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CHAPTER 35 - TWO SEVERAL PRIORITIES

Shi Jiu said in his heart and moved even more carefully. The small and exquisite dagger was already in his hand, and when he was still three meters away, she suddenly stopped. The Eye Color was deep in his thoughts, it was unknown what he was thinking.

After standing quietly for a while, Shi Jiu made an unexpected decision. She quietly put away his dagger, and actually turned around and left, just like when he arrived, he did not make any sound. Yan Zhong Shan, who was hiding behind the tree, did not know that he had made a circle around the gates of hell.

When Shi Jiu had walked about thirty meters, a miserable cry came from behind him. This voice …

Shi Jiu's expression changed, he anxiously turned his head, only to see Yan Zhong Shan falling backwards in fear, while the other person stood by his side, holding onto a long sword that was dripping blood.

Shi Wu?

Seeing the appearance of the person, Shi Jiu's face was filled with suspicion. She clearly remembered that Shi Wu was searching in the southeast direction.

After Shi Wu killed Yan Zhong Shan, he walked towards Shi Jiu's direction. For some reason, even though he was as expressionless as before, Shi Jiu felt an invisible pressure coming from him.

Shi Jiu suppressed the strange feeling he had and walked over to Shi Wu: "What are you doing here?"

Shi Wu stared at her for a moment, then said coldly: "If I hadn't come, Yan Zhong Shan would have already escaped."

"So he was hiding here and was almost fooled by him." Shi Jiu pretended to be surprised.

A trace of pain flashed past Shi Wu's eyes, "Were you fooled by him, or did you intentionally let him go?"

Shi Jiu did not expect him to say these words the moment he opened his mouth, his heart was filled with horror, but he forced himself to calm down and said: "I have known you for so long, I did not know that you actually knew how to joke around."

"You know very well that I am not joking, and. This is not the first time you have let Yan Zhong Shan off the hook. "

Shi Jiu secretly clenched his ten fingers tightly, and said coldly: "I don't know what you're talking about. Since Yan Zhong Shan is already dead, let's return and report back."

Shi Wu held onto Shi Jiu who was about to leave, "How long are you planning to hide this from me?"

Shi Jiu forcefully pulled away from his hand, and said with cold eyes: "I don't know what nonsense you're spouting."

Seeing that she was still not admitting it even at this point, Shi Wu raised his voice angrily, "Are you preparing to do the same in front of the Prince?"

Shi Jiu's body instantly stiffened, his dark red lips had also turned gray as he asked in a low voice, "How do you know all this?"

Shi Wu let out a long sigh, "Although your martial arts are not weak and your qinggong is good, but you do not have enough inner force, if you meet someone like Yan Zhong Shan who has a lot of inner force, he will be very passive. Therefore, this afternoon, when I was ordered to chase after Yan Zhong Shan, I was afraid that you would be in danger, so I quietly followed behind you.

Shi Jiu said in a cold voice, "I was brought back to the Camping when I was three years old and have been staying in the Camping ever since. Only two years ago did I start to follow the Prince.

"Then why?" Shi Wu himself also felt that it was impossible, but other than that, he couldn't think of any other reason why Shi Jiu had let him go so easily.

Shi Jiu lowered his eyes but did not say anything, and only until Shi Wu urged him again, did he meet his gaze: "What do you think of Mu Qian Xue?"

Shi Wu was startled, his eyebrows knitted together as he asked: "Why did you ask about this for no reason?"

"Answer me!"

Under Shi Jiu's insistence, Shi Wu pondered for a moment, and said: "She is very smart, it is not excessive to use the words' more wisdom than demon 'to describe it; if not for her, we would not have died so easily."

"What do you mean?" Shi Wu seemed to have caught onto something, but he could not pinpoint the specifics.

"A beauty's calamity. To Prince, she is the greatest calamity." Shi Jiu spoke these sixteen words extremely slowly, and it took him an entire two times more time than usual to finish speaking them all.

These words were like a thin knife cutting across his skin, giving Shi Jiu goosebumps. The blurry idea from before became clear, "You let Yan Zhong Shan go, is it because you want to use him to kill Mu Qian Xue?"

"I am doing this for the good of Prince." Shi Jiu's words meant that he had indirectly acknowledged Shi Wu's words.

"You!" Anger surged between Shi Wu's eyebrows, and he shouted loudly: "Prince's order is for us to use all our strength to protect Mu Qian Xue, yet you want us to do the same to her, have you gone mad?"

"The crazy person is Prince!" Shi Jiu rushed out of her mouth. Her green wide-sleeved long dress was lifted by the night wind, as if she had lost herself in the streets at midnight, and couldn't find a butterfly.

Shi Jiu did his best to calm down and said coldly: "Do you really believe that it is because of the Prince Zhuang that Prince took such a huge risk to save someone?"

"Otherwise?"

The corner of Shi Jiu's mouth curved slightly, revealing an ice-cold smile. "Four years ago, when Prince went to Nanzhao to ask for his hand in marriage, he was unable to do so. For the past four years, no matter how the empress dowager and Your Majesty tried to persuade him, he had never agreed to marry. It's not because Prince doesn't want to get married, it's just that he can't let go of the person in his heart. "

"You mean Mu Qian Xue?"

"Who else could it be?" Shi Jiu squinted his beautiful almond eyes and said coldly: "An astounding talent, a beauty capable of toppling cities; Hehe, you're not lying at all."

Shi Wu actually heard a trace of jealousy in Shi Jiu's words, and blurted out: "You like Prince?"

turned her head away uncomfortably, "Don't speak nonsense."

Shi Jiu's reaction made Shi Wu even more certain of his guess. She … She had really fallen in love with Dong Fang Su.

A trace of pain that no one knew existed arose from the bottom of his heart. Following this, the warm blood in his meridians spread to his limbs and bones …

"Do you still remember what the first rule I told you about when you first entered the Camping?" When Shi Jiu was brought back to the Camping, the first person he saw was Shi Wu.

"I'm not in love with anyone, you …"

"Answer me!" A voice as cold as ice interrupted the latter half of Shi Jiu's words.

Shi Jiu gritted his teeth and said seriously: "Breaking seven feelings, abandoning six desires; ignoring right and wrong, only the Lord commands you to do so."

"If you remember, why do you do it so knowingly? Do you know what would happen if the Venerable One knew about this? "

Shi Jiu's finger that was hanging by his side slightly trembled, "I've said it clearly, I am not moved by her words, and I don't even like her. I don't want to repeat the same words a third time."

Shi Wu looked at her for a moment. "Since you are not moved, why do you use Yan Zhong Shan to kill me again and again?"

Shi Jiu took a deep breath and said coldly: "Camping's mission is to protect Prince; however, with Mu Qian Xue's existence, Prince will always be in danger."