Quadruple split.

Chapter 534 Blood Night (II)

"The time is just right."

In the tavern, a tall young man with light blonde hair slowly got up from the corner, and smiled at the uninvited guests: "Do you want something to drink?"

Ruibo shook his head with a heavy face, walked slowly in front of his own brother, and said softly: "Father never liked you hanging around in this kind of place, but you ended up opening a tavern in the old city."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not wear his usual set of ornate armor today, but a robe with a purple background and gold pattern, and a wine-red cloak with the violet family crest on his shoulders, looking graceful and majestic Full, coupled with his innate imperial temperament, even if he just stood there calmly, his sense of presence was still enough to fill the entire tavern.

The one opposite him is completely at the other extreme. Even though he is the same prince, Schubryceen always seems to be so unkempt, and the white robe casually put on his body does not help him reflect even the slightest aura of a high-ranking person. Well, the education of being born in the imperial family is useless to him, and the appearance of that hippie smile looks more like a street singer, not a prince with a high status.

"You know I've never been very obedient, Brother Huang."

Xiu shrugged, not at all frightened by the people around him who had already faintly surrounded him. He just pointed to the wooden chair opposite him politely as before, and asked Ruibo with a smile: "Will you sit down?" Son?"

The latter was silent for a few seconds, then sighed lightly, sat down slowly, nodded and said, "Then sit for a while."

"Sorry, brother, everyone here is absent from work today, so we can only pour water or something by ourselves."

Xiu casually took out a cup that didn't look very clean, picked up the teapot and filled it with a light brown liquid that didn't cost much if you smelled it, and pushed it carelessly in front of Ruibo: "You don't mind, do you?"

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince frowned slightly, and did not touch the cup of tea in front of him, which looked suspicious, but just stared straight at his younger brother: "I thought you had a lot to ask me."

"for example?"

Xiu blinked suspiciously, then picked up the cup in front of the other party casually, took a big gulp, wiped his mouth, and sighed: "You really don't know how to taste life, these tea leaves can be used by ordinary people for half a month's work. Good stuff you can't afford."

"For example, why did I find this place, for example, why your people absent from work for no reason."

Ruibo curled up the corners of his mouth with a fake smile, and calmly looked at the cup of tea in the other party's hand: "By the way, the things we usually drink in the courtyard are at least something ordinary people can't afford after working for half a year, so I disagree with your 'taste' and 'life'."

Xiu laughed, spread his hands and said, "My people are often absent from work, my taste. Brother, you know it, it's always been bad."

"Ash."

Ruibo suddenly raised his head, and asked a very jumpy question: "Answer me, do you want to get your hands on the throne and become the king of this empire?"

The latter immediately nodded without thinking, and said with a smile, "Yes, that's what I thought."

"you"

Ruibo didn't think that the other party would admit so frankly. During this period of time, his brain, which had been under high load, suddenly shut down for a few seconds.

"Why are you so surprised? My lord brother."

Xiu drank the tea in his hand, and leaned lazily on the back of the hard chair, with that free and easy smile still hanging on the corner of his mouth, but there was no smile in his eyes anymore: "Isn't this the answer you were expecting?"

Ruibo, who had recovered, took a deep breath, and his right hand under the table trembled imperceptibly: "I don't understand what you are talking about."

"Haha, come on, come on, Brother Huang, you really don't need to do this, anyway, there are no outsiders here."

Xiuhuan looked around at the murderous men, women and children around him, shrugged and said, "Your question just now was nothing more than to let me show that I am indeed a person with ulterior motives. In this case, when you do that, you have already made up your mind It’s easier when you have something to do.”

"what are you talking about"

Ruibo's complexion changed, but he was interrupted before he could finish a complete sentence.

"What I'm talking about, Brother Huang, should be very clear."

Xiu chuckled, and said calmly: "Although you have made up your mind about certain things, you still need a reason, a reason that can make you feel at ease and avoid nightmares in the days to come, and I It’s just that while telling the truth, I happily hand over this reason to you. Of course, even if I categorically deny it, you will definitely deny my denial in your heart. If this is the case, why should we bother so much? What about the circle?"

Ruibo's eyes gradually turned cold: "Do you know what I want to do?"

"I know."

Xiu nodded, and asked solemnly with an affirmative sentence: "Aside from killing me here, is there any other possibility?"

Ruibo nodded with a livid face, then gritted his teeth and asked, "Then Axiu, you should know, why should I do this?"

"Sure, to put it simply, my changes make you feel scared, and the result of the trial and the emperor's laissez-faire make you feel a strong sense of crisis. You are afraid that the throne that is already at your fingertips will fly away. Before you were afraid that your lofty ambitions would be stifled, you were afraid that your younger brother, whom you could never see through, would take everything away, and you were so afraid that you couldn’t help yourself and couldn’t sleep at night. Am I right? Dear brother.”

Xiu narrated lightly, and immediately continued after finishing the sentence that seemed to be a question: "The speed of the situation getting out of control is too fast, so fast that you can't react at all, and the threat I showed at the last trial It makes you realize that you can't wait any longer, and just at this time, an excellent opportunity appears, so no matter whether anyone is willing to cooperate or not, you have to do something, and it turns out that you are indeed a very good person. A decisive person."

At this moment, Ruibo's complexion was so pale that it was almost transparent, but the reason was not because of fear or being betrayed, but because he realized that he had to make a decision as soon as possible.

Of course, it was a decision, but in fact, from the moment he pushed the door of the [Female Bee], there was no option other than to let Schubryce die here.

"I don't hate you, Axiu. Although your character has always been bad, I still like you as a younger brother very much."

Ruibo sighed disappointedly, and smiled helplessly: "Whether you believe it or not, I still don't have any hatred for you until now."

Xiu smiled, nodded and said, "Of course I believe, brother, after all, whether you hate me and whether you want to kill me are two different things."

"That's right, it's two different things. I want to reverse the family's predicament, but this is the only thing I can't back down, no matter who is standing in front of me."

Ruibo stood up abruptly, and said in a deep voice: "Take out your hand that is tucked in your sleeve. Long before we came in, this tavern was completely sealed in the barrier. The fingertips that conveyed information to the outside world did not send anything."

"That's it~"

Xiu blinked, stretched out his left hand, which was quietly retracted into the cuff, and put a shiny finger on the table: "Brother, you really have no plans."

"There's no need to delay any longer, Axiu, I can chat with you for a whole afternoon."

Ruibo looked at his younger brother coldly, shook his head and said, "No one will come to save you, no matter if it's the Bauhinia Guards you bribed, or the little dwarf who works in this tavern, they have already When I rushed here, I was controlled, my dear brother, if you have any fatal flaw, it is too self-confident."

Xiu rubbed his nose in embarrassment, and said with a sneer, "I thought my greatest strength was self-knowledge."

"Even if you say that in a sarcastic tone, it won't change the facts."

Ruibo looked at the other party unmoved, and said in a deep voice: "Did you ever know that since the day you first learned how to speak, I, who was not yet an adult at that time, had already made a lot of arrangements, surrounded by you? Including this [Female Bee], I know many things that my father does not know. Of course, I admit that I have not paid much attention to you in recent years, otherwise there will be no such thing on Judgment Day. That farce, but after that, I still quickly found out about you through countless channels that you can't even think of, and I was fully prepared."

"Well, it looks like you're more insecure than I thought, brother."

Xiu still didn't show the slightest panic, but said calmly: "This is really admirable."

"Do you know how many people are on my side? Do you know how many eyeliners are around you?"

Ruibo walked around the table, quickly walked in front of Xiu, grabbed the latter by the collar and lifted it up, growling: "Do you know how much power I have managed with my status as the Crown Prince? You know that I am trying to change this How much preparation have you made for the damn situation? Do you know how hard I have endured all these years? Do you know how much I wish you were the innocent kid who liked to make fun of people before?"

"I know"

Xiu, who was having difficulty breathing, smiled with difficulty, then nodded and repeated twice: "I know, I know."

"No! You don't know! You don't know anything!"

Ruibo let go of his hand angrily, pushed Xiu back onto the chair forcefully, gritted his teeth and said, "How could you possibly know how much I really have?"

"The people standing by your side, including the Grand Duke Dantis, there are three Bauhinia guards with a total of 306 people in the brigade, as well as the Patton family, Seth family, Fortang family, Mortensen family, and Austin family in our Violet Territory. Thirty-nine old aristocratic forces including the Boyd family and the Boyd family. In addition, there are Mr. Ian, the deputy head of the shadow guard of his father, the head of the imperial guards, and the leader of the three leaders of the self-governing army in the territory. Two, the Violet Northern Merchant Alliance headed by the Snow Diamond Chamber of Commerce, and of course, Marshall and Hussein, which were recently connected by Grand Duke Dantes."

Xiu used his gentle voice to narrate calmly, using practical actions to show that he really 'knew' what Ruibo just said. At the same time, the latter's complexion became more and more ugly.

"As for the eyeliner around me, if I do a simple calculation, it's probably all my cooks, the maids in the three-color courtyard, the two friends I made when I concealed my identity and went to play in the noble district, and my most trusted guard captain,【 Female bee] The owners of the shops next to it, several friends of Corleia, the three roommates in Xiao Na's shared room, Master Miguel who has been secretly teaching me magic, and the other [-] people who were arrested The people I omitted, oh yes, and those Bauhinia Guards who were later discovered by you to be loyal to me since last week, all the newly transferred faces in the past three days."

After Xiu finished speaking unhurriedly, he refilled his cup of tea and continued without raising his head: "As for the forces you have managed, the preparations you have accumulated, and the hard work you have put in, I am naturally the same. We all know that it is not easy to tell the truth, but it is admirable.”

"you"

Ruibo's eyes widened, and he pulled out the long sword from the scabbard of the burly man behind him with his backhand, and shouted sharply: "What are you trying to say!?"

"What I want to say is that I see everything you do."

Xiuyan, who was pressed against the side of the neck by the sword, did not blink, but picked up the tea in his hand and took a sip, exhaled very comfortably, then shook his head and sighed: "It's such a pity, dear brother, if you It allows me to see a little hope in the process of learning these things, to see even a glimmer of real pattern, and we don't have to get to where we are today."

"What do you mean?"

Ruibo was forced to move the long sword to the side a little bit, because when Xiu shook his head just now, he let the sword edge cut his skin and cut a trace of blood on his neck.

"What I mean is, I'm actually a very lazy and muddle-headed person, so if you can shoulder the responsibility, Brother Emperor, I'm really willing to let you sit on the throne."

Xiu crossed his legs, turned his head and gave Ruibo a regretful expression: "It's a pity you can't, you are too far behind."

An icy chill suddenly rose from the bottom of Ruibo's heart, he immediately roared, decided not to continue with his brother's whispered words like a devil, swung his long sword and slashed fiercely at Xiudou's head——

Pfft! !
The sharp sword entered the body, and blood flew.

Xiu sighed wearily, wiped a smear of blood from his cheek, shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Brother Huang, I never disliked you and Emperor Father, after all, it's not your fault that your abilities are limited."

Puff puff puff puff!

Ruibo, who was pierced through the heart with a sword from the back, was stabbed into the body from all directions by seven or eight sharp weapons, and it was the people he himself brought who did it.

if it was a dream
It must have been the worst, scariest nightmare I've ever had in my life.

if it's not a dream
The Violet Empire may soon have the most unfathomable king ever.
Ruibo shrugged and quietly stopped breathing.

Chapter [-]: The End

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