Chapter Twenty-Five: The Beginning of Bloodshed

It's like being in a fog. In the empty streets, Zhong Lishuo stood alone in the alley, breathing heavily.

He didn't know how he was here. But he knew for sure what he was hiding, and that was what scared him. At this time, he was drowning in darkness, and he was reaching out his tentacles. I want to catch him. But before he caught him, the thing that scared him seemed to be playing with him in the palm of his hand, as if he was laughing maniacally at his stunned expression.

Zhong Lishuo kept running along the streets and alleys in the fog, and the road behind him collapsed as he walked away. Until he was forced into an alley.

It was dark all around, and Zhong Lishuo's breathing was extremely heavy, and his body was so tired that he couldn't lift a single step. However, the danger around him is getting closer and closer.

Suddenly, a hand reached out from behind him, and his fingers caught his neck like dry wood, and dragged him backwards with great force. Zhong Lishuo reached out and tried to break the hand stuck in his neck, but it was useless.

He felt a breath blowing on his neck, cool, with a slightly fishy sweetness.

It's blood!

Zhong Lishuo hurriedly covered his neck with his hands, but felt that the warm liquid was flowing down his fingers. The bright red liquid soaked his clothes, and the more he flowed.

"Ah!!h Zhong Lishuo began to scream in panic.

It was the middle of the night, and Wen Shumei was awakened by Zhong Lishuo's "whining" sound from her throat. She felt strange and got up to look at Zhong Lishuo, who was asleep with his back to her. At this time, Zhong Lishuo was closing his eyes tightly, frowning tightly, a layer of fine beads of sweat had formed on his forehead, his expression was extremely painful, Wen Shumei looked at it, and couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart. She was just about to call Zhong Lishuo's name, only to find that Zhong Lishuo's hands were stuck on her neck.

"Ahh Wen Shumei was frightened at first, fell back, and sat on the bed. Then, she settled down, and once again reached out to take Zhong Lishuo's hand, and pulled them off his neck.

Due to the excessive exertion, Zhong Lishuo was awakened. When I opened my eyes in the haze, I saw Wen Shumei in front of me. In the dimness, the feeling of her eyebrows and eyes seemed to be enough for the first dust. Zhong Lishuo had just escaped from the nightmare, but he fell into this sudden happiness. He couldn't help but reach out and hug Wen Shumei in front of him. With force between his arms, he tightly clamped Wen Shumei to his side. Wen Shumei was so caught up by Zhong Lishuo that she couldn't breathe, and her hands were clenched into fists and gently hit Zhong Lishuo. Only then did Zhong Lishuo regain consciousness.

Relaxing the strength between her arms, Wen Shumei got up from him and returned to the side where she was sleeping. Zhong Lishuo was a little embarrassed in his heart, watching Wen Shumei fall asleep with her back to her, and there was some reluctance in her heart.

He suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled Wen Shumei's body, turned over and pressed it.

Wen Shumei was startled by Zhong Lishuo's movements, and by the time she reacted, she was already lying under Zhong Lishuo. Zhong Lishuo leaned into Wen Shumei's ear and blew softly. As he did this, he remembered that he had done this to himself at first. Another strange sensation rushed over his brain, and he couldn't help but increase his strength.

A one-night spring supper••••••

At three o'clock in the sun, Zhong Lishuo was woken up by Wen Shumei. He reluctantly opened his eyes, and a ray of sunlight was shining through the window straight at him.

"Your Highness, the crown prince is here. I'm waiting for you in the study. Wake up. Wen Shumei's slightly delicate voice came, and Zhong Lishuo suddenly came to his senses and sat up from the bed with his hands propped up.

"What is he doing here?" There was a smell of unhappiness in Zhong Lishuo's words.

"I don't know. I also find it weird. He only said that he had something important to look for you. Wen Shumei tilted her head and continued. When Zhong Lishuo heard this, he roughly understood the purpose of the prince's coming, and he waved his hand:

"Okay, I got it. I'll go. With that, he rolled over and got out of bed.

Wen Shumei looked at Zhong Lishuo and felt that he had become a lot stranger overnight. Last night's gentleness seems to have disappeared without a trace as soon as it was exposed to the sun like night dew?

After half a pillar of incense, a well-dressed Zhong Lishuo appeared in the study. The prince was sitting on the Taishi chair next to the desk, and when he saw Zhong Lishuo, he stood up.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Zhong Lishuo saluted first, and the crown prince Zhong Linuo hurriedly stepped forward and held Zhong Lishuo's arm:

"Brother Huang is very polite. I have come today to discuss with the royal brother on important matters. Brother Huang, please take a seat. After speaking, he helped Zhong Lishuo to sit down on the chair next to him.

After the maid looked at the tea, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhong Lishuo's mouth:

"The prince just said that there is something important, I don't know what it is?" The prince lowered his head slightly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he glanced at Zhong Lishuo, and gently patted his left hand with the handle of the fan he held in his right hand:

"You already know that the queen mother is in a hurry to put me in power." When Zhong Lishuo heard this, he instantly felt that he didn't want to talk to the prince anymore. He nodded cooperatively. The prince looked at him, but a wry smile appeared on his face:

"Do you know what the royal brother is for?" Zhong Lishuo shook his head. The prince suddenly sighed:

"Brother Huang is a smart man. So I made it clear. The queen mother also knew that Shangguan Hong wanted to control the government, so she wanted her father to pass on to me, but after all, because Shangguan Hong was my own uncle, these practices were not suitable after all, so ••••••"

"So you want me to help you?" Zhong Lishuo answered. In fact, he knew very well what the prince was going to say, but he was not sure whether the prince wanted to trick himself. So he smiled and shook his head:

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, it's not that I don't help you, it's that I don't have the heart to fight at all." Before Zhong Lishuo's words were finished, he saw the prince take out an envelope from his sleeve, he handed the envelope to Zhong Lishuo's hand, and motioned Zhong Lishuo to open it to take a look, Zhong Lishuo's eyes were full of questions:

"What is this?" The prince smiled silently, and gently spat out a few words from his lips:

"Shangguan Hong's life!" When Zhong Lishuo heard this, he was not shocked, and he was about to say something more, but he found that he couldn't say anything. But his own hand magically took out a few pages of the envelope.

While looking down to read, Zhong Lishuo's brows gradually tightened, and when he finished reading all the words on the paper, he was speechless.

"So••••••" Zhong Lishuo felt a little stuttering, he had never thought that Shangguan Hong had such a deep conspiracy behind him.

"That's right, Shangguan Hong is the person behind the imperial court's destruction of the Phantom Pavilion, a killer organization that has failed many times without results."