Ouchi Taming the Cat, starting with the Ten Tiger Forms!

Chapter 651 Noisy
Looking at the corpses of men in black lying before him, King Zheng's face turned ashen.

"Your Highness Prince Zheng, are you frightened?"

"Please return to the inn and take shelter for the time being. These assassins may have accomplices."

Xu Lang said respectfully.

But to King Zheng, these words sounded full of mockery and sarcasm.

"Humph!"

King Zheng snorted coldly and walked away.

He wanted to go forward and take a closer look at the wound, but judging from the attitude of the flowery-clothed eunuch in front of him, he had no chance.

After entering the posthouse, Prince Zheng immediately instructed his attendant: "Find a chance to check the wound, and then ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs for its opinion."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Immediately, a close attendant took the order and left.

King Zheng came to the lobby of the inn and found that many people had been awakened.

When they saw King Zheng appear, they planned to go up and ask him a few questions.

As a result, King Zheng did not wait for them to speak and said directly:

"It's nothing serious, go to bed early."

"We have to continue our journey tomorrow."

After saying this, King Zheng turned and went upstairs, not giving them a chance to talk back.

Back in the room, King Zheng sat on the bed with a frown on his face.

"That doesn't make sense."

He couldn't figure it out.

The secret guards in charge of guarding the perimeter of the posthouse tonight are all from Prince Zheng's palace.

Although their strength is not that of top masters, they are all warriors who have received rigorous training since childhood.

The fifth-grade elite, with tacit cooperation, could not be eliminated so quietly even when facing a master of the top three grades.

Faced with a top-three expert who is proficient in assassination, the secret guards can also react. Even if they are not good enough, they should at least issue a warning.

But just as the attendants around him reacted, the flower-clothed eunuchs shot out flares, and then the inn was surrounded. The flower-clothed eunuchs laid out the corpses of the secret guards in front of the inn as if in demonstration.

Especially the wounds on the corpse, King Zheng really couldn't help but think too much about it.

He had previously given a death order to the leader of the secret guards, Wu Cheng, to find the trace of the Western Region Fire Demon.

Wu Cheng did submit a reply within the deadline.

If King Zheng did not accept this answer, Wu Cheng was ready to die to prove his integrity.

At that time, Wu Cheng invited all the priests who could be invited from the Zheng Wang Mansion to come, and repeatedly checked the place where the Western Region Fire Demon disappeared, and finally got an unlikely answer.

But the three-day deadline was up, and Wu Cheng had no choice but to submit his and the priests' speculations to King Zheng.

The Western Region Fire Demon was captured alive.

This could explain why the Western Region Fire Demon had disappeared, and also explain the previous disappearance of Zhu Wufeng.

However, if you want to capture a top-three rank warrior alive, especially a top-notch existence like the Western Region Fire Demon who has entered the second rank Hedao realm and can also transform his realm into armor, it is more difficult to capture him alive than to kill him.

If a strong person of this level wants to escape, he will have to use desperate means.

Even if there are warriors of equal strength, it would be difficult to retain three or five of them.

There might be a chance of killing the opponent, as long as the opponent is willing to pay the same price.

But if he was not forced into a desperate situation, which second-grade strongman would be willing to pay such a tragic price.

This method consumes vitality and the foundation.

As long as there is no deep blood feud, who would be willing to exchange one for one, or even several for one?

Especially when you are in an advantageous position, no normal person would follow an enemy who is forced into a desperate situation and burn up his own vitality to chase him.

If the opponent runs away desperately, his strength will drop sharply in the future, and he may even fall to a lower level and become a useless person. It is common.

If we encounter it again, it will be a situation where we must kill each other. Why rush it?
Therefore, when the top three ranks fight, they usually just exchange a few moves.

No one can do anything to anyone else, so what's the point of playing with your life?
The power and wealth they enjoy are all brought by their own strength.

Without strength, who can guarantee that there won’t be a miserable ending in the future?

The most important thing is that people at their level understand best how hard it is to gain such skills. Who would just play around for no reason?
How lucky would it be to reach the third level if you don't have a sharp mind?
Unless they encountered a fundamental problem, upper third rank warriors would rarely fight to the death.

The Western Fire Demon might have escaped, or he might have fought to the death, but the possibility of being captured alive was almost zero.

Unless you lose your mind and use desperate means to get into the encirclement that the enemy has already prepared.

But even at this time, knowing that his vitality was completely burned out and his cultivation would never be restored, any upper third rank cultivator would have to use up his last bit of strength to self-destruct and take revenge.

This is the most common situation.

But some worshippers in Zhengwang Palace put forward a different point of view.

If this situation happened to the Western Region Fire Demon, there might be other possibilities.

The Fire Demon of the Western Regions practices magic, and his mind is far more fragile than warriors of the same level. It is possible that he surrenders to the enemy in order to survive.

If the other party has the strength to force the Western Region Fire Demon to beg for mercy, then capturing Zhu Wufeng alive will be a piece of cake.

After all, Zhu Wufeng is one level lower than the Western Region Fire Demon.

Zhu Wufeng was arrogant and extremely loyal to King Zheng.

He must have been captured alive, and the Western Fire Demon must have surrendered to the enemy.

This was the opinion of some of the worshippers in Prince Zheng's Palace, and it was also the answer that Wu Cheng had to give.

Wherever there are people, there will be strife.

Although the worshippers in Prince Zheng's Palace all have extraordinary strength, they are still human beings after all.

Zhu Wufeng's disappearance concerned many people. Later, some bad rumors spread in Prince Zheng's mansion, causing quite a bit of turmoil.

Although King Zheng tried his best to suppress the news, he could not help but make some sarcastic remarks from other priests who were dissatisfied with Zhu Wufeng.

Among them, the Fire Demon of the Western Region was the one who made the most sarcastic remarks.

Now, it is the turn of the Western Region Fire Demon to disappear, and the cause and effect have come back to him.

It is somewhat insulting to say that a powerful being like the Fire Demon of the Western Regions would beg for mercy and surrender to the enemy in order to save his life.

But if this were said to someone else, it would be a pure insult, but if it were said to the Western Region Fire Demon, it would not be completely impossible.

The Fire Demon of the Western Regions has always been arrogant and violent, and his actions and words are difficult to deal with. He has been serving in the Zheng Palace for many years, but he has not had anyone who can be considered a friend.

His character makes it possible for him to do anything.

And that tiny bit of possibility became the only evidence that this argument could stand up.

Those priests who drew the conclusion had some intention of seeking revenge against the Fire Demon of the Western Regions.

King Zheng and Wu Chengdu were both very clear about this.

But Wu had to come to this conclusion in order to get the job done.

In the end, King Zheng did not take Wu Cheng's life, but only criticized him verbally, which actually made his attitude clear.

King Zheng also had some doubts in his heart.

But for the sake of the overall situation, he had to stand firmly on the side of the Western Fire Demon.

The matter was concluded so hastily.

I just didn’t expect it to be brought up again today.

"Is it really done by the palace?"

"But where did this help come from?"

Prince Zheng couldn't understand when Emperor Yongyuan had gained control of such power.

Even if all the servants of Prince Zheng's Palace were mobilized, they might not be able to stop the Western Region Fire Demon.

But Emperor Yongyuan...

King Zheng took a deep breath and didn't dare to think any further.

"No wonder they dared to make the southern tour in advance. It turns out they have such confidence."

King Zheng's face was gloomy and uncertain, and the attendant who went to check the corpse returned.

"Your Majesty."

"Is there any result?" King Zheng sounded a little anxious.

"The eunuchs in flowery clothes from the Ministry of Internal Affairs wouldn't let the people from the post station go out, so I could only observe from a distance." The attendant first explained what he had observed.

"The wounds on the corpse are indeed exactly the same as those caused by Master Huo."

"And the Ministry of Internal Affairs has just withdrawn and left..."

The attendant hesitated, but continued:

"There are a total of 72 bodies laid out in front of the door. They must be our people."

After these words were spoken, King Zheng's hands could not help but tremble slightly.

"Are you sure?"

The attendant immediately replied, "Your Highness, please forgive me. It was dark, and the secret guards were all wearing black scarves and night clothes. I could only judge by the details such as the fabric."

"There is no doubt about the seventy-two dead bodies, and the details observed can also match those of the secret guards..."

The attendant spoke in a lower and lower voice.

Only they themselves know how bad the situation is.

There were only 75 secret guards in Jinghou County tonight. If the bodies displayed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs were correct and they were not moved from somewhere to make up the numbers, the secret guards would have been almost wiped out. "Are the three who delivered the letter the ones who survived?"

King Zheng muttered to himself, his face showing a dull expression.

"No, no!"

"There must be something weird here!!"

Prince Zheng stood up suddenly and paced back and forth in the room with an extremely solemn expression.

In his mind, Wu Cheng's previous report was like a vigorous seed, which quickly took root and sprouted, occupying all his thinking space.

King Zheng tried hard to think of other possibilities, but the possibility that Zhu Wufeng and the Western Region Fire Demon had betrayed him always lingered, like a bone-eating poison.

"Impossible. I treat them well. They will never betray me!"

King Zheng actually said this.

The four attendants immediately bowed their heads and retreated to the four corners of the room.

Sometimes they cannot listen, and even if they do, they can only pretend they didn't hear it.

King Zheng slowly calmed down his excitement and sat back on the bed.

The room was silent for a long time, and the air was so solid that it could hardly flow.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs has left, right?"

"Let's go out and take a look."

After King Zheng finished speaking, he walked out of the room first.

The four attendants did not dare to delay and hurriedly caught up.

They came to the woods behind the post house and found some traces there.

"Ugh……"

King Zheng stroked the scorch marks remaining in the woods and sighed helplessly.

"Where did Xin ejaculate before? Take me to see it."

The attendant immediately followed King Zheng's instructions and found the tree that King Zheng had shot with his featherless arrow.

The area around the tree remained intact and there were no signs of fighting.

"Your Majesty, the battle broke out more than an hour after I shot the letter. The secret guard responsible for delivering the letter should be fine."

The attendant managed to utter some words of comfort.

There has been nothing but bad news tonight, and they really don't dare to think of anything worse.

"We'll know when we get to the next county tomorrow."

King Zheng brushed the dust off his hands and found that the sky had brightened. The morning light was filtering through the branches and leaves, slowly illuminating the dark woods.

……

In the county government office, Emperor Yongyuan, who had already woken up, did not go back to sleep and waited for Li Xuan and Xu Lang to come back and report.

"Your Majesty, the body has been displayed. King Zheng's attendants have been secretly examining it for a long time and waited until we withdrew our troops before entering."

"All seventy-two bodies were collected and preserved, without missing a single one."

Xu Lang reported to Emperor Yongyuan.

"Okay, leave the rest to Zhao Feng, go down."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Xu Lang left immediately.

Only Emperor Yongyuan and Li Xuan were left in the room.

"Can it really scare them, meow?"

Li Xuan asked curiously.

"It won't be a problem to scare those ministers. Let them know that they can't rest easy just by relying on King Zheng."

Emperor Yongyuan sneered, obviously harboring resentment towards these civil officials who were always causing trouble for him.

Now that we can use some extraordinary measures, we must of course scare them.

But Li Xuan knew that Emperor Yongyuan might want more than that.

This southern tour meant that some people were destined to not be able to return to the capital.

Seeing that everything was going well, Li Xuan couldn't help but yawn.

Although staying up all night was not a big deal for him, imitating the methods of the Western Region Fire Demon just now really took a lot of his energy.

Emperor Yongyuan reached out and touched Li Xuan's head, and said to him:
"It's been a tiring night. Thank you for your hard work."

"Let's go find Ankang and catch up on some sleep. There will be another good show tomorrow when we get to the next county town. Don't miss it then."

Li Xuan nodded.

Manager Shang just separated from him and acted separately.

Emperor Yongyuan ordered Chief Eunuch Shang to kidnap the corrupt official from the next county. I'm afraid he might be up to some new tricks.

Prince Zheng doesn’t know yet that his letter was intercepted by Li Xuan. I’m afraid his expression will be ugly again tomorrow.

Li Xuan bid farewell to Emperor Yongyuan, then returned to Princess Ankang's room and fell asleep with his head in his arms in his usual position.

He had been feeling sleepy for a long time, and he felt at ease holding Princess Ankang's head, and soon fell asleep.

In his sleep, Li Xuan felt himself being picked up by Princess Ankang.

He wasn't hungry, so he just continued to doze off.

After getting used to the food in the palace, it’s a bit strange to come out here.

Emperor Yongyuan had no imperial meals to eat during his southern tour, and he didn't even bring an imperial chef with him on this trip.

The attendants around him were all from the Imperial Household Department, and none of them were ordinary people.

It can be seen that Emperor Yongyuan also had some awareness.

After a while, there was a noise in his ears.

Li Xuan couldn't resist his curiosity and opened his eyes to look.

They were leaving the county government office, and Emperor Yongyuan was actually walking in front, followed by ministers and princes and princesses.

"Your Majesty is wise, Your Majesty is wise!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for returning justice to Jinghou County!"

"Long live our emperor, long live Daxing!"

"Your Majesty, take care and have a safe journey!"

"..."

At this time, both sides of the road were crowded with people, seeing off the southern tour team led by Emperor Yongyuan, which was in stark contrast to the silence when they entered the city last night.

Li Xuan pricked up his ears and listened, and immediately understood what was going on.

The heads of criminals including Song Xunchun, the former magistrate of Jinghou County, were hung high on the city gate early in the morning, and then the officials and garrison troops announced the matter throughout the city.

When the people of Jinghou County woke up, they found that the weather had changed.

Notices were posted everywhere in the county, and officials read them to the people continuously.

The people who understood what had happened rushed to the city gate to confirm, and sure enough, they saw those familiar heads hanging high in a conspicuous place.

Someone also reads notices here, listing the crimes of each criminal one by one, many of which are old cases.

As the truth of these cases came to light and the injustices were redressed, many people burst into tears and cried so hard that they could not stand up and collapsed to the ground.

Most of them are the victims themselves, or their relatives and friends. How can they not cry at this moment?

Some people among the people began to pick up stones and smash the hanging heads, and cursed from below that these corrupt officials and gentry and powerful people deserved to die.

The scene was chaotic for a moment.

The officials and garrison troops who were there to maintain order allowed the people to vent their anger for a while before telling them that all this was done by Emperor Yongyuan, who was on a southern tour, to give justice to Jinghou County.

Afterwards, there emerged the current scene of people spontaneously bidding farewell.

Officials and garrison troops maintained order on both sides of the road, and eunuchs in flowery clothes protected Emperor Yongyuan.

Emperor Yongyuan and the people on both sides of the road nodded in greeting.

King Zheng looked normal with a faint smile on his face.

But many of the civil officials had unnatural expressions.

Most of them have some relationship with Song Xunchun. If Emperor Yongyuan follows the clues, they will be in trouble.

Li Xuan looked up at the scene and couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Axuan, you're awake."

Princess Ankang touched Li Xuan in her arms, then handed a dried fish to his mouth.

"You didn't eat breakfast, are you hungry?"

Li Xuan opened his mouth to take it, and swallowed it in two mouthfuls.

He shrank in Princess Ankang's arms, found a more comfortable position, continued to squint his eyes, but kept his ears perked up, enjoying the noise on the street.

The noise did not dissipate until Li Xuan felt the familiar bumps.

Gradually, even Li Xuan's ears could no longer detect the noise, leaving only the sound of the wheels turning.

But he did not feel too sorry because he knew that such noise would happen again.

I will definitely do it again!
(End of this chapter)