Seeing the look Lu Yuanxiu gave her, Ye Qingzhu suppressed her thoughts and forced a smile, "Qingzhu is overthinking it..."
Lu Yuanxiu didn't look at Ye Qingzhu, but instead focused his gaze on the Nineteenth Prince, saying thoughtfully, "Qingzhu, you've grown up by my side since you were little, you should know what it means to be a woman's soft-heartedness..."
Ye Qingzhu immediately understood Lu Yuanxiu's implied meaning, "Godfather, Qingzhu understands."
After saying that, Lu Yuanxiu didn't say anything more. He just turned around and walked towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the place where officials held court every day, and also the place where the officials were temporarily imprisoned.
Su Yan, who had been hiding in the shadows, had witnessed everything that had just happened. When she saw a familiar figure in the crowd, she was completely stunned.
His pupils widened, his expression one of utter astonishment, and he was completely stunned.
Finally, Lin Shu noticed Su Yan's unusual behavior and reached out to poke her shoulder, asking, "Su Yan, what's wrong? Don't scare me!"
Soon, Su Yan recovered from her shock. She had imagined countless times what it would be like to meet her master again, but she never expected it to be like this.
Despite not wanting to admit it, Su Yan had already realized from what had just happened that the Dark Moon Pavilion Master was her long-lost enemy.
In other words, he was the mastermind behind the massacre of the entire Su family.
Su Yan felt as if the world was collapsing before her eyes, and she couldn't accept that her respected teacher had become an executioner.
Lin Shu didn't know why Su Yan's emotions had suddenly changed so drastically, but he could tell who it was related to.
Bu Jing asked with some curiosity, "Commander Su, do you know the leader of the Dark Moon Pavilion?"
Su Yan nodded solemnly with a very complicated expression, responding to Lin Shu's question.
"He is Lu Yuanxiu, the former Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review..."
Lin Shu was also extremely surprised when he heard the name. Although he had been staying in the military camp, he had heard of Lu Yuanxiu before.
"Commander Su, you're not mistaken, are you? How could Young Master Lu be the Dark Moon Pavilion Master? He's a traitor from the previous dynasty."
Even if he turns to ashes, I'll still recognize him...
Seeing Su Yan's solemn and serious expression, Lin Shu was surprised, but still believed her.
"If Chu Yu is indeed Lu Yuanxiu, and he's even going after the Nineteenth Prince, then His Highness the Crown Prince must also be among those slaughtered. Commander Su, what should we do now?"
Su Yan carefully analyzed the current situation. Although Lu Yuanxiu had dealt with the Xie family, the Great Liang Dynasty had not yet fallen apart.
In particular, the army is not entirely under Lu Yuanxiu's command, so as long as the opportunity is seized, there is still time to save everything.
The main problem is that plans can never keep up with changes, so Su Yan had no choice but to change her strategy for attacking the enemy.
Su Yan thought for a moment, and an idea immediately popped into her mind, "Young Master Lin, you take a group of people to the Cold Palace to rescue His Highness the Crown Prince, and then send people outside the city to find the Imperial Guard generals to rescue him. I will send a group of people to flank the palace from the rear and buy time for Dark Moon Pavilion. The two of us will work together from the inside and outside."
Lin Shu thought Su Yan's idea was very feasible and readily agreed.
"Okay...you must be very careful."
Su Yan nodded, gripped the knife tightly, and gritted her teeth. Although her martial arts skills were inferior to Chen Yao's, she and Lu Yuanxiu had to settle things eventually.
After Lin Shu left with several people, Su Yan did not hesitate any longer and immediately called on the people beside her to rescue the nineteenth prince.
Because Lu Yuanxiu took many Dark Moon Pavilion guards with him when he left, only seven or eight people remained by Ye Qingzhu's side.
The Lin family army behind Su Yan consisted of brave generals who had fought their way up from the battlefield. In the face of absolute martial prowess, any fancy moves were simply no match.
After all, the Dark Moon Pavilion has very few top-tier assassins.
Soon, the Lin family army swiftly and decisively rescued the nineteenth prince.
Seeing that things were going wrong, Ye Qingzhu wanted to sneak away during the chaos of the battle.
Little did she know that Su Yan was waiting for her on the only route she could take to escape.
Ye Qingzhu looked at the person blocking her way and recognized Su Yan at a glance. "I never thought we'd meet again!"
"Ye Qingzhu, stop talking nonsense and quickly produce the antidote for the Gu poison."
Even if Mount Tai were to collapse before her, Su Yan could not forget the matter of curing Shen Yao of the Gu poison.
Ye Qingzhu thought Su Yan had come to kill her, but she didn't expect her to come for the antidote. A hint of mockery flashed in her eyes.
"I didn't expect Miss Su to have such deep feelings for Shen Yao. I don't have the antidote, but I can let you two be a pair of wild lovers on the road to the Yellow Springs ahead of time."
After saying that, Ye Qingzhu's eyes darkened, and she took out a soft sword from her waist and attacked Su Yan.
Su Yan did not back down an inch. She threw away her sword sheath and began to fight Ye Qingzhu.
After the Lin family army dealt with the other guards of Dark Moon Pavilion, they also joined the battle to subdue Ye Qingzhu.
Soon, Ye Qingzhu was caught off guard and his shoulder was pierced by Su Yan's sword.
Ye Qingzhu let out a painful groan, spitting out a mouthful of blood. His eyes widened in fury as he glared at Su Yan, cursing, "How despicable! What kind of gentleman attacks like this..."
Fortunately, the sword pierced her shoulder, not her vital organs. If Su Yan's sword had been a few inches higher, Ye Qingzhu wouldn't have been able to stand and talk properly.
Su Yan stared at Ye Qingzhu with a cold, icy gaze, and snorted, "Why bother being a gentleman when you're fighting with a petty person?"
After saying that, Su Yan withdrew her sword.
An unbearable pain shot through Ye Qingzhu's shoulder, and blood gushed out, causing her to lose the strength to stand and collapse to the ground.
Clutching his bleeding shoulder, he glared at Su Yan and angrily shouted, "Kill me if you want, why torture me?"
Su Yan had long since lost her patience. She kicked Ye Qingzhu, then pulled her up from the ground and said coldly, "Ye Qingzhu, I, Su Yan, am no saint. I've handled thousands, if not tens of thousands, of corpses. I'll ask you one more time: where is the antidote?"
Ye Qingzhu looked at Su Yan and suddenly burst into wild laughter, "With Shen Yao accompanying me on the road to the Yellow Springs, I haven't lost out..."
Su Yan was so angry at Ye Qingzhu's words that she lost her temper, but she quickly calmed down and gave her a cold smile.
Seeing Su Yan's smile, Ye Qingzhu's heart couldn't help but tremble, and a trace of panic flashed across her face.
She knew that Su Yan was her godfather's most proud student, whom he had personally taught.
Don't be fooled by Su Yan's humble and kind appearance; she's actually quite wicked at heart.
In terms of methods of torturing people, she is in no way inferior to him.
Without saying a word, Su Yan reached out and pinched Ye Qingzhu's mouth shut, stuffing a red pill into her mouth.
Before Ye Qingzhu could react, the pill she had put in her mouth slid into her stomach, and she didn't even taste what it was like.
After swallowing the pill, Ye Qingzhu subconsciously tried to put her hand in her mouth and gag herself, hoping to vomit it out.
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