Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 72 The Only Chance

Beirong royal court.

King Bei Rong had a gloomy face, and all the generals under him also had serious faces.

Several of his sons, several princes, stood in a row at the moment, the eldest prince Gu Lifeng looked ugly, his hands trembling uncontrollably.

Zhang Qian stood below with his usual expression, waiting for the explanation he wanted.

King Bei Rong said in a deep voice, "Bring it up."

Several warriors escorted Hagen in from outside the tent and made him kneel down.

Hagen, who always had a smile and calmness on his face, was also flustered at this time, and he could see that he was very scared.

King Beirong stared at him: "You are so brave."

Hagen shivered, his head stuck to the ground, and he didn't dare to answer.

"My distinguished guest, if you want to kill him, you will kill him. It seems that I am not the king of Beirong, but you are the king."

"My lord, spare my life, my lord, spare my life..."

Hagen could only repeat this sentence at this time.

King Bei Rong ignored it and looked at Zhang Qian.

"Your envoy, I am very sorry that I have surprised you. How about you deal with this person? You can torture him however you like, as long as you vent your anger."

Zhang Qian shook his head and said, "This person is the King's subordinate, let the King deal with it himself."

King Beirong's face was a little displeased.

Obviously, Zhang Qian has already seen through his little thoughts.

Originally, he planned to hand over the man to Zhang Qian as an apology for this matter.

In the end, Zhang Qian didn't accept it. Obviously, Zhang Qian didn't intend to ask for false, but only wanted more practical material compensation.

This undoubtedly made King Bei Rong even more angry.

"Bitch!"

He suddenly shouted violently, stood up and pointed at Hagen and cursed.

"You bastard! How dare you send warriors into the king's city to kill people without the king's order! It's against you! Come on, put on airs!"

The warriors outside immediately came in carrying a large wooden frame, and some people also carried a basket of short logs and a brazier in their hands.

When Hagen saw it, he almost fainted, he knew what he was going to do, it was going to roast him alive!
The king of Beirong has a violent temper, and loves to roast the living, making countless Beirong people terrified.Hagen really did not expect that this extremely cruel punishment would fall on him today.

"My lord, please spare me!!"

Hagen slammed his head on the ground with blood flowing, but the King of Beirong was completely indifferent.

Seeing that he was tied horizontally to the wooden frame, and the brazier under his body was also filled with wood, and he was about to light the fire, Hagen suddenly became anxious.

He looked at Gu Lifeng and shouted, "Help me, big prince! I've always followed your orders!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone looked at Gu Lifeng in unison.

In fact, Hagen didn't need to say it, everyone knew it well.This Hagen is Gu Lifeng's confidant, without Gu Lifeng's approval, Hagen would dare to do such a bold thing?

But as long as Hagen doesn't say anything, no one will blame Gu Lifeng. After all, he is not an ordinary person, he is the eldest prince.

Even if the eldest prince of him is not well received by the king, he is still the eldest prince.

But at this moment, Hagen was greedy for life and afraid of death, and brought Gu Lifeng into it, and things became different.

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Gu Lifeng was also in a hurry at the moment. He couldn't admit it in front of the king, so he quickly tried to separate himself, "This is your own idea, what does it have to do with me!"

Hagen roared: "It's my idea, but you agree, Prince! How dare I do it without your permission!"

"To shut up!"

"Prince, don't you also think that as long as you kill the envoy of the Zhenbei Army, the third prince will definitely be killed by Su Yuan..."

When everyone heard the words, their faces changed greatly.

Gu Lifeng even raised his heart to his throat.

But Hagen continued hoarsely: "As long as the third prince dies, the throne must belong to your eldest prince! Isn't it? Eldest prince, I am doing this for you—"

"shut up!!!"

Gu Lifeng rushed out suddenly, pulled out a piece of wood from the brazier, and slammed it on Hagen's face.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
With a few forceful blows, Hagen's face was bloodied, a few teeth fell out, and he was speechless.

Gu Lifeng touched the blood splashed on his hand, only feeling cold all over his body.

He suddenly noticed that Wang Ting was so quiet, and when he turned his head to look, everyone stared at him silently without saying a word.

Including his father, King Beirong, who was also looking at him with an elusive look.

Gu Lifeng's body froze, and he knelt down with a plop: "My lord, I..."

"Gu Lifeng, you are fine."

Unexpectedly, King Bei Rong didn't get angry, but said something out of nowhere.

After he finished speaking, he added: "Hagen is your man, he committed an unforgivable crime, and you will set the fire yourself."

"Yes Yes……"

How could Gu Lifeng dare to say "no"? Hearing this, he immediately lit the fire with a fire pocket and lit the brazier.

The flames rose slowly, and Hagen on the shelf above, his cheeks began to deform with extreme fear.

(The specific description is skipped to avoid harmony...)
The King of Beirong ordered to clean up the burned ones. At this time, Gu Lifeng was sweating profusely and almost collapsed.He stood aside, lowered his head, not daring to look up at his father.

"Your envoy, if something like this happens, Bei Rong really loses face! Don't worry, I will give you a reasonable compensation for your dead guards!"

King Beirong ignored Gu Lifeng and only said to Zhang Qian.

Zhang Qian nodded.

He definitely couldn't continue to pursue the matter. From what King Beirong said, he could tell that Hagen was the culprit. As for his eldest son, he definitely couldn't be brought out to question him.

Zhang Qian didn't want to entangle too much, he came here mainly to focus on the tasks that Su Yuan gave him.

Soon, King Bei Rong told Zhang Qian the time and place of the negotiated transaction, and Zhang Qian would set off immediately, leave with the remaining guards of the Zhenbei Army, and return to Beifeng City.

After Zhang Qian left, King Beirong dispersed the crowd, leaving only Gu Lifeng in the royal court.

When only father and son were left in the room, Gu Lifeng fell to his knees with a plop.

"Father..."

"Get up, worthless thing!"

"Father, I was wrong, it was Nahagen who bewitched me, and I..."

"I'm asking you." Bei Rong Dawang interrupted, "You hate your third brother that much?"

Gu Lifeng wanted to shake his head, but facing his father's serious gaze, he didn't deny it, and gritted his teeth and said yes.

"Father, I am the eldest son! Besides, even if the third brother is smarter than me, I'm not that bad!"

Gu Lifeng said what was in his heart, and King Beirong heard it and said, "Get up."

"..."

Gu Lifeng didn't know how his father would deal with him. He knew that his father had even killed his own brothers before, so maybe his son...

King Bei Rong said: "Actually, you don't have to be so anxious, Lie Er will definitely not come back, the throne will only be yours."

"what?!"

"I have known this for a long time." The King of Beirong said calmly, completely no longer the cruel appearance in front of Zhang Qian.

"As soon as the Wansheng camp was broken and the news of Lie'er's arrest came, I knew that the Zhenbei Army would never let him go. Just like if I caught Su Tufeng back then, no matter what the emperor would do in exchange for him. , I will definitely not change it."

"Because no amount of money or food is worth the life of a talented person. Su Tufeng is, and so is Lie Er. The boy named 'Su Yuan' is probably the same. Now that he has captured Lie Er, he will definitely kill him to prevent future troubles." No matter how bad it is, he will be detained forever, and will never be released back to Beirong."

Gu Lifeng was a little confused now: "Then father, why did you and that messenger..."

"I just want those Beirong warriors to come back. Moreover, this is also a kind of deception." The king of Beirong said coldly, "Listen, the only chance for Beirong now is to take advantage of the redemption of the captives to suddenly attack Zhenbei. The army launched a full-scale attack! If you can win quickly, you still have a chance, if you can't, the only thing waiting for Beirong is perish!"

Gu Lifeng's head buzzed, and it took him a long time to say with firm eyes: "My child understands!"

(End of this chapter)