Chapter 580: Justifiably Hunting Him Again!

They seemed to still emit the sound and momentum of tens of thousands of troops!

Zongzheng Wuhen even couldn't help lifting the carriage curtain to look back.

He saw Duan Rongshi personally and cleanly kill the four guards he had left behind.

Li Qingluo swung onto the horse.

And raised her head to look in his direction.

Zongzheng Wuhen's heart pounded faster and faster; he even regretted it now, realizing he shouldn't have acted so impulsively with that plan.

He should have lain low a while longer, waiting until they trusted him more, then strike again!

It was only because hatred and resentment blinded his eyes that he fell for their trick again!

Zongzheng Wuhen was thinking that when suddenly he heard a sharp whistle.

The horse that had been urged to run forward suddenly reared high, refusing to go forward no matter what.

It turned in place, then turned its head and ran back.

Zongzheng Wuhen immediately exploded in anger: "Turns out they were waiting for me here! These two black-hearted scoundrels!"

The guard also shouted anxiously: "Your Highness, what should we do?"

"This horse is a well-trained warhorse that only obeys its master's commands; we'll have to crash back into it!"

Duan Rongshi and Li Qingluo didn't even need to move.

The carriage would naturally roll back to them.

The fleeing Zongzheng Wuhen was naturally pulled back.

That's why they watched Zongzheng Wuhen flee without lifting a finger.

Because he simply couldn't escape their sight.

Zongzheng Wuhen gritted his teeth and shouted: "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and jump!"

It's too late to kill the horse.

Moreover, chopping this horse now would likely fling all of them out of the carriage.

By then, broken arms and legs would be trivial.

But a fractured skull would mean certain death.

Relatively speaking, jumping from the carriage would be safer.

Four guards rushed in, carrying him and the Chu Emperor together as they burst out of the carriage and jumped down.

After rolling twice on the ground, they quickly scrambled to their feet.

The guards bore him on their backs and carried the Chu Emperor, sprinting forward.

However, since the Chu Emperor struggled to escape during this, Zongzheng Wuhen personally fed him a pill.

Soon the Chu Emperor went limp all over, losing all strength, becoming a puppet at others' mercy.

Suddenly, a flying arrow shot forth.

One guard was instantly shot through the brain.

The archer was none other than Li Qingluo.

She, Duan Rongshi, and those guards had already sped toward them.

The next second, Li Qingluo drew her bow longer, aiming at Zongzheng Wuhen's back.

Zongzheng Wuhen shouted urgently: "Quick—!"

"Turn head! Go southwest—"

"Into the mountains, into the forest!!"

Watching them several people disappear into the woods, Li Qingluo then slowed her horse's hooves.

She looked calmly at Duan Rongshi: "A Shi, this person, today I will kill him."

On that night at the Night Assassin Princess Manor in DaLiang, Li Qingluo's arrow had gone astray.

No matter what today, it is Zongzheng Wuhen's time.

Letting him live these two years has already been the utmost benevolence and righteousness.

Their grudge should also be thoroughly settled.

Having said that, Li Qingluo spurred her horse and immediately gave chase.

Duan Rongshi sighed helplessly behind her.

Isn't it easy to kill a Zongzheng Wuhen?

The important thing is how to lawfully kill him in Great Chu.

However, today is indeed an excellent opportunity.

And it's Zongzheng Wuhen who brought this upon himself.

Duan Rongshi cried "Go!" and hurriedly gave chase.

Since she intends to kill Zongzheng Wuhen, he ought to settle the score quickly and first dispose of those assassins lurking in the woods!

Zongzheng Wuhen, borne on the guards' backs, rushed into the forest and saw—this was hardly just the Crown Prince's elite private troops and Li Qingluo's guards!

Who knows when, but a large crowd of martial artists had actually shown up in these woods!

However, they wore uniforms of similar color, and their martial arts moves looked uniform—clearly they belonged to a single sect, not a disordered mob of jianghu folk.

"Where did these people come from?!"

Zongzheng Wuhen couldn't help but shout low.

Guard: "Your Highness, it looks like they're the recently renowned Carefree Sect within Great Chu's borders."

"They say they roam about doing righteous deeds, robbing the rich to help the poor, having done many good deeds near South Peace, so the locals there praise them."

"But I've also heard that the Carefree Sect originally was a sect from DaLiang."

I don't know how he drifted into our Great Chu.

Zongzheng Wuheng finally understood completely: 'What else is there that I don't know?'

This Carefree Sect is totally his, Duan Rongshi's, power!

I've long heard that the Pei Family once had an organization, but after Elder State Duke Pei died, that organization disappeared as well.

So it was given to this Duan Rongshi!

No wonder, those who met the Crown Prince today are also fearless!

He was actually waiting for me here!

Could it be that they also already knew I wrote a secret letter to the Crown Prince?

But how could that be possible!?

Could he possibly have eyes and ears everywhere, even having his spies in the palace?

Moreover, even if the Crown Prince had a thousand troops, these martial artists number only a few hundred.

But each of them is highly skilled in martial arts, several times tougher than the Crown Prince's elite troops.

One of them can match ten, and that's no problem!

This match-up is indeed now extremely hard to predict.

Zongzheng Wuheng angrily grabbed the guard's shoulder hard.

What are we still waiting for?

Hurry up and go!

However, just as he finished speaking, a sudden wave of dizziness struck.

Next, his heart felt as if it were about to be torn out, and he opened his mouth wide but couldn't catch his breath.

Zongzheng Wuheng clutched his chest, his eyes wide and bulging, feeling as if his head would be split open, and he shouted hoarsely from the pain.

Something's not right——

I, I'm about to die from pain——

Zongzheng Wuheng quickly came to his senses.

It's the twin-born gu.

They deceived me……

That gu poison has no cure!

Jin Ning, Jin Ning, where are you!

Quickly bring me to find her!

We must find them!!

However, the assassins in the mountains have already discovered them.

The guards, caught between advancing and retreating, could only hurriedly shout: 'Your Highness——'

We can't turn back anymore.

We also can't charge straight up.

Besides, Your Majesty, we're afraid we can't bring him!

Taking the Chu Emperor makes the target bigger; it's utterly impossible to break out of the encirclement.

But now that we've come this far, how could Zongzheng Wuheng possibly abandon the Chu Emperor, this lifesaver?

He gritted his teeth and shouted: 'We must bring him!!'

It's already a dead end; only by bringing my father the Emperor do we have a chance to escape.

Just then, a guard beside him shouted excitedly: 'Your Highness, I've seen Jin Ning!'

She's right over there.

She's looking at us!

Zongzheng Wuheng also saw her.

Jin Ning stood on the hillside.

In the crowd, she deeply gazed toward Zongzheng Wuheng's direction.

Suddenly, she turned and ran up the mountain.

Zongzheng Wuheng shouted: 'Quick! Chase after her!'

The remaining three guards sprinted after Jin Ning.

Fortunately, the battling sides paid no attention to them.

【99】 Just then, a guard beside him shouted excitedly: 'Your Highness, I've seen Jin Ning!'

【100】 She's right over there.

【101】 She's looking at us!

【102】 Zongzheng Wuheng also saw her.

【103】 Jin Ning stood on the hillside.

【104】 In the crowd, she deeply gazed toward Zongzheng Wuheng's direction.

【105】 Suddenly, she turned and ran up the mountain.

【106】 Zongzheng Wuheng shouted: 'Quick! Chase after her!'

【107】 The remaining three guards sprinted after Jin Ning.

【108】 Fortunately, the battling sides paid no attention to them.

Even if the assassins saw Zongzheng Wuheng, they couldn't confirm he was now a traitor.

Although his people still bore the tyrant.

Without orders from their lord, the assassins all turned a blind eye, until their lord made a free decision.

Sure enough, Li Qingluo quickly rode her horse to the mountain's base, then rushed into the forest.

She immediately spotted Zongzheng Wuheng.

He lay in a sorry state on the guard's back, unwilling to abandon the Chu Emperor, as several people fled up the mountain.

Li Qingluo gave a faint smile.

Watch me add fuel to the fire!

Saying that, she raised her longbow and aimed at Zongzheng Wuheng.

Then she swiftly and cleanly shot an arrow.

The arrow struck Zongzheng Wuheng's buttocks.

Only saw him suddenly straighten his back, then clutch his buttocks as if letting out a miserable cry.

Next, the guards' feet seemed to have caught wind and ignited, and they ran even faster.

Li Qingluo almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

If it weren't for Jin Nie still needing to smoothly dispel A Duo's gu, there would be no need to go through all this trouble and complication to lure him up to this mountain.

Soon.

The sun above had already reached high noon.

A Duo would soon regain her freedom and no longer be implicated by his death.

Li Qingluo only learned two days ago that the method A Duo originally claimed for dispelling the mutual gu was fundamentally a deception of herself.

She originally said only that if Zongzheng Wuheng died, she would merely run a high fever for a few days and then return to normal.

But when Li Qingluo had Zheng Mama summon their master and disciples that day to dispel the gu, Jin Nie personally approached Li Qingluo and revealed the truth.

"Luo'er, A Duo has deceived you."

"The mutual gu is actually not that easy to dispel."

"If Zongzheng Wuheng truly dies, Que'er will also fall into an eternal sleep."

"Although it won't cause her to die as well, it would be no different from being a living corpse."

"Unless, we gather A Duo and that Zongzheng Wuheng under the scorching sun at high noon, burn their hair together into ashes, and have them both consume it."

"Then, amidst all manner of pain, A Duo will smoothly expel the mother gu, like giving birth."

"Although A Duo will also vomit incessantly, after this the life or death of the child gu will have nothing more to do with her."

After hearing that, Li Qingluo also felt a surge of lingering fear.

"If we let him dispel the gu obediently, perhaps he would agree."

"But this Zongzheng Wuheng harbors different intentions; sooner or later he will betray us and seek to take my and A Shi's lives to avenge himself and turn the tables."

"So why not take advantage of this opportunity, let him become overconfident, assuming great success is assured?"

"I too can use this chance to completely settle our grudge!"

So that day, Jin Nie and A Duo claimed they were dispelling his gu, but in fact it was nothing but a deceitful trick.

The insects, and even that medicinal liquid.

They were merely to deceive him.

The medicinal liquid was just an anesthetic.

It let him instantly numb the pain A Duo transmitted to him.

A Duo has practically spent these two days lying in her room; she dare not take out the insects to play, nor can she pick up needle and thread to make shoes for her master and grandmaster.

She fears that if she touches anything that triggers excruciating pain again, it will arouse Zongzheng Wuheng's suspicion.

Now, A Duo must dispel the gu poison.

And Li Qingluo can finally, with just cause, pursue and kill him again!

When Zongzheng Wuheng finally chased up the mountain and saw A Duo lying on a massive stone beneath the scorching sun.

That stone was pitch black all over.

Yet its surface was so smooth that water could run down it.

A Duo lay on the stone, groaning continuously, appearing extremely painful.

Zongzheng Wuheng felt even more pain than she did.

Besides feeling A Duo's pain through sympathetic sensation, he now also had a long arrow lodged in his buttocks.

He was in such pain that tears welled in his eyes, and he shouted, "What kind of trick are you playing?!"

"As a prince, I shouldn't be soft-hearted; I should have just killed you all—!"