The scumbag was secretly having an affair, while I was openly having an affair with the prince.

Chapter 156 Reinforcements arrive

Soon, she dragged the two dead men in black into the tomb, and then ran out to cover the bloodstains on the ground with soil and stones.

About fifteen minutes later, two men in black returned carrying timber.

Upon reaching the cave, the two looked around in surprise.

"Where's the boss?"

"They probably went to find firewood nearby."

"The boss is really something, isn't he afraid the people inside will take the opportunity to escape?"

"What are you afraid of? Even if they can escape this cave, can they escape the imperial mausoleum? Don't forget, there are still hundreds of brothers waiting outside the mausoleum. Even if they had wings, they wouldn't be able to fly back to the capital!"

"That's right! Whether they hide or run away, they're all doomed tonight!"

Just as the two were chatting happily, a dark figure suddenly landed behind them.

Sensing the murderous aura approaching, the two turned around in terror.

'Hmm!'

Before they could even see who it was, they collapsed to the ground, their necks twitching!

Ye Shishu quickly ran out of the stone cave again.

The couple worked together in this way, one responsible for ambushing and killing the enemy, and the other responsible for dragging and hiding the corpses. After three rounds, they easily eliminated seven people.

There are five more people.

Ye Shishu didn't go into the tomb either, but followed Yuchi Ling and hid in the shadows, waiting for them to return.

The remaining five people were gone for a long time, and they returned together.

The five of them were somewhat surprised to see the pile of firewood next to the cave.

Where are the boss and the others?

"Did you find you didn't have enough firewood and went to look for more?"

"Then let's light a fire and smoke it out first!"

The group discussed and acted simultaneously.

Just as they were preparing to light the firewood, Yu Chi Ling and Ye Shi Shu, each wielding a soft sword and a sharp sword respectively, flew down behind them. Their swords moved swiftly and ruthlessly, like chopping melons, giving them no chance to resist.

The couple then dragged all five bodies into the tomb.

"Ling'er, how many people are left?" The tomb was pitch black, but Yu Chisheng could still hear his son's footsteps and hurriedly asked.

"Hundreds of people."

"So many?" Yu Chisheng's voice trembled involuntarily.

"Father, please stay here and rest assured. Shu'er and I will handle things outside," Yu Chi Ling comforted him in a low voice.

"You...you must be careful!" Yu Chisheng reached out to his son and grabbed his arm, his hand trembling.

"Ah."

Yu Chi Ling and Ye Shi Shu did not linger and quickly left the tomb.

Perhaps the twelve people in front had been searching the cemetery for too long, causing those waiting outside to lose patience. Not long after, many more footsteps could be heard.

Yu Chi Ling and Ye Shi Shu were moving firewood when they heard the noise. Ye Shi Shu had a bad feeling and asked nervously in a low voice, "What should we do? There are more of them than before!"

Yu Chi Ling closed his eyes tightly, took out a bottle of medicinal powder from his sleeve, and sprinkled it all over the woodpile.

After lighting the pile of firewood with a tinderbox, he pulled Ye Shishu and flew quickly into the distance.

"Look! There's a fire!" someone shouted in the darkness.

Dozens of dark figures quickly appeared in front of the fire.

Looking at the blazing firewood, all the men in black expressed their confusion.

"Who did it?"

Just as one of them spoke, he suddenly raised his hand to cover his head, his expression one of pain, and his body began to shake uncontrollably.

The man in black beside him cried out in alarm, "Quickly cover your mouth and nose! This firewood is poisonous!"

However, with a group of men in black standing in front of the fire, who would have thought that there would be a problem with the burning fire? One by one, they all collapsed to the ground with a thud.

far away.

Ye Shishu asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, we can't go and put out the fire now, but it looks like it's going to burn for a while. What if Father comes out?"

Fortunately, they moved the pile of firewood away from the side of the cave, so the toxic fumes from the fire wouldn't directly flow into the tomb.

Yu Chi Ling said, "It's alright. This poisonous smoke will only cause splitting headaches and numbness in the limbs, it won't kill you."

As he spoke, he suddenly produced a pill and put it into Ye Shishu's mouth, saying, "This is an antidote pill."

Ye Shishu obediently swallowed it.

In this pitch-black imperial tomb, will-o'-the-wisps are not uncommon, but normal flames and smoke are quite unusual.

Those guarding outside the imperial tomb looked at the distant flames and black smoke, all expressing their bewilderment.

So a group of people quickly ran into the imperial mausoleum to see what was going on.

However, no one who approached the fire survived; they were all suffocated by the poisonous smoke.

Some of them covered their mouths and noses in time and fled in panic.

Outside the imperial mausoleum.

The masked man was meditating on a rock.

The Crown Princess promised him wealth and honor, urging him to eliminate the Emperor.

But the person he really wanted to deal with was Prince Cheng!

Seeing his men fleeing in panic from the imperial tomb, he flew over and angrily asked, "What happened?"

“Master…there’s…poison…” one of the subordinates pointed to the distant firelight, “over there…”

The masked man looked over, and his eyes instantly filled with a sinister aura.

As expected of the head of Huaxiang Pavilion, he is truly not easy to deal with!

No matter how difficult he is to deal with, he must take down Prince Cheng today!

"Everyone cover your mouths and noses, and come in with me!" he roared, issuing the order.

"Yes!"

Just as nearly a hundred men in black were about to rush into the imperial mausoleum, the thunderous sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from afar—

The masked man narrowed his eyes, a hint of doubt appearing in them.

Could it be that the Crown Princess thought he was too slow and sent someone to reinforce him?

However, as the horse drew near and he saw the leader clearly, panic instantly flashed in his eyes.

"kill!"

Seeing so many men in black, Wen Yan and Wen Mo were furious. Regardless of whose people they were, they immediately issued a kill order.

The guards, mounted on tall, fine horses, gripped the reins in one hand and held their swords tightly in the other, surging towards the men in black—

Without hesitation, the masked man used his lightness skill to fly into the imperial mausoleum.

Gu Simo said angrily, "Hua Ping! Let's see where you can run this time!"

She leaped off her horse and gave chase using her fastest light-footed skills—

"Xin'er! Wait for me!" Ye Shijun quickly chased after her!

Outside the imperial mausoleum, the men in black panicked when they saw their master had fled. But there was only one escape route, and it was now blocked by the Prince Cheng's forces. So, they all scrambled to escape into the mausoleum.

Inside the imperial tomb, the pyre continued to burn, showing no sign of being extinguished.

Black smoke drifted and spread with the night wind, almost enveloping half of the imperial tomb.

After the men in black ran inside, many people were knocked out by the toxic fumes.

The guards from Prince Cheng's residence chased after them, but they too fell victim to the attack.

Suddenly, a strange chaos erupted within the imperial mausoleum without a fight—

Hearing the loud commotion outside, Yu Chisheng guessed that his son's reinforcements had arrived, so he came out of the tomb.

The entrance to the tomb's stone cave is closest to the woodpile.

Before he could even get a good look at his surroundings, he suddenly clutched his head in pain and collapsed to the ground.

"Father!"