Chapter 132: Yule Dies
"This woman is really crazy!" Li Zijun couldn't help but turn around and look in the direction of the palace and sighed.
"It's on fire!" shouted at this moment, pointing to a place not far away.
Li Zijun immediately turned his head to look at Yule's mansion, which was only a few streets away from Rochester Street, and he could clearly see that Yule's mansion had already burst into flames.
This is what Jihua is supposed to do, after a fire, everything will be reduced to ashes, and there will be no one to frame Yule and his family!
"Master Hou, I'm here to say goodbye to you!" said Elenor with a smile as she came to Li Zijun's side.
"You're leaving, where are you going?" Li Zijun didn't know that Elenor was leaving at this time, but when he saw Elder Susan who was following Elenno, he immediately understood.
"Elder Susan, could Weishenme be Elenno?" Li Zijun asked in a low voice as he pulled Susan aside.
"Master Hou, who do you think it should be?" Susan was not in a very good mood, and she stiffly replied to Li Zijun.
Li Zijun was shocked when he heard Susan's words, and he didn't know what else he could say next.
"I took the initiative to ask the elder to go to the south gate instead of you, and I have nothing to do with anyone else. Someone has to do this, and I think I'm the most suitable one, and you must not be angry with Elder Susan because of this!" said Elenore very calmly as she stood in front of Li Zijun.
"Are you crazy? didn't you tell me in advance when you were doing this?" Facing Elenno at this time, Li Zijun couldn't keep calm anymore, he almost roared and questioned Elenno.
Eileen saw that Li Zijun didn't say anything more, suddenly rushed into his arms and kissed him affectionately, then quickly turned around and left with a few other people.
Looking at Eileeno, who was gone with tears in his eyes, Li Zijun stood in place and was completely dumbfounded!
Sent someone to disguise himself as him, and used the 'thyme' on his body to attract Yale's attention to the south gate, which is a supplement and improvement to Li Zijun's group of people who broke through Jihua from the east gate, Jihua itself has no problem, but the people who execute this Jihua are basically nine deaths and no longer alive when there are masters in front of them and strong soldiers chasing and killing them in the back!
Li Zijun never thought that Eileno would take the initiative to take over this task, and it was even more obvious that Elenor would say goodbye to him in such a way.
In fact, Li Zijun was not too surprised by Elenno's action. He had always been able to feel Elenor's affection for him, he had seen Elenor's body many times in order to help him heal her wounds, although it was all out of helplessness, but for an elf (the Night Elves have always considered themselves indistinguishable from real elves!), it was difficult for Elenor to let go of herself. What's more, because Li Zijun can be regarded as a critical rescue for her every time, this also makes Elenno have an inseparable emotion for Li Zijun.
Although Li Zijun is very aware of this, he owes that feeling towards Elenar, and the departure of Victoria and Barbara has made him have a strong fear of this kind of curious emotion, so he has always kept an appropriate distance from Elenor.
But at this moment, Li Zijun looked at Eleno's back, he regretted it a little, he knew that the elves had such customs, he should give Elenno a promise, so that Elenor might not have made today's decision. It's just that now that everything is over, he can't redeem the fact that Ilenor went to the south gate on his behalf, if he replaces Elenor with someone else now, the fortress of confidence in their team will collapse in an instant, and he can only just watch Elenor leave.
"Someone's coming!" Fan Lunding pushed the depressed Li Zijun, waking him up from his frustration.
Fan Lunding's call also made Li Zijun's gaze catch up with Gavin, who was approaching quickly.
"Master Hou, where is my father?" Gavin looked around but couldn't find Yule, he looked at Li Zijun in panic and asked.
Li Zijun suddenly remembered what General Yule looked like at this time, sighed deeply, and pulled Gavin onto the carriage where Yule was resting.
"How did my father become like this? Didn't you say that you wanted to help me persuade my father to leave, and you wanted to lie to me?" Gavin saw Yule dying and enduring pain, and immediately turned his head and grabbed Li Zijun by the collar and asked.
"Gavin, let the Hou Ye go!" Yule gasped and raised his hand to stop Gavin, his body shaking violently.
Gavin didn't bother to question Li Zijun anymore, and just stepped forward to support the crumbling Yule.
Li Zijun knew that there must be a lot to say between their father and son, so he turned around and jumped out of the carriage and came to the front of the line.
"Master Hou, what should we do next?" asked Kate and Yule's chief of guard, York, as they both came to Li Zijun's side.
"What's the specific situation around us?" Although the shouts and killings around him were getting closer and closer, Li Zijun still allowed himself to calm down quickly, and he looked at the two people with sharp eyes and asked.
"We just got the news that our surroundings have been completely sealed!Especially the three streets leading to the east gate, which are almost full of people, it seems that Heller wants us to go on a killing spree!" Kate and York exchanged glances, and Kate spoke first. His tone was relaxed, without the slightest nervousness of being surrounded, and Li Zijun looked at him and nodded appreciatively.
"Who is in charge of these three streets?"
"From the point of being close to us, the three generals, Nick, Newman, and Omar, each with a thousand elite soldiers of the Royal Guard and thirty high-ranking warriors. York went on to say that his report was concise and not half a word of nonsense.
"Once a soldier?" Li Zijun asked with some curiosity after giving the order to go.
"After a short time in the army, I offended my boss and was rescued by the general, so I became his bodyguard!"
"What are the characteristics of these three people?" The Meng Lin soldier who rushed over first had already appeared at the corner of the street, but Li Zijun still asked York about the situation with great interest.
"Nick is arrogant, Newman is dull, and Omar is fierce!" York's face was not the slightest nervous, and he answered Li Zijun's question very calmly.
"Nick is this guy?" asked Li Zijun, pointing to the big man who was leading the army to keep approaching.
York didn't speak this time, just nodded slightly, and at the same time, a powerful battle intent rose in his body!
"The smell of 'thyme' is rapidly approaching the south gate, but the brigade is approaching the east gate! What the hell is Edlaide doing here?" Yale was a little confused when he heard his men's report.
Although due to the chaos on the battlefield, Yale has not yet received an accurate report on the relationship between Li Zijun and Yule, but just through the matter of Colin's rapid elimination, Yale has already made some judgments, he actually had conjectures about the union of Li Zijun and Yule before, and now this situation will not surprise him too much, he is just a little puzzled by Li Zijun's next behavior.
Based on Yale's understanding of Li Zijun, he felt that Li Zijun would not easily abandon his subordinates and escape alone. But the taste of 'thyme' doesn't lie, just now when Li Zijun left the palace, he also specially confirmed the smell on Li Zijun's body, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while.
"Yale-sir, what else can we think about? Now the facts have shown that the so-called brigade is just a front for Edlaide to cover the smooth slip of his squad from our eyes. ”
"It's just that Edlaide didn't expect that we had already planted 'thyme' on him beforehand, and his performance was simply self-defeating, and then he should throw himself into the net!" Webster, who was standing behind Yale, said with a big grin.
Heller sent another team to Yale at Zuihou's moment, ostensibly to help Yale control the overall situation, but Webster's various performances made Yale understand that these people were specifically there to spy on him. In particular, Webster's attitude towards Yale made him feel very uncomfortable in his heart!
"Master Webster, from what I know of Edlaide, he shouldn't have done such a thing, and I wonder if he had discovered the 'thyme' on him, and that he was only doing so to divert our attention in another direction?" Although Webster should have been at Yale's behest in Heller's order, neither Webster himself nor Yale had taken this order to heart. Yale has always had enough respect for Webster!
"Yale-sir, you think too highly of Edlaide! He is only a teenager after all, and Huluyu's failure to save him has already shown his cowardice! I disagree with you, I think it is normal for Edlaide to do such a thing! I beg you to give me the order to lead my men to catch up with them as soon as possible. Otherwise, I fear that Edlaide will immediately disappear into the city of Khauerfakkan if he realizes that Thomas Swordmaster is guarding the south gate. If he hides in the house of a nobleman, it will not be so easy for us to find him again!" Webster said to Yale, with some impatience.
"We'll wait a little longer and see what happens to that brigade. I still think there's something wrong with this!" Yale gritted her teeth, still holding on to her point.
"You'd better make a decision as soon as possible, Edlaide is approaching the South Gate very quickly, and if he does escape, then we will be in vain!" Webster said with disdain for Yale's approach at the moment, and he said in a strange manner.
Yale really didn't understand that Heller Weishenme was going to send such a person to him, so he forcibly suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and turned his gaze in another direction.
Nick was born in a Mill family, which was known for producing civil servants, and he was also an alternative in the family, and he didn't like to read much since he was a child, preferring to practice martial arts. After much education, the old man in the family really didn't have much to do with him, so he sent him to Geoffrey's door. Nick does have some talent in martial arts, and under the guidance of Jeffrey, he reached the level of a great swordsman in his thirties. It's just that his talent is nothing more than that, and it is difficult to make any more progress, Zuihou entered the Royal Guard on the recommendation of Jeffrey.
Although Nick has only just stepped into the ranks of the Great Sword Master, for the vast majority of ordinary people, it is also a very proud honor. Especially Nick's background, he has always been taken care of, which has gradually made him develop a personality that no one else sees.
Except for those few Sword Saints in the Menglin Empire, few people in the Menglin Empire were really taken seriously by Nick. Although Jeffrey repeatedly stressed to him how terrible Lee Zi-jun was when he accepted the mission, Nick didn't take it to heart at all, and he was even full of doubts about Lee Zi-jun's true strength. In his heart, he was very dissatisfied with ranking himself in the first line of defense, not that he was afraid of Li Zijun and his party, but that he felt that he was the strongest of the three, and he should be arranged in the first line of defense of Zuihou who turned the tide!
It is also based on this confidence that Nick stands out from the crowd and stands at the front of the team.
"You thugs who assassinated General Yul hurry up and arrest them, otherwise General Ben will command the army to rush over and leave you corpses all over the field in an instant!"
"If any of you are confident in your martial arts, you can also come and fight with General Ben alone, as long as you can put General Ben down, General Ben will also let you go!" Nick pointed to Li Zijun and his group, and said arrogantly. He is also very strange today, usually when he has something out of the ordinary, there will always be people around him who stand up to dissuade him, but today I don't know Weishenme, none of these people behind him are against him, which also makes Nick's confidence even more inflated.
"Is there something wrong with this person's brain!?Seeing that his martial arts skills are not much stronger than mine, how dare he shout so loudly in front of a group of masters like you!" Clemens, who was beside Li Zijun, looked at Nick with a surprised expression, but there was only mockery in his eyes.
"Since he wants to die soon, I'll give him a ride!" Elder Susan, who had been taciturn before, quickly rushed towards Nick without waiting for Li Zijun's answer.
"Haha, I knew you were cowardly, and you actually sent a woman out. Nick pointed at Li Zijun's team and shouted daxiao, and he even turned his head to look at his camp.
But at this moment, Nick heard a bad wind coming towards him, he didn't expect Susan's speed to be so fast, and it was already in front of him in a blink of an eye.
It was too late for Nick to turn around, so he had no choice but to throw himself straight backwards, intending to dodge Susan's attack first, and then find a way to counterattack.
It's just that Nick has overlooked an extremely critical problem, that is, speed! Nick's speed is far inferior to Susan's, and his posture is extremely awkward at the moment, and he can almost really feel Susan's cold dagger constantly approaching his neck.
Nick saw a 'blood arrow' shoot behind him, this 'blood arrow' was so beautiful! Nick sighed in his heart, and his exclamation turned into eternity at this moment.
With a "thud", Nick's body fell to the ground in a very strange way.
Susan didn't stop, and directly entered the opponent's camp! She finally let Li Zijun see her ability, but just a retreat, seven or eight of the soldiers of the royal guard had fallen to the ground. After they fell to the ground, none of them stood up or moved, and Li Zijun was surprised to see that Susan was fatal to them all, showing the excellent demeanor of a professional killer!
At this time, some of the high-ranking martial artists in Nick's camp reacted, and they rushed in Susan's direction one after another, intending to block her pace and stabilize the situation in the camp.
At this moment, a scene that Li Zijun never expected appeared, the royal guards on the opposite side, who had originally maintained a complete formation, suddenly became chaotic from the inside out, and this chaos quickly spread to the entire team.
"What the hell is going on?" Clemens looked at the other side, his expression incredulous.
"Either way, this phenomenon will only work in our favor, the whole team rushes forward, quickly rushes and passes through the opposing camp. Li Zijun waved his hand and gave the order for the whole army to press.
At the same time that Li Zijun broke through Nick's defense, Gibran and his men stopped Ralph, who was about to leave Yule's mansion.
"What are you doing here, Ralph?" asked Gibran, pointing at Ralph.
"I, I" Ralph didn't know that Gibran was here, and he couldn't tell everyone that he was on the orders of the eldest princess.
"It turns out that you were the one who united with outsiders to murder General Yule! You not only murdered the general, but also his relatives and the mansion, Ralph, you are really too much!" Gibran shouted angrily, pointing to the still burning Yul mansion.
"Yule is dead!?" Although Ralph has betrayed Yule, he has had a decades-long friendship with Yule after all, and he has just experienced the pain of losing his daughter, his expression is a little dazed.
"Poof" Ralph felt a pain in his chest, Gibran's sword had pierced his chest.
"I didn't! I didn't!" Ralph explained over and over again as he looked at Gibran.
"I know you don't, but there's no way Queen Athena needs you to die like this!" Gibran whispered in Ralph's ear.
Ralph's face changed, and he tried to argue for himself, but Gibran had already twisted the hilt of his sword.
"I hate it!" Ralph finally had time to say these three words, but the infinite remorse in his eyes already said how he was feeling at the moment.
Gibran didn't have time to care about Ralph's mood at the moment, he threw Ralph's body aside, and quickly killed several of Ralph's men, along with the people he had just brought over.
At this time, the news that Li Zijun and his party had passed through the first line of defense was also sent to Yale and Webster.
"Nick was actually killed by a woman just by a face, this waste!" Webster snatched the note from Yale's face, and after seeing Nick's killing, he threw the note to the ground and scolded.
"How could a thousand members of the Royal Guard, plus thirty high-ranking martial artists, be breached so quickly?" Yale picked up the note on the ground, looking at the record on it, and many questions rose in his heart.
"It's all waste! Usually they show off their might, but at the critical moment, they all become soft eggs! If the empire is handed over to them, hum!"
"After they broke through the first line of defense, they didn't act immediately, but took a short rest in place for a while, is this necessary with their strength?"
"They are doing this to make us think that Edlaide is among them, and to attract us to transfer more troops to the direction of the East Gate! Lord Yale ordered, Edlaide is getting closer and closer to the South Gate, if we let Edlaide escape from the South Gate or disappear due to our negligence, then it will be difficult for us to explain in front of Bixia!" Webster said in front of Yale.
Li Zijun's short stay at these people completely confused Yale. Even if Li Zijun wanted to set up a suspicious formation, it would be impossible for him to take such a risk? This is basically equivalent to giving the next two lines of defense time to be vigilant and strengthen their defenses, which will not do them any good for breaking through, how could Li Zijun make such an unwise choice!
In which direction is Edlaide going? Yale is not as determined as it was at the beginning.
"Wait, if Edlaide doesn't show up, we'll send troops to support the South Gate!" Yale hesitated, but continued to hold on to the original idea.
In fact, Li Zijun didn't want to stop, and he also had a helpless choice, because Yule passed away!
When Yule's subordinates heard the news of his departure, they were all slightly stunned, and then quickly fell into great grief! Gavin didn't realize that he had caused trouble until this time, and he shouldn't have announced Yule's death at this time, and he looked at Li Zijun apologetically.
Of course, Li Zijun couldn't blame Gavin at this time, he smiled and patted Gavin on the shoulder, and immediately organized a simple and short send-off ceremony for Yule, and then led the team to continue to set off.
"Elder Susan?" Li Zijun walked to Susan's side, Susan's crazy performance just now was obvious to everyone, he wanted to comfort Elder Susan a few words, and at the same time, he wanted to Daoqian to her for his previous words and deeds, he didn't want Susan to have a grudge against him all the time.
"Master Hou, I understand that you are doing this for the good of Elenno, I will be fine for a long time, you don't have to worry about me!" After some fighting, Susan looked extremely tired, but she also vented the depression in her heart. She saw Li Zijun coming over with guilt, waved her hand lightly and said.
"You'd better go see Gavin!"
"We have been prepared for General Yule's affairs for a long time, and I didn't know how to comfort him in the past, maybe it would be more suitable for him to calm down alone for a while!" Li Zijun glanced at Gavin, who was lost in his soul, sighed and shook his head.
"Gavin not only lost his father today, but also lost his childhood sweetheart's wife! You better go and see him, I'm really worried that he won't be able to bear such a big blow!"