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Fifth Prince Xuanyuan An's side had already signed a truce agreement and was preparing to return to the capital when they suddenly received an urgent letter from the matriarch.

Opening the letter, he discovered that matriarch was worried about his safety, so he asked him to find a guard to disguise himself as him, telling him to sneak into the caravan and secretly return to the capital.

His eyebrows were tightly furrowed. If he was discovered like this, it would be a grave sin. The matriarch even specifically mentioned how the Second royal brother was repeatedly assassinated on his journey to the south, telling him to be extra careful.

"Fifth Prince, the army is ready to go." The guard came in to report.

"Qing Feng, come take a look." Qing Feng was his personal attendant.

As soon as Qing Feng received the letter, before he could take a look, another guard ran in from outside. "Reporting to Your Highness, the Emperor has sent someone to deliver an urgent letter."

Qingfeng presented the letter. After Xuanyuan An read it, his expression changed. Waving to the guards to get him down. After the guard had left, Qing Feng hastily asked, "Your Highness, did something big happen?"

Xuanyuan An passed the emperor's letter to him as well. After Qingfeng read the two letters, his expression became solemn. "Your Highness, the Empress's worries are very reasonable. His subordinate had originally thought that he would be fine when travelling alongside the army. However, the Emperor ordered the army to remain on standby. He only needed to summon His Highness back to the capital, and things would become troublesome. The army that was transferred from other places, why are they staying here? "

"Imperial decree, we have no way of guessing." Xuanyuan An sighed, "Maybe the matriarch has a foresight and already expected that the army would not come with us."

"Your Highness, why not let your subordinate disguise as you, and then you can take your other half of the bodyguards along the small path."

"No." Xuanyuan An said resolutely, "You don't have to say anymore, I won't leave you alone and leave you alone. "Qing Feng, we are brothers. We have been ever since the ancestor sent you to my side."

Qing Feng was slightly moved, he knelt on the ground and pleaded, "Your Highness, the bigger the better."

Xuanyuan An helped him up, "I am ranked fifth among the princes, and have already been destined to have no fate with the throne. In my entire life, I don't seek for anything else, I just hope to be safe and sound. If you're still worried, you might as well pretend to be me and sit in the carriage, while I disguise myself as a guard. "

Seeing that Qing Feng obviously did not agree, he said resolutely, "This is the biggest concession This Highness has made. If you don't agree, then I won't even pretend to be a guard anymore. I can sit up straight and not be afraid of assassinations. "

Qing Feng had no other choice but to find a subordinate who was adept at disguising himself and change their appearances. When he left the border, he sat on Xuanyuan An's horse carriage, while Xuanyuan An rode on his horse behind the horse carriage.

Dongfang Duo stood at the top, watching Xuanyuan An leave, and then looked at the army that was unmoving on the spot in confusion. He didn't know what Tianchong was actually up to. If he remembered correctly, during the war, the Tian Qiong sent over at least a hundred thousand of his men from the other locations.

Dongfang Duo stood there for a while with cold eyes. Then, the guard walked up and said that he was ready to go. Dongfang Duo returned to the tent and Yuwen Tian Qing hurried over, "Your Highness, you're back?"

"Mn," Dongfang Duo pinched her chin, "You still haven't told me who you are? If you don't say it, I'll throw you here. "

Yuwen Tian Qing was a little afraid and nervously grabbed his sleeves. Her eyes were full of pleading, "Your Highness, please do not abandon Chang Le. Chang Le is scared."

Seeing her trembling, Dongfang Duo retracted his hand and looked at her, "If you follow by my side, you will be nameless and disqualified, and won't even be a concubine."

Yuwen Tian Qing's aggrieved eyes revealed a trace of cowardice, but she still hugged his waist, "Your Highness, I am willing. As long as Your Highness does not abandon Chang Le, Chang Le will not care about anything."

Dongfang Duo hugged her back, "Pack it up, we'll go with the army."

The second prince of Falcon Kingdom, Yuwen Jingsheng, had a dark expression as he watched the troops of the two nations leave. Then he stopped abruptly. The army of Tian Qiong did not leave like what was written in the contract. He sent someone to ask around. He only said that he wanted to rest for two days and would be leaving on time two days later.

Yuwen Jingsheng had no choice but to accompany them at the border gate. Only after confirming that the Tian Qiong's army had retreated in two days' time did he finally return to report to the palace. Although the war had been pacified, and he had paid quite a bit of compensation, he had luckily succeeded in his mission. He hoped to use this matter to let royal father see his excellence and make him Crown Prince.

Xuanyuan An had already been on the road for two days, and during these two days, it was very quiet.

In front of him was a lone mountain. The mountain was very steep, and as he was certain that there would be no one there, he followed the rest of the group as they slowly passed through the front of the mountain. Just as the guards were about to leave the area covered by the mountain, a huge rock fell from the sky towards the carriage.

"Protect his majesty." Some sharp-eyed guards noticed the danger and shouted in panic.

Xuanyuan An also shouted loudly, "Qingfeng, jump down."

The bodyguards surrounded the carriage, but once the boulder was in the air, it immediately fell down and scattered in panic. Xuanyuan An shouted loudly as he jumped down from the horse. Only after flipping twice did he manage to dodge the boulder.

With a loud bang, a huge rock fell from the sky and smashed the carriage into the ground, raising dust and dirt twenty feet into the air. The handsome horse whined and immediately turned into a pile of meat paste.

"Qing Feng." Xuanyuan An's eyes were about to crack when he heard another gust of wind from above him. Raising his head, he saw countless stones falling from the sky.

"Run, quickly leave this place!" The guards were panic-stricken and worried.

Xuanyuan An's eyes were bloodshot, looking at the location of Qing Feng, he knew that he was definitely going to be there. Without enough time to grieve, he was knocked to the ground by the falling rocks. He got up and ran for his life.

After this round of attack passed, he weakly hid behind a pile of rocks. It was the closest place to the mountain, and also a blind spot. The rock that was pushed down from above could not hit this place.

Looking around, the messy pile of rocks was filled with the smell of blood, brain matter, blood, and various other limbs. Just a glance at it made one's stomach churn.

The group of people that were still alive a moment ago were instantly killed and crippled. Ear-piercing screams rose and fell one after another, as if they were in hell on earth. Especially those who weren't dead even after being pressed down by the stones, they were all shouting for help one after another. Even if such a person were to be saved, he would not be able to survive. He could only endure the inhuman pain and wait for death to befall him.

Xuanyuan An vigilantly looked ahead, and even after waiting for a long time, no one appeared. He was finally relieved and carefully moved out of the place. Unleashing his Qing Gong, he pushed his speed to the limit, desperately trying to escape this Asura hell.

"Chase after them. There's still one alive." No wonder there was no sound for a long time. It turned out that the person hiding on the mountain had already descended into the bushes at the foot of the mountain.

Xuanyuan An felt that he had never been in such a sorry state before. Wearing the clothes of a guard, he was desperately chased by a group of extremely vicious people. Someone released an arrow from behind him. He staggered and got hit by an arrow from the back. However, he was unwilling to fall.

Run, keep running …

Laughter came from behind, and he was hit by another arrow in his leg. He fell to the ground with a thump, despairing. These people's methods were so cruel, today he was definitely going to die.

He struggled to sit up, but the others had already surrounded him.

"Run! Why aren't you running anymore?" Someone stepped forward and deliberately kicked him in the left leg.

He couldn't control himself from screaming. His entire body was drenched in cold sweat as he stared at these people with eyes filled with fury. "Who the hell are you?"

These people were all wearing black scarves, and other than their eyes, they could not see anything else.

Someone laughed out loud, "Naturally, it's the person who wants your life."

"I'm just a guard. Do you need me to kill all of us?" His face was no longer the same as before. Even if the current him were to tell others that he was the Fifth Prince, Xuanyuan An, no one would be willing to believe him.

Because Xuanyuan An's carriage had already been smashed into pieces by the first boulder, he was probably the one who died the most miserably. There was nothing left of him but a pile of meat paste.

"You really want to live?" someone asked.

"No one wants to …" "Die." After being shot twice, the scenery in front of his eyes dimmed. In addition to the fact that he was bleeding profusely, even if these people let him go, his chance of survival was very slim.

The man smiled sinisterly and pulled out the long arrow on his back, bringing out a cloud of blood mist, then disdainfully throwing away the long arrow, he said cruelly, "This lord is in a good mood, today I'll let you go. If you don't work hard enough and die, then you can't blame anyone else."

Xuanyuan An could no longer hear what he said after that, and the moment the arrow was pulled out, he had already fainted. Bright red blood oozed out from his back and quickly dyed his clothes. After watching for a while, they left without any mercy.

Not long after those people left, a woman passed by. She alighted from the horse and probed Xuanyuan An's breath, discovering that he was still breathing, she bandaged his wound on the spot. Then, she gently stroked the horse's head, causing it to kneel on the ground. She supported Xuanyuan An onto the horse's back and brought him away.

When Xuanyuan Zhi received the news that the Fifth Prince had been assassinated on the way back to the capital, he stayed silent for an entire day. On the morning of the next day, he told Xuanyuan Zhi the news of the Fifth Prince's death in front of the other officials.

The emperor's face was dark. "royal brother, you're bluffing. We haven't even received any news yet, who did you hear it from?"

"Your majesty, then tell your subject where the Fifth Prince has gone to, and how long until he enters the capital?" Xuanyuan Zhileng and the emperor looked at each other, and the emperor looked away guiltily.

"How would This Emperor know?" As the prince of a nation, wherever he goes, he will not even report his whereabouts to us. Do you really think he still has our royal father in his eyes? "

"Then this subject would like to ask, if the Fifth Prince didn't return within the time limit, how would the Emperor deal with him?"

"We will not forgive anyone who dares to ignore the imperial edict."

All of the officials looked at roasting king, and someone asked, "Your Highness roasting king, the Fifth Prince really …"

"This king received news that the Fifth Prince did not go with the army. Instead, he went alone with over a hundred guards. When they reached the lone mountain peak, many boulders were suddenly dropped from the mountain. Not a single one survived."

"Could it be a natural disaster?" Someone sighed.

"This King is sending people to investigate. In the past few decades, there has never been a single occurrence of a rock falling from a lone peak. This King believes that someone must have done it intentionally to kill the Fifth Prince." When he said these words, his eyes became even colder, and he stared straight at Xuanyuan Xiao who was seated on the dragon throne.