Chapter 595: Close Your Eyes

Everyone was startled.

Xiao Ningyuan scooped up Tuan Tuan in one arm, lifted his leg, and ran toward the doorway.

Xiao Ningxun pressed Xue Tong onto the chair and said, "Old Valley Master, hide! Don't come out!"

After speaking, he bent down, pulled Kang An into his arms, and bolted out of the inn's gate.

When the others stepped outside, they saw the main street already in chaos, like a pot of porridge.

The townsfolk who had just been cheering were now screaming and fleeing in all directions.

They shoved each other, cried out loudly, and surged toward this side like a tide.

Xiao Er and Lu Qi shielded the crowd, forcing their way through the gaps between people.

After running dozens of steps, they saw the Great King's carriage, with twelve restless celestial horses stamping their hooves.

The carriage lay tilted across the road's center, its canopy on the ground, and around it lay the corpses of a dozen townspeople.

The group slipped behind the pillars of a shop beside the road and peered out.

In an instant, everyone was stunned.

They saw countless guards, swords in hand, encircling the several wagons behind the royal carriage.

The few guards who had just been standing behind the carriage were now brandishing blades, wildly hacking around Bai Buluo and the Great Prince.

Bai Buluo held Yu Fei tightly in one arm, while his other hand gripped a great sword; its blade flashed like snow, swirling in an impenetrable dance.

He shouted, "Close your eyes!"

Yu Fei let out a soft whimper, shut her eyes tightly, and buried her face against his chest.

The Great Prince and Bai Buluo stood back‑to‑back, each holding only a short dagger; wherever their blades swept, the guards fell back, none daring to approach.

"Kill!"

Another dozen guards surged forward, trying to climb onto the carriage.

Xiao Ningyuan's eyes bulged, "What—what—what's happening?"

Xiao Ningxun shook his head, "Look again."

Tuan Tuan craned her neck and strained, "Where's the Second Prince?"

Suddenly, she leapt upward with force, nearly causing Xiao Ningyuan to lose his grip.

Xiao Er hurriedly pressed her down, "Miss, the Second Prince is lying in the carriage, looking like someone without martial skill."

He hesitated, "He might not be, he's just been scared stiff."

Lu Qi nodded approvingly, "This Great King looks battle‑hardened, his swordplay fierce and crisp—not the ornamental skill cultivated in a palace."

Bai Buluo and his son, outnumbered, showed no sign of defeat.

Their blades flashed, cutting a whistling wind that forced several guards to retreat step by step.

A hulking man shouted, "Attack! Kill Bai Buluo!"

The dozens of idle guards nearby exchanged glances, gritted their teeth, drew their swords, and charged.

"Duoshi!" Bai Buluo roared, "You, as chief guard, dare betray me?"

Duoshi clenched his teeth, a flicker of struggle crossing his face, "Great King, I am also forced."

He slashed at Bai Buluo, "Today you cannot escape; surrender now!"

The Great Prince shouted, "Father, be careful!"

Bai Buluo parried with a blade, then swung his other hand, forcing Duoshi to step back.

"Surrender?" Bai Buluo sneered, "You've greatly underestimated me!"

"Men! Cut down these treacherous rebels!"

As soon as the words fell, dozens of men in black cloaks and masks sprang from all directions.

They moved with lithe agility, their swordwork sharp, and instantly surrounded the guards assaulting the carriage.

Bai Buluo snorted, "You think a few dozen men can take me down?"

Both sides clashed again in a whirl of blades, blood spraying like flowers.

Xiao Er watched intently, "The Great King's martial skill is truly high; he's clearly fought on battlefields, and his dark guards are no weaklings."

He stared at Duoshi for a moment, "That chief guard won't hold out long."

His words hung in the air.

A Dagger lay across Bai Buluo's neck.

The blade's edge pressed to flesh, carving a thin line of blood.

The previously trembling, extremely delicate Yu Fei now slowly lifted her head from Bai Buluo's arms.

Her gaze was terrifyingly calm, "Tell your men to stand down."

The Great Prince turned his head and cried out, "Yu Fei! Are you mad?"

But immediately, a Dagger also appeared at his throat.

The Little Prince, crouched in the carriage, raised his arm, rose slowly, and stared at his elder brother, "Throw the knife away."

The masked men paused briefly, but seeing Bai Buluo's cold stare, they resumed brandishing their swords.

Seeing father and son refuse, Yu Fei showed no mercy; she pressed harder, deepening the wound on Bai Buluo's neck, and a stream of fresh blood ran down his throat.

"I said, tell your men to stand down," she said, glancing at the Great Prince, "Great Prince, throw the knife away, or my blade will go deeper."

The Great Prince gritted his teeth and tossed the short dagger to the ground.

Only then did Bai Buluo raise his hand toward the masked men.

The dozens of masked men instantly withdrew their blades, yet stood rigidly in several rows, unmoving.

Everyone stared in stunned silence.

Tuan Tuan asked curiously, "Big brother, is it because this Great King is a villain that they act like this? And those two princes, aren't they brothers?"

Xiao Ningyuan is stunned: "I don't know either, but this Great King seems to be in trouble."

Xiao Ningxun is also shocked: "How did we get caught up in something like this?"

He looks up at the carriage behind; thus the earlier scheme was clearly wasted—how could they still kill Gu Li Han and rob Wei Chi Guang?

Kang An asks softly: "Will they kill Gu Li Han?"

Xiao Ningxun shakes his head without speaking. Everything is in chaos; how could I know? But if it is truly so, at least one matter is saved.

The common folk on both sides of the road whisper:

"Oh my! What on earth is happening?"

"The Second Prince wants to kill the Great Prince? The Jade Concubine wants to kill the Great King?"

Bai Buluo looks at the Jade Concubine before him: "Since you entered the Palace, I have always treated you generously; why are you like this?"

The Jade Concubine smiles coquettishly: "Indeed, you have treated me well, but unfortunately you don't know who I am."

Bai Buluo actually laughs: "Who you are doesn't matter. I only know that before, you were the woman I wanted."

"Now, you are the criminal I wish to cut to pieces."

"Hahaha…" the Jade Concubine bursts out laughing, "You are just too arrogant, Bai Buluo, always thinking everything is under your control."

"Today you can't even imagine, there is more than this."

Bai Buluo furrows his brow slightly: "More?"

"Yes! There's more!" a man's voice comes from the carriage behind.

Gu Li Han stands up, draws a short sword, and swings it at the two elders seated ahead.

One of them lets out a muffled groan and collapses directly into the carriage.

The other slowly turns his head: "You…"

Before the words finish, Gu Li Han without hesitation drives another knife into his chest.

Surrounding shouts erupt instantly: "Old Prime Minister!"

"How could he kill two Prime Ministers?"

Blood slowly oozes from the carriage, pooling on the ground into a dazzling scarlet puddle.

Wei Chi Guang slowly stands up.