After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

Chapter 708

Duan Mingyue clenched her fists tightly under her wide sleeves.

Duan Wenliang smiled, then closed his eyes indifferently: "Kill me or torture me, it's up to you!"

"That's what you said."

The Loulan sorcerer spoke to Duan Wenliang, but his gaze was fixed on Duan Mingyue, as if he wanted Duan Mingyue to watch helplessly as he personally ended his brother's life.

He was the adopted son of Prime Minister Xun, and the eldest son in his family. Xun Wu called him elder brother.

He was the fourth child in his family, and Duan Wenliang called him Fourth Brother.

Whether it was Xun Wu or Duan Wenliang, they both genuinely regarded him as an elder brother and were willing to risk their lives for him at any time.

It was him who failed to protect them...

He doesn't deserve to be their leader...

A tear of blood also rolled down his left eye.

Duan Wenliang smiled: "Brother, don't be sad..."

Having said that, his smile vanished, and he glared coldly at the Loulan wizard. "Toghtai, is it? Come on! Come and kill me! I want to see what you, a half-baked wizard, can use to kill me. Back in the day, you weren't even worthy to carry that witch's shoes!"

"Wenliang!"

Duan Mingyue cried out.

Duan Wenliang was deliberately provoking the Loulan sorcerer.

With a heart as still as water, Tuohetai rarely encounters anything that can anger him.

Unfortunately, Duan Wenliang's words touched upon his deepest wounds of pride.

Duan Mingyue saw jealousy, resentment, and madness in his eyes.

That expression seems familiar.

Gongsun Yanming's face suddenly flashed into his mind.

I remembered.

Gongsun Yanming reacted in the same way when Shang Jue was mentioned in front of him.

If Shang Jue is Gongsun Yanming's inner demon, then the sorceress who is rumored to be able to assist the King of the Western Regions is Tuohetai's inner demon.

Tuohetai raised his skull cane high and struck Duan Wenliang hard in the chest.

"stop!"

Tuohetai paused in his movements.

He turned around and saw Xun Wu, looking travel-worn and disheveled, standing at the door, panting and carrying a long sword.

He ripped off the veil covering his face, and large beads of sweat slid down his cheeks, landing on the floor bathed in moonlight.

He swallowed hard, a sharp pain shooting through his dry throat: "Don't kill him. I'll tell you what you want to know."

Duan Wenliang stared at him in disbelief, his expression complex as he called out, "Fifth Brother..."

Duan Mingyue closed her eyes.

Xun Wu glanced at him, his eyes filled with unwavering determination: "Brother, even if you try to stop me, I will still speak. I don't understand what you're insisting on, or how important the person you're trying to protect is. I only know that I can't let you lose your only brother, and I can't let you live the rest of your life in endless pain and regret."

Duan Wenliang choked up, "Fifth Brother, no..."

Xun Wu said to the Loulan shaman, "Release him, and I will tell you everything I know."

"You speak first."

The Loulan wizard was not easily fooled.

Xun Wu said seriously, "Which would you like to hear first? The whereabouts of the descendants of the Holy Maiden of the Western Night, or the relationship between Zhongli Yuan and the Holy Maiden of the Western Night?"

The Loulan shaman said, "A descendant of the Holy Maiden of the Western Night."

Xun Wu chuckled sarcastically: "You call yourself the Loulan Wizard, with a status comparable to the Imperial Advisor, yet you didn't even recognize the descendant of the Holy Maiden of the Western Night."

The Loulan wizard narrowed his eyes.

Duan Wenliang stared in disbelief: "Fifth Brother, who is it?"

Xun Wu ignored Duan Wenliang and instead asked the Loulan shaman, "What? Still haven't figured out who she is?"

The Loulan shaman pondered for a moment, his gaze fixed on Xun Wu, as if trying to determine the truth or falsehood of his words.

Xun Wu sneered: "I've already told you about the descendants of the Holy Maiden of the Western Night. Release him now, and I'll tell you a second secret. Otherwise, even if you kill him, even if you kill all of us, you still won't be able to pry a single word out of me!"

Xun Wu was a businessman, and he was very good at exploiting people's greed.

People always have to taste the sweetness first before they fall into the trap of the desire to cooperate.

The Loulan sorcerer said in a chilling voice, "If you dare to lie to me..."

Xun Wu raised his chin: "Whether I'm lying or not, you know it better than anyone. You yourself have had your doubts, haven't you?"

"Fifth Brother, what kind of riddle are you playing with this old charlatan?"

Duan Wenliang felt like his brain wasn't working properly.

He recognized every single word Xun Wu spoke, but he couldn't decipher their meaning when put together. "I guess I've really been driven mad by this old charlatan..."

The Loulan wizard pressed his skull cane against Duan Wenliang's chin.

Xun Wu's eyes narrowed.

The next instant, the Loulan wizard slowly retracted his skull staff.

Xun Wu's expression relaxed, and he strode towards Duan Wenliang.

The Loulan shaman said, "He will go there himself."

Xun Wu stopped in his tracks and asked Duan Wenliang, "Wenliang, can you still walk?"

Duan Wenliang gritted his teeth, supported himself with one hand, and struggled to his feet: "Sure, who am I... I'm the number one troublemaker in the market..."

His body swayed precariously.

With every step I took, I could feel my bones cracking.

The intense pain caused him to break out in a cold sweat, which quickly soaked through his clothes.

The Loulan wizard grew impatient.

Xun Wu hurriedly said, "If you dare touch him, I won't say anything!"

The Loulan shaman abandoned the idea of ​​pushing Duan Wenliang with his cane.

When Duan Wenliang was three steps away from Xun Wu, he was completely exhausted.

His face turned deathly pale, and he collapsed, his vision going black.

"Wenliang!"

Duan Mingyue and Xun Wu spoke in unison.

Xun Wu took a quick step forward and grabbed Duan Wenliang tightly with both hands.

At that very moment, Duan Mingyue and Xun Wu exchanged a glance, and Duan Mingyue fired a hidden weapon concealed in the wheelchair at the Loulan wizard.

Taking advantage of the moment when the Loulan wizard deflected the hidden weapon, Xun Wu led Duan Wenliang out of the side room.

When the Loulan wizard went to chase after him, the door clicked shut.

It's another trap!

The Loulan shaman turned around, his gloomy eyes like those of a vengeful ghost.

Duan Mingyue laughed arrogantly: "Didn't expect that, did you? I also had a backup plan."

Even when he was being tortured to death, he did not activate any mechanisms, so as to lower the Loulan wizard's guard.

He never cared about his own life or death, but Wenliang had to be sent away.

The Loulan shaman said, "Your sworn brother knows quite a lot. Once I capture you, I can use you to threaten him as well."

Duan Mingyue smiled, a smile that seemed both mocking and sarcastic: "He has already told me everything he knows, otherwise, guess why I would have intervened and let him take Wenliang away."

The Loulan wizard would no longer believe Duan Mingyue.

He walked slowly toward Duan Mingyue with a stern face.

However, at that moment, something unexpected happened.

Duan Mingyue laughed strangely.

The Loulan wizard's heart skipped a beat.

An ominous premonition came over me.

He looked up at the dark roof and then at the curtains behind Duan Mingyue.

The tassels on the curtains swayed gently.

"You...you want to die with me!"

The Loulan wizard gripped his cane tightly: "So you've been dragging your feet and refusing to admit it wasn't because you were waiting for someone to save you, but because you were waiting to die! You were waiting for the mechanism to activate!"

Duan Mingyue laughed: "You only just realized that? Too late."

The mechanism destroyed section after section of the beams, and the entire Weiyang Tower seemed to be struck by an earth dragon. The ground began to shake, the walls began to tremble, tiles slid off, and tables, chairs, and porcelain were scattered all over the ground.

The Loulan wizard lost his balance and fell onto the stool.

Duan Mingyue and her wheelchair fell to the ground.

Just as a whole beam was about to fall on the two of them, at the critical moment, the door, which was blocked by a mechanism, was kicked open by a powerful force!

A tall, slender figure rushed in at the risk of his life, hoisted Duan Mingyue onto his shoulder, and stormed out the door without a word.

Upon seeing this, the Loulan shaman hurriedly followed behind.

The moment he stepped out of the door, Lu Yuan delivered a spinning kick, sending him crashing back into the room!
Boom!

The roof beams collapsed, burying him under the rubble!

　Today's Grand Commander deserves praise!
　　(End of this chapter)