Chapter 423: The Traitor: Bright Moon, Drinking Alone in the Autumn
Chapter 423: The Traitor: Bright Moon, Drinking Alone in the Autumn
Tang Ran picked up the folding fan on the table to block the sword. With a spin, ten short blades suddenly appeared above the folding fan that contained hidden secrets. He gathered his inner strength in his hand and slashed the folding fan forward. The short blades on the fan were instantly stained with blood.
After killing one person, Tang Ran saw clearly that there were two other masked men in the room. Judging from their eyes, these assassins were obviously very young and it was inevitable that there would be omissions in their attacks.
They were also surprised. They didn't expect Tang Ran's martial arts to be so strong.
Tang Ran has always appeared in front of the world as a scholar. Even if someone attacks him, he will be stopped by the guards he trained. Therefore, the outside world is not clear about his strength.
Today is Tang Ran's birthday, and he wanted to be alone for a while, so he asked the guards to leave. Unexpectedly, the three assassins took advantage of the opportunity and found a chance to force him to take action.
"Which family do you belong to?"
Tang Ran's expression was indifferent. She gently closed the fan, and the sharp blade on it disappeared instantly. It was like an ordinary fan that only had the function of fanning wind.
Looking at the seriously injured assassin, he did not remove the mask from his face, but turned around and sat on the wooden chair, gently supporting his face with the hand holding the fan.
"You dog official, I'm going to kill you." The assassin who fell to the ground supported himself with his hands and tried to get up, but a tea lid hit his knee, breaking his bones instantly and causing him to kneel heavily on the ground again.
Tang Ran slowly picked up the teacup, blew away the tea foam floating on it, and said with a smile in her eyes: "Since you don't want to tell me, let me guess which family you are from. Is it the Cheng family that was just beheaded today, or the Wang family, or the Xie family."
"I heard that although Xie Wucheng, the third son of the Xie family, is uneducated, he is very loyal and always takes pleasure in repaying kindness and revenge. Today, your clan members died tragically, but you would rather die than live in disgrace. You are more worthy of admiration than those who are still living in disgrace."
"You dog official, my father fought bravely for the Northern Qi and devoted himself to the country, but you wanted to get rid of my father just because you had different political views from him, so you falsely accused my Xie family of treason and collusion..." Xie Wucheng's eyes were red and he was crying bloody tears.
His Xie family had made great contributions to the Northern Qi Dynasty in the past. Even when Emperor Taizong was at the peak of his power, he entrusted his young emperor to the Xie family and promised that if the young emperor was incompetent, the Xie family could take his place.
But the Xie family did not do that. They had always loyally assisted the Li family in ruling the country, but now they are charged with treason and are ashamed to face their ancestors in the afterlife.
Xie Wucheng happened to be traveling far away to see a good friend and escaped the disaster. When he heard the tragic news, he rushed over with two of his good friends in the martial arts world.
They arrived too late to see the execution.
So Xie Wucheng wanted to kill Tang Ran to avenge the entire Xie family.
Tang Ran was silent for a while, then said, "Before you left, your father should have told you not to come back."
Xie Wucheng stared coldly at Tang Ran in front of him, not understanding why Tang Ran, who was so young, had such a cruel heart?
"People in my Xie family would rather die standing than live on their knees."
Tang Ran now no longer had the imposing presence he had during the day. He was only wearing thin pajamas, playing with a folding fan in his hand, looking like a playboy.
Tang Ran smiled inexplicably.
"I know you have backbone, but you should also consider your brothers and sisters. Have you ever thought that if you fail tonight, your mother and sisters will be forced to become military prostitutes tomorrow because of what you did, and your little nephew will be exiled to a bitter and cold place, or even die on the way before they even get there."
Looking at the increasingly angry man, Tang Ran walked down slowly with a relaxed tone, and gently hooked down the black cloth on Xie Wucheng's face with a fan, lifting up his chin.
Looking into Xie Wucheng's eyes, Tang Ran's slightly drunken lips slowly opened and uttered words that made Xie Wucheng feel miserable.
He didn't understand how a person could be so vicious.
Tang Ran smiled and said, "At that time, your Xie family will have truly fallen into an irretrievable situation. All descendants of the Xie family will become slaves and will never have a chance to turn things around."
"Tang Ran, you will not die a good death. Even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go... God is watching you..."
Listening to Xie Wucheng's curse, Tang Ran took back the fan with a lack of interest. However, because the fan touched someone's face, he had a mysophobia and threw it on the ground.
"You are so naive."
Tang Ran laughed unceremoniously, clicked his tongue twice, and stared viciously at the person who had collapsed.
"You actually put your hope on God. Do you want him to send down thunder to kill me, or do you want God to find a way to make me unable to live or die?"
"You couldn't do anything to me when I was alive, so what can you do to me after I die? Since I was able to kill your Xie family once, even if you become a ghost, I can kill you a second time."
Xie Wucheng struggled and roared desperately like an angry beast. He didn't know where he got the strength from, but he pounced on Tang Ran and pressed her under him, strangling her neck with his big hands.
Tang Ran did not resist. Instead, she looked at him provocatively and continued to provoke him, "Is that all the strength you have? If you have the guts, strangle me to death. If you do, I can avenge your Xie family."
Xie Wu Zheng used all his strength, looking at Tang Ran whose face was getting redder and redder. He had only one thought in his mind, which was to kill Tang Ran to avenge the Xie family.
He could feel that if he exerted a little more force, he would be able to break Tang Ran's fragile neck.
Tang Ran's pair of sparkling eyes were slightly wet, and because of the difficulty in breathing, his lips were slightly open, but his expression was still so that people wanted to cut him into pieces and let him taste the pain of dying.
Suddenly, Tang Ran felt the force that was pinching his neck loosen.
Drops of hot tears hit his face, making his eyelashes tremble slightly.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Xie Wucheng staring at him. Tang Ran looked down and found that he had lost too much blood and didn't have the strength to strangle himself.
Oh, there was also a yellow bird pressing acupoints on his back.
But Xie Wucheng was unwilling to give up and tried to kill the person in front of him with his eyes. Tang Ran reached out and pushed him aside, then covered his neck with his hands, raised his head and looked at the person with a smile.
"I wonder what the princess has to say about visiting the Prime Minister's Mansion so late at night." Tang Ran said lazily, "My Prime Minister's Mansion is really lively. Anyone can come whenever they want."
Xue Nanyin remained silent, pointed at Xie Wucheng who was lying on the ground, and under Tang Ran's gaze, he took out a bottle from his arms and poured the medicine on Xie Wucheng's wound.
Tang Ran was not familiar with Xue Nanyin, and had never heard of any connection between Xue Nanyin and Xie Wucheng, so when she saw Xue Nanyin coming for Xie Wucheng, she watched with an attitude of watching a good show.
After Xue Nanyin applied medicine to Xie Wucheng, she turned around and took out a food box.
Tang Ran then noticed that she also brought a wooden box, but he didn't think much about it. He just sat there casually and watched what the little princess wanted to do.
Xue Nanyin took out a bowl of noodles from the food box. She reached out and touched the bowl, frowned slightly, stood there biting her lips for a long time, and finally brought it to Tang Ran.
Xue Nanyin lowered her eyes and took out the chopsticks and handed them to Tang Ran.
Since Tang Ran didn't take it, she kept passing it on, staring at Tang Ran who stood up barefoot with her moist eyes.
Tang Ran was a head taller than her. Looking down at her from above, the pressure from his body came overwhelming Xue Nanyin, leaving her with nowhere to hide. She blinked her eyes helplessly.
"What do you want to do?"
Tang Ran's voice rang in her ears, and his warm breath fell on her skin.
She subconsciously took a step back.
Looking at Xue Nanyin who was still silent, Tang Ran felt a little angry for the first time.
He hated the inexplicable appearance of a person, and brought a bowl of longevity noodles on his birthday. He didn't know her purpose or her thoughts. This made Tang Ran, who had been immersed in power for a long time, start to have some conspiracy theories in his heart.
He couldn't help but think, why not just kill him.
When Tang Ran came to his senses, his palm had already gathered internal strength and was only an inch away from Xue Nanyin's chest.
Xue Nanyin did not dodge, her body was trembling slightly, and she didn't notice that her lips were bleeding after biting them.
At this time, she spoke.
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