Seeing her silence, Lu Songping knew why she was silent.
"Even when you were still armed, you weren't necessarily my match. What are you going to use to challenge me now?"
Faced with the other party's almost arrogant provocation, Xiao Nanhui said nothing, just turned around and spoke in a deep voice to someone who had been hiding on the horse's butt.
"It's your turn."
The Shrike's eyes widened, and his short, thick eyebrows twitched on his forehead.
"Why is it my turn?! It's not like I want to go back!"
"Who do you belong to? If I tell you to, just do it!"
The two of them started pushing, pulling and fighting on horseback, and they seemed to have used several sets of palm techniques. From a distance, they looked like a pair of "deeply affectionate master and servant".
Lu Songping squinted his eyes in the darkness, paused, and finally recognized the big, round face as full as a full moon, which was full of anger.
"Are you the one who ate my grapes?"
Shrike shook his head firmly.
"No, you got the wrong person."
Xiao Nanhui dismantled the stage without caring about anything.
"How many of his bunches of grapes have you eaten? How many of mine have you eaten?"
The Shrike pursed his lips and lowered his head in humiliation.
Lu Songping glanced at the big head and said slowly.
"An Daoyuan has always worked for the righteous cause of the Heavenly Family. There is no need for you and me to be enemies. What do you think?"
Before the other party finished speaking, Xiao Nanhui's eyes were already piercing the person beside him.
"It's said that people in the An Dao Yuan are loyal to only one person for their entire lives. Do you think that's true or not?"
The Shrike hugged his big head and swayed in pain.
"It's just a few bunches of grapes. Why don't you two just hand me over to Xie Li..." Shrike's voice suddenly stopped. "What's that sound?"
Xiao Nan rolled his eyes.
"Don't think interrupting will get you anywhere..."
However, the next moment, Lu Songping also restrained his expression.
Then she heard it too.
The subtle sound came from far away, noisy and chaotic, like the sound of hundreds of sharp claws scratching.
She turned around suddenly and looked towards the southwest of the dense forest.
On the clear moonlit sky, a strange patch of black was approaching rapidly from afar.
"yes......"
"It's Nightbat."
Lu Songping's voice sank to the bottom of the valley. As he spoke, he pulled out a cloud-stepping arrow from behind him and quickly put it on the bowstring.
The swarm of bats approached rapidly, but the surrounding trees blocked the sky, and the vision and shooting angle were far inferior to that day in the Bijiang Wasteland. It was even impossible to tell which one was the "Bat King" carrying the secret letter.
Even so, we can't let it go.
Lu Songping concentrated his energy and prepared to shoot the Cloud-Stepping Arrow when the swarm of bats flew over the heads of the three people.
However, almost in an instant, the bat group suddenly split into several groups and headed in three different directions.
The three of them were stunned for a moment.
Shrike's eyes widened. "This thing... can it even count?"
"They've learned their lesson." Lu Songping quickly put away his bow and arrow and tightened the reins. "It's too late. We should split up into three groups and give chase. We must find out their intentions."
Xiao Nanhui did not move, his eyes fixed on the road leading to Yulin Villa.
Lu Songping noticed her eyes, and his tone was light, but the words he said carried a thousand pounds of weight.
"If you insist on breaking in, I can only obey orders to stop you. But I hope you remember your duties as a Tiancheng soldier."
Xiao Nanhui clenched his fists.
If Lu Songping hadn't intercepted the message when the Night Bat appeared that time, who knows what kind of changes would have occurred in the battle of Bijiang. The Night Bat's reappearance this time must be hiding a greater conspiracy.
But what about Xiao Zhun? What should Xiao Zhun do?
Her premonition would not be wrong. What was about to happen tonight must be related to the Xiao family.
What would the emperor do?
Should she only believe in herself, or should she believe that he is not such a cruel and cold-hearted person?
The past events in his mind surged and stirred, the sound of the bats was about to fade away, and Xiao Nanhui's face was more solemn than ever before.
After a moment, she finally unclenched her fist.
"There are three of us, and we only have two horses. I'll go southwest, and you go southeast. Shrike has the best Qinggong skills, so we'll go northwest to Douchen Ridge."
"good."
Lu Songping's answer was concise, and only Shrike was still protesting silently.
Xiao Nanhui pulled her over and explained things quickly, accurately and ruthlessly.
"I've made an agreement with Mo Chunhua that all her grapes will be yours this autumn."
His face, which was a little gray a second ago, instantly became lively. Although his mouth was still pouting, his steps became nimble.
"Since you are so sincere, I will reluctantly let you serve me for once."
Xiao Nanhui tightened the reins in his hand, Jixiang neighed and raised his front hooves high.
"After tonight, I hope everything will be fine."
The horse's hooves landed heavily, and three figures flew out like arrows, following the three fast-moving shadows in the air, heading in three different directions.
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Inside the dim little tent with double walls and high platforms, where there was no human voice or insect chirping, Cui Xingyao still maintained the same posture as half an hour ago.
On the stone couch, the young emperor lay on his side, seemingly exhausted and falling into a deep sleep.
I don't know how much time passed, but the man's even breathing remained unchanged.
"His Majesty?"
No one answered for a long time.
The woman who had been kneeling quietly on the soft blanket finally moved.
Today she wore the softest gauze, a single silver hairpin in her hair, and a round pearl, the tasseled pendant removed from her ear. Her movements were so gentle that not even the slightest sound of pearls clashing against jade or hair rubbing against hair could be heard. Before each step, she would gently test the plank with her toes, making sure it didn't creak, before taking a gentle step.
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