A glint of greed flashed in the eyes of the King of Liang, but he quickly concealed it: "I had some important military matters to discuss with the King, but your men blocked our meeting."
"Honestly, why didn't you tell me if Prince Liang had something to say?" Tu Shan Yu's beauty was renowned, and countless suitors were eager to win her favor. How could she not know Prince Liang's thoughts? Instead of speaking out, she pretended not to know and reprimanded her subordinates, glossing over the matter. "I wonder what business Prince Liang has with me so late at night?"
King Liang, naturally not wanting to dwell on what had just happened and lose his composure, smoothly said, "We are not familiar with the terrain of this area of the demon race either. I wonder if Your Majesty has sent soldiers to guard the perimeter?"
Tu Shanyu was taken aback: "Didn't you send scouts to guard the perimeter?"
It seemed unbelievable to her, since it was basic procedure that any army would perform.
King Liang's face flushed, and he hurriedly said, "Originally, I wanted to send scouts out to patrol around, but some of my lads stopped me, saying they were worried that it would make them seem distrustful of you and could affect the relations between our two tribes. I didn't want to listen to them at first, but I couldn't refuse because they come from military families and their elders have a very high reputation in the army. I couldn't afford to offend them too much."
If the Qin brothers heard this, they would surely be furious and curse how there could be such shameless people in the world.
However, King Liang spoke of these things without blushing or skipping a beat.
Tu Shanyu was somewhat surprised and had some doubts in her heart. She had met the Qin brothers before, and they didn't seem like this kind of people.
She smiled calmly and said, "That must be difficult for Your Highness. But in my opinion, we should still have scouts, after all, safety comes first."
She didn't send scouts, mainly because she didn't want to overstep her bounds; the safety of the human army was their own responsibility.
"Your Majesty is absolutely right." Seeing the other party's radiant smile, King Liang felt a strong itch in his heart and was about to tease him further when he suddenly heard the mournful sound of arrows whistling in the distance.
Everyone in the room paled. Even if King Liang was muddle-headed, he knew that this was a warning arrow.
"What...what happened?"
He asked the people around him in a panic, but they had been together the whole time and had no idea what had happened.
King Liang thought to himself, "I just came out to pick up a girl, how did I end up in trouble?"
The sounds of fighting could be faintly heard in the distance, and the entire camp was thrown into chaos.
However, there were still some talented people in the human army. Soon, a deputy general led a group of men over and reminded him that he should return to the main tent at this time, otherwise, if soldiers from all sides wanted to come and ask him for instructions, they would not be able to find him.
"Okay, okay, hurry back." King Liang nodded hastily, almost tripping in his haste.
Seeing his bewildered state, Tu Shanyu secretly despised him and hurriedly summoned his subordinates, instructing them to prepare for battle and to investigate what had happened.
Just then, another group of people suddenly charged out from the side. The leader was wearing golden armor, which stood out from the black-armored soldiers around him.
Seeing the man's imposing appearance, Tu Shanyu's expression changed: "Second Prince?"
Shouldn't the Second Prince be in the sealed land? And why did the Little Demon Queen go to rescue him in such a grand manner? How did he suddenly appear here?
Although unaware of the details, I instinctively felt something was amiss.
At this moment, the Second Prince looked at the wary King Liang and the others, then at Tu Shanyu: "King of Qingqiu, your mission is complete."
Tu Shanyu: "???"
King Liang suddenly realized what was going on and pointed angrily at Tu Shanyu: "Well, so you had colluded all along and deliberately lured me into their trap."
Tu Shanyu: "..."
This guy usually doesn't seem to be very bright, how come he's reacting so quickly now?
The key issue is that the reaction was excessive.
"King Liang, don't listen to his nonsense, I am acting on behalf of the emperor..."
Before Tu Shanyu could finish speaking, the Second Prince interrupted her: "Your Majesty, come quickly, it's safe here."
As if receiving a signal, King Liang immediately shouted, "We cannot let them reunite! Capture Tu Shanyu as a hostage!"
After saying that, he pounced on Tu Shanyu, his large hands reaching out to grab her like eagle claws.
Seeing this, the guards of Qingqiu Kingdom fought back, and Liang King's men also rushed forward.
While defending himself, Tu Shanyu shouted, "King Liang, you've misunderstood! He's trying to sow discord between us!"
King Liang knew that his army was completely unprepared and that the consequences of being attacked in the middle of the night would be terrifying.
He hesitated upon hearing Tu Shanyu's words, but he couldn't think of any other way at the moment.
If we capture Tu Shanyu as a hostage first, we might still have a chance to turn the tide!
This was the only thought in his mind, and the only thing he could count on.
He had even figured out that even if the other party was innocent, as long as he stuck to this point, he would have an explanation when he returned to the court, and the court would not blame him.
As for those soldiers who died unjustly, what does it have to do with him?
As for the other soldiers, they didn't think as clearly as he did. Seeing him move, they subconsciously drew their weapons and attacked the group from Qingqiu Kingdom.
Humans are often blindly obedient, and in such critical situations, when someone takes the lead, there is often no time for them to think.
Tu Shanyu had no time to explain, and the two sides quickly clashed.
The Second Prince, watching from afar, smiled slightly. If the human army and the demon army led by Tu Shanyu had joined forces against the enemy immediately, he would probably have had to put in some effort. Now that they were fighting each other, it was perfect.
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