Chapter 260: Chapter 260: Someone Died

The guards of Prince Yong Mansion watched all this unfold, each harboring a sense of fear toward their Princess Consort. How many people could their Princess Consort match alone? They figured they’d better be more courteous to her in the future.

As everyone was contemplating this, not far away, Feng Qing impatiently issued a command.

"What are you all waiting for, kill them."

Nan Xuan and the others snapped back to reality. Yes, if not now, then when? These people had come to assassinate them.

With an order from Nan Xuan, several figures swiftly dashed forward. The assassins realized what was happening and charged to confront them. However, they felt unbearably itchy. One moment they were scratching themselves; the next they were busy fighting back, not knowing how to handle both at once. As a result, people quickly started getting killed, and eventually more and more of them were slain.

Seeing the number of assassins dwindling, the leader finally decided not to linger in the battle any longer. With a wave of his hand, he led his men to retreat.

Rong Ling didn’t order his men to pursue them, merely instructing Nan Xuan to take him to the place where the bodies were previously discovered.

Nan Xuan complied and led Rong Ling and the others to the entrance of the cave where the bodies were initially found.

The entrance to the cave was blocked by collapsed rocks, burying all the people inside under huge stones. Nan Xuan had previously discovered the buried bodies because the hand of one of the deceased in the cave had stuck out, and Nan Xuan had accidentally stepped on it. After careful examination, he realized it was a hand. Nan Xuan commanded his men to clear away the rocks at his feet, revealing a cave entrance, inside which there were indeed dead bodies, and more than one.

"Prince, look here?"

Nan Xuan pointed at the cave they had cleared out. Although it was currently blocked, the previous shape could still be discerned. It was indeed a cave wide enough for people to pass through. The dead in the cave died extremely gruesomely, their faces smashed beyond recognition, and their hands with all ten nails torn apart, their fingers stained with blood.

This person probably wanted to live until the very last moment, but alas, even after tearing all ten fingers, escape was impossible, eventually buried alive in the cave.

Rong Ling, gazing at everything before him, wore a somber expression. He turned to look at Nan Feng behind him and sternly asked, "Who is the County Magistrate of Qinghe County?"

This time, without waiting for Nan Feng’s reply, Uncle Xu took over the conversation with a heavy heart, "Zhang Shiwen."

Rong Ling coolly ordered Nan Feng, "Immediately send someone to notify Zhang Shiwen that I, the Prince, have arrived at Qinghe County, and I’m currently at this Iron Mine. Tell Zhang Shiwen to bring people here at once to excavate this cave. I want to see exactly how many people are buried inside."

Nan Feng acknowledged the order and took people with him, while Rong Ling had already instructed the Prince Mansion guards to begin the excavation.

Uncle Xu stepped forward to help. Earlier, when he led people to search the mountain, they brought along a set of tools, which now proved handy.

The group started digging tirelessly, and as they excavated deeper, more and more dead bodies were uncovered.

By the time Zhang Shiwen, the County Magistrate of Qinghe County, arrived with his people, ten corpses had already been laid out on the open mountain ground. And as the Prince Mansion guards continued digging deeper, more bodies were being discovered.

One body after another was carried out, laid neatly on the mountain ground.

Zhang Shiwen’s face turned deathly pale, beads of sweat as large as beans rolled down, and his entire body trembled, resembling a withered leaf in the wind.

Rong Ling gazed at him with a cold and sinister look, slowly speaking, "Zhang Shiwen, tell me, what is going on here?"

Zhang Shiwen’s body collapsed, kneeling to the ground, crying out, "Prince, I, I don’t know what is happening here? I—"

Unable to withstand the pressure any longer, he fainted with a thud.

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