kingnovel Chapter 520 All-Desert
Chapter 520 All-Desert
The red eyes emitted a terrifying light in the dark night. The black snake venom that Yizhen drank was working again. Although Yuan Rong was dead, the remaining evil spirit in Yizhen did not dissipate. Her eyes that could control people's hearts made Liuguang feel dizzy, and the sword he raised could not fall down.
"Don't kill me! Don't kill me!" Yizhen kept repeating this sentence in her mind. She did not notice the changes in her eyes, nor did she know why Liuguang suddenly covered his head and screamed in pain.
Liuguang was controlled by Yizhen, and could not disobey her instruction of "Don't kill me". He kept tightening his grip on the sword, but every time he tried to strike, he couldn't. His head hurt more and more, and he had to throw away the sword, holding his head with both hands, which was about to explode with pain.
Yizhen seized this opportunity, trembling, stood up from the ground, and rushed out of the woods. The wound on her back was still bleeding, and every step she took caused the wound to ache. As she ran, her vision began to darken, and her legs gradually lost strength.
Yizhen realized that she was about to faint and looked back timidly.
At this time, Liuguang had recovered from the state of being controlled just now. As long as he stopped looking into Yizhen's eyes, his headache would disappear immediately. "Monster..." Liuguang gritted his teeth, picked up the sword on the ground again, and chased in the direction of Yizhen's escape.
"Help, help... Help!" Yizhen, in a panic, saw Liuguang chasing after her again. Her whole body began to tremble and she ran around wildly in the dark woods.
She wanted to speed up, but her legs were out of control. A tree root suddenly appeared on the ground. Yizhen ran too fast and only paid attention to the distance between her and Liuguang, and didn't notice the danger on the ground. Her instep tripped on the tree root, and Yizhen screamed "Ah", her legs left the ground, and she fell forward.
There was a small hill in front of her, and Yizhen rolled down the hill. There were no trees on the hill, but there were many small stones. The wound rubbed against the stones, causing a sharp pain. She didn't know how many times she rolled, her body was no longer under control, and her vision turned completely black.
After finally stopping, Yizhen was already almost unconscious. She tried to open her eyes, but she could not see anything. She just felt very painful, not only the wound, but also the pain in her bones.
If Liuguang catches up again, Yizhen, who has no power to resist, will definitely die.
"I don't want to die, I don't want to die... Help, help... Help..." He used his last bit of strength to give a final cry to the front.
My eyes have completely lost the ability to see. I don’t know where I am or if there is anyone nearby who can save me.
I couldn't see anything, only darkness and dizziness enveloped me.
Yizhen tried to get up, but her legs were badly injured. Before she could stand firmly, she fell down again with a violent tremor.
Behind her, the murderous aura of Liu Guang was getting closer and closer, like an invisible rope that tied Yizhen tightly and made it impossible for her to break free.
"I don't want to die, I don't want to die..." Yizhen cried and screamed madly.
Just when she was about to despair, she suddenly heard footsteps in front of her. It was not one person, but a group of people. There was also the sound of armor rubbing against each other in the running. They must be guards. Yizhen thought, it's over, it must be Liuguang's people, I'm dead.
At this time, she had already used up all her strength and had no strength left in her body.
Lying motionless on the ground, he slowly closed his eyes...
I don't want to die. In the last moment before I lost consciousness, these four words were the only ones in my mind.
However, she could no longer resist. The severe pain disappeared, and all her senses disappeared...
Yizhen fell into a complete abyss.
However, the group of guards who rushed over after hearing the news were not Liu Guang's men, but the commander of the imperial guards, An Youchen, who was also Concubine An's brother.
The guards of the entire palace were divided into two groups. Liuguang was responsible for guarding the four side gates of Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, and Black Tortoise, while An Youchen was responsible for guarding the three main gates of Heaven, Earth, and Man. The place where Yizhen fell was very close to the palace gate. After hearing the woman's scream, An Youchen hurried over with a team of people.
Liuguang stood on the hillside, silently watching An Youchen carry the seriously injured and unconscious Yizhen away. He hid in the darkness, and the group of guards did not notice his figure.
No one knows how long Yizhen will be unconscious, but once Yizhen wakes up, the conspiracy of the mountain ghost tribe and Liuguang's identity will be exposed.
There is no time to hesitate, this is a duel of time.
Liuguang immediately put away his sword and ran out of the woods at the fastest speed. He rode a horse and left the palace through the nearest side gate, Qinglong Gate, and headed towards Kang Mansion.
Kang Xiaorong led the guards to guard the Xian Palace, divided into two shifts, day and night. If Liuguang calculated correctly, Kang Xiaorong was on the day shift today, and he should be sleeping in Kang Mansion now.
He galloped all the way to the red wall of Kang Mansion. Liuguang stepped on the horse's back and jumped onto the roof without anyone noticing, then ran along the ridge in the dark towards Kang Xiaorong's room. He had played in Kang Mansion since he was a child and was familiar with it like his own backyard. He had trespassed there many times before today, and he was safe every time.
Without encountering any danger or obstruction, in less than a quarter of an hour, the stream of light had lightly landed outside Kang Xiaorong's door.
Kang Xiaorong was very alert. When he heard the sound of the ground falling, he immediately rolled out of bed, reached out to grab the sword beside the pillow, and shouted to the door, "Who is it?"
The answer he got was the sound of a door being pushed open with a creak. The next moment, Liu Guang stepped into the room and rushed straight to the bed.
"The situation is urgent, hand over the military token quickly." Liuguang stretched out his hand and asked Kang Xiaorong for it without any hesitation.
"What do you want to do?" Kang Xiaorong had just woken up and his mind was still not very clear. Liuguang's words were even more ridiculous to him than talking in his dreams.
"Our fates have long been tied together. If my identity is exposed, everything you have done will also be exposed to the world. You don't want people to know that you are the one who assassinated An Chenghuan, right? Now everyone thinks that An Chenghuan died at the hands of the Mountain Ghost Clan assassins. Once the truth is revealed, no one will believe that you have no connection with the Mountain Ghost Clan. Not to mention that your power and status today will all become a passing cloud, and even the men, women, and children of the entire Kang Mansion will be classified as rebels."
Liuguang grabbed Kang Xiaorong's collar and threatened him fiercely, "You have no choice. Just listen to me."
Kang Xiaorong's pupils shrank rapidly. Every word Liuguang had just said lingered in his mind, and finally converged into a picture of a river of blood. He sat on the bed like a wooden chicken, his eyes wide open, but his gaze was empty, and he could see nothing except a bright red future.
Seeing that Kang Xiaorong didn't respond for a long time, Liuguang was so angry that he pushed him away and started searching through the drawers in the room.
After the general's death, Kang Xiaorong inherited the Kang family's military command.
Liuguang searched the room for a long time, and finally found a secret compartment in a hidden drawer. He opened the secret compartment and saw a palm-sized lacquer box inside. He opened the lid of the lacquer box, and a golden military token appeared in front of Liuguang. With this military token, he could command the 300,000 troops of the Kang family. But now the troops are stationed in various places on the border, and it will take some time to transfer them back to the capital, and it is impossible to transfer all 300,000 troops back at the same time.
"Great. We finally found it." Liuguang grabbed the military token and turned to walk out the door.
Until this moment, Kang Xiaorong's eyes were still dull. He watched Liuguang's every move, but did not stop him.
Just like what Liuguang said just now, the fate of the two people has long been tied together. If one of them fails, the other will also be ruined.
In the end, he could only watch Liuguang take the military token away. Not to mention standing up to stop him, he didn't even have the courage to shout "Stop".
At this time, Liuguang had already stepped out of the door with one leg, and just as he was about to disappear, he suddenly stopped. Keeping one leg outside and one leg inside, he turned around and said to Kang Xiaorong, "Whether it's Huarong or the princess, hurry up and rescue the person you want to save. At daybreak, I will set fire to the palace and leave no one alive."
In the princess's mansion, Tian Ning was breathing steadily and sleeping soundly.
Suddenly, with a "bang", the door was pushed open from the outside with such great force that the vibration it caused was almost like an earthquake.
Tian Ning suddenly opened his eyes, his vision was blurry, and he saw a figure rushing to the bedside at a very fast speed and grabbing his hand. Tian Ning screamed in fear, and it was not until the other party called out "Tian Ning" quickly that Tian Ning finally calmed down.
"Brother Xiaorong?" He opened his eyes wide in disbelief and stared in astonishment at Kang Xiaorong who suddenly appeared.
Time was running out, and it was almost dawn. Kang Xiaorong had no time to explain, so he grabbed Tianning's hand and pulled her out, saying, "Tianning, come with me."
"Where are we going?" Tian Ning was confused and his head was dizzy. He subconsciously followed Kang Xiaorong out of the room and jogged in the quiet corridor.
"Don't ask any more questions. Just follow me."
Kang Xiaorong's pace was so fast that Tianning couldn't keep up. Later, Kang Xiaorong simply picked up Tianning and rushed out of the gate. There was a horse tied outside the gate. Kang Xiaorong held Tianning on the horse's back, protected Tianning in his arms, then shook the reins and drove the horse forward.
"Brother Xiaorong, what happened?" The horse was running very fast, and the wind was howling. Tianning was so scared that he tightly grasped Kang Xiaorong's collar and raised his pale little face to look at him.
However, Kang Xiaorong did not answer a word, but just kept driving his horse forward. In the blink of an eye, they arrived at Qinglong Gate.
Tian Ning was surprised to find that the people guarding Qinglong Gate were all wearing strange clothes, as if they were the national costumes passed down from a nation with strange beliefs. She was so scared that she hugged Kang Xiaorong's hand and growled in fear: "Brother Xiaorong, they are not guards at all! Who are they? Where are we going?"