As mentioned before, Song Qingshu had devised a plan that had been secretly carried out. Naturally, it was a tactic that had been tried and tested hundreds of times in China's history. He had sent Lin Pingzhi to pretend to summon the Mu brothers. As for whether the brothers surrendered or not, it wasn't that important. The key was the subsequent series of events.
Song Qingshu didn't expect Sichuan to act so quickly. Lin Pingzhi had already come here to discuss with the Mu brothers. His eyes were filled with praise for his high efficiency.
Unfortunately, this wasn't the time to reminisce. The two exchanged glances and decided on the next step. Song Qingshu said, "I'll distract the pursuers for you."
"Alright!" Lin Pingzhi didn't act pretentious. He knew how powerful Song Qingshu's martial arts were. There was no danger in distracting the pursuers for him.
After Lin Pingzhi left, Song Qingshu purposely ran in front of the pursuers and led them in the opposite direction.
Not long after Lin Pingzhi returned to his room, a series of hurried knocks came from the outside. Before he could respond, the door was violently slammed open from the outside, and Mu Yuqi and Mu Wangrong walked straight in.
"What are you two doing?" Lin Pingzhi pretended to have just woken up.
Mu Yuqi was surprised to see him in the room. He exchanged glances with Mu Wangrong and said, "Nothing much. A thief broke into the residence. We were worried that Envoy Song might be in danger, so we came to check on you."
Lin Pingzhi naturally knew what was going on. However, he still pretended to be grateful and said, "Thank you for your concern. I didn't see any thieves here."
Mu Yuqi nodded. He looked around the room and didn't see anything out of the ordinary. He then turned to leave. "Envoy Song, rest well. Don't go out for the time being, lest you encounter any danger."
"I'll keep this in mind. Be careful, Great Kings." Lin Pingzhi politely sent them off.
After the two brothers left his courtyard, Mu Yuqi looked at his subordinate and asked, "Are you sure the thief is on the other side?"
The soldier answered, "Yes, we saw the thief escape to the west wing with our own eyes."
Mu Wangrong came forward and said, "Looks like we worried too much. That thief isn't an envoy from Song."
"If it's not Envoy Song, then who could it be?" Mu Yuqi frowned.
"We brothers have made a lot of enemies in the Western Xia. I think they are most likely Imperial Uncle Li Qianshun's men," Mu Wangrong said with a cold snort.
Mu Yuqi nodded and said, "I also think that he is the most suspicious. Besides that, Prince Yi, Li Langzuo, is also a big suspect."
Mu Wangrong suddenly thought of something and said, "Let's not worry about this for now. The burglar went to the West Chamber. Isn't that where the concubine is?"
Mu Yuqi's expression changed as he came to a realization. "Come, let's hurry over!"
Meanwhile, Song Qingshu was leading the guards of his residence in circles. Originally, he could have easily shaken them off, but in order to buy enough time for Lin Pingzhi, he decided to run for a while and then purposely stayed behind to wait for the guards for a while. This way, they wouldn't be able to catch up, but they wouldn't lose him either.
However, after a while, he felt that something was wrong. Suddenly, a large number of guards rushed over from all directions. Although his lightness skill was high and he could enter and leave the heavily guarded palace with ease, it was mainly because he always caught the guards off guard. That was why he could use his lightness skill to sneak in before the guards could react. But now, there were guards everywhere. With so many eyes on him, he couldn't turn into a fly and disappear without a trace no matter how good his lightness skill was.
Seeing the Mu Yuqi and Mu Wangrong brothers from afar, Song Qingshu gradually understood what was going on. They were the Great Generals and controlled half of the military power of Xixia. It was most likely that they had mobilized more soldiers and rushed over.
Song Qingshu was forced to have nowhere to hide because of the soldiers rushing over from all directions. In fact, with his martial arts and lightness skill, it wasn't difficult for him to force his way out, but he was worried that he would alert the enemy. Moreover, he was still thinking about the scimitar that Lin Pingzhi mentioned just now. In his plan, whether the Mu brothers really surrendered or not, it wouldn't affect the overall situation. The key was to make some people believe that they really surrendered, and to achieve this, the token was the key.
For the people of Xixia, the scimitar that a person carried with him was like the person himself. It represented determination and credibility. If they could get their hands on the scimitar without anyone noticing, then at least half of their plan would be successful.
Song Qingshu wanted to stay and steal the scimitar, but the number of imperial guards around him was getting more and more. His range of movement was getting smaller and smaller. In desperation, he had no choice but to hide in a nearby room. After all, there were so many rooms here, and it wouldn't be easy to find a person hiding there.
However, as soon as he entered the room, he frowned. Because his attention was focused on avoiding the search of those imperial guards, he didn't notice that there was already a person in the room!
"Who's there?" The person on the bed apparently also noticed the unusual movement. He sat up and looked in Chu Yang's direction in confusion.
Song Qingshu was well aware that if he let the other party shout, it would attract the pursuing soldiers, and he would be in some trouble today. In a moment of desperation, his figure flashed, and he rushed to the side of the person, covering his mouth before the other party could shout.
"Eh ~" Song Qingshu suddenly smelled a light and elegant fragrance, and it was soft and smooth to the touch. He couldn't help but be startled. When the other party spoke just now, her voice sounded a little distorted, and he actually couldn't tell that she was a woman.
"Don't make a sound. Don't worry, I won't hurt you." Song Qingshu wasn't the kind of person who would make things difficult for a woman. Feeling her trembling body, he hurriedly comforted her, and then focused his attention on the imperial guards that were gradually approaching outside.
To his surprise, most women in such a situation would not be so rational, and they would often react violently. However, after hearing his words, this person actually calmed down instantly, and didn't cry or make a fuss, so he didn't react for a while.
Of course, his attention was mainly on the imperial guards outside. Originally, he thought that with the help of the female residence, the imperial guards would be afraid to take action. After all, men and women should be different at night. He didn't expect that the group of imperial guards would directly rush to the West Wing without any scruples, and now they were going from house to house, room to room to room.
"The atmosphere of the Western Xia Country is so open?" Song Qingshu was a little confused. Such a thing was absolutely unimaginable in the Southern Song Dynasty. No one would allow their soldiers to break into the female residence in the middle of the night to search one room after another. What if they saw something they shouldn't see? Wouldn't the male owner's head be covered in bursts of green light?
"Search one room after another, don't let go of any room. In addition, the archers outside, get ready. Once the enemy tries to break through, immediately shoot thousands of arrows! "Not far away came the Mu brothers' commands.
"This is really a little troublesome." Song Qingshu smiled bitterly. He wanted to use a trick, but he didn't expect to be blocked in a dead end. Now with so many soldiers surrounding him, it was not easy for him to leave.
These two were indeed the famous generals of the Western Xia Country. Many years ago, they defeated the troops of the Northern Song Dynasty several times. Today, he experienced it personally, and it was really worthy of their reputation.
"Dong, dong, dong!" Not long after, suddenly there was a knock on the door outside. "Miss, some evil people broke into the West Wing. Are you okay?"
"Miss?" Song Qingshu was stunned. He didn't expect that he would be so lucky to directly break into someone's daughter's room. Although he didn't know whether it was the daughter of the first branch or the second branch, he thought of the Mu brothers' Mediterranean hairstyle and rough appearance. It was really not high to overestimate the daughter of such genes.
At this time, Song Qingshu clearly felt that the girl was poking him with her finger, as if she wanted to say something to him. So, Song Qingshu simply let her go. Now that things had come to this, she could scream all she wanted. It seemed that he had to win and break out.
Unexpectedly, the girl didn't scream and beg for help as he imagined. Instead, she said in a dissatisfied tone, "What are you shouting for? I'm sleeping. Go and search other rooms."
Song QingShu was startled. Putting aside her abnormal behavior, just her voice alone seemed to be somewhat familiar.
Just now, the girl's mouth was covered, most of her face was blocked, and her whole body was curled up in the quilt, so he didn't pay attention to her appearance for a while. Now, under curiosity, he looked sideways. Although the light in the room was not turned on, judging from the firelight coming in from the window, he could see the girl's appearance clearly. The crescent moon shone, the flowers and trees piled up snow, her face was beautiful and exquisite, her chin was pointed, her complexion was white and smooth, her cherry mouth was dexterous and regular, her lips were very thin, and her two rows of fine teeth were like broken jade. She was really a stunning beauty.
"Mu Wanqing!" Song Qingshu didn't expect to meet her under such circumstances.
Mu Wanqing rolled her eyes at him, as if blaming him for only recognizing her now. Although her martial arts were far from the other's, and she couldn't see things in the dark as if it was daytime, a woman's natural sensitivity allowed her to hear her lover's voice and the familiar feeling from his body.
The guard outside obviously didn't give them a chance to catch up. He continued to knock on the door and said, "Miss, the King has ordered that every room must be searched. I hope that Miss will not make things difficult for us."
Mu Wanqing's pretty eyebrows furrowed. She could hear the determination in the other's words. She could only pull the quilt away and said to Song Qingshu in a low voice, "Quickly hide inside."
Song Qingshu was startled. He had wanted to use his martial arts to forcefully fight his way out, but now that there was a more convenient way, he naturally wouldn't refuse. Moreover, the two of them had already fallen in love with each other. He wasn't Liu Xiahui, who would pedantically say that men and women shouldn't touch each other in this kind of situation.
Almost without any hesitation, he burrowed into the quilt. He smelled a sweet fragrance, and couldn't help but sigh that a woman's quilt was indeed much more attractive than a stinky man's bed.
Because she had just been sleeping, Mu Wanqing's body under the quilt was a bit cool. The two of them were so close to each other that he could almost touch her skin if he moved. He felt a burst of warmth and softness, and Song Qingshu's heart couldn't help but ripple.
Mu Wanqing was obviously much more shy than him. Being touched by his body, she was like a startled rabbit, hurriedly shrinking back, and her breathing also quickened.
At this moment, the door was suddenly knocked open by the soldiers outside. Mu Wanqing exclaimed and pretended to pull up the quilt to cover her chest. In reality, it was to better cover her lover beside her, "How dare you, what are you doing?"
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