Chen Jieqi entered East Palace on the night after the knighting ceremony.
There was no greeting card and no communication.
The side door of the East Palace was opened a crack, like a mouth that had been waiting for a long time.
Xue Qinghe was making tea in the study. She was not wearing the prince's court dress, only a white singlet.
Her blond hair was tied back, revealing her own face.
Chen Jieqi opened the door and came in. His first words were. "Tang Hao is at Heaven Dou City."
Qian Renxue's hand stopped above the teapot, and the steam steamed up, blurring her eyes.
"Are you sure?"
"Moonlight Pavilion." Chen Jieqi sat down and poured himself a cup of tea.
"Tang San stayed at the Moonlight Pavilion for three days, while Tang Hao was recovering from his injuries.
When I was knighted, on the patrol route of the City Defense Department, three hidden sentries around the Moonlight Pavilion were quietly demolished.
Except for Clear Sky Douluo, no one can stop them from even sending an alarm."
Qian Renxue put down the teapot, and the porcelain bottom hit the wooden support with a crisp sound.
"He killed his father."
"I know."
"I want him dead."
"I came here to discuss this." Chen Jieqi raised his eyes and looked at her,
"The leg bone on Grandpa's body is a relic of Blue Silver Emperor.
Tang Hao As soon as he recovers from his injury, he will definitely go to him. It's not impossible, it's certain."
Qian Renxue pupils shrink.
She stood up and walked to the window, her back to Chen Jieqi, her shoulders stretched like a fully drawn bow.
"What are you going to do?"
"Surround Moonlight Pavilion and force him to show up." Chen Jieqi said,
"But don't do anything in the city. Tang Yuehua's territory, Xue Ye will be furious.
Force him out of the city and drive in the direction of East Foothill Mine.
That's my fiefdom, and grandpa is here too, let him choose the battlefield."
Qian Renxue turned around, his golden eyes shining brightly under the candlelight.
"You are using your fiefdom as a cage."
"The cage must be baited." Chen Jieqi said,
"Dugu Bo is that piece of meat. Tang Hao will go if you smell it."
Qian Renxue looked at him for a long time and suddenly smiled.
There was no prince's gentleness in that smile, only a sharp joy that belonged to her.
"Okay." She took a token from Soul Tool and gave it to him.
"Snake Lance, Pufferfish, at your disposal. I won't move for the time being. 'Xue Qinghe' cannot appear near the Moonlight Pavilion."
Chen Jieqi took the token, his fingertips brushed the back of her hand, and paused for a moment.
"Thank you."
"Don't thank me." Qian Renxue retracted his hand, folded his arms and leaned against the desk.
"I'll thank you later when Tang Hao dies."
Moonlight Pavilion, East Wing.
Tang Hao When I opened my eyes, it was dark outside the window.
He didn't move, feeling his injuries first.
The meridians are like withered vines burned by fire, barely connected, but Soul Power running sluggishly.
He tried to clench his right fist, and the joints made a slight clicking sound.
He sat up, the bed board creaked, and Tang San next door immediately pushed the door open and entered.
"Father!"
"How many days has it been?" Tang Hao's voice was hoarse.
"Three days." Tang San was holding the medicine bowl, his eyes were blue, "Please sleep a little longer, aunt said..."
"I won't sleep anymore." Tang Hao opened the quilt and paused slightly when his right leg stepped on the ground.
That bone burned like a fire in his perception, pointing directly at East Foothills of Tiantou City, the mine.
Tang Hao tightened his belt and did not look at his son.
"Xiaosan, do you know Slaughter City?"
Tang San shook his head.
"That was hell." Tang Hao's voice recalled,
"Those who go in will either come out alive or die inside.
Your father went in there back then, and after he came out, he got the name 'Clear Sky Douluo'."
Tang San's fingers tightened.
"You are too weak now." Tang Hao finally raised his eyes,
"Xiao Wu replied to Xingdou, Spirit Hall will not let her go. How can you protect her?"
Tang San said nothing.
"Go to Slaughter City. Come out alive. Only then will you be qualified to stand in front of her."
Tang San was silent for a moment. "Father, your injury is not healed yet. Who am I to leave..."
"I can't die." Tang Hao interrupted him, took out an iron plate and a map from Soul Tool, and threw it over.
There is a vague word "kill" engraved on the iron plate, and the map shows the route to Slaughter City.
"This is the map."
Tang San Catch it and hold it tightly.
"Go quickly. Come out alive and we will meet at the mine."
Tang San looked at his father's face, trying to find any trace of weakness, but there was none.
He lowered his head and put the iron plate into Soul Tool.
"Yes." He turned around and went out, closing the door behind him.
Tang Hao Hearing the footsteps getting further away, he slowly straightened up.
He walked to the window and opened it a crack. The night wind came in, bringing with it the unique, humid smoke and smoke of Tiandou City.
He sensed that there were several auras gathering towards the Moonlight Pavilion, not in a hurry, but very methodical.
"It came very quickly." He whispered.
The door was pushed open again, and Tang Yuehua came in with medicine. When he saw that he was already standing in front of the window, his hand shook and the medicine bowl hit the door frame.
"You want to leave?"
"Hmm."
"To die?"
Tang Hao looked back at her, twitching the corners of her mouth, and there was no warmth in her smile.
"Go get your stuff."
"Sister-in-law doesn't want to see you like this."
"Ah Yin is dead." Tang Hao said,
"I don't know what a dead person would think. I only know that the relics she left behind cannot be left on others."
He grabbed the black cloak hanging on the back of the chair and put it on.
Clear Sky Hammer has not been taken out, but Soul Power has begun to slowly run in the meridians, like a rusty machine re-igniting.
"Tell the mistress,"
Tang Hao walked to the window,
"If I hadn't gone to the mine, I would have let him live on his own."
Tang Yuehua said nothing.
He glanced back at Tang Yuehua, then jumped into the night.
Moonlight Pavilion is outside, three streets away.
Chen Jieqi stood on the roof, holding a piece of scale powder he asked for from Dugu Bo in his hand.
The scale powder shone slightly in the night wind, pointing in the direction of the Moonlight Pavilion.
Behind him, Snake Lance Douluo came out of the shadows.
"Mr. Chen, the troops are ready.
On the east, south and north sides, only the west gap is left, leading to East Foothills."
"Hmm."
"Do you want to close the net now?"
Chen Jieqi shook his head. "Wait..."
Before he finished speaking, a muffled sound suddenly erupted from the second floor of the Moonlight Pavilion.
Rows of windows on the second floor were shattered, and sawdust shot like arrows into the street.
A black shadow swept out of the gap, not heading west, but east, heading straight towards the mine in the east of the city.
"He sensed it." Chen Jieqi's pupils shrank.
"Dugu Bo was in the mine, and he smelled it halfway across the city."
Snake Lance Douluo has risen into the sky. "Chasing?"
"Chase!" Chen Jieqi jumped off the roof, and while he was in mid-air, Soul Power exploded behind him, piercing the Heaven Dou City night sky like a silver meteor.
"Don't let him enter the mine! Stop him halfway!"
East Foothills, at the mouth of the mine.
Dugu Bo stood at the door of the chapel, his green robes rustling in the night wind.
He pressed his right hand on his right leg, and through the material of his clothes, the bone that did not belong to him was feeling hot.
It's not his Soul Power that's burning, it's the original owner of the bones that's getting closer.
"Grandpa." Chen Jieqi's voice came from behind.
When he landed, there was a gust of wind, and his long silver hair spread behind his head.
"He's coming."
"I know." Dugu Bo didn't look back,
"Half a mile away, I can smell that stink through the coffin board."
"Qian Renxue's people are behind." Chen Jieqi walked to him,
"It is not convenient for her to come out, but Snake Lance and Pufferfish will cooperate with us.
In this battle, I have the advantage."
Dugu Bo snorted, "When will I need help..."
The voice was cut off.
On the tree line outside the valley mouth, a black shadow slowly walked out.
He wears a black cloak and messy hair. His right hand hangs by his side and his left hand is held empty.
He did not release Martial Soul, but with every step he took, the ground beneath his feet sank an inch.
Tang Hao raised his head, looking past Chen Jieqi and directly focused on Dugu Bo.
"Dugu Bo."
The sound is not loud, like two stones grinding together.
"Give me back the leg bone."
Dugu Bo smiled, and the shadow of Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor slowly rose behind him,
"Tang Hao, do you really think that I couldn't defeat you when I was Spirit City?"
Chen Jieqi Take half a step back,
He did not look at Tang Hao, but turned his head and said to the air behind him:
"Come out."
In the shadows of the forest, Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo appeared one on the left and one on the right.
A few Titled Douluo breaths strangled at the mouth of the valley, the air became thicker, and even the wind stopped.
Tang Hao looked at this scene and suddenly smiled. The smile was ferocious and full of madness.
"Three?"
He finally clenched his left hand, and the shadow of Clear Sky Hammer condensed in his palm, as black as if it was about to swallow the moonlight.
"Just right. It saves me having to look for them one by one."
He took a step.
The ground is cracked.