Upx Chapter 158 (1/2)
Chapter 158: Supreinal and most updated translations are from volare If read elsewhere, this chapter has been stolen Please stop supporting theft
Sootten their hands on oil, which they now poured all over Xie Anshi+’s body until he was completely soaked Xie Anshi+ had only broken his jaw, so while he couldn’t speak, he could move perfectly fine He tried ees only kicked hiain Finally, the exhausted round with the stench of urine e from his oil-sodden form
Many refugees suddenly realized for the first ti more than stray curs when they were beaten and down One of them tossed a torch on Xie Anshi+’s body As his body ed by flames, Xie Anshi+ thrashed about wildly and howled
Fang Tang ran back to Lou Zigui and said, “Supreme Commander, that whelp probably never expected to die like that”
Lou Zigui didn’t speak He stared wordlessly at the huround, his eyes ruthlessly cold Hurried hoofbeats came from the other end of the street
“Kill!” At the word of co to the slaughter
“It’s Chen Lu,” Fang Tang said after spotting the man in the lead
“Have the refugees disperse,” Lou Zigui murmured in a low voice
“Why aren’t you running yet?” Fang Tang shouted at the refugees “Are you waiting to get killed? They’re calvarymen from the capital’s barracks, do you want to throw your lives away?!”
A few of the i spread the word When Chen Lu had galloped into the crowd and ran into their forces, he and his cavalrye over the foot soldiers, to say nothing of the unarht The rest were alerted by Fang Tang’s shouts and quelled by the sight of their dead kin They began to scatter to the four winds Chen Lu didn’t order his men to chase them down, but rushed to Xie Anshi+’s side and cried frantically, “The fire, put out the fire!”
Fang Tang wanted to rush forward, but Lou Zigui held him back
Two soldiers ran forater, but Chen Lu quickly called them off “Can’t you smell the oil?!” If an oil-based fire met water, it would only exacerbate the flames The two soldiers proceeded to take off their outer robes and beat the flames off Xie Anshi+’s body
“Are we going to let Xie Anshi+ go just like that?” Fang Tang asked Lou Zigui in a small voice
“After being burnt like this,” Lou Zigui replied, “He’ll be living a fate worse than death,in fact he’ll be wishi+ng for it”
Soon enough, the soldiers put out the fires on Xie Anshi+’s body The third young round, his entire body blackened by the flames Even his four li it i Tang arched a brow as he saw Xie Anshi+’s ruined face If he’s still alive after this, wouldn’t living simply be torture?
Chen Lu juure that resembled a lump of charcoal He didn’t knohere to start
“Judging by the shape of the body, it’s probably Third Young Master Xie,” Chen Lu’s vice commander muttered Chen Lu knelt down to test for Xie Anshi+’s breathing, only to find that he was still alive He then picked up a scorched snuff bottle off the ground and inspected it before inhaling sharply
“General?” his vice commander hastened to ask
“He’s Xie Anshi+,” Chen Lu said in a low voice This was Xie Anshi+’s personal snuff bottle that he carried around at all tiuesses had been confirmed, the vice commander broke out into cold sweat All of the capital barracks’ soldiers had been busy fighting fires when Third Young Master Xie was burnt to a crisp by the refugees Hoere they supposed to explain themselves to the Grand Preceptor?
“So Master Xie back to the Grand Preceptor’s estate!”
A few soldiers ran forward to lift Xie Anshi+ off the ground, but thethe white bone beneath The soldiers were terrified by the sight The vice co the street and take off one of its door shutters Xie Anshi+ was thus lifted onto the long wooden plank Chen Lu tested his breathing oneMaster Xie’s breaths eak, as if he’d expire anytime
“Quick,” Chen Lu commanded the soldiers “Hurry and take hiinally, General Chen even wanted to have soui made him s his words The current e to the Grand Preceptor Inviting an i
The soldiers carried Xie Anshi+ out of the alley
“You, follow them,” Chen Lu ordered his vice commander
His vice commander asked, “General, what do we tell the Grand Preceptor?”
“Just say that you saw Lou Zigui,” Chen Lu replied, “You don’t need to say anything else” The vice commander nodded and chased after the troop of soldiers Chen Lu walked to Lou Zigui and said, “Supreme Commander, I’m afraid it’ll be difficult to explain this”
“Really?” Lou Zigui s his white teeth
Chen Lu said, “You’ll have to give the Grand Preceptor some sort of explanation”
“The Grand Preceptor should be giving His Majesty an explanation for the fires in the capital,” Lou Zigui said warmly “When you see the Grand Preceptor, remember to tell hi himself in his own plots as well”
Chen Lu watched as Lou Zigui and his s The Grand Preceptor set these fires to deal with His Majesty? Meanwhile, one of his military officers had just returned from Tao Chen’s estate to shout, “General, the Tao Estate—all of the Tao Estate’s people are dead!”
Chen Lu heard a buzzing between his ears By the time he reached the Tao Estate with his men and opened the doors, all they saw inside were corpses Blood flowed towards the lower ground of the courtyard to collect into a scarlet pool
“Search about,” Chen Lu ordered as he stood in the courtyard His fingers and toes were ice-cold “See if there’s anyone still alive We have to find His Excellency Tao Chen”
The soldiers scattered to the four ends of the compound
“They’ve looted everything from the estate as well,” the officer added in a sees in the streets, so it was impossible to tell which ones were the culprits”
Chen Lu suddenly stepped on so soft beneath his feet When he held his torch and looked down, he saw a human hand There was no blood on the body part, but it was lying by itself on the ground