Chapter 244: Death on a Snowy Night (Ask for a monthly pass, ask for a recommendation ticket, ask for a subscription!) )
Heaven Dou Empire.
The night sky was darker than ever tonight, and the moon in the sky seemed to be wrapped in the giant hand of a demon, and there was no light in sight.
The most prosperous capital of the Heaven Dou Empire, on the streets of Heaven Dou City, there is not a single pedestrian to be seen tonight, and the patrol guards who can often be seen on weekdays have disappeared for some reason. The big red lanterns on both sides of Wanjiamenshan, in the slightest hint of fire and candles, also look extremely demonic, at a glance, they are like the eyes of the abyss demon, breathtaking.
Wind –
Suddenly, a strange wind blew, and thousands of seemingly disembodied figures appeared out of thin air on the whole street, all of them floating in a cloud of gray mist, making it impossible to see the clothes they were wearing, except for a pair of eyes that made people seem to be frozen at a glance, which were extremely bright.
The moment the thousand figures shrouded in gray mist appeared, the flaming red lanterns in front of the houses on both sides of the surrounding streets suddenly shook violently, and the demonic fire candles inside also flickered as if they were about to be extinguished at any time.
Wind –
Extinguish extinguish!!
In the silent street, another demonic wind suddenly hit, and the lights of the thousands of homes on both sides of the surrounding area finally couldn't withstand the wind and went out one after another. The already dimly lit street also became dark at this moment, and I couldn't see my fingers. And as the lights went out, thousands of figures floating in the gray fog also completely disappeared into the darkness at this moment.
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"Strange! Why do I suddenly feel restless? ”
The Snowy Night Emperor, who was dealing with government affairs in the imperial study, slowly put down the book in his hand, looked up, and showed a pair of sad eyes, and thought inexplicably in his heart.
"Huh? Why is it so quiet? ”
The Snowy Night Emperor frowned, the air seemed to be a little too quiet, and then he looked around, suddenly, his eyes shrank, and a strong sense of unease suddenly appeared in his heart.
Because he found that the waiter who never left him no matter what he did on weekdays was gone, and he didn't feel the breath of the other party's presence when he was waiting for the maid at the door.
"Someone! What about the little plums? ”
There was no response, and in the entire spacious room, there was only an echo except for the sound of the snowy night. His mind sank suddenly, even the most dull person could find out that something was wrong, not to mention that he was still the emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, the Great Emperor of the Snow Night.
The waiter who usually never leaves an inch suddenly disappeared, the footsteps that could be heard everywhere in the palace were also silent and empty, all of this happened quietly under his nose, and he, as the lord of the empire, Xue Ye actually didn't react until now.
Calm down! Calm down!
The Snowy Night Emperor forced himself to calm down, he was the lord of a country, and he must not panic. After glancing around, there was no change from before except for the lack of Xiao Lizi, and then he stepped out of the room and came to the balcony outside the hall, looking at the scene below, except for the empty one, only a pitch black remained.
The imperial palace of the entire Heaven Dou Empire, no! Or to be more precise, the entire Heaven Dou City, except for the light of the hall where Xue Ye was located, everything around him was pitch black, as if he was the only one left in the whole world.
At this moment, even if Xue Ye was the emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, no matter how strong his heart was, no matter how deep his city was, in the face of this situation, his heart began to panic.
After all, he is only at the level of the Soul King, and as an emperor, at this time, most of the combat power in the entire palace has all supported the two major beast tides, not to mention the serious emptiness of the troops, even if the troops are not empty, he is also at a loss in the face of this situation.
Even if he is a stupid person, he knows that there is an invasion of outsiders at this time, and he doesn't know how the enemy did all this, but until this time, no one has come to the rescue, which can already explain a lot of things.
"Unruly ......"
"Bah, hey, hahahahaha......"
At this moment, a strange laughter suddenly came from the darkness below, and Xue Ye was startled, and hurriedly looked down, but he couldn't see anything except the darkness.
"Babble, babble, hahahahahaha......"
As soon as Xue Ye stretched out his head and looked down, the strange laughter suddenly came from behind him, and he hurriedly looked back, although there was a light behind him, but he still didn't see anything.
As soon as Xue Ye turned around, the strange laughter suddenly came from all around him, this time the laughter was no longer in a single direction, but from all directions.
Xue Ye looked around in a panic, but except for the weird laughter, it was still empty, and he didn't see anything.
He began to panic inside, and shouted around him, "Who the hell are you?" What kind of skill is pretending to be a ghost? There is a kind of manifestation for me! ”
"Babblehahahaha......"
"Someone! Come on! Help! Come to the rescue! ”
But no matter how the Snowy Night Emperor shouted, all that was answered was the eerie laughter of the void. At this moment, his mind was already filled with fear, and his spirit had begun to collapse.
"Who are you? What exactly do you want? Why do you have to pretend to be a ghost and play tricks on me like this? ”
Swish!
At this moment, suddenly a ghost shadow flashed behind Xue Ye, and then another ghost shadow floated past his side, Xue Ye looked around with a panicked face, more and more, more and more, all around was a shadow as fast as a ghost, with a strange laughter floating in the air, the figure flickered.
Swish!
At this moment, suddenly a ghost figure with a hideous grimace mask floated in front of Xue Ye, only less than five centimeters away from him, staring at him and smiling.
"Are you looking for me?"
"Scared!"
Xue Ye's mind was suddenly frightened, and he looked at the grimace mask that was about to be attached to his face, and his eyes were full of fear.
"Uh-huh-hahahahahaha......ha
The ghost seemed to enjoy the frightened face of the snowy night very much, and suddenly laughed strangely when he looked at the other party's expression, and what was even more strange was that his mask, which should have been very rigid, was actually revealing a corner of his mouth that was cracked to the base of his ear as he laughed. Even the already dim lights in this hall began to become strange and bewitching, and blood even came out of the fiery red lanterns.
"Ghost ...... Hell! ”
Xue Ye looked at this hideous and weird smile on him, and the terrifying atmosphere around him, and screamed out in horror, and his mind suddenly stopped under extreme fright, and then he fell down with wide eyes and full of horror.
Since then, the emperor of the dignified Heaven Dou Empire, the Snow Night Emperor, has been scared to death by the past, and until the moment of death, he doesn't know who is going to make a move on him, and he doesn't understand how the other party did all this.
At the moment when the snowy night was frightened to death, the thousands of ghosts that had been floating around also disappeared, along with the strange laughter, and the lantern mixed with blood also returned to its original appearance. Even the entire dark space shattered like a mirror, and then slowly returned to light.
When the darkness that shrouded Heaven Dou City disappeared, where was the street empty? The lights of thousands of homes are bright and dazzling, illuminating the streets with laughter and a steady stream of pedestrians.
Compared to the prosperity of Heaven Dou City, the imperial palace in the inner city was a scene of silent mourning, with thousands of soldiers in white armor and spears surrounding a golden and splendid hall. At this time, on the balcony on the top floor of the main hall, hundreds of civil officials or military generals in armor in official uniforms knelt on the ground with silent faces on their faces, and in front of them lay the Snow Night Emperor with wide eyes and a look of horror.
At this time, these officials were also very puzzled in their hearts, and just a quarter of an hour ago, the Snowy Night Emperor, who was reviewing the recital, suddenly went crazy.
Yes, it was the little plum who suddenly went crazy, and had been waiting beside Xueye, suddenly saw their emperor stand up, and then suddenly shouted that someone was coming, no matter how he shouted, to pull, but the other party seemed to not see his existence, and walked to the balcony by himself, and then saw the other party shouting with frightened eyes.
And Xiao Lizi cried and walked in front of him, but after the other party glanced at him, he was actually killed alive......
"Huh? Didn't you ask someone to go to the harem to spread the word? Why hasn't anyone come for so long? ”
"What about the Four Princes? What about the Prince? The emperor died, why didn't even the two of them come? ”
Time passed minute by minute, the officials below began to riot, and the prime minister who was kneeling in the first place also found that something was wrong, because he went crazy as early as the snowy night, and the maid went to call people after finding out that the situation was wrong, but until the emperor died for half an hour, he still did not see the harem and the prince come alone, and even the prince of Xuexing was nowhere to be seen.
You must know that the Snowy Night Emperor at this time is still dead! If the people of the royal family don't come, they are not qualified to close the eyes of His Majesty. But you can't just let the snow night stay dead and keep your eyes on it, right?
Immediately, the prime minister looked back at Xiao Lizi, who was kneeling beside Xueye in pain, and said, "You go and see what is going on, why Your Majesty died, and no one from the royal family came!" ”
"Woo woo woo...... Be! ”
Xiao Lizi cried and cried from kneeling in front of the snowy night and stepped back, taking a step back and kowtowing.
The prime minister silently looked at the back of Xiao Lizi leaving, and then turned back and said, "What about the imperial doctor?" ”
"The lower official is here!"
A healing soul saint who was kneeling not far from the prime minister looked up and answered. He is the royal healing soul master by Xue Ye's side, and he is also the healing soul master with the highest soul power, the strongest healing ability, and the highest official position in the Heaven Dou Empire.
"Have you found out how Your Majesty died?"
"Back to the Prime Minister, the lower officials didn't find anything out of the ordinary!"
"Hmm...... Then check the meal Your Majesty ate tonight, who made it, who sent it, all of them are connected to the nine clans! The prime minister ordered in a cold tone.
"Yes!"
Now that Xue Ye has died, the crown prince and Prince Xuexing are not there, and his power is the greatest. In this case, naturally no one dared to contradict him, because he was not only a prime minister, but also the strongest person in the Heaven Dou Empire.
"No...... Oh no! After...... The harem concubines are all dead! ”
"No...... Oh no! Prince Xuexing is dead, along with the princess and the little prince's family of three! ”
"Oh no! Four...... His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince is dead! ”
"No...... Oh no! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is missing! ”
“……”
At this time, the maids and guards who had left to inform the harem and the royal family shouted loudly downstairs in horror.
"What!"
Including the prime minister, a total of 344 civil and military officials were suddenly shocked in their hearts, and their eyes were all panicked. At this moment, everyone present finally understood that this was a premeditated and targeted assassination.
"Who is it? Wuhun Palace? Or the Star Luo Empire? ”
The prime minister's heart suddenly sank at this moment, even if he has been powerful recently, he has no intention of fighting for power now.
"Quick! Quickly spread the border and inform all troops to return to the capital as soon as possible! ”
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And everyone didn't notice that on a building not far from here, there was a straight figure shrouded in a black robe, looking indifferently at the civil and military officials in the main hall.
Suddenly!
This figure moved, and just when everyone didn't react, his figure flashed like a ghost and came to the balcony of the main hall, and took away the Snowy Night Emperor with lightning speed.
“……”
Miraculously, none of the hundreds of people in the entire hall stopped the other party, and after a moment of panic, they actually watched the other party with a very tacit understanding and let Xue Ye's body be taken away.
It wasn't until they saw each other go away and never saw each other again that everyone on the balcony finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's terrifying, the breath of that moment just now, I actually feel like I'm falling into an ice cave!"
The prime minister of the eighty-sixth-level Contra Douluo strength looked at the sky where the black-robed man was gone, and patted his chest and thought with palpitations.
The moment the other party appeared just now, he originally reflexively wanted to stop the other party, but he felt the fleeting breath on the other party's body, and he was stunned for a second.
Now that Xue Ye is dead, no one in the entire royal family has survived, even the dozens of concubines in the harem, including the queen. He had to start thinking about whether it was worth it before he did anything.
Moreover, the most important thing is that from the other party's method of killing only Xue Ye and the royal family, and not harming civilians, it shows that the other party does not know why he does not want to kill more 'innocent' people. Therefore, there is no need for him to force his head out and waste his life in vain.
And the rest of the civil and military officials present, their inner thoughts were also very different from the prime minister's, and more importantly, they saw that even the prime minister didn't make a move to stop the black-robed man, so they also chose to watch each other leave.
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