Chapter 465: Epilogue (Part 2)

At a distance of ten feet, using a crossbow to kill an old man on the verge of death should have been a fairly simple matter for Liu Jin, even if he wasn't using his own body.

But at the instant before pulling the trigger, Liu Jin's left face suddenly twisted; with the center of his face as the boundary, the right half remained calm, while the left half suddenly revealed terror and struggle.

This was Liu Jin's last clone, and also his last bit of residual "nature," which was already difficult to fully control this body.

"Ugh!"

This change made his hand shake.

*Twang! *

The crossbow bolt deviated from the heart and nailed into Tang Lanzhou's waist and abdomen.

Blood splattered out.

Tang Lanzhou didn't react in the slightest; he pressed the hilt of his blade against his own waist and, like a dying thin tiger, lunged at Liu Jin.

*Puff. *

The blade pierced into Liu Jin's side ribs.

Liu Jin's eyes regained clarity; he dropped the crossbow, pulled a short blade from his waist, grabbed Tang Lanzhou's collar with his left hand, and stabbed toward his waist with the short blade in his right hand.

*Puff, puff, puff. *

A series of viscous sounds.

Tang Lanzhou's waist and abdomen became a bloody mess.

He didn't struggle; instead, he desperately dug into Liu Jin's ribs, frantically stirring the long blade inserted into his side ribs, digging out the flesh inside.

This was a meaningless struggle, a wretched slaughter between two people who were bound to die.

Silent and ferocious.

Wretched and bloody.

Finally, pink blood foam surged from Liu Jin's mouth, and he stabbed the short blade into Tang Lanzhou's abdomen and slashed desperately.

*Crash—*

Tang Lanzhou's waist and abdomen suffered a blood collapse, his internal organs falling to the ground with a clatter, taking his last bit of strength with them as they escaped his body. The long blade slipped from his hand and fell to the ground with a clatter; Tang Lanzhou's limbs hung limply, and his vision gradually sank into darkness.

This wretched struggle came to an end.

"Lord Tang, have you vented enough?"

Liu Jin, relying on this sturdy officer's body, could still barely speak.

"Pity..."

Tang Lanzhou was too weak to finish his words.

But fortunately, Liu Jin knew what he was regretting.

It was a pity he couldn't take the life of the mastermind as a greeting gift for meeting his old wife in the underworld.

"I don't understand the feelings between husband and wife, Lord Tang."

Liu Jin said calmly, raising the short blade and resting it on Tang Lanzhou's neck.

"I am a eunuch."

"How could a eunuch understand anything about relatives, friends, brothers, the people, or the world, let alone propriety, righteousness, integrity, shame, love, hate, or grievances? I only understand one thing: absolute loyalty and devotion to the sun."

Tang Lanzhou spat out two words with disdain.

"Eunuch..."

Liu Jin was not offended in the slightest and nodded.

"Yes, I am a eunuch."

"But what is wrong with being a eunuch? Is it wrong to be loyal to His Majesty? As a eunuch, if I don't love His Majesty, who else can I love? Who else would look favorably upon a eunuch like me?"

"Unfortunately, all my painstaking efforts have come to nothing."

Liu Jin looked at Tang Lanzhou.

"I can only kill a traitor before I die to slightly fulfill my loyalty to His Majesty."

The short blade pressed down slowly, sinking into the skin.

Tang Lanzhou closed his eyes.

At this very instant, the tent curtain suddenly moved, a figure flashed in, and raised a finger to point.

*Bang! *

Liu Jin's right shoulder flesh exploded.

His right arm separated from his body, and along with the short blade, it fell to the ground.

Liu Jin let go of Tang Lanzhou, stumbled back several steps, and fell to the ground, turning his gaze toward that figure.

"Li... Miao."

"Eunuch Liu, what kind of skill is it to bully an old man who is about to die instead of settling things with me?"

Li Miao shrugged with a smile, raised his hand to grab at the void, and pulled the unconscious Tang Lanzhou into his hand.

"I quite admire Lord Tang's performance today."

"Most of the officials are dead; we need someone who can hold the situation, see through human hearts, and not fear death to help my old man stabilize the court, so I can't let you kill him."

True energy was poured in, mending the flesh.

Tang Lanzhou's breathing gradually returned to steady.

Li Miao placed Tang Lanzhou on the ground, walked slowly to Liu Jin, squatted down, and tilted his head to look at him.

"This is definitely your last life, right?"

"You are the first person, Eunuch Liu, who has made me tired of killing."

Liu Jin panted heavily.

"Is His Majesty alright?"

Li Miao raised an eyebrow.

"Naturally he is fine; it is not your place to worry."

Liu Jin let out a long breath, his shoulders relaxing.

"That is good." ===== CHAPTER 466 =====