Nine Princes Struggle for the Throne: The Mad Prince

Chapter 186 King Zhou's Fear

Three days later.

It's just past midnight.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

King Zhou was already asleep when there was a knock on the door.

"what's up?"

The King of Zhou asked impatiently.

"Your Highness, something has happened outside the city. Our spies who were watching the Western Zhou have just reported back that a battle between Grandmasters took place on the Western Zhou delegation's side, and the delegation was assassinated."

The guard outside the door announced loudly.

"What? A battle between Grandmasters?"

Upon hearing the guard's report, King Zhou immediately put on a cloak and opened the door.

"Yes, that's the message we received."

The guard quickly repeated.

"Prepare the horses immediately. I am going to the city wall. Also, inform the military advisor."

After King Zhou finished speaking, he closed the door and soon came out dressed.

The strategist also received the news immediately and came to the gate of the mansion. After the King of Zhou arrived, the two of them led their men toward the city wall.

After the group arrived at the city wall, they could all sense two powerful auras coming from the direction of the Western Zhou delegation's camp in the distance.

That was definitely a battle between Grandmaster-level experts.

"Your Highness, shall we go and take a look?"

The strategist inquired.

"Don't rush. The aftermath of a battle between Grandmaster-level experts is not easy to bear. Let's wait until the battle is over before we go over there."

"By the way, pass on the message that no one is allowed to mention our presence here. If anyone asks about it later, just say that by the time we received the news and rushed over, the battle was already over."

"Don't leave any room for gossip."

The King of Zhou refused outright.

Are you kidding me? Go there now? You want to die?

If those people dared to attack the Western Zhou delegation, then they dared to attack him. Anyway, there was a prince in Western Zhou. If they killed all of them, what difference would it make if they killed another prince?

"Yes."

The strategist immediately understood the King of Zhou's meaning.

Immediately send someone to deliver the order.

In fact, he agreed with King Zhou's approach; going there now would not bring them any benefit.

He also discovered a problem: Ou Qilu hadn't come.

It's impossible for him to be completely unaware of a battle between Grandmaster-level experts. Even if he wasn't aware, the intelligence network of the Divine Martial Royal Palace would have notified him.

The fact that he didn't come means that he already knew about what happened here and who was behind it.

That's why I didn't come over to check the situation.

Thinking of this, the strategist had a guess in his mind: it was probably that the people of the Divine Martial King had arrived and had taken action against the Western Zhou delegation.

If his guess is correct, then everything will be clear.

Another hour later, the battle ended.

"The battle is over, let's go take a look!"

After waiting for a while, King Zhou finally spoke.

King Zhou then led his men toward the camp of the Western Zhou delegation.

When they arrived at the Western Zhou delegation's camp, they found it in ruins; the camp no longer resembled anything they had seen before.

After a thorough investigation, they were finally able to confirm that everyone in the Western Zhou delegation had been killed.

"Your Highness, there is no survivor in the camp. The bodies of the seventh prince of Western Zhou and that grandmaster have been found."

After the strategist led his men to investigate, he returned with two corpses and came before King Zhou.

King Zhou stepped forward to examine them and confirmed their identities.

"Who on earth did this? They even managed to kill a Grandmaster-level expert."

King Zhou's voice trembled slightly.

He simply couldn't understand what kind of powerful expert had made the move, capable of killing even a Grandmaster-level expert.

Before he arrived, he guessed that the Western Zhou delegation might be severely damaged, but he did not expect this outcome.

"Your Highness, now is not the time to think about these things. Let's go back first, quickly send a message to the capital to inform His Majesty, and have the people of Western Zhou come to claim the body."

The strategist was also shocked, so he wasn't surprised to see the King of Zhou's shock.

What they need to do now is to quickly send the message back so that they can prepare a response in advance.

To avoid trouble with the Western Zhou and getting into disputes with them.

At that point, they will be forced to negotiate even if they don't want to.

This is definitely not the outcome they wanted.

"Alright, send someone to dispose of the bodies here, and take the bodies of the Seventh Prince of Western Zhou and the Grandmaster back to the city."

King Zhou was also aware of the gravity of this matter.

King Zhou quickly returned to the city and went to the military camp. He immediately wrote a secret letter and sent it back to the capital as quickly as possible.

At the same time, someone was sent to inform Ou Qilu that the Western Zhou delegation had been destroyed.

However, Ou Qilu was not surprised, after all, he knew who had made the move this time.

That was one of the four commanders of the prince's secret guards, so killing a Grandmaster in the early stage was not a surprise at all.

In the end, he only replied to King Zhou with one sentence: "I understand."

There was no further response.

After learning of Ou Qilu's response, King Zhou had his own guesses.

This time it was probably the work of my ninth brother!

That's really ruthless! The Western Zhou delegation was killed without hesitation.

Not long after, the people who had finished cleaning up the Western Zhou delegation's camp returned. In the end, they found no trace of the people who attacked the Western Zhou delegation, and there were no clues to find them.

That's the most terrifying thing.

He has now truly witnessed the methods of his ninth brother, and is now somewhat afraid of him.

If he were to offend his ninth brother one day, would he also retaliate against him?

No, he doesn't even need to lift a finger. His men can kill him without any evidence.

He now understood how his younger brothers had fallen into Qin Wu's hands.

It's likely that much of that evidence has been exaggerated, or even that some of it was manipulated by this ninth brother.

Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

His ninth brother is truly ruthless, incredibly ruthless.

"Your Highness, as you guessed, this is probably the work of the Divine Martial King. I really can't think of anyone else with such ability besides him."

"If his subordinates are this powerful, how powerful must he himself be?"

Judging from the King of Zhou's expression, the strategist guessed that the King of Zhou probably also realized who was behind this.

"Yes, we still need to change our attitude towards the Divine Martial King. We must try our best to be on good terms with him. Even if we can't get his support, we can't let him stand on the opposite side of us."

After thinking for a moment, King Zhou announced his decision.

This was a choice made out of necessity. If possible, he would have preferred to kill Qin Wu, as that would have been the best way to resolve the issue once and for all.

"Understood, I will pass the message on."

The strategist understood King Zhou's meaning; he thought the same way.

He didn't want to be enemies with the Divine Martial King either; if the Divine Martial King attacked him, he wouldn't even know how he died.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you."

After King Zhou finished speaking, he dismissed the military advisor.