I, the villainous eldest prince, will suppress everything!

Zhou Biao stood behind Wu Chuang, jumped up, and swung his long knife in a wide arc, about to chop off Wu Chuang's head from behind.

He had long disliked Wu Chuang; he was just a troublemaker.

Even those people from the Northern Barbarians back then wouldn't dare speak to Qin Li like that.

Wu Chuang, that scoundrel, is so daring. It's no pity he's dead; his entire family should be executed!

call out!

clang!

Just then, an unexpected change occurred.

A black feathered arrow sliced ​​through the air and struck Zhou Biao's longsword with pinpoint accuracy.

The iron arrowhead struck the blade, producing a crisp sound and sparks.

The long sword in Zhou Biao's hand was deflected by the sudden arrow.

Only a shallow wound was left on Wu Chuang's back; his head was not severed.

But Wu Chuang still fell to the ground in pain, howling incessantly.

"Enemy attack! Protect His Highness!"

Zhou Biao ignored Wu Chuang and instead shouted, keeping a watchful eye on the direction from which the arrow had come.

The guards surrounded Qin Li, their long swords pointing outwards.

However, when they saw who was shooting the arrow, they all relaxed their vigilance.

King Qin Han put down his bow and arrow and rode over quickly.

"Please forgive me, elder brother."

Upon arriving, Qin Han quickly dismounted, knelt on one knee, and clasped his hands in greeting.

Although he didn't shoot Qin Li, he only shot the knife in Zhou Biao's hand.

But if it comes down to assigning responsibility, he cannot escape it.

Before Qin Li could speak, Qin Feng asked, puzzled:

"Second Brother, what are you doing here? And why did you shoot Zhou Biao's knife?"

Qin Han didn't look at Qin Feng, but explained to Qin Li:

"Brother, I noticed you hadn't returned for a long time, so I led the troops out of the city to search for you. The reason we shot Zhou Biao's knife was because their crimes didn't warrant death. Please, brother, have mercy and spare their lives."

Upon seeing King Qin Han arrive, the injured Wu Chuang and the villagers who hadn't yet managed to escape knelt down, pleading, "Your Highness, please save us! The Crown Prince wants to kill us!"

Qin Feng couldn't help but sneer: "Now you know how to beg for mercy? What were you doing just now? Wu Chuang, didn't you offer your head up? How come the Crown Prince wants to kill you now? Why are you making all the excuses?"

Wu Chuang knew he was in the wrong, and immediately fell silent.

Qin Li simply said, "I'm tired and need to go back to the city to rest. I'll leave this place to you."

"I believe you can handle things here."

After glancing at Qin Han, Qin Li lightly spurred his horse and rode away first.

Zhou Biao and the others sheathed their swords, mounted their horses, and followed closely behind. Only Qin Feng stayed behind to deal with the situation with Qin Han.

At night.

Qin Licai saw Qin Feng again.

"How was it handled?"

Qin Li asked.

Qin Feng answered truthfully: "Brother, you don't know this, but both villages were farming land owned by the Jiangwang Mansion. Second Brother fined them two years' worth of land rent, and the village heads of both villages were exiled."

Qin Li didn't speak, but simply took a sip of tea.

"Brother, are you not satisfied with this solution?"

Qin Feng asked tentatively.

Qin Li remained silent.

Qin Feng added, "Brother, I think this is the most appropriate way to handle it. We can't really kill those hundreds of people, can we?"

In fact, Qin Feng could see it.

Qin Li doesn't want to take their lives today.

I just wanted to scare them.

It's more than that; it'll just cost Wu Chuang his life.

Seeing that Qin Li still didn't react, Qin Feng couldn't help but reach out and wave his hand in front of his eyes, "Big brother?"

Qin Li put down his teacup. "It's nothing. I was just thinking about how things are at Xuanque Pass."

……

at the same time.

Xuanque Pass.

In contrast to this great Zhou city is...

The military camp of the Northern Mang army stationed outside the city.

Whoosh!

Someone suddenly flung open the tent flap and stepped inside.

Judging from the force with which the curtain was lifted, it was clear that the newcomer had ill intentions.

Sure enough, after the newcomer came in, the soldiers he brought ransacked the tent, leaving almost no room to step inside.

Meanwhile, the tent's owner, Wu Da, sat on the edge of the bed, tearing off small pieces of dried meat to eat.

The soldiers deliberately vandalized his residence, but he pretended not to see it and even had the mind to drink mare's milk wine.

Even worse, they would lie on the bed and fall asleep.

Anyway, this isn't the first time his residence has suffered this kind of treatment.

Murong Jin disliked him and tried all sorts of ways to torment him.

He assumed that Murong Jin was just young and let him run wild.

Seeing that Wu Da ignored him, Murong Jin, who led the troops in, was furious. He raised his hand to stop the soldiers from what they were doing.

He gave the two soldiers a wink, and they nodded, walked over, and roughly dragged Wu Da off the bed, kicking over his mare's milk wine.

Wu laughed, but said nothing.

"What are you laughing at?"

Murong Jin asked, squinting his eyes.

"I'm laughing at the Second Young Master, why target a useless person like me?"

Wu Da is telling the truth.

With his Grandmaster-level strength locked by the venomous snake collar, he is now a cripple.

Murong Jin laughed heartily, had someone bring him a chair, and sat down with an air of superiority. He said, "You still know you're a cripple. If you're a cripple, why did you run back? Oh, no, you didn't run back, you're an undercover agent sent by the Great Zhou."

Wu Da was still laughing, saying, "If I were an undercover agent, would the Second Young Master still have a good life? The Northern Mang army camp would have been burned down by the Great Zhou army long ago."

Murong Jin snorted coldly and said, "That's because we patrolled and defended day and night, not daring to relax for a moment, so the Great Zhou couldn't find an opportunity to launch a sneak attack. You think it's your achievement? You traitor!"

Deep down, Murong Jin always believed that Wu Da was an undercover agent sent by the Great Zhou.

"Whatever the Second Young Master says."

Seeing that he couldn't reason with him, Wu Da gave up and stopped trying.

Murong Jin, however, refused to let Wu Da go. He drew the curved sword from his waist and threw it to the ground with a clang.

Wu Da understood Murong Jin's meaning: he wanted him to pick up the knife and commit suicide.

But who would want to die if they could live a good life? Wu Da didn't pick it up.

Murong Jin lowered his voice and said, "Grandmaster Wu, settling this now is to save face for yourself. If I have my men do it, it won't be dignified."

Wu Da replied, "Without His Majesty's and the Crown Prince's decree, would the Second Young Master dare to kill me? Even if you had a hundred times the courage, you wouldn't dare."

These words successfully enraged Murong Jin, who jumped up and picked up the knife from the ground.

With one hand grabbing Wu Da's collar, he held a knife to his neck with the other.

Murong Jin glared and shouted, "You really think I wouldn't dare kill you? You traitor!"

Wu Da remained completely unfazed: "Second Young Master, you really wouldn't dare? Or would you like to make your move now?"

"Go ahead and do it, I'm not afraid of you."

After saying that, Murong Jin raised his sword and slashed.

But the soldiers around them seemed to have heard some order; some grabbed their arms, others their waists, and pulled the two apart...