Chapter 333 How could they poison someone and escape?
Bai Zhi left the palace in a daze and unknowingly went up the mountain.
She held onto the last glimmer of hope and called out, "Second Master Bai? Are you there?"
Bai Yu'an and others then came out from the darkness and looked at her vigilantly.
"Isn't there a banquet in the palace to welcome You Zhu today? Why... are you here?"
Bai Yu'an had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, Bai Zhi fell to her knees with a thud.
"What happened?" Hai Jiao rushed over, grabbed Bai Zhi's arm, and asked anxiously, "Why did you come out alone? Where are the others?"
Bai Zhi burst into tears, "Princess, they... they were poisoned."
"What?" Bai Yu'an took a step forward and looked over in disbelief.
Xiaotuanzi had mentioned the poisoning incident before, so he also reminded Xiaotuanzi and the others not to touch anything at the banquet today.
He asked Bai Zhi in confusion, "How could they be poisoned? What happened?"
Hai Jiao also found it strange. Since everyone else was poisoned, why wasn't Bai Zhi poisoned?
She took out a dagger and put it against Bai Zhi's neck. "Hurry up and tell me. If you dare to lie, I will kill you."
"It's me, it's me..." At this moment, Bai Zhi was no longer afraid of death.
She even wished that Bai Yu'an and others would kill her immediately, so that her life could be returned to Zuo Shanzhang and she wouldn't have to do anything to let Huo Linger down again.
"It's you!" Hai Jiao gritted her teeth in hatred and pushed the dagger in her hand forward a few inches. Blood was already on Bai Zhi's neck.
Unable to accept it, she questioned, "Why? Aren't you no longer helping Huo Yan? Why are you hurting them like this?"
Bai Zhi shook her head unconsciously, "No, no, I have never done anything for the Fire Banquet."
In an instant, Bai Yu'an understood, "You...are Zuo Shanzhang's man?"
Bai Zhi nodded.
"So, the poisoning was also Zuo Shanzhang's idea?"
Bai Yu'an pushed Hai Jiao away and grabbed Bai Zhi's neck, "What does he want to do?"
Bai Zhi's face flushed instantly, but she didn't have the face to beg for mercy, so she could only answer intermittently, "He... he wanted to kill... kill..."
Bai Yu'an already knew the answer and threw the person away.
Bai Zhi quickly crawled over and grabbed the corner of Bai Yu'an's clothes, "Second Master Bai, I really know I was wrong this time. I am willing to help you save people."
"Do you think we will still believe you?" Qingyun stepped forward and kicked the man away.
“Please, please…” Bai Zhi immediately stood up and kowtowed frantically, “Save the princess, save the princess!”
Qingyun drew his sword and turned to look at Bai Yu'an, "Second Young Master, do you want to kill her first?"
"Let her go!" Bai Yu'an said coldly.
He didn't want to kill Bai Zhi because given the current situation, it was obvious that Bai Zhi would be more miserable if she were alive.
Bai Zhi was still kowtowing, she just wanted to save Huo Linger.
If she could exchange her life for Huo Linger's life, she would definitely agree without hesitation.
"Get out!" Qingyun patiently drove the man away.
"What should we do now?" Hai Jiao's voice trembled uncontrollably. "Will Xiaotuanzi and the others be in danger?"
Bai Yu'an forced himself to calm down and think carefully, but it was really difficult.
This matter was wrong from the very beginning. He shouldn't have agreed to let Xiaotuanzi and Youzhu take the risk and shouldn't have let them enter the palace.
Now, they are all in trouble. How are they going to respond outside the palace?
"Second Young Master," Qingyun came back, and he was obviously calmer. "Second Young Master, I know you are worried about Xiao Suining and the others, but we must stay calm and think carefully..."
He glanced at Hai Jiao and said, "There are only three of us now, and there are more than a dozen guards from Dongyi City. How can we rescue them?"
"Okay, let me think about it." Bai Yuan sat down and slowly calmed himself down.
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In the Fire God Temple, when Yun Tiankuo woke up, he found himself lying on a bed.
He jumped up almost instantly, and his body was still a little shaky when he got out of bed.
But he was in no mood to pay attention to all this. He just wanted to go out and see what had happened and how Xiaotuanzi and the others were doing.
Yun Tiankuo stumbled out of the room and saw soldiers guarding the yard.
"City Lord Yun, are you awake?" A soldier stepped forward. "City Lord Yun, you don't look well. Would you like to rest for a while?"
Yun Tiankuo stepped forward, grabbed the soldier's arm, and asked, "Where are the others? Where is Huo Yan?"
The soldier's expression changed, his eyes filled with shock.
Yun Tiankuo knew he had said the wrong thing, and quickly added, "Where is Lord Barbarian King? I want to see him!"
"Yes, City Lord Yun, please wait here. I will go find Lord Barbarian King right away."
The soldiers left quickly.
Yun Tiankuo did not return to the house. Instead, he walked to the stone bench next to him and sat down. He observed the other soldiers and realized that these soldiers did not seem to be here to monitor him.
What exactly happened at the banquet?
He then asked the other soldiers what had happened to the other eleven city lords.
He soon learned that some city lords, like him, had been poisoned and were resting in other rooms of the Fire Temple, so he didn't need to worry.
Soon, the fire banquet arrived.
"City Lord Yun, are you okay?" Huo Yan strode forward, his face full of worry.
"Greetings, Lord Barbarian Emperor!" Yun Tiankuo was about to bow, but Huo Yan stopped him. "Forget it, City Lord Yun hasn't recovered yet. Sit down quickly."
"Thank you, Lord Barbarian Emperor." Yun Tiankuo sat down on the stone chair and asked in confusion, "Lord Barbarian Emperor, what exactly happened? Why... was I poisoned?"
Huo Yan sighed, "Whether it's you, Ling'er, or the other city lords, they've all been poisoned. But don't worry, I've already investigated everything."
He gritted his teeth silently, "It was You Zhu who teamed up with Li Suining and Bai Zhi to poison you. These two children must have been instructed by Bai Yunfeng."
"How is this possible?" Yun Tiankuo stood up excitedly, because he knew that this was absolutely impossible.
"It's true." Huo Yan pulled him to sit down. "Don't worry, you're not to blame. It's a pity... the three of them have already escaped from the palace, but I will definitely catch them back."
"Escaped?" Yun Tiankuo widened his eyes and looked at Huo Yan who remained calm.
Clearly, before he passed out, he saw Xiaotuanzi and Youzhu also fainted from poisoning. How could they have poisoned him? And how could they have escaped from the palace?
He couldn't imagine what Huo Yan was trying to do.
"What about Princess Ling'er? How is she?" Yun Tiankuo asked worriedly.
"Alas!" Huo Yan sighed deeply, his eyes reddening. "Ling'er's poison is the most severe. She... hasn't woken up yet."
Yun Tiankuo didn't say anything, he just felt a chill crawling up his back and up his limbs.
"City Lord Yun, you should take good care of yourself first. I will definitely ask Dajin and Baiyunfeng to give an explanation for this matter..."
Huo Yan stood up and said in a cold voice, "As for Dongyi City, I will also get it back for you."
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