"Ah, someone's dead!" Someone realized what was happening, screamed in terror, and ran away as fast as they could. The injured and fallen customers also scrambled out of the hall, and the whole place instantly descended into chaos.
Ye Qianlong walked at the back, oblivious to the chaos around him, walking slowly and steadily, his head slightly lowered, his gloomy eyes filled with disappointment: Li Xue is not here!
"What happened? Why is it so chaotic?" The lewd man who sold Ye Qianlong walked out of the room with his pants up. He was shirtless, revealing his dark chest. The door behind him was not closed, and a woman could be vaguely seen getting dressed on the bed inside.
Ye Qianlong suddenly stopped and looked in the direction of the lewd man. His composed black attire stood out amidst the chaotic crowd of a hundred, possessing an unusually dazzling brilliance. His usually clear eyes now held a frightening quality: "You lied to me too!"
The lewd man was suddenly startled, and was about to say something to deceive Ye Qianlong when Ye Qianlong flicked her finger, catching the man's words in his throat. He slowly lowered his head, and a fountain of blood spurted from his neck, reflecting the bright sunlight—a truly beautiful sight…
"Help! Murder! Murder!" Screams echoed throughout the brothel as patrons pulled up their trousers and fled at top speed.
Ye Qianlong walked steadily forward, the demonic sound entering his ears, shocking his eardrums. He frowned tightly: "So noisy!" With a wave of his hand, there was a loud bang, and a large gash was scraped open in the hard ground, and the screams stopped abruptly.
After a moment of silence, the brothel erupted into chaos, the screams even louder: "He's a devil! A devil!"
"So noisy!" Ye Qianlong muttered, his hands flashing out in a flurry of motion. The beautiful artificial hill and pond were destroyed, trees were knocked down, and the luxurious Wan Hua Lou was slashed open with gaping holes. Dust flew everywhere, and chaos reigned...
People screamed and fled in panic. Ye Qianlong walked slowly, muttering to himself, "They've all lied to me. I can't believe any of them!"
At the restaurant, Shen Lixue and Dongfang Heng had finished lunch and were preparing to return to the Prime Minister's residence. Through the wide-open window, Shen Lixue saw a chaotic scene in the distance, crowded with people: "What place is that?"
Dongfang Heng glanced over indifferently: "It should be... a brothel!" The chaotic place was far away, and the specific situation could not be seen clearly, but there were brightly colored clothes flashing in half the courtyard. Apart from a brothel, there was no other place with so many young women.
"Something seems to have happened there, let's go take a look!" Shen Lixue suggested softly. On the way back to the Prime Minister's residence, they would have to pass through that place, so it would be convenient for her to go there as well.
"Alright!" Dongfang Heng had no interest in the chaos of brothels, but he wouldn't object if Shen Lixue wanted to see it.
With his arm around Shen Lixue's waist, Dongfang Heng leaped out of the window and arrived in front of the chaotic Wanhua Tower in the blink of an eye.
"Murder! Murder!" The disheveled customer, pulling up his trousers, and the half-open clothes of the prostitute, whose breasts were exposed, screamed as if fleeing something terrifying, running out of the brothel, his face filled with fear and still in shock.
Shen Lixue frowned. What was going on? Had someone committed murder in a brothel?
"Li Xue!"
A familiar, joyful call suddenly rang out. Shen Lixue was startled and looked up to see a man dressed in black with clear eyes and a pure, lovely smile on his flawless face. He strode towards her: "Lixue, I've finally found you!"
Ye Qianlong was overjoyed to finally meet the person he had been searching for and subconsciously reached out to hug Chen Lixue.
Dongfang Heng's eyes changed slightly. He stepped in front of Shen Lixue, his sharp gaze fixed on the black-clad man who was close at hand: "Are you Ye Qianlong?" His youthful, adorable, and stunningly beautiful face was adorned with a clean and innocent smile, as if he were untouched by the ways of the world.
"Who are you?" Ye Qianlong glared at Dongfang Heng with displeasure. He had just seen Li Xue when Dongfang Heng blocked his way.
"Dongfang Heng!" Dongfang Heng answered coldly, his deep gaze fixed on Ye Qianlong.
"Dongfang Heng!" Ye Qianlong murmured, something flashing quickly in his clear eyes. He had heard of this name before.
"Why are you blocking Li Xue?" Ye Qianlong glared at Dongfang Heng again, his clear eyes burning with anger.
A hint of suspicion flashed in Dongfang Heng's sharp, dark eyes: Is this really Ye Qianlong, the Crown Prince of Xiliang?
"Qianlong, what are you doing here?" Shen Lixue walked out from behind Dongfang Heng and looked at the plaque above the gate. This was a brothel.
"I've come to find you!" Ye Qianlong replied happily, her clean and radiant smile like that of a child waiting for praise.
"Looking for me?" Shen Lixue frowned slightly. "How did you know I was here?"
"An older man told me!" Ye Qianlong replied softly, her smile radiant.
"Where is that uncle?" Shen Lixue vaguely guessed the whole story. Ye Qianlong was beautiful and innocent, and had been tricked and sold into this place.
Ye Qianlong pointed to Wanhua Tower: "He's inside, he seems to be asleep!" When he came out, the uncle sprayed blood mist all over the ground and then collapsed to the ground, he must have been asleep.
Shen Lixue raised her eyebrows. With the Wan Hua Lou in such a mess, who could possibly sleep? Unless it's a corpse... Could it be that Ye Qianlong was the one who killed someone in the Wan Hua Lou?
"Li Xue, I've been looking for you for so long, why haven't you come to see me?" Ye Qianlong said plaintively, reaching out to take Li Xue's hand.
Dongfang Heng's gaze sharpened slightly. He quickly pulled Shen Lixue behind him and coldly stared at Ye Qianlong: "Ye Qianlong, men and women should not touch each other!"
"You're a man too, so why are you holding her hand?" Ye Qianlong looked at Dongfang Heng and Shen Lixue's clasped hands, protesting defiantly.
Dongfang Heng's face instantly darkened. He stared coldly at Ye Qianlong's clear, angry eyes. Rumor had it that the Crown Prince of Xiliang was exceptionally handsome, aloof, and disliked talking to people. Yet, the Ye Qianlong before him only confirmed half of the rumors...
Shen Lixue pulled Dongfang Heng's hand off her arm and looked helplessly at Ye Qianlong: He's clearly just a child at heart...
"Quickly, quickly, it was that man in black who killed him! Catch him!" More than a dozen guards rushed out of the Wan Hua Lou, wielding gleaming swords and blades, and quickly charged towards Ye Qianlong.
"Qianlong, be careful!" Shen Lixue warned urgently, and was about to pull Ye Qianlong behind her when Ye Qianlong waved his hand lightly behind him. With a bang, more than a dozen guards were all sent flying and crashed heavily to the ground, spitting out blood. The golden signboard of Wan Hua Lou was also knocked to the ground and smashed to pieces!
Shen Lixue was taken aback. She glanced at the chaotic Wan Hua Lou, then at Ye Qianlong with his pure smile. She hadn't expected him to possess such profound martial arts skills and internal strength...
Dongfang Heng ignored Ye Qianlong. As the Crown Prince of Xiliang, his martial arts skills were naturally not bad. His gaze slowly turned to Shen Lixue, and his dark eyes flashed with inexplicable emotions. She called him... Qianlong!
"Li Xue, I'm hungry!" Ye Qianlong said pitifully, savoring the bowl of porridge that Shen Li Xue had given him; it was truly an unparalleled delicacy.
Shen Lixue smiled slightly. One second he was seriously injuring more than ten people, and the next he could innocently say he was hungry. He was truly as naive as a child: "Then let's go eat!"
"We!" Dongfang Heng keenly caught Shen Lixue's choice of words, his dark eyes growing increasingly intense.
"Okay, okay, let's go!" Ye Qianlong smiled brightly and reached out to pull Chen Lixue. Just as he was about to touch her sleeve, countless black feathered arrows flew in from all directions.
"Watch out!" Dongfang Heng grabbed Shen Lixue and instantly appeared behind a large tree more than ten meters away.
"Li Xue!" Ye Qianlong was about to follow when the feathered arrow was already close at hand. He had to distract himself and wave his palm to knock the arrow back.
The arrows flew in dense, rapid bursts, one after another, as if determined to kill someone.
"Qianlong!" Shen Lixue cried out softly, ignoring the arrows flying past her, and was about to go and help.