She had less than five minutes left and needed to get Zi Linglong away quickly. She thought she could launch a counterattack.
Xia Yixin's martial arts skills are among the top twenty in this world, but she is not invincible. For example, although she hides them very well, she is still detected by several experts.
This included Chu Mubai's men. Leng Zhan and others were originally searching for Xia Yixin's whereabouts tonight, but they encountered the East Depot and the Ninth Prince's men on the way. Their actions were strange. On the surface, they were searching for "Bei Ming's spy", but Leng Zhan felt that it was not that simple.
So after discovering Yan Jiu's whereabouts, Leng Zhan notified Chu Mubai while simultaneously tracking him down.
When Chu Mubai came down from Taiping Mountain, he heard the news of martial law in the capital. At the same time, Xiaoman, who had returned to the mansion, also brought news that she had not seen Xia Yixin.
Chu Mubai immediately changed course, not returning to the capital. He switched to a guard's horse and rode swiftly towards the direction from which Leng Zhan's message had come. The ominous premonition in his heart grew stronger. Tonight, both the Ninth Prince and the new emperor were alarmed. What exactly did that mysterious person do? Could she have been involved as well...?
The deeper Chu Mubai thought about it, the more uneasy he became. Fortunately, the last place Leng Zhan left him was near Taiping Mountain. To avoid being discovered, he took a sheltered route, which was upstream of the waterfall. Leng Zhan and a dozen other experts had been lying in wait nearby for some time.
However, Leng Zhan's expression was somewhat strange at this moment.
The sound of the waterfall drowned out the sound of horses' hooves. Chu Mubai dismounted nearby and walked to the rocky ledge, where he could see the scene below by the moonlight.
Upon seeing it clearly, Chu Mubai's pupils contracted slightly.
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