Chapter 223 Siege
Tuoba Yan'er stepped back, blocking the gap in the carriage curtain.
"What I do is none of your business. If you don't move aside, you'll regret it."
The Prince of Jin laughed heartily, "Who do you think you can scare like this?"
Tuoba Yan'er tightened her grip on the sword. "Whether it's just to scare you or not, you'll find out soon enough."
The Prince of Jin suddenly stopped smiling and closed his folding fan. "What if I insist on stopping you today?"
"If you obediently release the people inside, I'll spare your life."
"Don't even think about it!" Tuoba Yan'er drew her long sword and pointed it at Prince Jin, Xiao Rui. "You people from Dongling are indeed all treacherous and cunning."
The Prince of Jin shrugged. "So what?"
"Have you thought this through? If you insist on opposing me today, you will be the one who suffers."
"Enough with the nonsense!" Tuoba Yan'er lightly touched her toes and flew towards Prince Jin.
Just as the sword tip was about to pierce the Prince of Jin, the Prince of Jin slightly turned his head and used the fan in his hand to block the sword.
As Tuoba Yan'er landed, she kicked at Prince Jin.
The Prince of Jin easily dodged the attack by dismounting.
Before Tuoba Yan'er could retract her strength, he reached out and wrapped his arm around her waist, slowly moving closer.
"You scoundrel!" Tuoba Yan'er never expected the Prince of Jin to be this kind of person, and in anger, she stomped hard on the Prince of Jin's foot.
The Prince of Jin, in pain, loosened his grip, and Tuoba Yan'er turned and fled. After retreating two steps, she resumed her attack on the Prince of Jin.
The offensive was more intense than before.
Seeing this, Shen Ruzhi prepared to go down and help, but as soon as she poked her head out, she was pushed back down.
"Ningning, what brings you here?" Shen Ruzhi asked in surprise.
Jiang Wanning grabbed Chen Ruzhi, "I've been following you all along."
"Is this Prince Jin the person behind it all?" Shen Ruzhi said. "Then let's hurry down and capture him."
"The three of us together can definitely beat him. Let's dig a hole and bury him while the night is dark and windy!"
Jiang Wan Ning gestured to Shen Ru Zhi to calm down, "The Prince of Jin doesn't seem to be going to kill her; on the contrary, he seems to be toying with Tuoba Yan'er."
The two observed for a while, and found that Prince Jin would touch Tuoba Yan'er's face, pinch her waist, or even pat her buttocks.
“I’ve never heard of the Prince of Jin being a womanizer before,” Shen Ruzhi said.
Seeing that the two had almost finished fighting, Jiang Wan Ning got off the carriage and stopped them from leaving.
"Princess Langya? What are you doing here?" the two asked in unison.
Jiang Wan Ning looked at Prince Jin, "Why is Your Highness here?"
"Also, why are you so sure there's someone else in the carriage?"
The Prince of Jin's eyebrows twitched, and he said, "Isn't this a huge pit that the Princess Consort dug for me?"
"Isn't the princess just curious to see the role I'm playing?"
Jiang Wan Ning narrowed her eyes slightly. "I only have one question: will Your Highness give way on this road today, or not?"
As soon as Jiang Wan Ning finished speaking, Prince Jin immediately turned to the side and gestured for her to enter.
Jiang Wan Ning...
"I've just been so bored these past few days that I'm looking for something to do."
"Damn it!" Tuoba Yan'er was furious and wanted to rush forward, but Jiang Wan Ning grabbed her and said, "A gentleman takes revenge even after ten years."
"You should hurry on your way."
Tuoba Yan'er turned her head to look behind the carriage. Shen Ruzhi knew some basic martial arts, but her skills weren't particularly high. The more people there were on this journey, the easier it would be for her to be targeted.
Therefore, it was only the two of them who needed to get to the territory of Western Xia as soon as possible, since her status as a princess would still be of some use.
"You scoundrel! Next time I come back, I'll definitely rip your skull off."
After saying that, he climbed onto the carriage and told the coachman to drive away.
Jiang Wanning walked up to Prince Jin and asked, "Your Highness, aren't you leaving yet?"
"Isn't the Princess of Langya coming along?"
"Aren't you afraid that I'll have to go back and go find them again?"
"I suspect that the Emperor intends to match you with the Princess, and you want the Princess to refuse, which is why you were teasing her just now."
After speaking, the Princess of Langya added a reminder, "I'm not good at keeping my mouth shut; what if I accidentally tell someone one day..."
"No, no, no," the Prince of Jin quickly clasped his hands in a fist and begged for mercy, "I'll leave right away."
"What is the relationship between the Prince and the Lingxiao Sect?" Jiang Wanning asked. "How can I be sure that the Prince won't make any new moves after he returns?"
Prince Jin stopped and turned to walk to Jiang Wan Ning's side. "Not my aunt."
"How about I follow you and you keep an eye on me?"
Seeing that Jiang Wan Ning remained silent, Prince Jin said again, "You can't leave, and you can't stay."
"I simply do not wish to marry. As for my relationship with the Lingxiao Sect, it was merely something I made while traveling the martial world."
"I became acquainted with Ling Xue, the eldest disciple of the Lingxiao Sect, after a fight. She told me about these things and asked me to look for them."
Fearing that Jiang Wan Ning wouldn't believe him, the Prince of Jin raised three fingers and said, "I swear, or else I'll make you marry that tigress."
Jiang Wan Ning watched the carriage disappear into the distance, then said to Prince Jin, "Your Highness need not issue this oath. I presume the Emperor has already sent a letter to the Emperor of Western Xia."
"How did you know?" The Prince of Jin jumped up.
"I guessed." Jiang Wan Ning said, then mounted her horse and chased after him.
As long as I escort Zhizhi all the way to Cangzhou, it will be less than a hundred miles past Cangzhou to the territory of Western Xia. However, it will be a long way to get to the Western Xia capital from there.
Presumably, Tuoba Yan'er has already sent a letter to the Empress of Western Xia, and their people will surely come to her aid.
This ensures that each branch arrives safely.
As dawn was breaking, the carriage had just entered the territory of Cangzhou.
Suddenly a group of men in black surrounded the carriage.
Seeing this, Jiang Wan Ning drew her long whip from her waist and rushed forward to protect the front of the carriage. "I'll fight my way out, you guys break through."
Tuoba Yan'er nodded.
All the men in black rushed forward. Jiang Wan Ning swung her long whip, wrapped it around the neck of one of them, and flung him away violently.
The man was thrown out and landed on a group of people.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Jiang Wan Ning cracked the whip twice more, spurring the horse's flanks and charging forward.
At this critical moment, we must not linger in battle. As long as we break through the encirclement and reach Cangzhou by carriage, we can rely on the Langya King's waist token she gave to Shen Ruzhi.
Presumably the prefect of Cangzhou will not ignore this.
Just as Jiang Wan Ning had fought her way out, the men in black surrounded her again.
One of them said, "Search inside the carriage, and make sure to leave those inside alive."
"And what about her?" someone asked.
The man glanced at Jiang Wan Ning, "My master only said to keep the woman in the carriage alive; as for the others, their fate is not important."
"yes!"
The men in black received their orders and attacked Jiang Wan Ning with deadly force. Jiang Wan Ning gripped her long whip tightly and asked, "Who is your master?"
"Confess, and I might spare your lives."
"Hmph, still trying to be tough even when you're about to die." The man in black gripped his sword and slashed at Jiang Wan Ning.
Jiang Wan Ning bent down, the sword slicing across her chest. With a flick of her wrist, she lashed the whip towards the black-clad man's waist.
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