To be able to become a secret guard, one must have been carefully selected, not to mention Shen Yi, who was able to become Mo Rongzhan's trusted aide. His martial arts could definitely enter the ranks of experts. However, when dealing with the child left behind by Lu Lingzhi, he still had to use all his strength to ensure his own safety, let alone capture the other party.
"Sun Jun, take people to save Her Majesty." Shen Yi grew more worried as he fought. He didn't know if Her Majesty was safe. Did Lu Lingzhi leave in a hurry because he knew where Her Majesty was?
"Master Shen, what about you?" Sun Jun shouted.
Shen Yi said, "I'll stop them. You guys protect Her Majesty to Xia Province."
"Yes!" Sun Jun looked at Shen Yi and assessed the current situation. It was indeed more important to save Her Majesty. "Master Shen, take care."
"Go!" Shen Yi covered Sun Jun's escape.
Guan Jie saw Sun Jun and the others leave and frowned. He wanted to stop them but was blocked by Shen Yi. He took a deep breath and jumped up high, throwing a punch at Shen Yi.
Shen Yi was dealing with the other two. Sensing Guan Jie's movement, he wanted to dodge but it was too late. His shoulder was hit hard by Guan Jie.
The crisp sound of bones breaking rang out.
"Master Shen!" Sun Jun and the others hadn't gone far. They turned back to see this scene and shouted.
Whoosh — bang —
At this time, fireworks suddenly rang out in the distant sky.
Guan Jie, who was about to kill Shen Yi with one strike, stopped. He looked up at the sky, sheathed his sword, and walked out of the door without looking back. The others looked at Shen Yi, who was lying on the ground, and followed Guan Jie.
Shen Yi already had a bad feeling when he saw this scene. He knew that the Empress might have been taken away.
"Master, are you alright?" Sun Jun hurried back to help Shen Yi up.
"I'm fine. Go save Her Majesty." Shen Yi endured the pain. His left hand couldn't move at all but he couldn't care about the pain. He just wanted to find Her Majesty.
When they came to the vegetable garden in the backyard and saw the corpses of Qianxue and the others, their expressions changed.
"Master, this …" Sun Jun wanted to say that Her Majesty's two servant girls killed them but felt it was impossible.
Shen Yi took a deep breath. "I'm afraid Her Majesty has been taken away by Lu Lingzhi."
"What?" Sun Junyi's eyes widened. "Sir, we don't know which direction they went. I'm afraid it won't be easy to chase after them."
"There are traces of a carriage on the ground. Let's follow it," Shen Yi said.
Sun Jun glanced at his shoulder. "Daren, your injuries are too heavy. You should stay and heal first. We will go find the Empress' whereabouts."
Shen Yi's face was pale. He shook his head. "I'm fine. Let's go."
They got on their horses and chased for half a day, but the traces of the carriage soon disappeared on the official road. Shen Yi had already forgotten about his own pain and was staring at the ground with a frown.
"Sir, we've checked. There are only two paths here. One leads to Anhe City, and the other leads to Ji Province. Ji Province is close to Qi Kingdom. Is Lu Lingzhi planning to bring Her Highness to Qi Kingdom?"
Shen Yi said, "Sun Jun, let's split up and investigate. You go to Anhe City. If you don't find any traces of the Empress, then go to Xia Province and report this matter to His Majesty."
"Yes, Your Excellency." Sun Jun responded. "Your Excellency, you should treat your injuries first. Otherwise, your hand will be crippled."
"Her Highness gave me a bottle of injury medicine. I will use it," Shen Yi said. Previously, when the Empress saw that he was injured, she gave him a bottle of injury medicine and told him to carry it with him. He felt that the Empress' medicine would definitely be more effective than others, so he kept it with him.
However, Sun Jun said, "Your muscles and bones are injured. How can injury medicine be of any use?"
Shen Yi smiled at him. "Let's go find Her Highness."
As he spoke, he grabbed the rope with one hand and ran towards Ji Province.
Sun Jun sighed helplessly.
… …
… …
"Your Majesty, Ping Jing has sent news that Tuoba Qiu has been captured by Ye Yiqing," Ah Duo walked in from outside and said to Wanyan Xi in a low voice.
Wanyan Xi was stunned when he heard this. He looked up at Tuoba Xuanyuan and Huangfu Chen.
That Ye Yiqing is actually so powerful that he can even defeat Tuoba Qiu? Although Tuoba Xuanyuan was not on good terms with Tuoba Qiu, he had to admit that the other party was strong. Now that he heard that Ye Yiqing had actually captured Tuoba Qiu, he could not hide his shock.
Huangfu Chen said lightly, "Ye Yiqing is not an ordinary person. It is normal that Tuoba Qiu was defeated by him. Your Majesty, you should quickly send an envoy to the Jin Kingdom to negotiate for peace."
Wanyan Xi glanced at Tuoba Xuanyuan. He naturally wanted to negotiate for peace, but he remembered that Mo Rongzhan had once said that he wanted to obtain Western Liang in the future. At that time, he had committed a serious crime and was not even a prince. He only thought about revenge and did not care who had Western Liang. Now that he was the King of Western Liang, everything was different.
If he negotiated for peace with the Jin Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom would definitely demand an exorbitant price. He had not thought of a perfect solution.
"Sir Huangfu, is the Jin Kingdom's Emperor willing to negotiate for peace with us?" Wanyan Xi asked in a low voice. His throne was secured thanks to Huangfu Chen, so Huangfu Chen's opinion was very important to him.
How could Huangfu Chen not understand what Wanyan Xi was thinking? "Your Majesty, Western Liang is now surrounded by enemies. Qi Ruoshui has also lured the Northern Dark Kingdom here. It is like inviting a wolf into the house. If you do not cooperate with the Jin Kingdom and Dongqing to deal with this wolf, I am afraid that you may not be able to keep your throne in the future. Once Wan Ziliang is in Western Liang, will he help Qi Ruoshui who has already allied with him, or will he help you?"
Tuoba Xuanyuan snorted. "Are we afraid of Wan Ziliang?"
"Wan Ziliang is not scary. What is scary is the 200,000 troops in his hands," Huangfu Chen said lightly.
Wanyan Xi's expression changed slightly. He turned to look at Tuoba Xuanyuan. "Uncle, we must stop the war with the Jin Kingdom."
Tuoba Xuanyuan said, "Then I will go to Pingjing to find Ye Yiqing and negotiate with him."
"The conditions for negotiating with Ye Yiqing are very simple." Huangfu Chen said lightly, "Let him bring people in and out of Western Liang freely. This time, he is here for his daughter."
"Hasn't the Jin Kingdom's Empress been rescued?" Wanyan Xi asked doubtfully.
This was also the question that Huangfu Chen wanted to ask. Yaoyao had left the Priest Hall for a month, but whether it was in Xia State or Qingzhou, Ye Yiqing did not seem to have seen her. Yaoyao should still be in Western Liang.
"I dare not do anything. Agree to the conditions first," Wanyan Xi said.
Huangfu Chen nodded lightly. "Your Majesty, now that everything is settled, it is time for me to leave."
"Where are you going, Sir?" Wanyan Xi asked in surprise.
"Anhe City." He still wanted to find Qi Ruoshui and settle the scores between them.
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(Nine-Headed Bird Academy)
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