Published at 29th of October 2020 04:40:55 AM
Chapter 227: Chapter 227 - Fire Lighting Up the Sky
Chapter 227 Fire Lighting Up the Sky
From the Palace?
Hearing that, Sima Ray felt his heart trembled . Qin Yunuan’s words echoed in his mind . Was it true that Imperial Concubine Rong had been dead? The messages sent to him were all fake?
Sima Ray snatched the letter from Du Sheng’s hand . He glanced over it and raised his eyebrows to look at Qin Yunuan . She showed a sudden smile, holding her head up slightly . She said smoothly, “The emperor is terminally ill . Prince Ray, if you attack tomorrow, you will realize the great cause . ”
When Qin Yunuan finished, she turned to give Sima Ray a casual glance . Sima Ray’s hands quivered imperceptibly . Words on the secret letter were exactly the same as what Qin Yunuan had said just now .
“Prince Ray, do you trust me now?” raising her eyebrows, Qin Yunuan looked extremely confident .
“Just trivial tricks,” Sima Ray threw the secret letter away contemptuously, “Are you expecting that I will believe that?”
“Prince Ray, if you don’t believe me, attack tomorrow then,” Qin Yunuan said in an ironic tone, “However, I’m afraid that you don’t dare to . ”
Sima Ray turned and ordered to close the door . An evil smile appeared on his face, “Provocation is useless to me . ”
Leaving the courtyard, Du Sheng had been following Sima Ray discreetly . Sima Ray looked rather unhappy . After all, Imperial Concubine Rong was now paramount and powerful . What’s more, she was in the palace . He, however, was no more than a prince who attempted to rebel . If Imperial Concubine Rong had betrayed him…
Thinking of this, Sima Ray would rather Imperial Concubine Rong had been dead .
“Take my order,” Sima Ray frowned, “Stop providing Imperial Concubine Yang with the antidote . ”
Later the servant girl, Ning’er, came again and added some soothing fragrance for Qin Yunuan . Seeing that Qin Yunuan slept soundly on her bed, she didn’t dare to bother her, so she left with stealthy footsteps .
The moonlight poured in through the gap of the windows which was as wide as a pin . The house was pitch-dark . The sound of Ning’er closing the door was extremely distinct in the night . The moment the door was closed, a pair of clear, sharp pupils shone suddenly in the darkness . Qin Yunuan opened her eyes, calculated the time, and then closed her eyes slowly .
In the midnight, Sima Ray didn’t go to bed . He stared at the layout of the Royal Palace on the table . He drew a big, red circle on the sign of Rosefinch Gate . Thinking that Leng Changxi hacked off one’s head through only one move today, Sima Ray felt bad .
All of a sudden, there was a great noise outside . Since Sima Ray had ruled his army strictly, it shouldn’t be so noisy in the midnight unless something unusual happened . Putting on a robe, as soon as Sima Ray went out, he met Du Sheng coming to report, frustrated and exhausted, “Prince Ray, the house imprisoning Infanta Ping was on fire . ”
At first, Sima Ray frowned, feeling worried . Then he focused on the issue, “Put out the fire, of course . But keep watching closely . I’m afraid that this evil woman has come up with an idea to run away . ”
Qin Yunuan, a woman hard for him to predict and prevent .
“It’s hard, Prince Ray,” Du Sheng said while gasping, “It blows southeast wind tonight . When Infanta Ping’s house was on fire, it immediately got the barn burned . Now we are saving crops as well as Infanta Ping . It’s hard to distribute people here and there . ”
A cunning hare has three holes to hide, not to mention a cunning fox like Sima Ray . This hiding place was only one of the barns Sima Ray had constructed secretly . It was very close to the palace, but it was really quiet . What’s more, it was the main barn which provided crops to the 30,000 armies of Jinling .
“Slut!” angrily, Sima Ray threw the wolf-hair writing brush with cinnabar on the tip to the ground . The cinnabar splattered on his face in dots, as dark red as the blood .
There were raging flames in the courtyard imprisoning Qin Yunuan . The fire had climbed up to the eave, keeping people from approaching it .
When Sima Ray arrived, the door was burned out of shape . Not far away, the barn was burning with crackles . Inside there was the top-class refined grain bought by Sima Ray from the regions south of the River, waiting for the day .
“What are you looking at? Save the person inside,” Sima Ray angrily rebuked those servant girls and soldiers who dared not to come forward because of the fire .
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“Prince Ray . The fire is too big . The person inside must have been dead already,” a short one answered cautiously .
“Shut up,” Sima Ray snapped, “Qin Yunuan’s life belongs to me now . Even if she is going to die, she should be killed by me . Letting her be burned to death is too kind . You,” Sima Ray pointed at Du Sheng, “Go and save the person inside . I’ll see either the alive person or the body . Qin Yunuan, if you want to play tricks, I’ll play with you . ”
Inside there were raging flames lighting up the sky . The beams were burned to slant . The crackles of the burning wood were terrifying . No matter how brave Du Sheng was, he didn’t dare to rush into the fire scene . Seeing that the way Sima Ray was staring at Du Sheng was getting more and more murderous, Du Sheng went limp and became incontinent . He peed in his pants .
Sima Ray kicked Du Sheng to his heart with great strength and scolded, “Junk . ” Then he pointed at another person casually and ordered, “You go . ”
“Prince Ray…” the people begged for mercy at once .
“Prince Ray, the way you behave is really heartless and uncaring,” all of a sudden, a familiar and strange voice of a woman came from behind Sima Ray’s back . Sima Ray frowned . When he turned around, he saw Qin Yunuan come in from outside the courtyard, spotless with a smile on her lips . However, she spoke with sarcasm, “You ask your heeler rush into the fire instead of you and die for you . Have you ever done something for them?”
“Catch her!” Sima Ray squinted .
The soldiers near Qin Yunuan stepped forward immediately . Thinking that Qin Yunuan was easy to catch because she was thin, they even threw away their personal weapons . To their surprise, they only took three steps before several secret darts shot from the darkness . After several rustling sounds, they directly pierced soldiers’ arms and wrists . The strength was so big that those darts seemed to have stuck into the bone, leaving a short blade outside only .
Without any injury, Qin Yunuan strode ahead, “What? Is there anybody who wants to try?”
Sima Ray frowned . It only took several hours for those master-hands to come to protect Qin Yunuan . Obviously, she had got in touch with outside . However, Sima Ray still got a fluke mind . He had nothing to afraid as long as Leng Changxi was not here . As for master-hands, he also had some with him .
Sima Ray stepped back and raised his hands suddenly . He waved his hands forwards . Several men wearing black Chinese-style jackets and trousers jumped from the top of a wall at once . They had excellent agility and marvelous light skills, selected by Sima Ray from millions of people to protect him .
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“Catch her alive . ” With Sima Ray’s command, these men in black moved forward in order, forming a battle formation that would let nothing escape . Laying siege to Qin Yunuan, they approached her step by step . The fire was still spreading . Qin Yunuan’s face appeared red in the light of the fire, but her eyes were still cool and calm like a pool in the autumn .
As the men in black were going to draw out the sword, a flash of cold light appeared, and there was the subtle sound of a sword striking the scabbard . The next moment, all the men in black stopped, staring at their companion walking in front of them . Roughly, there was no injury . However, on his neck, there was a hairline scar, bleeding little by little . His whole body went stiff, making no move .
Another man in black who had the closest relationship with him couldn’t help stepping ahead and touched him softly, “Big brother . ”
Bang! Just by a soft touch the head of the man in black called “Big brother” fell off directly to the ground . The cut was neat .
Sima Ray’s pupils immediately enlarged . The skill like that, except…
“Prince Ray, what good mood you’re in! You have so many talented people working for you even if you are fleeing,” a pine-like figure strode out from the shadow when speaking leisurely . If not for the long sword holding in his hands, others would think that he was only a scholar instead of Leng Changxi, the mighty god of war in Qi .
“At last, you find here . ” Although Sima Ray was worried about the appearance of Leng Changxi, he felt neither surprised nor afraid . The fact that Leng Changxi could find here in such a short time implied that Leng Changxi was qualified to be his opponent .
While Leng Changxi was speaking, he walked to Qin Yunuan and held her hands intimately . They looked into each other’s eyes with deep feelings, which with no doubt stimulated Sima Ray greatly .
“Prince Ray, my wife has been in your care for such a long time . Now she should come back with me,” Leng Changxi said calmly . He turned back and left without hesitation .
“Stop!” Sima Ray shouted, “You come and go according to your own will . Leng Changxi, you’re too casual . ”
“Oh?” Leng Changxi turned back slowly and pointed at the man in black who died distressingly, “This man wouldn’t let me go just now . Anyone who had the same idea with him will end up dying like him . ”
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“Well,” Sima Ray approached him slowly, looked into his eyes, and said, “Leng Changxi, you’re clever . However, do you know a saying ‘A wise man can be ruined by his own wisdom’? I admit that you are good at taking advantage of people’s psychology . You know that I’m of a suspicious nature . You only need to catch the secret letter Imperial Concubine Yang gives to me halfway without any modification . You tell Qin Yunuan what the letter is about because you know that after Qin Yunuan tells me the content of the secret letter, I will absolutely doubt it . This is a method killing two birds with one stone . Firstly, it can provoke the master-servant relationship between Imperial Concubine Yang and me . Secondly, it will misguide my judgment on the situation . At first, I dare not to make a guess like that . After all, Qin Yunuan is your lifeblood . Aren’t you afraid of the possibility of me killing Qin Yunuan in anger or torturing her in a crueler way? I don’t know it until your appearance that instead of being afraid, you are sure that you can protect her well . ”
Leng Changxi felt a little surprised about Sima Ray’s words just now . Sima Ray was definitely not a person who would accept the failure easily .
As expected, Sima Ray sneered suddenly when looking at Leng Changxi . His lips raised a little, filled with duplicity and complacency, “While you are sure that you can protect her well, you seem not to be sure that your heelers won’t betray you . ”
Leng Changxi squinted slightly . He had found that there was something wrong with his heelers, but he never expected that they were used by Sima Ray .
Sima Ray snorted and pulled out a dark yellow secret letter . He threw it to the feet of Leng Changxi, raised his heads, and read its content aloud, “At a quarter to twelve, the general will certainly leave to save Infanta Ping . ” Then Sima Ray chuckled, “Leng Changxi, you are sold out by the heeler you trust the most . ”
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