Peace Order
Chapter 321 - 143: Indeed, Irreconcilable Enemies!_3

Chapter 321: Chapter 143: Indeed, Irreconcilable Enemies!_3

He understood why he disliked Jiang Yuan.

He understood how different he was from the imperial family in this world.

He fundamentally differed from the world’s elite; people here really only regarded others as goods, as tools to develop relationships with the mighty and to showcase one’s own spirit. It was a true indifference and distinction from the bottom of their hearts.

Li Guanyi’s hands trembled slightly, and the murderous intent in his heart was nearly uncontrollable.

Li Guanyi didn’t know how he managed not to lash out, perhaps it was due to Yuwen Lie’s presence, or perhaps it was his own reason. He closed the box, turned and walked out, then his steps quickened, faster and faster, until he was running wildly away.

Jiang Yuan watched the young man as thunder exploded in the sky, bright and white.

"He is not one of our kind."

When Jiang Yuan returned, he saw Yuwen Lie beneath the tree, this renowned Great General looked at him indifferently and said, "Why cut off the hand of your own musician?"

Jiang Yuan said dismissively, "It was just to test Li Guanyi."

Yuwen Lie said, "Oh?"

Jiang Yuan, with a sneer, said, "My royal brothers are too naive, thinking we can live and let live with the commoners. They are wrong. We are inherently not the same as these commoners. If the world is a forest, we are like lions and tigers—we must eat meat!"

"The fine silks and exotic delicacies on the royal body, which one doesn’t come from the blood and sweat of the commoners? Hmph, when he talks about living in harmony with the common people, the very paper he writes on is worth more than a month’s food for a commoner."

"Mouth service about living with the people, ha, he’s just deceiving the ignorant, how can he even deceive himself?!"

"We were born superior, destined to be supported by the masses. I should step on their heads; otherwise, what if I dirty my shoes?"

"And Li Guanyi, just now, he even dared to harbor murderous intent in his eyes... he’s actually siding with the mud-legged peasants, does my royal brother not realize that such people are fundamentally our enemies?"

Jiang Yuan touched his neck and smiled, "At the root, he is our enemy."

"Such people cannot be recruited."

"The more talented they are, the sooner they should be killed!"

"Do you say that with just a musician’s hand, I discerned such things, isn’t it worth it? Moreover, I have prepared another gift for him..."

Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "Moreover, your royal brother has betrayed you."

"General Yu Wen, he told Li Guanyi of your suggestion."

Silent, deathly still.

The thunder roared across the sky, illuminating the calm Yuwen Lie and the slightly raised eyebrows of Jiang Yuan.

......

Li Guanyi ran wildly in the rain, smelling the blood, and at a spot where commoners dumped trash, he saw the musician with several guards approaching with evil smiles, their hands warm from the rub, the musician’s palm cleanly severed at the wrist.

She still looked delicate, but like a wooden doll that had lost everything, sat among the trash, her eyes gray and lifeless.

"Hehe, with such looks, even without hands, she’s not impossible to use."

"Come, come, let the eldest have a taste first, then the brothers can have a try. It’s common for a big family to cast out a maid like this; life or death, the officials won’t care, it’s our lucky day."

They moved closer, and the musician had no ripples in her eyes.

But suddenly they heard an angry shout: "Scram!!!!"

The ruffians were directly flung away, hitting a wall, blood spouting from their mouths. Suddenly, the musician felt someone standing in front of her; she lifted her head to see the youth gasping for breath, with rainwater cascading down on him, radiating a faint glow.

On the musician’s face appeared an instinctual gentle smile, her arms severed at the wrists.

Softly smiling, she said, "Young master..."

Li Guanyi clenched his fist, his body trembling slightly. He suddenly grabbed the young musician girl and immediately pressed her acupoint to stop the bleeding. Hoisting her onto his back, he began to dash forward with long and frantic strides. As the musician was carried on Li Guanyi’s back, moving up and down, she looked at the youth’s neck, a glint of flowing light sparked in her eyes, and she parted her lips.

There was a silver needle on her tongue, the order of Prince Jiang Guang still vivid in her mind.

’The tales of the Netherworld Ghost Market, he does these things to seek great fame, heh, fishing for fame and compliments, facing such a predicament, he won’t stand idly by, at that time you’ll find it easy to kill him.’

’You are the most crucial chess piece, you must not make a mistake.’

The musician didn’t know how she had agreed or how she ended up sitting there, but she intended to kill Li Guanyi.

As an assassin should.

But suddenly, she realized that there was no rain on her body.

The young man had used his True Qi to disperse the rain around them.

The musician froze; she saw the youth’s eyes wide open, his body trembling slightly, carrying her on his back, his palm pressing against her broken arm, a warm stream continuously flowing into her body. Drops were falling on her arm, were those raindrops?

For some reason, the musician suddenly felt unable to bring herself to harm him.

No, I am an assassin... the crucial chess piece.

All the heroes of the world are heartless, he is, and so is the prince.

But the next moment, the musician saw Li Guanyi rushing into the territory of the Ghost Market.

Knowing how Ghost Market felt about Li Guanyi, she was stunned, and then she saw the masters of the Netherworld Ghost Market appear all at once, weapons drawn, pointing at the youth. Someone, gritting their teeth, shouted, "Li Guanyi, you dare to come here?!"

"We’ve lost all our business because of you."

The youth stood upright and said loudly, "Marquis Bu Ye said those people have nothing to do with you."

"And Ghost Market deals in all trades, doesn’t it?"

"Welcoming guests from all directions is always the right thing to do."

The people of Ghost Market were left speechless.

"Oh? What do you want?" Marquis Bu Ye’s voice rang out.

The only place Li Guanyi could think of to accomplish what he hoped for was here. He looked at the Ghost Market people in front of him, weapons aimed at him, exhaled, and said, "I need a pair of hands, the hands of the girl on my back are still here, Ghost Market has the best doctors in the world, I believe they can be reattached!"

Marquis Bu Ye replied, "Oh? It is possible, but what is she to you?"

"Strangers by chance."

"Oh? Strangers by chance, and you dare to come here?"

Li Guanyi said, "... I do not kill innocent people, but because of me, innocent people die."

"She is also human, I can’t stand by and watch her die."

The young man, bold and courageous, bowed deeply with clasped hands and said, "I implore you."

Thus, the people of Netherworld Ghost Market looked at one another in silence, their weapons quietly withdrawn.

The musician’s body trembled, her killing intent as an assassin was gone.

She opened her mouth, facing the youth whose back was turned to her, finally unable to bring herself to kill, closed her eyes, and tears streamed down unceasingly, as an assassin and chess piece, she ultimately couldn’t go through with it.

After a long while, the gates of Ghost Market swung open.

Marquis Bu Ye said, "Heroes of the living, even gods and spirits respect them."

"Please!"