The situation on Gongshulan's side did not affect Yuwen Sheng.
His crimson lips curled up in a sinister smile. Beneath the gilded and exquisite mask, his chin was sharp and delicate, and long, dark hair behind his ears brushed against his pale, sickly skin, making him look like a beautiful, ethereal demon.
He glanced at Mo Ye's side again. Seeing that the crossbows couldn't deal with him, the enemy was already planning to reorganize their troops and cover Mo Ye's escape first.
On one side is Moye, and on the other side is "Sangxuanqing".
Yuwen Sheng stood there motionless, not choosing to make the first move, but unconsciously he had already placed Zheng Quchi and Mo Ye on an equal scale to weigh them.
"Sang Xuanqing, if you dare to escape, this general will never tolerate you again this time."
His voice had absolute penetrating power, passing through layers of people and obstacles, and resounding clearly and loudly into Zheng Quchi's ears.
She paused for a moment, but the next second, she gritted her teeth and ran even faster than before.
Pooh.
It's as if he would have let her go if she hadn't run away.
She knew there was no turning back. After killing Gongshu Lan, all the evidence was destroyed, and she could no longer explain herself.
But if we don't kill Gongshu Lan, will we be able to clear her name?
No, after this incident, she will never trust anyone again. If Gongshu Lan were still alive, she would never live to see the truth come out.
At least, killing her would avenge Uncle Mu and the others who were innocently implicated, and we could deal with the rest later.
As for the trouble that killing Gongshu Lan would cause, she couldn't care less.
If the other party is truly so distinguished, if she doesn't take advantage of this chaotic period, she might never have such an opportunity again.
"Hahaha, good run! Run faster, don't let the living Yama catch you!" Mo Ye clapped and cheered as if he wanted to stir up trouble.
He was happy to see Yuwen Sheng suffer all kinds of setbacks. The "unruly" Sang Xuanqing had once made him so angry that he wanted to grind his teeth. Now that Yuwen Sheng was experiencing the same thing, he suddenly began to appreciate it.
"Chase!"
Wang Zebang shouted.
Wei Yao stared at Zheng Quchi's fleeing figure for a moment, then moved forward on her toes, about to chase after him. But when she caught a glimpse of Fu Rong looking stunned and dazed, as if struck by lightning, she couldn't help but tug at him.
"What are you doing? Why did you suddenly stop?"
He still has the mind to ask these questions at this point; he's clearly deliberately stalling for time to give Sang Xuanqing an easy time.
Fu Rong snapped out of her daze and looked at him with a horrified expression: "This is terrible... No, no, maybe I just saw it wrong."
"What did you misunderstand?"
Just now, it seems that when Fu Rong was fighting with Sang Xuanqing, he suddenly went mad, staring blankly with his lifeless eyes as she left.
If he hadn't been certain that Sang Xuanqing was human and not a demon, he would have suspected that Sang Xuanqing had cast a spell on Fu Rong.
"Stop talking about that, hurry up and chase after her! We can't let her get away like this!"
Fu Rong's expression immediately became tense and serious. He and Wei Yao were about to chase after someone, but Mo Ye would definitely not let them do so. He was determined to make things difficult for Yuwen Sheng. As for whether they could win this time, he didn't care at all.
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Zheng Quchi didn't turn around, but she heard what sounded like another fight breaking out behind her. Taking advantage of the fact that the two sides were locked in a stalemate and couldn't target her, she quickly disappeared into the woods.
She had long since become familiar with the terrain of Ghost Carbide Ridge, but the only thing she hadn't anticipated was that her body was already beyond its limits.
When she started seeing double images, she knew she was in trouble. She staggered and hadn't gone far when a wooden stick hit her on the back of the shoulder from behind, and she immediately lost consciousness.
When she woke up again, she found herself on horseback, surrounded by a strong smell of muttony body sweat.
The horse is running.
She was startled and struggled to move, but then she heard a rough and fierce voice above her say, "Don't move at all, or you'll fall and get trampled to death by the horse. No one will bother to save you."
Zheng Quchi turned his head and saw that it was actually a nomadic barbarian, and his expression changed drastically.
Besides him, she was surrounded by a dozen or so nomadic barbarians who rode alongside him across the vast yellow earth.
She had always had a terrible impression of these nomadic barbarians. Now, having just escaped from Yuwen Sheng's side, she was captured by them. She felt that lately, she had been incredibly unlucky.
"Why are you arresting me?" she roared.
She thought she was fierce enough, but in reality, given her current weak and kitten-like appearance, even her shouts sounded like a cat's meow.
The barbarians look quite different from the people of the Central Plains. They have square faces, thick eyebrows, green eyes, and they like to leave their beards unshaven, giving them an untamed and savage appearance.
But this is only from the outside. In reality, the barbarians are cunning and fierce, like wolves that roam the mountains and fields, burning, killing, and looting in packs.
"I heard that a short, dark-skinned, and smelly kid appeared in Fuxian County. He rebuilt that ruined city wall. He has a way of doing things that others can't. You look a bit like that kid. Tell me, are you called Sang Xuanqing?"
Zheng Quchi was dumbfounded.
When did her shabby reputation spread so far, even reaching the barbarians like a gust of evil wind?
So, he came here specifically to catch her because of her reputation?
She wanted to shake her head decisively and deny everything, but thankfully she stopped in time and asked, "So what if it is, and so what if it isn't?"
Upon hearing this, the barbarian, along with the other barbarians around him, burst into laughter.
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