Both worlds are like dreams
Chapter 27 The True Face of King Xu
Gu Qinglan nodded, and took Xuehuang to jump over the palace wall, pass through the rockery among the rocks, and bypass a lake covered with fallen leaves, and finally came to the stone road in front of a palace.
Xue Huang looked around. Although the palace was dilapidated, with weeds and collapsed stone pillars everywhere, it was not difficult to see its former grandeur.
The materials used are of great quality; the tiles of the palace are the once-popular glazed tiles, which still shine like mirrors.
The huge bricks and stones were polished very neatly, but now they are badly worn. The wood supporting the palace was of high quality, but now the red paint on it has fallen off. The pavilions and terraces have also collapsed, and the once precious flowers and trees have all withered and died, swaying sadly in the wind.
The entire palace no longer had any vitality or splendor.
“Is this the Tai Chi Hall in Beiyuan? I didn’t expect it to be so dilapidated.” Xue Huang said regretfully.
"After this palace was abandoned, it was said to be haunted. Over time, no one set foot here anymore. Even the concubines who made mistakes would rather be imprisoned than come here." Gu Qinglan said.
"Haunted? Do you believe it?" Xue Huang asked.
"I don't believe it." Gu Qinglan said. "But some strange things did happen here. But I just heard about it. If there is a chance, let His Highness tell you about it. He lived here when he was a child."
"Qinglan," Mo Ruilin's voice sounded from the palace, "Don't tell Miss Xuehuang about this embarrassing thing."
The two looked in the direction of the sound and saw Mo Ruilin coming out with a team of guards.
"You came a little earlier than I expected." said Mo Ruilin.
"No way," Xue Huang smiled, "Brother Qinglan is so smart."
"However," Mo Ruilin looked behind Xue Huang with a serious expression, "They are one step later than I expected."
Xue Huang turned around and saw two figures in black walking towards them.
One of them had his face covered by long gray hair and wrapped with cloth strips, leaving only his nose, mouth and one cold eye exposed. He was tall but a little hunchbacked, and his legs and feet were not in very good condition, but he walked very lightly, as if he was floating on the ground.
This person should be the Puppet Master of the Netherworld, the Faceless Ghost.
As for the other person, Xue Huang was not unfamiliar with him. He was the masked man in black who fought with Yue Zhu and Wei Yunzhou on the night of Yue Zhu's death.
"Your Highness Prince Xu, I have long heard of your great name." Mo Ruilin said with a smile.
"I have long heard of the Fifth Prince's reputation." said the masked man in black.
He admitted his identity without any hesitation. Xue Huang was slightly surprised. She didn't expect that he was King Xu of Beiyuan. Then it made sense for him to kill Situ Yue.
"You want revenge?" Mo Ruilin went straight to the point.
"Cause and effect are cyclical. Everyone must bear the consequences for their own actions." Xu Yao said coldly.
Gu Qinglan said, "Prince Xu disappeared without a trace on the battlefield that year. Who planted the seeds of karma for you to appear now?"
"It's your Beiling royal family and Beiling's iron hoof."
"It's not that simple, is it?" Gu Qinglan looked at the ghost. "This subordinate of yours has been hiding in Shangyang City for fifteen years. Who changed his appearance for him? As the main force of Beiyuan back then, why did King Xu abandon his country at the critical moment? And now that he has come for revenge, it can be seen that King Xu still hasn't forgotten the hatred for the country and the family. If so, there must be another reason for his departure back then, right?"
Xuyao's face was covered by a mask, so his expression could not be seen clearly, but his eyes were extremely cold. "Mr. Qinglan is indeed worthy of his reputation. Why don't you guess what the reason is?"
"I guess King Xu wanted to preserve his strength, right?" Gu Qinglan said. "Even if you were brave and good at fighting, Beiyuan was already defeated at that time, and it was futile to continue resisting. But you have so many masters under your command, so many people disappeared overnight without a trace, without leaving a single word. If someone didn't deliberately cover it up for you, this doesn't make sense at all."
"You guessed right, but unfortunately you only guessed half right." Xu Yao slowly drew out his sword, "As for the other half, it is meaningless to a dying person."
"Maybe, we are not enemies." Mo Ruilin said suddenly.
Xu Yao's eyes trembled, his expression was unknown, "The fifth prince of Bei Ling would actually say such a thing?"
"You are here today, you can't do it alone." Mo Ruilin's tone was very sure, "What made you cooperate with the enemy? Or obey the enemy's orders?"
Xuyao didn't say anything.
"Your disappearance is related to them, and your appearance is also related to them. I seem to see the thread of truth." Mo Ruilin continued.
"What you see may not be the truth, but the blade of the god of death." After he finished speaking, Xu Yao suddenly left the spot and headed straight for Mo Ruilin's heart with a sword in his hand. His speed was so fast that only a black afterimage could be seen.
"Your Highness, be careful!" Gu Qinglan said hurriedly.
The next moment, a blue figure appeared in front of Mo Ruilin, followed by the harsh friction sound of the two weapons colliding violently, which directly hit the eardrums of everyone present.
The blue shadow was Xue Huang. She was the first to react when Xu Yao's sword was stabbing at her. When she stood in front of Mo Ruilin, the sword in her hand had already blocked Xu Yao's killing move.
"Do you care so much about their lives?" Xu Yao asked, staring into Xue Huang's eyes.
"It's not very ethical of you to not even say hello." Xue Huang said with a smile.
"Morality?" Xu Yao seemed to have heard something funny, and his tone was extremely sarcastic, "Do they deserve it?"
"I think they are quite sincere. Why don't you consider cooperating?"
"Is his so-called sincerity to lead troops here to encircle and suppress me?"
Xue Huang twitched her lips, thinking that there was something wrong with his brain. If she didn't bring troops, was she waiting for him to kill her?
The sword powers of the two men were equally matched, one attacking and the other defending, with their internal energy gushing out, and the situation was deadlocked for a while.
The ghost of the puppeteer behind him opened his arms, and in the faint residual light, something seemed to shoot out rapidly. The soldiers who were originally blocking Mo Ruilin and Gu Qinglan suddenly had white eyes, their bodies began to become uncontrollable, and their arms moved stiffly like puppets.
Then the ghost's fingers were seen moving rapidly, as if playing invisible strings, and the soldiers began to change direction, raising their swords to attack Mo Ruilin, Gu Qinglan and the remaining soldiers.
"It's puppetry." Gu Qinglan said. "Everyone be careful, they are being controlled."
Mo Ruilin also knew martial arts, so he immediately picked up a weapon from the ground and fought with Gu Qinglan. But the soldiers who were manipulated were like puppets, and they started to kill people crazily without any regard for their relatives.
The fallen soldiers were once again controlled by the puppet master, and the soldiers he brought with him became the other party's helpers. He and Gu Qinglan were now isolated and helpless. This was something he had not expected.
The two could only stand back to back and struggle against the controlled puppets.
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