He thrust his sword down again, piercing the enemy's heart and kicking it out at the same time. While pulling the weapon out of the dead body, he grabbed the spear that penetrated from behind and directly pulled the opponent off his horse.
Now Zhu Sheng is no different from a blood-soaked killing god, but even with his high martial arts skills, he can't defeat the overwhelming number of enemies. The number of wounds on his body is also extremely horrifying. Every time he moves, his limbs will be involved, which is almost jaw-dropping.
The splitting pain seemed to have no effect on him at all. He harvested the enemy's life mechanically and quickly, but his pace and direction never changed, pointing directly at the emperor's palace.
Li Shang looked at the endless firelight and screams, as if the sound of the handover of war was very close - and all of this was caused by her. Since Zhu Sheng had already provoked the war, this game could only be
It ends with the defeat of one side, but no matter which side wins, it is a bloody storm that destroys all lives.
She doesn't care about other people's life or death, and she doesn't even have the so-called superfluous emotion of compassion. She is such a selfish woman. Even if the trouble is caused by her, the only person she cares about now is Zhu Sheng.
"Your Majesty! The rebel army led by King Qi has broken through the inner wall of the imperial city and is heading this way!"
Li Shang's face turned pale with fear. Although she had expected the plot, the moment the truth was announced in front of her, her last hope was shattered.
Seeing that Li Shang's body was stiff and cold, the emperor even slowly held her hand. The woman did not resist, and she did not have the extra energy to resist. The man pinched her chin, as if stroking the fine mutton-fat white jade.
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"It seems that you didn't even realize that you have such a big weight in Zhu Sheng's heart, right?"
The man seemed very proud that he had finally caught Zhu Sheng's hand - he would not let go easily until the value of this woman's use was completely exhausted.
"It is extremely stupid to disrupt a chess game that has been planned for many years for a woman!"
"If you didn't do this! He would never do such a thing!" Li Shang was really annoyed, "He has no intention of becoming emperor, so why are you forcing him so hard?!"
The man burst out laughing, looking at the woman with endless sarcasm in his eyes——
"Hahahahahaha... no intention of being emperor? Regardless of whether this is true or not, do you really think that as long as Zhu Sheng doesn't want to, he can really stay out of the battle for the throne?"
His strength suddenly increased, and Li Shang was pinched until it hurt————
"As long as you have the blood of the royal family flowing in your body, you will be involved in this vortex of power struggle whether you like it or not. His mother and concubine are the victims, so how is my mother and concubine?! You are naive, but Zhu Sheng is not naive!
"The emperor threw Li Shang away, and the woman lost her center of gravity and fell to the ground. "Otherwise, do you think that with the strength of the Imperial City's troops, if not for his own strong foundation, he would really be able to break into the inner city so quickly?"
"I bet you are Zhu Sheng's only weakness in his life! I also bet that I will win in the end this time!"
"Lishang!!!!"
Zhu Sheng's voice was hoarse with ardent expectation. He could only hope to find her here, even if this was the place where he least expected to see her.
The woman didn't even stand up and rushed straight out of the palace, half crawling and half walking, but was blocked by the royal chamberlain. Then the emperor grabbed her hair with one hand and forcibly pulled her back.
The crested hairpin fell, and Li Shang struggled desperately, but was stopped by the cold blade pressed against her throat.
"I think you don't want blood to be splattered on the spot, right?" A sinister light flashed in the man's eyes, "My chips are all on you. It would be very difficult for me to change the bet privately..."
After Zhu Sheng killed the last blocker, he finally reached the entrance of the hall. When he saw the woman he loved most being dragged by the emperor's hair and treated like an animal, the anger in his heart almost burned away his last sanity.
All.
"Let her go!" Zhu Sheng raised his sword and was about to attack, but almost at the same time, the white skin between Li Shang's throat was cut with a trace of scarlet by the blade. The scarlet was about to go. Zhu Sheng had accumulated all the energy he had accumulated so far.
His courage and figure suddenly stagnated.
"Zhu Sheng, you fought here alone for this woman, you should know what I want to do, right?"
The emperor smiled fiercely. The reason why he made such a big bet was to completely eradicate Zhu Sheng himself and all his background and influence in the capital and territories.
"Don't... Zhu Sheng... don't do it for me..."
Not worth it!!
Li Shang's eyes were almost pleading, and Zhu Sheng's eyes looked at her with helplessness and full of love.
His Lishang, a proud woman who never bowed to anyone, was willing to do this for him. How could he not understand that she wanted to preserve everything he had as the King of Qi?
But despite the vanity of being the King of Qi, he was just a man who loved her wholeheartedly, so mediocre and humble.
"If you are asking me whether it is worth it for me to sacrifice everything to save her, my answer will never change..." His voice sounded calm and calm, "It is worth it. She never needs to make a choice between me and her.
"
"In that case... throw away all the weapons on you! Otherwise I will slit her throat now!"
Li Shang's whole body was cold. When she saw Zhu Sheng slowly letting go of the hilt of the sword as if he was resigned to his fate, she knew that everything was about to come to an end——
It turns out that no matter how hard she struggles, the power of choice will never be with her... Zhu Sheng is destined to be dragged down by her and destined to die because of her?
In the next scene, the assassin who had been waiting on the beam for a long time shot a bow and arrow. In an instant, Zhu Sheng's back was covered with arrows. He was half-kneeling, but he refused to fall down completely.
Seeing that Zhu Sheng had reached the end of his life as a hero, the emperor also let go of Li Shang. The woman ran to Zhu Sheng without looking back and supported his riddled body.
With tears blurring her eyes, she called his name over and over again——
"Zhu Sheng? Zhu Sheng?! Zhu Sheng!!!"
She carefully placed the back of his head on her chest and watched the blood on his body spread out on her skirt. A kind of fear and powerlessness from her soul invaded her body over and over again, and she hugged her with a trembling cry.
He, Li Shang's expression was almost crazy.
The man's last remaining strength was still holding him up despite Li Shang's call and he did not die immediately. He raised his hand with difficulty to touch the woman's cheek.
"At least...you're okay..."
"How can it be okay? You have become like this... How can I be okay?!"
Hot tears continued to fall and hit his cheeks. Li Shang burst into tears and sobbed.
"As long as I'm alive... I won't let anything happen to you..."
In fact, he is a very selfish man. He clearly knows that Li Shang has made a choice, but he still wants to fight against fate to save the figure who was stunned at first glance but has been obsessed with her all his life. He cannot bear to have her taken over by another man.
It was for his own benefit, so he chose to raise troops. Even if he knew that the outcome was doomed, he did not want the last meeting between the two of them to end without a problem after suddenly running away.
"I know...but I don't want anything to happen to you...I also..."
The sound of sobbing was filled with heartbreaking pain. At this moment, Li Shang was like a child who had lost everything and could only cry to calm down and vent her pain.
Looking at a pair of lovers who depended on each other for life and death, the emperor couldn't make any waves in his heart. Zhu Sheng was at the end of his rope. All he had to do next was to mobilize the secretly lurking imperial army to wipe out the leaderless rebels. It would be his victory and it would be declared.
King Qi's power was completely uprooted from the court. The biggest threat would evaporate overnight.
"Your Majesty... it's not good!"
The palace attendant hurriedly walked out from the side and knelt down in front of the emperor with a plop——
"What's the matter? Are you so panicked!?"
"Everywhere in the palace... is flooded!!! This place is also surrounded by a sea of fire, and it's impossible to get out!"
Almost subconsciously, the emperor looked at Zhu Shengli Shang, who was still clinging to each other, and instantly guessed whose handiwork this was.
Outside the palace, the dead soldiers who had made an agreement with Zhu Sheng before led a group of archers and repeatedly set fire to the palace with ignited arrows. The other dead soldiers scattered in the imperial city also started to prepare.
The good tar began to ignite massively, and in an instant the entire imperial city became a sea of flames.
Soon the smoky black smoke drifted into the palace. The emperor did not care about dealing with Zhu Sheng at this moment, and he and the palace people evacuated in a hurry. Then only Zhu Sheng and Li Shang were left in the entire hall.
"Li Shang...do you blame me?" The life in Zhu Sheng's eyes was gradually fading, "That person told me...your past..."
The woman paused, and Zhu Sheng touched her cheek fondly——
"You were originally affected by the royal family, but in the end you still couldn't stay out of it...Have you ever complained about me?"
She shook her head and smiled brightly, lighting up the dimness in his eyes——
"I love you not because of your background, so how can I hate you because of your background?" She held his hand, her voice trembling, "I, Li Shang, have always loved Zhu Sheng, not King Qi!"
The flames quickly spread into the palace, and a figure that no one expected to appear here came quietly——
Dongfang Yaoyao didn't seem to be affected by the heavy fire at all. The moment the beam above was burned and fell, Gui Ming directly knocked the burning wooden pillar away with one hand, opening an empty path. Dongfang Yaoyao
Yao walked up to the two of them unhurriedly - and there was no surprise in Lishang's eyes, but only hollowness and sorrow - and she held Zhu Sheng motionless.
"This...is the price I have to pay?"
Dongfang Yaoyao smiled——
"Does it matter whether it's a price or not to a person who has nothing?"
Li Shang was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing——
"Hahahahahaha!!! That's right...I am...right now...a pauper who has lost everything!!!"
Dongfang Yaoyao's voice made her laughter stop abruptly——
"What if...I'm here to give you another chance?"
Li Shang raised her head suddenly, and the moment she looked at Dongfang Yaoyao, the hope burning in her pupils was reflected in those scarlet eyes.
The woman hugged Zhu Sheng, who was almost out of breath, and reached out to grab Dongfang Yaoyao's lapel - "Are you serious about this?"
Dongfang Yaoyao just sighed - "I changed your fate, which is why you caused such an unreasonable disaster. I help you once, and it will be considered as my compensation."
"Okay...I can no longer compensate him in this life...I only ask for an afterlife!"
Gui Ming's face was very ugly. Although Dongfang Yaoyao had told him his decision before, he did not agree with it, even if the master insisted on doing something that was against common ethics.
"There is only one wonderful afterlife...are you sure you want it?"
"Just once, I owe him."
"If so... then I'll start."
Dongfang Yaoyao concentrated and held his breath. When he opened his eyes again, the scarlet in his eyes was more dazzling than any dangerous flame.
In the woman's field of vision, the red line between Li Shang and Zhu Sheng that had been torn apart seemed very thin at the moment, and she stepped forward and raised her hand, waving her hand as if bringing up gusts of soft wind, and easily separated that section.
The torn red thread was brought to the front.
The cold sweat on Dongfang Yaoyao's forehead kept falling while she was doing all this. She knotted the two red threads together with difficulty. Soon the red light in her eyes faded, and she even took a few steps back unsteadily. She was supported by Gui Ming.
live.
She raised her eyes to look at Li Shang again——
"I have tied the red thread between him and you. Until you and I meet again in reincarnation, you and him will meet... and... end up separated by life and death," Dongfang Yaoyao had cold sweat overflowing from his forehead, "
Only I can untie and reconnect these two red threads. Until then, you and him will never be complete."
"That's enough," Li Shang hugged Zhu Sheng and kissed him gently on the face, "As long as there is hope at the end, no matter how painful the process is, I don't care."
Dongfang Yaoyao didn't stay any longer, turned around and took Gui Ming to the outside of the burning palace. Li Shang was holding Zhu Sheng in the burning palace, but her face was full of hope.
"Zhu Sheng... we still have a possibility... whether it is the next life, or the next life... or the next life that is more distant... I will wait for you... no matter how much I have to pay along the way!"
Smoke, dust and flames engulfed the two figures, but this was not the end, but a rush to the next perfect encounter in who knows which life.
Zhu Sheng and Li Shang in the story are the high-ranking couple that Dongfang Yaoyao met in the Public Security Department office.
The woman is no longer qualified to trade, so the man can only pay the price. But even so, across countless time and space, she still fulfilled the agreement with her.
Returning to reality, it was already late at night, Dongfang Yaoyao fell asleep on the table, Gui Ming covered her with her coat, but Bu Tianxuan and Zhang Ming were still looking through the files.
Following Dongfang Yaoyao's prompting, the three of them had compiled the intelligence and current status of the five most likely alternative victims.
The next step was to closely monitor these five people and wait for the murderer to take the bait. After communicating with the police, Gui Ming left the Public Security Department with Dongfang Yaoyao and Bu Tianxuan on his back.
Returning to Xianyou Xinsheng, Zuoqiu Shi had already prepared a table full of dishes and was greeting him, while Lao Sha was still helping to arrange the dishes. When the three of them came back, Dongfang Yaoyao was awakened by the aroma of the dishes and was extremely energetic.
Jump down from Gui Ming.
"It's time to eat!"
After saying that, she sat down next to Yan Sha, picked up the bowls and chopsticks, stared blankly at the dessert, and picked it up. As a result, Yan Sha did not indulge her this time, and stretched out his hand to lift the only plate of dessert into the air——
"Okay, okay, eat!"
Seeing the unyielding look in Yan Sha's eyes, Dongfang Yaoyao had no choice but to raise the bowl of extra rice and start eating. When he got to the third bite of meat, Gui Ming stopped him with chopsticks——
"Nutritional balance!"
Bu Tianxuan couldn't help but laugh when he saw the usually arrogant Dongfang Yaoyao looking pitiful being held hostage by the two men.
Zuo Qiu Shi sat aside, feeling the harmonious atmosphere, but just smiled and said nothing.
After dinner was over, Gui Ming and Bu Tianxuan were clearing the table, while Li Shou was called to the backyard by Dongfang Yaoyao——
"Are you going to do something dangerous again?" Yan Sha didn't ask a question, he even affirmed it with undisguised resistance and worry, "Is it related to the recent serial murder case?"
"I'm doing what I should do, don't worry..." Dongfang Yaoyao's hair was blown by the night wind, "I promise you will act cautiously, but if you want to stop me, you should know that it will be in vain."
Yan Sha finally put down his clenched fist, with a self-deprecating smile on his lips - yes, it was not her turn to interfere with whatever she wanted to do! In the end, in her eyes, she was just a powerless mortal.
That’s all!
Dongfang Yaoyao walked up to Yan Cha. The child who used to always follow her was now a whole head taller than her. The woman reached out and stroked his fluffy hair, as if she was comforting a wounded beast.
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"I will come back well, and then everyone will be as happy as now! Trust me - okay?"
Yan Sha still looked sad - "Then... you have to keep your word!"
Dongfang Yaoyao also smiled charmingly - "When have I ever lied to you?"
After staying up all night, Dongfang Yaoyao assigned tasks and confirmed tomorrow's itinerary with Gui Ming and Bu Tianxuan before falling asleep. Early in the morning, Dongfang Yaoyao and the two of them left the store, and after making an appointment with the police
After the contact point explained the final precautions, it began to monitor the five potential victims.
The five parties who were in contact at the same time finally achieved results in the fifth hour of continuous surveillance. This time it was Zhang Ming's side——
"There is a young woman approaching the subject of surveillance! I will try to follow her! Others continue to monitor, and we do not rule out the possibility that this time it is not the murderer!"
Dongfang Yaoyao originally wanted to warn Zhang Ming not to act rashly, but before the words were spoken, Zhang Ming had already taken action and did not give her a chance to say more.
Hearing that Zhang Ming's side had lost communication, Dongfang Yaoyao could only sigh and pray that there wouldn't be more trouble.
On Zhang Ming's side, he had already followed the targeted victim and the young woman suspected of being the murderer with a gun.
This time it was still in the sparsely populated old city, where abandoned houses are concentrated, and the young woman didn’t know what tricks she used to make the other party follow her obediently through dozens of trails and entrances. Zhang Ming followed carefully.
Almost dizzy.
Finally, when the young woman walked into a dilapidated small apartment with the candidate victim, Zhang Ming unhooked the safety of the pistol and chose to close the distance. His heart inevitably started to beat when he thought that the murderer of the serial murder was so close.
Speed up the beat.
Dongfang Yaoyao's previous advice was also forgotten. Now he just wants to catch the murderer and avoid the next tragedy.
In the dim room, the young woman had prepared the viscous liquid and was about to apply it on the woman's face. Suddenly, there was a roar of the door panel being trampled, and then Zhang Ming's voice shouted--
"Don't move! Police! If you move again, shoot!"
The young woman immediately realized that something was wrong and was about to leave with the bottle containing the liquid when Zhang Ming broke into the room.
Unable to escape, the woman chose to break through forcefully, and immediately rushed towards Zhang Ming like a ferocious beast.
"Roar--!!!!"
The woman who almost became the next victim didn't know what happened. She squatted on the ground holding her head and let out a piercing scream.
"ah--!!!!"
Zhang Ming faced the young woman who pounced directly on him. A bloody gash appeared on her twisted face from the lip line, as if she was about to swallow the intruding Zhang Ming directly into her belly.
"boom--!!!"
Zhang Ming directly chose to shoot, and the bullet was shot out. The opponent was hit directly in the front and fell down.
Then Zhang Ming couldn't care so much. He obviously realized that the other party was not something that humans could compete with. At least until now, except for Dongfang Yaoyao who could create such weird things, he was the only one left to handle this case.
He grabbed the woman who was still screaming, and without any extra time to explain the reason, the two quickly turned around and left -
"Ouch——!!!!" The young woman who had been shot in the head and fell to the ground got up again at this moment, shaking her body at an extremely weird angle. Zhang Ming could even hear the numbing sound.
There was a sound of flesh and blood growing, and then the bullet he fired fell to the ground, and the woman returned to the state before she was shot.
“Let’s go——!!!!”
Zhang Ming pushed the woman out of the room first, but he clearly realized that it was too late to leave now, so he simply turned around and took out the baton from his waist to fight against the monster.
The monster's movement was so fast that it left afterimages in the air. It didn't even take more than two seconds to pounce in front of Zhang Ming. Fortunately, although Zhang Ming was not experienced in many battles, he was also a policeman who had fought against extremely vicious criminals. He subconsciously
He used a baton to stop him in front of him. The monster opened his mouth wide and tried to bite him, but the baton held his mouth open for a long time and made him unable to move.
Obviously this monster didn't have much intelligence. Zhang Ming kicked her in the abdomen. The monster screamed and flew out again. Zhang Ming took out his pistol and shot the woman several times until the magazine was empty.
, and then slowly took back his hand.
But Zhang Ming did not relax his vigilance immediately, and retreated while watching the monster's movements. What he never expected was that the monster suddenly rose up again, and this time it was faster than the last time -
This time Zhang Ming had no time to react. The man closed his eyes subconsciously, and the smell of the other person's mouth was so close - it was over...
While thinking this way, a strong wind blew up, followed by a scent of a woman's fragrance——