Chapter 403.
If one were to ask the eldest princess what person beside her was the least likely to be one of the Blood Cicada.
Then her answer would most likely be Shan Cong.
Even if it was said that Jiang Ran was a Blood Cicada Chinese she would believe it, but Shan Cong …… was impossible!
Jiang Ran was unpredictable and had an extremely deep city.
He could become anyone and do anything to achieve his own ends.
Without coming to the final hurdle, he really can be anyone.
But …… Shan Cong was not.
This nephew that she had seen from a young age, in her eyes, was a very mediocre and mediocre ordinary royal child.
He wasn’t smart, he didn’t have a city, it was as if he was a dilettante who spent every day cheekily.
And the eldest princess was therefore very optimistic about Shan Cong’s future.
It was unlikely that such a person would be taken as a threat by the Crown Prince.
In the future, he should have become a peaceful prince, enjoying the shelter of imperial power, waving cats and walking dogs, and enjoying life.
But …… he appeared in the most unlikely place.
That person who was able to fight with Sword Wusheng in a back and forth, wind and water, that person who initially showed up and wanted to kill himself …… was actually his own second nephew who was the most mediocre and should have been the most peaceful and happy.
The eldest princess felt as if this was a dream.
She looked at Shan Cong with an unbelievable look.
Shan Cong, on the other hand, subconsciously covered his face, but it was obvious that it didn’t help.
In the end, he had to scratch his head:
“Jiang warrior …… doesn’t have to grab me like this, right?
“How about putting me down?
“I swear ah, although I am the master’s disciple, and I am indeed one of the Blood Cicada ……
“Yet, I don’t have the slightest malice towards you ah.
“You see, ah, I have been by your side for so long, and I have never thought of spying on your secrets.
“Even I don’t even know when you knew about the Blood Cicada I didn’t know …… Master scolded me for a long time for this.
“In the end, the only little thing I did to apologize to you in the whole thing was to let my master go and tease that stupid brother of mine.
“Let him test you at the Mountain and Sea Association’s dinner party ……
“To see if you are qualified to escort my aunt or not is all.”
Jiang Ran suddenly realized:
“I see… ……”
“What do you mean?”
The eldest princess couldn’t help but open her mouth and drink:
“What do you mean by that? What do you mean by testing Jiang Ran’s qualifications?”
“Auntie …… do you think that my foolish brother is a very power ambitious crown prince of the dynasty?”
Shan Cong grinned:
“Actually, you thought wrong ……
“Compared to the world, he actually cares more about his family.
“Now that I think about it, the conflict between him and you is simply because you have never found an in-laws even though you are old.
“He was worried that you would be alone in the future, which is why he always hoped that you would find a good man as soon as possible, either in the court or in private.
“The future can also have a dependence is not it?
“So ah, when he knew about you going to the Green Country, he wanted to oppose it.
“Because no matter what, it’s sending your loved ones into the hands of an enemy country, and the dangers are just too great.
“He did not have the courage to do so, nor was he willing to see such a thing happen.
“However, before he went to have an audience with Father, he was stopped by my master.”
“So, your master ruffled to have him deal with me?”
Jiang Ran asked with a smile.
Shan Cong sighed:
“Although my brother is silly and huffy, he has one advantage.
“He listens to people very well.
“Especially my master …… after all, that’s how their relationship is.
“Then my master told him that the matter was imperative, and that if he forced a change, it would not only be unhelpful, but would anger his father.
“My stupid brother but this also does not care, but also want to argue on the basis of reason …… honestly, this is a woman’s benevolence.
“But it is also really benevolent.
“I’m going to be touched by my silly brother ……
“But he was persuaded in the end.
“The master gave him a clear explanation of the advantages and disadvantages, and spoke of the family and the country, and of the greater good, and his lips were worn out, and only then was he persuaded.
“And he told him that the key to this trip to the Green Country did not lie in the Eldest Princess, but in the person escorting her.
“If this person’s martial arts skills are so great that he can protect the Eldest Princess’ well-being.
“Then everything is natural and logical …… But on the contrary, if that person is not good enough to be used, what the result will be is self-evident.
“So ah, stupid brother then found a few he used heavy money to buy a few so-called experts, in the mountain and sea meeting that night, and Jiang warrior hard touch.
“In fact, that’s something that I have to admit, this brother of mine is really stupid.
“Obviously for the sake of caring about my aunt, but hard not to say.
“Made a mess both inside and outside …… However, do you guys know, why is this?”
“It seems …… that regarding this matter, Taifu Song didn’t put in much effort.”
The eldest princess looked at Song Wei.
Song Wei sighed:
“Actually, the Crown Prince is very kind and generous, if it were a peaceful and prosperous world, having such a lenient ruler may not be a blessing for the world.
“It’s just a pity that soon it won’t be. ……”
Jiang Ran gently shook his head:
“No wonder that day, he kept saying that he had reasons why he had to do it.
“It’s just that his lone attitude always calls to mind ……”
“That’s just it.”
Shan Cong nodded:
“As the crown prince of the dynasty, he cannot be happy with the people and needs to be curt.
“As the one in power, one cannot allow those below to easily surmise one’s own thoughts and ideas.
“Otherwise, it will lose its mystery and majesty. ……
“That’s what Master has always taught him.
“After all, being in the royal family …… which is so simple?
“You see, haven’t I also been pretending to be crazy? Father sent me to the rivers and lakes, and I went happily ……”
“…… That is I see you really stupid, do not want you to get involved in this royal fight.
“But I didn’t expect that it was raising a wolf cub.”
Golden Cicada Heavenly Prince sighed deeply:
“I ask you, why are you like this? Do you …… you really want to kill me and your own aunt?”
“Kill ah …… why not?”
Shan Cong looked up at his father in surprise and said with a smile:
“Anyway, I’m wearing a mask it, and no one knows that it was the son servant who killed you.
“At that time, the son servant guarantees will be the one who cries the most in front of the grave ……
“After all, my aunt, who has always protected me, and my father, who has taken extra care of me, have all died at the hands of the rebels.
“I would have burst into a rage and vowed to cooperate with my foolish brother in apprehending the murderer.
“By the way, Jiang warrior …… are you not a knife catcher?
“When the time comes, this matter can be left to you.
“I will definitely offer a price that will make you very satisfied, and then find the most suitable scapegoat to make a seamless bureau, so that the final result, all will be happy!!!”
“Crazy!”
The Rapunzel’s face didn’t know when there was no more anger, she just looked at Shan Cong, and her face unexpectedly initiated a color of pity:
“Cong’er …… when did you go crazy?”
Shan Cong, however, did not care about the words of the Elder Princess, but instead looked at Jiang Ran:
“Jiang warrior …… you and I have no grievances or hatred between us.
“Now as long as you are willing, help me kill them.
“Or, if you’re not willing to kill them, just let go of me and stand aside and watch!
“Once they are dead, my foolish brother can ascend to the throne.
“But …… even if you give him a hundred heart eyes, he can’t fight me.
“In three years at the most, he will ‘boil’ himself to death from exhaustion, and before he dies, he will sit on my throne.
“At that time, I will be the Golden Cicada Son of Heaven!
“And you …… I will appoint you as the Parallel King!
“How about sharing the world with me?
“This is the riches that come to you, all you need is a nod of your head and this heavenly riches will fall to you.
“Jiang warrior you think carefully …… knife in the sword to the wind and rain to break through the jianghu, is for what ah?
“I traveled all the way through the jianghu and saw too many people in the jianghu.
“Warrior? You know, I have seen how many so-called warriors, on the surface of the great benevolence, behind the back of bullying men and women.
“Chivalry? When one does not involve oneself, everything can be sacrificed for the sake of chivalry. And once you involve yourself, you can sacrifice everything for chivalry!
“Where in this world is there any chivalry? And how can there be a great warrior?
“It’s all fake!
“The ultimate goal of hanging out in the jianghu is two words …… fame and fortune!
“And if you want, fame and fortune are at your fingertips!!!”
Jiang Ran listened to sip his teeth, glanced at the Golden Cicada Heavenly Son:
“He’s making conditions, what do you say?”
“…… What do you want me to say?”
Golden Cicada Heavenly Prince froze.
“Side-by-side king ah.”
Jiang Ran smiled:
“Why don’t you appoint me a Side-by-Side King right away.
“At that time, I’ll share the world with you, and this time, how about I save your life?”
“…… You are robbing while the fire is burning!!!”
Golden Cicada Heavenly Prince was furious: “Ancestral foundation, how can I dispose of it so casually!”
“I am in favor of this!”
The eldest princess immediately said:
“Imperial brother, hurry up and appoint a parallel king ……”
The latter words didn’t wait to be spoken before Jiang Ran’s face darkened:
“Side-by-side king is side-by-side king, what do you mean side-by-side king eight?”
“You hurry up and shut up.”
The eldest princess glared at him, then said to the Golden Cicada Heavenly Prince:
“Look ah, you made him a Side-by-Side King, so it’s only natural for me, the Eldest Princess, to marry him ah.
“All those confidants of his can also be the king’s consorts.
“In this way, after bribing Jiang Ran, Jiang Ran will be able to come to our rescue, and all will be happy in the end!
“Well, he doesn’t have to wait three years yet!”
“Nonsense ……”
The Golden Cicada Heavenly Prince gave a black eye from anger:
“Family and country matters, how can we allow you and others to banter like this?”
“Alright, alright.”
Jiang Ran saw that the eldest princess was going to say more, so he hurriedly waved his hand:
“Do not tease with him, say it again, you beware of really your brother to the gas collapse.”
“Avalanche?”
“Pissed off to death.”
“……”
Jiang Ran then gently shook his head and looked at Shan Cong:
“Come to think of it, what you said is actually quite reasonable.
“It’s just a pity that I, for one, don’t have such a great quest, much less want to kill for such things.
“The Side by Side King is not my wish …… you still keep it ……”
Jiang Ran’s words just said here, Shan Cong suddenly laughed out loud:
“The Side-by-Side King is not what you wish …… That devilish demon is what you wish!?”
Jiang Ran raised his eyebrows, and as soon as the words ‘Demon Cult Demon’ were uttered, no matter if it was Jian Wusheng who was fighting with the Scarlet Cicada Wings, beating the other party almost without any power to fight back, or if it was the Daoist Lack of Reality who was looking for an opportunity to grab the Heavenly Tone Jiao.
Or Xu Mu, who was fighting with that giant man and was at a stalemate with each other.
All of them couldn’t help but cast their gazes.
Jiang Ran did not immediately kill Shan Cong.
Since the words have already been said, this time directly kill him, on the contrary, leaving a seed of suspicion.
When Shan Cong opened his mouth, the first one to speak up was the Silver Cicada at the head of the group, who snapped:
“Shut up!!!
“Don’t talk nonsense!!!”
“How long do you guys want to hide?”
Shan Cong shouted:
“The son of the former Demon Sovereign Jiang Tianye, Jiang Ran!
“Contemporary Demon Sect Young Sovereign!
“The future Demon Cult Demon Sovereign!
“Right here, such identity, you still help him hide …… why?
“Do you want us all to die here so that you can enjoy yourselves?
“Originally should be lifted up the world’s enemy, not us ah!
“It’s him!
“At best, we are just fighting for the imperial power.
“And he …… is the source of chaos in this world!
“If a person like him cannot be used for me, he should be beaten into the dust, making him the enemy of the world, and letting him …… die without a burial place!!!”
“Demon Sect Young Elder?”
Sword Wusheng turned the Little Night Sword in his hand, retrieved the chopped sword light, carried the sword with its sheath on his shoulder, and said with a smile:
“How does that sound like nonsense?”
“Poor Taoist also thinks it’s nonsense.”
Daoist Lack of Reality shook his head:
“It seems that the Second Prince is already doggedly climbing over the wall and biting randomly.”
Not to mention the two of them, even Shen Tu Lie, who had a blood feud with Jiang Ran in the middle of the battle formation, shook his head repeatedly.
So far he still hated Jiang Ran.
Even though Jiang Ran had given him the antidote to the poison, he had taken advantage of the fire to let the tentacles of the Blood Sword Hall spread to the capital.
A piece of meat had been viciously dug off his body, not to mention that Shen Tu Hong’s identity was still undetermined, and there still wasn’t an explanation for this matter.
But even so, Shen Tu Lie had never thought that Jiang Ran would be the Demon Sect’s Young Exalt.
This was too ridiculous.
It was Yan Wushuang who looked at Jiang Ran thoughtfully.
She recalled the people she had met and the things she had seen when she was once in the Jinyang Mansion.
She had never heard of any of those masters in Jianghu.
But each one of them had martial arts skills that were above her own.
And they did treat Jiang Ran with respect.
On the contrary, it made her somewhat believe that Jiang Ran was really the young reverend of the Demon Sect……. However, she didn’t particularly care.
There was no way to change something like identity some times.
She was more willing to believe that the Jiang Ran standing in front of her was a person of some sort.
As for the Golden Cicada Heavenly Prince, he was even more confused.
He glanced at the eldest princess:
“Why is Cong’er suddenly climbing up the Demon Cult’s Young Zun? The Devil Cult still has a Young Zun?”
“How would I know ……”
The Eldest Princess frowned, although her current state was quite good.
But this side is crowded, Shan Cong suddenly opened his mouth like this, there is no guarantee that it won’t be heard by someone with a heart ……
She has now begun to consider whether to find a way to kill and silence.
Just so many people, silence words have to start from what place?
If not, Jiang Ran will simply kill them all.
Kill all of these people …… and then push it to the blood cicadas is it.
It was just that the thought was so terrifying that she startled herself and said:
“It may be that he knows that he no longer has a way to live, so he deliberately said so, so as to confuse the public.
“After all, I’ve been traveling the world for so many years, and I’ve never heard of the Devil Sect having any Young Zuns?
“If there really was, would the Devil Sect be the scattered mess it is now?”
“It’s true that there hasn’t been any news of the Devil Sect for many years.”
The Golden Cicada Heavenly Prince also nodded in recognition and sighed as he said to Shan Cong:
“Cong’er, you should stop babbling when it comes down to it.
“If you plead guilty and answer to the law, I will be in power for one day, and I can also keep you in peace for one day.”
“You …… you ……”
Shan Cong was surprised and looked at the people present.
He had thought that this sentence he said was a heavenly kill.
After all, since ancient times, the Devil Sect was an existence that called for a million scruples.
However, the result nowadays was unexpected to him.
When this was said, surprisingly no one believed it?
His face was filled with a grimace for a moment:
“Why don’t you believe? Why don’t you …… you guys believe it?
“He really is the Demon Sect’s Young Exalt!
“You guys, he is surnamed Jiang, and Jiang Tianye is also surnamed Jiang.
“They are father and son!
“Jiang Tian Ye looks handsome, Jiang Ran is even more scourge-looking …… This is not father and son who can believe?
“And …… moreover, don’t you guys realize one of the biggest problems?”
Once these words came out, the crowd all looked at Shan Cong.
Jiang Ran, on the other hand, did not know what he was thinking, letting him speak as he pleased, and not blocking him at all.
Just then, he heard Shan Cong say aloud:
“His martial arts ah!
“How old is he, just in his early twenties ……
“Even if he is cultivating from his mother’s womb, how could he possibly have a martial art that is this powerful!
“Moreover, you guys take a close look at what martial arts he has practiced.
“In addition to the Nine Blades of the Frightening God, the Da Brahma Zen Academy’s Da Brahma Vajra Skill, and Zuo Dao Zhuang’s Heaven’s Will Inverted Imperishable Divine Skill …… are these his martial arts?
“Why is it that every time he uses it, it seems as if he has gone through a thousand refinements and has only practiced this one martial art for his entire life, and to perform it is the peak?
“This is bound to be a devilish divine ability that he used devilish means and damaged an unknown number of lives before he came out long ago!
“And …… not long ago in the middle of that battle on Tianjing Street, he even used the Great Selfless Heavenly Devil Ten Thousand Thoughts Skill among the Eighteen Heavenly Devil Records of the Devil Sect!
“Doesn’t that speak volumes about him?”
These words were actually somewhat convincing.
It was only the opposite of the truth.
The eldest princess was the first to come forward and retort:
“Nonsense, this palace has been with Jiang Ran for so long, why have we never seen him kill or practice?”
“Because you harbor him!!!”
Shan Cong took his hand and pointed at the Elder Princess:
“You already knew about his identity as the young reverend of the Devil Cult, and you wanted to use him to work for you!
“You wanted to take the forces of the Devil Cult for yourself ……
“So, you shamelessly seduced him, wanting to make him your skirt!”
“If the Demon Sect’s Young Duke can be easily seduced by me to become a subject under my skirt …… then this Demon Sect is only not worth mentioning.”
The eldest princess let out a cold laugh.
Those who originally still felt that Shan Cong’s words had some truth to them couldn’t help but all burst out laughing after hearing these words.
But soon they couldn’t laugh anymore.
Just then, they heard Jiang Ran laugh:
“Is it really appropriate for you to just say such a secretive thing in front of everyone?
“Also, …… the opportunity is rare, originally did not want to hide it, in that case then I fulfill you.
“Gentlemen, he is right, I am the Demon Sect’s Young Zun!”