Crowned by the Treacherous Big Shot-Chapter 370 - 345: The New 12 Guardians Appear

Shangguan Ling said, "Seventh Young Master sent me."

Xun Liu’s eyes lit up, "Seventh Brother? How is he in the Capital City?"

Shangguan Ling replied truthfully, "The Governor Mansion played a trick, causing the Prime Minister to be imprisoned. You know the Princely Heir is unreliable; now the Prime Minister’s Mansion relies entirely on the Seventh Young Master to hold the fort."

Xun Liu immediately got up and walked out.

Shangguan Ling stopped him, "Hey, what are you doing?"

Xun Liu said coldly, "I’m going to kill Lu Yuan and then hurry back to the Capital City to help Seventh Brother!"

Shangguan Ling shook his head, "That person is not Lu Yuan, it’s Luo San. They swapped identities, otherwise how could they have framed the Prime Minister? Sigh, it’s a long story. In short, I came to find you, one is by Seventh Young Master’s instruction, and second... it’s also the Prime Minister’s intention."

Xun Liu asked, "What do the Seventh Brother and my foster father want me to do?"

"Bring back Luo San, and also."

At this point, Shangguan Ling sat opposite Xun Liu, looking at him with a complex expression, "To give you a message."

Xun Liu: "Who sent the message?"

"The Prime Minister." Shangguan Ling sighed, "Lu Yuan made a big fuss this time, found a lot of evidence against the Prime Minister’s Mansion. The Prime Minister finds it hard to clear his name, so either you or Seventh Young Master must step forward to take the blame."

"I’ll take the blame."

Xun Liu made his choice without hesitation.

Shangguan Ling hesitated to speak.

After a long while, he sighed, "Why, Xun Liu, why this suffering?"

Xun Liu said, "If I don’t step forward, Seventh Brother certainly will. In Seventh Brother’s heart, foster father is the most important person to him."

Shangguan Ling said, "Then let him go, right? Sixth Young Master, honestly, between you and Seventh Young Master, I find you a bit more pleasant."

Xun Liu said softly, "You wouldn’t understand. Ever since I entered the Prime Minister’s Mansion, only Seventh Brother treated me like a person. You all treated me as a tool for killing. If it weren’t for Seventh Brother, I wouldn’t have acknowledged the Prime Minister as my foster father, nor would I risk my life for him."

"I’m not as clever as you all, don’t understand your schemes and intrigues. I only know that as long as I listen to Seventh Brother, I can survive."

The situation in the Prime Minister’s Mansion is complex, not something one can navigate safely with just martial arts skills.

They once secretly called him a big fool, saying one thing to his face and another behind his back, often leaving him speechless.

Seventh Brother knew how to handle those people, and gradually, no one dared to treat him like that anymore.

As long as Seventh Brother was there, he could be a simple assassin.

After hearing Xun Liu’s words, Shangguan Ling said emotionally, "Sixth Young Master, with your skills, you can escape the Prime Minister’s Mansion’s pursuit, never return to the Capital City, the world is vast and there will always be a place for you to settle. Seventh Young Master is different, he can’t leave, can’t escape."

Xun Liu said, "But as long as I take the blame, he’ll be fine, right? Seventh Brother may not know martial arts, but he has brains, he will live longer than me."

Shangguan Ling suddenly didn’t know what to say.

"Are you sure you want to do this?"

Xun Liu nodded firmly, "Yes."

Shangguan Ling sighed deeply, "Fine, then come back to the Capital with me."

Xun Liu frowned, "What about Luo San..."

Shangguan Ling tutted, "You’re injured, and you’re still thinking about capturing Luo San? Someone else will go for you, just come back to the Capital with me to take the blame."

-

In the forest.

Bai Qingchen rushed back to protect the coffin.

Si Snake went to chase Xun Liu, but encountered a masked master obstructing him.

The two exchanged several dozen moves.

The opponent suddenly withdrew the style, gracefully sitting on a high tree branch, swinging her slender legs, smiling brightly as she said, "Fighting you is boring. Where’s that chicken? Call him out to fight with me."

Si Snake looked up calmly at her, "Long time no see, Mao Tu."

The woman jumped down in surprise, walked up to Si Snake, not at all afraid of getting too close and being caught off guard by Si Snake.

"How did you recognize me? Where did I slip up? Martial arts? Voice? The veil? I used a new style, even changed my voice, was the veil too thin?"

Si Snake took something from his pocket, "Your Five-Colored Shell."

The woman was even more surprised, "I only gave that shell to that little girl in the Governor Mansion, she passed it to you? Disloyal little fellow! Do you know how precious my shell is?"

Bao Shu was uninterested in everything that wasn’t money or edible.

The shell was forgotten in her pocket.

After returning to the Governor Mansion, it fell into the small garden and was picked up by Si Snake.

Si Snake didn’t mention this to anyone, including Meng Qianqian.

The woman suddenly covered her face, shyly said, "Oh dear, why are you carrying my things so close? Could it be you have feelings for me?"

Si Snake said, "Mao Tu, enough."

The woman removed her hands with a smile, teasingly said, "Long time no see, Si Snake, you’re still as uninteresting as before. Compared to you, I prefer that chicken that flares up at the slightest provocation."

Si Snake asked, "Did the Prime Minister send you?"

The woman smiled like a blossoming flower, "You guessed it right again."

Si Snake continued to ask, "Did you betray the Chu Grand Marshal back then?"

The woman laughed, "What if I betrayed him? What if I didn’t?"

Si Snake said coldly, "If you betrayed him, you must die."

The woman sighed lightly, "You’re really a cold-hearted guy, why even kill women? Aren’t you men supposed to be tender and protective of women?"

Si Snake’s emotion was unchanged from start to finish, "In my eyes, there are no men or women, only those I want to kill and those I don’t want to kill."

The woman reproached, "Oh dear, why are you so angry? We all served him because we lost a bet back then. Once you’re dead, your debt is settled. You wouldn’t have really taken him as your master, right?"

As she spoke, her smile abruptly shifted to a more profound expression, "Or do you truly believe he can help you restore the kingdom?"

The woman approached Si Snake, her jade white fingers brushing against Si Snake’s collar, "Your people abandoned you, yet you still wish to return and save them. Your kindness is truly touching."

She circled to Si Snake’s back, gently stroking his broad back, "You disagree; did I guess wrong, you’re not looking for the Chu Grand Marshal to help you restore the kingdom?"

She moved like water to Si Snake’s front, "Si Snake, all these years I’ve never seen through you, that’s why I dislike you and Yin Hu the most, always so hard to figure out."

She spoke softly, reaching out her white, soft arms, wrapping them around Si Snake’s neck.

But just as her fingertips suddenly stabbed the poison needle into Si Snake’s neck, Si Snake grabbed her wrist, dislocated her arm, and flung her onto the tree.

She hooked the tree trunk with one foot, swung herself back to sit on the branch, reattached her arm, and glared at Si Snake, sweating from pain, "You really have a heavy hand!"

Si Snake turned away, "You didn’t betray Chu Grand Marshal, you can go."

The woman endured the pain, smiled at his back, "I’m the Prime Minister’s person now, you’re just letting me go like this?"

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The woman’s face turned pale, almost getting her throat pierced.

Damn it!

This snake really meant to kill her!

The woman gracefully landed on the ground, gritting her teeth, "Damn snake! We’ve served as Twelve Guards together, don’t you have any old sentiments?"

Si Snake said expressionlessly, "Old sentiments? I don’t have such things."