Chapter 369

"It is... it is..."

The man in black's skin twitched violently, and bright red bloodshot eyes spread rapidly in his eyes, his eyeballs nearly bulging out of their sockets.

He tried his best to control his mouth, but found he couldn't control it at all.

In the dark, there was a powerful and strange force driving him, forcing him, forcing him to say those words that went against his original intention.

"Speak, who is it!" Long Dan roared.

The man in black blurted out, "It is the Eastern Palace..."

As soon as these three words came out, the forest was dead silent.

Only those hundreds of strong war horses, because they smelled the pervasive blood, were restless and snorted.

The man in black shook his head in fear, seemingly unable to believe what he had just said.

Suddenly, he screamed in a breakdown, raised his palm, and slashed hard at his own crown.

Bang!

His brain cracked, and blood gushed out from the seven holes in his face, dyeing him into a terrifying blood man in an instant.

The man in black's eyes were wide open, dying with regret.

Du Ruo turned her face away, unable to bear looking again.

Imperial power disputes, political games, the ones sacrificed are always these innocent pawns.

And those behind-the-scenes instigators who treat them as killing tools are the true culprits.

That is, the one in the man in black's mouth—

Eastern Palace!

After a short silence, Long Dan glanced at Zongzheng Yun and asked hesitantly: "Master, is it possible that this guy is lying, deliberately disturbing our line of sight and framing the Crown Prince?"

Zongzheng Yun touched his jaw and pondered.

The matter was indeed a bit strange.

Logically, he shouldn't have blocked the Crown Prince's way. He was the thirteenth, and besides the dead first, second, fifth, and eighth, there were seven princes lined up in front. In terms of the threat to the position of Crown Prince, those people were much bigger than him.

Could it be that he had been too prominent recently, causing the Crown Prince's fear?

No.

Before he traveled over, the original owner had been assassinated many times. At that time, the original owner didn't show any prominence at all; he only showed ugliness.

Zongzheng Yun tried hard to search the original owner's memory.

Robbed the Crown Prince's woman?

Seems not.

Killed the Crown Prince's whole family?

Also no.

So for what reason would the Crown Prince have to kill him...

"You have a point; perhaps he is trying to protect the true mastermind, deliberately framing the Eastern Palace."

This not only clears his own suspicion but also provokes the relationship between him and the Crown Prince, while he himself gains the profit.

It can be called killing two birds with one stone.

"No, there is no such possibility." Du Ruo rejected it immediately. The man in black ate the truth pill and couldn't tell a lie. "I dare to bet that this person definitely didn't lie. In his view, the person who instructed him is indeed from the Eastern Palace!"

She softened her tone. "Of course, as for whether it was instructed by the Crown Prince, that is unknown."

Zongzheng Yun trusted Du Ruo 100%.

Seeing Du Ruo's tone so firm, he guessed that the medicine had a trick.

In other words, even if these assassins weren't instructed by the Crown Prince, they absolutely couldn't get rid of the relationship with him.

"It seems necessary to investigate carefully and see what medicine my good third brother is selling in his stomach." Zongzheng Yun curled his lips obliquely and sneered. "Lest one day I die without knowing why."

Du Ruo frowned. "What die or not die, can't you say something auspicious?"

Zongzheng Yun said 'oh oh', and just like when he was a child, he spat on the ground. "Children's words are unintentional, great luck and great profit!"

Long Dan looked at his master with a strange expression, and then glanced at Jiang Li beside him.

Jiang Li was still in his previous cold appearance, his face light, seemingly unaware of the unusual intimacy between the two.

Since the matter had a conclusion, the next step was the aftermath.

Zongzheng Yun asked people to dig a big pit in the depths of the forest and bury these assassins on the spot.

Long Dan and Ziyu were both injured, but fortunately, it wasn't too serious. Du Ruo gave them medicine and simply bandaged them.

Everything was ready.

It was almost dark.

The carriage they came in and the luxurious carriage Zongzheng Yun sat in were both torn apart in the fight and couldn't be used.

Although Zongzheng Yun didn't know martial arts, his horse-riding skills were quite good.

He stood in front of a horse and looked back at Du Ruo. "Divine Doctor Du, thank you for saving my life today, I... this Prince is leaving."

Du Ruo handed the crossbow to him. "Can the Prince take this for self-defense?"

The range was a bit short, but it was better than nothing.

Zongzheng Yun took it solemnly and thanked her again.

Then his gaze turned to the man beside Du Ruo, putting on the Prince's airs. "Official Jiang, Divine Doctor Du has brilliant medical skills and is the blessing of our Da Zhao. You must take good care of her and not treat her unfairly."

"Your Highness worries too much." Jiang Li smiled, reached out and held Du Ruo's claws, interlocking fingers with her. "Du Ruo is my wife, Jiang Li, and Jiang Li will naturally treat her well; why need others to explain?"

Zongzheng Yun choked. "That's good."

After speaking, he turned on his horse.

He looked at Du Ruo again, then pulled the reins hard. "Set off!"

Hundreds of horses neighed, carrying their masters and galloping away, soon disappearing from view.

Only the young couple was left in the gloomy forest.

Listening to the increasingly distant hoofbeats, Du Ruo sighed secretly.

Being a prince looks glorious, but in reality, it's not easy to be one. There is life danger at any time and anywhere. If you have martial arts, it's better; if you don't have martial arts, you are a walking meat target...

"Little System, why didn't you exchange a pistol for me just now?" Du Ruo asked angrily.

If she had a gun in hand, would she be afraid of those few bird assassins?

System: "..." "What do you want a gun for? Just give me a few atomic bombs, and whoever you don't like, blow them up; how majestic."

Du Ruo: "..."

Good fellow, is this a blatant sarcasm? Is it?

"Then give me a perfect reason why it can't be exchanged."

"The reason is very simple—because it violates the laws of heaven." The system didn't argue anymore and explained patiently. "This system has said it many times; this system is a system, not a god. Even if it is a god, it must be bound by the laws of heaven; it can't do whatever it wants."

"Let's put it this way: you are currently in a cold weapon era, and it shouldn't have thermal weapons. Once such things that are too advanced appear, the world order will collapse directly, and the consequences will be extremely serious."

Du Ruo raised her eyebrows. "How serious?"

The system shivered. "This system will be recycled and destroyed, and you, Host... will be erased and disappear from everyone's memory!"

Damn? Is it that terrifying?

Du Ruo was instantly discouraged.

Forget it, life is more important; don't think about those things...

Du Ruo cut off the communication with the system and turned to ask with a smile: "By the way, Husband, why did you find this place... eh? Husband? Husband!"

Jiang Li seemed not to hear it and walked out of the forest on his own.

Du Ruo chased after him.

"Husband, why are you running so fast, wait for me!"

Jiang Li stopped suddenly and turned back.

Du Ruo couldn't brake steadily and hit his chest directly.

"Husband, what are you doing, you're so strange today." Du Ruo rubbed her sore nose and muttered. "From just now until now, your face has been smelly, and you haven't looked at me straight..."

"I saw it."

Jiang Li interrupted her, his tone terrifyingly calm, seemingly trying to suppress a storm. "I saw everything. I saw you not caring about your own life for the Prince of Yu, saw you crying sadly thinking he was dead, saw him protecting you with his life, saw you hugging together..."

"Aman, what is your relationship?"

Du Ruo was dumbfounded, her head buzzing.

She swallowed hard and said with difficulty: "You, you listen to me explain... no, you listen to me explain..."

Jiang Li nodded. "Um, you say."

Du Ruo opened her mouth, not knowing how to speak for a while.

Say they are fellow villagers who traveled over together?

Say they were childhood friends in their previous life, so they continue to be good friends in this life?

Not to mention whether Jiang Li believes it or not, her own secrets don't matter anyway, Jiang Li is not an outsider; but Xiao Chuan is different. She doesn't have the power to tell his secrets to outsiders, and if it goes wrong, it will bring him a murderous disaster.

Du Ruo was silent.

Seeing this, the storm in Jiang Li's eyes became more violent, and he suddenly turned and left.

Du Ruo hurriedly followed. "Husband, believe me, I am really innocent with the Prince of Yu..."

Jiang Li didn't stop, even increasing his pace.

Du Ruo stomped her feet.

It's over, he's really angry.

It seems that if she doesn't explain clearly today, this hurdle won't be passed. Even if it is barely passed, it will cause a permanent rift between the two in the future.

Since that's the case, give him a perfect explanation!