Evil of all ages

Chapter 81 Coming for Me
Sixth Prince's Residence

"What did you say? He led his troops here, bypassing nearby routes, coming all the way here!?"

Upon hearing this, the sixth prince, Li Wenyi, suspected that it was aimed at him.

It's no wonder he thought that way; besides the strange behavior of going the long way around, the most important reason was that his eyelids kept twitching.

It felt as if something bad was about to happen.

“Your Highness, he may simply be passing through here on purpose, bringing his troops to show off his power in front of you.”

The old butler guessed.

"If he wants to provoke me, he will wait until he has razed the ghost market to the ground and then chooses to pass by here on his way back before provoking me."

"Instead of coming to provoke us before even pacifying the ghost market."

“Something unusual must be going on. Close the front and back gates of the mansion tightly and make the retainers and guards on high alert.”

The twitching eyelids made Li Wenyi feel insecure, so just in case, he told his men to be prepared.

Upon arriving at the main gate of the Sixth Prince's residence, "Li Xingwen" raised his hand to signal the soldiers behind him to stop.

"Damn it, no, please don't do this, please, let me go..."

Li Xingwen seemed to sense something and knew what the entity controlling his body was about to do.

He panicked; if he did that, he would be completely finished.

"Surround this place for me, seal off all the passages, and don't let a single fly get away."

Li Xingwen immediately ordered the Sixth Prince's residence to be surrounded.

"It's over, it's all over, this is going to kill me."

When the real Li Xingwen saw that the entity controlling him was actually doing this, he knew he couldn't escape this calamity.

He also had his own guesses about the entity controlling him.

It's the Ghost King from the Southern City Prison!

Because he saw that the son of the Ghost King was exchanging letters with Di Qingtian's sister, he acted rashly and sent someone to assassinate the son of the Ghost King, intending to frame other princes.

This way, he could make Di Qingtian's sister hate the other princes, and by interfering, he might be able to take advantage of the situation and win Di Qingtian's sister's heart.

This is how he gained the support of the person behind Di Qingtian.

Despite his good intentions, all the people he sent died in various accidents, which frightened him into stopping in time.

After he stopped, he saw no strange occurrences in the mansion, nor did he see anyone around him bewitched or cursed. He assumed that the Ghost King had let him go.

Who would have thought... the Ghost King was so patient, waiting for him here.

It would be better if they didn't retaliate, but if they do, they'll go all out against him, ruining his reputation and leaving him with nothing.

He also knew why the Ghost King controlled him to cause trouble for the Sixth Prince, because the Sixth Prince, like him, had also caused trouble for the Ghost King's son.

Realizing this was the Ghost King's revenge, he had given up resisting. Now that things had come to this, he didn't think that if he begged for mercy, the Ghost King would let him go.

"Your Highness" x2
When Wen Tianzuo and Lu Chengding heard the Seventh Prince's order, they both thought they had misheard.

The soldiers of the Five Cities Garrison did not move without Lu Chengding's orders.

The two thousand gang members that Xue Zixian brought did not move. He knew what the consequences of such an action would be and wanted to confirm His Highness's order again and again.

The two thousand men brought by the Seventh Prince were almost all his loyal followers and private soldiers. Upon receiving the order, they dispersed and surrounded the Sixth Prince's residence.

"How dare he? How dare he?"

Inside the mansion, the sixth prince, Li Wenyi, saw through a hidden door that the seventh prince had indeed ordered his mansion to be surrounded. He was both panicked and confused.

I don't understand why Lao Qi did such a foolish thing.

"Your Highness, please stop immediately. It's enough to show off your power for a moment; don't overstep your bounds."

Although Wen Tianzuo did not understand why His Highness would do such a crazy thing, he did not want His Highness to continue making mistakes.

He invested too much in the Seventh Prince. If the Seventh Prince oversteps his bounds and falls from power, it would mean that all his efforts have been in vain.

He doesn't have the time or energy to cultivate a second piece.

To his surprise, the Seventh Prince ignored him, leaving Wen Tianzuo dumbfounded.

Isn't he the strategist? The Seventh Prince consults him on everything, so why is he ignoring him now?

"Commander Lu, why are you disobeying orders?"

Li Xingwen looked coldly at Lu Chengding, wondering why his men weren't making a move.

“Your Highness, the order I received is to lead men to assist you in dismantling the Ghost Market, not to overstep your bounds by interfering with the other princes,” Lu Chengding said under pressure.

"I have received intelligence that the Ghost Emperor is hiding inside the Sixth Prince's residence."

"See? The Sixth Prince's residence is tightly closed, which means they have something to hide."

“The Ghost Market is right there, it can’t escape. We can go and take it down later. But if the Ghost Emperor gets away, Commander Lu, you will be held accountable.”

"Li Xingwen" just blurted it out.

Upon hearing this, Wen Tianzuo, who was standing nearby, thought, "Intelligence? They have this intelligence? How come he didn't know?"

"Your Highness, this intelligence..."

"To shut up"

As soon as Wen Tianzuo opened his mouth, he was coldly and loudly stopped by "Li Xingwen".

This sent a chill down Wen Tianzuo's spine; the Seventh Prince had gone mad.

Xue Zixian also realized that things were getting serious. Brothers killing each other, especially in the royal family, would bring disaster if anyone got involved.

But their Chang Le Gang has already been labeled as the Seventh Prince's gang, so there's no escaping it.

Unless he abandons everything in the Chang Le Gang and flies away.

"Seventh Prince, you're a madman! You'll say anything to frame me, the prince!"

There were also innate experts in the mansion. One of them repeated what he had heard to Li Wenyi, which provoked him to curse the seventh brother in secret.

"If you have nothing to hide, then open the door and let my men in to search."

Li Xingwen saw the small hidden opening at the gate, and through it he could see the Sixth Prince's eyes responding to his words.

"Hmph, bring your troops and surround us. If I open the gate, I might still have a chance to live."

Li Wenyi was extremely anxious. He believed that the all-pervasive Embroidered Uniform Guard must have already reported the situation here.

But with so many people brought by the seventh prince, it's uncertain whether he can hold out until the emperor sends someone over.

"Commander Lu, I have ordered you to assist me. If you do not obey me, you will be disobeying the imperial decree."

Li Xingwen ignored the Sixth Prince and turned to give Lu Chengding his final announcement.

"Your subordinate obeys."

When Lu Chengding heard that the Seventh Prince had accused him of disobeying the imperial decree, he had no choice but to obey the Seventh Prince's orders.

However, he gave his men a look, indicating he was prepared to go through the motions but not put in any real effort. He was fine with having his men surround the Sixth Prince's residence, or cheer him on.

If he were to lead men to storm the Sixth Prince's residence, he could only put on a show.

Let the Seventh Prince's men go first, and his men will follow behind, watching the Seventh Prince's men fight the Sixth Prince's men.

By doing this, regardless of the final outcome, he will at most be demoted, not lose his head.

"Launch a rocket"

Upon hearing that the Seventh Prince had launched a rocket, both Wen Tianzuo and Lu Chengding thought he had truly gone mad.

But no matter what they were thinking, the Seventh Prince's assassins wouldn't stop.

Flames were lit on the arrowheads, and hundreds of rockets were fired into the Sixth Prince's residence.

As soon as the rockets were launched, the mansion immediately caught fire.

"Madman, you madman..."

Seeing how poisonous Lao Qi was, and how he immediately tried to burn him to death, Li Wenyi suspected that Lao Qi had gone mad.

"Let them out, keep letting them out. If they try to break through, I'll shoot them dead."

"Li Xingwen" continued to issue frantic orders.

"Sigh, it's hopeless."

Wen Tianzuo sighed, wondering if "hopeless" referred to the sixth prince, the seventh prince, or both.

Lu Chengding watched from the sidelines, his heart pounding with fear. He couldn't understand why the Seventh Prince had suddenly become such a different person.

They didn't consider the consequences; they were so reckless.

He began to worry about himself, and afterwards, he hoped that the court would not behead him.

(End of this chapter)