Time Travel: I'm a Flower Thief

Zhang San was ashen-faced, his arrogance of defending the Second Prince to the death long gone.

Although Li Si died tragically, he didn't witness it firsthand, but he saw Wang Wu and Zhao Liu's deaths all too clearly.

Xie Xiaoyi's "live broadcast" just now completely broke him down, leaving him with only one thought in his mind—

escape......

What prince, what loyalty, what future—all are worthless before this god of death!

But he knew better than anyone that Xie Xiaoyi's movements were so fast that he couldn't see them. Even if he ran as fast as he could, he would never escape Xie Xiaoyi's pursuit.

To fight desperately is to die.

To flee is also to die.

Either way, we're going to die!

His mind raced, and in an instant, he made up his mind on the most insidious idea—to incite the guards to fight to the death!

Let those people go up and die, keep Xie Xiaoyi occupied, and then I can escape in the chaos!

If they can buy themselves a little time, they can take advantage of the chaos to escape, wander to the ends of the earth, and live in anonymity, never to set foot in the martial world again...

At this thought, a strange glint flashed in Zhang San's eyes. He took a deep breath and roared with all his might:

"Charge! All of you! Go together! Protect the Second Prince! No matter how strong he is, he's only one person!"

With so many of us, we'll overwhelm him, we'll squeeze him to death—kill him!

Upon hearing this shout, Wang Yu, inside the carriage, grasped at it like a lifeline and immediately lifted the carriage curtain:

"Kill him! Whoever kills Xie Xiaoyi, I'll have my father bestow upon him the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households, a reward of ten thousand gold pieces, and a magnificent estate! Kill him now—protect the Emperor!!"

A generous reward will surely attract brave men!

Sure enough, a few of the bolder guards gritted their teeth, glared, and charged forward with their swords drawn.

The moment these people moved, it seemed to give courage to the fearful guards. The more than four hundred people who had been frozen in place suddenly perked up, and shouts rang out.

"kill!!"

"Attack him together! He's alone!"

A large group of figures followed closely behind, wielding knives and shields, and swarmed towards Xie Xiaoyi in a dense, frenzied attack.

Inside the carriage, Wang Yu was acting like a madman, pounding on the carriage wall and shouting, "Kill! Kill him! Whoever kills him, I, the prince, will reward them with half of the Yu King's Mansion!"

In an instant, the dozen or so guards at the front rushed forward, slashing with long swords and ramming with iron shields, pressing straight towards Xie Xiaoyi!

"The dragon swims out of the sea!"

As the four words fell, a violent blue aura exploded outwards from Xie Xiaoyi as the center!

Bang--!!

The explosion resounded through the long street, and shockwaves swept outwards, injuring dozens of guards at the forefront.

He was directly blown away by the domineering aura of "Dragon Emerging from the Sea" and crashed heavily into the crowd behind him, causing a group of people to collapse!

In an instant, some died, some fainted, and some screamed in agony.

The hundred or so guards who rushed forward were startled and stopped abruptly. They retreated uncontrollably, their faces filled with disbelief.

These guards were used to seeing experts in the capital, but experts at the upper five realms were extremely rare.

Xie Xiaoyi's actions had already exceeded the limits of what they considered to be the strongest experts.

Is he still alone?

Xie Xiaoyi stood in the center of the shockwave, his black clothes fluttering in the wind, his killing intent as deep as the abyss, like a god of death descending from hell to earth.

"Wang Yu, if I let you die a good death today, I will not be Xie Mo or Xie Xiaoyi."

Wang Yu heard it all clearly from inside the carriage—

He could no longer sit still. Terrified, his hands and feet went weak. He scrambled to lift the carriage curtain, stumbled off the carriage, and stood up in a disheveled state.

When she looked up, she met Xie Xiaoyi's icy gaze.

"Xie, Xie Xiaoyi... You, you don't come any closer! When we went to the East Sea to arrest you, it was Father Emperor's decree!"

"It was all ordered by Father Emperor, it has nothing to do with me!"

Xie Xiaoyi curled his lips slightly and casually waved his hand, sweeping away several guards who had come to sneak up from the side with his qi.

"My killing you today has nothing to do with the matter of the East Sea. That matter is not worth me entering the capital alone."

Irrelevant?

That must be just as Zhuge Yu said, because of Fu Yaoqin's matter in Qingjiang City.

Wang Yu suddenly realized what was happening and blurted out in disbelief, "Fu Yaoqin? Isn't she just a courtesan from the Qingjiang City Music Hall?"

She...she deserves your...defying the world to go to the capital and kill the prince?!

Xie Xiaoyi sneered and walked towards Wang Yu step by step. His steps were unhurried, but every step he took made the arrogant second prince's heart tremble.

"Although I, Xie Xiaoyi, am not a good person, I would kill royal relatives and slay immortals and demons for her sake."

For her sake, let alone killing one of your princes, if I could do that, what would it matter if I overturned the entire imperial city!

Xie Xiaoyi's arrogant words fell to the ground—

Wang Yu was completely terrified and driven to the brink of despair. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't understand why a notorious womanizer would go to such lengths for a woman.

He questioned frantically, "Xie Xiaoyi, you...you mustn't forget!"

"You yourself are a notorious womanizer; how many women have you harmed? What right do you have to kill me?"

Xie Xiaoyi paused slightly before replying, "Those are two different things!"

Wang Yu's face flushed red, and he roared back, "Two things? Why are they two things?"

You yourself are a notorious womanizer, having harmed countless women. Why is it that when it comes to me, it's a completely different story?!

Xie Xiaoyi laughed loudly, his voice low and ruthless: "Have you ever heard the saying, 'The magistrate is allowed to set fires, but the common people are forbidden to light lamps'?"

Wang Yu understood. What he meant was that Xie Xiaoyi could bully people at will, and if anyone else was like him, he would kill them!

That's fucking bullying!

Wang Yu bit his lip hard, letting the pain suppress the panic in his heart.

"hiss--"

A sharp pain returned to my body, and my mind regained a sliver of clarity.

He then began to coerce and entice the guards: "All of you, attack! Kill him together!"

"If I suffer even the slightest mishap today, my father will have your entire family executed, your nine generations exterminated, leaving not a single one alive!"

After speaking, seeing that everyone was still hesitant, Wang Yu offered an even more enticing reward than a marquisate or half of the Feather King's mansion.

"Kill him! Then you can choose any beauty in my palace you desire! My Queen Consort—you can have her too!"

The words fell silent.

Everyone knows that Princess Yu is the most beautiful woman in the capital, known as "the fairy with the beauty to make geese fall from the sky," and is the object of countless people's longing, which they dare not act upon.

Wang Yu has now gone mad, throwing all sense of propriety and dignity to the wind, and shouting wildly:

"Kill Xie Xiaoyi, and you can take any of my gold and silver, and all my women will be yours!"

Upon hearing this, many of the guards' breathing became heavy, and greed instantly overwhelmed their fear.

If I kill this person, I can be with the Feathered King's Consort, who is known as "the beauty that makes geese fall from the sky"...