Chapter 423: The Empire is Hostage
Before the army arrived, Dongfang Shuo entered Longlin City first.
He walked quickly through the city, went straight to the courtyard area, and in a blink of an eye, he had come to the middle of the four courtyards in the most central courtyard of the courtyard area.
Standing in the square, he looked to the east.
At this time, the door of the courtyard of the Six Princes was hidden, which made Dongfang Shuo's heart chuckle.
After settling his countenance, he set off again, and finally pushed the door open.
When the courtyard door opened, he saw the six princes standing alone in the courtyard with their backs to him.
The latter, sensing that the door was open, turned back slightly.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time. β
The Sixth Prince said.
Dongfang Shuo entered the courtyard gate, but quickly stopped.
"You know I'm coming?"
"The moment I made my decision, I was ready to be questioned by you. β
"Why would you do this when you know I'm going to be angry?"
"Nature is for you. β
When these words fell, the six princes turned around and faced Dongfang Shuo with a straight face.
Dongfang Shuo looked at the Sixth Prince with a calm face, and his brows furrowed slightly.
"Until now, are you still using such words to be vague to me?" Looking at the six princes, Dongfang Shuo asked.
Obviously, that's not what he wants to hear now.
The sixth prince chuckled, but this smile made Dongfang Shuo unable to see through his thoughts.
"Even if I tell the truth, I'm for you, but in the end, it's for the Dragon Forest Empire. The Sixth Prince said.
Dongfang Shuo's expression tightened, and he immediately said: "His life has not hindered anyone, and it has not hindered the Longlin Empire, if you really think about the Longlin Empire, the last thing you should kill is him." You should understand that if you kill him, you will set up an enemy for the Longlin Empire. β
"Enemy, do you mean yourself?"
The Sixth Prince smiled bitterly, and then continued, "If you could understand my hard work, maybe you wouldn't think so. β
Dongfang Shuo frowned: "Why bother to kill?"
"Su He is just a weak person, but you take him too seriously, if you go on like this for a long time, one day he will become a burden to you. The sixth prince said, "The long pain is better than the short pain, I got rid of this burden for you, and there will be nothing in the future that can stop you from standing alone." β
This remark made Dongfang Shuo's eyes tremble.
Why didn't he think that the equality insisted on by the six princes was based on the inequality of innate talent after all.
In the end, there can be no absolute fairness in this world.
"You'll never understand that he's not going to be a liability to me at all. Dongfang Shuo said, "For me, the real fairness is not who can win what by virtue of strength, but that even if a person is weak, his life and death should not be easily decided by others." β
"Mr. Dongfang, your ideas are too naΓ―ve. β
The Sixth Prince shook his head and sighed.
And Dongfang Shuo immediately said: "I also know that this kind of thing will never be realized, but I also don't want this kind of thing to appear in front of me." Your fault is not that you easily decided the life and death of a person, but that you easily decided the life and death of an innocent person. β
Yes, in Su He's life, he can say that he has not done anything wrong.
If you insist on saying yes, it may be only one thing.
It was the matter of him who promised to come to the Spirit Domain with Dongfang Shuo.
The spiritual realm is not his way out at all, on the contrary, because of his weakness, the spiritual realm may also be destined to become his end.
At this time, the sixth prince opened his mouth three times but wanted to speak again and again, and finally sighed and said, "I understand, I can't move you." β
"So, do I mean that you admit that you did something wrong?"
Dongfang Shuo asked.
But as soon as he asked, the sixth prince shook his head.
"I don't think I'm doing anything wrong. He said.
After receiving such a negative answer, Dongfang Shuo couldn't help but let out a sneer.
This is not contrary to his expectations, and the Sixth Prince is also such a person, after determining one thing, he will not change. He firmly believes that the strong are respected, so he will not change this belief until he dies.
"It's not something to laugh at. β
When the sixth prince saw him laughing, he immediately defended.
But Dongfang Shuo shook his head, put away his sneer and said, "I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing at myself." β
"Laughing at yourself?"
"Previously, I knew that you believed in the respect of the strong, and tried to make the capable high. Of course, that's exactly what you do. But I find it very ridiculous that I didn't even think about it, and that no matter how much I had studied your faith, I would never have let things get to this point. β
"Think a little more?"
"Indeed, you have always adhered to the principle of ruling the Spirit Realm without asking about your origins and relying only on strength, and with the help of Wu Yi, the rules you have established have gone one step further. But while you support the strong, you also treat the weak as dross and garbage, and this kind of natural thing I should have thought of, but I didn't expect it. Isn't it ridiculous that I'm so stupid?"
At the end of the words, Dongfang Shuo's face released another sneer.
And the sixth prince looked at him with a sneer, but his expression became a little more serious.
"Not ridiculous. The Sixth Prince shook his head and said, "No one's faith is ridiculous. β
Dongfang Shuo respects the belief that everyone is equal, even if this kind of thing can never be realized, it is not ridiculous.
Even if it was precisely because Dongfang Shuo had such a belief that he did not have any doubts about the belief of the Six Princes before, it was also not ridiculous.
Listening to his words, Dongfang Shuo also slowly put away his laughter.
"I seem to have figured out one thing now. Dongfang Shuo said.
The sixth prince folded his hands and asked, "What's the matter?"
"You are the one who really wants to sacrifice the lives of 500 people and give the empire a chance, right?"
Dongfang Shuo asked.
Being asked like this, the eyes of the six princes sank slightly.
But after only a moment of silence, the latter raised his eyes again and stared straight in the direction of Dongfang Shuo.
He nodded, "Yes." β
"Hahahaha!"
After getting an affirmative answer, Dongfang Shuo looked up to the sky and laughed a few times.
The sixth prince asked, "What are you laughing at again?"
Dongfang Shuo smiled and breathed a long sigh of relief.
Then, he looked at the Sixth Prince and said, "This time, I'm still laughing at myself, my ideas are too naΓ―ve. But at the same time, I'm laughing at a dead man, loyal and treacherous. β
"Dead people?" the sixth prince narrowed his eyes, and after a pause in thought, he judged, "Are you talking about Lu Yanzhang?"
Not long after Lu Yanzhang's death, the six princes had already received the news of his death, and the cause and effect were not word-for-word.
However, he was not surprised, he had even guessed this day a month earlier.
It's just that what surprised him a little was that Dongfang Shuo's strength was so terrifying that the power of just one sword could make Lu Yanzhang unable to get up again for a while.
You must know that Lu Yanzhang is not only a rare Tianjiao in the Longlin Empire for a hundred years, but also six or seven years older than Dongfang Shuo.
This is enough to see that Dongfang Shuo's talent is much more terrifying than Lu Yanzhang.
Lu Yanzhang looks small-bellied, and there is no room for sand in his eyes. But in fact, everything he did was not for his own selfish desires, and he maintained his foolish loyalty to the empire until his death. Dongfang Shuo said, "He wants to kill me because he is afraid that I will one day threaten the imperial power." He was commanded to do so, but when he was dying, he took upon you the sin of sacrificing the lives of 500 soldiers. The phrase "great loyalty is like a traitor" is really appropriate to describe him. β
The sixth prince sank his gaze, and after a moment, when he raised his gaze to look at Dongfang Shuo, he still asked solemnly: "Then, after knowing the truth, the next person you want to kill should be me, right?"
Dongfang Shuo nodded.
He asked, "You are waiting for me here, you must be waiting for my sword, right?"
"If you come to kill me, then I will kill me. β
The sixth prince did not move, so he said.
Immediately, Dongfang Shuo's gaze swept across the courtyard, and finally returned to him.
"You don't have an ambush in the courtyard, do you?"
Dongfang Shuo asked.
The sixth prince smiled: "If you want to kill me, even if there is no ambush, you will not be able to escape from the spiritual realm." And if you can escape from the spiritual realm, even if I have ambushes, it will not help. In that case, what is the use of me setting up an ambush?"
Indeed, as he said, there were no ambushes in the courtyard.
According to the rules of the spiritual realm, no one over the age of thirty-five is allowed to enter the spiritual realm.
And anyone under the age of thirty-five is basically impossible to escape from Dongfang Shuo's perception, and at this time, Dongfang Shuo's perception covers the entire courtyard and outside, and there is no third person in this range except for him and the six princes.
Even Xia Chunxiao was supported by the six princes in advance.
"You're not afraid of death?" Dongfang Shuo asked.
The sixth prince said: "Naturally, I am afraid of death, but I am more afraid of the trouble of the Longlin Empire than death." I know that what I have done is irreparable, and today, if I can use my death to make the Longlin Empire lose one strong enemy, I think it is very worthwhile. β
Dongfang Shuo's talent is much higher than that of Lu Yanzhang, so if he stands on the opposite side of the Longlin Empire, it must be a very terrifying thing.
Listening to his words, Dongfang Shuo asked again: "Since you knew that this matter was irreparable, you shouldn't have made this decision, and you don't have to die today." β
But at this time, the sixth prince shook his head.
"Even so, I don't regret it. β
"Don't regret it, you're not afraid of death, but aren't you afraid that your ambition with Wu Yi will sink into the sea?"
Dongfang Shuo asked.
Being asked like this, the sixth prince suddenly chuckled.
Then, he turned to look at the sky to one side and said, "Do you remember what I said to you when we first met?"
Dongfang Shuo shook his head.
Although he shook his head, he certainly remembered every word of the conversation that day.
The sixth prince said: "You said that you want to kill me for the crown prince, I said please give me four months." For more than two months, I have been playing the next game of chess, and I have already made 80% of the layout. Originally, I wanted to use you to clear the way for me. But now, I've changed my mind. β
"What do you mean?"
"After killing me, you leave immediately, and my death will never be counted on your head. After that, I hope you will support the eighth brother, use my game as a bargaining chip, clear the way for him, and finally help him rise to the throne. β
"Why would I do that?"
"Don't you want to get this empire?" At this time, the sixth prince turned his head to look at Dongfang Shuo, "Eighth brother is stupid, even if he is on the throne, he is just a puppet. And in this world, only you can realize my ambitions for me. I will exchange this empire for your life and realize my ambitions for me. β
(End of chapter)