bestfiction Chapter 541 Hell on Earth
Chapter 541 Hell on Earth
How could the royal guards, whose members were all at the eighth rank and whose commander was a mid-rank martial artist, have been all killed?
For a moment, Wang Li even suspected that the butler was lying to him.
But after glancing at the butler's flustered and seemingly genuine expression, Wang Li dismissed the idea.
"Who killed those guards?"
Wang Liqiang asked calmly.
"I don't know!"
The steward shook his head and said, "All we know is that the person in charge is a young man, accompanied by a strange beast and several martial artists of considerable strength. As for the young man's name and where he came from, we do not know for the time being."
Upon hearing this, Wang Li's brows furrowed involuntarily. Most of the powerful martial artists in the world are well-known and have names, and mysterious strongmen of unknown origin are extremely rare.
Of course, this was not the time to worry about that. Wang Li relaxed his brow and asked in a deep voice, "How is the Prince? Is he alright?"
"..."
The steward paused for a moment, then replied in a deep voice, "That strongman... was after the Prince! He not only killed all of the Prince's personal guards, but the Prince himself also couldn't escape his clutches."
Upon hearing these words, Wang Li's pupils contracted sharply, and his heart was filled with turmoil.
Who is the Green King?
The current emperor's younger brother, a direct descendant of the royal Xia family, and the de facto ruler of Qingzhou...
The murder of such a person would be an absolutely earth-shattering event!
The Xia family has ruled the Nine Provinces for three hundred years, and there has never been a precedent of a direct descendant of the royal family being murdered. But now...
Appeared!
"That strongman was extremely cruel."
The butler frowned and said, "Not only did he torture and kill the prince in the street, but he also crushed the prince's head with a single step."
"!!!"
Countless exclamation marks flashed through Wang Li's mind. The death of the Green King was already a huge scandal, but now the steward told him that the Green King was not only dead, but died so unsettled that not even a complete body was left behind...
Wang Li couldn't even imagine how furious His Majesty and the Xia family would be if this matter reached the capital!
"Quickly, quickly prepare the sedan chair and take this old man to the Prince of Qing's residence! Wait a moment!"
Coming to his senses, Wang Li was about to head to the Qing Prince's residence when he suddenly seemed to remember something and hurriedly asked the steward, "Has that strongman already left?"
Although Wang Li was of noble birth, he was ultimately a scholar with no physical strength. If that strongman could kill the Green King, he could certainly kill him as well, so...
He had to find out if the strongman was still there, lest he walk into the lion's den and lose his life for nothing.
Since that powerful man dared to kill the Green King, he certainly wouldn't care about Wang Li's status. Wang Li still wanted to keep his body to enjoy the beauties, and he didn't want to lose his life for nothing.
"Don't worry, sir. That bandit has already escaped after killing the Green King."
"That's good!"
Wang Li breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ordered, "Have the people in the manor arrange a sedan chair for me to take me to the Qingwang Mansion. As for you, Steward... you must immediately go out of the city and notify the city guards at the city gate and the Qingzhou army outside the city to close the city gate and surround the entire manor. Before the thief is beheaded, not even a fly should be allowed to leave the city."
"Yes!"
Soon, a sedan chair carried out of the mansion by four porters. Wang Li sat in the sedan chair and was escorted to the Qingwang Mansion by a team of more than ten guards.
As for the steward of the prefectural government, he rode a fast horse out of the city to notify the city guards at the city gate and the Qingzhou army stationed outside the city.
About fifteen minutes later, Wang Li's sedan chair stopped outside the gate of the Qingwang Mansion.
"Ugh."
Wang Li only glanced out the car window at the scene outside the Qingwang Mansion before he couldn't help but gag.
There was no way around it; the scene outside the Qingwang Mansion was truly terrifying. The blood, severed limbs, corpses, and ashes on the ground intertwined to create a hellish scene that would shock anyone who saw it.
"This……"
Not only Wang Li, but also the accompanying guards looked at each other, their faces pale.
"What happened? Why is the area outside the Qingwang Mansion in such a state?"
"Ugh! This is too bloody!"
"This... is simply hell on earth."
"..."
Wang Li's guards were all martial artists, and their mental fortitude was far stronger than that of ordinary people. However, when they saw the scene in front of the Qingwang Mansion, many of them couldn't help but turn their faces away, trying their best not to look at the terrifying scene.
As for the porters carrying the sedan chair...
His face was already as pale as paper. If Wang Li hadn't been in the sedan chair behind him, he probably would have turned around and run away.
"call!"
Wang Liqiang suppressed his discomfort and urge to vomit, and walked over to the corpses lying haphazardly on the ground to examine them carefully. After a short while, he stopped in front of a headless corpse that was bloody, mangled, and unrecognizable.
"Your Highness, you're really dead!"
Standing before the headless corpse, Wang Li's pupils trembled violently.
Based on the python robe on the corpse, he could roughly recognize that the corpse was the Green King.
It was precisely because he recognized the Green King that his reaction was so intense.
In the Xia Kingdom, the death of a member of the royal family is no small matter. Even the death of a member of a collateral branch of the royal family is enough to cause considerable turmoil, let alone the death of the Qing King, who is of royal lineage.
It can be said that the death of the Azure King was a major event that would shake the entire Nine Provinces.
Not to mention, the Azure King's death was so undignified...
Not only was his head crushed, but his corpse was also covered in wounds caused by sharp weapons...
Wang Li couldn't even imagine how furious His Majesty and the Xia family would be when the news reached the capital, perhaps even...
Even Wang Li could be punished by His Majesty!
"This matter must be reported to the imperial court as soon as possible."
Wang Li knew that such a serious matter could not be concealed. The only way to appease the Emperor and the Xia family's anger was to report it to the court as soon as possible and catch the murderer.
otherwise……
As the prefect of Qingzhou, he failed to save the life of the Prince of Qing, and he will likely be held accountable.
but……
The thought of catching the murderer made Wang Li feel uneasy and even made his scalp tingle!
The powerful man who killed the Green King had personally slaughtered two hundred of the royal guards and even killed the Green King, who was at the fifth rank.
Such a powerful figure—Wang Li really didn't have the confidence to arrest him, or even…
If things go wrong and he angers that powerful man, Wang Li doubts whether he will even live to see tomorrow.
After all... that powerful man dared to kill even the Azure King, so Wang Li's status probably wouldn't be much of a deterrent in front of him.
"We can only rely on the Qingzhou Army."
Wang Li muttered to himself, then beckoned to his guards and said, "Someone come here."
"master."
The guards quickly stepped forward to pay their respects. They were all martial artists trained by the Wang family since childhood, and their loyalty to Wang Li was beyond question.