Chapter 173: A Visit

"Sixth Prince, long time no see! Have you been well lately?"

Before he even reached them, the charismatic young man smiled and spoke toward the direction of the Sixth Prince.

Hearing this, the gloomy expression on the Sixth Prince's face instantly vanished, replaced by a radiant smile.

The Sixth Prince smiled warmly at the young man not far ahead and said,

"Thanks to Second Brother's blessing, I am doing quite well."

"However, I heard that Second Brother has been having some trouble in the capital recently, seemingly getting into a bit of a dispute with Fourth Brother."

"Ever since Eldest Brother disappeared, Second Brother has been the eldest among all of us brothers."

"If Fourth Brother has done something wrong, Second Brother should be magnanimous and forgive him!"

Listening to the conversation between the two, Sun Xuan knew that this charismatic young man in front of them must be the Second Prince, another strong contender for the throne of the Great Wei Dynasty.

After hearing the Sixth Prince's words, the smile on the Second Prince's face slowly faded, and an imperceptible trace of gloom instantly flashed across his face.

At this moment, the Second Prince wished he could step forward and fiercely slap the Sixth Prince across the face twice.

In fact, through the informants he left in the capital, the Sixth Prince had long known that the Second Prince had not been having an easy time lately.

Not only did the next-generation successor of his subordinate Gu Family die a tragic and unexplained death, but he also had a public argument with the Fourth Brother in the imperial court.

The Fourth Brother of the Great Wei Dynasty had a robust physique, wielded considerable influence in the military, and controlled quite a few troops, possessing extremely formidable strength.

However, while this Fourth Brother had strong martial arts strength, his brain wasn't very good.

At a time when the emperor's health was failing day by day and the struggle for the imperial throne was becoming increasingly fierce, he acted as if he was completely unaware of anything.

When doing things, he still went his own way.

This Fourth Brother usually looked down on the Second Prince, feeling that the Second Prince was a hypocrite who acted one way to your face and another behind your back.

Therefore, during an imperial court session, the Fourth Brother casually found an excuse to ruthlessly tear into the Second Prince, causing the Second Prince to lose face completely at that time.

Furthermore, this intense conflict between the Fourth Brother and the Second Prince, which was like tearing off each other's masks, fell into the eyes of the aged emperor.

It caused the aged emperor, who originally had a fairly good impression of the Second Prince, to grow somewhat annoyed with both the Second Prince and the Fourth Brother.

At this moment, the Sixth Prince publicly brought up again this matter that the Second Prince desperately wanted to avoid mentioning, making the Second Prince burn with anger.

"Heh, Fourth Brother is just ignorant. As his older brother, I merely taught him a lesson."

At this moment, the Second Prince said to the Sixth Prince with a smile that didn't reach his eyes.

Without waiting for the Sixth Prince to respond, the Second Prince continued speaking to him:

"Fourth Brother, let's put aside matters of reminiscing for now. Today, Second Brother has come to your place to apprehend a murderer."

Hearing this, the genial smile on the Sixth Prince's face also slowly vanished, and he spoke with a hint of inexplicable meaning in his tone:

"Second Brother, words can be chosen freely, but one cannot talk nonsense."

"Everyone in my manor is honest and kind-hearted; there is no murderer of the sort Second Brother speaks of!"

After hearing the Second Prince's words, a flash of cold light also crossed Sun Xuan's eyes.

It was obvious that the murderer the Second Prince spoke of was none other than him.

This showed that with the help of the Gu Family, the Second Prince had come to cause trouble for him.

Moreover, among the subordinates accompanying the Second Prince, an elderly man caught Sun Xuan's attention.

Ever since this person arrived here, his gaze had been fixed on Sun Xuan.

The murderous intent revealed in his eyes was something even a fool could feel.

Clearly, this person should be Patriarch Gu Shentong of the Gu Family.

The purpose of this group's visit today was also to find Sun Xuan to avenge Gu Ren.

However, Sun Xuan was not afraid of this.

Not to mention that the Sixth Prince would definitely protect him with all his might at this moment, even without the Sixth Prince, Sun Xuan believed that with his current martial arts cultivation and strength, the people present could not stop him.

However, if the opportunity arose, Sun Xuan wouldn't mind wiping out the Gu Family, or even making the Second Prince disappear from this world.

But this couldn't be rushed. With Sun Xuan's current strength, after he became the Xuanwu Commander of the Town Demon Guard, dealing with the Gu Family would not be a big problem.

However, the Second Prince was obviously not so easy to deal with.

After hearing the Sixth Prince's words, the Second Prince let out a sneer, and then continued to say to the Sixth Prince:

"Sixth Brother, sometimes being stubborn is useless."

"That Sun Xuan under your command killed Gu Ren, the only son of the Gu Family, in Qinghe County, Yunzhou. There are witnesses who saw this with their own eyes."

"Since ancient times, killing a life requires paying with one's life, and paying off debts is only natural!"

"Sixth Prince, I think you'd better honestly hand over that murderer named Sun Xuan!"

Hearing the Second Prince's words, the Sixth Prince couldn't help laughing out loud:

"Second Brother, oh Second Brother, what a great line about killing a life for a life and paying off debts!"

What difference was there between talking to these people about paying with one's life and talking nonsense.

If lives really had to be paid with lives as the Second Prince said, all the Martial Artists and imperial family members present wouldn't even be enough to be hacked to pieces.

However, this could obviously not be said out on the surface, so the Sixth Prince continued to speak to the Second Prince with a sarcastic expression:

"My good Second Brother, when it comes to murder, you mustn't make false accusations."

"Since you say you have evidence proving that Sun Xuan under my command is the murderer who killed the only son of the Gu Family, then hurry up and bring out the evidence!"

Seeing this, the Second Prince did not say much more. He directly waved his hand behind him, and immediately two low-tier Martial Artists were brought forward.

The faces of these two low-tier Martial Artists were filled with panic and anxiety, yet amidst the crowd, they did not dare to flee arbitrarily.

After these two low-tier Martial Artists were brought up, the Second Prince spoke to them with a majestic expression:

"You two, speak clearly: how did Young Master Gu Ren die?"

Looking at these two low-tier Martial Artists, Sun Xuan could not help revealing a look of surprise on his face.

Because Sun Xuan really had some impression of these two people.

When Sun Xuan beheaded Monk Mingdeng and killed Gu Ren with a single palm strike, these two low-tier Martial Artists were indeed watching not far away at the time.

Because of his powerful Soul, Sun Xuan possessed the ability of photographic memory.

Although these two people lacked presence at the time due to their low martial arts strength,

Sun Xuan still remembered their appearance.

However, at that time in the bustling streets of Qinghe County, too many people saw the scene of Sun Xuan beheading Gu Ren, so Sun Xuan had no way to clear all those people out.

Besides, in this matter, it wasn't about who was reasonable.

In this world, in the end, it still depended on whose fists were hard enough for them to truly be in the right.

Therefore, Sun Xuan didn't pay too much attention to those bystanders.

He just didn't expect that the Second Prince would actually find these two witnesses to prove that he had killed Gu Ren at the time.

After hearing the Second Prince's words, the two low-tier Martial Artists had no choice but to begin accusing Sun Xuan.

Watching the two describe the scene back then, a look of satisfaction could not help appearing on the Second Prince's face.

Meanwhile, Patriarch Gu Shentong on the side clenched his fists so hard they cracked after hearing the description of the two.

Thinking of his only son's tragic death back then, Patriarch Gu Shentong felt as if his heart was being torn apart, wishing he could immediately tear Sun Xuan into a thousand pieces.

As for Sun Xuan, he stood casually to the side without any expression on his face at all,

as if the murderer the two Martial Artists accused was not him.

However, the Second Prince was quite satisfied with this. In this way, he could justify handling this matter properly for the Gu Family.

Presumably, as long as this matter was settled for the Gu Family and that so-called Sun Xuan was executed,

the Gu Family would definitely be even more devoted to him in the future, and his chances of seizing the imperial throne would be even higher.

The bizarre atmosphere at the scene also caused these two low-tier Martial Artists acting as witnesses to inwardly lament their plight,

and they even felt a sense of despair at this moment.

Neither of them was a fool. Being captured by the Second Prince at this moment and forced to testify that the person under the Sixth Prince's command was a murderer—

no matter what the final outcome was, both of them were dead for sure.

Once they lost their utility value, the Second Prince would directly abandon them after giving them a small reward.

Yet these words of theirs had deeply offended the Sixth Prince and the strange powerhouse named Sun Xuan.

In the end, once the Second Prince achieved his goal, he would just walk away patting his rear end.

And the two of them would inevitably face the cruel revenge of the Sixth Prince.

With their meager martial arts strength, under the Sixth Prince's command, they were almost certainly dead.

But the two of them had no other choice.

By obeying the Second Prince and coming to accuse Sun Xuan, the two of them could live a little longer, perhaps still having a slim chance of survival.

If they dared to defy the Second Prince's orders, they could be certain that the Second Prince would slaughter them on the spot.

Therefore, weighing the two options, the two of them still bit the bullet and came.

After these two low-tier Martial Artists finished accusing Sun Xuan of his crimes, the Second Prince smiled and said to the Sixth Prince:

"Sixth Brother, look at that, these two witnesses have explained the matter extremely clearly!"

Hearing the Second Prince's words, the Sixth Prince shook his head, then chuckled and said:

"Second Brother, oh Second Brother, as a prince, you should still possess the most basic ability to judge truth from falsehood."

"These two people are obviously lying!"

"Mr. Sun has been staying by my side all these days, how could he possibly go and kill Gu Ren of the Gu Family?"

"These guards by my side, and even Lord Cao, the Azure Dragon Commander of the Town Demon Guard, can all testify to this matter for me."

Speaking of this, the Sixth Prince casually glanced at the guards around him, then smiled and said:

"Tell me, guards, is Your Highness right or wrong!"

As soon as the Sixth Prince's voice fell, the surrounding guards immediately chimed in and agreed.

Nonsense, since their boss had already spoken, even if they had seen Sun Xuan kill that arrogant scion of the Gu Family with their own eyes, they absolutely could not say it out loud.

Hearing the echoing responses around him, the Second Prince's expression instantly turned somewhat ugly.

He hadn't expected this sixth brother of his to be so shameless, publicly talking nonsense right here.

"You…"

The Second Prince pointed at the Sixth Prince with an ugly expression, momentarily not knowing what to say.

Seeing this, the Sixth Prince smiled slightly and said:

"Second Brother, we are not children anymore. Let's not play such childish framing games anymore!"

"Alright, take your two witnesses and get out of here quickly."

"I still have matters to finish dealing with, so I won't keep Second Brother here any longer!"

Hearing the sarcastic words from the Sixth Prince's mouth, the Second Prince's expression instantly became even uglier.

But at this moment, the Second Prince also knew that continuing to entangle here had lost all meaning.

Indeed, he had been somewhat inconsiderate in today's matter.

However, there will be plenty of time in the future; the Second Prince felt he didn't need to bicker over temporary pride and would have plenty of methods to slowly play with them later.

"In that case, Second Brother won't disturb you any longer!"

With a gloomy expression under the Sixth Prince's smiling gaze, the Second Prince said this, then waved his hand, preparing to lead his men away from the Sixth Prince's manor.

Seeing this, Patriarch Gu Shentong, who was eager for revenge, instantly changed his expression and spoke to the Second Prince with some urgency:

"Second Prince, this…"

But before Patriarch Gu Shentong could finish speaking, the Second Prince said with a gloomy expression:

"Mr. Gu, it's time to go. Aren't you ashamed enough yet?"

"However, Mr. Gu can rest assured. Although we let the murderer go unpunished for the time being, I believe he won't be happy for many days!"

After finishing these words, the Second Prince cast a deep look at Sun Xuan.

Seeing this, a sarcastic smile immediately appeared at the corner of Sun Xuan's mouth.

Immediately afterward, Sun Xuan glared fiercely at the Second Prince's incoming gaze, and a heaven-shaking murderous intent instantly flowed along the Second Prince's line of sight straight into his mind.

In an instant, the Second Prince felt as if he had fallen into a sea of blood amidst mountains of blades. Startled, his figure immediately began staggering backward uncontrollably.

Seeing this, the guards brought by the Second Prince's side changed expression drastically and stepped forward to support him.

At this moment, the Second Prince finally recovered his wits from Sun Xuan's glare.

"Clang clang!"

Suddenly, a series of sounds of swords and sabers being drawn echoed out, and the guards under the Second Prince's command looked fiercely toward Sun Xuan.

This scene immediately brought joy to Patriarch Gu Shentong's heart.

Now, as long as the Second Prince gave an order, he would immediately make a move against Sun Xuan, slaughtering the enemy to avenge his only son.

The moment the Second Prince's subordinates drew their weapons, the numerous guards of the Sixth Prince hidden in the shadows instantly swarmed forward, drawing their blades and sabers while their true essence surged.

The battle seemed ready to erupt at any second.

As the instigator, Sun Xuan stood there looking completely unconcerned, as if all these matters had nothing to do with him.

However, after sobering up, the Second Prince waved his hand to stop his subordinates' actions.

This was the Sixth Prince's territory after all. If they dared to strike first, the Sixth Prince would dare to slaughter everyone here except for him.