Teng Ye took Ye Zhen out of the priest's hall with some resentment. The people of Qian Luocha stopped the pursuers for them. Fortunately, he had prepared two horses near the priest's hall.
"Can you ride a horse?" He asked Ye Zhen in a bad tone.
Ye Zhen nodded gently and got on one of the horses.
Teng Ye glanced at her, then rode his horse and shot out like an arrow.
"What about Murong Ke?" Ye Zhen shouted at his back. Unfortunately, Teng Ye was already far away. She looked back, gritted her teeth, and followed him.
Ye Zhen and Teng Ye left to the east one after the other. Soon, they were out of the capital of Western Liang. Teng Ye had no intention of stopping, let alone slowing down to wait for Ye Zhen. Finally, the two horses were exhausted before they stopped.
They stopped on the official road. Next to them was a simple tea stall. Behind the tea stall was a carriage.
"He will take you to Qingzhou. The people of the priest's hall can't catch up with you for the time being. You should go." Teng Ye didn't want to look at Ye Zhen and let her get on the carriage next to him.
The driver was Song Jiong, who had been waiting here since early in the morning. He was dressed as a manservant and looked behind Teng Ye. "Where is the lord?"
Teng Ye said coldly, "I'm going to save the lord."
"How are you going to save him?" Ye Zhen stood beside the carriage and looked up at Teng Ye.
"It's rare that the Empress would care about his life." Teng Ye sneered at Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen said coldly, "His life and death naturally have nothing to do with me."
Teng Ye was so angry that his voice was trembling. "If it wasn't to save you, why would he go to the Priest Hall? Do you think he went there to play? He must have fallen in love with you because he was blind. For you, he was even willing to give up his life. But you, you just casually say that his life and death have nothing to do with you.
"He is the lord of Qian Luocha." Ye Zhen turned her face aside. "He once wanted to kill me."
"The person who wants to kill you is not him, it's me," Teng Ye said coldly. "I sent people to kill you. He doesn't know anything at all."
Ye Zhen jerked her head back. "What did you say?"
Teng Ye laughed mockingly, "What a pity! He clearly knows that you are the Jin Empire's Empress, and that you only have that Jin Emperor in your heart, yet he still willingly ran to the Priest Hall to save you. You don't care about his life, but we do!"
Why would I hurt you?
Murong Ke's words echoed in her ears. Ye Zhen bit her lip. Did she misunderstand him? Did he really not want to kill her?
"Song Jiong, take her away." Teng Ye did not want to say another word to this woman. Otherwise, he would not be able to control himself and bring her back to exchange for Murong Ke.
"He'll be fine, right?" Ye Zhen asked hurriedly.
Teng Ye sneered, "Do you care?"
"I'll go back with you to save him." Ye Zhen said.
"If you go back, you'll be trying to kill him!" Teng Ye shouted angrily, "It wasn't easy for him to rescue you, and you still want to send yourself back? Hurry up and scram! Don't get in our way!"
Ye Zhen was pushed into the carriage by Teng Ye, and before she could say another word, she was sent away.
Song Jiong drove the carriage quickly up the official road. He looked back and explained in a low voice, "When you are not there, Ah Ke will fight with the Witch King of Western Liang with peace of mind. If you are there, you will distract him."
"Will Qi Ruoshui kill him?" Ye Zhen asked. She already owed Murong Ke a lot, and she didn't want to owe him more.
"No, at least not now." Song Jiong said, "I will send you to Qingzhou, where Lord Ye is. As long as you are safe, our Pavilion Master will not have any worries."
Ye Zhen thought about Murong Ke's last words. If she went back at this time, not only would she not be able to save him, she might even implicate him more.
"Why is he the Pavilion Master of Qian Luocha?"
Song Jiong laughed, "Originally, the Pavilion Master of Qian Luocha was Elder Zhuo. He pretended to be ill and asked Ah Ke to take care of the chores of Qian Luocha for him. He also told others to follow Ah Ke's orders in the future. Slowly, others regarded Ah Ke as the Pavilion Master. Although Elder Zhuo regretted it, Qian Luocha is no longer the Qian Luocha of the past. We no longer rely on killing people to do business."
"I was almost killed by your people a year ago." Ye Zhen said faintly.
Song Jiong said awkwardly, "That was Teng Ye's order behind the Pavilion Master's back. The Pavilion Master was very angry when he learned about it. He sent Teng Ye to the corner and let him come back not long ago."
Ye Zhen gently covered her lower abdomen with one hand and leaned tiredly against the wall of the carriage. "He will be fine."
"Qi Ruoshui would not dare to kill the Pavilion Master." Song Jiong comforted her.
Murong Ke's martial arts were above Wu Ming, but he still could not get out of the Priest Hall. After he injured Wu Ming, the entire Priest Hall was surrounded.
"The Pavilion Master of Qian Luocha is indeed worthy of his reputation. You destroyed my hall in one night. I still underestimated you." Qi Ruoshui looked at Murong Ke coldly. If it weren't for the fact that many of the people in Qian Luocha were descendants of the old dynasty, she would have killed Murong Ke right now.
"I'm not as experienced as the Witch King." Murong Ke smiled faintly.
Anyone who was no longer young could not bear to hear the word 'old', especially women, especially those who were once peerless.
Qi Ruoshui looked at Murong Ke with a gloomy face. "Do you really think I dare not kill you?"
"If the Witch King really wanted to kill me, you wouldn't be standing here talking to me now." Murong Ke said lightly.
"Take him to the dungeon." Qi Ruoshui shouted angrily at the guard next to her. She had no time to deal with Murong Ke now. The Priest Hall was almost burned down. She had many things to deal with.
Wu Ming walked to Qi Ruoshui's side. "Witch King, Lu Yaoyao has been taken away."
Anger surged in Qi Ruoshui's chest. She pointed the sword in Wu Ming's hand at Murong Ke. "If I can't find Lu Yaoyao, I won't let you go."
Murong Ke's lips curled into a smile.
"Take him away!" Qi Ruoshui shouted angrily.
Qi Ruoshui turned and walked away in a hurry. She said to Wu Ming, "Go and bandage your wounds. The rest of you go and search in other places. Kill everyone who is still hiding in the Priest Hall!"
The fire in the hall had been put out. Qi Ruoshui personally went to the Violet Courtyard. She heard from her subordinates that not only had Lu Yaoyao been taken away, but even Jin Shanshan had disappeared. Only Wanyan Xi was too weak. The people who wanted to save him couldn't save him, and he was captured again not long after.
"Throw Wanyan Xi into the dungeon as well." Qi Ruoshui said coldly. "Tell all the cities to guard the city gates, especially the checkpoints leading to the Wilderness and Donglai. You must find Lu Yaoyao!"
"Yes, Witch King."
Qi Ruoshui took a deep breath. "Where's Huangfu Chen?"
"I'm here." Huangfu Chen smiled and walked in from outside. "Don't worry. I haven't left."
"Why haven't you left?" Qi Ruoshui asked with a frown.
(Nine-Headed Bird Academy)
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