Chapter 147 (1/2)
Chapter 147: Killing the Master Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
Shangguan Hongye fell for the trap, but you couldn’t bla her best to remedy the situation
She spared no effort to discourage Lady Meng The guan Hongye’s house to lead Shangguan Hongye and his mother to her own residence At the saold and silver jewelry Once Shangguan Hongye arrived, she would give hipin
Shangguan Hongye knew nothing about Mada plot But as soon as he’d heard that his life was in danger, his legs turned into jelly Elderly Zhang had to help him onto his horse and escort him out of Stone Castle
Fortunately, Stone Castle’s defenses failed that night, and Shangguan Hongye snuck out successfully However, he was still far too afraid, and he vacillated between staying and leaving as he descended the mountain alone When dawn came, he had not traveled very far at all
It was only when the brown-belt assassins arrived, their expressions stone-cold, that Shangguan Hongye realised that so But it was too late to escape
Shangguan Hongye’s defectiondiscovered that it was Slave Huan who had leaked the information, she would not spare hile word, Shangguan Hongye petitioned for mercy He knew neither his real personal identity nor Slave Huan’s role in the whole ht-lipped All ell
Lady Meng’s way of dealing with Shangguan Hongye took everyone by surprise, especially Gu Shenwei He had never looked down upon Lady Meng but it was now that he realised how he had underesti and his sonsdid not kill Shangguan Hongye Instead, she personally accompanied him, just as she would her own son, took him by the hand and announced to everyone in the hall: “This is the Lord’s biological son who has been drifting purposelessly in the world He would have almost fallen in into the hands of traitors, but now he is safe withas I live, I won’t allow anyone to lay their hands on hi”
The people in the hall had heard about the dishar Master, as well as their illegitie attitude But being shrewd people, they all swar her on how the Lord had found his biological son, and praising the Lady’swas completely clueless about what had just happened to hih, only a dazed, dizzy sensation All that caless utterances- “oh oh”
Lady Meng proffered a scroll fro-prepared order fro’s hands, and brought both ite Yard “Go, I want to start the twocere order issued by Lady Meng She carefully selected a few trusted confidantes to guard the twins, and followed Shen Liang to execute theSlave Huan and Maid Lotus
Until then, observers had only begun to understand Lady Meng’s intentions in raising up Supreuan Chui and Mister Guo wanted to use Shangguan Hong to create a force of ten sons to oust Shangguan Ru Lady Meng had deployed the sa Master ould be ousted instead
Gu Shenwei hadhad no intentions of killing Shangguan Hong at all She wanted to wrest this unexpected “Young Master” firthen her power This was surelyhim
Gu Shenholly in awe of her plan He was relieved that Lady Meng had turned her ani hi did not care about Luo Ningcha at all She had only been jealous of Bighead Kingpin’s influence upon the Supreuan Hong but past wounds between the wife and the , Lady Meng pulled Slave Huan aside and softly instructed: “Let Ninth Young Master do the work”
Gu Shenas sure that Lady Meng’s trust in hi hoped that Slave Huan’s cruelty could influence her co, with his contingent of forty assassins in black, ten yellow-belted torturers, ten young killers, surrounded the twins and left the Inner Residence, heading for theMaster to perforone harsh training to become a killer However, in thehis knife and dispatching his subordinates to secretly assassinate Lady Meng and her twins Hence, when the execution squad arrived, Shangguan Chui had little uards beside him and they too were distracted and confused
“No one can kill uan Chui pointed wildly at the sky and the earth, and his heavy eyebags growing deep red fro and apart fro syht but despised how he had panicked in the face of danger Raising his red-scabbard saber high in the air, he said: “The Supreht there, and by the order of the Lord, I will kill this unfilial child”
The guards around Shangguan Chui put down their sabers hesitantly They were not killers and did not have to die with their uan Chui raised his saber and lobbed off the head of the ht “This is all fake! It’s the plot of that wretched person, Blademaster Shen Why don’t you all catch her? Don’t tell me you’ve fallen for the charuan Ru stepped out, saying: “Big Brother, don’t forget, uan Chui pointed at the twins laughing loudly, as if seeing theMaster truly carries the legacy of the Shangguan family You certainly live up to your nauan family are destined to murder each other Didn’t the Lord kill several of his brothers? Let eneration Come, when you kill me, my father will shower you with much more affection Ha, but leave me my eyes I want to see which of you will be killed after uan Chui still brandished his saber, not intending to be killed without a fight Shen Liang motioned to the assassins in black and two killers drew their blades and stepped forward
Despite being in charge of the killers for over ten years, Shangguan Chui still hadn’t a clue about their natures Loosing a howl, he rushed forwards to attack, co the two other killers had already moved to stand behind hi Master’s legs
Gu Shenwei had held on to his saber, waiting intently just for this verytiood his “ Master was a “green-masked” assassin who existed for the sole purpose of protecting his master No matter if his master was declared an unfaithful son, a traitor, or a usurper of his own father, he would follow hisin deserted places, only to ee, suddenly, out of nowhere
But in the eyes of Gu Shenwei, the “green er a creature who appeared out of thin air Instead, a bright, cold light reenone with a single swing of his knife Shangguan Chui did not even notice