The System Make Me Near With The Emperor
Chapter 88

Under the candlelight, Huang Long's figure seemed so radiant with his silk clothes dangling down.

"Your Majesty, we've got information about who sent them." Dugu An's serious voice sounded. Then other voices started to sound, making Xie Hongyi's forehead wrinkle.

Inside the dimly lit room, Xie Hongyi could hear those people moaning. Xie Hongyi looked closely and found several people tied to ropes kneeling before Huang Long, Dugu An and two others whom Xie Hongyi did not know.

The voices with pleading tones sounded alternately.

"Please forgive me."

"Don't kill us."

"We were just told to."

Xie Hongyi, who was watching outside, felt all the fur on his back standing. He had not expected that Huang Long could be this fleeting. Xie Hongyi was puzzled as to why he had this kind of thought. From the beginning, the novel explains that the nature of the main protagonist is cruel. With such thoughts in mind, he felt that he did not really know Huang Long.

"System, I'm goosebumps." Xie Hongyi silently whispered.

Those people are in terrible shape. They knelt on the cold ground with their eyes and mouths covered with dirty cloth. On their bodies were also many signs of torture which made the clothes worn full of blood.

The sound of an ice-cold Huang Long. "Recover them. I want to see the person who has hurt her miserable. Don't make their deaths easy."

The other three answered in unison. "Your Majesty."

Xie Hongyi saw Dugu An and the others slicing through the skin so they whimpered back like pigs in slaughter. Not until there, their fingers are cut one by one and the pieces of the finger are then placed right in front of their eyes.

It turned out to be true the saying, angering the Emperor will make the river water bleed!

Despite that, Xie Hongyi had no mercy on those involved in losing his child.

While inside the room, Huang Long stared at the people who were being sliced through his skin coldly. Huang Long felt awkward about the events that happened, so he told Dugu An to investigate. As a result, Dugu An found that some people who were in the store at the time were paid by someone.

Huang Long's eyes remained cold as he watched one by one the people before him die.

Xie Hongyi's eyes remained open as one by one they were beheaded with Dugu An's sharp sword.

Blood from his headless neck, flowing so fast that it formed a puddle on the ground. As for their heads, that part of the human body was lying just like that with a terrifying look on their faces.

After those people were killed, Huang Long gave the order. "Send those heads to the doer who told them to."

"Your Majesty."

Dugu An and the other two people stuffed the heads into a chest. Then they took the bodies out. Their faces were flat expressionless, as if what they were carrying was a sack of rice, not evidence of a crime.

Huang Long sat on the wooden chair without moving. He was like a statue being carved. So beautiful yet so mysterious.

Not long after, the three men returned. Then they talk. Xie Hongyi brought his ears closer to the wooden wall to be able to clearly hear what they were talking about.

"Right now the rebels have not shown any signs of movement. However, some of them have messed up by harassing civilians. Many reports came to the palace. The people asked the Palace to take care of the rebels."

"Give them their request, order some inner Palace soldiers to deal with it. We cannot allow innocent people to become victims. Stay careful because it's bait, don't let the royal soldier get caught."

From their conversation, Xie Hongyi was able to deduce something. He had not expected that while in the North, Huang Long could still keep an eye on his kingdom that was in the South! Even he knew what was going on in a different region to the North!

"Is the whereabouts of Empress Dowager and Consort Chen already known?"

"They have been found. They are currently in Chen House. I cannot enter the residence because the territory is heavily guarded."

It turned out that the reason Xie Hongyi had not seen Dugu An again for a few days was because Huang Long had told him to return to the South for information.

Xie Hongyi listened to the entire conversation until the end.

Alright, since Huang Long has already worked hard, then let Xie Hongyi clear the rest. He promised to teach a lesson to those who have caused him to miscarry.

Unknowingly, Xie Hongyi was appreciative. That made the system feel scared. With a trembling body, the system tightened its embrace to Xie Hongyi's neck while complaining inwardly that Xie Hongyi was terrifying.

After a moment of silence, Xie Hongyi heard Huang Long making another sound. "I'll leave the North after Consort Xie recovers." There was sadness emanating in his dark eyes, then his eyes became cold as if that sad gaze had never existed.

Dugu An lowered his head, not daring to make a sound. The other two did the same. They were told what had happened before. They cursed the one who had eliminated the descendants of the Emperor. If this happens in the South, the offender may be sentenced to death. This happened in enemy territory. So when they want revenge, they have to have a 'good' plan'.

What if Huang Long knew that Xie Hongyi who was said to be sick was now able to jump here and there? Unknowingly he giggled.

And his voice had become a hint that someone else was listening to the secret conversation of the Southern government.

Instantly, the three people inside the hut moved and Xie Hongyi immediately jumped up.

In Xie Hongyi's heart groaned. Shit, why is it that every time he peeks he gets caught?

Xie Hongyi immediately ran over when he realized that he was caught. He went into the dark forest. Relying solely on the moonlight, Xie Hongyi ran away from Dugu An and the other two people that Xie Hongyi guessed that they were also secret guards.

The moon is directly overhead, and the light is not gloomy even if dark clouds try to cover it.

In a fringe forest, snow-covered leaves swayed due to the wind caused by the onslaught of a running person. The snow on those leaves fell like a speck of rain.

It felt as if Xie Hongyi wanted to shout roaring up into the sky. His eyes occasionally looked back, and those people were still chasing him.

Are they not tired? It's been half an hour they've been playing chases!

Irritated, he shouted at the system. "System do something! I don't want to get caught!"

The system innocently said: "I have to what?"

Xie Hongyi clucked at the system acting up. From the beginning the system should have helped him! It was not lazy to be carried away by Xie Hongyi. He seemed so enjoying. Does the fucking system equate it with public transport?

Xie Hongyi suddenly stopped then turned towards the pursuers who were getting closer. He raised his hand and shot something towards them. In accordance with Xie Hongyi's conjecture, those people nimbly avoided his shot. Randomly Xie Hongyi shot a few bullets at them.

Xie Hongyi's goal was to separate them and if they split up, Xie Hongyi would clear them one by one. If they stayed together, it would be difficult to deal with those three people.

Xie Hongyi approached one of the secret guards who had been separated from his comrades.

The man's hearing was very sharp, he was immediately alert when he sensed that someone was approaching him. Xie Hongyi threw the stone in the opposite direction where he was. The secret guard turned his head directly towards the source of the sound and it was at that moment that Xie Hongyi shot his weapon at the guard's back.

The secret guard collapsed immediately.

After finishing the first one, Xie Hongyi turned to the second person and performed the same trick. The trick managed to knock him out.

Now, stay the last one. For this one Xie Hongyi faced difficulties because what he was trying to solve was Dugu An. He did the same trick for the third time, but Dugu An turned out to be very clever. He knew that the voice he heard was to distract him.

Dugu An then watched the opposite direction. He quickly stepped in that direction. Soon, Xie Hongyi was found.

The two then got into a fight. The fight lasted for a long time, none of the two sides wanted to give up.

When Dugu An managed to beat Xie Hongyi to a fall, Xie Hongyi let the man approach him. Then when the distance of the two stayed a few inches, Xie Hongyi raised his hand and sprinkled red powder onto Dugu An's face.

Dugu An immediately moved away. He held his breath so that the smell of the powder did not enter the lungs. But it turned out to be useless because the powder will react if it sticks with the skin. When the powder reacted, Dugu An's movements slowed down before it completely stopped. He collapsed like the other two.

Xie Hongyi got up while holding the tree trunk. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly. After successfully managing his breath that was wheezing, his eyes glanced at the figures of people who had been crippled with difficulty.

Did Xie Hongyi kill them? Of course not! He only gave those who contained dope to elephants. Previously, he had indeed used firearms to separate them, then he used dope to incapacitate the three of them.

Xie Hongyi felt guilty. But he had no other choice. In his heart he apologized to them.

After bowing down as an apology to the people lying on the ground, Xie Hongyi said: "I must return to the Residence."

Xie Hongyi moved his legs quickly leaving behind three people lying on the snow.

***

"Your Majesty, we apologize for not being able to carry out the order." Dugu An who had regained his senses said to Huang Long who was standing in front of him.

When the three men came to their senses, they immediately searched for traces of the intruder. But after a long search, not a single clue was found. With a strengthening heart, the three men returned to the hut.

Huang Long who saw the three failed to bring the intruder directly stood his back to them.

Quiescent. That was what Huang Long was doing now.

That silence is the most frightening. We don't know what the silent mind is. Dugu An and the other two people preferred Huang Long to directly punish them, because they knew, the silent Huang Long was more frightening than a wild tiger who had escaped.

Dugu An also thought that his ability was in doubt. How could he fail to chase after an intruder while for so many years he had been a secret guard!

Dugu An's body still felt numb from the effects of the dope, and he was forced to kneel all night. Neither of his two partners are in a better situation.

After a gripping silence, Huang Long finally made a sound. "What does the intruder look like?"

Dugu An immediately explained. "He was wearing a long red outfit, we couldn't see his face clearly. But for sure, she's a woman."

Huang Long muttered. "A woman..."

***

Meanwhile, the intruder Huang Long was looking for had already reached Prince Yu's Residence.

"What the fuck?" Xie Hongyi glared at what happened after he left.

He had only left for a moment, and why could Prince Yu's residence be nearly charred in flames?

Today was not her birthday, but why did she experience so many surprises at one time?