Chapter 81 – The Enemy Lives The Evil Prince and his Precious Wife The Sly Lady (2/2)
Murong Jian’s face darkened to a murderous degree: You have no proof of me wanting to kill you and Murong Ye!
Of course I do! That horse which just fell over was drugged by you, which was the best evidence!
Murong Xue’s gaze turned icy: Even though it has fallen down the cliff and no doubt, died in a splattered mess, but there are many patrol guards here. If they search carefully for it, they will indeed find its body……..
Murong Jian’s face darkened even more, his hand under his sleeve clenched into a fist and he gritted his teeth: Murong Xue…….
“Sir Murong……. Sir Murong……. Are you alright?” The patrol guard saw that Murong Jian was staring elsewhere – unblinking – for quite some time and was worried.
Murong Jian jolted to his senses and feigned a smile, “I’m alright. I just accidentally fell off the cliff myself…”
Having heard his father’s answer, Murong Ji jolted and interrupted, “Father, but I saw it with my own eyes that…”
Murong Jian raised his hand and cut him off, “That was what happened. Son, you were quite some distance away when it happened, you did not clearly see what was really going on.”
Murong Ji swallowed what he wanted to say and glared at Murong Xue, then Murong Ye. His eyes were filled with impenetrable hatred.
The patrol guard nodded: “Ahh I see… Sir Murong, you must have been frightened to death.”
Murong Jian smiled, “You have saved me, I will always remember that. My assistant has been seriously injured and is still unconscious. Could you please send him back to Zhen Country Palace to rest?”
The patrol guard looked at Murong Jian with surprise, “Sir Murong, you’re not going back?”
“I need to accompany Ji to the army camp and won’t be returning. Thank you all.” Murong Jian smiled and pushed a silver ingot into the hand of the patrol guard, “A token of gratitude, to buy yourself some wine.”
The patrol guard squeezed the silver ingot and smile broadly, “Thank you, Sir Murong.”
Murong Xue raised her brow lightly. There were vine leaves on his robe, he must have held onto vines while he was falling and steadied himself, which explained why he was still alive.
His sleeves however, were very much torn in many places and when he had passed the silver ingot to the patrol guard, his hands were trembling slightly. It was obvious that his arm had been injured. Why would he still not return to the palace to treat his wounds and insist on going to the army camp? Was he really that keen on letting his son join the army, or did he have another evil plan in store along the way?
“Heir Ouyang, excuse us!” The guards’ bellows bore into the ears of all. Murong Xue looked over and saw the guards bowing to Ouyang ShaoChen then continuing with their patrol.
She blinked a few times. Murong Jian’s right hand man, Cai Jin, had a broken his leg which meant Murong Jian had lost another helper in his devious plan. If he were to execute another one, it wouldn’t be as successful as this one. Let’s see if he has any more tricks under his sleeve!
“Brother, it’s getting very late. Let’s continue our journey to the army camp.”
“Alright.” Murong Ye nodded. His horse had gone mad and strayed off track, which wasted a lot of time. Hopefully he could still get to the army camp on time.
“Young master, allow me to give you a ride.” Ge Hui led his horse over to Murong Ye.
Murong Ye’s horse had fallen into the abyss and Murong Jian and his son were still here, so who could guarantee that the other horses hadn’t been drugged, too? Ge Hui was worried about Murong Ye riding alone so that was why he made that offer.
“Alright!” Murong Ye nodded and mounted up Ge Hui’s horse after him.
Murong Xue too, mounted her horse. A white robe floated into view and sat behind her. A faint smell of bamboo ink encircled her nose. Murong Xue raised her brow at him, “What do you think you’re doing?”
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