"I never expected the famed Zhenxi Great General of Daliang to be such a devoted lover, willing to die for love. I truly underestimated you..."
Yelü Qi stood beside the two, an umbrella held over him by someone behind.
He cast a sideways glance at Tantai Ye, whom he had personally stabbed, his usually gentle face showing no change in expression.
After a moment, he wiped his blood-stained hand with a handkerchief, took out the chest guard from his bosom, and continued.
"Tantai Ye, are you satisfied with this trap I personally set for you?"
The person kneeling in the rain showed no reaction, only quietly gazing at the white-clothed woman in his arms. He was terrifyingly calm, as if he felt no pain.
Li Qiongyu rushed over. Upon seeing Yelü Qi alive, his usually flippant face was filled with ferocity. He directly drew his sword and lunged.
Good for him!
To scheme and drive Tantai Ye into a frenzy, attempting to take his life!
Yelü Qi quickly drew his long sword and parried.
But after only a few exchanges, he was kicked away by Li Qiongyu, a sword gash instantly appearing on his arm.
Seeing this, Huo Feng immediately took out a signal flare.
As the fireworks exploded, from the river docks and in the water, many people surged forth, and countless warships advanced like a vast torrent, surrounding them.
Li Qiongyu squinted at the warships and soldiers who had suddenly appeared.
"It seems you were well-prepared."
These officials in Jiangzhou, daring to collude with Northern Qi, were simply courting death!
"Young Master Li, after so many years, you are still as distinguished as ever."
Yelü Qi lightly wiped the blood from his lips and slowly stood up.
Li Qiongyu, born in the Xuanping Marquis’s mansion, had spent years conducting business abroad. It was a joke for a noble young marquis to engage in commerce!
"A dog of Xie Beihan is indeed as treacherous as he is."
Yelü Qi smiled faintly, "We are all the same."
Li Qiongyu sneered, "What? You think you can kill us within the territory of Daliang?"
"It's quite obvious."
On the vast river, the original dozen or so warships were all controlled by the people Yelü Qi brought. The fighting between the two sides was fierce.
On a warship not far away, a battery of cannons had been set up, directly aiming at them, completely encircling them.
Li Qiongyu glanced at the two people on the ground, his figure moving like a phantom. He swiftly seized Yelü Qi by the neck, choking him fiercely.
"Tell them to stop! Save them first."
Yelü Qi, held captive by him, showed no reaction. He lowered his head to look at the person Tantai Ye tightly held in his arms and pursed his lips slightly.
She was dressed in white, her chest blooming like a flower with blood. The torrential rain plastered strands of wet hair to her beautiful, delicate face, highlighting her fair complexion.
A flicker of an unreadable emotion crossed his gentle eyes. After a moment, he finally spoke.
"Huo Feng, stop."
"Young Master!" Huo Feng’s expression was cold. "Tantai Ye must be killed today. He cannot be allowed to leave alive."
If Tantai Ye lived, their carefully laid plan would fail.
"The Crown Prince has ordered the capture of Lingnan within one month. They must die today!"
Before Yelü Qi could speak, Tantai Ye seemed to suddenly snap back to his senses. He grabbed the trembling physician beside him, his voice hoarsely terrifying.
"Save her!"
Just then, Eagle Guards rushed over. Eagle One, the leader, saw the general lying in a pool of blood and was greatly alarmed.
However, the death warriors guarding the perimeter immediately surrounded them again, engaging in a fight.
"Eagle One, come here!"
Receiving Li Qiongyu’s command, Eagle One immediately broke through the encirclement and smoothly captured Yelü Qi, who was being pushed forward.
Li Qiongyu glanced at Lan Murou, who was being tended to by the physician, and quickly ran over to pull Tantai Ye, who lay in a pool of blood, up. He took out some medicine and drew his sword.
Huo Feng immediately attacked with his sword. Li Qiongyu’s gaze was fierce. Turning back, he instantly threw a hidden weapon, which struck Huo Feng in the chest.
He couldn't linger to fight. Seeing Tantai Ye covered in blood, he hurried to stop the bleeding.
"Save her, save her first."
‘The physician is saving her, so shut up. If she dies, won’t you die too? Why didn’t you dodge.’
With Tantai Ye's skill, he shouldn’t have been easily harmed. It was clearly because he himself had lost the will to live and was too lazy to dodge.
It made him so angry!
Just as troublesome as that fellow Xiao Chizhan.
Huo Feng looked at the person being treated by the dark guards with venom in his eyes. He was about to issue a signal when Yelü Qi stopped him.
Yelü Qi calmly looked at the two people covered in blood on the ground and spoke placidly.
"Young Master Li, if you stop now, I can have the physician continue to treat Murou. If you insist on continuing to treat him, then both of them will die."
To witness Tantai Ye bleed to death, he felt immense satisfaction.
Tantai Ye didn’t want to be entangled or delayed for even a moment. He supported himself, pushed away Li Qiongyu's hand, his face terrifyingly pale.
"Save her!"
Li Qiongyu gritted his teeth in anger, but seeing the Northern Qi people eyeing them menacingly from all sides, he could only quietly feed him some medicine and stand guard.
Tantai Ye knelt on the ground, holding Lan Murou’s body. He watched as the physician drew his knife to stop the bleeding, his entire being numb with pain.
‘No, the wound is too deep, and her pulse has stopped.’
The physician hastily stopped the bleeding and stumbled back in fright.
Upon hearing the physician’s words, Tantai Ye felt as if his heart was being torn apart, as if a grater was cruelly scraping his flesh. Yet, his face remained placid, terrifyingly so.
The sky-splitting rain washed over the river, and the fighting around them was fierce.
He knelt on the ground, ignoring the wound on his chest, tightly embracing the person in his arms. Blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, and he resembled a statue.
Yelü Qi raised an eyebrow, seeing Tantai Ye still holding on.
As expected of a general who had fought on battlefields for many years, this stab was not enough to kill him!
"Indeed, heroes are overcome by beauties, and generals are no exception."
Huo Feng said, "Young Master, do not delay any further."
Yelü Qi glanced at Lan Murou, who was already dead, and after a moment, averted his gaze.
"Proceed."
Don't blame him.
He hadn't intended to use her. He had no idea she would be so ruthless as to kill herself.
When she came to, she was lying in Tantai Ye's arms, covered in blood, which stunned him for a moment.
But the opportunity was fleeting, and he couldn't miss the chance to kill Tantai Ye.
Li Qiongyu narrowed his eyes at the warships and cannons approaching from all directions and immediately wanted to pull Tantai Ye up from the ground.
With their skills, they could definitely escape.
But Tantai Ye remained kneeling in the rain, tightly embracing the person in his arms.
Enraged, he kicked him. Seeing the Northern Qi people withdraw from the ship, he quickly went to the ship's edge and took out a signal flare.
The vast rain poured down madly, striking their bodies.
On the large warship, blood and swords lay scattered on the deck.
Silence reigned all around, and the smell of blood permeated the air.
Tantai Ye, holding the person, knelt on the blood-soaked ship, his eyes filled with bone-chilling cold.
Not long after, his chest burst open with blood, and he could no longer hold on, collapsing to the ground with a thud.
Lan Murou's corpse also fell into his embrace.
The white robes and dark robes were tightly entwined in the pouring rain.
He lowered his gaze, gently embracing the person, and his sinister eyes slowly closed.
"Don't be afraid, I'll die with you."
The cold wind raged, and the chilling rain mixed with the crabapples drifting from the shore, striking their entwined robes. From a distance, they appeared brilliantly crimson.