The carefree sixth prince, my father respectfully invites me to ascend the throne.

Upon hearing his words, Qin Haoxuan smiled slightly, then stood up and walked outside.

……

Yang Ling stayed at the Qin residence for one night and left the next day. Bingzhou was a border town, and there wasn't much to do there. Yang Ling decided to go to the next place to explore.

When Yang Ling returned to the inn, Li Qing was already there.

"Your Highness, you are back."

Upon seeing Yang Ling return, Li Qing immediately spoke.

He then took a package from Yang Ling's hand, opened it, and immediately a fragrant aroma wafted out.

"Is this fragrant wood?"

Li Qing looked surprised after smelling the aroma.

After all, this fragrant wood is no ordinary thing.

In their eyes, fragrant wood is something they can't afford.

He just didn't understand why his prince would take such a thing.

No matter what, he was a prince and owned the entire Liangzhou region. Even the surrounding countries had become his vassal states. Logically speaking, he shouldn't lack anything.

“Send this thing back to Liangzhou immediately and hand it over to An Yu. Tell him to collect as many as possible.”

Yang Ling gave Li Qing some instructions, then turned and went back into the room.

Although completely bewildered, Li Qing had no choice but to obediently comply. After all, his prince was full of clever ideas and wouldn't do anything that would cause trouble out of nothing.

Once inside the room, Yang Ling took out the two pistols he was carrying.

Looking at his masterpiece, Yang Ling was naturally very satisfied. Industrialization reforms had now been implemented in Liangzhou.

I believe that it won't be long before the entire Liangzhou region enters an industrial society.

However, Yang Ling knew that before that, he needed to find a sufficiently wide escape route for Liangzhou.

After all, although this world may seem peaceful on the surface, there are actually turbulent undercurrents.

In this world, besides the few countries on this continent, there must be many other overseas countries.

Once he returns to Liangzhou, he will have his men explore the area as soon as possible. He plans to unify the world and lead the entire civilization of this world to ascension.

However, beautiful visions are just imaginations; let's solve the immediate problems first.

……

But before he could finish his sweet dream, a terrible thing happened that very night.

Qin Haoxuan's men sneaked here under the cover of night. If Li Qing hadn't discovered them in time, Yang Ling would probably have met with misfortune that very night.

"Who are you?"

Li Qing held a short knife in his hand, his eyes fixed on the person in front of him with a sinister look. At this hour, the person who came here was most likely there to assassinate him.

"You dare ask such a question!"

The leader let out a cold shout and thrust his long sword toward Li Qing.

However, under the cover of night, Li Qing's martial arts skills were far superior to his.

"boom!"

With a dull thud, the leader was kicked away.

"Go! Kill him for me!"

The leader spat out a mouthful of blood, then shouted at the people around him.

After seeing that he had been injured, those people immediately tried to attack him.

Yang Ling, being inside the room, naturally heard the commotion outside.

"They're trying to kill me again!"

Yang Ling stepped out, looking at those people with a cold expression, and asked coldly, "These people are really annoying. They've tried to assassinate me so many times, but which one of them was successful?"

Now look what's happened, they've actually chased us all the way to Bingzhou, they're really making things difficult for us.

Upon seeing Yang Ling, those people immediately prepared to attack, as they were determined to kill him this time.

Although there were rumors that Yang Ling was very skilled in martial arts, they didn't believe that a mere kid could have much ability.

But before they could even make a move, Yang Ling had already taken action.

He was holding a pistol and immediately fired at the leader.

Why resort to knives when a gun can solve the problem?

"boom!"

After a crisp sound, the leader was shot through the head.

Before those people could react, Yang Ling had already made her move.

After a few muffled groans, the men who had come to assassinate him were all lying on the ground, their blood staining the ground red, a truly horrifying sight.

"Your Highness, you killed them all?"

Li Qing looked at Yang Ling nervously. No matter what, he had to leave something unsaid. After all, such a thing had happened in Bingzhou, and they could question the Bingzhou governor, Qin Tian, ​​and demand an explanation.

"What's the point of keeping them alive if we don't kill them? They're all a bunch of people who deserve to die anyway. If we kill them today, someone will definitely slip up tomorrow."

Yang Ling seemed indifferent; after all, so many people had tried to assassinate him, so the death of a few wouldn't make a big difference.

Li Qing had no choice but to walk up to the corpse, search it thoroughly, and finally find a plaque that symbolized its identity.

"Your Highness, these all appear to be soldiers."

Li Qing's expression was rather grim at this moment, after all, he had not expected that the assassin was actually a soldier from Bingzhou.

This is a strategically important border area; how could soldiers be involved in such a thing?

"Hand this sign over to Qin Tian and tell him he'd better give me an explanation."

After hearing Li Qing's words, Yang Ling calmly replied.

"I understand, I'll do it right away."

Li Qing nodded, then put away the sign in his hand and turned to leave.

After returning to her room, Yang Ling closed the door.

But on the rooftop outside the courtyard, a pair of eyes were coldly watching them.

……

"Young master, all those people are dead."

Qin Haoxuan's expression turned ugly after hearing his subordinate's words.

He originally thought that the subordinates he sent over would be foolproof, but he never expected that those useless people would actually fail.

"Go and bring Zhang Tian to me. I refuse to believe that I can't kill him!"

Qin Haoxuan said angrily, having already made Yang Ling his target.

If I kill him, I will gain my father's favor even more, and then the entire Bingzhou will be mine.

"Yes, young master, I'll go right now."

……

But before Zhang Tian could arrive, Li Qing had already come.

"Sir, do you recognize this token?"

Li Qing walked directly in front of Qin Tian and threw the token in his hand onto the table.

When Qin Tian saw the token, his expression changed completely.

"This is a token belonging to a soldier from Bingzhou. How did you get it?"

At this moment, Qin Tian realized that something was wrong, and his face turned extremely pale.

Li Qing smiled slightly and recounted exactly what had just happened.

But when he mentioned that those men were soldiers from Bingzhou, Qin Tian slumped into his chair, realizing that something truly terrible had happened.