kvmb Chapter 380 Flying Knife
Chapter 380 Flying Knife
Luo An was both shocked and furious: "What are you doing?"
"Young Master!" Jingzhe exclaimed urgently, "It wasn't what you saw..."
An Liangchen raised his hand to interrupt Jingzhe, his voice calm: "Treat your sister-in-law's injuries first."
An Liangchen always remained calm, no matter the situation, while Luo An appeared impulsive and irritable in comparison. Luo An gritted his teeth, suppressing his overwhelming anger, and carried Nian Yao back to their room.
Nianyao lay on the bed, her head buried in the soft pillow, her voice naturally muffled: "Don't worry, I can take it. I can hold back."
Luo An cut open Nian Yao's clothes on the back: "These kinds of throwing knives are harder to remove. If it hurts, just scream."
Compared to the throwing knives commonly used by martial arts practitioners, this throwing knife is thin, sharp, and only about half a foot long, with a unique shape. The top part is a double-edged blade, the middle part is serrated, and the handle is slender.
If the person wielding the throwing knife has sufficient internal strength, the knife can pierce through the body like an arrow. Nian Yao's body wasn't pierced, but the serrated edges were all embedded in her flesh.
Having practiced medicine for years, Luo An had never felt so terrified as he did at this moment. Even with his utmost care, flesh still clung to the serrated edges of the throwing knife he had removed.
Luo An threw the throwing knife forcefully to the ground. The knife bounced a few times on the ground, and if An Liangchen hadn't moved quickly, it would have pierced his foot.
Jingzhe wiped the throwing knife clean and handed it to An Liangchen. An Liangchen took it and held it in his hand, stroking the spider lily on the blade with his fingertips.
The first batch of shadow guards in Dongyang were trained by Master Luo when he was prime minister, and he personally designed the throwing knives, including the spider lily engraved on the blades. The spider lily is also known as the flower of the underworld, meaning that the throwing knife will appear in the underworld. Over the years, the shadow guards have changed batch after batch, but the throwing knives have never changed.
An Liangchen looked up and saw Luo An's hands trembling, unable to tie the gauze bandage around his wounds properly. Unable to bear it any longer, he placed the throwing knife on the low table, bent down, and deftly tied the gauze bandage into a bow.
Luo An stared at the bow without saying a word. He knew that An Liangchen was capable, but how could the Crown Prince, who had people to serve him in every way, tie a bow so beautifully?
An Liangchen said, "Nanhua has a temper too. When I was young, I often tied her hair with a ribbon to appease her, like this kind."
When I was young? I'm not old now.
An Liangchen seemed somewhat sentimental: "I haven't tied up anyone since we got married, but my skills are still there."
An Liangchen chatted casually in a calm voice, seemingly unaffected by the sudden turn of events.
Nianyao buried her head in the soft pillow, wiping away the cold sweat before raising her head. Her face was slightly pale, and her voice was weak: "How are you?"
Luo An said gently, "No vital organs were injured. You should rest well for the next few days and avoid moving your left side."
Before Nianyao could speak, An Liangchen waved his hand, and the bed curtains fell down, completely covering the bed: "Sister-in-law, please rest more."
An Liangchen was the first to leave the room. Luo An glanced at the bed curtains, picked up the throwing knife from the low table, and followed him out.
The actions during Qingming, Xiaohan, and Dahan were swift enough that by the time An Liangchen and Luo An returned to the grassy area in front of the tree formation, the corpses were gone, though the bloodstains remained.
An Liangchen's voice was calm: "I ordered them to be buried in the grove of spider lilies."
Faced with the composed An Liangchen, Luo An's earlier anger turned into a profound sense of powerlessness. He didn't believe An Liangchen would lay a hand on him, and he had told himself countless times: An Liangchen couldn't possibly lay a hand on him.
But the truth is, if he died, Xu Sheng would also die, and the King of Nanyue would also die, and the world would belong to Dongyang. The imperial dream of unifying the world was the pursuit of successive rulers of Dongyang.
While the ambitions of previous monarchs were outwardly expressed, An Liangchen's ambition remained hidden deep within his heart. An Liangchen never spoke of it to Luo An, but Luo An always knew.