Chapter 807 (1/2)

Published at 19th of March 2019 08:36:23 PM

Chapter 807

Ning Que held onto his walking stick and looked at Hua Shanyue . He leaned half of his weight on the walking stick . His posture made him seem earnest in his gaze toward Hua Shanyue, almost as if he would look through him .

Hua Shanyue felt a little pain between his eyebrows . He felt like Ning Que's eyes were like two sharp knives . So he leaned over to one side, holding Xiao Man's hand .

As he leaned, he opened the view of the night sky for others . But in doing so, he blocked Li Yu's sight .

Earlier when he said there were 30 Shenhou crossbows in the night, he wasn't lying . As Hua Shanyue turned his body, a shrill sound suddenly pierced the quiet courtyard .

Snowflakes were pulverized as dozens of arrows were shot from the trees next to the wall, pointing at Ning Que on the terrace .

There wasn't much snow falling in the courtyard, but now it seemed to acc.u.mulate more and more . There was a strange force on the snow, causing sharp lines to appear in it .

After crossing the snow, the sharp arrowhead from the crossbow was like a head cut in half by a sharp knife . It was broken and fell . Then the crossbow arrow broke piece by piece . It was scattered in the air .

There were dozens of arrows . They couldn't cross the snowstorm outside . They shattered into countless broken pieces . The snow scattered the pieces everywhere, like dead branches falling from a tree .

The fragments of the arrow fell on the snow and made a loud noise . The people inside and outside the terrace were shocked by this scene until they came to after hearing the sound .

There were two loud sounds . Many of the Tang Army soldiers shouted as they drew the swords . They swung their swords toward Ning Que's head .

Ning Que leaned on his walking stick . He didn't even look at the swords . He just kept looking at Hua Shanyue, quietly .

The pain between Hua Shanyue's eyebrows kept getting worse and worse . His body and soul were both cold .

Before the Tang Army's swords could reach Ning Que's side, they fell down . The swords were cut in half by a sharp noise . Then the hands holding the swords were also cut .

Two distinct cut marks appeared on their chests and abdomens . The blood slowly came out of the cuts . The cuts gradually opened wider and wider . It was a horrible sight .

Even though Ning Que didn't have a sword, he still made the two cuts on the Tang soldiers' bodies . And even though the cuts were on their front sides, they felt the pain on their backs . The capes worn by the Tang soldiers were all torn in two and fell to the ground .

The cut halves of the capes rolled up as they hit the ground . Blood streaks were visible . It looked like a river of blood . The Tang soldiers couldn't stand anymore and fell to their knees in the river of blood .

Hua Shanyue's pupils were contracted to pinpoints, yet still looked calm . He asked Ning Que, ”Is this the word?”

Ning Que looked at him, still holding onto his walking stick . He didn't say a word . Then he straightened his posture slowly and loosened the horizontal piece of wood from the bottom of his walking stick . He looked as though he was preparing to draw a sword or write something .

These two scenes showed the power gap between the two sides . Everyone could see Ning Que's actions and guess what he would do next .

Just then, Chao Xiaoshu grabbed Ning Que's shoulder .

Ning Que wanted an explanation .

Chao Xiaoshu looked at the Tang Army on the ground and asked, ”Did you just come back from the front lines?”

It was very quiet on the terrace . n.o.body answered his question because n.o.body knew why he would ask this question .

Ning Que knew Chao Xiaoshu was talking to himself . He looked at the dew on the fallen Tang soldiers' faces, remaining silent . His right hand grabbed his walking stick again, putting his weight on it .

He looked at Hua Shanyue and said, ”Whatever you're thinking, it's wishful thinking . ”

Hua Shanyue looked at his subordinates lying on the ground in their own blood . He was silent for awhile . Then he took his right hand back from covering Xiao Man's eyes . Hua Shanyue said to Ning Que, ”Thinking sometimes can be a ridiculous thing . You can kill me, but you cannot stop me from thinking . ”

When he said these things, he went through a myriad of facial expressions: regret, self-deprication, unwillingness . He wanted to help Li Yu escape Chang'an, so he made a careful plan . However, who could've guessed two guests of this caliber would come in this kind of weather to disrupt the calm where the Princess lived?

The Princess' house had been quiet for a long time . But tonight, it came alive again . The Bodyguard office and Chang'an Local Government sent a lot of people to the house . The front of the house was lit by many torches . People gathered on both sides of the street . They looked and judged all movements and sounds . They all said bad things . Only gossip and judgement .

The fight was tense . The Tang people were still in the front lines, but the n.o.bles within the city of Chang'an were still causing so many problems . n.o.body would show sympathy to the losers .

Hua Shanyue and over fifty Tang soldiers from the Gushan Commandery had their weapons taken away . They were then removed from the Princess' Palace . The jail cells were waiting for them . As for what their ultimate punishment would be, n.o.body knew .

In hindsight, this rescue seemed to be wishful thinking . It seemed fair to say these people were out of their minds going on a mission like this . But in actuality, Hua Shanyue deserved to be called a leader of the Tang Army . He wasn't as useless as he was shown to be . The plan he had made in advance was actually perfect .

Just when he had returned to Chang'an, he started fighting thunderously . He planned every part . If he could just take Li Yu out of the Princess' Palace, no City Patrol Department or Bodyguard office could stop them from leaving Chang'an . And if he really took Li Yu back to the Gushan Commandery, who knew what would come of the Tang Empire?

Unfortunately, he had terrible luck . n.o.body could have thought Chao Xiaoshu would go to see Li Yu . What's more, Ning Que went to the Princess' Palace with him .