Tang Dynasty: Starting at Xuanwu Gate, this prince is better off not being one.

Standing beneath the gate, Li Yu looked exactly like a demon who had just crawled out of hell.

That already pale face looked even more wretched after being stained with bright red.

At that moment, the knife in his hand slipped from his grasp and fell to the ground, and he trembled like a leaf out of fear.

I always thought that people who kill for the first time were just faking their fear.

When the headless body in front of him kept spitting blood, Li Yu realized that the fear was truly indescribable.

Because for someone who has never killed anyone before, their first murder will always be handled in a very disgusting way due to a lack of experience.

For example, the soldiers who were preparing to capture Li Yu alive, even though they were all used to seeing dead people, couldn't help but feel a little scared when they saw this scene.

"What's there to be afraid of! A bunch of useless idiots are scared like this by a kid who can't kill anyone!"

One of the leaders stepped forward, first reprimanding the group, then staring at Li Yu with a half-smile.

Although Li Yu had gradually recovered from his first experience of killing someone, his legs were too weak from fear to move an inch.

As the leader drew closer and closer, Li Yu prepared himself for the possibility of being captured alive.

Just then, the crowd suddenly became chaotic.

A young man led dozens of his retainers and charged towards Li Yu from behind the crowd. Seeing that the leader was about to capture Li Yu, he threw the spear in his hand.

With a soft "plop!"

The leader didn't even have time to turn around before the spear pierced his body. He struggled a couple more times, then lay motionless, his fate unknown.

"Silence!?"

Upon seeing the familiar face, Li Yu was both excited and surprised: "Didn't Uncle Cheng tell you to stay home and not come out? Why did you run out?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Chumo completely disregarded the fact that he had killed someone earlier, and chuckled, "Brother, I was just worried about you, so I secretly took my family's retainers and ran away!"

Seeing Cheng Chumo's face covered in blood and his lewd grin, Li Yu gratefully hugged him, without saying a word...

The sound of clattering hooves rang out, followed by a deep male voice, "This humble servant is late! Please forgive me, Your Highness!"

"Not too late! Lord Xue, please hurry and rescue General Qiu Xinggong!" Upon seeing so many iron cavalrymen clad in black armor, Li Yu felt much more at ease.

"promise!"

Xue Wanjun accepted the order and looked up at Xue Wanche, who was fighting at the gate tower.

He took the horn bow off his back, took arrows from his quiver, drew the bow, and shot an arrow.

The arrow whistled through the crowd and struck the longsword in Xue Wanche's hand.

The long sword that was aimed at Qiu Xinggong, who was already covered in wounds and whose face was obscured by blood, was knocked away.

"Master Xue is quite skilled in archery!" Li Yu noticed that everyone with the surname Xue seemed to be an expert archer, and it seemed that the Li family members were the same.

Of course, this meant putting himself out in the cold. After all, if word got out that he couldn't even draw a single-stone bow, his ancestor Li Guang would become a laughingstock...

Xue Wanjun ignored Li Yu's words and shouted upwards, "Second brother! Stop! You're not getting out of here!"

Xue Wanche was somewhat surprised by the sudden arrow. When he looked in the direction from which the arrow came, he saw his elder brother roaring at him.

"Why should I?! The Crown Prince has shown me great favor. If I were to betray him now, how could I face the ancestors of the Xue family?!"

Standing atop the gate tower, Xue Wanche roared at his elder brother. After finishing his speech, he kicked Qiu Xinggong, who was no longer able to fight back, off the gate wall. Then he continued to fight with the other guards.

Seeing this, Xue Wanjun shook his head helplessly and rushed forward to catch Qiu Xinggong.

"Old Qiu, how are you?" Li Yu asked worriedly as he brought Cheng Chumo to the two men, looking at Qiu Xinggong, who was covered in blood.

Hearing Li Yu's movement, Qiu Xinggong, who was lying on the ground, barely opened his eyes and said weakly, "N-nothing...it's nothing..."

After saying that, he struggled to get up from the ground, but he couldn't manage it despite his efforts.

"Nothing my foot!" Li Yu laid Qiu Xinggong back down on the ground, took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket, and put a dark pill into his mouth.

"This is a medicine prepared by Master Sun to replenish your qi and blood. You've lost too much blood, so try not to move around too much!"

After explaining, Li Yu and Cheng Chumo carried Qiu Xinggong to a secluded spot under the wall of the ward, and Li Yu tore open his own robe to bandage Qiu's still-bleeding wound.

"No...Your Highness, you absolutely mustn't!" Seeing the purple strip of cloth in Li Yu's hand, Qiu Xinggong vehemently refused, "This is your royal robe; it must not be damaged because of your subordinate!"

"Stop talking nonsense!" After hearing Qiu Xinggong's stubborn words, Li Yu ignored his refusal and forcefully bandaged his wound with a strip of cloth.

"What time is it? Why are you still arguing with me about these rules?" Giving Qiu Xinggong a glare, Li Yu turned to Cheng Chumo and said, "He's lost a lot of blood, and I need to stop the bleeding. Chumo, you cover for me for a bit!"

"good!"

Cheng Chumo nodded, thinking that it wouldn't matter whether Li Yu, a weakling, went or not, so without saying a word, he picked up his gun and charged out...

.........

At this moment, Xue Wanjun, who was in charge of the Xuanjia Army, had already rushed up to Xue Wanche. He stopped wasting words with his younger brother and beat Xue Wanche until he had no strength left.

"Let me go! You son of a bitch!" Xue Wanche cursed as he was captured by his elder brother.

"Uh..." Xue Wanjun was speechless. "We have a father and a mother, what are you cursing about?"

After saying that, he threw Xue Wanche down and said to the Xuanjia soldiers guarding below, "Brothers, keep an eye on him for me, don't kill him!"

After giving his orders, he continued to deal with Xue Wanche's men, and blood splattered all over the walls of the workshop...

Meanwhile, Feng Li, who was about to attack the Qin Prince's mansion, encountered resistance from Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong.

Although he had slightly more men than the two, the two veteran generals were too brave and defeated him in just a few rounds. So he had no choice but to run back towards the gate.

When he returned to the gate, he found it even more chaotic.

Just when he was at his wit's end, he happened to see Li Yu treating Qiu Xinggong's injuries, so he hardened his heart and rushed towards him.

While Li Yu was busy working, he suddenly felt a chill down his back. He turned around and saw Feng Li standing right in front of him.

Just when he thought he was about to die, a long-handled broadsword suddenly flew towards him, severing Feng Li's outstretched arm at the root...

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