Yusui Chang'an

The master was poisoned and suffocated by the thick smoke. Although he dodged subconsciously, he did not avoid the arrow.

Liang Zechuan and Ling Ni's eyes widened when they saw this. Liang Zechuan rushed forward, put out the fire on his master's body with his bare hands, held his master in his arms to protect him, and pressed the wound tightly. However, no matter how Liang Zechuan pressed, blood still gushed out from between his fingers.

Ling Yi struggled to crawl forward in the flames, leaving a trail of blood behind him.

The crumbling beams that were burned by the fire also fell down and hit several people. Liang Zechuan knelt down to protect his best friend under him, and caught the burning beams with his back. Ling Ni was also crushed by the beams.

At the critical moment of life and death, Liang Zechuan's reinforcements arrived, killed half of the archers, and rescued them from the fire, but that arrow severed the master's heart... The master was unable to recover and passed away.

Liang Zechuan felt powerless and panicked, feeling his best friend in his arms gradually losing his breath. He spat out a mouthful of blood and fell beside his best friend. With his last bit of consciousness, he ordered his confidants to go to Zhangzhou to protect his best friend's family.

Ling Ni choked with sobs and rebuked himself as he recounted what happened that year. Ling Yi and the others gritted their teeth and listened to the process of their master's murder. The heartache, grief and blank indignation overwhelmed them like a flood. Even their breathing seemed to be suffocated and painful by the thick smoke and sharp arrows, choking them so hard that their chests ached.

Is this the truth? It is completely different from the truth they have believed for so many years. Liang Zechuan is not the real murderer, but he is protecting his master with his death?
The leader was sitting against a tree trunk, listening quietly, his eyes lowered and his expression could not be seen clearly. The veins on his hands on his knees were bulging from the exertion, showing that he was not at peace at the moment.

Taking two deep breaths to ease the pain in his heart, the leader slowly looked up at the sky. It took him a long while to recover. He looked at Ling Jiu beside him and glanced at Liang Zechuan. Ling Jiu paused for a moment, then immediately nodded and stood up to walk towards the "group of people".

"Did he... leave any message?"

Ling Ni, who was trapped in grief and guilt, looked up at the leader who asked the question and wiped his tearful face with his sleeve:

"Who are you? Why don't you take off your veil?" Ling Yi: "Did the master leave any message?"

Hearing Ling Yi's question, Ling Ni glanced at the leader, then looked away and answered:

"My master told me to go back to Zhangzhou with you and protect the people in the palace and our old friends in Beijing. If it is found to be related to the royal family, we should put the people of the world first and not let the people be put into war just for the sake of one person...who died.

He also told Prince Kang to remember their brotherly agreement and protect the peace of the people of both countries..."

Ling Ni choked up again while speaking, and wiped away the tears that welled up again:

“After the master died, Prince Kang and I rushed to Zhangzhou, and the mansion in Zhangzhou was reduced to ashes… Prince Kang and I both fell seriously ill, and when I woke up, I heard that you and Ling Wu chased Prince Kang and died on the battlefield.

It is widely rumored that the fire in Zhangzhou was set by Prince Kang, and the court has issued a notice saying that the master has committed treason, and all Lingyun soldiers are wanted. If caught, they will be killed. I thought you were all gone..."

As they were talking, Ling Jiu came back and nodded to the leader and Ling Yi and the others. He had just looked at Liang Zechuan's back and found that there were serious burn marks just as Ling Yi said.

Hearing Ling Yi asking how they survived, the leader looked at Liang Zechuan with a complicated expression and stood up by supporting himself with the tree trunk:
"We'll talk about this later. I just fed him poison. The most urgent thing is to find a doctor for him before he returns to Yeliang." (End of this chapter)