"Don't you want to come out?" Abal turned around and looked directly at the cabinet. "There will be a grand fireworks show in a while, why don't you come out and watch it together?" the king said, and took half a step to the side.
At this point, Hailian didn't hide his body anymore, the young man opened the cabinet door loudly, and walked towards Abale step by step. He has no intention of killing the other party for the time being—after all, even if the other party wants to scream at the moment, he is confident that he can cut the man's trachea the moment the other party's throat roars.
"How do you know I'm here?"
"This is probably my special ability." Abal's ferocious face curved into a slightly distorted smile, "My eyes are not very good, so the gods compensated me with a good nose. Whoever enters my bedroom, I will You can smell it."
Hai Lian didn't say a word to this explanation, he played with the unsheathed dagger, slightly raised the scar on his eye: "Aren't you afraid of me doing it
"Young man, before you, I have seen countless assassins." Abal's eyes flicked to the bright silver in Hailian's palm, "Compared to the gleaming knives in your hand, those invisible knives are more powerful." Even more frightening."
Hailian chewed on the other party's words, and nodded in agreement: "Indeed."
The eyes of the two looked out of the window again, and thousands of lights bloomed under the mountain, like the eyes of a god opened in the dark. The king stared into the distance for a long time, and suddenly said: "The fireworks show has begun."
"Where?" Hai Lian glanced at Jiumeng City at his feet, the time had not yet arrived, and everyone was still intoxicated with singing and dancing.
"Behind us." Abele replied, "I guess Simona's men have blasted open the east gate of the palace at this time, and the other team probably took a detour from Qiwutai to block me. The way to escape. The screams of the men have already sounded, and it will take about half an hour before we can hear the screams of the ladies in the banquet hall."
Hai Lian was stunned, then suddenly startled: "—You knew that there would be a palace change today?!"
"Why don't you know?" Abal and the young assassin looked at each other, half of his disfigured face was wrinkled and raised upwards, "I said, I have a good nose, and I can smell the smell of gunpowder thousands of miles away , of course you can also smell the greed and ambition of your subjects."
"then you… "
"I understand what you want to ask, why didn't I resist, why didn't I run away, did you?" Abele spread his hands, the gold ornaments on his neck jingled, his voice was hoarse and ugly like a ghost, "Fan The water was flooded by the sea last summer, resulting in a shortage of crops and an empty treasury. They sent 50,000 people to Gayang, and I have to send 70,000 people to Gayang to prevent the local residents from being looted and women and children. Lie in the wilderness like their people."
Hailian thought of the Ilona family.
"The Moyi people want to become the new king of the sea. They try to unite with the trash from Dachuan and Shiliudao to block Tisu's external routes. They want to occupy the sea. But I would rather destroy Sand Ghost Bay than let them have it." Get what you want."
Hailian thought of Fecna, the captain, and the icy water in winter.
"Of course I know that Simona is going to rebel. When he kneels respectfully in front of me, I can smell the stench from his body." Abal's voice was calm, "He went to Eagle Return Mountain to frequently meet my My little nephew, contacting the garrisons in various cities, spreading ridicule against me in the muddy area, he transferred all the chips in my hand, making this capital with a population of 500,000 people look like an undefended child, I know it all."
"But I have to do this." He raised his foot forward, and Hailian took a step back almost instinctively, "Because I am the king of Tisu, I do what a king should do. Including death."
Abale said word by word, "Whether I am poisoned to death, cut open my heart, or put on a noose, my feet will never leave the palace for half a step." The king who abandoned the city and fled—that old fellow Qin Yan, isn’t he living a good life now? But now who thinks highly of Nan Hong, who doesn’t regard Chi Jincheng as a kennel for bereaved dogs to lick their wounds?”
The king smiled calmly in front of him: "Little assassin, now you still ask me why I don't run away and resist?"
Hailian was dripping with cold sweat, and took another step back silently. He finally understood where that weird sense of oppression came from.
Yes, he could kill a fleeing coward, but not a true king.
—Could it be that the magnificent mansion and the life surrounded by pearls and greenery have completely blinded you, and the future freedom and previous vows can no longer wake you up
-NO, I have not. It's just that the father, who really seems to believe that I'm his daughter, sees me as the apple of his eye. My conscience, which has long been dirty, is constantly condemning and scolding me.
When Zhou Busu threw the third candy into his mouth, Qin Weiyu suddenly hurried down from the boat again. The young man walked up to Fang Tinglan quickly, with a solemn expression: "There is something on the boat that you have to go and see."
"what?"
Qin Weiyu bit his lower lip, "I found a lot of munitions in the lower cabin." He frowned, and hurriedly said, "These munitions are not ours, right? Why did Simona put this on the ship? Did he find We want to switch ships?"
The two glanced at each other quickly, both thinking that it would be something that old fox Simona would do. Zhou Buyi tilted his head slightly towards him, Fang Tinglan sighed: "Okay, I'll go and have a look, please wait here for me."
Zhou Buxin waved his hand at him and responded.
He followed Qin Weiyu's guidance and stepped on the stairs to the inner cabin. The moment the door opened, Fang Tinglan heard a light click in the cabin. In the dimly lit room, dozens of people holding short firecrackers stood impressively. Sailor, pointing the gun straight at him. Just as the man was about to take out the gun from his waist, the back of his head touched something cold and hard.
"Zing Lan, you forced me." His Royal Highness Chen Wang said softly.
— She made me.
—I'm going to confess everything to Rich, and tell him that this woman is just a cunning liar, thief!
Time passed minute by minute, and finally came the moment when the ladies could be heard crying for help. Hailian knew that she couldn't stay any longer.
"Do you have any last words?" he asked.
"Little Assassin, I have to tell you a little etiquette of the nobility," Abele clicked his tongue, "Before taking someone's life, you must report your name."
"..."
Fortunately, Hailian didn't hesitate for a long time, "... My name is Hailian."
"what?"
"Hai Lian, Shang Hai Lian." He repeated.
"Shang Hailian?" Abale's damaged muscles twitched slightly, and then the man's already bent neck suddenly leaned forward, and when he lifted it up again, he laughed loudly as if he heard a big joke: "— Hahahaha, is this also part of Shangweiji's plan?!"
Hailian hadn't realized that Abal knew his father, and that ferocious face suddenly approached him, "Little assassin, you must have heard my last words clearly. My last words are a curse, curse this father!" The country, this filthy land, and the whole Tisu will become a sacrifice for me—" The man's red hair was burning, and his voice was like a crow's cry of mourning, "Bury with me!!"
Hailian heard a loud bang.
from his feet.
Fireworks bloom in the dark night, and Vulcan wakes up in the depths of this thousand-year-old palace that never sleeps.
His roar engulfed a building, and he waved his hand to destroy a garden. The murals flew to pieces, crystals, silk, gold, and boulders collapsed one after another. All the gorgeous dance music and bloody plots were worthless under the explosion. carry-
No one knows when the fire that destroyed the city was set by Abale, and how long he has been preparing for such a scene for this Sea God Festival.
Berensu, who was waiting to be enthroned, was crying, and Simona, whose arm was pierced by a steel bar, was screaming.
"Do you like it, my good nephew? This is a great gift from my uncle to the new king!"
The explosion also ruthlessly cut open the floor of the bedroom, tore the rug, and quickly distanced the two people who were only one step away. Survival instinct is always faster than Hailian's consciousness, he doesn't need to accompany a lunatic to perform this play, Hailian curled up and broke out of the window, a sharp weapon flew by with the corner of his clothes. He looked back amidst the shattered glass, and saw the lonely tyrant still staying where he was. The man opened his hands, and flying stones fell down, quickly burying him.
The last smile of the king in Huoguang was mysterious and unpredictable, and it became a deep nightmare that entangled Hailian.