Jiang Yimian merely raised an eyebrow. "Really? Then Alite is far too indifferent to Xie Yang, who is about to drown."
Upon hearing this, Flying Eagle's face changed drastically with anger, and the longsword in his hand became even sharper, but he just couldn't dodge the opponent's attack.
Jiang Yimian used her curved dagger to knock the longsword out of Fei Ying's hand.
She leaned in as well, her curved dagger about to pierce the other man's chest.
At that moment, a number of Xiliang guards carrying torches rushed into the courtyard, instantly illuminating the somewhat dim courtyard.
Those men drew their curved knives from their waists and slashed directly at Jiang Yimian.
Jiang Yimian had no choice but to abandon her attack on the flying eagle and turn around to fight the Xiliang guards.
At that moment, a man in his thirties entered the courtyard. He was dressed in clothing made of animal hides, a specialty of Xiliang, and had a string of exquisite coral beads hanging from his waist. This was Alite.
At this moment, a smile played on his lips as he clapped his hands and said, "The princess and Lord Lu are indeed amazing. With just a few people, they were able to turn the tunnel upside down."
If I hadn't been prepared, I might have really fallen into your hands this time.
He underestimated these people.
Jiang Yimian narrowed her eyes, looking at the nearly one hundred Xiliang guards around her, and unconsciously tightened her grip on the curved dagger.
Although they were prepared that Xie Yang would see through their plan and that he might recognize them.
But she never expected that Alit would trust Xie Yang so much that he would actually join forces with him to control them in reverse.
However, it's probably too late to stop them now.
Jiang Yimian simply looked at the newcomer indifferently, showing no further expression beyond a slight initial surprise.
Holding a curved dagger, surrounded by the Xiliang people, he showed no panic.
Alite was somewhat surprised, but seeing that Xie Yang had already been pulled out of the pond by the flying eagle, he looked at Jiang Yimian and said coldly, "Stop now, hand over the real Zhou Wenyi, or hand over the gunpowder formula."
Otherwise, I would have made sure you and your companions died together in Xiliang.
At first, when Junzixuan's guards told him that Zhou Wenyi and his wife had problems, he didn't really care.
He only wanted the gunpowder; he didn't care whether the two people were really Zhou Wenyi and his wife.
But the more he thought about it, the more something seemed off. In addition, Xie Yang had often mentioned Jiang Yimian and Lu Cijian to him before. After learning that those people had suddenly disappeared in Xiyuan, he realized that the two of them seemed to be really out of his control.
If left unchecked, no one can predict what kind of blow Xiliang will suffer.
So he decided to play along, deliberately diverting Jun Zixuan's guards when the explosion occurred, but leaving plenty of guards hidden in the shadows, so that he could easily handle any trouble that might happen inside the city lord's mansion.
For example, right now.
However, he still overestimated Lu Cijian and Jiang Yimian; the two were nothing special.
It's wishful thinking to think that these few people can cause any major damage to Xiliang.
Jiang Yimian simply smiled and said casually, "Doesn't the Khan think that the timing of the people from the West Garden discovering that we weren't in the house was too coincidental, or rather, too late?"
As soon as he finished speaking, an explosion came from outside the city lord's mansion.
Because of the distance, the sound was not very clear; it could only be vaguely discerned as an explosion.
Alite frowned and looked in the direction of the explosion coming from outside the city lord's mansion. He had a bad feeling; it seemed to be the Hundred Nights Pavilion over there.
How could an explosion have happened there?
As for the explosions we heard earlier inside the city lord's mansion, they weren't very loud. It was probably Lu Cijian deliberately making them in the tunnel using the Zhou family's explosives.
In order to allow the guards of the city lord's mansion to enter the tunnel, so as to provide Jiang Yimian with an opportunity to assassinate Xie Yang.
But to go to such lengths to assassinate Xie Yang seems like making a mountain out of a molehill.
If these people had directly asked for the gunpowder formula in exchange, he might have agreed immediately.
After all, his relationship with Xie Yang was merely a cooperative one.
Alite frowned for a while before suddenly realizing something: the most important thing about the Hundred Nights Pavilion was that it had a tunnel exit.
Thinking of this, he immediately gritted his teeth and asked, "How did you know where the tunnel's exit is?"
Then, recalling the explosions he heard earlier, he thought about his gunpowder.
These bastards blew up the gunpowder he had prepared for the Jin and Tuyuhun dynasties.
Thinking of the current situation inside the tunnel, he immediately cursed at the person next to him: "You bastards, why don't you hurry up and go into the tunnel to see what's going on?"
And where's Tud? Where did that guy go?
In the past, Tude would have already told him about the situation in the city and the tunnels, but today, the other party has not appeared, which is very suspicious.
He should have noticed it sooner.
The Xiliang guard standing to the side could only shake his head in fear. "Lord Tude has always served the Khan. I... I didn't know."
Alit was so angry that he kicked the guard and cursed, "Don't you know? Why aren't you going to go find him? You useless piece of trash! Do you expect me to go find him?"
The guard simply responded and hurriedly ran out of Junzixuan.
Alite clenched his fists in anger, glared fiercely at Jiang Yimian, and cursed, "Come on, quickly arrest this slut for me."
When he first learned that Lu Cijian had entered the tunnel, he didn't care at all, after all, the tunnel was the culmination of their Xiliang efforts over the years.
There are quite a few people inside; it would be too difficult for Lu Cijian to accomplish anything by himself alone.
Putting aside the patrol teams inside the tunnel, just the maze-like passages alone would surely cause Lu Cijian to get lost once he entered.
No matter what you do then, you'll be quickly discovered by the patrolling guards and arrested.
But now, things seem to be not quite as he expected.
Seeing the Xiliang guards around her, swords in hand, about to pounce on her, Jiang Yimian simply smiled, twirling her curved dagger in her hand before saying, "Since the Khan wants to know what happened in the tunnel, why not ask me?"
Those people probably have no idea what's going on in the tunnels now.
Allit immediately narrowed his eyes and angrily asked, "What do you mean by that? What exactly did you do in the tunnel?"
Jiang Yimian simply gestured for silence, "Shh, listen."
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge explosion rang out in the city lord's mansion. The two loud "bangs" shook the ground.
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