"Yes, ask the boss. He knows everything."
Amidst the chatter and laughter, dozens of imperial guards and the furiously screaming Fifth Princess were abducted by a group of bandits.
In an instant, all was calm.
dark place.
Zihe looked at Xie Lingqin, "Miss, what do we do now?"
"Let's cool off."
"ah?"
Xie Lingqin gestured for Zihe to look at the ambush site ahead. "Look, it was handled so cleanly, as if nothing had happened. Such swift action, could an ordinary bandit do that? Even an assassin would be nothing special."
Zihe's expression froze for a moment. "Miss, you mean..."
“Sanli Dun is a strategically important location, easy to defend but difficult to attack. The imperial court is not entirely incompetent; it has been suppressing bandits for many years, yet it has failed to completely subdue this place. What do you think?”
"Could it be that the bandits of Sanlitong have some powerful background?"
Xie Lingqin's starry eyes shone brightly, her expression meaningful. "What kind of background could they be? But they certainly aren't simple."
Zihe looked up and saw the bright yet deep light in Xie Lingqin's eyes. She immediately asked, "Miss, have you guessed something?"
"I can't be sure." Xie Lingqin finished speaking and looked in the direction the bandits had left. "It seems that tonight's rescue mission is in jeopardy. That Xie Danling, sigh!"
"Miss, you do care about the young master, otherwise you wouldn't have come to save him."
Zihe felt that if the young lady was truly cold-hearted before, now, at least she still had a sharp tongue but a soft heart towards the young master. Otherwise, after she had played a trick on the young master that day, the young lady would not have followed him to Huangshan Academy to stand up for him.
Xie Lingqin neither admitted nor denied it, but simply smiled and said, "Didn't you say that he was arrested because he wanted to go back to the manor to see me when I was injured?"
The implication was that she only thought of saving him because of this.
Zihe suddenly found it amusing; even the young lady was starting to speak insincerely.
"Alright, stop thinking about it. Wang Renyi and the illegitimate son of the Minister's mansion were arrested with the Fifth Princess just now. However, there aren't many people there. There are probably more people behind. Let's tell the Imperial Guards behind the princess that she has been arrested and ask them to clear the way for us."
"Miss is wise." Zihe admired her, but her doubts deepened. "Miss, how did you know that these bandits would ambush us here? And just now, on our way here, you and I managed to avoid their sight."
If there had been even the slightest mishap, it would likely be her and Xie Lingqin who had been captured, not the Fifth Princess and the Imperial Guards.
Xie Lingqin smiled and patted Zihe's shoulder, "Didn't I ask you to give me a map before? I originally intended to look at other things, but I just took a look around the surrounding area while I was at it."
"You only glanced at it casually, yet you managed to connect it to the ambush here tonight. Miss, you're amazing."
"Alright, stop flattering us. This is just a risky and reckless move. Our goal is to save Xie Danling, you know that?"
"Know."
"However, it seems that the guards my father sent out were also dealt with in the same way, otherwise there wouldn't have been any trace."
A smile appeared on Xie Lingqin's face. She then stepped forward and trampled over the area that the bandits had just cleaned up, revealing some clues, before disappearing back into the shadows.
At this moment, having clearly not heard any news from this side for a while, several Imperial Guards rode up to investigate. However, they stopped at the crossroads, looked around for a while, and when they saw the others looking suspicious, they immediately turned their horses back. Not long after, a large group of Imperial Guards followed them.
"Chief, look at this soil, it's clearly wrong. This place is also the crossroads between the bandits of Sanlitun and the road to the capital, could it be..."
"You, immediately take the two back to the capital to report. The rest of you come with me to Sanlitun to investigate. If the princess has really been captured, then we are afraid our lives will be in danger as well."
"yes."
The two parties have now separated.
In the shadows, Xie Lingqin stayed with Zihe for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before quietly getting up and carefully following behind.
The path to Sanlitun is rugged and uneven. In the distance, the mountain peaks with rows of houses seem to be far away. The surroundings are so quiet that every step reveals the terrain to be easy to defend and difficult to attack. The trees on both sides sway in the autumn wind like ghostly shadows, making people hold their breath for no reason, as if danger may strike at any moment.
really.
When Xie Lingqin and Zihe caught up, the dozens of Imperial Guards had already been captured in various traps. Only the leader of the Imperial Guards who had just given the order and a few others had abandoned their horses and rushed out with the Imperial Guards.
However, all of them were injured.
The mountain peaks that seemed so far away just moments ago now appear to be right in front of me.
In the middle of a flat, ancient village, a bonfire burns, and on top of it sits a chicken, which is being handled by a pair of hands.
Meanwhile, dozens of people were surrounding the chicken, seeing what appeared to be Imperial Guards breaking through the layers of defenses.
Needless to say.
He was captured, of course.
"These people are amazing."
Meanwhile, Zihe and Xie Lingqin had already hidden themselves in the mountain stronghold.
Xie Lingqin nodded secretly, "Yes, these people are all rigorously trained, not like ordinary bandits at all, and far superior to ordinary Imperial Guards, so we need to hurry." As soon as Xie Lingqin finished speaking, her expression suddenly paused.
The same applies to the purple river.
Under the shadowy moonlight, at the intersection where they had just taken advantage of the situation, several teenagers dressed in black were stealthily following them.
Bending over, taking shaky steps...
The leader is... Xu Shixun.
The young master of the Loyal and Brave Marquis, with his slightly plump figure, is easily recognizable at a glance.
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