Nine Chapters of Strange Cases

Chapter 391 Don't Stop Me from Killing Him

Commander Huo scoffed, "He wants to distance himself from the matter, but little does he know that he's only slowing down his journey to the underworld."

Zhou Zhao did not press the matter. His Majesty's elevation of the Third Prince was merely a ploy to compete with the Empress's clan. Now that the treasonous plot had been exposed, his wolfish ambitions were laid bare.

Even though Commandant Huo hastily plotted a rebellion, they did not openly participate in it.

However, having lost the Emperor's favor, even if His Majesty does nothing to him, the Empress will surely kill him as a sacrifice to the flag when the Crown Prince ascends the throne.

Zhou Zhao looked at Grand Commandant Huo, who was sitting on the ground. Because his dantian had been destroyed, he looked much older in an instant. He no longer had the aura of a Grand Commandant who was second only to the emperor. His body was covered with wounds, and blood was flowing all over the ground. He exuded an aura of impending death.

"You should die on the execution ground, not in the imperial mausoleum as you wish."

As Zhou Zhao spoke, he stepped forward and sealed his acupoints to stop the bleeding.

Just then, a voice as loud as thunder suddenly rang out from outside the stone wall, "Ah Zhao! Brother Changying!"

Zhou Zhao's eyes lit up; it was Ah Huang!
Just as she was about to step forward, she heard Ah Huang shout, "Get back!"

Before Zhou Zhao could respond and say that he could find the mechanism to open the stone gate, he felt a surge of heat and suddenly fell into a warm embrace.

Su Changying moved her to a different position, then turned her back to the door, completely shielding Zhou Zhao from view.

He was very tall, and out of concern, he bent down and pulled Zhou Zhao into his arms.

Just then, a loud crash was heard, and the huge stone wall, which was painted on both sides, was angrily cleaved open by Ah Huang.

Shards of stone flew everywhere, one of which struck Commander Huo squarely in the chest. He groaned, and a trickle of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Zhou Zhao peeked out from Su Changying's arms and looked towards the door. He saw Ah Huang carrying a large sword, walking through the flying dust and gravel as he entered.

His clothes were tattered, and his body had many wounds.

Even his most cherished conical hat had half of its right side cut off, revealing half of his face.

"Ah Zhao, Brother Changying!"

Seeing that the two were still standing there safely, Ah Huang's eyes flashed with joy. Without even glancing at the pile of corpses on the ground, he rushed straight to Zhou Zhao.

Then, he reached out and pulled Zhou Zhao out of Su Changying's arms, carefully looked her up and down, and then skillfully took her pulse. "You are not fully recovered yet, and you used too much internal energy this time. You need to rest and recuperate for a while and don't use martial arts anymore."

After giving his earnest instructions, he looked at Su Changying and said, "It's good that Brother Changying is still alive."

Hearing Ah Huang's obvious favoritism towards his maternal grandmother, Su Changying chuckled and curled up the corners of her mouth.

“There’s a mechanism in this stone wall,” Su Changying joked.

Ah Huang nodded with his straw hat, "I'm strong enough to split it open."

Looking at the shattered stone gate, Su Changying couldn't help but marvel. It wasn't just strength; it was godlike.

As he was thinking, he saw Ah Huang suddenly move, his broadsword slashing directly at the top of Grand Commandant Huo's head.

His strike was completely unexpected.

Not to mention Grand Commandant Huo, even Zhou Zhao did not expect that the blade would be stopped by Su Changying's longsword just as it was about to touch Grand Commandant Huo's head.

Ah Huang, his eyes red-rimmed, turned to look at Su Changying. "Brother Changying, don't stop me! He killed Brother Yan. I'm going to kill him to pay for Brother Yan's death!"

He was born special. He lost his mother at a young age, his father did not love him, and his mother also had her own son.

A prince like him is no different from a good-for-nothing. In places where no one knows him, he has suffered countless taunts and ridicules. They say he is a fool, a mute, and a beast who was born into the wrong family, which is why he has such great strength.

He felt as if he had been trapped inside an eggshell since birth, surrounded by sharp sounds and annoying tentacles.

It was Zhou Yan who cracked open his eggshell, allowing him to see the light. For the first time, this gave him the desire to come out and live.

His wonderful brother Yan was killed by the person right in front of him.

As he thought about it, he unconsciously tightened his grip, and the knife sank down, landing directly on Grand Commandant Huo's hair bun.

“Ah Huang! If your brother were here, he would definitely want him brought to justice. And we need to capture him and bring him back to report.”

His crime of treason is irrefutable; once he returns to Chang'an, he will be executed soon.

She wanted to strike first, so Su Changying didn't even ask, and risked her life to secure the encirclement and annihilation that happened today.

They killed Commander Huo here, and some people will inevitably say that they framed him and eliminated his political opponents, so they killed him to silence him.

Ah Huang's hand, gripping the knife, was bulging with veins. After a long while, he finally put the knife away and, as if carrying a corpse, hoisted Grand Commandant Huo onto his shoulder. "Listen to Ah Zhao."

As he spoke, he carried Commander Huo outside.

He was angry, and his once steady steps now became like those of a drunkard, swinging the person on his shoulder back and forth like a sandbag.

Zhou Zhao followed behind him, and every now and then he could hear the banging sounds coming from ahead.

Commander Huo kept bumping his feet into the passageway of the stone tomb and his head into a pillar as he walked out, and soon his face was bruised and swollen.

Zhou Zhao watched from behind, her nose feeling slightly sore.

She misses her brother too.

The outermost door of the tomb chamber was also violently cleaved open by Ah Huang, and the wind rushed in, blowing Zhou Zhao's robes into the air and extinguishing the torches on both sides of the tomb passage.

"Zhaozhao, do you want me to carry you?"

Hearing the voice beside him, Zhou Zhao turned his head and looked at the golden birdcage. Jiang Yan had untied her belt and hanged herself in the birdcage.

Her young body swayed in the wind, and her face, which resembled Princess Changyang, turned ashen.

Zhou Zhao turned around, and Su Changying was standing in front of her, shielding her from the wind with his body.

She shook her head and walked outside side by side with Su Changying.

After the three of them left the Huo family tomb and walked out of the forest onto the straight road, Zhou Zhao noticed that the sky was full of stars, and the flowing Milky Way seemed to be about to fall down.

She looked up at the sky.

The brightest one must be my brother.

The night wind made her hair ribbon flutter, as if it were taking away the invisible shackles that weighed on her.

Which of the survivors from Shanming Villa that day didn't blame themselves?

She blamed herself for going there that day, for remembering that she hadn't picked up the food box, for not going back with her brother and Su Changying, and for arriving too late to save her brother's life.

Although the deceased is gone, she finally caught the murderer who killed her brother.

"Changying..."

Zhou Zhao called out softly. She looked down and saw Su Changying crouching in front of her, waiting for her to jump on.

"You have injuries..."

"It doesn't hurt. Hurry up and get on, or I'll have to carry people like Ah Huang did."

Upon hearing his name called, Ah Huang suddenly turned around, causing Huo Taiwei, who was on his shoulder, to be thrown into a tree and his face to slam.