504 Reminder (2/2)

Shangguan Yun snorted with a smile. This move of the Dragon King was too strange. He asked Xia Wenxiong to release Shangguan Fei's acupoint and issued an order to the others, ”There are more assassins hidden here. Find them out.”

After entering the mineshaft and lighting the oil lamp, Shangguan Fei got more comfortable. The attitude of the Third Brother was as kind as before, and he sent away his substitute to see Shangguan Fei alone, as an act of trust.

Before Shangguan Yun could ask, Shangguan Fei confessed everything and especially emphasized that all his actions were forced.

After hearing this, Shangguan Yun finally realized that the assassination attempt had nothing to do with the Dragon King. He was not the only one who couldn't find the Dragon King -- neither could Maid Lotus.

Shangguan Yun's question thus became,”What is the intention of Maid Lotus?”

”That bitch,” Shangguan Fei finally let it out after feeling oppressed for so long, and then felt much better. ”She betrayed me, betrayed everyone. She said she would break the trap for the Dragon King. But she ran away, leaving everyone else behind. ”

The guards kept reporting news from outside, and Shangguan Fei listened carefully to each one of them. The guards reported that another assassin had been caught, but didn't described the appearance of the captive. Finally, Shangguan Fei mustered up some courage, gnashed his teeth and then said, ”There is a swordsman from the Great Snowmountain named Long Fanyun. If you catch him, please hand him over to me. He took me as a hostage and forced me to go across the sea and enter the mountain. By the way, Third Brother, you have to be careful. Meng Mingshu has some connection with the Dragon King...”

Shangguan Fei had confessed his mission of sending a message to Meng Mingshu and was about to telll him more just as the temporary wooden door of the mineshaft was knocked open, and Xia Wenxiong broke in. His face was red as blood and furious. He pounced on the transfixed Shangguan Fei and shouted, ”I'm gonna kill you! ”

Shangguan Fei had just started feeling safe and was totally defenseless. There was no way he could dodge Xia Wenxiong.

Shangguan Yun stepped to Xia Wenxiong's side fast and put his left hand on his shoulder to stop him from advancing. He said, ”This is my brother, Shangguan Fei. Take it easy.”

Xia Wenxiong was outraged and forgot that the Cloud King was his master. He pointed to Shangguan Fei, gnashed his teeth, and growled, ”This bastard killed my eldest brother!”

Shangguan Yun was a little surprised. Xia Yingxiong just fell down and bled a little, and he had been speaking loudly moments ago. ”Your brother died?” asked Shangguan Yun.

Xia Wenxiong nodded indignantly, saying, ”He kept vomiting blood until he died -- nobody could stop it. Someone said his guts were all broken into pieces. This bastard is ruthless, I ... I ...”

Xia Wenxiong's hands were covered with blood, and he was eager to take revenge. He didn't care if it was the Cloud King's brother. But the hand on his left shoulder seemed to be the weight of a thousand stones. He tried several times but couldn't move under it. He looked back and found that the Cloud King's face was stern. That made him sacred, and he restrained himself immediately.

Shangguan Fei kept stepping back and ended up with his back against the wet and cold wall. He kept shaking his head and said,”That's impossible, impossible... you all want to frame me. Third Brother saw it -- I was beaten.”

”It's you. You pretended your kung fu skills were low, but secretly, you used the evil tactics,” Xia Wenxiong said, not backing down.

Shangguan Yun suddenly remembered something and asked, ”I received information that someone killed a killer with one punch on the north shore. Was that you? ”

Shangguan Fei instinctively denied it, ”It was not me. It was Long Fanyun. He ...”

Third Brother's eyes were not so kind anymore. Shangguan Fei was too scared to keep lying and confessed,”It might have been me, but I only punched him once and didn't use full strength at all. He fell down because of a sudden illness, which had nothing to do with me. ”

Shangguan Fei became less confident. He had doubted before that he had killed the killer himself. How could he have that skill? Now another piece of evidence was in front of him. Xia Yingxiong had better Internal Strength, so he had stayed alive longer.

Shangguan Fei opened his mouth and slowly understood the whole story.

Shangguan Yun didn't know what his ninth brother was thinking, but he knew that it was right to spare Shangguan Fei's life.

Suddenly there were very loud noises outside, as if thousands of troops and horses were coming to kill him.

A panic guard rushed in and said, ”Soldiers have mutinied, saying they want to kill the Cloud King to avenge Ha Chilie.”

Ha Chilie died at the hands of Maid Lotus. Shangguan Yun revealed his death to the outside, but blamed a Golden Roc killer for his death. Ha Chilie was a useful traitor. Even though he had died, he had to retain the image of a loyal minister of the Dragon King for the time being.

This arrangement also posed a problem. Many tribe soldiers still considered themselves members of the Dragon Army.

”No need to panic. Block all the entrances. Kill all the soldiers who have already run out.”

Shangguan Yun did not worry about the mutiny of soldiers. There were many spies in the army, and they were able to control the situation. The soldiers were stirred up, but without any unification. They were just a mob.

What he couldn't understand was Maid Lotus.

The mutiny outside was apparently provoked by her, but in this way, the Dragon Army would suffer heavy losses, regardless of the outcome. The army would definitely be exposed and the so-called ”surprise soldiers” would never exist. The decisive battle would happen the day after tomorrow. The main force of the Dragon Army, which was at a disadvantage, would never win.

This move of Maid Lotus's almost destroyed all of the hopes of the Dragon Army, and the only use of it was to remind the Dragon King of the trap.

Shangguan Yun finally realized that he had made a big mistake. Maid Lotus was a woman, and a woman from the New Moon Hall. She was already insane enough to sacrifice tens of thousands of people to save the life of the Dragon King.

Did she know that the Dragon King would hate her to the core for this?

Shangguan Yun never thought that his plan would be destroyed at the hands of a crazy woman. Maid Lotus had said he would regret not killing her, and at this moment he did.

However, he was still the winner, and the whole Western Region would know afterwards that he destroyed the ambush, and that was why the Golden Roc Army would win in the final battle.

The Dragon King, hiding in the dark, was probably helpless.