Shaojun riding the sea

Chapter 206: The Divine Arrow Saves the Husband
When Yue Wujiu heard Lan Yubai's cruel words, he trembled all over. His blood-stained face showed an expression of disbelief. He let out a painful roar from his throat: "No, why would my father voluntarily ask for death..."

"Of course he would ask for death, because he is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, because he doesn't want the prophecy to come true, and because he is stupid, so stupid that he actually believed everything he saw in the ancient well!"

Under the full moon that night, illusions arose in the ancient well. The future that Lord Yue saw was enough to horrify him and make him willing to die, because that future scene was exactly—

The Yue army and the Wei family had reached the point of being incompatible. When another new policy of reducing the military was implemented, the Yue army was completely in an uproar. He, the "commander-in-chief", was also placed in a high position by his subordinates. Everyone forced him to rebel, and he finally took up the butcher knife and led his troops into the palace. Under the slogan of "clearing the emperor's side and getting rid of the evil queen", he killed Queen Wei, imprisoned Emperor Yun, seized the Dongmu kingdom, and became a traitor despised by everyone!
These horrifying hallucinations were actually the result of the "incense", which was also the inner demon of Lord Yue that was difficult to resolve. He just caught a glimpse of the thing he was most afraid of happening in the future through the well!

"In fact, your father's death is inevitable. I just accelerated his pace a little. The Yue Family Army is becoming more and more turbulent and difficult to control. Emperor Yun's new policy of reducing the number of troops will be implemented sooner or later. The first to be slain will be the Yue Family Army. By then, the army will be in chaos and resentment will spread all over the world. No one can predict what will go wrong. Your father knows this very well, so he can't sleep day and night and is worried. He has to deal with the king above and the soldiers below. He is caught in the middle and suffers a lot. What he fears most is that one day he will not be able to control the situation, and he will be put on a high pedestal by his brothers in the army and have to rebel!"

"So for the sake of the stability of the country, for the dog emperor to sit firmly on the throne, for the lives of countless brothers in the army, and for the people of Dongmu to be spared from the flames of war, he has no choice but to die in order to break the deadlock."

The flying snow fluttered and fell on the boy's long eyelashes stained with blood. His body was shaking violently, but Lan Yubai was still standing in front of him condescendingly, commenting on his father calmly:

"Should I say that your father is really a great saint, who wanted to use his own life to resolve the conflicts between the parties and bring peace to the world? Unfortunately, everything he did was not worth it. He was just 'blindly loyal' because the emperor of the Kuang family was ruthless and heartless, the most ruthless person in the world."

Whether it is Kuang Heng, the founding emperor of Dongmu hundreds of years ago, or Emperor Yun today, they are all equally cold-hearted in their bones.

"At first, I was worried that the dog emperor would spare your father's life for the sake of our long-term brotherhood, allowing him to retire and enjoy his old age. Fortunately, I was overthinking. The ending was better than I expected. The dog emperor did not hesitate to not only kill your father, but also wiped out your Yue family and the Manchu clan, leaving no future troubles. The once powerful Yue army also lost its backbone due to your father's death. The dog emperor's new policy was easily implemented, and the Yue army fell apart, like monkeys scattering when a tree falls. There was no threat to his throne anymore, and the Dongmu Kingdom was firmly in his palm again. He became the biggest winner."

"And all this was gained by sacrificing the Yue family. What a bargain for that dog emperor, isn't it?"

The sarcastic laughter echoed in the wind and snow. Yue Wujiu's blood-stained body trembled even more violently. Something in his heart collapsed at this moment, but Lan Yubai smiled happily. He didn't mind stabbing the boy's bloody wound a few more times to make him feel the excruciating pain of losing Jiu Niang.

"The truth is always cruel. Don't look at me like that, brother. You are too naive. Not only did you trust me, your 'brother-in-law', but you also trusted your closest relative, 'uncle'. He is not only your mother's brother, but he is also a king sitting on the throne. Anyone who threatens his imperial power or blocks his way will have to pay a heavy price. That's why I said that your father's death was inevitable. That dog emperor couldn't keep him. Sooner or later, your Yue family will be uprooted by him. These are just a matter of time, and the ending can never be changed. You should understand now who your real enemy is who is the one who destroyed your family, right?"

As Lan Yubai spoke, he leaned over and slowly approached Yue Wujiu. He poured true energy into his palms and pressed it down towards the boy's head bit by bit.

"Good brother, go with peace of mind. Open your eyes and watch carefully in the afterlife. Your brother-in-law will avenge you. The king your father swore allegiance to and the Dongmu kingdom he tried so hard to protect will all be reduced to ashes and replaced by a brand new dynasty. On that day, the people will live and work in peace and prosperity, and the world will be peaceful and prosperous. Everything I have carefully planned... will be worth it."

The last few sentences were inexplicably tinged with an indescribable sadness, as if answering the question that Shi Xuanling asked Lan Yubai in the mourning hall that night: "Is it worth it?"

Despite the loss of his beloved, his ardent faith never wavered. In a sense, his answer now was also for Ning Jiuniang, who was in the afterlife. The wind and snow were howling, Lan Yu's white robe fluttered, and her white hair was flying. Just as his palm was about to touch Yue Wujiu's head and kill him with one blow, a sharp arrow suddenly pierced through the bamboo forest, carrying an earth-shaking force and striking him straight at the same time, accompanied by the girl's urgent cry -

"stop!"

Lan Yubai reacted incredibly quickly, and immediately withdrew his hand and stepped back, dodging the sharp arrow, but the sharp arrow energy still scratched his arm, and blood immediately gushed out of the wound. The flying arrow also passed by him with a strong wind and pierced a bamboo covered with frost behind him.

With a "clang" sound, the long arrow actually went straight through the bamboo body, shattering the frost on the bamboo leaves. At the moment when the frost and snow fell, the thick bamboo began to shake. Then with a few loud "cracks", the bamboo broke into pieces and fell to the ground in the shocked eyes of everyone.

Unable to describe the horror in his heart at this moment, Lan Yubai covered his wound and looked in disbelief at the girl running towards him from the other side of the bamboo forest.

If he hadn't dodged in time, he would have lost his arm!

"God, divine arrow technique?"

This huge and terrifying penetrating power, apart from the Feng family's magic archery skills, what other magical weapon in the world can achieve the same?

Just when Lan Yubai was in shock, the sound of bells that struck his heart had already come through the wind and snow. Yue Wujiu turned his head and looked. The expression on the bloodstained face could not be seen clearly. However, the boy's eyes were gradually filled with mist. His body was shaky and he heard the familiar sound again -

"Ah Yue!"

Shi Xuanling, holding the divine bow, rushed over and caught the bloody body that fell. Yue Wujiu only felt the softness and warmth of the embrace. In the last moment before he fainted and completely lost consciousness, he only heard one sentence:
"It's okay, I'm here, I'm here to take you home, hold on, we're going home..."

Blood was flowing in the snow, and the cold wind blew through the girl's long hair and clothes. She hugged the bloody boy tightly in her arms, and warm tears fell down. But at this moment, she heard a gnashing sound in her ears:
"Do you know...what you are doing?"

Shi Xuanling raised her head and saw Lan Yubai covering his arm. He stared at her with a distorted face and said hatefully:
"I never dreamed that one day, the descendants of the Feng family would actually... kill me?"

Shi Xuanling raised her head slightly, forcing back the heat in her eyes. She hugged the battered Yue Wujiu with one hand, and tightly grasped the Splashing Star Bow with the other. She spoke to Lan Yubai coldly, word by word -

"If I really wanted to kill you, the arrow should have hit your chest right now, not just scratched your arm. Lan Yubai, you were the first to touch me. I told you that you can't go after A Yue. I won't show you mercy. I mean what I say!"