“Ning’er…”
Sun Jinyao was horrified and was about to rush forward when dozens of hidden weapons flew towards his face.
He subconsciously rolled over to dodge, only to see more than a dozen people dressed in barbarian uniforms jumping out of the bushes.
They held scimitars and slashed at Sun Jinyao.
Sun Jinyao immediately drew his sword to fight. He saw two barbarians carrying Shangguan Wanning and running away.
He was anxious and annoyed, and tried to chase after him, but was blocked by the siege.
Sun Jinyao was so murderous that he killed four barbarians in a row. However, he was outnumbered and was attacked from behind.
He insisted on chasing after him, and a barbarian sprinkled a handful of powder on his face.
He immediately held his breath, but it was too late. He felt a spicy taste spreading through his nose into his mouth.
Sun Jinyao only felt his whole body burning hot. He knew that he was poisoned. It was impossible to save Shangguan Wanning under such circumstances.
He gritted his teeth, jumped out of the encirclement, and ran back to the city with all his strength.
Mu Jingrui came back from his patrol outside and heard from the maid that Shangguan Wanning and Sun Jinyao went out together. A feeling of jealousy suddenly surged in his heart.
He silently calculated that he must marry Shangguan Wanning as soon as he returned to Beijing this time to avoid any further complications.
"General Mu, it's bad," the guard rushed in and reported, "The patrol soldiers just saw Master Sun on the street. He fainted on the side of the road..."
Mu Jingrui's face suddenly changed and he rushed out without waiting for the guard to finish his words.
At this time, Sun Jinyao had been carried back by the soldiers, and the military doctor was treating him.
"How is he?" Mu Jingrui asked anxiously.
The military doctor stood up and answered, "Young Master Sun has been poisoned. As for what kind of poison it is... I haven't found out yet, but he..."
Upon hearing this, Mu Jingrui impatiently pushed the military doctor away, walked forward and pressed several major acupoints on Sun Jinyao's body, slowly injecting his internal energy into Sun Jinyao's body.
After a long time, Sun Jinyao slowly opened his eyes.
The first time he saw Mu Jingrui, he weakly recounted what had happened.
Mu Jingrui's ominous premonition came true. His face turned pale and a murderous aura suddenly surged in his heart.
"You need to find Ning'er as soon as possible. If my guess is correct, they want to use Ning'er to save the Holy Son."
Mu Jingrui's heart skipped a beat. "What do you mean?"
"I have read the witch book of the Barbarians. It says that when the Holy Son encounters backlash during his ritual, he must use the blood of the original woman to heal him."
Mu Jingrui's pupils dilated and his heart was gripped with a knot.
"In other words, they will use Ning'er's blood to save the Holy Son?"
Sun Jinyao closed his eyes tiredly and nodded. "Go and save Ning'er..."
"What about you?"
"I can still hold on."
Mu Jingrui stopped talking and told the military doctor to take good care of Sun Jinyao. He immediately sent soldiers to search for clues at the location Sun Jinyao mentioned and blocked every way out of the country.
He went straight to the cell where Chang Qingqing was imprisoned.
Ever since her witchcraft backfired, Chang Qingqing hadn't spoken a word. She didn't know what fate was waiting for her, and she leaned against the cold wall in a daze every day.
Until, a pair of long legs appeared in her sight.
"Is it you?"
Chang Qingqing raised her head and met Mu Jingrui's deep eyes. "Are you finally going to kill me?"
"Your people have captured Ning'er to save the Holy Son. Let me ask you, where are they most likely to hide Ning'er? Is there any way to stop them?"
Chang Qingqing was stunned and couldn't help laughing.
With tears in her eyes, she said, "So the Holy Son is still alive. Haha... Mu Jingrui, don't even think about getting any answers from me."
Mu Jingrui didn't have the patience to waste any more time, so he leaned over and grabbed Chang Qingqing's neck, growling, "I didn't intend to kill you, so don't force me."
"If you want to kill me, then kill me. I will never betray the Son of God." Chang Qingqing stared at Mu Jingrui stubbornly.
For a moment, Mu Jingrui was actually helpless.
He laughed coldly and said, "It would be a pity to kill you. You are not beautiful, but you are still pretty. I know that what you value most is your chastity. You should know that those who march and fight are all young people with full blood. What do they desire most?"
Chang Qingqing shuddered all over.
She looked at Mu Jingrui angrily and cursed: "Mu Jingrui, as the commander of an army, you are so despicable, don't you feel ashamed?"
"My life motto is to use any means necessary to achieve my goal. I'll give you one last chance. Will you tell me or not?"
Chang Qingqing looked at the man in front of her who was emitting a biting coldness. Her whole body was cold and there was only despair in her heart.
"Okay, I'll tell you."
Chang Qingqing's surrender made Mu Jingrui let go of her hand.
"The Holy Son and the others will hide in..."
Chang Qingqing had only said half of her words when she jumped up and hit her head against the wall.
Bleeding was gushing out.
Mu Jingrui hurried forward and found that Chang Qingqing had died on the spot.
He clenched his fists, trying his best to suppress the fire burning in his chest, growled, and punched the wall hard.
"General Mu, I have not found any clues about Miss Shangguan, but I intercepted those women and children along the way."
The soldier's report shocked Mu Jingrui, and he immediately went to meet those people.
The aura and murderous intent that Mu Jingrui exuded made the elderly, the weak, women and children terrified, and they subconsciously curled up in a circle and retreated.
His eyes were fixed on the little girl hiding in her mother's arms.
According to Sun Jinyao's description, Shangguan Wanning was probably poisoned after eating the biscuits she fed her.
He walked towards the little girl, squatted down and gently touched her head.
The little girl was so frightened that her whole body froze and she dared not move.
"Tell your uncle obediently, have you done anything bad?"
The little girl looked at Mu Jingrui blankly. The little girl's mother couldn't bear such pressure and knelt down and cried, "General, spare my life... My daughter is still a child, she doesn't know anything. We can't do anything..."
"Yeah?"
Mu Jingrui withdrew the little bit of tenderness he had shown to the little girl, and looked at the woman with sharp eyes. "Tell me, why is there no way?"
"Holy Son... let us poison that girl. That girl was kind and shared her food with us. I secretly... smeared poison on the bread and asked my daughter to feed it to her. She was not prepared... ah..."
Without waiting for the woman to finish her words, Mu Jingrui grabbed her wrist and lifted her up.
"I'll only ask once." Mu Jingrui said murderously, "Where did your Holy Son take that girl?"
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