C16

The third day of the fifth month was about to arrive. From Tian Xin Building to Quanzhou Fuyuan Temple, one had to travel for two days on horseback, and five days on foot. Lu Haoran asked Yue Zijun to borrow the horse to leave, Yue Zijun did not ask him where to go. It wasn't that he didn't want to ask, but that he didn't need to. He had already known Lu Haoran's destination two months ago.

It was unknown whether they would live or die if they left. It would be very difficult for them to meet again.

The night before his departure, Yue Zijun sent off Lu Haoran with his flute. The melodious melody of the flute contained a strong feeling of parting.

Lu Haoran was not proficient in music, but he was still able to hear some differences in Yue Zijun's melody. He couldn't help but ask, "Yue Zijun, do you like me?"

"I have no regrets in my life that I was able to get to know Brother Lu."

In the end, Yue Zijun didn't directly answer Lu Haoran's question. Lu Haoran still didn't know what Yue Zijun was thinking, whether Yue Zijun was sincere or just faking it, and whether this acquaintance of theirs was an meticulously planned plan or not.

As expected, someone came to meet up with him at Fuyuan Temple. Lu Haoran reached his hand into his pocket to feel the black box after a few signals. However, at this moment, Lu Haoran turned around and took a few steps forward. He looked like he was about to run away.

With the sudden change in the situation, the people who were lying in ambush around Lu Haoran came out one after another and surrounded him.

Lu Haoran laughed dryly a few times, turned around and said: "Yue Zijun, Yue Zijun, you really did come."

Yue Zijun walked out from behind the wall with a calm and collected expression. The mission of bringing the box to Fuyuan Temple is over. Obediently leave the thing there and I'll let you go. "

Lu Haoran shook his head as he retreated, his eyes were filled with sadness.

Yue Zijun's heart ached, but he endured it and said: "Lu Haoran, why are you doing this? That thing has nothing to do with you. If I let you throw it away earlier, the cleaner you throw it, the better. "

However, Lu Haoran still shook his head.

"Lu Haoran!" Don't you know how many lives that thing has to do with? Are you sure you aren't afraid of implicating the nine clans? "

Lu Haoran looked at Yue Zijun with a profound gaze and suddenly asked, "If you were me, would you hand it over?"

Yue Zijun was silent. After a long while, he said: "Yes!"

"Lies!"

"I …"

"Once Young Master Youxiang and Yue Zijun agree to do something, I will do it no matter what. I, Lu Haoran, admit that I am inferior to you in every way, but I will keep my promise. I don't want to do it to others, do I?"

"Lu Haoran..." I've already said everything I wanted to say, but you're still stubborn! This can't be blamed on me! " After saying that, he waved his hand. "Capture him!"

Yue Zijun's subordinates followed the order and surrounded the two of them for a fight. Yue Zijun just stood there and watched without making a move. This was the biggest concession he could make. Yue Zijun knew that it would be difficult for his men to capture Lu Haoran. In fact, Yue Zijun was secretly hoping that Lu Haoran would be able to escape, so he didn't make a move.

However, the situation did not develop as Yue Zijun had expected. Just as Lu Haoran was about to escape the encirclement, layers of elite soldiers appeared around the Fuyuan Temple.

This time, even Yue Zijun was dumbstruck. It was only when Seventh Prince was respectfully invited out of the Fuyuan Temple inner courtyard by Bu Fang that he found out that the mantis was behind them.

"Yue Zijun is Yue Zijun after all. It seems like you don't even have a sliver of hope for survival." Lu Haoran mistook all this for Yue Zijun's arrangement, and even more disheartened. One moment he thought Yue Zijun was softhearted and wanted to let him go, the next he would be surrounded by layers of elite soldiers. If he acted rashly, he would turn into a hornet's nest.

At this moment, Yue Zijun's heart turned cold. He walked up to Seventh Prince and knelt down: "Greetings, Seventh Prince."

"Mm, well done, get up!"

Yue Zijun stood up and followed behind Seventh Prince, but his gaze was focused on Lu Haoran.

"Lu Haoran, no one dares to not hand over what This King wants. You are quite bold." Seventh Prince had a smile on his face and spoke as if he was talking about the weather, but Yue Zijun knew that Seventh Prince was angry. The more he spoke with such a casual tone, the angrier he got.

"I will keep my word and keep my word."

"Even if it's impossible for the whole world?"

"Lu Haoran does things as expected of him."

"What are you going to do with it?"

"Useless."

"Then do you know what This King's purpose is?"

"I don't know."

"Do you know what's in that box?"

"I don't know."

"Very good. If you die here today, do you have any hatred?"

"Where is the destination? If Lu Haoran is destined to die today, there will be no complaints."

"He really is a good man!" Seventh Prince had a praising look in his eyes as he nodded with a smile. However, the next moment, he said, "If we didn't meet under such circumstances today, This King would rather admire you. "Unfortunately …" With that, his expression changed, and his trained elite soldiers placed their spears on Lu Haoran's neck.

At this point, Lu Haoran had given up on resisting. He had heard that Seventh Prince's elite troops had gone through a long and arduous journey before selecting generals. No matter how skilled they were, they were still outnumbered.

Seventh Prince's face turned green as his trusted aide searched his body, but he couldn't find the box. "Lu Haoran, I am not as patient as Zi Jun. You are the best at playing tricks with me."

Lu Haoran smiled lightly: "I only wanted to trick Yue Zijun once, but I didn't expect that you would fall for it too."

"What do you mean?"

That day, I promised Brother Yu that I would keep the things in his custody for half a year. If he's still alive after half a year, then wait for me at Fuyuan Temple for three days. But Brother Yu died five months ago, and I know that I won't be able to see him, so how could I be so stupid as to keep the box? "

"You said that someone will contact you …" Yue Zijun's face turned green, he didn't understand what Lu Haoran meant.

"If Hangzhou didn't die in your hands in the next few days, naturally, there would be a contact."

"Why did you lie to me?" They had actually played such a dangerous and boring game for nearly half a year, but he, Yue Zijun, used all of his skills in exchange for a joke in the end? What a joke it was for this dumb guy to look at him, Yue Zijun!

"Aren't you lying to me?"

"You!"

How could he, Yue Zijun, be willing to allow a person like Lu Haoran to play around for half a year with pride?

"Son, enough!" Seventh Prince put his hand on Yue Zijun's shoulder and said very seriously, "Haven't you played enough?"

"Prince …"

"Don't think that This King doesn't know what you've done in the past half year. This King just doesn't care and doesn't mean he doesn't know!"

Hehe! How could he not know how many eyes Seventh Prince had placed on him? He had done so many things for Seventh Prince, but he was still unable to gain the trust of this person. Every single move of his was being monitored.

"Although the item is gone, you can't leave." Seventh Prince said, "Lu Haoran, This King wants you to stay here with your life."

"Your Highness!" Yue Zijun said excitedly, "You said you don't want to implicate innocent people, he doesn't know what's inside."

"How can a single side's words convince This King? Furthermore, he would rather kill a hundred than to let go of one.

Yue Zijun trembled. Of course he understood, but he couldn't bear to part with Lu Haoran.

"My son." Seventh Prince whispered in Yue Zijun's ear, "Even if This King can be sure that he has never seen it before, under the current circumstances, this person definitely cannot be allowed to live."

"Why …"

"Do you think I would leave such a person who can change your mood in this world?"

Yue Zijun was suddenly enlightened. It turned out that the person who killed Lu Haoran was him. Seventh Prince had already had the intention to kill when he requested for the order to swindle out of the register. He was Seventh Prince's man. Seventh Prince never allowed weaknesses to exist in the people around him who did things for him.

However … Lu Haoran... He's Lu Haoran!

Yue Zijun looked Lu Haoran deeply in the eye, suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to Seventh Prince.

Seventh Prince was surprised for a moment. When he came back to his senses, he found that Yue Zijun had rushed into the encirclement with the intention of breaking through with Lu Haoran. This scene completely angered Seventh Prince. He gritted his teeth and shouted: "Release the arrows!"

The arrows rained down from the sky like a rain of arrows. The two people who had become the target of the arrows fell heavily from the sky. Their bodies were riddled with wounds.

— — The content is from [Mick Read]