In just a few breaths, the sound of shouting and killing was heard, and a dense crowd of people in black emerged from the forest, each of them holding a hidden weapon in their hands.
Needles as thin as hair penetrated into the soldiers' skin accurately.
After the needle was inserted, everyone was stunned, because they all felt numbness all over their body and could no longer move.
They seemed to have been poisoned and fell straight down.
Prince Yuan, Eunuch Qin and two generals, who were highly skilled in martial arts, used their inner strength to deflect the attacks from the hidden weapons, but everyone else fell.
There are only four of us left, and we look at each other.
They realized belatedly that they were now left alone.
The man in black didn't even fight with them. After a successful move, he disappeared into the forest without a trace.
Now, there was no way to move forward. Prince Yuan was so angry and grief-stricken that he wanted to bang his head against the wall. Later he realized that the Huaishan Sect was not unprepared but had made sufficient preparations.
They were not poisoned at all.
They actually knew in advance that someone was coming to attack Huaishan.
What can it only mean
It only means that the imperial spies have become traitors and have told them the action plan.
Several people hesitated for a long time and were about to run away when a deep voice came from above.
"Your Highness Prince Yuan, how are you?"
King Yuan raised his head and looked for the source of the sound. On the top of each of the large trees around him, there was already a person standing.
One of them was a tall, upright, and imposing middle-aged man. He had met him once before. He was the head of the Huaishan School and leader of the martial arts world, Mei Mantian.
Those standing on the other treetops should be the leaders of other sects.
Prince Yuan calmed his heart that was about to jump out of his chest and said coldly, "I didn't expect that the Huaishan Sect, which is known as the number one sect in the martial arts world, would use such a despicable method.
He was not afraid of being laughed at by the martial arts world, and even used poison. "
Mei Mantian chuckled, looking relaxed and as if they were just chatting, "The Huaishan Sect has always been aboveboard.
This is just giving someone a taste of their own medicine.
You can use those underhanded means to poison us, can't we use the other way around
This bit of poison was collected from the spies you sent.”
Mei Mantian did not lie at all. The poison used on the officers and soldiers was indeed collected from the room of Senior Sister Mei Xuehua.
So that's what's going on. Prince Yuan already had a plan in mind. It wasn't that the spy had become a traitor, but that the spy's identity had long been exposed.
But the useless spy knew nothing about it and even today he has been sending him messages via carrier pigeons.
What a useless thing.
The Huaishan School was really patient, quietly making plans and quietly waiting to launch their big move.
What they are waiting for is for the Imperial Court to take advantage of the Imperial Court's strategy today and annihilate the Imperial Court's army, thus greatly weakening its power.
Then, they may have already had the intention of rebellion.
Prince Yuan concealed his frustration and thought about what to do.
However, now it seems that he has reached the end of the road. His entire army was wiped out in this battle and his dream of becoming emperor will never come true.
Having run out of ideas, King Yuan suddenly felt sad. Thinking back on every detail of his life, his eyes were filled with despair.
Today, I might have to die here.
When he was young, he considered himself the most talented and capable among his brothers.
But he did not receive the love and attention of his father.
Some people were even wary of him because he was too capable and had such a good reputation, and openly expressed their dislike and disgust for him.
All the civil and military officials were opportunists, and when they saw that he had no hope of becoming emperor, they all started to stay away from him.
The root of all this was that his mother was not liked by his father, and was even disliked by him. As a result, she also disliked him and never had a good face towards him.
When he was fifteen years old, his mother died.
To my father, the death of my mother was like the death of a puppy.
The emperor didn't even look at him, not even to give him the courtesy.
Thinking of these things would fill him with resentment.
Without any help, he shrank himself into a cowardly state, reduced his presence, acted without any ambition, and seemed to have no interest in the throne.
He began to be an idle king, not caring about state affairs every day, but only enjoying himself and playing with birds and flowers.
It seemed that as a result, his father treated him better and even gave him two stunning beauties.
In the subsequent battle for the throne, several brothers died, but he survived because he did not participate.
He saw hope for the throne again, because after this incident, he and his fourth brother were the only sons left by his father.
The fourth brother is a sickly person, extremely weak, while he is a tall, straight, strong and handsome young man.
Soon, the emperor fell seriously ill, but he would rather pass the throne to a sickly and incompetent son than to him.
Anyone with a discerning eye would think that the throne should be passed on to him.
However, his father still treated him as air, as if he did not exist as a son.
None of the civil and military officials said anything good for him. They had no objection to their father passing the throne to a sickly person.
He was resentful and cursing in his heart, but on the surface he had to pretend to be indifferent.
His father kept a close eye on him and was on guard against him like a thief. Without any support from his maternal family, he could only suppress all his edge.
After his elder brother ascended the throne, in order to avoid being suspected by his elder brother, he quickly expressed his loyalty to him.
The sickly emperor brother seemed to be a kind-hearted man. Looking back, his younger brother had always been nice to him.
Moreover, both of them were the people with the least hope of sitting on the throne, so they had a feeling of sympathy at that time.
The two brothers developed some brotherly love at that time.
Therefore, when faced with his sincere confession, the emperor's brother was much less wary of him.
He began to develop his own power in secret, hoping to snatch the throne from his sick brother.
However, before he could develop his power, his brother passed away.
My elder brother was a good emperor who worked hard and loved his people. Unfortunately, his health was too poor. So, in just two years, he was exhausted to death.
However, before he passed away, he seemed to have realized something and had a backup plan.
The entire palace was tightly protected by the Imperial Guards, and even 100,000 troops from the east were called back and stationed on the outskirts of the city.
At that time, he only had 20,000 soldiers and horses, which were not enough to compete with his dying brother.
What made him even more upset was that the general who had sided with him was killed by his subordinates at this critical moment.
And that subordinate was the emperor's brother's nephew.
Only then did he realize that he had underestimated his brother. If his brother was a healthy man, he might have become a very powerful emperor.
His elder brother, whom he had always looked down upon, succeeded in placing his sixteen-year-old eldest son on the throne.
Well, he continued to bide his time and wait for the opportunity.
The sixteen-year-old nephew has no ability to be emperor.
He has no opinion, no courage, is easily influenced and is lustful. These are the characteristics of his eldest nephew.
He began to secretly collect various beauties among the people and then sent them to the palace through various channels.
Of course, no one else knew it was sent by him.
He began to openly become a solid backer for his eldest nephew, making sure that his eldest nephew could sit firmly on the throne, and then guide the unstable nephew to become a tyrant.