"Ah...Sir, please let us pass, we have urgent matters." The man pleaded with a shy face.
The sentry glanced at their entourage, all men, not the woman that the princess ordered to be found. He still scolded with an emotionless face, "I said no means no! Get lost!"
As soon as his words fell, the leading man suddenly pulled out his sword and was about to stab it into the sentry’s heart. Ji Xinhe took out a row of steel nails and threw them directly. One of them hit the sword, knocking it to the ground.
This hidden weapon was commonly used by Mu Houchu. Although he might not always wear a sword when he went out, he always carried steel nails hidden in his waist. Ji Xinhe had seen Mu Houchu use this hidden weapon. With one throw, a row of nails could kill a row of people, and every steel nail would hit the target’s forehead or throat directly. Not a single nail was wasted.
Ji Xinhe wanted to learn this technique, but at first, Mu Houchu didn’t quite agree. He thought it was too dangerous and she might hurt herself. Eventually, after much persuasion, Mu Houchu agreed to teach her, but her skill wasn’t quite good yet. She could only successfully hit one target with one row of steel nails.
The sentry regained his senses and saw the sword on the ground. He glared, "What audacity!"
He drew a flare from his chest and shouted, "Help! There are ruffians trying to break through!"
At this moment, all the troops stationed on the mountain were alerted.
The merchant team no longer bothered hiding; murderous intent shone in their eyes as they directly unsheathed their swords, intent on fighting their way out.
Little Firewood quickly led his men to jump out of the bushes and compete with the group.
Mingyin Mountain was quite large, so it would take the sentry’s reinforcements a while to arrive. In the meantime, only Little Firewood and his people had arrived quickly enough to fight the enemies.
Both sides were intertwined, and the martial arts skills of the "merchant team" were not weak; they were all experts.
Thus, it was hard to determine the outcome for a while.
Ji Xinhe observed the situation, her eyebrows slightly furrowed. If it was truly the people from the imperial court coming to rescue Song Yalin, were they willing to dispatch so many top experts just to save a chess piece that should originally be abandoned?
Why didn’t she realize how sincere and loyal the Emperor was before? When Li Junyan’s "death news" came, the Emperor was very indifferent. Now, for Song Yalin, the Emperor had put so much effort into ensuring she was rescued.
Ji Xinhe felt it was impossible. The only possibility was that there was a huge interest on Song Yalin’s body that the Emperor wanted. This interest was so great that the Emperor felt compelled to let her return to the capital safely, even at the expense of many experts’ lives.
What was this interest?!
As Ji Xinhe was thinking about it, she saw a slender man from the merchant team sneak away quietly toward the back mountain during the chaos.
The stumbling steps clearly revealed the gait of a weak woman, thinking that her male disguise could fool Ji Xinhe?
Ji Xinhe sneered and quickly followed.
Song Yalin desperately ran, never in her life had she wanted to live more than now!
Since entering the Royal Mansion, she had been living a pain-filled, undignified life on the edge of death. Now she was finally out, finally about to embrace a bright future, so she ran very fast, wishing she could reach the capital in an instant.
However, just when she thought that her companions had done a good job of covering her and she could escape, she found Ji Xinhe chasing after her closely.
"Ah!" Song Yalin tripped over a dried twig and fell to the ground. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
Looking up, she saw Ji Xinhe had already caught up, pale with fear, she tried to stand up and continue running.
Ji Xinhe took a dagger from her chest and threw it, narrowly missing Song Yalin’s cheek. Song Yalin thought she was dead, trembling all over.
"Why don’t you keep running?" Ji Xinhe sneered as she walked over.
Song Yalin looked at her in terror, retreating, "Ji Xinhe, you...you, how... "
Ji Xinhe stood in front of her, speaking coldly, "How did I get here? You think I’m so busy with the front line that I don’t have time to deal with you, right? You worked so hard to enter the Royal Mansion, becoming a side consort. Now that you finally got what you wanted, why do you want to run again? Do you really think you can come and go as you please in the Pingyang Prince Mansion?"
Song Yalin’s eyes were red, and she looked as if she had suffered endless humiliation. She angrily said, "Ji Xinhe! Why won’t you let me go? I’ve already chosen to leave, chosen to escape, you don’t have to worry about me anymore. Why are you still so relentless? Are you really so vicious? !"
Ji Xinhe just coldly parted her lips, squatting down to stare coldly at her, "Who really doesn’t want to let go? You don’t need to play dumb with me, I’m not as stupid as you think. Do you really think I’ll believe your innocent act? With the court helping you wholeheartedly, don’t you think there’s a hidden reason? Do you think I’ll believe it?"
Song Yalin’s eyes reddened, and a flash of panic seemed to be hidden in them. But she still clenched her teeth and said, "I don’t know what you’re talking about!"
"You better confess honestly what you’re planning to do after running away, and what the court has entrusted you with that they haven’t told me. Otherwise..." Ji Xinhe sneered, "it’s the same old rules."
Song Yalin was trembling like a sifter, "Ji Xinhe, you’re so cruel!"
"I’ve always been like this, and it’s not like you just found out today. Don’t forget you’re in my hands now. What tricks are you trying to pull?"
Song Yalin’s eyes flashed a fierce color, and she pulled a dagger from her sleeve and stabbed it toward Ji Xinhe’s heart. Ji Xinhe dodged it swiftly and kicked her to the ground. Song Yalin spat out a mouthful of blood.
"You refused a toast only to drink a forfeit!" Ji Xinhe shouted and was about to grab Song Yalin. But one of the feather arrows came flying, and Ji Xinhe immediately unsheathed her sword and swatted it away.
It turned out to be someone from the merchant team who had caught up.
Ji Xinhe was about to deal with these fools before dealing with Song Yalin, but Song Yalin suddenly shouted excitedly at the slope, "The Princess of Pingyang is here!"
Ji Xinhe glanced down the slope, her eyebrows furrowed slightly. It was Rouyi’s defeated army.
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