C26

Mu Qian Xue, to put it bluntly, was just a shallow lady with a beautiful skin, how could she possibly let the Prince risk his life to protect her!

Shi Jiu clenched both his hands tightly, he did not even notice that her nails had been broken in his palms. Seeing that she had been standing motionlessly, he came over and asked: "What's wrong, why do you look so ugly?"

"I didn't!" After throwing those words down, Shi Jiu's face darkened as he walked to Dong Fang Su's side. Without saying anything, he said: "This servant will go with Prince!"

"You …"

"This servant is a maid from Prince. Wherever Prince goes, this servant will go." Since it couldn't change Dong Fang Su's mind, then at least, they had to stay by his side. This was Shi Jiu's bottom line.

"Up to you." Shi Jiu was the only woman in the entire Camping, it was hard to avoid showing some mercy.

After pointing at another person to stay behind, Dong Fang Su looked deeply at Mu Qian Xue, and said to Shi Wu: "If you do not see us returning in two hours, immediately protect Princess and Lord Jiang and bring them to Qi, do not delay any further, I will personally go to Qi to meet up with you all."

A ripple emerged in Shi Wu's usually calm eyes because of these words, but he quickly returned to being calm again, cupped his hands, and said: "This subordinate will do as you command."

Just as Dong Fang Su was about to leave, Mu Qian Xue, who had not said a word all along, suddenly said: "Wait."

The voice came out of nowhere, causing Dong Fang Su to be stunned for a moment before reacting, "Does Princess have any other orders?"

Mu Qian Xue bowed, her gentle voice following the fluttering of the white gauze, "Although Qianxue also wants to save her family, I am afraid things are not as simple as you say."

Dong Fang Su was puzzled: "Why does Princess say that?"

As they were discussing, not too far away from the ancestral hall, in a large room with blue and red tiles, a middle-aged man dressed in black clothes was sitting in an armchair, his eyes closed. The sun shone through the thin window paper onto one side of his face, making it look like a face made of yin and yang, one white and the other dark.

"Alright!" The man stopped his tapping and slowly opened his eyes, shooting out a cold light, "Right now, what we need to do is to wait for them to fall into our trap." This person was none other than Yan Zhong Shan, the one who had gone all out to capture Mu Qian Xue. Those people from the Nanzhao sect were bait he had set up to lure Mu Qian Xue.

The man looked at his face and hesitated: "Master, will the counteroffense really enter through this? If they were to leave from the northern border, then our efforts would have been in vain! "

Yan Zhong Shan laughed coldly: "You're leaving from the north? Compared to the Eastern Territory, I would be much safer. If I were in his place, I would also choose to do the same. " After saying that, his expression turned cold and he said in a heavy voice, "Remember, before that group of counteroffense appear, you must not reveal your whereabouts, or else, I will wrench off your heads!"

"Milord, don't worry. All of our subordinates have concealed their whereabouts, and no one will discover them."

This time, in order to capture Mu Qian Xue, Xiao Ruo Ao had invested quite a bit of money. Not only was the entire Artemisia annulata Lam transferred over, a thousand of his elite soldiers were also transferred over to be under Yan Zhong Shan's command from the nearby military camps. He even gave Yan Zhong Shan a secret decree.

Whether it was Xiao Ruo Ao or Yan Zhong Shan, both of them knew very well that this was their last chance. Once Mu Qian Xue crossed the border and entered the Qi's territory, it would be extremely difficult to catch her again.

Yan Zhong Shan acknowledged, "Bring that Xu Da Jiang here to see me."

Xu Da Jiang was the village chief, and the only one who knew of the existence of Yan Zhong Shan and the others. The other villagers were all kept in the dark, thinking that the people escorting the prisoners of Nanzhao were just a bunch of ordinary soldiers.

When Xu Da Jiang entered, he forced out a fawning smile on his white and fat face, "I pay my respects to First Lord, my lord."

Yan Zhong Shan swept his eyes across him, and said in a cold voice: "Have you spread the word that I have handed you over to you?"

"First Lord doesn't need to worry. From yesterday onwards, this lowly one will listen to everything you say. At this moment, the entire village is talking about the prisoners in Nanzhao.

"Very good." Yan Zhong Shan said in satisfaction: "As long as we can catch the counteroffense, you will benefit greatly."

"Thank you, First Lord!" After Xu Da Jiang kowtowed thrice, he could not help but be curious. He probed: "Forgive this lowly one to ask, but just what kind of person is this counteroffense, for you to come to the border area yourself?"

Yan Zhong Shan stared at Xu Da Jiang without saying a word. The latter was scared witless by his stare and vaguely realized that he had asked a question that he should not have asked. The words that he had said were like spilled water, it was impossible for him to take them back.

After a long while, Yan Zhong Shan said without hurry, "Village Chief Xu, do you know what kind of person has the shortest lifespan?"

Yan Zhong Shan slowly stood up and walked in front of Xu Da Jiang, his voice abnormally warm, "The more I know, the shorter my life will be."

Xu Da Jiang's legs continued to tremble, he had a cousin who was a small official in the capital, so he had heard of most of the things in the capital, and was well aware that the Artemisia annulata Lam was not a good person, especially this First Lord in front of him.

The more he thought about it, the more scared he became. He quickly kneeled down and slapped his own face, "This little one deserves to die, I have been blabbering nonsense all day, please be magnanimous and don't lower yourself to this little one."

Seeing Yan Zhong Shan not making a sound, Xu Da Jiang became even more afraid. He also slapped his hands even more forcefully, and after a few moments, his face was as red as a cooked crab.

Only when blood trickled out from the corner of Xu Da Jiang's mouth did he slowly say: "Enough, I didn't say it's my fault, get up."

Xu Da Jiang knew that Yue Yang was playing with him, but he didn't dare to show even the slightest dissatisfaction.

"As for what you should know, I will definitely tell you. On the other hand, it is useless to ask, do you understand?"

Xu Da Jiang said with folded voice: "This little one understands, this little one guarantees that I won't do it again."

"That's enough, go out. If you see someone who isn't from your village appear, immediately inform me." As he said that, he continued to remind Yun Che, "Remember, do not alert the enemy. The head on your shoulder is going to be unsteady. "

"This little one will definitely be careful and definitely not disturb Master's plan to capture counteroffense." Just as he was about to step out of the door, Yan Zhong Shan suddenly called out to him, "If someone asks about the red and swollen face of yours, how will you answer?"