Chapter 120 The Yellow Sparrow Behind the Mantis Stalking the Cicada (1)

“Ye Li! A thief always loses, the rightful victor will prevail**; you have already lost this battle!”

**T/N: 成王败寇 – Dutch Proverb: A thief passes for a gentleman when thieving has made him rich.

With Yan Xu soundly sealing Ye Li’s escape route, he unsheathed the sword from his waist, pointing the blade at the opponent before him. Yet, from time to time his eyes would faintly fall on Ye Mu’s little body—so out of place of the brutality around.

“Fifth Prince, Qi Yan…” Ye Li was only caught in extreme shock.

Hadn’t his army dispersed all his enemies’ men? But then why was it that this Fifth Prince still had extra troops to stop him at this perilous time?

Soon, the answers to his anxious doubts were revealed. Behind Yan Xu, a man in black roughly pushed a man forward, who was gagged and tightly tied up—it was none other than the Prince Zhao!

This only meant that Ye Mu’s guess was correct: they had already captured Prince Zhao and used his life to threaten his subordinates to fight alongside them…through this cunning way, the originally fifty to fifty would surely become an evident loss.

Ye Li stared unblinking at Prince Zhao, in a state of disbelief.

He was not expecting this drastic change of events! Then it could only be said that they were in a clear disadvantage in this current situation; they were outnumbered and surrounded.

Then…he truly has lost.

Impossible! He had the upper hand with all his hidden cards: the treasure and his old subordinates. How could he have lost?

But no matter how much he felt the situation was incredulous, the truth had already become this; no matter how strong he was, he could not withstand the combined efforts of these two men. This unexpected collaboration could only leave him scrambling for his life. Therefore, he could only lose…

Ye Mu thought, how similar could this scene possibly be as that in the plot? To think that…in the bitter end, she was still unable to change Ye Li’s ill-fated ending.

But then, “HAHAHAHA!” Ye Li released a maniacal laughter after being silent for a moment!

“Interesting, interesting! Just you? Just all of you? You want this general’s life?”

Yan Xu coldly snorted in reply, with a brisk wave of his hand, all the guards on top of the city wall aimed their bows downwards, ready to release the pointy arrows to kill.

“You think I won’t dare take your life? If you commit a gruesome crime in this country, then you rightly deserve to die ten thousand times for it.”

“You want me to be executed? We will have to see first if you have the ability to do so!” Ye Li derisively smirked.

Ye Li continued to sneer at the youth and said in a seemingly laidback manner, “Even if all of you were to scheme against me, did you know that I had already reached an agreement with the Prime Minister of the Mo Country? Due to our agreement, he can convince the Mo emperor to send their troops to this city at any time.

The chess pieces I’ve also placed at the borders will aid him in infiltrating the country successfully. With this, the Mo Country will declare the Yue Country to be under theirs. Therefore, even if you kill me now, you won’t be able to sit on the throne for long!”

Ye Li’s heavy words made Yan Xu widen his eyes. He couldn’t help but be filled with rage and hate, as he menacingly pointed his sword at the other party.

“What do you mean? It’s fine if you are trying to instigate a pointless rebellion, but you actually dared to lure a wolf into my country?!”

“Why not?” Seeing him riled up, Ye Li’s entire body relaxed. “If you want to live, then secure my life. But if you want to die…then we will die together. I, Ye Li, will never accept defeat!”

Yan Xu looked at him with a deep, imploring gaze. “You have already gone mad. Do you think I would let a madman become emperor?”

He then narrowed his eyes and bit back, “Furthermore, your wishful thinking will all be for nothing! So what if you have the Prime Minister’s support? The Crown Prince of the Mo Country—the rightful, future emperor, is on my side!”

“The Crown Prince?!”

This time, Ye Li was the one caught in surprise. He had known for a long time that the Crown Prince of the Mo Country was missing and had gone hiding in the Yue country. He was actually saved by the other party?!

After this surprising revelation, the Second Prince walked out from another direction to join Yan Xu. He said with a smile, “With your bewildered look, I can only guess that you are still in the dark of the identity of this elusive Crown Prince of the Mo Country. Let me give you a refresher, he became your slave some time ago. Have you already forgotten him?”

A slave…? That slave?!

“Aji! Could it be that he…he is Mo Linyuan?!”

Ye Li had never been so shocked before. No wonder he couldn’t figure out the gist of everything happening around. It was also no wonder that despite being a child, his instincts, like a wild beast, kept driving him to kill the boy.

It turns out that the person he had been looking for all this time was right under his nose and had become a slave in his residence!