Chapter 194: After hiding in the dark for so long, it’s time to show up
Helian Shu was held in the arms of the mysterious man. She felt the wind in her ears and the dead branches and leaves under her feet flying past her, as if she was flying in the clouds.
After the two men left the wild cemetery and came to a secluded place, the man stopped.
Helian Shu was shocked to realize that her fingers, which were clutching the other person's clothes, had turned blue and white, and her knees were still shaking uncontrollably due to excessive fear.
When she stopped, she looked carefully at the person opposite her and found that he was a tall man with a bronze mask carved with ferocious Taotie patterns. However, the eyes in the holes contained a hint of warmth.
He raised his hand to brush away her messy hair and said in a deep voice:
"Are you Helian Shu, the eldest princess of Tianqi?"
Helian Shu looked up at the mottled verdigris on the mask, and suddenly felt that this terrifying mask was a hundred times more pleasing to the eye than those of the bandits in the wild cemetery, and nodded hurriedly.
"Who...are you and why did you save me?"
The masked man shook his head. "One day, you will know. Now is not the right time. No need to ask any more questions. I will take you back to the palace now."
Helian Shu carefully pointed in the direction of the wild grave mound:
"Then, Wan'er..."
The masked man snorted lightly, his tone full of disdain:
"Why should I save Su Lantian's daughter? Will she still have the nerve to live after today? Just let her go!"
Helian Shu didn't dare to ask more questions. Right now, as long as she was fine, it would be fine. As for Su Wan, it would be disgraced, which was really terrible!
As the corner tower of the imperial city came closer, Helian Shu heard the thundering sound of horse hooves on the official road.
The mysterious man gently put her down and flew up to the treetops:
"See you later."
Before he finished speaking, the person disappeared in an instant.
"Royal brother!"
Helian Shu rubbed her eyes and saw clearly that the people in front of her were the Black Armor Guards led by Helian Feng. She looked at her brother riding a horse and screamed. She could no longer hold on and fell to the ground.
"Shu'er!"
Helian Feng jumped off his horse, his cloak raising a cloud of dust.
He lifted his sister up, grasped her trembling shoulders and looked her up and down, his throat suddenly tightening.
"Shu'er, are you okay? Are you hurt?"
Helian Shu's body softened and she threw herself into Helian Feng's arms, her fear turning into a whimper:
"Brother, Shu'er is so scared..."
When Helian Feng saw his sister's pale face and trembling body, he knew that she had suffered a great shock.
When Helian Shu and her companions were on their way to Shuiyue Temple, the driver was secretly replaced by someone else and the guards were thrown away. When those guards saw that the princess's carriage was gone, they were in a panic and did not dare to alarm the emperor and empress, so they had to report to the prince.
Helian Feng was shocked and hurriedly brought people to look for her. He happened to meet Helian Shu at the city gate.
Seeing that she was dressed neatly and uninjured, he felt relieved. Although he was full of doubts, when he met Helian Shu's frightened eyes, he regained his tenderness:
"Don't be afraid, Shu'er. I have my brother here. What happened? Where's Wan'er?"
Helian Shu's tears fell down in large drops, mixed with the dust on her face, leaving two deep marks on her pale cheeks:
"Wan'er...she, she was in the wild cemetery...there were many masked men, they...they raped her, and one man even tried to slash Shu'er's face with a knife."
"What?"
Helian Feng's pupils suddenly contracted, and his heart sank, but he still wiped away the tears on his sister's face, and said in a very soft voice:
"Shu'er, how did you escape?"
"There was a man wearing a bronze mask. He suddenly appeared and killed a bandit, saving me. He said he would send me back to the palace, but he didn't expect to meet you on the way, so he left."
Helian Feng turned around and instructed Mingying:
"Take fifty Black Armor Guards to the Wild Grave Mound."
He paused.
"If we encounter those bandits, we must capture them, keep them alive, and extract a confession. If Miss Su...is not dead, then send her back to the Prime Minister's residence!"
"yes!"
Mingying took the order and rode his horse towards the wild cemetery with a group of black-armored guards.
Helian Feng helped Helian Shu onto the horse, rode with her, and waved his big hand behind him:
"Return to the palace!"
Seeing the sound of Helian Feng's Black Armor Guards' horse hooves gradually fading away, a figure suddenly appeared in the jungle.
But the man was seen standing under the tree, with the Taotie mask covering his entire face, except for his jawline which was stretched into a cold and hard arc.
Until Helian Feng's men disappeared, he turned around and was about to leave when he suddenly heard the sound of clothes being fluttered in the wind behind him. Turning around, he saw a dark figure behind him, but he saw that the figure was wearing a ghost king mask.
"Your Excellency is so concerned about the eldest princess. Who are you?"
The bronze-masked man's eyes shone slightly, and he didn't answer. He stepped on the ground with his toes and tried to fly to the treetops, but was forced to retreat three steps by the palm wind from the ghost-faced man.
"Playing dumb?"
The ghost-faced man sneered: "After hiding in the dark for so long, it's time to show up!"
After he finished speaking, he tried to grab the moon from the bottom of the sea and raised his hand to take off the mask on the face of the bronze-masked man!
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