Chapter 650: Abandoned Son - Hegemony (14)
Chapter 650: Abandoned Son - Hegemony (14)
Seeing the woman in black coming and going without a trace, Wu Wang felt that her identity was mysterious. Later he really became suspicious and chased her all the way to this place.
Looking back now, I just feel that Tu Fangfei and the other two are very thoughtful, using this method to avoid being killed.
When Wu Wang came back to his senses, he could only hear the wind blowing the phoenix tree. Now he has returned to dust, but the number of people who have lost their lives because of this incident is far from over...
Wu Chao military camp.
"Your Highness, Ketu has now abandoned the army and fled. He is truly dishonest."
"How could that man be so trustworthy? It's a pity that he escaped, otherwise I would have killed him."
In a surprise attack at night, Wu Chengyin's army captured Ketu's army of 100,000. The army was now demoralized and without a leader.
"Report, Commander, Ketu wants to see you!"
Wu Chengyin, who was preparing to look for someone, saw a man and a little Taoist nun in blue clothes and white socks standing outside the military camp. They were surrounded by several generals, which was very awkward.
He walked over quickly and saw Ketu and the little nun bowing to him.
"Please forgive me, General. We are here only to seek peace."
"Ketu, I didn't expect you to come. It's time to end the feud between you and me."
Chan Yi said: "Your Highness, may I have a word with you?"
Wu Chengyin felt that there was something strange between the two of them, so he took them into the main tent. He saw Chan Yi kneeling down, and he asked, "Why are you like this? What's your name?"
"Your Highness, I am Chan Yi. If we count the generations, I am your cousin and Ke Tu is your cousin."
"Oh, you two lied without thinking. You think my army can no longer resist, so you attack me in this way."
Chan Yi said: "I will not lie. Back then, Prince Ke was a hero admired by everyone in the world. He could have achieved great success, but unfortunately he was harmed by a villain and eventually died tragically." As Chan Yi spoke, he handed over a piece of topaz with the word "Ke" on it.
"What do you know?"
Ke Tu said: "Wu Chengyin, Prince Ke is not childless, it's just that he was too infatuated at the time..."
Chan Yi: “…”
After listening to the two people's descriptions of past events, Wu Chengyin remembered the story that his uncle, the imperial grandmother, told them.
"Even if you two didn't lie, why are you here just to say this?"
Chan Yi: "I have no hatred. I am glad that Master raised me to adulthood. I am here with my brother because Master asked me to. Now that I have given you everything, I will leave naturally."
"Now I have no intention of fighting for the world. I will pacify the army and make them surrender."
"Ketu, you are really disgusting. You have recognized the thief as your father and killed so many innocent people. Now you are clearing yourself of all charges with an unintentional dispute. Do you believe it?"
"I am wrong. If killing me is the only way to calm your anger, then kill me."
"I won't kill you. You are already a useless person. First, I won't kill anyone from the Emperor's uncle's family. Second, you are already defeated. I will let you witness with your own eyes how the grand ambitions that you could not achieve are realized by others."
"I am looking forward."
A curved sword with a black sheath was taken out from Ketu's back. He said, "This is my father's precious sword. The late emperor ordered people to make it with the best materials. Now I return it to you."
Wu Chengyin pulled out the knife, which still revealed the murderous aura of its owner in the past, and the cold light pierced people. This was the Wu Dynasty's patriotic heirloom sword. Seeing it today, it was indeed extraordinary.
He closed the knife, handed it over, and said, "In the hands of a benevolent person, a knife is a precious weapon for expanding territory and punishing evil; in the hands of a despicable person, it is a murderous weapon that causes evil and destruction. It is not mine, so it will never belong to me."
Looking at the knife handed over to him, Ke Tu could only take it back, and he also understood the implication of Wu Chengyin's words.
But for peace of mind, he still asked: "Your Highness, can you see the Seventeenth Night?"
Panic flashed in Wu Chengyin's eyes, followed by grief. He raised his voice: "You are not worthy of asking her, never worthy."
"I have overstepped the line. No matter where in the world I will find her, alive or dead!"
"If you want to find it, then go ahead and find it. Get lost!"
Chan Yi didn't know why the two men suddenly started arguing. She wanted to ask the reason, but she had no right to do so. She could only follow the man with a depressed head out of the tent.
"Brother, who is Ye Shiqi?"
Ketu only said: "A person who is very important to me, but unfortunately I lost him."
Just as he turned around and was about to step out of the military camp gate, suddenly, an anxious and sad female voice came from a huge iron cage: "Brother Ketu, I'm here, please save me quickly."
The shout exploded in Ketu's ears like thunder, causing him to stop involuntarily and look in the direction where the sound came from.
Soon, he spotted a figure in a large iron cage not far away—a woman with messy hair, haggard face and dirty face was looking at him eagerly.
Ketu's heart tightened, and his feet seemed to be nailed to the spot, unable to move at all.
After a long while, he took a deep breath and dragged his legs, which felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead, step by step towards the iron cage where the woman was.
When he finally reached the iron cage, Ketu saw the woman's appearance clearly through the gap in the bars.
"Brother Ketu, I knew you would come to save me. Please rescue me quickly. They are bullying me." The woman said expectantly, with a glimmer of hope in her eyes.
Looking at the pitiful appearance of the woman in front of him, Ketu smiled and responded softly: "Okay!"
However, something unexpected happened. In the next second, a cold light flashed in Ketu's hand, followed by a sharp knife light.
In an instant, a strong smell of blood spread!
Ke Mengying's eyes widened, her face full of disbelief. She had never thought that the savior she had been waiting for would actually kill her.
"Why? Why do you do this?" Ke Mengying asked in a trembling voice, her eyes full of despair and confusion.
Facing Ke Mengying's questioning, Ke Tu's expression became extremely cold. He gritted his teeth and said, "Why? Humph, because you are a complete liar, you deserve to die!"
Before she finished her words, Ke Mengying felt a sharp pain in her chest, and then she slowly fell to the cold ground.
Until the last moment of her life, her beautiful eyes were still wide open, and it was obvious that she died with her eyes open.
At the same time, the soldiers who had been guarding the iron cage nearby heard the noise and gathered around, surrounding Ketu tightly.
"You bold lunatic! This woman is a vital hostage in our army. Who are you? How dare you kill her?" one of the soldiers shouted angrily.
Another soldier echoed: "That's right, you are openly disobeying military orders, the commander will definitely not let you off easily!"
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