Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 496 The Growth of Evil

In Liu Mansion, Kang Xiaorong rushed in with two swords. The servants who were cleaning the yard saw Kang Xiaorong's murderous look and rushed over to stop him, but they were no match for Kang Xiaorong and were knocked away in two or three hits.

Kang Xiaorong was as familiar with Liu Mansion as his own backyard, and rushed straight to the courtyard where Liuguang was.

It was still early in the morning, and the morning mist had not yet dissipated. Even the birds were sleeping in their nests, and it was so quiet that almost no sound could be heard. Because of this, Kang Xiaorong's footsteps seemed particularly harsh, and every step on the ground was like an earthquake. He thought Liuguang was still asleep, so he rushed along the corridor towards the bedroom. But as soon as he entered the yard, he found Liuguang sitting on a stone bench in the yard, as if he had been waiting for a long time.

After hearing Kang Xiaorong's footsteps, Liuguang turned around and looked at him.

Kang Xiaorong walked over quickly and threw one of the long swords in his hand across half the yard. He kept a distance of ten steps and confronted him murderously.

At this time, the servants who had just been beaten down came limping over again, trying to stop Kang Xiaorong who had bad intentions. But Liuguang smiled and said to the servants softly, "You all should leave. The young general just wants to learn martial arts from me."

When they were young, they practiced martial arts together and often fought in the yard. If Kang Xiaorong walked in with a sword as usual, it would not be a big deal, but today his face was not right, and it was obvious that he was here to seek revenge. The news that Kang Qingyuan was assassinated last night has not yet spread, so the servants of Liu Mansion could not guess Kang Xiaorong's intention at all.

Liuguang waved his hand again, and then the servants who were full of doubts retreated.

When only Kang Xiaorong and Liuguang were left in the yard, Kang Xiaorong slowly drew out his sword, threw the scabbard into the bushes, pointed the sword at Liuguang's nose, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Liuguang, did you do it?" The hand holding the sword couldn't stop trembling, and his eyes were wide open to the limit, and his eyeballs were already full of bloodshot red veins. The hatred of killing his father is irreconcilable, even if the other party is his former best friend.

Facing the furious Kang Xiaorong, Liuguang showed neither fear nor regret. He lightly grasped the sword that Kang Xiaorong threw to him, and was not in a hurry to open it. Instead, he flexibly turned his wrist and gently placed the sword on the stone table beside him. He used this action to indicate that he did not want to fight with Kang Xiaorong.

"What else do you have to say?" Kang Xiaorong asked coldly. Even though Guang Liuguang had clearly expressed his unwillingness to fight, Kang Xiaorong did not give up his plan for revenge. He held the sword tighter and took two steps closer to Liuguang.

But Liuguang walked up to his sword with his bare hands, pinched the tip of the sword with his fingertips, gently pushed it away a few inches, and suddenly leaned close to Kang Xiaorong's ear and said, "If he doesn't die, how can you marry Tianning? Besides, your father is old and his health is not as good as before. But he still holds a high position, busy with affairs, and works day and night. Even if I don't do anything, he won't live long. In fact, he should have unloaded the burden and rested a long time ago..."

Before he finished his words, there was a swish and Kang Xiaorong's sword was already swung straight towards Liuguang's neck.

Liuguang had been prepared for this. He stepped on the ground, flew into the air, drew an arc in the air, and landed gently behind Kang Xiaorong.

Kang Xiaorong turned around and raised his sword to stab Liuguang in the back again. Liuguang dodged sideways, and the sword brushed past his shoulder.

"You are full of anger now and you are eager to attack. I can see through your every step and you can't kill me at all." Liuguang turned around and grabbed Kang Xiaorong's sword-holding hand. With a sudden force, Kang Xiaorong's arm made a crisp "click" sound and was almost broken.

Liuguang did not break his hand, but took advantage of the moment when his five fingers lost strength to snatch the dangerous sword.

"Calm down. Your father is dead now. This is an established fact and cannot be changed. But once he dies, you can not only marry Tianning, but also inherit his position and command his army. You can also use the emperor to command the princes and hold great power. No one can stop you. Why should you let such a bright future ruin your own hands?" As he said this, he bent down to pick up the scabbard from the grass, gently inserted the snatched sword into the scabbard, then turned around again and returned the sheathed sword to Kang Xiaorong.

Kang Xiaorong stared at him motionlessly, as if he had not yet recovered from the shock of having his weapon taken away from him.

"Take the sword, don't kill me, if you want to kill someone, kill the person who is blocking your future." Liuguang saw that Kang Xiaorong was hesitant to move, so he directly pulled his hand and put the sword in his hand. "Don't you want to be a general, junior general? You must have been looking forward to this day for a long time, right? Go back early and take good care of your father's funeral. In less than three days, the emperor will appoint you as the successor to the position of general. The tiger talisman of the 200,000 troops stationed on the border of the Kang family will also be in your possession. At that time, whether you want to marry Tianning, Huarong, or both of them, no one will interfere and set up obstacles everywhere."

As he spoke, he looked up into Kang Xiaorong's hateful eyes. After seeing the hatred gradually wavering in his eyes, the smile on Liuguang's lips became deeper.

Kang Xiaorong took the sword that Liuguang returned and held it tightly in his palm. The hilt of the sword made a "crackling" sound in his hand, as if it was about to be crushed. However, after listening to Liuguang's words, Kang Xiaorong never pulled out the sword again.

"If you kill me now, you will not be able to escape the death penalty. Even if you can escape to the ends of the earth, the Kang family will be wiped out. Not only will decades of achievements vanish, but you will also be cursed for eternity - is this the ending you want to see?"

Every word Liuguang said pierced deeply into Kang Xiaorong's heart.

Kang Xiaorong hated him, but he could not refute him. He was more deceptive than Huarong, and he seized her inner weakness and pressed her step by step, forcing her to have no way out.

At this time, Liuguang smiled sinisterly and delivered a fatal blow. "Major General, at this point, you have no choice. Don't forget... you are the murderer who assassinated An Chenghuan, and you are also responsible for a life."

Kang Xiaorong's face suddenly darkened. It was not anger, but fear. His former best friend had become a cruel hunter, spreading a big net and trapping him tightly. Now his hands and feet were trapped, and he couldn't struggle at all. If he struggled, he would be ruined.

Liuguang sighed softly, shook his head and said, "You help me kill An Chenghuan, and I help you kill Kang Qingyuan. This is a murder deal, and we are already comrades-in-arms who are firmly bound together. Now you want to get out? It's too late."

Kang Xiaorong's body suddenly fell back, and the murderous aura on his body disappeared in an instant. The sharp aura in his eyes was no longer there, just like a puppet with his heart taken out. He asked in a trembling voice: "You gave me the weapon to kill An Chenghuan, and you used the same weapon and the same method to kill my father... From the beginning, you wanted to disguise the two murders as one person... From the beginning, you had already chosen me to help you take the blame."

Liuguang chuckled, shook his head slowly and said, "Not entirely. If you hadn't betrayed me, why would I use you as a scapegoat? The unknown assassin of the Mountain Ghost Clan is the best murderer. However, if you try to resist and struggle, I will naturally find a way to push both lives onto your head. As for me, I am innocent and untainted by dust."

"You are so despicable." Kang Xiaorong was shaking with regret, and his hoarse throat made it almost impossible for him to speak.

However, Liuguang still had a calm expression and smiled, "As long as you don't force me, I won't do this. Xiaorong, we were friends in the past and we will be friends in the future. As long as you can forget this unpleasant thing. In the future, when you have the country and the beauty, you may thank me."

"Humph." Kang Xiaorong sneered coldly, "Impossible, we are no longer friends, and we can never go back to the past. The hatred of killing my father is irreconcilable. When the time is right, I will seek revenge from you sooner or later." After that, he roared and thrust the sword and the sheath straight into the ground. The splashed mud and gravel flew high onto the legs of the two men, making a "pa pa" sound.

Liuguang looked at him calmly. He had said everything he wanted to say and was just waiting for him to calm down.

In the deathly silence, Kang Xiaorong suddenly turned around and walked away quickly without looking back.

The wind in the early morning blew on his face, bringing sharp pain like a knife. Kang Xiaorong's steps were as fast as when he came, but the sound of each footstep was vague, no longer as clear and heavy as when he came.

He didn't know what was wrong with him. He came here for revenge, but just a few words shook his resolve.

He could only convince himself that it was not that he did not want to take revenge, but that the time was not right.

But the light watching his back had already seen through him. The seed of power in his heart had begun to sprout. It had always been weighed down by the stone of the general, but now it had finally lifted the heavy burden and began to raise its own branches. In the fertile soil irrigated with blood under its feet, it would surely grow at a terrifying speed.

It only took half a day for the news of the general's assassination to spread throughout the palace.

"It's chaos, the whole palace is in chaos..." Concubine An Ruoxuan was so restless that she couldn't even drink a drop of water.

Finally, she went to Long Mohan's palace with her personal maid Ningshuang. She really liked Long Mohan, and the more panicked people were, the more she wanted to see him. It seemed that only in this way could she slightly alleviate the inexplicable fear and anxiety in her heart.

However, as soon as she reached the door of the bedroom, she was stopped by the guards.

"The Emperor has ordered that no one shall be seen except Concubine Su." The cold and helpless voice of the captain of the guards made Concubine An feel as if she had fallen into an icy cave.

"Su Yizhen..." Concubine An uttered the name with gritted teeth.

He never expected that the woman that Long Mohan finally fell in love with was the most humble, weakest, and most easily bullied of all the concubines. However, now that she had become Long Mohan's beloved after Zhao Ji, he had become a stray dog ​​that couldn't even get in the door.

Suddenly, I felt dizzy and as if I was in another world.