On the roadside of the official road, Li Qing coldly watched the 12 survivors and 23 corpses that Liu Qi had brought back. In addition to the 65 people who had just been shot dead on the spot, he was already certain that this group of men in black was definitely not Sushun's men.
After all, the Sushun Group controlled almost all of the troops in the Rehe Palace apart from the personal guard unit. If he really wanted to ambush him on the road, he definitely wouldn't have sent out such a small number of troops.
Therefore, Li Qing dared to conclude that these men in black should be sent by the real mastermind behind the scenes who wanted to kill him.
After a while, Liu Qi ran to a distance of 20 meters in front of Li Qing. He jumped off his horse and ran over to kneel on one knee. Just as he was about to report, Li Qing stopped him.
"Liu Qi, tell me, are these all the people who escaped?"”
When Liu Qi heard that his highness didn't refer to himself as 'this wang', he knew that his highness didn't want to expose his identity. He nodded his head vigorously,
At this moment, the head of the shed, Wang Lei, walked over and whispered a few words into Li Qing's ear.
Li Qing's expression changed drastically after hearing this. He turned around and walked more than 30 steps forward to make sure that the men in black could not hear him before stopping.
Li Qing took the waist token from the king. On it were the words 'Sushun Prefecture', and behind it was the number 37.
"Wang Lei, did you really find this from those men in black?”Li Qing asked in disbelief.
"It's absolutely true. If your highness doesn't believe me, you can go over and take a look. There are a total of sixty-five of them.”
Li Qing's mind was a little confused after hearing this. He waved his hand and said,"Take good care of these waist tokens. This king will go over there and interrogate them first!”
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Under the faint moonlight, one could vaguely see the pools of blood on the official road. The air was filled with the pungent smell of blood. Three corpses had fallen on the ground, all of them killed by a knife in the chest. Li Qing rode on his horse and looked at the remaining people expressionlessly.
Li Qing glanced at the black-clothed man tied to the leftmost side. This man's attitude was unexpectedly tough, and his eyes flickered with a fierce light. He killed three people in front of him without blinking. If he was not mistaken, this was the black-clothed leader from before.
With such a person around, Li Qing was certain that with his presence, the rest of the people would not dare to say anything.
"Pull him out!" Li Qing pointed at the leader and said.
As soon as Li Qing finished speaking, the leader roared and jumped up to pounce on Li Qing. Unfortunately, just as he stood up, he was kicked to the ground by Liu Qi, the personal guard officer.
When the remaining people saw this, they became even more frightened. Like a group of lambs, they were so scared that their faces turned pale and their bodies trembled.
"Speak! Who are you?" Li Qing asked coldly.
"My subordinates have already said that we are the horse bandits of Blackwind Ridge. I am their leader!”
Before the leader could finish his sentence, Li Qing drew his knife and slashed at his arm.
"Ah!" The leader was suddenly slashed by Li Qing and immediately fell to the ground in pain. However, he only shouted once before he gritted his teeth and stood up again.
"You're a man. Unfortunately, I like to hear the truth. If you lie, you have to be punished!”
Then, Li Qing gave the guards beside him a look. The two guards saw this and struck the back of the leader's head with the back of their swords.
After the leader was knocked unconscious, Li Qing slowly rode his horse to the other men in black and smiled."Now that your leader has fainted, if you know what's good for you, hurry up and explain. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless!
Now, I will give each of you five breaths of time. If you don't say anything, those people will end up like you.”After saying that, Li Qing pointed his knife at the three corpses beside him.
Immediately, the personal guard pulled one of them up under Li Qing's instructions.
"Speak!" Li Qing asked indifferently.”
The man in black raised his head and looked at Li Qing in panic. Just as the man in black was about to speak, Li Qing had already slashed at his neck. The man in black covered his neck with both hands in fear and said,"You…"
Li Qing put away the knife and wiped the blood on the blade with a coarse cloth. He said,"Don't blame me. I've already said that I'll only give you five breaths of time!”
The remaining people looked at their fallen comrades and cried. They had completely collapsed.
Li Qing didn't care about this. He shouted,"Change another person!"”
This time, the person who came up was much more obedient. As soon as he came up, he kowtowed and said,"Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"
Li Qing smiled at the man in black and said,""I can spare your life, but you have to tell me everything you know. As long as it's true, I'll spare your life!”
"I said, as long as I know, I will tell you the truth!”
"Very good. Who are you?”
"We are the personal guard unit, responsible for protecting the Emperor and the palace."”
"Then why didn't you stay in the palace? Why did you come out in night clothes? Who sent you here?"
"This lowly one doesn't know either. I only know that Lord Zuo Ling gave us twenty taels of silver each and said that we were going to hold up a place outside. As for who sent them, this lowly one really doesn't know!”
Are you sure you really don't know?" Li Qing placed the knife on his shoulder and said.
The man in black saw this and cried," I really don't know. Oh right, on the way, I heard Zuo Ling mention that he seemed to be a noble in the palace."”
After Li Qing heard this, he looked at the people behind him. They all nodded, and some even took out the twenty taels of silver they had just received.
"It really is her!"
Li Qing's face revealed a mocking smile." It's just as Bochuan said. This woman is really crazy!”
Then, Li Qing called Liu Qi over and asked,"Are you sure they don't have any military badges?”
Liu Qi nodded and said,"There is a waist token, but it is not a waist token for the pro-military camp!"”
Li Qing nodded slowly and steeled his heart. He picked up his saber and stabbed one of them in the chest.
Then, Li Qing waved his hand and ordered coldly,"Other than the leader, kill everyone else. Leave no one alive!”
Li Qing's 20 personal guards held their sabers and walked towards the terrified people.
The few people behind were so frightened that their hearts were broken. They turned around and fled. One of them tripped on the ground and was chased by Li Qing on horseback. The black-clothed man shouted in horror," Spare me!”
Li Qing showed no mercy. He held the hilt of the knife and slashed it across his chest. The man in black died instantly. Li Qing pulled out a coarse cloth from the horse sack without any emotion and carefully wiped the blood on the knife.
Liu Qi, who was beside him, sighed." Your Highness, didn't you promise to let them go just now?”
Li Qing shook his head." If we set off tomorrow, they will definitely ambush us on both sides. Would they show mercy? Moreover, if they were afraid, they didn't have to come, but since they came, they wanted this king's life. Tell me, would this king let go of someone who wanted his life?”
Then, he ordered Liu Qi,"Move quickly. After killing everyone, tell the brothers to continue moving forward."”
"Understood!" Liu Qi bowed.”
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