kingnovel Chapter 296: Implicate the Hero
Chapter 296: Implicate the Hero
In the dark room next door.
Liao Zhiyi and the others had already woken up.
But it’s pitch dark here, and you can’t tell whether it’s day or night.
"Hero, these villains must be coming for me and the young prince. You don't know that we have always been chivalrous and righteous in Shengjing City, and we have offended many people. I am sorry to have implicated you this time!"
Xie An's hands and feet were tied and he couldn't move. He finally managed to support himself and lean on Liao Zhiyi. With his smart brain, he speculated last night and felt that the situation must be as he thought.
Liao Zhiyi: “…”
This young man looks quite smart, but actually...
"Hero, we won't die here, right? Wuuwuwu!"
A cry came from the darkness. It was Li Shou.
He was the youngest of the three. Even though he acted all swagger and bully on weekdays, he couldn't handle the situation when things really got tough.
"Brother, Lao Xie, we've been locked up here for a whole day and night without even a sip of water. They're starving us to death and killing us with thirst. I've never gone so long without food before."
How could the young prince have ever suffered such a crime?
When you were in Prince Heng’s mansion, were you not served with delicious fish and meat every day?
"Look at how useless you are!"
Xie An was very disdainful, shook his head in the dark, and began to brag.
"Back then, Aunt Su and I were imprisoned in the Dali Temple for three days and three nights. Our situation was much more difficult than this. I've seen all sorts of punishments, including branding, flogging, and castration, and I managed to get through it. These are just a piece of cake!"
"Really?"
Just listening to it was scary. Li Shou slowly stopped crying and began to listen to Xie An attentively.
Liao Zhiyi listened quietly beside him, smiled and shook his head.
After all, he is still a child!
What a mess! Castration? Does he even know what castration is? He's just bragging.
However, Li Xun and Li Shou next to them were listening attentively.
"Of course. Three dark days and three nights. I'd risk my life for my good friend Pei Huan. Haha, but you've heard what happened later. My master, your master's grandfather, General Pei Heng, was so angry that he killed Prince Jing and his gang because they had offended my master's wife, your master's grandmother."
"Wow!"
Now even Li Xun was amazed.
"Master is so majestic."
"That's right! Hey, I don't know when I can be as powerful as my master, so that I can go to the battlefield and kill the enemies. I will kill those Beimang dogs if I see one, and kill a pair if I see two." Xie An couldn't wait to go to the battlefield right now.
"You can not!"
Suddenly, Liao Zhiyi beside him said something.
Xie An was unhappy now. "Hero, what are you talking about? Why am I not able to do it?"
"The people of Beimang are brutal. You killed them with just one slap. You haven't even seen what they look like! Although your master is powerful, he didn't teach you the real skills of killing the enemy."
Liao Zhiyi could see that these were playboys, and he thought that General Pei was just teaching them some fancy tricks for fun.
"Then what is the real skill of killing the enemy?" Xie An was not convinced.
"Killing the enemy is never about tricks, just killing them is enough! Besides, the battlefield is far from as simple as you think."
Liao Zhiyi narrowed his eyes.
The dark masses of Beimang people climbed up the broken city wall again. His sword had long been bent, and the arrows in his quiver were long gone. His comrades had already fallen, and few were left standing...
"Fifteen days. Out of ammunition and food, corpses strewn across the ground, devastated."
"And then?" Xie An, Li Xun and Li Shou were completely attracted by his story.
"Then?"
Liao Zhiyi felt a dull pain in his heart, and the wound in his chest where the long sword had pierced it was throbbing with pain and burning. Memories came flooding back, shocking him so much that he couldn't breathe.
After hearing what he said, Li Xun and Li Shou, who had been silent all this time, became restless and started shouting:
"Impossible! The Seventh Uncle died a long time ago!"
"Dead? Then who killed the Zhenbei Marquis? Who massacred the Zhenbei Army who had barely survived the war? Who opened the city gates and let the Beimang people in to be slaughtered? Young Prince, if you don't believe me, just think of it as a story."
Liao Zhiyi sighed softly.
He had kept these things to himself and didn't want to tell anyone else, but if he didn't say it now, he was afraid he wouldn't have the chance to tell it later.
I hope that Xie An, Li Xun and Li Shou, as Pei Heng’s apprentices and grand-disciples, can be as righteous as Pei Heng.
"I believe it!" Xie An was greatly shocked. "My hero, I believe it. Don't worry, as long as we can get out alive today, I will take you to find my grandfather! My grandfather is as powerful as my master. He will definitely give justice to the Zhenbei Army and the Zhenbei Marquis, and give the people of the border town the truth."
"Thank you!"
Liao Zhiyi was about to say something when he suddenly heard footsteps approaching from a distance.
"Someone's coming, don't talk!"
Sure enough, after a while, there was a loud clang, and the iron door that had locked them was opened. With a flick of a torch, several masked men walked in, each holding a knife.
"You little bastards, grandpa is sending you on your way."
The masked man raised his knife and slashed at Xie An's neck.
It happened so quickly that no one knew how Liao Zhiyi moved. Xie An only felt a flash before his eyes and rolled into the corner. Liao Zhiyi put his hands behind his back and the knife hit his back squarely.
"what!"
Xie An watched as the hero's back was torn into pieces, but at the same time, the hemp ropes that bound the hero were also split open.
It's ruthless!
Liao Zhiyi risked his life to break free from his restraints, despite being injured. A man who had come from the battlefield was filled with murderous intent and bloodiness.
When they first met in a narrow alley, he didn't know the other person's background, so he didn't kill him. But now that he knew the other person wanted to kill him, how could he show mercy?
There was chaos in the dim cell.
Screams rang out one after another. Before Xie An, Li Xun and Li Shou could react, several masked guys were already covered in blood on the spot.
"Take it!"
Liao Zhiyi grabbed the knife on the ground, cut the hemp rope that bound the three people, and then stuffed the knife into the hands of the three people.
"what?"
Xie An barely managed to hold the knife. The knife felt heavy in his hand and had a strong smell of blood. Upon closer inspection, he saw blood on the blade. He suddenly felt like vomiting and couldn't help but want to.
Li Shou next to him had already turned his head and was lying in the corner, vomiting loudly.
Li Xun was fine, there was even some anticipation in his eyes.
"Isn't it awesome? Grab your knife and follow me to kill!"
"Kill, kill them all?"
Xie An suspected that he had heard correctly.
When he was in the Dali Temple, he had experienced some big events. But Su Li protected him very well at that time. She didn't even let him touch the knife, let alone kill him.
The hero just handed me a knife and told me to kill my way out!
This, this, this is too exciting!
"What? Are you scared? Aren't you going to the battlefield? This is it!"
While inspecting the battlefield, Liao Zhiyi took a knife and slashed the necks of those who were not yet dead.
"Coward? How is that possible!"
Xie An raised his knife and patted his chest.
"Little Grandpa, I'm going on a killing spree today! I'll send all those bastards who dared to tie up my grandson to hell! I'll ask you, hero, to see if I can do it or not! Go! Kill them!"
"Kill them!" Li Xun repeated excitedly, grabbing his brother's collar with his backhand.
Li Shou was still wiping his mouth.
Liao Zhiyi picked up the torch and walked out first.