"Princess Duanrong …"
Li Yi and Miss.Liu looked at each other, then shifted their gaze to the man and asked, "What did you just say? Say it again."
"Shut up!"
The tied up middle-aged man glared at the man, breathing rapidly and his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
He began to struggle strenuously. The rope on his body rubbed red marks on his exposed skin.
No matter how slow the man who was brought over by Fang was, he knew that General Wei was tied up like this and was definitely not playing some indescribable game. Looking at Li Yi and Miss.Liu, he said with a trembling voice, "You, you, who are you …"
Li Yi looked at the middle-aged man and shook his head, "Don't waste your energy. The more you struggle, the tighter the rope is …"
He didn't know who had just tied the rope in such a shameful way. He looked at Lao Fang and said, "Untie him."
As soon as the rope was untied, the middle-aged man suddenly rushed out of the village. Of course, he was stopped by Fang.
He lowered his voice and roared, "Let me go, I have something important to do. When I come back, you can do whatever you want to me!"
"What's the use of going alone? Are you going to die?" Li Yi looked at him and said indifferently before asking, "The princess he mentioned just now, is it Princess Duanrong of the Wu Kingdom, Yangliuqing?"
The middle-aged man no longer struggled and looked at Li Yi with a burning gaze, "How do you know the princess' name?"
Li Yi signaled Fang to let him go with his eyes. Miss.Liu had already walked to the side and was whispering something to Bai Su, who had a small chest.
Li Yi looked at the baldy beside him and said, "Let them all go."
The middle-aged man stood in a daze. He had experienced several ups and downs in a short period of time. Even if his mind was extremely firm, he still couldn't calm down for a while.
Fang patted his shoulder and comforted him, "Don't be nervous, we're on the same side."
… …
Thorns Ridge.
The Thorns Ridge was located at the border of the Wu Kingdom, and several dozen kilometers deeper into the Thorns Ridge was a chaotic land without jurisdiction. The nearby civilians and merchants wouldn't easily set foot there.
Thorns Ridge, somewhere in the forest.
The deputy general named Chen Qing wiped away the blood on his forehead and said in a hoarse voice, "Princess, I will lead two hundred men tonight and we will fight our way out. When the time comes, we will stop them while the rest of us will escort you and His Highness King Jing to the north. Once we reach the Fringe, we will meet up with General Wei and they won't be able to do anything to you two …"
Opposite him was a young woman with disheveled hair and bloodstains on her body. However, there was no fear on her face. Her gaze was sharp as she shook her head and said, "Tonight's surprise attack, everyone retreat with me …"
"Princess!" Chen Qing looked at him and said in a deep voice, "We have been forced to this point, and there is no way out. This general hopes that Your Highness will not be stubborn and will look at the bigger picture!"
"Imperial Sister, Imperial Sister, I don't want to die, I don't want to die!" A thirteen or fourteen-year-old youngster staggered over, wiped his tears, and cried, "Let's surrender, they won't kill me if we surrender, I don't want to die!"
Yangliuqing looked at him with a complicated expression, but didn't say anything.
Chen Qing looked at the youngster before him, clenched his teeth, and said, "Your Highness King Jing, surrendering is useless, they won't let us go …"
A trace of resentment suddenly appeared on the youngster's face. He pointed at him and loudly said, "It's all your fault, it's all your fault, if you hadn't killed so many of their people, they definitely wouldn't have killed us …"
"Shut up!" Yangliuqing finally couldn't help but berate. He looked left and right, and said, "Take him away!"
When the two guards carried him away, he was still flailing his arms and legs, shouting, "Imperial Sister, I don't want to die, I don't want to die, save me, save me …"
When the youngster's voice could no longer be heard, Yangliuqing looked at Chen Qing and asked, "What's the situation at the foot of the mountain?"
Chen Qing pondered for a moment, and said, "They are now temporarily stationed at the foot of the mountain. They sent a letter up, saying that as long as we surrender, they won't hurt Your Highnesses. The deadline is tomorrow morning, and if we don't surrender by tomorrow morning, they will attack …"
"They won't hurt …" Yangliuqing looked at the setting sun in the sky and said, "Based on Second Brother's character, I don't think he will let us go …"
"He can't wait to kill all the princes, how could he let Your Highnesses go …" An old figure walked over, lightly coughed twice, and said, "Let's do as General Chen said, we will force our way out tonight, and Your Highness will bring King Jing to the Fringe to meet General Wei …"
"Prime Minister …"
The old man waved his hand and interrupted her, "As long as Your Highness and King Jing are safe, we still have a chance …"
"Chen Qing!"
He suddenly shouted in a low voice.
"Yes, General!"
"Arrange for our men to attack the foot of the mountain tonight, and escort Your Highnesses out of here!"
"Yes, Prime Minister!"
Chen Qing turned and left without looking back. They still had three hundred men who could fight. If they forced their way out, there was still a glimmer of hope …
After Chen Qing left, the old man looked at the forest in the distance, which was gradually disappearing into the darkness, and suddenly said, "Your Highness, if you can escape this time, don't come back."
Yangliuqing looked at him, her lips slightly parted, and said, "Prime Minister …"
The old man stretched out his hand and lightly pressed down, signaling her to stop talking. Then he said again, "King Jing is useless. This heavy responsibility should not fall on Your Highness' shoulders. Your Highness, go to the Qi Kingdom, go to the Jing Kingdom, forget about the Wu Kingdom, forget about the hatred, forget about Princess Duanrong, and live a normal life …"
Yangliuqing shook her head, and said, "I once swore that if I can't avenge my father, my mother, and my brother, I am not a human …"
"After all, we have nothing left …" The old man sighed, and said, "The Jing Kingdom is like the sun at noon, growing stronger day by day. The Third Prince of the Qi Kingdom has the heart to be the ruler of the world, and he also has the ability to govern the country. Yang Ze killed his brother and father, and it is intolerable. Perhaps the Wu Kingdom is doomed, but the people are pitiful …"
Yangliuqing lowered her head, clenched her fists, and gritted her teeth, and said, "I will not give up …"
The old man looked at her, and a trace of tenderness appeared in his eyes. Finally, he shook his head, sighed, and turned to leave.
Yangliuqing stood where she was for a long time. She clenched her fists so tightly that her nails had sunk deep into her palms. She looked up at the round moon in the sky, and her face was full of determination.
But behind this unswerving determination, there was a deeply hidden weakness and helplessness.
If it was possible, why would she be willing to shoulder such a deep blood feud? Why would she be willing to shoulder such a heavy responsibility that was suffocating her?
Why wouldn't she want to be an ordinary woman?
How she wanted to be an ordinary woman …
Tomorrow would be the 15th.
Three years ago, she didn't have to face all the things she had to face today. She could still live in that small courtyard, the courtyard that carried almost all the happiness of her life.
In that small courtyard, there was her Shifu who was strict but spared no effort in teaching her to be cold on the outside but warm on the inside; there was her Uncle-Master Li Yi who was very lazy but never stumped by anything; there was also her gentle and virtuous Uncle-Master Ruyi who had already reached the peak of martial arts; and there was also the innocent, silly but kind Miss Xiao Huan …
That small courtyard and everything about Liu Meng were things that she could never let go of and forget in this lifetime.
How were they now?
When she left, Uncle-Master Ruyi was pregnant. The child should be almost three years old now. She didn't know if it was a boy or a girl …
Was Uncle-Master Li Yi still so afraid of Shifu? She didn't know how his relationship with Miss Ruoqing and Miss Zui Mo was …
She didn't know if Shifu still often bullied Uncle-Master. She also didn't know if Shifu had won against Princess MIngzhu. She also didn't know if Shifu still blamed her until now.
She turned her head and looked in a certain direction. She knew that they were now in Shuzhou, a chaotic place away from here. But this was a distance that she would never be able to cross in this lifetime …
At the foot of the Thorns Ridge, figures were swaying and countless flames were blazing.
At the forefront of the crowd, two generals on horseback were looking at the pitch-black mountain road.
One of them turned his head and said, "General, we still have to wait for a night. Why don't we let them camp here first?"
"No need." The man beside him waved his hand and said, "Attack at midnight!"
"Attack at midnight?" The man was startled and asked in disbelief, "But didn't His Majesty give an imperial edict that the Princess and King Jing cannot be hurt …"
"I don't know what imperial edict …" The man in armor grinned and said in a low voice, "I only know that His Majesty wrote in the secret letter — leave no one alive!"
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