Soul Eater suddenly shouted, asking them to kill him, which made Xiahou Ninghan and the others slightly stunned.
At this moment, Soul Devourer, who was kneeling on the ground, looked up at them. Tears were already flowing from the corners of his eyes. His expression was a mixture of regret, guilt, grief and other emotions, which made the originally ugly and strange face look like a mixture of emotions. His face looked much gentler.
Shen Lie frowned and asked in a deep voice, "What were you talking about just now? Do you want us to kill you? Why?"
Just listen to Soul Eater choke and say: "I hate so much, hate so much... and suffer so much... Please give me a break... I can't live anymore... Please, just do it..." "
Shen Lie guessed that this guy had probably regained consciousness due to Xiahou Ninghan's internal force, so he quickly asked: "Who are you? Who sent you here?"
Soul Eater ignored his question and continued to cry while repeating what he just said: "Let me die. If you're okay, just kill me."
Seeing him like this, Shen Lie couldn't help but feel extremely anxious. However, at this moment, he had no other good way to get some useful information from this monster.
Xiahou Ninghan saw Shen Lie's thoughts and asked Soul Eater in a soft tone: "You must be very sad, right? I know that none of this is your fault. Please tell me, what happened to you before What, only in this way can I help you."
Soul Eater stared blankly at Xiahou Ninghan. After being stunned for a moment, he seemed to suddenly understand something and replied intermittently: "My...my name is Tieping...I am a villager from Zhangye County, Liangzhou Prefecture. ...I, I, I... I ate my father, my mother and my sister... I am not a human being... I am not a human being..." As he spoke, he burst into tears again.
Xiahou Ninghan's heart sank when he heard this, but he still had a calm expression on the surface and asked softly: "Don't be anxious. Tell me, why is this happening? What happened to make you look like this?"
Soul Eater hammered his head with his fist and replied in great pain: "Me too... I don't know either... the Turkic ghosts... yes, yes! It's the Turkic ghosts! It's the Turkic ghosts who caught me, they harmed me. It's like a human being and a ghost. I didn't want to eat my parents. It was the Turkic ghost who harmed me..."
Shen Lie stood nearby and asked carefully and softly: "The person who came with you is the person lying over there covered in blood. Do you know him?"
Soul Eater followed the direction of his finger, looked at the blood demon whose body was missing, nodded and replied: "I know him... When I was first captured, I heard the Turkic ghost say... he... he He seems to be a general... our Shengtang's general."
Shen Lie felt awe-struck, and at the same time asked curiously: "Can you understand the Turkic language?"
"I can...understand...somewhat." Soul Eater said intermittently: "I...we Liangzhou people...know a little bit...a little bit of Turkic nonsense."
Shen Lie hurriedly asked again: "Then do you know who harmed you like this? Think carefully, who is the Turkic ghost who harmed you? We can avenge you."
"Revenge?" Soul Eater's eyes gradually became hollow, and he murmured: "Revenge... revenge... yes! Revenge! It seems... that Turkic ghost, it seems they all call him... Ge Shuxuan."
"Brother Shuxuan." Shen Lie and Xia Hou Ninghan repeated the name at the same time.
Shen Lie was about to continue asking for some important information, but suddenly he noticed that Soul Eater's clear eyes began to become cloudy again.
He looked at Xiahou Ninghan in surprise and found that Xiahou Ninghan's face was pale and there were slight beads of sweat on his forehead.
Hui Dian also felt that something was wrong with the situation at this time, and asked with concern: "Little niece, are you okay?"
Xiahou Ninghan shook his head gently, adjusted his breathing slightly, and said softly: "The toxins in his body began to bite back. My internal energy was consumed a lot, and it was a bit hard to support him."
Shen Lie was shocked and said hurriedly: "Be careful of the poisonous gas coming back to erode your meridians! Quickly release your power! Don't hold on for him anymore!"
Soul Eater, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly shouted: "It hurts... I feel so much pain! It hurts... Don't hesitate any more, hurry up! Take action, kill me, kill me!"
Hui Dian frowned, raised her hand and put it on Xiahou Ninghan's shoulder. While using her inner strength to protect Xiahou's heart, she advised: "Niece, you have tried your best. If you continue like this, you will be like what Benefactor Shen said. Instead, he was injured by poisonous gas!"
There were tears in Xiahou Ninghan's eyes, and her tightly closed lips began to tremble slightly. She was silent for a moment, and nodded vigorously as if she had made up her mind.
Shen Lie understood what she meant and sighed inwardly.
Seeing this, Huidian shouted the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, Tieping Donor, life is miserable, only cause and effect. Please forgive me for taking action. I hope you will enter reincarnation soon and redeem the sins of this life in the next life."
After saying that, he picked up the crescent moon and shoveled it, and swung his luck downwards to chop off Soul Devourer's huge head.
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In the prince's bedroom, Li Bing was lying on his back on a soft couch, covered with a brocade quilt and a warm wet wipe on his forehead.
The assassination that occurred in the meeting hall today really scared him. Li Bing started to have a fever after being escorted back by Ni Linsi and the guards. It was not until he drank two doses of the decoction prescribed by the imperial doctor and sweated a little that his symptoms were relieved.
However, the whole person is still weak.
After listening to Shen Lie's story, he subconsciously glanced at Xiahou Ninghan and sighed with lingering fear: "Alas, am I too useless? As a member of the Li family, I am so courageous..."
Shen Lie was stunned for a moment, then quickly explained: "Your Highness, please don't think so. The enemy is so crazy that they failed to achieve their goal and resorted to such despicable means that destroy humanity. Anyone who becomes the target of those monsters will inevitably be attacked. Thrilling.”
Li Bing couldn't help but smile bitterly, glanced at Xiahou Ninghan secretly again, and asked, "According to what that... person said, they were sent by the Turks to assassinate me? Can you be sure? The Turks said people?"
Shen Lie was about to speak but stopped.
Hui Dian continued: "According to Tieping, he was harmed by the Turks and only the Turks could control his abnormality."
Shen Lie pondered for a moment and said hesitantly: "At present, we can only say that the Turks are the most likely. However, there are still a few things that Wei Chen has not figured out, so we dare not make a conclusion yet."
"Oh? What are the doubts?" Li Bing took a deep breath and said, "My head is heavy now and my reaction is a little slow. Please speak slowly."
Hearing what the prince said, Shen Lie bowed and saluted: "His Royal Highness is ill and should rest more. I'd better come back tomorrow to report."
"No...it doesn't matter. If you stay here, my heart will be more stable." Li Bing waved his hand weakly: "Let's talk now, just to relieve my boredom. "
Shen Lie looked at Xiahou Ninghan and Hui Dian who were guarding the side, and saw that they both nodded lightly, so he continued: "I obey the order. Your Highness, the so-called doubtful points I just mentioned, They were all discussed with Miss Xiahou and Master Hui Dian. The first question came from Shang Yiyun. He was a veteran of the Three Dynasties. Although his position was not high, his identity was relatively innocent. Before, I, Ni Lin Division We have never had any information about his superb martial arts skills, which shows that this person is extremely hidden. Like this, Wei Chen believes that it is impossible for the Turks to easily contact and instigate rebellion, let alone escape from the supervision of the Nilin Division when they are secretly communicating. "
Li Bing frowned and said, "You mean, Shang Yiyun himself cannot serve the Turks?"
"Yes, Your Highness. Neither I nor Miss Xiahou agree that Shang Yiyun is a Turkic spy." Shen Lie responded with a firm tone: "He can only come from other forces!"
"What about the second doubt?" Li Bing stared at Shen Lie.
"The second question is about the motive." Shen Lie said: "If the Turks target His Highness for assassination, it seems unreasonable in the current situation. The reason is very simple. As the orthodox of Shengtang, His Highness is very likely to Before facing off against the Turkic army, they must first fight against various internal rebel forces. In that case, it should be more beneficial to the Ashina Zhijin invasion of the Central Plains. Therefore, there is absolutely no need for them to go far away when the civil war in the Holy Tang Dynasty is about to break out. I came across thousands of mountains and rivers to provoke His Highness."
Li Bing nodded slightly when he heard the words: "Well, your statement makes sense. Before the assassins took action, the generals were still advising me to deal with King Huaiyang and Xie Guang first, and finally concentrate on fighting the Turks. Normally, they do There is no need to rush to send assassins to kill me."
Shen Lie continued: "The third question is about the style of conduct. According to Wei Chen's understanding of the Turks, such an assassination operation that uses all their strength and uses every possible means is not their usual method. In fact, for most of them, For the Turkic nobles and military commanders, assassination is a very disgraceful practice and is usually despised. On the contrary, this drastic method is more like the style of intelligence agencies or Jianghu gangs. Several cases that were previously cracked by the Nilin Division The assassination was all planned by Lao Jianhua, so Wei Chen was wondering, could it be his conspiracy this time?"
Li Bing thought for a moment and regained some sparkle in his eyes: "Well, it makes sense. But in this case, I have a new question in my mind. If the alienated Liangzhou people were really murdered by the Turks, , has always been controlled by the Turks, so when he appears here today, can it be said that the Turks and Lao Jianhua are standing together? However, based on the current situation of the Xuanjia Army and the Turks Army, this does not seem to be the case. ah."
He turned his head and looked at Shen Lie: "Aren't they hostile to each other and on guard?"
Shen Lie nodded: "Your Highness, this question is easy to explain, because Xie Guang is Xie Guang, and Lao Jianhua is Lao Jianhua."
