The Flower Of War

Chapter 62: Wu Xiao, You're Drunk

Someone came to dispel the sword and then dodged to do a lightning slash twice before kicking the soldier to the ground unable to move his fingertips.

The two women looked back, one of the women yelling, "Dad!"

"Run!!"

They had not had time to run away, Bai Qing's soldiers came from behind and tried to stab Emperor Zhang Wu's heart.

Wu Xiao who was looking from afar spontaneously shouted, "Dad, watch out!"

Jamb....

Dor dor....

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Time seemed to stop for a while, Wu Xiao's heart barely beat anymore as if his life was about to drift right now.

He walked like an undead approaching the object of his attention since then. Two people were lying lifeless on the ground covered in blood.

His body in a moment slumped down on the ground without caring about the pool of blood created at his feet. His sword was lying helplessly on the ground near the master.

He still did not believe in the scene before him. His ears seemed deaf to the almost deafening noise around him.

Nothing else with his empty mind. How not, the only reason he lived, the only solace, the only reason he kept smiling despite the pressure of life, now he was lying pale with blood on his clothes and on the corners of his lips.

A beautiful face that always greeted him upon returning from royal duties as a Great General of the Kingdom, his powerful behavior that would jump around a little when Wu Xiao forbade him to ride a horse from now on he would never meet again.

On the other hand, the woman who was with him was propping her daughter's head on her weak lap while continuing to scream and cry. The father tried to pat his daughter on the cheek which slowly began to lose its color.

Amidst the chaos a loud explosive sound came back. Surprisingly, the ground around them did not shake and the sound of the explosion felt a little foreign.

Many people fell for a moment without cause to approach the grieving family right after the foreign explosion was heard and the worst was the family's position without protection from anyone and their location is pretty open.

Wu Xiao regained his senses from his gloomy world after several loud explosions sounded. He turned his gaze all over and then reached for his sword and painstakingly stood up resting on his sword that was stuck to the ground.

"Dad, Mother, this is not a time for sadness. Think of your lives!"

No one responded for quite a long time, instead his mother's frenzy grew louder.

Suddenly the father said very softly, "It should be the father who died. Why did your meimei do such a stupid thing!"

"What would this country be like if you gave up? No one is to blame, I'm sure A-Yi did it because he didn't want this country to be destroyed at the hands of sinners like them!"

The father began to ponder and nodded briefly. "Well.... We should give your sister the best funeral. My wife, come on, we need to secure A-Yi."

Wu Xiao stood guard along with some of the army leaders who had just arrived.

"Prince, you go. We'll take care of you."

"How dare you tell the boss!"

"We dare not, Prince. But this is for your good, after all the help from Guang Ming Kingdom has just arrived. At least we can keep up with the number of troops."

"Stop talking and keep making way for the Emperor and Empress."

"Come it!"

Swinging their swords tirelessly and fearlessly while continuing to retreat to secure the Emperor and Empress.

The day began to get colder, the sun began to show reddish orange rays. Zhang Wu's forces now led the fight and managed to push their troops back out of the kingdom.

But who would have thought? Bai Qing's troops had reinforcements emerging from the city gate towards the southern forest.

As things warmed up, there was no sign of who would win this fight.

Circumstances changed quickly, Bai Qing's forces again dominated the fight. Wu Xiao's army was only a fifth of Bai Qing's troops left, they were cornered at the city gate.

During a fight between Wu Xiao and Bai Qing's army chief, Wu Xiao sternly continued to call out the word "Step over my body before dreaming of mastering Zhang Wu".

Huang who was beside Wu Xiao kept turning his brain to negotiate.

"Hey you!" Prince Huang's voice broke the attention. Bai Qing's army leader's views also turned to him.

"It's going to be dark today, can't we continue this tomorrow?"

The man with the spear chuckled uglyly before replying, "Let's just say you're so afraid of getting killed today, Prince. Take it easy, we'll do it gently."

Huang's laughter broke instantly, he stuck his sword into the ground before again raising his still chuckling face.

"You know? This land is protected by Heaven, you should think a hundred times to rule this blessed land with your dirty hands."

The turn of laughter of the army leader's men that broke out. "Your empty mouth is very funny, Prince."

"You don't believe it? Want me to show you a killing technique without touching your opponent in one blink of an eye?"

His laughter grew wider followed by his men who thought Huang was ridiculous.

Huang himself only smiled, he raised his right hand with his index finger pointing firmly towards the leader of the army.

"I just need to point at someone and that someone will die." His voice was deep and full of emphasis.

They were still busy laughing until unconsciously a small needle shot piercing the core of the army leader's body which made him immediately collapse to the ground unconscious.

The state became silent, the look on Bai Qing's army's face began to fear. Huang is back to playing his part. "Look, I'm not lying, am I?"

A voice dared to deny it, "Brother, don't believe his words! The prince had a weapon hidden under his sleeve."

Huang was able to nail because the trick has been revealed, still put a calm face he re-twisted his brain.

"I told you it's Heaven's help. Why is it so hard for you to understand the words of man!"

The young Bai Qing who denied it earlier said, "Then quickly prove to us that Heaven is on your side! Kill us without moving both hands!"

Huang condemned his actions inwardly, he had not even had time to refill his secret weapon and was now again challenged to kill more than one person.

Huang codified Wu Xiao through the movement of his left hand, because only Wu Xiao had a secret weapon that had the ability to shoot three times.

"Alright, then let's start with you first, Young man. Oh, and a few people beside you, too."

Their faces paled again, Huang began to chant his slut in a firm standing manner, "O Lightning God! I beg you to kill those who want to seize this blessed land with their dirty hands!"

There's not a second, yet, the three needles of Wu Xiao darted out followed by the sound of a loud explosion bursting out again and this time it was heard very clearly from the top of the gate by Wu Xiao's troops who were right below it.

Dor dor dor dor ....

The seven people in Bai Qing's front row fell down instantly. That Bai Qing Army's facial complexion became increasingly colorless.

"This land has been cursed! This land is cursed! Back off!!"

The army began to retreat slowly, creating relief for Wu Xiao's Army.

Even so, both Wu Xiao and Huang themselves were in a state of confusion.

Wu Xiao's weapon could only release three needles in a single shot, but how could there be seven people knocked down?

Not yet had Huang found the answer, the swift pace of troops with red flags adorn the atmosphere of a gripping afternoon.

The help from Qiu Wang arrived!

Now things turned back, with a heavy heart, Bai Qing's army surrendered and turned into captives.

However, he could not find it. One of his soldiers said that Prince Wu Xiao entered the gate and went up to the top of the gate defense above.

Feeling curious Huang followed Wu Xiao upstairs. Arriving at the top of the gate he saw Wu Xiao's back that was glued like a statue.

Huang tried to get closer and see where Wu Xiao's gaze was.

Degs....

"A-Yin?!"

Yiu who was previously also glued is now grimacing while scratching his nape that is not itchy while waving with the other hand. "Hi, Gege."

Huang's position was now aligned with Wu Xiao, a few steps away from Yiu. He looked at the face of Wu Xiao who was still sculpting and then looked at his meimei.

Now he knew why Wu Xiao did not dare to approach.

"A-Ying, what's that weird thing you're mashing?"

"Oh this.., this is just a decoration, Ge."

Without changing his expression, Wu Xiao said, "You made that strange explosive sound, right? You killed those four soldiers with that thing, didn't you?"

Huang's face was unable to relax again, his manic was widened after seeing a long object running down Yiu's shoulder to reach his thigh. "A-Ying, tell me the truth, what exactly is that horrible thing?!"

"Gege, Wu Xiao, don't be afraid. It's not gonna explode. This ... this .. this is my newest weapon. It can shoot people with the most distance around*one li."

The Li in Hanzi written ( ⁇ ) has a standard size of 500 meters or half a kilometer (about 1,640 feet). A modern Li is equivalent to the 1,500 feet or chi worn in China.

"A-Ying, my dear meimei, I am doubting whether you are still human or have turned into a monster....."

Wu Xiao started walking closer, he reached into Yiu's hands and circulated his gaze throughout Yiu's body, checking whether he was injured or not.

"I'm good. No need to worry. Look, my brother's afraid of me, haha."

Yiu originally wanted to melt the atmosphere. However, it seemed like the joke was too crisp, and instead Wu Xiao increasingly clasped tightly onto Yiu's wrist.

In a split second, Wu Xiao pulled Yiu down from the gate. "Prince Huang, let me borrow your beloved meimei for a moment."

The two went down the stairs and ran down the inner gate wall.

Yiu suddenly stopped his steps and stared displeasedly at Wu Xiao. "What exactly do you want? Why did I have to bring me here?!"

"I told you before not to come here! Why are you here?!"

"What harm? I just want to help, that's all."

"How did you get here?"

That look, it's horrible. What's the matter with him?

"I originally intended to come with the relief force because I didn't know the way but, I thought coming early was better. Oh yes, I was lost at first but fortunately I met with the relief forces from Guang Ming who had received a letter from Ming Zijing. So, I decided to follow them from the back and I came t-"

Not yet had Yiu finished his story, his body was already tightly embraced by Wu Xiao. "Thank God you're okay. Thank you for saving me."

Hearing the word "Thank you" from Wu Xiao with a hoarse voice right in his ear inexplicably made his heart beat very fast.

A familiar feeling came back to him, a feeling that made him not know what to do, and he hated that feeling.

Coupled with her who was now in the arms of a shameless madman, making her more and more

"Hey, Goddamn! Don't mess with my sister!"

The hug came off instantly, both of them spontaneously looking up towards the direction the sound was coming from.

The voice came from Huang who leaned over the gate to see where Wu Xiao was carrying his sister, and he was very surprised to see his sister who was suddenly hugged by that one damn.

"Liying, we have to run."

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A dark night began to envelop the entire land, small torches were lit along the street in the corner of the kingdom.

The palace looked crowded but empty. No one will celebrate the victory as Emperor and Empress Zhang Wu mourn the loss of their famously intelligent daughter.

Some soldiers were busy tightening security outside and inside the palace, some health workers were busy caring for wounded soldiers, and others were busy cleaning the almost ruined palace.

Yiu was now walking leisurely, intending to get some fresh air. He passed by a stone path and arrived at a fish pond with an ornate arch bridge over it. This was his favorite place when he visited Zhang Wu first.

He sharpened his gaze and saw someone sitting hunched over at the end of the bridge accompanied by a large teapot of gems containing wine that he could smell from where he stood.

The silhouette of the man looked familiar, he ventured to approach him and the faint shadow now turned into a different figure of Wu Xiao.

His entire face was red under the moonlight, his eyes unfocused, and continued to fumble small while chugging a large teapot in his hand.

Yiu sat down beside Wu Xiao and said a little worriedly, "Are you okay?"

Wu Xiao turned his head and went back to groping, "I? Of course good! Can't you see I'm smiling now? Hicc!"

Yiu snatched the teapot from Wu Xiao. "Stop drinking, you're drunk. If you get into trouble you can tell me."

"Do you have a sister?" Yiu shook his head and Wu Xiao again continued, "Then you won't understand my feelings."

"But I'm also a girl, I can be your little sister if you want."

Wu Xiao averted his gaze, closing his gaze to Yiu. "You... Liying, right?"

Yiu nodded doubtfully.

"Then you won't understand my feelings."

"Tell me, at least your burden will be slightly reduced."

Wu Xiao snatched back the teapot in Yiu's hands, downed it to the toilet before starting to make a sound, "I lost my only relative. My mother died trying to save me from drowning in the lake. Now, my only real sister died of ...."

Wu Xiao lowered his head very deeply. Yiu moved his hand to gently stroke Wu Xiao's back.

"You know? Women are like that. They are indeed weak but they are actually the most powerful beings."

Wu Xiao turned his attention to Yiu. "Women may not be able to protect you but they won't even think long about her life if it's about the person she cares about. They will sacrifice everything to see you smile and be happy in living this lie-filled life. .... I'm sure your meimei would have wanted you and your father to continue living happily because he knew if one of you was killed then it would have been the same in the end hand the Bai Qing Army and there will be no more happy days. Your sister is a smart kid."

Wu Xiao frowned making Yiu fret if his half-awkward words offended him. As long as you know, he's very bad at entertaining people.

Wu Xiao exclaimed furiously, "Then I love the right person! He's not weak, though not as smart as A-Yi, crazy, and frost-like, but at least he can hold on for a while until I arrive to save him. I will train harder to protect the woman I love, and you, Liying, you can stop fighting from now on!"

Yiu frowned not understanding, he asked, "What does this have to do with me?"

Wu Xiao raised both of his hands and threw them towards Yiu's shoulder. "Because, you, the only woman I care about right now and I will take care of you strictly from now on!"

Yiu's body was instantly numb, he wanted to slap Wu Xiao's drunken face but now logic and feeling were being involved in a great internal war.

He took a breath and tried to calm down. He tried to get rid of Wu Xiao's hand on his shoulder. "You're drunk. Let's get you back."

Wu Xiao refused and clasped Yiu's shoulder tightly. "I'm not drunk! Liying, I'm telling you the truth!"

"I love you, Liying."

TB