After Zong Ruichen finished speaking, there was a long silence outside the military camp.
Because he was harboring a secret, he nervously glanced around to make sure that those people had been sent away by Zong Luo. Then he whispered, “Third Brother, actually, I know about that matter.”
Zong Ruichen didn’t dare to look up at Zong Luo’s face, and he missed the moment when the crown prince in white froze after he finished explaining the conditions for launching the Shenji Crossbow, “Third Brother is not my real brother, I know.”
Zong Luo, who was in a daze, suddenly widened his eyes.
“At that time in the imperial prison, Zong Chengsi incited me, wanting to use my hand to get rid of the King of Beining. At that moment, I was actually very angry. But then he, in order to take revenge on the King of Beining, had me bring him within the range of the Shenji Crossbow.”
Zong Ruichen was not a fool, on the contrary, Zong Luo had praised him for being smart.
Even if he couldn’t figure out why Zong Chengsi was desperate to have Zong Ruichen bring Yu Beizhou into the range of the Shenji Crossbow at that time, when Ye Linghan sent a secret letter explaining the conditions for the Shenji Crossbow to be activated, he could guess some clues.
The target of the Shenji Crossbow needed the blood of a close relative.
The blood of a close relative must be a sibling or a direct parent.
Witchcraft couldn’t be inferred by common sense, which was the same reason why the Witch Sacrificial Ceremony could detect that Zong Luo was not of Emperor Yuan’s bloodline. It’s just that using bloodline for targeted positioning here was actually simpler in principle than the Great Witch’s Witch Sacrificial Ceremony.
An urgent report came from the Imperial City, and the men of sacrifice of the Wei Country simultaneously attacked the imperial palace and the Sixth Prince’s Mansion. As for the Fifth Prince’s Mansion, because it was heavily guarded, it was not their first target. It seemed to assassinate Emperor Yuan, but it was actually just a feint, after all, everyone in the world knew that Emperor Yuan was a martial arts expert. It’s just to cover up the men of sacrifice who got the blood of the Sixth Prince from the Sixth Prince’s Mansion and retreated.
With this blood, the Wei Country could launch a killing attack on the Crown Prince and the Eighth Prince.
Of course, no one would want to kill the powerless Eighth Prince. Whether he lived or died had little to do with the two countries, only the life of the Crown Prince of Great Yuan was the most important.
The Wei Country was determined to kill the Crown Prince of Great Yuan on the front line.
In addition, Zong Ruichen had also dreamed of his previous life.
Not only did he dream of his own death in his previous life, but he also noticed some unique information revealed in the dream.
For example, in the dream, a servant mentioned that after the Witch Sacrificial Ceremony, Emperor Yuan was furious, and the Third Prince was sent to the border for no reason.
For another example, just mentioning the Third Prince, Emperor Yuan ordered the execution of the talkative servant.
This was completely different from this life, where the Father Emperor’s love for the Third Prince was obvious to all.
And his dream was obviously not just an ordinary dream, otherwise at the Father Emperor’s birthday banquet, the Third Prince would not be so anxious, not only instructing Ye Linghan to protect him well, but also setting up many backups. It seemed to treat it as a major event that was about to happen.
Because of his admiration for the Third Imperia Brother, Zong Ruichen naturally didn’t think about these reasons.
He knew that the Third Imperial Brother would not harm him.
But this did not mean that Zong Ruichen knew nothing about it.
“And I also guessed that the Third Brother should also know about this, only then his hair turned white overnight.”
Zong Ruichen had always been by Zong Luo’s side, except for not following him to the Hanmen Pass battle, he also saw his Third Brother’s struggling, painful, and even numb emotions when he came back.
At the same time, it was the good mood of the King of Beining. Plus the clues revealed by Zong Chengsi, what else did Zong Ruichen not understand?
“When in the right camp, I deliberately did not say the conditions for the activation of the Shenji Crossbow.”
Zong Ruichen drooped his head. “I know that the Yu family is the culprit of the destruction of the Rong family, but at that time, the wet nurse warned me to do best regarding the family feud matter, and that it was more important to preserve oneself, because I am the last living blood of the Rong family.”
So at the beginning, he didn’t plan to listen to Zong Chengsi’s nonsense.
Until he discovered that secret, he made up his mind to help Zong Luo kill and silence. (TL: murder sb. to prevent divulgence of one’s secrets)
“But Third Brother, I know this is wrong, this is treason. I also know that Third Brother may be very disappointed when he knows about this, I am willing to bear any punishment but I can’t lose Third Brother. If this matter is known by Father Emperor, I will lose Third Brother forever!”
“And the King of Beining is still the enemy of the Third Brother, he has treated you like this, Third Brother is still unwilling to take action against him, it is better to..”
It is better to let him die on the front line.
Zong Luo understood the meaning of Zong Ruichen’s last sentence and suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood.
The star-like bright red blood splashed out, wetting the white front, like red plum falling snow.
Zong Ruichen was startled. “Third Brother——!”
He was already nervous, and seeing this scene made him feel even more guilty.
“It’s not your fault.” The crown prince in white waved his hand tiredly, refusing Zong Ruichen’s touch.
Yes, how could this be blamed on Zong Ruichen?
In Zong Ruichen’s eyes, he and Yu Beizhou were just a pair of mortal enemies. Or to say, in everyone’s eyes, they were.
Zong Ruichen clearly knew that he was not of the Zong family bloodline, but he was still willing to recognize him as his big brother. Even for him, he concealed the process of the matter, and did not hesitate to stain his hands with blood, just to get rid of the hidden danger of Yu Beizhou.
Since he could guess Zong Luo’s identity, Zong Ruichen naturally couldn’t guess that Yu Beizhou was his biological brother, nevertheless he didn’t hesitate at all when taking action.
What else could Zong Luo say, praise the traditional virtues of the Zong family, who were ruthless towards their brothers? With so many emperors and Emperor Yuan as precedents, Yu Beizhou in his previous life killed his siblings, and now Zong Ruichen, for the sake of a nominal outsider, was willing to silence his real brother forever.
From Zong Ruichen’s perspective, he did nothing wrong.
This younger brother, who he had raised to this point, was indeed closer than his real brothers.
However, no one expected that Zong Luo had feelings for Yu Beizhou.
This became the only variable.
Zong Luo called for Zhao Yebai, silently mounted his horse.
“Third Brother! What are you doing!” Seeing him like this, Zong Ruichen also panicked. “The right camp has already started fighting, the Crown Prince cannot appear on the battlefield!”
