A moonless and windy night.
Prefect Cao was enjoying a precious moment with the Loulan beauty in the room.
Suddenly, a powerful guard hurriedly ascended the steps and urgently reported at the door: "Sir! Something has happened!"
Prefect Cao, in high spirits, was abruptly interrupted and unhappily frowned: "Get out! Deal with it tomorrow if it’s important!"
The Loulan beauty seductively entangled him, captivating Prefect Cao into a trance.
Prefect Cao immediately pounced on her once again.
"Sir, the Loulan Prince... has been killed!"
Prefect Cao’s body froze violently.
The Loulan beauty pushed him off, lifted the curtain, and stepped down, disregarding her disheveled clothes. In quick strides, she reached the door and opened it to ask, "What did you say? Who has been killed?"
The guard replied, "Loulan Prince."
The Loulan beauty held onto a sliver of hope: "Which Loulan Prince?"
The guard, steeling himself, said, "Prince Amushan."
The Loulan beauty slapped the guard to the ground and immediately dashed out the door.
Prefect Cao emerged, clutching his waistband, but the beauty was nowhere to be seen.
He angrily asked: "What exactly happened? Who dared to kill my nephew?"
The guard said, "I don’t know, sir. I followed your orders to guard Prince Amushan secretly, but his horse ran too fast, leaving me far behind. By the time I caught up, Prince Amushan was already dead."
Prefect Cao staggered back a few steps, his face pale: "Where’s the body?"
The guard replied, "The Loulan people took it away."
Prefect Cao paced back and forth in the room: "I’ve heard that the Loulan people are savage, and now the Loulan Prince has died on my territory. This is bad... Hang on... he mentioned he was going to kill the court official staying at the Meng Family, could it be... that the official silenced him instead? If so, then this has nothing to do with me!"
He halted his steps, "You heard it too; I tried to stop him! I told him not to act impulsively and to consider things carefully, but he wouldn’t listen, insisting on doing it his way..."
"I, I, I have to report to the court! To say he killed the Loulan Prince!"
"Oh? How does Prefect Cao plan to report to the court?"
A leisurely voice sounded from beyond the door.
Like a breeze in the night, yet laced with a chilling danger and murderous intent.
Prefect Cao was taken aback.
The guard quickly drew his sword, standing protectively in front of him: "Who are you?"
Shangguan Ling kicked the guard aside.
Lu Yuan walked in, hands behind his back, bathed in the moon’s cold light, with graceful ease.
His posture was tall and slim, with a face captivating enough to topple a kingdom, yet possessing eyes as dangerous as Yama’s.
Prefect Cao had seen Lu Yuan before, yet the man before him seemed different from the day.
He seemed to have emerged from Purgatory, exuding an endless aura of blood.
Prefect Cao wondered if he was seeing things, sensing a veil of blood mist enveloping the man.
He suddenly recalled a phrase Amushan told him at night—a strong dragon does not oppress a local snake.
At the time, he agreed wholeheartedly.
But now, he felt inexplicably guilty.
He saluted, beads of cold sweat forming on his brow.
Shangguan Ling dragged a chair over for Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan sat down and simply voiced a nonchalant "Hmm."
Prefect Cao instantly knelt down in fright. Follow current novels on 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦•𝘯𝘦𝘵
Shangguan Ling held the hilt of the Brocade Spring Saber, standing imposingly beside Lu Yuan.
The guard had long since fainted, unconscious.
Prefect Cao’s eyes darted around.
Lu Yuan said indifferently, "Stop looking; your men have been dealt with."
Prefect Cao’s heart sank.
With only one guard, this man defeated all of the Cao Family’s top fighters?
And did so silently...
What kind of monstrous expert is this...
"M-May I ask, sir... was it you who killed Amushan?"
Lu Yuan replied, "Are you interrogating me?"
Prefect Cao quickly bowed his head to the ground, "I tried to warn Amushan against disrespecting you, sir, but he wouldn’t listen. He’s the Loulan Prince; I tried hard to stop him, even sent someone to inform you..."
Shangguan Ling mocked: "Keep lying and I’ll cut your tongue out!"
Prefect Cao’s face changed drastically: "Spare me, sir!"
Lu Yuan said, "Tell me what you know."
Prefect Cao asked nervously, "What do you mean, sir?"