The Phoenix Reborn Book II

Chapter 139 Saving Wu Huatai

　

　

“Kakak .. apologize to you,” the man said as he swept the tears down his brother's face, making the brother clasped his hand tightly. “Sister reneges ...,” the man's breath weakens, “... appointment ...”

It was clear to the young man that the hand in his hand was becoming heavier. It made his heart feel like it had been crushed by thousands of daggers, especially when he saw the pair of black beads before him staring straight at him without blinking, as if unwilling to leave him.

“Kakak ...,” call the young man with a vibrating voice. However, there was no response from the other person. The young man's eyes closed, trying to soak up the last remaining warmth on his brother's hands. “I'm guilty, I'm guilty of you ..”

*Some time ago*

“Ugh!” A loud bang was heard followed by a painful low whimper. Li Changsheng grimaced as his back hit the wall violently due to the attack directed at him. With a hand that strangled his neck, the man groaned, “P-Prime Minister—!”

“How are you!” furious Liang Shupeng while strengthening his grip on the neck of the former King An. “After all that Your Majesty has done for you, you instead—!”

“Dad, stop!” Liang Fenghong cut off the father's words and separated him from Li Changsheng. Seeing that Li's descendant had fallen and coughed loudly, he immediately put on a worried face. “King An, are you okay?”

“Hong’er, what are you doing?! He's not a royal family!” liang Shupeng growled with burning emotions.

Liang Fenghong raised his gaze, then said to the father, “Daddy .. calm down first.” He glanced towards Li Changsheng, then asked, “Rongya and Empress Tianzhen .. are they really ...” Liang Fenghong did not dare to finish his words.

Hearing Liang Fenghong's question, Li Changsheng froze. “Rong’er is no longer there, Tubo warriors killed him,” he replied briefly with a face that looks so bitter. “On the other hand, the death of Empress Tianzhen .. occurred as a result of my negligence,” he admitted.

Li Changsheng's remark made everyone put on a face of panic and confusion, especially Huang Qinghao and the Shi warriors. “Did he just mention that the warrior Tubo killed Princess Wu?” The Great General of Shi Kingdom stepped forward quickly towards Li Changsheng. “What do you mean ... This matter has something to do with the Fourth Prince, Wang Junsi?!”

Meanwhile, Liang Shupeng furrowed his brows. ‘Tubo? Empress Tianzhen's death was her negligence?’ his mind was busy wondering.

Li Changsheng stood up with the help of Liang Fenghong, then he swept over the surrounding scenery. “I don't understand how you guys arrived at this place,” he said, making everyone realize that the ring of fire is no longer visible. “However, the faster you act, the better.”

Liang Shupeng slightly squinted his eyes. “Are you currently trying to show that you have nothing to do with attacking the kingdom?“

Li Changsheng's gaze met Liang Shupeng's eyes, their two pairs of beads clashing together for a moment. Then, the former King An said, “Trust or not, it is not my desire to reach this point.” He turned his gaze to Huang Qinghao, “I believe that you are Great General Huang?”

Huang Qinghao was surprised by the gaze given by Li Changsheng, as well as how the man knew his identity. Feeling awkward, he just nodded his head and replied, “That's right.”

A smile full of mockery was painted on Li Changsheng's face. “Those sixth prince of your kingdom has such a big heart,”. “That allowed him to save such incredible ambitions anyway.” Li Changsheng snorted, “With incredible calculations, he tried to make the opposing piece work for him.” This speech made everyone's expressions darken, especially Liang Fenghong who from the start was already convinced that something was wrong.

On the other hand, Liang Shupeng decided to take a step forward and berkaya, “King An, you mean to say that Wang Chengliu set you up?” He already knew about the cunning of the sixth prince of Shi Kingdom. However, he wants to know more about what is meant by .. ‘stuck’.

Li Changsheng closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them only to look at space and time. “From the beginning, he did not help Wang Junsi escape for free,” he said.

Li Changsheng then briefly recounted what had happened on his journey with Wu Rongya. He mentioned how the Tubo soldiers were chasing and trying to kill himself and Wu Rongya, as well as how Hudie came and saved her. All the things that the woman-like man said were also not spared in the story that Li Changsheng spoke of.

“Omong empty!” liang Shupeng was furious when he heard the slander that Hudie had directed at Wu Huatai. “Your Majesty is not such a man,”. “How can you believe in the words of a stranger?” Liang Shupeng's eyes were directed at Li Changsheng, slightly disappointed by the trust that had stopped in his heart about the former King An.

“Trust?” Li Changsheng snorted with a mocking smile plastered on his face. “After all the ruse I saw in the palace, do you think I'm that stupid?” Li Changsheng's reply left Liang Shupeng speechless, and the man glanced at Liang Fenghong. “I'm sure you understand my situation, Young Master Liang.”

Liang Fenghong returned Li Changsheng's gaze, trying hard to maintain his sanity when he heard how Wu Rongya and Li Changsheng had entered Wang Chengliu's trap. “In a helpless state, you have no choice but to make a show. You pretended to follow, and it was done for the sake of knowing more.”

A helpless smile was painted on Li Changsheng's face. Then, the man's expression slowly turned serious. “Dan, since you guys have arrived .. it's time to end the charade.”

The clattering of chains could be heard, as well as the heavy breathing of the man who was in the middle of the dark, narrow room. The fishy smell of blood was still so concentrated and nauseating, especially as it was mixed with the medicinal aroma affixed to the wound.

“Isn't it time to take turns?! Why is the second squad still not coming?!” furious at a Nanhan soldier with annoyance. He glanced back, towards the man who was the emperor of Wu Kingdom, Wu Huatai. “Gosh, I was here too long until I was sick of seeing it!”

His friend immediately clicked his tongue. “Clear your voice. If any of the superiors come and hear you say that, believe it or not they will skin you?” He rolled his eyeballs. “You know clearly General Nanhan's attitude is also not the best,”.

A second of such speech echoed in the air, the sound of approaching footsteps could be heard. The two soldiers froze, their hearts pounding for fear their conversation was overheard by the newly arrived visitors. Oh, wrong. They were more afraid that the visitor was the man they had just talked about.

“Time to change your turn,” said one of the two soldiers who just arrived.

The two Nanhan warriors sighed, relieved that it turned out that only two other soldiers were on duty. “Ayo, come! I'm tired of this place!”

Seeing his comrade so excited, the second soldier could only shake his head. He followed the first soldier in the back. However, when he passed through the soldiers from squad two, his steps stopped.

The second soldier turned around and asked while linking an eyebrow, “You guys are from which squad?” He felt a little strange, there was an unfamiliar scent on the bodies of the two newly arrived warriors. ‘As ... not typical pasture ..’

Seeing the two soldiers speechless and not returning his friend's questions, the first soldier was annoyed at having to wait for a long time. He took wide steps toward one of the new soldiers and said, “Hey! Are you tul—!?”

Not yet had he finished his words, the first soldier choked with something stuck in his stomach. His head glanced down, and the soldier found that a sword had sunk into his body.

“A-what ..?”

Looking at the sword that pierced through his comrade's body, the second soldier was wide-eyed. He quickly ran away from the place. It didn't take a smart person to know that the two newly arrived soldiers were intruders!

“Infuser! There's turtles—!” Not much different from the first soldier, the second soldier was unable to finish his words. Clearly his ears heard bones cracking and flesh being torn from behind his own head.

Within seconds, the body of the second soldier collapsed forward.

The uproar created made Wu Huatai who was inside the prison raise his gaze. He saw one of the two intruders pull off a lock on the waist of one of the soldiers, and the man stood up and opened the prison door.

Wu Huatai's cracked lips spit out fresh blood as he forced himself to say, “You guys ...”

Only with the torch fire aiding his eyesight did Wu Huatai find the face of one of the intruders looking so familiar to him. “Calm down, Your Majesty. We'll get you out of here.”

Hearing that voice, Wu Huatai was not afraid. “Hong’er ...”

Liang Fenghong clucked in annoyance, realizing that the keys in his hands were unable to open the chains of the chains binding Wu Huatai. He took a step back, then swung his sword violently. In two slashes, the man managed to break both sides of the chain rope.

Looking at Wu Huatai's body that was starting to fall forward, Liang Fenghong quickly caught up to him. He could feel the body of the emperor of the Wu Kingdom shaking while mentioning his name repeatedly, “Hong’ ....”.

Liang Fenghong felt his two manics heating up. The ordinary Wu Huatai looked so noble .. without him expecting to be able to reach a slump like this.

Regardless of the fishy smell from Wu Huatai's body, Liang Fenghong hugged his brother's body gently. He unconsciously began to shed tears. “Sorry I came late .. Brother.”

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A/S:

Hmm, the first part is what does that mean?