Your Majesty, please beg for mercy. The prince's rebellion was successful.

Chapter 993 The real goal

"The Duke of Zhen was assassinated in Qingyun Temple!"

The news swept across like a tornado, and for a while the entire northern land began to shake.

Countless people looked shocked, followed by anger and murderous intent.

Zhen Guogong has worked hard to manage the northern territory for decades, and the significance of his existence has long been irreplaceable in the hearts of the people.

No one can look past the contribution that the Xiao family has made to the construction of the Northern Territory.

But now, after finally seeing the stability of the northern border, someone dares to assassinate the Duke of Zhen! ?

Who is it! ?

At the same time, the Zhenbei Army also began to move out, blocking almost all exits in the entire northern land.

Whether it is the fortress entering the capital from the south or the passage from the north to Daxia and Dayuan, they are all tight and extraordinary.

Obviously, the Xiao family will not give up at this time, and neither will the people in the northern border.

The Duke's Mansion!

Gan Mo and Xiao Mu were both seriously injured.

Especially Xiao Mu, at this age and still so traumatized, if it had been anyone else, he would have died suddenly due to physical exhaustion.

But even if he managed to survive, Xiao Mu's condition was still quite bad.

"Your Majesty, I think there is something fishy about this matter."

On the hospital bed, Xiao Mu took a deep breath, and the pain from the involved wound made his old face slightly distorted again.

Forcibly suppressing the heart-wrenching pain, Xiao Mu's voice was a little solemn.

"Father, don't worry, we have begun strict investigation. No matter it is the black market or the people involved this time, no one will be spared."

"Since they dare to touch you, they must be prepared to die."

When Xiao Guan clenched his fists and his eyes were red, the murderous intention in his body has not dissipated to this day.

If it weren't for his disabled legs, Xiao Guan would have gone to find out the truth of the matter himself.

Seeing everyone like this, Xiao Mu shook his head, and then turned his attention to Zhou Zheng again.

"Grandpa, you can rest assured and recover, and leave other matters to me."

Zhou Zheng forced a smile on his face, but dark waves surged in his heart, and his murderous intent reached its peak.

In this life, Xiao Mu is Zhou Zheng's inverse scale.

Nowadays, who in the world does not know the relationship between Zhou Zheng and Xiao Mu?

But under such circumstances, there are still people who dare to do such crazy things, and Zhou Zhengru will not let them go no matter what.

"It is precisely because everyone knows this that this matter is extraordinary."

There were two more coughs, and blood seeped out.

But Xiao Mu didn't care. He forced his body to stand up, his face was weak, but his eyes were shining with this light. ,

In this life, what scenes has he not experienced, what storms and waves has he not seen? !

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

His intuition told him that it must not be simple.

He no longer cares about his own life. In the past few years, he has been on countless battlefields and killed countless enemies. If this life is gone, it will be gone.

The only thing he couldn't worry about was Xiao Guan, Xiao Hu and Zhou Zheng.

Especially Zhou Zheng, it seems that the country is peaceful and the country is prosperous, but for some reason, he always feels uneasy.

Until something happened this time.

"They had many opportunities, why did they choose now?"

Seeing Xiao Guan trying to get him to bed and rest, Xiao Mu refused.

Then he looked at Zhou Zheng and spoke in a deep voice.

Everything about Qingyun Temple this time was too strange.

He got the news about Xiao Bao and was eager to save his son. He was wise and deceitful, but he still had no hesitation.

The first-generation Zhen Guo Gong was calm and calm, but the other party used a piece of news to predict that he would go to Qingyun Temple.

At least it means that the other party understands his own character and the Xiao family well enough, otherwise he would not be so sure.

"Gan Mo is very strong, but can he really stop all killers?!"

"As long as they are willing, they can kill me even before Gan Mo comes..."

This is what Xiao Mu really finds strange.

And these words instantly caused Xiao Guan and Xiao Hu's expressions to change, and even Zhou Zheng's pupils turned.

Obviously, no one of them had expected this before.

What does it mean?

Are those killers showing mercy? Or do they have a pang of conscience and feel uneasy! ?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

When these killers take on this task in the black market, they know there is no turning back.

Since there is no room for turning back, they will definitely fight to the death.

"Hundreds of elites can kill me at Qingyun Temple."

"But they gave me the opportunity to close the iron door."

"When they besieged Qingyun Temple, even if the walls were high and spiked, as long as they were willing, they could still pay some price to attack Qingyun Temple."

"Even though Gan Mo is powerful and claims to be the strongest in the Great Zhou Dynasty, you also saw that Gan Mo was seriously injured and only breathed."

"They have countless opportunities to achieve their goal and kill me."

"But, in the end, they didn't..."

Xiao Mu's words, although his voice was very low, made everyone feel shocked.

There are too many doubts here.

Even Zhou Zheng didn't react for a while.

"Ten thousand steps back..."

"When the gunshots were fired, they should have known that the Zhenbei Army would definitely arrive."

"However, they still forced themselves to hold on for the whole night."

"During this period, apart from seriously injuring Gan Mo and allowing Gan Mo to forcefully enter Qingyun Temple, there was no other action."

There were a few more heavy coughs.

But this time, Zhou Zheng and Xiao Hu looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes.

Because when the iron gate of Qingyun Temple opened, it was true that there was no one around Xiao Mu.

Even Gan Mo has no power to fight anymore.

Being able to severely injure Gan Mo is enough to show that none of these killers are simple. At least, they are not as simple as intercepting Zhou Zheng's killer in front of the gate of life and death.

"But, what is their purpose for doing this?"

Xiao Hu's eyes widened and he gritted his teeth. He felt that what Xiao Mu said made sense, but it didn't make sense.

Are those killers just a bunch of idiots? ?

"The only explanation is that they did it on purpose."

Zhou Zheng straightened his spine, his pupils flashing with sharpness.

"Their real purpose is not to kill grandpa."

"Instead, use grandpa as bait..."

This explanation made Xiao Hu and Xiao Bao shake violently.

But Xiao Mu had a hint of approval in his eyes and nodded immediately.

"What, what does this mean?"

Xiao Hu couldn't understand for a moment.

After wasting so much effort, he just let Xiao Mu become a bait?