a long time, and then I heard him say, "Don't be afraid."

“…”

“I’m here.”

After saying that, he bent down and dragged the body out.

I stood behind the screen and couldn't even react, and I heard the door being opened again. This time, a more bitter wind blew in, but unlike before, the wind was not bone-broken cold, but because of the countless torches outside, it became a little hot.

My eyes suddenly lit up again.

The people outside were waving torches and shouting loudly: "Kill her!"

"Kill her!"? However, all these angry voices immediately seemed to be cut off with a knife when they saw Pei Yuanxiu dragging Xie Houqi's body out.

At this moment, you can imagine the fear of the people outside.

My heart was beating, I wonder what Pei Yuanxiu would say.

Then, in the deadly silence outside, Pei Yuanxiu's voice sounded heavy, and he said, "What you want is already obtained."

After a tense silence, the people outside suddenly felt like they were in a panic.

Someone shouted in disbelief: "Is that Prince Xie Houqi?"

"He's dead?"

"Your Majesty, you killed-"

When these people were so frightened that they were beyond words, Pei Yuanxiu's voice became calmer than before. He slowly said, "Aren't you here to ask me why you should trade Jiangnan and Shengjing's people while you were fighting bloody?"

“…”

"I can tell you now that this deal was just my expedient approach."

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"Now, he is dead, Jiangnan will not hand it over to Shengjing's people again!"

As soon as he heard this, the people outside were a little impatient to move.

Indeed, for those who have been away from their hometown for too long, being able to return to their hometown is what they most hope for.

Pei Yuanxiu said loudly: "This person is the culprit of everything. Now that I have killed him, no one will covet Jiangnan in the future. Don't you want to go home or go back to Jiangnan?"

The soldiers outside were all a little confused, but when they heard what he said, they all said, "Yes, we want to go home."

"We want to go back to Jiangnan."

"We're going home!"

Listening to the excited shouts of these people, I felt a sensation in my heart.

Pei Yuanxiu said loudly: "Okay, now, let's open the city gate and fight to the death with the rebels outside the city!"

“…”

"If you win them off, you can go home!"

As soon as the words were finished, the people outside shouted.

I stood in the room, and the swaying fire outside shone into the room, sprinkling huge black shadows around, giving people the illusion that the earth was shaking, as if the world was about to collapse.

The shouts from the people outside made my feeling more real.

I vaguely heard some of their orders that they would go to the south gate immediately and fight to the death with the rebels outside the city. After receiving the emperor's promise, these soldiers were excited. Their eagerness to go home had reached their peak at this moment.
To be continued...