Li Chenglian was not merely Zhi Li’s servant, but also an elder. The siblings Zhi Li and Zhi Ning were rescued by him from a pool of blood, and he had raised them from childhood. Thus, Zhi Li was like a grandson in his heart.
Seeing Zhi Li’s vital root harmed at this moment, he naturally wished nothing more than to reduce Gui Qinshao to dust. As his Buddhist whisk descended, Gui Qinshao was about to perish.
“Wait…” Zhi Li shouted to stop him.
He desperately clutched his lower body vital point, yet blood still gushed out between his fingers. He truly had been blinded by lust. Otherwise, with his martial arts, Gui Qinshao fundamentally could not have injured him.
“Your Highness, what is the point of keeping such a scourge?” Li Chenglian said in a hoarse voice.
At this time, Gui Qinshao looked at Zhi Li with defiant arrogance, blood at the corners of her mouth, without the slightest fear.
She was absolutely the kind of woman who would not shed tears until she saw the coffin. She feared caterpillars, feared disfigurement, could not withstand hunger, and had been raised in luxury.
But she absolutely did not fear death. Or rather, she still did not know what death looked like.
Moreover, at this time she felt betrayed by the world, her entire heart filled with anger and resolution, too late to feel afraid.
“Speak, who told you to do this? Who told you that the one entering the bridal chamber would be me?” Zhi Li asked in a cold voice.
Following Li Chenglian, another eunuch of the Li faction entered. He took one glance inside then quickly went out, going to find a medical monk of the Divine Dragon Temple, to get ice.
At this time, Gui Xingfu and Tu Lingsi also rushed into the bridal chamber.
Seeing the scene before him, Gui Xingfu was as if struck by lightning, his mind instantly going blank.
And Tu Lingsi, seeing her precious daughter collapsed on the ground with blood at her mouth, immediately rushed over with heart-wrenching pain, wailing loudly, “My darling, what happened to you? What happened, do not frighten Mother.”
Then, she tightly embraced Gui Qinshao, staring at Li Chenglian and saying fiercely, “You eggless castrated slave, what have you done to my daughter?”
At this time, Gui Xingfu, upon seeing Zhi Li’s vital point injured, was already as if struck by lightning. Hearing his wife curse Li Chenglian made him even more terrified to the point of death.
Who was Li Chenglian? Zhi Li’s foremost confidant, the future foremost powerful eunuch of the Furious Wave Kingdom. He was someone Gui Xingfu could not afford to provoke. Yet his wife cursed him fearlessly in her ignorance. This woman truly had big breasts and no brains.
Seeing Zhi Li’s gloomy gaze, Gui Xingfu immediately became alert.
He knew that the fate of himself and the Gui clan hung by a single thread.
At this moment, he had to be thoroughly ruthless and decisive to salvage his life before Zhi Li.
Instantly, Gui Xingfu rushed forward fiercely, delivering a series of resounding slaps to his daughter Gui Qinshao.
In the blink of an eye, her devastatingly beautiful face was slapped red, blood flowing from her nose and mouth.
When Gui Qinshao saw her father rush in, she was about to question him coldly. She had not expected him to charge over ferociously, then directly deliver several fierce slaps.
In an instant, Gui Qinshao was completely stunned into blankness.
And Tu Lingsi was also stunned.
Gui Qinshao completely could not believe the scene before her eyes. Her father had sold her out, yet he still slapped her like this?
In an instant, twenty years of blood kinship were bloodily torn apart.
After finishing the beating, Gui Xingfu directly dragged Gui Qinshao before Zhi Li, saying in a hoarse voice, “Your Highness, I will kill this evil creature now, I will kill this evil creature now!”
Then, he abruptly drew his sword, about to stab towards Gui Qinshao’s neck.
The entire process, without the slightest hesitation, was directly about to take his daughter’s life.
Tu Lingsi was completely stunned, completely unable to believe her own eyes.
This… was this still her husband?
How gentle, how humorous, how tolerant was her husband?
And this ferocious, terrifying face before her, who exactly was it?
How dearly did her husband love his daughter, completely cherishing her like a precious darling. Yet at this time he was actually about to directly kill her beneath his sword.
Even a fierce tiger does not eat its cubs. He, Gui Xingfu, was worse than a beast!
Instantly, Tu Lingsi lunged forward, her sharp nails clawing towards Gui Xingfu’s face.
“Gui Xingfu, I will fight you to the death, I will fight you to the death…”
She recklessly, frantically clawed at Gui Xingfu.
“Slap…” Gui Xingfu delivered a fierce slap, directly sending his wife Tu Lingsi flying out, crashing fiercely to the ground, blood at the corners of her mouth, half of her gorgeous face swelling red.
After landing, Tu Lingsi’s world also collapsed!
How accommodating had her husband been towards her before? How gentle and tender had he been?
Now, how could he be so ferocious?
After sending his wife flying, Gui Xingfu still did not hesitate, about to pierce through Gui Qinshao’s neck and take her life.
He knew that his fate was already hanging by a thread, tolerating not the slightest error, the slightest hesitation.
He absolutely could not let Zhi Li feel that Gui Qinshao’s assassination was his idea. He had to thoroughly clear his own suspicion, otherwise the fate of himself and the Gui clan would be finished.
“Stab…” He truly thrust the sword tip into the back of Gui Qinshao’s neck.
“Clang…” Immediately after, his sword was blocked, blocked by Zhi Li.
And at this time, the sword tip had already pierced into Gui Qinshao’s snowy tender skin, blood gushing out like a column.
“I know, this has nothing to do with you.” Zhi Li said towards Gui Xingfu, “Your loyalty to me, I believe.”
“Many thanks, master, many thanks, master…” Gui Xingfu knelt on the ground, kowtowing desperately.
And at this time, footsteps sounded outside. It was Ling Ao about to rush in!
“Xiao Ao, go out, do not come in!” Gui Xingfu shouted.
Instantly, Ling Ao stood in place, suddenly not knowing what to do.
Gui Xingfu said, “Your father will not harm you. Hurry out, hurry out…”
Gui Xingfu certainly knew that Zhi Li’s vital root being attacked could not be known by anyone.
Gritting his teeth fiercely, Ling Ao turned and left.
At this time, Tu Lingsi came to her senses, pointing at Gui Xingfu and saying, “Gui Xingfu, you beast, you beast…”
She now finally understood what had happened. Her husband, for the sake of profit and wealth, had actually sold his daughter to Zhi Li to be defiled, and on the wedding night no less.
She instantly felt waves of horror. Recalling her twenty-odd years of affection with her husband, it was truly as if she had slept with a venomous snake.
“My wife Tu Lingsi is not of sound mind, suffering from an evil poison hysteria. To avoid infecting others, I will confine her in the dungeon.” Gui Xingfu kowtowed, saying, “Please indicate, Your Highness, whether this course of action is appropriate?”
Tu Lingsi truly could not believe her own ears. She had actually been declared mentally ill?
“Beast, beast, I must have been blind to follow you, you beast…” Tu Lingsi cried out in blood and pain.
Gui Xingfu stepped forward and delivered a palm strike.
Instantly Tu Lingsi fainted, her head crashing heavily to the ground, blood overflowing from her mouth, her life or death uncertain.
And all of this, Gui Qinshao watched from beginning to end.
At this time, she was already powerless to grieve. Her entire nerves seemed to have gone completely numb.
The entire process, she was as if watching a film, watching someone else’s affair.
Pain pushed to the limit completely lost all sensation.
The entire world was thoroughly destroyed!
At this time, the other eunuch had already come over, bringing a large amount of ice, binding Zhi Li’s vital point.
Then, he rapidly sealed several acupoints on Zhi Li’s lower abdomen, stopping the surging blood.
Gui Xingfu completely prostrated himself on the ground, motionless, awaiting Zhi Li’s judgement.
Zhi Li’s mind turned rapidly. Who had leaked this matter to Gui Qinshao?
It would not be Gui Xingfu, should not be Ling Ao either. Then could it be Tu Lingduo, that greedy, vicious, yet self-smart woman?
Yes, very likely it was Tu Lingduo!
Then what should he do now?
Have Tu Lingduo put to death?
Tu Lingduo’s life or death, he believed Duke Tu Lingtuo would not care too much about. But the act of him executing Tu Lingduo would alarm the Tu Ling family, would create a massive rift between himself and the Tu Ling family.
The Tu Ling family was currently the foremost military family, controlling three hundred thousand Dragon Guard troops, with disciples and old friends spread throughout the world. They were his greatest support.
Tu Lingtuo was not as foolish as Count Solon, handing over military power completely clean after the battle finished. These past decades, with every battle fought, Tu Lingtuo inserted his people into key positions in the army. Now they had grown too big to uproot.
Moreover, plotting to seize Luanyang City still very much needed Tu Lingduo.
Gui Xingfu obviously also knew whose handiwork this assassination by Gui Qinshao was. Added to what he had done to Tu Lingsi, he believed the Gui clan and Tu Ling family would also produce a massive rift.
Undoubtedly, this was advantageous to him.
Gui Qinshao assassinating the future king, this matter was a monstrous crime. Behind her there must certainly be a mastermind.
Who was this mastermind?
She previously had a secret affair with Soren. Then framing the crime of assassinating the crown prince on Soren was most suitable. At this time, they just happened to be unable to find a pretext to attack Tianshui City.
Moreover, news of Soren’s death had not spread out. This was even better.
With the crime of assassinating the crown prince, it was sufficient to exterminate the Soren clan.
Instantly, Zhi Li said coldly, “She assassinated me, there must certainly be a mastermind behind it. I heard she previously had a secret affair with Soren. Investigate thoroughly, find this mastermind for me!”
“Yes, Your Highness!” Gui Xingfu said.
Zhi Li said, “The assassin, I will take away.”
“Yes, Your Highness.” Gui Xingfu said, “Alive or dead, at Your Highness’s disposal!”
Then, the eunuch stepped forward, about to carry Gui Qinshao away.
“Hmm?” Zhi Li snorted coldly.
Very obviously, he did not wish for Gui Qinshao’s body to be touched by any man, even if it was a eunuch.
“Yes.” That eunuch said respectfully.
Immediately after, Zhi Li took the small dagger Gui Qinshao had used to stab him, broke off most of the blade, leaving half an inch of broken blade, then fiercely stabbed it into his own chest. Instantly blood spurted out.
Then, that eunuch shouted loudly, “Assassin, assassin…”
Immediately after, using silk brocade to completely wrap up the bloodstains on Zhi Li’s lower body, pretending he had been stabbed in the chest.
Dozens of experts from the Young Prince’s residence rushed in, protecting Zhi Li as he left the Seaside Count’s residence.
Several female warriors stepped forward, putting Gui Qinshao into a cloth sack, directly carrying her away.
…
In merely a single hour, news of Young Prince Zhi Li’s assassination spread throughout the entire Furious Wave Royal City.
Instantly, it was earth-shattering!
Everyone at the Seaside Count’s residence saw clearly that a dagger was stuck in Zhi Li’s chest, blood flowing like a column, his face white as paper!
Then, over a hundred thousand troops in the royal city Zhi Capital moved at the news. All city gates were closed.
Fully armed troops covered every street, and the royal city Zhi Capital began an indefinite curfew.
At the same time, the king’s imperial guards protecting the royal palace also completely closed the palace gates. All large-scale war machines were placed upon the palace walls.
Tens of thousands of imperial guards, all crossbows drawn, blades half drawn, ready to engage at any moment.
The entire royal city, even the entire Furious Wave Kingdom, the storm was about to come!
…
Within the Tu Ling Duke’s residence!
“Fool, an utter fool!”
“Slap…”
Tu Lingtuo delivered a fierce slap, directly sending Tu Lingduo flying from her wheelchair, crashing fiercely to the ground, blood spurting from her mouth.
Tu Lingduo was also completely filled with lingering fear.
She had originally only wanted to drive a wedge between Zhi Li and the Gui clan’s relationship, incidentally driving Gui Qinshao away from Zhi Li’s side.
She knew of Zhi Li’s martial arts. Back then at the Divine Dragon Temple, Zhi Li had been considered quite outstanding.
And Gui Qinshao was completely a big vase. How could she possibly injure Zhi Li?
Not to mention, by Zhi Li’s side there was an absolute expert like Li Chenglian. Tu Lingduo only wanted Gui Qinshao to wave her dagger to create the fact of an attempted assassination, not a real assassination.
But who would have thought that Zhi Li would be so lost in passion that he would be stabbed by Gui Qinshao.
And who would have thought that Li Chenglian was not merely Zhi Li’s servant, but more like his grandfather. Thus, when Zhi Li was doing that kind of thing, he instinctively felt very awkward, subconsciously wanting to keep his distance.
Under this series of coincidences, it had actually resulted in Gui Qinshao truly stabbing Zhi Li.
Of course, now apart from Zhi Li’s confidant eunuchs and Gui Xingfu, no one knew that Zhi Li was injured in his **. Everyone thought he had been stabbed in the chest.
“Stupid slut, I truly should kill you.” After Tu Lingtuo sent Tu Lingduo flying with one palm, still not venting his hatred, he directly came forward wanting to kick wildly, wishing he could kick his daughter to death alive.
Instantly, a short figure rushed in fiercely, embracing behind Tu Lingduo, using his own back to block Tu Lingtuo’s kicks.
This figure who rushed in was of course the young master of Luanyang City, Tu Liyang.
Although his martial arts were not bad, how powerful was Tu Lingtuo? This forceful kick directly hit his back heart. Instantly his vision went dizzy, his internal organs seemingly about to tear, a mouthful of blood spurting out fiercely.
Tu Lingduo felt a heat at the back of her neck, which was Tu Liyang’s sprayed blood. Instantly her heart was incomparably complex.
“Tu Liyang, get the hell away from me. I am disciplining my daughter, it is none of your business.” Tu Lingtuo said angrily.
Tu Liyang struggled to rise, exerting himself to support Tu Lingduo and protect her behind him. Then he stood up, raising his head to look at Tu Lingtuo and saying, “Father-in-law, Tu Lingduo is now my wife. She is the mistress of Luanyang City. It is not yet the Tu Ling family’s turn to discipline her.”
He was not even 1.5 metres tall, while Tu Lingtuo was nearly 1.9 metres.
The two of them confronting each other, Tu Liyang was truly like a dwarf, while Tu Lingtuo pressed down like a giant.
Tu Lingtuo’s gaze stared fixedly at Tu Liyang, his boundless mental power pressing down like a great mountain. Word by word, he said coldly, “Tu Liyang, this is my duke’s residence. Whoever dares to offend me, I will crush them alive to death!”
Under the powerful dragon force and mental power pressure, Tu Liyang felt he was almost about to collapse and kneel, completely unable to breathe.
But he still spread his arms wide, protecting Tu Lingduo behind him, saying coldly, “Duke Tu Lingtuo, if you dare touch my wife one more time, I will formally declare that the Tu Ling Duke’s residence is the eternal enemy of my Luanyang City!”
“You dare…” Tu Lingtuo roared, a powerful force bursting forth.
Instantly, Tu Liyang could not withstand this terrifying force impact, blood directly flowing from his nose.
“See if I dare or not?” Tu Liyang said, “Unless you kill me, otherwise there is nothing I cannot do.”
Duke Tu Lingtuo stared fixedly at his ugly, short son-in-law, then slowly withdrew his dragon force and mental power.
In his heart, he could not help but sigh. Truly, painting the skin is easy, painting the bones is hard.
On the surface, Ling Ao had a proud appearance, completely a one-in-ten-thousand outstanding young talent. In reality, he was a useless coward, a coward who could even sell his own wife.
And this Tu Liyang was ugly and short, his greatest love being to steal women’s intimate clothing, utterly obscene. Yet at the crucial moment, he was so upright and unyielding.
No wonder the Luanyang City lord Tu Liwen doted on and valued him so.
Seeing that Duke Tu Lingtuo had calmed down, Tu Liyang horizontally picked up his wife Tu Lingduo, placed her in the wheelchair, and said, “Let’s go, we are going home. We are not staying here!”
With that, he directly pushed Tu Lingduo, leaving the Tu Ling Duke’s residence.
Tu Lingtuo watched Tu Liyang’s short departing figure, his heart surging with a mix of mockery and sorrow.
This Tu Liyang was so deeply devoted to Tu Lingduo, yet he did not know that she had already completely recovered long ago. But to prevent him from touching her body, she still pretended to be completely paralysed.
Not only that, she was also preparing to ** and bear Zhi Li’s child, then murder her husband and seize Luanyang City.
“Alas…” Duke Tu Lingtuo could not help but let out a sigh!
…
Within the clean and tidy dungeon.
Gui Qinshao’s four limbs were bound, a ferocious female warrior holding a water-dampened whip.
“Miss Gui Qinshao, your skin is like snow. Even though I am a woman, looking at it I feel incomparably tender. If it is beaten and ruined, it truly would be a pity.” The female warrior said coldly, “Speak, who instructed you to assassinate Prince Zhi Li? Was it Soren?”
Originally, Gui Qinshao’s beautiful eyes had already gone completely dim, having lost all reaction to everything around her.
Her world had thoroughly collapsed, thoroughly been destroyed.
She had nothing left!
Hearing the two words “Soren,” her beautiful eyes suddenly trembled.
Her world was already a sheet of darkness!
Hearing the two words “Soren” at this time, it was as if a small flame had been lit.
Now, she could no longer find any warmth, any hope, yet Soren seemed to slightly ignite the hope within her heart.
Soren was a scoundrel, a scoundrel who made her sink into love.
But for the sake of her father, for the sake of Ling Ao, she had severed emotional ties with Soren, drawn a clear line.
Now, father and Ling Ao had thoroughly been destroyed in her heart. The only thing remaining was that dim light of Soren.
“Soren, if he heard I was captured, would he come to save me? No, he definitely would not. He does not love me at all, he hates me, uses me.”
“Perhaps, in his heart there is a tiny bit of affection for me, because every time at the final moment, he could not bear to truly harm me.”
Immediately after, Gui Qinshao thought of her mother Tu Lingsi.
Instantly, her icy cold delicate body gradually recovered warmth.
Mother Tu Lingsi’s love for her was real. For her sake she fought desperately with Gui Xingfu, fought desperately with Zhi Li.
There was still one person in this world who truly loved her.
Then, scenes of her father Gui Xingfu beating her mother, beating herself, began to surface in her mind.
Her heart twitched again and again, then boundless hatred welled up.
“Gui Xingfu, Ling Ao, from today onwards you are my enemies. No matter what price I must pay, I will make you regret your actions today for the rest of your lives.”
“Gui Qinshao, you cannot die. You must become strong. Mother is still waiting for you to save her!”
Recalling last night’s scene, her mother Tu Lingsi beaten by her father Gui Xingfu until she spat blood, unconscious. Now, Mother should have already been thoroughly imprisoned in the dungeon, never to see the light of day again.
Gui Qinshao’s heart ached as if twisted, her icy numb body gradually recovering strength.
“Soren, if you can save me, if you can save my mother, I will be your slave and servant for this lifetime, bear your children.”
At this time, the female warrior in the dungeon said coldly, “Miss Gui Qinshao, as long as you admit that Soren instructed you to assassinate Prince Zhi Li, and sign and fingerprint the document, you will not have to suffer.”
“Go to hell, you cheap slut!” Gui Qinshao said coldly.
“Slap…” That female warrior’s whip fiercely lashed down upon Gui Qinshao’s snowy tender body.
…
On Pagoda Island, in the Western Sea of the continent.
Wanwan said coldly, “Soren, I cannot accompany you wasting time endlessly. Seven days have already passed, and you still have no clue. If you have no use, then there is also no need to keep you alive.”
This pagoda reaching to the heavens truly made one completely at a loss.
After walking in through the great door, people immediately disappeared, turning into wall reliefs.
Using a trebuchet to smash the pagoda’s outer wall, yet the entire pagoda seemed to have a layer of powerful energy protection.
Whether boulders, iron balls, or even the Demon Continent’s toxic liquid bombs, before even touching the outer wall of the pagoda reaching to the heavens, they all turned to dust and vanished.
Soren smiled, “Miss Wanwan, you have studied this giant pagoda for fully several years without any clue. I have only been here seven days. Are you not being a bit too demanding?”
Wanwan said coldly, “I brought you here to make use of waste, not to truly place hope upon you. In two more days, if you still do not have a method to safely enter the pagoda reaching to the heavens, you can only die. And you will die very horribly and miserably, guaranteed to make you regret having lived in this world. Back then, after A Shi Luo suffered such treatment, he immediately committed suicide.”
As for what kind of treatment? Nothing more than being ** by many men. This was probably the most living-death experience.
And just at this moment!
Zhi Yan’s icy voice suddenly sounded in the air.
“Wanwan, immediately release my husband, otherwise bear the consequences at your own risk!”
With that, Zhi Yan was like a celestial fairy descending from beyond the heavens, flying down from the mountain, the dragon gold sword in her hand like a shooting star, stabbing towards the demoness Wanwan.