In this chaotic world of vying for power, I can become stronger by marrying a wife.

Su Ming remained silent.

After a long while, he finally raised his head and smiled.

"Then let him give it a try."

Chen Xiu looked at him and suddenly smiled.

"Good lad, you've got guts."

He stood up and patted Su Ming on the shoulder.

"Don't worry, I'll help you secretly. But publicly, you'll have to rely on yourself."

"Thank you, Mr. Chen."

"Don't thank me."

Chen Xiu waved his hand.

"Your survival is also a good thing for me."

After saying that, he turned and left the restaurant.

Su Ming sat there, looking at the street scene outside the window, his eyes growing increasingly profound.

Prince?

Heh, that's interesting.

Just then, the system notification sounded again.

[Ding! The host has been detected as a kill target by the Crown Prince!]

[Emergency Mission Triggered: Desperate Counterattack!]

[Mission Objective: Survive the Crown Prince's assassination attempt and find an opportunity to retaliate!]

[Mission Reward: Divine Weapon "Shura Blade", Luck Value +300!]

[Mission Failed: Host Dies, All Trusted Confidants Perish!]

A cold smile curled at the corner of Su Ming's mouth.

come on.

Let me see just how capable the Crown Prince's men are.

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Chapter 37

Jing'an Army Camp, Shenji Battalion.

When Su Ming returned to the camp, it was already evening.

Wei Lang and the others were already waiting at the door. When they saw him return, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"My lord, you're finally back."

Wei Lang strode forward.

"People from the Ministry of War came today, saying they wanted to investigate the Black Wind Pass granary, but Captain Xiao turned them away."

"Um."

Su Ming nodded, his expression calm.

"As expected."

He entered the tent, and Wei Lang followed him in.

"Sir, what do we do next?"

"wait."

Su Ming sat down and poured himself a glass of water.

"What are you waiting for?"

"Wait for them to come and kill me."

Wei Lang was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed drastically.

"Sir, you mean...?"

"That's right."

Su Ming put down his water glass, his eyes cold.

"Someone will definitely come tonight."

"Moreover, there will be quite a few people coming."

Wei Lang gritted his teeth.

"Then I'll go arrange the defense immediately!"

"Need not."

Su Ming waved his hand.

"It's impossible to prevent."

He stood up and walked up to Wei Lang.

"Go and inform everyone to evacuate the camp tonight and stay in the woods ten miles outside the city."

"And what about you?"

"I?"

Su Ming smiled.

"I'll stay and play with them."

Wei Lang wanted to say something, but Su Ming stopped him with a look.

"That's an order."

"……yes."

Wei Lang gritted his teeth and finally left with his men.

Soon, only Su Ming remained in the camp.

He sat in his tent, closing his eyes to rest.

Time passed by, second by second.

child time.

The night was dark and the wind was high.

Suddenly, a faint sound of footsteps came from outside the camp.

Su Ming opened his eyes, a cold smile curling at the corner of his lips.

coming.

The next second, dozens of dark figures burst through the window, their hands flashing with cold light, heading straight for Su Ming.

Su Ming's figure flashed and he instantly disappeared from the spot.

boom!

The tent was struck by dozens of knives at the same time and instantly torn to pieces.

But inside, there was no one.

"Oh no, we've fallen for their trap!"

The leader of the men in black's expression changed.

Just then, an arrow pierced the air and arrived.

puff!

The man in black reacted swiftly, dodging to the side. The arrow grazed his cheek and pierced the throat of the man behind him.

"There it is!"

All the men in black turned to look at the watchtower at the back of the camp.

At the top of the tower, Su Ming stood there, holding the Great Archer Bow in his hand, a mocking smile on his lips.

"this one?"

His voice wasn't loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly.

"The Crown Prince's men are nothing special."

The leader of the men in black had a grim expression.

"Kill him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of dark figures rushed toward the watchtower at the same time.

Su Ming didn't move, he simply drew back the bowstring.

Whoosh whoosh!

Three arrows were fired in quick succession, striking the three men precisely between the eyebrows.

But the remaining people had already rushed to the foot of the tower.

"superior!"

The men in black leaped up the watchtower like monkeys.

Su Ming put away his bow and drew a dagger from his waist.

"Melee combat?"

He smiled.

"That suits me perfectly."

The next second, he moved and rushed towards the nearest man in black.

The dagger slashed across, leaving a line of blood on the man in black's neck.

The man in black stared wide-eyed, clutched his neck, and collapsed.

Seeing this, the other men in black surrounded them.

Su Ming moved like a fish through the narrow tower top, each strike precisely slicing through the enemy's vital points.

In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, more than a dozen corpses were already lying on the top of the tower.

The remaining men in black finally realized something was wrong.

This man is no ordinary centurion!

"withdraw!"

At the command of the leader in black, the rest of the men immediately turned and fled.

But how could Su Ming let them escape?

He picked up the Great Archer Bow again and fired several arrows in succession.

Puff puff!

One by one, the fleeing men in black fell to the ground.

In the end, only the leader, the man in black, remained.

Su Ming did not shoot him dead, but instead shot an arrow through his leg.

"ah--!"

The man in black screamed and fell to the ground.

Su Ming jumped down from the tower and walked up to him.

"Speak, who sent you?"

The man in black gritted his teeth and remained silent.

Su Ming wasn't in a hurry. He squatted down and said with a smile:

"Not going to talk? No problem, I have plenty of time."

He took a small bottle out of his pocket and opened it.

A pungent smell wafted towards us.

"Do you know what this is?"

Su Ming shook the bottle.

"The bone-dissolving liquid, if you get even a drop on it, will cause your skin, flesh, tendons, and bones to rot away, causing excruciating pain."

The man in black's face turned deathly pale instantly.

"What...what do you want to do...?"

I want you to tell the truth.

Su Ming smiled.

Su Ming tilted the bottle.

A drop of clear liquid slowly drips down.

The man in black watched helplessly as the drop of liquid landed on the back of his hand. The next second, his skin began to steam and sizzle.

"ah!"

Heart-wrenching screams echoed throughout the camp.

The man in black tried desperately to wipe the liquid off the back of his hand, but the substance seemed to be alive, rapidly corroding his flesh and blood, revealing his bare white bones in the blink of an eye.

"To tell or not to tell?"

Su Ming picked up the bottle again and pointed it at the man in black's face.

"I'll talk! I'll talk!" The man in black broke down, his voice filled with terror. "It was...it was Commander Qi of the Imperial Guards who sent us!"

"Who is Qi?"

"All is well!"

Su Ming narrowed his eyes slightly.

Qi An, commander of the Imperial Guards, was a confidant of the Crown Prince.

"Anything else?"

"Lord Qi said that the evidence in your possession must be destroyed, and the person must die!" The man in black trembled. "He... he also said that if we can't kill you, we don't need to go back."

"very good."

Su Ming put away the bottle and stood up.

"Wait! You said you wouldn't kill me!" the man in black cried out in terror.

"When did I say that?"

Su Ming didn't turn his head, and swung his dagger.

The man in black abruptly stopped speaking.

After cleaning up the scene, Su Ming looked at the corpses scattered all over the ground and suddenly laughed.

It's good that these people died here. Tomorrow morning, the entire Jing'an Army will know that someone wanted to kill the centurion of the Shenji Battalion.