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Since Sun Hao and his team brought more than 200 war horses, they could not walk on some steeper mountain roads, which forced Sun Hao and his team to take a longer detour.
It was not until the fourteenth day after entering Canglong Mountain that they walked out of the mountain area.
However, Xiao Qiang, who had just walked out of the mountains and went to the nearby city to inquire about the news, brought back bad news to Sun Hao.
The third prince of Gulu Kingdom, Magaji, led an army of 60,000 and was attacking the capital of Gulu Kingdom, Iron Lion City.
There are now four princes left in the Kingdom of Gul who are still eligible to compete for the throne. Among them, the third prince Magaji and the second prince Sadiq can be regarded as the two most powerful ones.
Perhaps this attack and defense of Iron Lion City will determine who will inherit the throne as the new king of Gulu Kingdom.
Xiao Qiang sighed and said, "Master Sun, let alone exchanging Princess Huaqing and her son for us, I'm afraid it will be a big problem for us to enter Iron Lion City. It seems that we can only wait until the two sides decide the winner."
Sun Hao frowned. What if this siege lasted for a year or two? He couldn't wait in Gule Kingdom for a year or two as well!
"Captain Xiao, how far are we from Iron Lion City?" Sun Hao asked in a deep voice.
"If we ride a horse, we can reach Iron Lion City in less than five days." Xiao Qiang replied.
Sun Hao then said decisively: "Then let's go to the vicinity of Iron Lion City and see if there is any chance to sneak in.
If there is really no chance, I can only return to Ganyang City and apologize to the governor."
Although Sun Hao had received the reward promised by the governor Chen Fengshi in advance, it did not mean that Sun Hao was willing to do anything to rescue Princess Huaqing and her son.
What's more, the governor Chen Fengshi had made it clear in advance that no matter whether Sun Hao could rescue Princess Huaqing and her son, he would support the Sanshui Society to annex the remaining six branches of the Qingyun Society.
Xiao Qiang also knew that Sun Hao was just the leader of a gang in Ganyang City, and he would not be like him, who would even sacrifice his life to complete a mission.
Xiao Qiang nodded somewhat depressedly, "Let's do as Master Sun said and go to Iron Lion City first.
I hope there will be a chance. The Nineteenth Prince is too important to me, Daliang."
At this time, Xie Dongkui beside him suddenly said to Sun Hao: "Brother Sun, now that we have walked out of Canglong Mountain, I plan to return directly to Wensu Country to avoid worrying my brothers at home.
As for saving my life, I, Xie Dongkui, will repay you someday!"
Xie Dongkui's injuries recovered quickly and he was able to walk on his own within a few days.
Sun Hao had anticipated that Xie Dongkui would say goodbye and leave. Sun Hao waved his hand and Xu Chu brought over an Anlu horse.
"Thank you, brother. I don't know when we will meet again. Please accept this Anlu horse. I have also asked someone to prepare some dry food and money for you.
If Brother Xie has the opportunity to go to Ganyang City in the future, please come find me."
When Sun Hao came to the Gule Kingdom this time, in addition to the war horses that each person rode, he also brought an extra twenty Anlu horses to avoid losses of war horses when crossing mountains and rivers or fighting.
Xie Dongkui has a very generous personality. After spending a few days with him, Sun Hao has a good impression of Xie Dongkui. In addition, Sun Hao also admires some of the deeds of the Seven Flags Sect, so he gave Xie Dongkui an Anlu horse.
Xie Dongkui didn't hesitate to accept the reins from Xu Chu, then clasped his fists towards Sun Hao and said, "Brother Sun, I cannot express my gratitude enough for your kindness.
The mountains remain green, the water flows on forever, and we shall meet again if fate allows!"
Just as Xie Dongkui was about to mount his horse and leave, Aimu, who was not far away, suddenly shouted, "Xie Dongkui, I, Aimu, will one day tear you into pieces!"
Xie Dongkui laughed and said to Sun Hao, "Brother Sun, you have to take care of your woman. If she wants to kill me, I won't show any mercy."
After saying this, Xie Dongkui shook the reins and rode away without waiting for Sun Hao to speak.
Sun Hao ignored Aimu. He had gotten used to it these days. Whenever Aimu spoke to him, she would shout and kill him.
Sun Hao then turned to Qin Qiong and ordered, "Tie Aimu up and rush to Iron Lion City. I will take her with me."
"Husband, how about I take the teacher with me on horseback?"
The speaker was Princess Emile. She had previously expressed her hope that Sun Hao would bring her back to Liang State after rescuing Princess Huaqing and her son.
It turns out that the eighteen-year-old Princess Amile already has a fiancé, the blue cardinal of the Mosha religion in the country of Gule.
Within the Moslem religion, the status of the Blue Cardinals is second only to the Pope. All previous Popes were elected from the Blue Cardinals. Currently, there are only twelve Blue Cardinals in the Moslem religion.
However, the blue cardinal in charge of the Kingdom of Gule is nearly fifty years old this year, and Princess Emile will be his sixth wife.
This marriage contract was arranged for Princess Aimi by her brother, Prince Sadiq, two months ago in order to gain the support of the Moslem religion.
According to the teachings of Moslem religion, women must obey their fathers and brothers unconditionally. Therefore, even if Princess Aimier disagrees with this marriage, she has no way to object.
But what frightened Princess Emile about this marriage was that the blue cardinal had an extremely eccentric personality. It was said that his previous five wives were tortured to death by him.
In addition, the Mosha religion believes that women who lose their virginity are guilty. Now that Princess Aimi has been slept with by Sun Hao, if she marries the blue cardinal again, she will probably not escape the fate of being tortured to death.
"Princess Aimi, please don't call me teacher anymore. I, Aimu, don't have a student like you who betrays the teachings and the motherland!" Aimu shouted angrily.
Moshavism stipulates that Moshavian women can only marry Moshavian men, so Aimu said that Princess Aimier betrayed the religion.
Princess Aimi said bitterly to Aimu: “Teacher, I really don’t want to marry Bishop Nigard.
The teacher knows what kind of person Bishop Nygard is better than I do. Is the teacher willing to watch me fall into the abyss?
Meeting my husband now is the best arrangement that the True God Mosha has made for me!"
Nigad is the blue-robed cardinal of the Mosha religion in the Kingdom of Gule.
Aimu snorted coldly, "No matter how bad Bishop Nygard's character is, he is still a hundred times better than this devil!"
Sun Hao then said, "Ayimu, you keep calling me a devil. If I don't do what a devil should do, I really won't deserve your name."
When Aimu heard this, her heart trembled, and she remembered the nightmarish night a few days ago.
Ever since Sun Hao got a chance to sign in for the "annual sign-in system" from Aimu, he has never touched Aimu again.
After all, there is Princess Emile next to him who is completely obedient to Sun Hao. However, Sun Hao has decided to teach this unruly Western beauty a lesson in the evening.