Chapter 208

Huang Jin had already realized something was wrong and was bringing people back; the distance of a few dozen zhang took less than two breaths for Heaven-Man experts.

But it was already too late.

The Jianwen Emperor could kill an imperial clan member who knew no martial arts in less than a breath.

Just at this moment!

Li Miao raised his hand into a palm, slashed his own wrist, and immediately opened a shallow wound; a string of blood beads squeezed out from under the skin.

Inside the carriage in front, the Jianwen Emperor's teeth had already embedded into the skin; he only needed to use a little force to tear the flesh and drink the blood.

Suddenly, he stopped his movements.

He raised his head and sniffed a few times.

"..."

The Jianwen Emperor put down the human body in his hand, slowly moved his gaze, and finally looked in the direction of Li Miao through the wooden board.

"It's, you."

During that battle with Li Miao, the two fought until flesh and blood flew everywhere; he remembered the taste of Li Miao's blood.

It was because of this moment of hesitation that Huang Jin had already arrived.

He could no longer care about much, jumped directly off the roof, blocked the front, and shouted loudly.

"Everyone, stop!"

The voice echoed on the silent street.

Several carriages stopped in unison.

But only one continued to drive forward on its own.

Huang Jin pointed a finger, and sharp true energy pierced the coachman's neck, but the man made no movement at all, clearly having died long ago.

"It's this one!"

Huang Jin shouted.

Ten experts jumped off the roof and surrounded the carriage tightly.

Several imperial clan members in the back lifted their curtains and poked their heads out, just wanting to ask what was going on, but seeing Huang Jin leading ten fierce-looking figures surrounding a carriage, they immediately thought "bad" to themselves, shrank back into the carriage with a "whoosh," and hurriedly ordered the coachman to turn around.

As they spoke, several experts had already arrived beside the carriage and turned to look at Huang Jin.

Huang Jin nodded: "No need to hold back!"

The imperial clan members in the carriage were not important figures; if they died, they died!

In an instant, the ten experts all attacked with full force!

Profound Underworld Palm!

Withered Wood Broken Blade!

Traceless Finger!

Wind-Thunder Seal!

Ten profound martial arts, ten Heaven-Man experts!

Before the moves even arrived, the vigorous true energy they emitted had already made the carriage creak.

Immediately.

Boom!

The entire carriage, along with the human body inside, was instantly smashed into fragments filling the sky, and blood mixed with wood chips splashed onto the surrounding ground.

Except for the sound of wood chips falling onto the ground, the street became quiet for a moment.

"No!"

Huang Jin turned his head abruptly and looked at the several carriages behind that were slowly turning around.

"The Jianwen Emperor would never die so easily!"

"He is not in this carriage!"

"The dead coachman was just a diversion!"

Huang Jin immediately shouted loudly.

"Stop!"

The various experts were also figures who had experienced countless battles; they reacted instantly, and without needing to speak, they tacitly stepped forward and surrounded the carriages tightly.

At this time, no matter how scared the imperial clan members were, they clearly knew—this time they couldn't hide.

An elderly imperial clan member poked his head out of the carriage and asked loudly.

"Eunuch Huang, what is the meaning of this?"

Huang Jin looked closely and saw that this person was a General of the Imperial Clan, a marginal figure, so there was no need to pay too much attention, and his tone was not very polite.

"Acting under imperial orders to investigate rebels hiding in your carriages; I must offend you!"

To add a word here, although the title "General of the Imperial Clan" sounds intimidating, this "General" is not a general who leads troops, but just a type of nobility with a salary of 600 shi; if you threw a brick in Shuntian Prefecture, you could hit three or four of them.

The nobility titles of the Great Ming imperial clan, from top to bottom, are Prince, Commandery Prince, General of the State, General of the Auxiliary State, General of the Imperial Clan, Lieutenant of the State, Lieutenant of the Auxiliary State, and Lieutenant of the Imperial Clan.

The General of the Imperial Clan is the great-grandson of a Commandery Prince and had long since left the five degrees of mourning from the Emperor; he is just a mascot to show the prosperity of the Zhu family during festivals.

Sure enough, the old man was retorted, his face flushed red, but he was helpless, so he reached out to lift the curtain and walked down with his family.

"Everyone, please get out of the carriage!"

Huang Jin said loudly.

Zhu Zai reached out to lift the curtain, but Li Miao stopped him and shook his head.

"Commander, no need to go down."

"He is about to make a move."

Sure enough, before Li Miao's voice fell, they only heard a "Boom!" from outside!

A carriage shattered suddenly, and a withered, thin figure darted out from inside!

Then he joined his fingers into a palm and swept across several carriages from a distance!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Several carriages shattered one after another, and the people inside tumbled onto the ground, falling into chaos for a moment, but they were unharmed!

And Huang Jin and the ten experts' eyes blurred suddenly; looking at those imperial clan members again, they found they could no longer find that figure shaped like a dried corpse.

"Tsk!"

Huang Jin gritted his teeth.

Having seen the three people who died silently in that carriage just now, and having heard Lord Wang's description, how could he not understand that the Jianwen Emperor was clearly able to influence people's five senses to a certain extent.

And he released these people just to hide among them! Preparing to escape in the chaos!

At this time, these imperial clan members were all terrified and running around, constantly screaming, and the scene was extremely chaotic; how could one distinguish them for a moment!

"Everyone, do not move, stay where you are! The rebels are hiding among you; if we don't pull this person out, you won't be able to protect yourselves!"

Huang Jin shouted loudly.

The imperial clan members were all stunned, and the scene became quiet for a moment.

Li Miao quietly turned his head to one side.

There, a little girl carved out of pink jade was squatting beside a broken carriage frame.

A withered, pitch-black hand claw was hooked onto her shoulder, as if comforting her, yet also as if threatening her.

Feeling the sharp fingernails piercing into her clothes on her shoulder, she endured her tears, trembled uncontrollably, and looked forward helplessly.

Immediately, she saw Li Miao.

"Shh."

Li Miao extended a finger to his lips, smiled at her, and then beckoned to her.

"Come."

The little girl shook her head desperately.

Li Miao lowered his head and pointed to his own lips, signaling her to watch his lip-reading.

The little girl nodded.

Li Miao smiled, his lips moving.

The little girl tried hard to identify them.

"Don't, be, afraid."

"He, can't, beat, me."

"Walk, forward, don't, look, back."

Li Miao extended a hand and slowly clenched it into a fist.

Then he opened it and beckoned to her.

She suddenly realized that the hand claw on her shoulder had let go.

She moved a step slowly, found no danger, and then walked slowly toward Li Miao, walking faster and faster, faster and faster.

Large teardrops finally couldn't help but fall; she bit her lip tightly, obeying Li Miao's "shh" instruction.

Finally, she flew into Li Miao's arms.

Zhu Zai beside him snorted coldly and said in a low voice.

"If you used half of this ability to coax children on women, I wouldn't have to worry."

Li Miao touched the little girl's head, and seeing she was no longer trembling, he raised his head and smiled in a low voice.

"Commander, since you mention it, I really have to argue."

Li Miao pointed to the little girl in his arms.

"Let me introduce her: Princess Si Rou."

"The younger sister of an old flame of mine."

(End of chapter)