Arranged marriage, love blossoms; a fiercely devoted soldier dotes on her alone.

"puff!"

"puff!"

The two bullets entered the two men's bodies almost simultaneously, but the two bullets hit different places. This was because Qing Xuanzi had already aimed his gun at the door, while the mercenary had just walked to the door when he discovered someone hiding inside. In his haste, he raised his gun and fired, but due to his unsteady stance and poor vision, his shooting accuracy decreased.

"Ouch!"

Qing Xuanzi groaned in pain as he was shot in the shoulder...

"Um!"

The mercenary was shot in the heart; Qing Xuanzi blew his heart out with a single shot. He only had time to groan before collapsing headfirst into the rubble, instantly going to see his great-grandmother.

"Enemy attack."

Ren Qiang reacted extremely quickly. At the same time the mercenary issued the warning, he leaped and tackled Qin Hanwen, throwing himself on top of Qin Hanwen, truly using his own body as a shield at the crucial moment.

The other mercenaries were all seasoned veterans, and their reactions were incredibly fast. Almost simultaneously, they opened fire into the room, regardless of whether they could hit their targets. They launched a barrage of fire, because they didn't know how many enemies were hidden in the room.

"Da da da".

After the mercenaries finished firing their bursts, they found no movement in the room and saw that their leader had been killed in action.

One of the mercenaries, enraged, pulled out a grenade, removed the safety pin, and threw it into the room…

"Boom!"

After the grenade exploded, taking advantage of the smoke, several mercenaries rushed into the room from different directions and saw a person lying on the ground in the corner.

One of the mercenaries rushed forward and raised his gun to finish off the enemy, which is standard practice on the battlefield to eliminate any potential safety hazards.

"Wait a minute."

Qin Hanwen promptly intervened to stop it.

Ren Qiang cautiously stepped forward with his gun to examine the man, and exclaimed in surprise, "Boss, this is Qing Xuanzi! It's like finding a needle in a haystack!"

At this moment, Qing Xuanzi was covered in blood, having been hit by countless bullets and grenade fragments. Fortunately, none of them hit his vital organs, otherwise he would have died long ago.

However, Qing Xuanzi's condition was not optimistic at this time. Due to excessive blood loss, he was already barely breathing. If he was not treated in time, he would die from multiple organ failure due to excessive blood loss soon...

However, Qin Hanwen and the others clearly had no intention of rescuing Qing Xuanzi. Ren Qiang signaled a mercenary to step forward and take away Qing Xuanzi's pistol. They also searched Qing Xuanzi's body and found a bunch of trinkets, including a small paper figure with the name Qin Hanwen written on it.

Qin Hanwen's face darkened as he looked at the small paper figure with his name on it.

Damn it, isn't this the legendary paper effigy?

Ren Qiang only allowed Qin Hanwen to step forward after confirming that it was safe.

Qing Xuanzi had been quietly watching the people in front of him. He was powerless to resist. When Qin Hanwen walked over, he said with difficulty, "Qin Hanwen, I stabbed you twice back then, and today I die at your hands. This is called karma, and it is my retribution."

Qin Hanwen waved the small paper figure in his hand: "Qing Xuanzi, can you tell me what this means?"

Qing Xuanzi smiled wryly, "I've only been doing this for two days. It will take a week to see results. You're lucky you've escaped a disaster."

Qin Hanwen angrily said, "You deserve to die. A Taoist priest who has renounced worldly life has harmed others and now he has also brought death upon himself. You should go to hell."

Qing Xuanzi: "Whether I go to hell or not doesn't matter."

Qin Hanwen: "Qing Xuanzi, you never expected to die at my hands in the end. Why didn't Qin Hanwu escape with you?"

"puff!"

Qing Xuanzi coughed up a mouthful of blood, then grinned with his bloodied mouth and said bitterly, "Qin Hanwu is a complete idiot. He played a winning hand terribly. If he had listened to me back then and sent you to the crematorium to be burned, none of this would have happened today."

"If he had listened to me back then and killed Liu Yiran after killing you, none of this would have happened."

"This is a living example of how weeds can grow back after being cut down at the root. It is also said that a country cannot be stable if one is not ruthless."

"Qin Han Wudi appeared to be decisive and ruthless, but in reality he was a weak and incompetent man with no ambition."

Qin Hanwen asked, puzzled, "The reason he doesn't dare to kill Liu Yiran is probably because he's afraid the Liu family will come after him."

Qing Xuanzi said disdainfully, "Liu Shiyuan only cares about calculation and profit. At worst, he can give some of the Qin family's high-quality resources to the Liu family and then cut ties. There won't be any problems. You know that Liu Yiran is just a collateral descendant of the Liu family and is not an important person to the Liu family. Liu Shiyuan can even use his own son and grandson, so why would he care about an outsider like Liu Yiran?"

"It's a pity that Emperor Wu of Qin was stubborn and timid, lacked ambition, and only knew how to eat, drink, and be merry all day long. In the end, he could not achieve anything great."

Qin Hanwen: "Then why don't you leave him?"

"Why!"

Qing Xuanzi sighed softly and said, "I want to repay Qin Hanwu for recognizing my talent. Back then, I was destitute on the streets. If it weren't for him, I would probably have starved to death on the streets or died a violent death long ago."

Qin Hanwen: "Don't you regret it now?"

Qing Xuanzi: "What's there to regret? If someone is good to me, I have to repay them. That's just my personality."

Qin Hanwen looked at Qing Xuanzi's pale face and blood-soaked body, and said, "Qing Xuanzi, do you have any last words? I can help you convey them."

Qing Xuanzi shook his head and said nonchalantly, "I have no last words and no relatives. When a person dies, it's like a lamp going out; dust to dust, ashes to ashes. Everything is predestined."

Qin Hanwen: "Who killed Guo Meimei back then?"

Qing Xuanzi: "It was Liu Yiran who sent people to kill them, but that little girl seems... seems... not... not dead."

After Qing Xuanzi finished speaking, his head slumped down limply, his two large eyes wide open, dying with unseeing disbelief...

Upon seeing Qing Xuanzi's death, Qin Hanwen sighed and said, "Alas! Qin Hanwu, now that Qing Xuanzi is dead, no one can help you. Let's see what you have left to fight me with."

In fact, Qin Hanwu had already been killed on the spot by Wang Meng, but Qin Hanwen was unaware of it.

At this moment, Ren Qiang said, "Boss, let's hurry up and leave. The gunshots just now will definitely attract the attention of the special forces, and they may have already searched the area."

Qin Hanwen calmly said, "If it's a special forces team, it's fine. The problem is if Xiao Zhan targets them, then it will be difficult to handle."

"Get out of here right now."

Ren Qiang and several mercenaries escorted Qin Hanwen out of the room and, under the cover of night, rushed towards the outskirts of Shougang.

However, before they had run a hundred or two meters, Ren Qiang, who was running behind, suddenly grabbed Qin Hanwen's arm, and the two of them dodged into an abandoned small room by the roadside.

The room was pitch black and you couldn't see anything.

Qin Hanwen hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

Ren Qiang whispered, "There's an ambush ahead."

Qin Hanwen was immediately surprised and asked, "How did you know there was an ambush ahead?"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Da da da!"

Suddenly, intense gunfire erupted outside.

In the darkness, Qin Hanwen stared intently at Ren Qiang with his murderous eyes and asked, "Who exactly are you?"

Ren Qiang smiled calmly and said, "Boss, don't doubt me. If I wanted to harm you, I would have shot you in the chaos long ago. I wouldn't be risking my life to save you like this. The reason I knew there might be an ambush ahead was entirely due to a gut feeling I had before danger struck. To be honest, this gut feeling has saved me many times. It always warns me in time before danger arrives, allowing me to make predictions in advance and turn the situation around!"