Chapter 276 Sword Language
"Husband, there's a thief in our house."
Shen Yuexi ran up to the city wall angrily to find Xiao Zhuo to complain, and just in time saw the Qi Wang army attacking the city begin to retreat to the camp.
"Did you lose something?" Xiao Zhuo slowly touched her head, like touching a cat.
Shen Yuexi said anxiously, "This thief didn't steal any money. Not a single ounce of silver was missing from the box under the bed. But the letters from Bai Ling and Sister Mei were lost."
Xiao Zhuo put down his hand and sighed softly: "I understand."
"Husband, why aren't you worried at all?" Shen Yuexi almost jumped up and said, "Such an important thing is lost."
"I understand everything," Xiao Zhuo walked down the tower, "Yuexi, come with me for a walk outside the city."
The war is over, and Qiu Liming is responsible for the aftermath.
Seeing his heavy expression, Shen Yuexi thought he was also sad, so she followed him and said, "This thief is a woman, and the secret guards guarding the door didn't even notice it. Husband, won't you go back and take a look?"
"Since everything is lost, what's the point in going back to look for it?" Xiao Zhuo said, "I feel a little depressed and want to relax."
This was the first time Shen Yuexi heard Xiao Zhuo say that he was bored.
"Husband, what's wrong with you?" She tilted her head and looked at Xiao Zhuo's face with some confusion. "Are you worried about the lack of food and grass?"
"No." Xiao Zhuo quickly denied it.
He didn't continue to explain, and Shen Yuexi was too embarrassed to ask any more questions. The two of them left the city from the north gate and walked up the mountain along a winding mountain road.
The moonlight tonight is very bright, and you can see the road clearly even without a torch.
Arriving at a flat place halfway up the mountain, Xiao Zhuo looked at the twinkling lights of fire on the grassland to the north and finally spoke.
"Brother, he doesn't want to recognize me."
Shen Yuexi asked in surprise: "Why did my husband suddenly say that?"
"He must have destroyed the letters I sent to him and the King of Qi." Xiao Zhuo put his hands behind his back and looked up at Jiaoyue. "The people who came to steal the white silk must have been sent by him."
Shen Yuexi touched her head and suddenly felt that her brain was not enough: "How did my husband judge that?"
Xiao Zhuo said, "I felt something was wrong the moment he started attacking the city. Most people, upon seeing this letter, would first want to confirm with the other party. Even if they suspected a trick, there was no need to force an attack. I felt Xiao Beiheng was very anxious and wanted me dead. But I don't understand why he did this. Our previous conflict was because we didn't know the truth, but now that we know, he wants me dead even more. It wasn't until the white silk was stolen that I truly understood."
Shen Yuexi stood at attention helplessly, listening to Xiao Zhuo's explanation. There was no room for a little fool like her to interrupt.
"When he sent people to steal Bai Ling, I understood his true intentions," Xiao Zhuo looked at her. "He wanted to hide my identity from the King of Qi. He didn't want the King of Qi to know."
Shen Yuexi puffed her lips and said, "My husband, you are really smart. You see through everything. So let him attack us?"
"I let King Qi and him go only because I already knew they were my relatives. If you kill them all even though you know they are your relatives, then what's the difference between you and a beast?" Xiao Zhuo looked at her with bright eyes.
"High-sounding!" A young woman's voice sounded in the darkness.
Shen Yuexi was startled.
She thought it was just her and Xiao Zhuo, with Qiang Lin and the secret guards at most. Unexpectedly, a woman suddenly appeared.
A woman dressed in black suddenly jumped out of the darkness, with a black veil on her face and the hilt of a sword exposed at an angle behind her back.
"Protect the Master!"
Following Qiang Lin's shout, he and five secret guards immediately jumped out from behind Shen Yuexi, holding swords, and stood between the masked woman and Xiao Chen.
The masked woman's eyes turned cold, and she reached for the hilt of the sword behind her shoulder. "You dare to stop me? Back off!"
Seeing the woman speaking so arrogantly, the guards were indignant. They were, after all, elite soldiers among the Western Rong army, yet a woman looked down upon them. Without waiting for Qiang Lin's orders, they rushed forward. Seeing there was no time to call out, Qiang Lin followed.
The masked woman was not in a hurry. She drew her sword only after the six men rushed towards her. A circular arc of cold light flashed from behind her shoulder, flashing several times.
Six swords fell to the ground one after another with a crisp sound. Five secret guards reached out and grasped their right wrists. Their wrists were pierced by the sword tips. The wounds were not deep, but they had completely robbed them of their grip.
Only Qiang Lin reacted quickly. At the moment when the sword light reached his wrist, he threw away his sword and retracted his hand, barely avoiding the sword light.
Shen Yuexi was stunned.
It was the first time she had seen a woman display such superb swordsmanship. She had actually hit five people's wrists in the blink of an eye.
The masked woman sheathed her sword back into its sheath and said to Qiang Lin, "You are the leader of these people, right? Not bad. Not many people can dodge my sword."
Qiang Lin's face was pale. Although he had lost his weapon, he still stood in front of Shen Yuexi.
"Yuexi, Qianglin, both of you step back," Xiao Zhuo walked towards the masked woman, "She's here to see me."
Shen Yuexi wanted to follow, but Qiang Lin turned around and blocked her way, saying, "Master, this woman's swordsmanship is so high that I have never seen it before. Master, please do not go over there."
"Take the secret guards back to the city," Shen Yuexi said, "I will not leave my husband."
She had long ago told Xiao Zhuo that no matter what difficulties they faced, they would go through them together. Now that this woman was in such danger, how could she leave Xiao Zhuo alone?
Qiang Lin said, "Master, you don't know how to use a sword, so you won't be able to help if you go."
Shen Yuexi said to him, "The secret guards are all injured. You take them back to find Doctor Hua and his son to treat their injuries. This is an order."
Qiang Lin had no choice but to say to the secret guards, "Let's go."
The secret guards were so shocked by the woman's swordsmanship that they were speechless. After hearing Qiang Lin's reminder, they picked up their swords with their left hands and followed Qiang Lin down the mountain.
Shen Yuexi turned around and looked at the two people who had already walked away.
This woman's swordsmanship was so advanced that even Qiang Lin had never seen it before.
When Xiao Zhuo and Xiao Kai dueled, Qiang Lin was there watching with her. What Qiang Lin meant was that neither Xiao Kai nor Xiao Zhuo could surpass this woman in swordsmanship?
A trace of panic passed through her heart.
No matter how many storms she's been through, she still gets nervous when her loved ones are in danger. But unlike before, she can now keep her nervousness in her heart instead of showing it on her face.
Xiao Zhuo followed the masked woman and they came to a flat open space on the top of the mountain. This open space was not obscured by any trees and was illuminated exceptionally clearly by the moonlight.
"You said you wouldn't harm your family," the masked woman said with her back to Xiao Zhuo, "Then why did you kill your teacher?"
"I didn't." Xiao Zhuo only answered briefly with three words.
The masked woman sneered and slowly turned around: "What about the Second Prince? Isn't he considered your relative?"
Before Xiao Zhuo could speak, Shen Yuexi's voice came from behind: "I killed the Second Prince. It had nothing to do with my husband. Don't put the blame on him."
The masked woman looked at Shen Yuexi who had followed, a hint of surprise flashing across her eyes: "You actually followed me?"
Shen Yuexi said, "Why can't I come with you? You want to deal with my husband, how can I just ignore it?"
"Very brave," the masked woman looked at Shen Yuexi again, "but you don't know how to use a sword, so you can't help your husband."
Shen Yuexi said, "I don't know who you are, but when Elder Ji came to Longsheng Town to look for my husband, I was there and witnessed the fight between Elder Ji and my husband. Neither of them hurt the other."
"It's useless to quibble. Only the sword can tell me the truth." The masked woman took a few steps and turned to face Xiao Zhuo.
"Draw your sword."
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