Hearing Li Rushan's words, Ye Li couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine. Even though there were countless guards in the palace, protecting the entire inner city impenetrably and foreign enemies could not find any chance to invade, they could not stop the word ambition.
If Li Tianyuan was really killed by Li Ruhai, that would be a very ironic thing.
Ye Li didn't have any good feelings towards Li Tianyuan himself. Now that Li Tianyuan was dead, he could only sigh a few words at most, but he didn't feel touched at all.
The reason why he followed Li Rushan was not because he thought Li Rushan was more suitable to be the emperor, but simply because he still needed Li Rushan's help to help him find the Realm Soul Essence Gold and the rest of the soul seals.
Liu Zhanqing's face was extremely ugly at this time, and he said: "Your Highness, I always feel that our situation this time may be a little dangerous. If His Highness the First Prince is really the murderer who killed Your Majesty, then he will definitely not let you enter the palace.
It is now clear that a large number of people in the court support you, so Li Ruhai has no chance of obtaining the throne easily.
He would never take the risk of letting you return to the palace. Only your death would be the safest outcome for him.
Because compared to the third prince, he is definitely more suitable to inherit the throne."
Hearing Liu Zhanqing's words, Ye Li's heart moved and he looked at Li Rushan.
Li Rushan's face looked a little gloomy. He knew the situation very well, but he had no choice now. If he didn't enter the palace, after a month and a half, Li Ruhai would still directly inherit the throne, and he would not have any chance at all.
"Let's be careful and try to take the small roads tomorrow. I don't believe that Li Ruhai's people can find us so easily!"
Li Rushan said with a frown.
Just as he finished speaking, Ye Li felt a sudden sense of alertness in his heart.
His extremely sharp five senses have saved him more than once.
"Something is wrong, Your Highness, let's get out of here!"
Ye Li jumped up from the ground, grabbed Li Rushan and ran out of the cave. Liu Zhanqing and the other two also reacted quickly and immediately followed them out of the cave.
Just as the four people rushed out of the cave, dozens of heavy crossbow arrows pierced through the rain and shot towards the cave behind them.
The sound of the heavy crossbow arrows breaking through the air was obscured by the wind and rain, and it was difficult for the people in the cave to hear it.
“Get out of the way!!!”
Ye Li screamed, pulled Li Rushan and jumped to the side. The Liu Zhanqing brothers naturally also dodged away.
Heavy crossbow arrows pierced through the rain and shot into the cave where they had just stayed, followed by a violent explosion.
The powerful explosion force, in a small space, is definitely comparable to a blow from a master at the Fu Zun realm.
If the four of them were still in the cave, Ye Li estimated that except for Liu Zhanqing and his brother, everyone else, including himself, might have died.
“Damn it!!!”
Ye Li cursed inwardly, fortunately he was alert, otherwise he would have been killed without a burial place.
The cave behind them had completely collapsed under the impact of the explosion.
"Your Highness... Your Highness, are you okay?!"
After the Liu Zhanqing brothers dodged the heavy crossbow arrows, they rushed to Ye Li's side and protected Li Rushan.
"I'm fine. Did you two see that those heavy crossbow arrows were the secret crossbow arrows of the Hidden Assassin Team? Only the Hidden Assassin Team knows how to forge them.
The people who came are from the Hidden Killing Team. They must have been sent by Li Ruhai!!!"
Li Rushan said to the Liu Zhanqing brothers with a grim face.
Although Ye Li didn't know what the Hidden Killing Team was, he could guess from the name that it was most likely a secret killing team.
After being reminded by Li Rushan, Liu Zhanqing and the other man reacted immediately and their faces became equally ugly.
"The Hidden Killing Team has always been under the control of your majesty. How come it has fallen into Li Ruhai's hands now?"
As Liu Zhanqing spoke, he took a defensive stance. His talismans and spiritual armor were activated, protecting Li Rushan behind him.
"If you want to lead the Hidden Killing Team, you must have your father's seal. Li Ruhai should have the opportunity to get it after his father's death.
But Li Ruhai is not the current emperor yet, so he cannot mobilize the entire Hidden Killing Team. With our status as a prince, even with the seal, we can only mobilize Hidden Killing Team members below the level of Fu Zun. "
Li Rushan said.
Hearing his words, Liu Zhanqing's face became a little better, and he said: "Your Highness, as long as there is no master at the level of your father, we will have a chance to take you away. Please follow us closely, and we will flee eastward first.
To the east is Yuewang City. If we can get there, with the help of Shan Yi, the defender of Yuewang City, he should be able to escort us back to Tangjing City.
After all, the Hidden Assassination Team can only carry out secret missions, and it is impossible to assassinate a prince in front of the Yuewang City Guards. "
As they were talking, a series of footsteps were heard in the rain ahead. A group of masked men in green clothes rushed out of the woods and rushed towards them.
"It's the Hidden Killing Team, hurry up, they have four masters at the Fu Zun level!!!"
Liu Zhanqing's face turned ugly in an instant, and he, together with Liu Bilu, Ye Li and Li Rushan, ran towards the east.
The men in green were moving very fast. They seemed to be equipped with some kind of wind-moving talisman. There was always a green wind-moving aura surrounding them, which greatly increased their speed.
Liu Zhanqing and Liu Bilu were not good at speed at all. They had not run far with Li Rushan and Ye Li when they were caught up by the man in green from behind.
"No, we can't run away like this!!!"
Liu Bilu said nervously.
"Your Highness, it seems that we cannot escort you to Yuewang City this time. We two brothers must stay and stop them.
Brother Ye Li, you are very powerful. Although you have not reached the Fu Zun realm, we know that no one below the Fu Zun level can stop you.
His Highness is now in your care. You must take him to Yuewang City."
There was a hint of farewell in Liu Zhanqing's eyes as he spoke to Li Rushan and Ye Li.
"Zhan Qing, what are you going to do? You can't stay here. The Hidden Killing Team will definitely not leave anyone alive. With your two strengths, how can you possibly stop them? "
Li Rushan roared anxiously. Based on his understanding of the Liu Zhanqing brothers, he knew that they both wanted to sacrifice themselves to stop the enemy's pursuit.
"It is precisely because we know that the Hidden Assassination Team will not leave anyone alive that we have to stop them and not let them catch up with you, Your Highness.
Your Highness, we have been following you for twenty-three years, and we two brothers have watched you grow up.
We know that you will be a good emperor. You must fight for the throne and not let Li Ruhai inherit it.
His heart is too dark. If he becomes emperor, the future of our Tang country will definitely be dark."
After Liu Zhanqing said this, he did not give Li Rushan a chance to speak. He and Liu Bilu each slapped Ye Li and Li Rushan on the back, exerting a powerful push on the two of them, pushing them nearly twenty meters away, instantly widening the distance between them and the Hidden Killing Team.