Dressed as the prince's substitute? I took the throne

Chapter 138 Shocking Secret

Murong Xue called out softly, and Zhou Chuxuan immediately came to the front of the table and looked at the yellowish cloth on the top, which seemed to be quite old.

He picked it up, but Zhou Chuxuan didn't recognize the words on it at all. It wasn't even the words of the Wu Dynasty. He could only look at the other two women awkwardly.

Murong Xue even shook her head. She was a military general. If she could understand the strange words on it, she would not have called Zhou Chuxuan over just now.

Nangong Yanling took the cloth and took a closer look. His expression suddenly changed. "This... this is the writing of the Liao Dynasty! Moreover, it is the writing used at the beginning of the Liao Dynasty. It is very different from the current writing!"

"Oh? What does it say?" Zhou Chuxuan gave Murong Xue a look, indicating that she should stand guard at the door and tell him if anyone approached.

Nangong Yanling didn't rush to answer. Instead, she looked over all the cloth on the table. Finally, she fell into a daze. She looked carefully, and there was even a hint of madness in the corner of her eyes: "So that's how it is, so that's how it is, it turns out that Lotus Mountain is hiding such a big secret!"

"Miss Nangong, what exactly does it say?"

Nangong Yanling finally came to her senses after Zhou Chuxuan called out repeatedly. She looked at him with trembling pupils, "Your Highness, deep in the Lotus Mountain, there's said to be a plant. Grinding its petals into powder and combining it with Cordyceps sinensis can extend a person's lifespan!"

"And at most, it can be extended... a hundred years!"

"what?"

Zhou Chuxuan was also stunned on the spot, his pupils trembling wildly, he couldn't believe what he heard, extending his life by a hundred years?

What does this mean? It simply means getting life again!

If an emperor knew this secret, he would definitely do everything he could to get it!

"not good!"

Zhou Chuxuan suddenly seemed to realize something and stuffed all the cloth on the table into his arms: "Quick, hurry up! We can't stay here for long!"

"Your Highness, someone is coming!"

At the same time, Murong Xue at the door also reminded them. The three of them immediately ran to the door of the tent and looked outside. They found a man who looked like a general, holding an unsheathed sword in his hand, followed by dozens of fully armed soldiers, striding towards the tent.

Zhou Chuxuan observed intently and immediately noticed the murderous intent in his eyes. He immediately said in a deep voice: "Hurry up, rush out! We've been discovered!"

"rush out!"

At the command, the three of them immediately rushed out of the tent and rushed towards the gate of the camp.

"There really is a thief! Hurry, chase him!"

The general shouted, and the soldiers behind him immediately chased the three people at full speed. At the same time, the soldiers in the camp rushed out of the tents, holding weapons and surrounding the three people.

Nangong Yanling rushed to the front and waved his hands. Suddenly, hidden weapons flew out and knocked down more than a dozen soldiers blocking the way in an instant.

Murong Xue casually snatched a spear from the hand of the soldier next to him and started killing among the soldiers, charging left and right, knocking down more than a dozen people in a row.

As they got closer to the camp, General Ding Sheng roared, "We can't let any of them escape! Capture them!"

Swish swish!

At the command, the surrounding soldiers immediately retreated, and rows of archers instantly surrounded Zhou Chuxuan and others.

The three men stopped and looked around vigilantly, not daring to act rashly again. If they moved again in this situation, they would definitely be shot into sieves by the archers.

Ding Sheng, who was behind him, caught up and grinned, "As a prince, why don't you stay in the capital? You're always thinking about running away and meddling in things that are none of your business! Well, you can't blame me!"

Zhou Chuxuan's pupils suddenly shrank, and he looked at Ding Sheng: "Do you recognize me?"

"Haha, King Xiaoyao, you know too much! You're meddling too much. You deserved death in the first place, and now, you've even gotten involved in things you shouldn't be involved in!"

Ding Sheng slowly pulled out the dagger from his waist, licked the blade with his tongue, and said with a smile: "Then you will have no choice but to die! Don't worry, there will be no impact, because the higher-ups have already arranged everything!"

Zhou Chuxuan suddenly clenched his fist, as if he had realized something. Everything behind this was not controlled by Li Nian at all, but by Emperor Wu!

Otherwise, who in this Wu Dynasty could have such means and dare to easily wipe out a prince? And still said that everything had been arranged.

It seems that Emperor Wu had discovered what was going on inside Lotus Mountain a long time ago, but it was occupied by Lotus Village at that time, so Emperor Wu set up a trap to kill people and silence them!

He had expected that I would come here to investigate, and he even wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of me in one fell swoop!

"You guys made thorough arrangements, but unfortunately, you underestimated my strength!" Zhou Chuxuan chuckled softly, then pulled out a grenade from his arms and held it in his hand: "How about it, do you want to give it a try?"

Ding Sheng had never seen a grenade before, and frowned. "They say King Xiaoyao seems carefree and unconcerned, but he's actually the most talented and learned man. He invented the musket and the repeating crossbow, shocking the world! I wonder what this is?"

"Well, words are not enough, so why don't I demonstrate it to you!" As he said that, Zhou Chuxuan directly pulled out the pin and threw it towards the tent in the distance.

boom!

In an instant, a cloud of gunpowder rose between heaven and earth. The explosion made everyone lose their balance, and dozens of soldiers around suffered heavy casualties.

If Zhou Chuxuan had not pinned the two women to the ground in time, they would have been affected by the shock wave.

“What the hell is this?”

Ding Sheng got up from the ground in a mess, only to feel a roar next to his ears, and roared at Zhou Chuxuan.

"Hmm? Well, do you want another one?"

Zhou Chuxuan chuckled, and another grenade appeared in his hand: "If I detonate it here, General, you and the soldiers around you will be buried with me!"

"You, don't mess around!"

Ding Sheng's pupils shrank as he retreated repeatedly, and at the same time ordered the archers around him: "Put down your bows and arrows! Put them down!"

If Zhou Chuxuan hadn't thrown it far enough, many of them would have been killed or injured.

"A man who knows the current situation is a hero! General, please get out of the way!"

Zhou Chuxuan held a grenade in one hand and slowly retreated towards the entrance of the camp with the three of them, while not forgetting to observe the distance between them and Ding Sheng.

They couldn't be too far apart, otherwise if something unexpected happened, Zhou Chuxuan wouldn't be able to throw the grenade over. "Yes, General, that's it. Keep this distance and don't retreat any further!"

"Those two at the door, get the horses ready for us!"

After walking out of the camp and the three of them mounted their horses, a sly smile suddenly flashed across Zhou Chuxuan's face, and he abruptly pulled the latch.

"I'm giving it to you!"