Chapter 470 - 303: Bloodbath at the Eastern Suburbs, Princes Slain, Ministers’ Corpses Exposed (Part 3)

Just at this moment.

Two terrifying auras descended from the sky, it was the Astronomical Bureau’s Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm’s Tang Guang and Hoong Xiao.

Boom boom boom!

The two of them, with fierce momentum, slaughtered those ten with ice masks.

However, an anomaly suddenly occurred again.

The ten people stood up like puppets, their mouths opened, and snake-like creatures slithered out, rushing madly towards the blood and flesh exploded by the leeches.

They devoured ravenously, shockingly terrifying.

"Hui!" Tang Guang was startled.

"That’s not Hui! It’s Leech Python!" Hoong Xiao’s face changed suddenly, "Quickly destroy them!"

Boom boom boom——

In a moment of surprise, two leech pythons exploded, their flesh fluttering through the sky like snowflakes.

"Ah——"

Just as the two Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm experts were about to eliminate the leech pythons, a painful voice came from the Golden Carriage.

"Your Majesty!"

Hoong Xiao rushed onto the Golden Carriage, seeing that Emperor Qin’s body was already contaminated with leech python flesh.

He hastily flipped his hand, his palm’s blazing fire turned into a fiery serpent, roasting the flesh.

Then, with a swift technique, he sealed Emperor Qin’s meridians.

"Brother Hoong Xiao, take His Majesty away first!"

Tang Guang swung his spear, smashing the leech python remains devouring the flesh.

"..."

On the other side.

Chu Ming and Fang Xiao, having been prepared and due to their status, stayed far from the Golden Carriage and were not significantly impacted.

"Young master, what is that?" Fang Xiao asked in a low voice.

"Leeches and hui, when combined, can mutate into a more formidable leech python."

Chu Ming gazed ahead, his heart thought slightly stirred, and the aura of the [Book and Painting Realm] scattered, a Qi Rhythm White Light invisible to others radiated from him.

The white light enveloped a piece of flesh contaminated with leech python, retrieving it amidst the chaos.

This kind of thing is introduced in the "Mountain and Sea Great Wilderness Scripture," useful both as medicine and as a lethal weapon, so it’s worth collecting.

After collecting a piece of leech python flesh, he looked towards the source of the chaos.

The Golden Carriage had left under the guidance of Astronomical Bureau Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm Hoong Xiao, while Tang Guang led the Huang Forbidden Army to surround Sikong Heng and others at the center.

Outside, many princes and ministers were in shock, yet to recover their senses.

The Crown Prince, Second Prince, Third Prince, Fifth Prince, and Seventh Prince were unharmed, while the Fourth Prince, Eighth Prince, and three other princes were already reduced to mangled corpses.

Besides that, several ministers and dozens of Huang Forbidden Army soldiers perished in the leech python chaos.

Tang Guang coldly looked towards the Commander of the Sikong Army, Sikong Heng, then towards the ice-masked corpses, his brows tightly furrowed.

"Sikong Heng, how dare you implant blood leeches in the captives, intending to harm His Majesty, yet you still won’t surrender!" Grand Commandant Pei Qing angrily rebuked.

In deep blue battle armor, Sikong Heng’s expression changed, glancing around before finally looking at Tang Guang.

"Master Tang..." His voice was low, seemingly wanting to explain.

But how could this situation be explained?

It would only get worse the more he tried to cover it up.

After a brief contemplation, he laid down his weapon, not resisting.

As Sikong Heng put down his weapon, his accompanying trusted aides naturally did the same.

"Bind them!" Pei Qing waved a large hand, having the entire Sikong Army bound.

Next, Tang Guang leaped to a high point, sweeping his gaze over everyone present before finally looking at the Crown Prince.

"Your Highness, Crown Prince, and all esteemed princes, today’s events must not be spread."

The Crown Prince, Second Prince, and others naturally understood the gravity of today’s events.

Five princes, eight ministers, and over thirty Huang Forbidden Army soldiers died, making this a monumental disgrace for the Imperial Family.

"Master Tang, we understand."

The Crown Prince cupped his hands, yet his eyes kept moving beneath his lowered lids.

He had seen Master Hoong rush up to the Golden Carriage in a hurry earlier.

Why such urgency?

Was his father infected?

The Crown Prince’s eyes focused, deep in thought.

Beside him, the Second Prince also gathered his thoughts, his intentions unknown.

As the princes contemplated their varied thoughts, Tang Guang cast a cold gaze toward everyone else.

"Left Minister, Grand Commandant Pei, everyone here, if anyone dares to disclose today’s events, they will be executed without mercy!"

"Yes."

"Take them away."

"..."

...

Qin Capital, inner city, Pei Mansion.

Pei Qing and Pei Fu sat facing each other, both wearing expressions of complex heaviness.

"Elder brother..." Pei Fu couldn’t help but speak, "I feel certain His Majesty is infected."

Pei Qing’s eyes shifted, "Are you sure you saw clearly?"

Pei Fu nodded, "I saw Master Hoong rush to the Golden Carriage in panic, followed by a scream, and then Master Tang asked him to quickly take His Majesty away."

"..."

There was a brief silence in the room.

They had originally planned to find an opportunity during today’s hunting in the eastern suburbs.

Who would have thought, before they could act, the Jingyue Kingdom noble captives offered by Sikong Heng would cause trouble first.

"For now, don’t act rashly. Quickly send word to King Shuo. If His Majesty is truly infected, and King Shuo takes control of Qin Capital, our Pei Family will be the first to claim credit!"

"Alright."

"..."

...

Qin Capital, inner city, Zuo Mansion.

Zuo Yuan sat on a large chair, his eyes empty, staring at the ceiling, while two noblewomen were massaging his legs.

"Master’s face doesn’t look well today, maybe we should..." one woman began to speak.

"Shut up! Shut up!" Zuo Yuan kicked the women away with one leg each, "Where is Luu Xi? Tell him to come see me!"

The thought of those blood leeches almost flying at his face at the eastern suburb hunting ground filled him with dread.

"Yes... yes..."

Soon after.

The young man, Luu Xi, arrived with a bow: "Master."

"How are the preparations for the Golden Hundred Knowledge Grand Competition going?" Zuo Yuan’s eyes finally focused upon seeing Luu Xi.

"Sir, I have been preparing for the Grand Competition these past few days."

"Hmm," Zuo Yuan nodded slightly, "And those messy affairs of your father’s, are they settled?"

"Master, it’s all been taken care of."

"Good, you may leave."

Zuo Yuan waved him away, his eyes once again aimlessly staring at the ceiling.

The incident with the blood leeches at the eastern suburbs was like a great bell striking his heart.