Chapter 439: Counterattack (Three Watches)
Early in the morning, the streets and alleys of the imperial capital were all filled with crowded people.
Whether out of curiosity or pity, or for other reasons, everyone flocked to the noon gate.
The execution ground was closely guarded by armoured Praetorian Guards early on.
Rong Jiu hadn't been escorted over yet, but there were already people standing around. It's noisy.
"Tsk, this Third Highness made great military achievements in the Northwest Army a few years ago! Who would have thought that he would become a prisoner in the blink of an eye?"
"In the past few months, he has not even been out of the gate of the imperial capital, and the thoughts of the one above are not obvious? In my opinion, the crime is false, and the killing is true!"
"But now among the remaining princes, the Third Highness is the most suitable candidate for the crown prince, and it is too ruthless to do so."
"How much do we know about the things in the palace? Anyway, the one is still in his prime, and in a few more years, the prince below will grow up, right?"
"It's a pity that the biological mother of the Third Highness has already gone, and her background is not high, at this time, there is not even a person who can help"
There was a lot of discussion and opinions on this matter.
But everyone knows that today, everything is almost a foregone conclusion.
Time passed little by little, and the sun gradually rose to the middle sky.
Suddenly, the originally noisy crowd suddenly fell silent.
The crowd parted in both directions, leaving a path clear.
Everyone had a premonition and looked at it in unison.
A group of men and horses are coming this way.
The current person is actually Si Yezhi, the head of the Si family.
He came today, apparently to oversee the execution.
Compared with before, Si Yezhi now looks much haggard, the sides of his cheeks are deeply sunken, and his eyes are bloodshot.
Obviously, what happened during this period of time hit him hard.
After all, Queen Si Huijing is his own sister
The front foot had just finished the queen's funeral, and the back foot came here, and he didn't even have time to rest.
Si Yezhi walked forward step by step.
He could clearly feel the myriad of different eyes around him fall on him.
But in fact, he was almost physically and mentally numb at this time.
Originally, he didn't want to come, but His Majesty made a decree, and he could only follow it.
A prisoner's cart slowly followed behind him.
In the iron cage, the man who was wearing prison clothes and his hands were locked, looking embarrassed was the current third prince Rong Jiu!
He was forced to sit on his knees, his head hanging slightly, his messy hair falling out, covering most of his face.
But everyone could still vaguely see his expression at this time.
Indifferent, cold.
Even on his body, there is a strong aura that can only be found after experiencing life and death on the battlefield!
In short, there is no trace of panic and despair.
Around the prisoner's car, the Praetorian Guards also followed closely.
But those people combined, they were not as strong as Rong Jiu alone.
It was probably infected by some kind of emotion, and the place where the prisoner car passed became extremely quiet.
The person standing in front of him even unconsciously took a step back.
This Third Highness, somehow, looks really inexplicably scary
When he arrived at the execution ground, Si Yezhi raised his hand, and the prisoner car finally stopped.
"Bring people in!"
At the sound of an order, the Praetorian Guards who followed next to him immediately stepped forward and took Rong Jiu out of the iron cage.
Two extremely sharp swords pressed against Rong Jiu's neck, escorting him towards the platform in the middle of the execution ground.
From beginning to end, Rong Jiu's expression did not change.
It was only when he finally stood at the place of execution that he suddenly raised his eyes and glanced in the direction of the palace, and a flash of mockery flashed in his eyes.
It seems that the father will not change the decision.
He must put him to death today!
Rong Jiu retracted his gaze and lowered his eyes, covering the surging killing intent in his eyes.
As a last resort, he actually didn't want to do this, but he had fought on the battlefield for many years, and he didn't know how many lives and deaths he had experienced, but he didn't expect that in the end, he would end up with such an ending!
Whoever it is, it will be like ashes.
"Don't kneel yet!"
A person behind Rong Jiu shouted impatiently, and at the same time kicked Rong Jiu's knee socket hard!
However, Rong Jiu was not kicked to his knees.
His flesh was as hard as a steel plate!
Seeing that Rong Jiu failed to kneel down as he thought, the man who kicked his legs was also taken aback.
Rong Jiu slowly turned his head and glanced at him.
The man's heart suddenly became empty when he was watched, and a trace of fear was born inexplicably.
Immediately, he frowned and shouted:
"What do you see!? Do you think you're now a high-ranking Third Highness!?"
It's just a death row prisoner, and when he dies, he is still so arrogant!
"Get on your knees!"
The man winked at the person next to him, and the two of them worked hard together!
The two long swords instantly slashed Rong Jiu's neck, and the red blood slowly oozed out!
The last bit of hesitation in Rong Jiu's heart finally disappeared.
He bent his knees slightly, as if he was really going to kneel.
However, the next moment, his body suddenly jumped up and quickly kicked at the two closest people around him!
He moved too fast, and the two of them didn't have time to react at all, and they were kicked away by Rong Jiu!
Si Yezhi immediately realized something, and shouted:
"Catch him!"
Rong Jiu actually wants to escape!
Everyone around also reacted at this time, and rushed up in unison!
Above Rong Jiu's head, a huge figure suddenly appeared!
Si Yezhi stared at it, and his heart was shocked.
It was actually a four-rank demonic beast - the White Grass Falcon!
Crash!
The white falcon suddenly spread its wings!
Rong Jiu turned over and jumped up!
"Let's go!"
With a clear hiss, the white grass falcon's wings vibrated and soared into the sky!
At this time, the surrounding people finally understood - it was Rong Jiu's demonic beast!
He was imprisoned in a prison with nothing but a prison suit.
But they forgot that he still has his own monster!
Rong Jiu has been very low-key in the past few months in the imperial capital, so much so that they have forgotten that he still has such a hole card!
Although this White Mao Falcon is a fourth-grade demonic beast, it has a fierce temperament and extremely strong combat effectiveness! It can almost be regarded as the top existence among the fourth-grade demonic beasts!
The figure of a man and a beast swept quickly into the distance!
Si Yezhi immediately said:
"Bow and arrow ready!"
Many Praetorian Guards immediately took out the bows and arrows they were carrying on their backs and aimed at Rong Jiu in mid-air!
However, at this moment, several figures suddenly rushed out of the crowd and killed those Praetorian Guards!
Snort!
There was a messy sound of breaking the sky, and many of them had deviated from their previous directions, not even touching the edge of the white falcon's wings!
Si Yezhi looked at those who suddenly rushed over with anger, and suddenly his eyes widened in shock.
- They actually took the initiative to make a killing move!
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