Chapter 343 - The Draw (2/2)

Shangguan Fei was relieved and even began generously congratulating Dragon King; he illing to co Dou had voted publicly for Shangguan Fei on behalf of the King It was akin to declaring that he would almost certainly win the position of the Emperor’s son-in-law

The others also held the sado and had already calmy conceded defeat in the next round of competition “We are not to be blamed; the Special E of Stone Kingdom would knohich side he should be on now,” he said

That evening, Yang Dou announced the specific agenda for the last competition It was very siuan Fei was bound to be the Emperor’s son-in-law “At noon tomorrow, both of you shall report to the palace and the princess will choose her consort”

Shangguan Fei was already beginning to accept congratulations Everyone knew that the princess could not go against the King’s intentions Since her brother had chosen to side with Golden Roc Fort, it was assumed that she would doold belonging to his nation and leave Stone Kingdom as soon as the princess had selected her consort Even so, he did not forget to co Officer of the Western Region what the special envoy has done It’s all his fault that things have turned out like this”

Even after the co did not show any intent to begin killing He re Master of Golden Roc Fort just like they were friends, which made many people relieved and sodom seemed to be afraid that he would miss out on the co to stir things up, “I thought that Dragon King was courageous, but it seems that he is just so”

Gu Shenwei faced defeat calhtfall, he stealthily left the courier station without anyone noticing

Not far fro in the bushes and waiting for hi up and continued tointo the city

In a re for the arrival of Dragon King and Maid Lotus

Gu Shenwei had disappeared for four hours last night to roup of bandits At Maid Lotus’s codo in different locations

The leader of the bandits was He Sancai, also known as the Invincible Machete of Tianshan He was a short, fat ; however, he was even more afraid of the woman beside him to the point that he dared not to even look at her directly

He Sancai led the way and invited Dragon King and Maid Lotus into an annex There were three captives inside the room

There was blood all over the captives; they had obviously been beaten and had undergone so that soed forand knelt down in front of hi We’ll tell you everything and dare not to conceal anything fro; he had already heard all their confessions via Maid Lotus He came here just to see if they were the people he wanted

Yes, they are, he thought

On the very first night, they cae A dozen machetemen dressed up as merchants had rushed into the tents of theto relieve them of a valuable object; however, in the end, they failed and retreated froroup of robbers

They had not given up and followed the dom They did not dare to rob thejue Temple Eventually, they found an opportunity to strike

A high-rankingan affair with a married woht and was caught red-handed by the machetemen on such an occasion They then forced him to steal an object from Master Fayan

The ree to do so After returning to the te for a few days, he finally took action in the night and stole the object before handing it over to theoutside the temple

The machetemen were overjoyed and did not expect to have been spied on in return

The fifteen roup of bandits not even twenty li frodom Most of them were killed and only three were captured alive

“They were sent by Wildhorse,” Maid Lotus said; she had already heard their confession earlier

Gu Sheneighed the cotton bag in his hand as he said, “We can begin talks with the toplans for it”

Gu Shenwei shook his head, saying, “My plan is exactly the opposite of his” He paused briefly, before repeating what Fang Wenshi+ had once said, “So candid is an unscrupulous act”

They ca over the wall, as usual, they knocked on the door directly

It see over the teht As soon as the door was knocked on, someone opened it from the inside

It was not a uard with a sci at his waist He whispered, “Please co The E time”

Gu Shenwei entered the teht

Meanwhile, not far froure ran into the royal palace and headed straight for the residence of the princess