I became the God Brother of the Regent King after Transmigration!-Chapter 370 - 286: How Could This Happen? (2 - s in One)_3

Rong Heng considered all possibilities and largely concluded that Gu Lan would not be in danger. Only then did his tense spirit relax a bit, yet his gaze grew colder, like a chilling pool of the Nine Nether, seemingly endless.

"He’s trying to kill himself!"

A Palace Attendant’s shout brought Rong Heng back to his senses. He lowered his gaze, his long eyelashes like raven feathers concealing the emotions in his eyes.

He paid no mind to Empress Dowager Su, who was struck in the heart by an arrow, but instead rushed forward, using his hand as a blade, and knocked the eerie-faced Little Xu unconscious with one blow.

Then, Rong Heng gripped his long sword, facing Qingzhi and Lu Ping directly.

The two women reluctantly watched as Gu Lan rode away on horseback. They exchanged a glance and charged at Rong Heng.

No one expected the fail-safe assassination... to falter at Little Cheng, nor did anyone expect that the Empress Dowager would be struck by Little Xu.

The City Guard of Mu City finally arrived, with a team of horsemen following behind him, seemingly hundreds strong. The leading Colonel dismounted swiftly:

"Guard Captain Wu Shao of Mu City greets the Empress Dowager. I am late, please Empress Dowager... Empress Dowager! What has happened to the Empress Dowager, how did she get shot!"

Wu Shao watched in shock at the scene and then looked around at the others, realizing they had been ambushed.

Rong Heng had become a silver-white streak, flashing by, swinging his long sword, with cold glimmers of light like frost in the night, as crisp as snow.

In an instant, a large bloody hole appeared on Qingzhi’s shoulder, at a moment when she had no time to react, pierced through and withdrawn by Rong Heng’s sword.

Lu Ping was also knocked back, vomiting blood and fainting on the ground.

Rong Heng discarded the bloodstained sword, squatted beside Little Xu, reached into his mouth, and moments later extracted an unbroken poison bundle.

He disdainfully threw the poison packet to the ground and casually shoved a piece of torn cloth into Little Xu’s mouth.

"Tie them up."

Rong Heng’s voice was low, yet it emitted a chilling murderous intent that made people instinctively comply with his command.

"Yes!" The imperial guard at the side quickly acted accordingly.

The arriving City Guard held torches high, illuminating the surroundings brightly.

"Quickly, find a doctor! The Empress Dowager, is the Empress Dowager...?"

Wu Shao ordered his subordinates to return to the city to find a doctor, and then collapsed to his knees, his face full of terror.

"Empress... Empress Dowager..."

A weak voice arose, and Rong Heng followed the sound to see Qingzhi continuously spitting blood on the ground, reaching out as if to protect Empress Dowager Su, looking about to die.

Rong Heng frowned, intending to prevent her from actually dying, so he took out some hemostatic medicine, swiftly and with disgusted efficiency letting her swallow it, then promptly and cleanly knocked her out.

Little Xu had poison in his mouth, but Lu Ping and Qingzhi, and the injured assassins just left, did not.

He realized something was amiss. The most likely scenario was that Su Xinyu had her people attempt to assassinate Gu Lan, yet she herself got double-crossed.

Wu Shao noticed that this guard was different from the others, quickly saying: "Brother, Brother Zishan, can you really save the Empress Dowager... don’t force yourself, should I still bring the Empress Dowager into the city—"

Although Wu Shao couldn’t see Rong Heng’s expression behind the mask, he sensed that the man before him didn’t at all seem like he intended to save anyone.

Moreover, even though he had just arrived, he also figured out the situation.

The Empress Dowager’s maids attacked Young Master Gu and his guards;

The Empress Dowager’s eunuch stabbed the Empress Dowager herself with an arrow;

Young Master Gu, while escorting the Empress Dowager, was ambushed, with corpses left lying uncollected;

Young Master Gu abandoned the stabbed Empress Dowager to chase after the assassins alone—

How could this happen? He was merely half a two-hour late... this was too chaotic!