The Phoenix Reborn Book II

Chapter 140 Slander

Huang Miaoling's forehead wrinkled, questioning the fact that what Liang Fenghong was telling was different from what the man had said before. “Then, what do you mean to say that you can't save your sister?” I really want that woman to say that. However, there was clearly still something that Liang Fenghong had not told him about. So the woman decided to wait.

“When I feel his weight, there is a part of my heart that feels so relieved, you know?” liang Fenghong said. “But, who could have guessed that it was only temporary happiness.”

“What happened?” huang Miaoling asked in the end. “You met the enemy soldier in the middle of the road?”

Liang Fenghong shook his head. “No, everything went well. Really, too smooth for even I believe.” He continued, “I managed to take Brother to a safe place.”

Huang Miaoling's forehead wrinkled, feeling extremely confused. “How about Li Changsheng?” Could Li Changsheng have betrayed?

“Li Changsheng ..”

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One soldier—a messenger from the border of Wu—ran his way to the room where Nanhan Ding and Hudie were.

“P-message from border!” the soldier shouted while handing over the paper scroll to Hudie who immediately read it.

Along with the change in Hudie's worsening expression, the messenger soldier glanced at Nanhan Ding silently. When the general's bead turned on him, the soldier quickly dropped his gaze.

‘What the heck?’ thought Nanhan Ding who felt strange.

At this moment, the gate of the courtyard slammed open. Li Changsheng's figure went inside with a gloomy face, his right hand touching the injured shoulder as his left hand clasped the bloodied sword. The two soldiers behind the man hurriedly closed the door with faces full of horror.

Seeing this, Hudie immediately closed the letter in her hand and walked over to Li Changsheng. “What happened? How did you—”

“Huang ...,” Li Changsheng took a deep breath, trying to finish his words, “The forces of Huang and Liang have broken through the palace!”

“What?!” hudie shouted with wide eyes.

Li Changsheng threw a murderous glance at Nanhan Ding, then he unsheathed the sword towards the man. “You! How dare you still pretend!” the man's growl made Nanhan Ding blink his eyes confused. “Black Hood? The one who controls the arrows in the air with his bare hands? I think your words are empty!”

“Dragon your words, Li Changsheng! What do you mean by that, huh?!” nanhan Ding's reply, did not accept with the charges directed at him.

Grunts rang out from Li Changsheng's figure, he also cast a deadly glance at Hudie. “Wang Chengliu is really good at manipulating circumstances! He knew that forcibly taking the throne was a bad way to rule the hearts of the people and neighboring kingdoms, and therefore he used myself to then pretend to be a good person, didn't he!?” said the man.

Hudie frowned, not liking Li Changsheng's irreverence towards her master. But, he just fell silent.

Hearing this, Nanhan Ding growled, “Li Changsheng, have you gone crazy?”

Li Changsheng dropped his sword, allowing the tip to stick on the rocky ground to support his body. “Hur or not Chen Long is not important, he is just a diversion. Actually leaving the gate open aims ... so you can let Huang and Liang's troops infiltrate the capital, right?”

“Internally!” growled Nanhan Ding while glancing at Hudie. Li Changsheng's words would make Hudie suspect herself! “Did he have lost his sanity?!”

Li Changsheng's brows were tightly linked. “If not so, how could thousands of Liang and Huang Troops easily enter and take control of the palace!”

Hearing Li Changsheng's words, Nanhan Ding was wide-eyed. “Master ... ista—?”

Nanhan Ding's words were stuck in his throat, unable to speak due to something that surprised him. He lowered his head, staring at the pointy thing sticking out of his stomach.

Li Changsheng stared in shock at the scene before him, the scene where Nanhan Ding's body was pierced by the sword from behind. His bead was raised to stare at the figure of Hudie who was thrusting a sword at the body of the general Nanhan.

“H-Hudie ..” growled Nanhan Ding on the sidelines of the pain he felt. “K-you ..!” He gasped as the foreign object in his body was forcefully pulled out, making him then fall to his knees on the ground. Nanhan Ding turned to Hudie who was walking before him, “Why ..?!”

Hudie put on a cold face, then she threw the scroll of letters onto the rocky floor. Li Changsheng and Nanhan Ding's views are embedded in the paper, ‘Climbs fall, a tribe of treacherous pastures.’

“Fitn …! Slander ..!” nanhan Ding shouted with great difficulty on the sidelines of his throat that was choking on blood. His eyes glared unwillingly as his life eroded slowly. ‘This ... slander ..’