How could it be her?!
"I've worked so hard for so many years to stand by Cheng's side, how could I be threatened by you? You say Cheng will die on the way to the border, I, Cheng Xianyi, don't believe it."
"I want to see him rise to a high position, unparalleled in the world."
"No one in this world can harm him in the slightest, not even me!"
"Ziyan, let's go."
Ziyan glanced at the tender affection in Cheng Xianyi's eyes, the confidence that lay deep within her, and the unparalleled self-assurance.
She glanced again at the Crown Prince, who stood there dumbfounded, unable to recover for a long time.
Her heart pounded as she drove the carriage away, inwardly screaming in horror: My God! My God! What earth-shattering secrets have I heard! Is this something I should be able to hear?
Is the mistress a young lady from the Cheng family?
Is it really necessary to have Zhou Cheng?
final.
Cheng Xianyi still left.
The prince seemed to have all his strength drained away in an instant. He sat down on the cold bluestone floor, looking at his hands that he couldn't even keep his beloved. He angrily and resentfully punched the floor.
"ah!!!"
"Zhou Cheng, I am your sworn enemy! One day, I will reclaim my immortal essence!"
"I want you dead, dead!"
The prince's eyes were bloodshot, his killing intent boiling, and he vowed to leave Zhou Cheng's life behind in Lituo County.
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Three days later.
In Litou County, the city gates are closed, and strict checks are being conducted on those passing through.
His Majesty sent a decree by carrier pigeon, ordering the magistrate and generals of Lituo County to send 8,000 elite troops to ambush Zhou Cheng and seize the peerless weapon on his body.
As for the fate of the Zhou family? Ignore it!
"Eight thousand?"
The magistrate felt a chill run down his spine at the number of words, and then he looked at the personnel information in the secret letter: "More than twenty people? Just a group of more than twenty escapees, and you want us to send eight thousand elites to ambush them?"
"Your Majesty, this is... this is..." Have you lost your mind?
The magistrate swallowed the last five words and didn't dare to say them.
The two generals sitting opposite him, the first and the second, had very complicated expressions. They looked at the secret letter again and again, but couldn't figure it out.
In this era of limited communication, events in the capital did not spread quickly. The two generals could only analyze the situation through a secret letter from Emperor Yan: "It says that Zhou Cheng, the son of the Zhou family, has betrayed the dynasty and fled."
"More than twenty people, including two women."
"They possessed extremely powerful weapons. In the capital, they fought against hundreds of enemy soldiers and Jinyiwei, killing nearly two thousand of them."
As he rubbed his temples, the more he looked at the letter, the more absurd it seemed: "Did this letter really come from the capital?"
"Look at what's written here. It says things like killing someone from a mile or two away without them even noticing, or blowing someone to pieces. I've lived for over thirty years and I've never heard of such a thing! How am I supposed to set up an ambush like this?"
No matter how absurd it was, they had to do as the decree instructed.
The lieutenant shook his head, took out a map of Lituo County, and pointed to the valley in the center: "General, all the guards, patrols, soldiers, and reserve officers in Lituo County add up to just over ten thousand people."
"This area is the only way for Zhou Cheng to reach the border."
"Based on their pace, Zhou Cheng and his bandits should have already entered Lituo City. They are in a hurry to go to the border to meet up with Zhou Zhenguang, and there are quite a few of them. Traveling during the day would be too conspicuous, so they will definitely plan to sneak out of the city tonight."
"Tonight we will mobilize eight thousand elite troops to ambush Zhou Cheng on both sides of the valley, along the only road."
"This letter makes all sorts of claims, I'm eager to see just how powerful Zhou Cheng's weapon really is!"
However--
What these three didn't know was!
Zhou Cheng had no intention of crossing the valley tonight, because he had long anticipated that the Yan Emperor would be envious of the killing weapon in his hands and would definitely ambush and kill him in the best location.
So where is he?
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