Ji Fengyao and Ji Fengming, the brother and sister, also pretended to follow the main group and rushed forward, shouting for everyone to catch the Chen family members and beat them up.
Once everyone had gotten into the swing of things, the brother and sister quietly turned back and, together with Ji Chenhai, Shang Xiye, and Hei Xiao, quickly slipped down the mountain. They summoned the large army that had been waiting at the foot of the mountain, and without stopping, they left Fengxiang City and headed straight for the northwest border city.
It wasn't that no one realized it.
After discovering that the Ninth Prince and his men had escaped, Leng Jun immediately led the Shadow Moon Guards down the mountain to give chase, but they were stopped by another group of mysterious masked men in black halfway up the mountain, which led to another bloody battle.
The Battle of Niu Mang Mountain.
The forces sent by various factions in Kyoto to hunt down the Ninth Prince were almost completely wiped out, leaving them with no strength left to pursue and intercept him.
Standing behind Shang Beiyu, Xiao Jianzi hesitated as she looked down at the mountains, rivers, and cities flying past on her flying sword, wanting to say something but not daring to.
"Say it," Shang Beiyu said coldly without turning his head.
Little Cocoon shrank back, clutching Shang Beiyu's collar even tighter: "Your Excellency, I told you not to throw me down."
Shang Beiyu's delicate, long eyebrows furrowed slightly. He turned around and raised his hand, as if to sweep Xiao Jianzi away. Startled, Xiao Jianzi quickly cried out, "Your Excellency, you're already by Princess Chonghe's side, why don't you let her hold that moonstone? What if she..."
"No need. Someone in Kyoto has already appeared who can elicit a reaction from the Moonstone, and it should have nothing to do with the Ji family," Shang Beiyu said calmly as he turned around.
"A person in Kyoto has appeared who can make the Moonstone react?" Little Cocoon was overjoyed: "Congratulations, Your Majesty! Your Majesty has searched for over a thousand years and has finally found them! No wonder Your Majesty suddenly let the Ninth Prince go. Now that we have found the person, it is indeed not worth getting involved with these mortals any longer..."
"Who said I was going to let him go?" Shang Beiyu interrupted Xiao Jianzi again: "Have you forgotten what stupid things that idiot Meng Qi did back then? The Ninth Prince can die at anyone's hands, but he cannot die at our hands."
After returning to the capital, he instructed people to secretly protect Princess Chonghe and prevent Li Yu from harming her.
"I will deal with the affairs of Kyoto first. If the Ninth Prince is still alive at the hands of those fools by then, I will then deal with him."
Little Cocoon then remembered this and nodded in realization: "Yes, Your Majesty, Your Majesty has considered everything very thoroughly."
In the evening, Shang Beiyu and Xiao Jianzi returned to Kyoto.
The two arrived outside the Song residence.
Little Cocoon was full of doubts: "Your Majesty, is there a mistake? We tried Lord Song several years ago, and he could not make the Moonstone react."
Shang Beiyu glanced at Xiao Jianzi indifferently, then strolled into the Song residence as if it were empty: "Just like the descendants of divine beasts, it is common for the bloodline to be diluted and even broken off. Let's go in and take a look, and then check the population of the Song family for several generations."
“Yes, Your Majesty,” Little Cocoon replied respectfully.
At this moment, in Song Huilan's room at the Song residence.
Song Huilan had been hiding in her room for most of the day, even having her dinner delivered to her room by her maid. She was adorned with gold, silver, and jewels, and in front of her were two small boxes of fine gold and silver jewelry, which made her eyes sparkle.
"Are you sure you've given me all of these?" she asked the masked man in black who had been standing in the corner of the room for the nth time, still unable to believe it: "You're not going back on your word?"
Just as Song Huilan finished speaking, Shang Beiyu entered the room.
His gaze fell on the string of moonstone beads that Song Huilan wore around her neck. He noticed that the beads close to her neck were indeed emitting a faint glow.
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