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After leaving Sanmu Town, the two of them were no longer the same as they were now. ... Three days later, Xuanyuan Mingzhu summoned a small flying boat. Under Zhao Qingqing's astonished gaze, it carried Xiao Yuan into the clouds and left Sanmu Town.
"Princess, where are we going?"
Xiao Yuan sighed inexplicably as he looked at the Ninth Princess, who had returned to women's clothing, wearing gold and silver jewelry and exuding a luxurious air.
In the past few days, although he had tried many times to have a heart-to-heart talk with the princess, he could not find the right time and reason. Being alone together seemed to be a torture.
Fortunately, they returned to Qingshan Village and were with Zhao Qingqing, teaching her some basic martial arts, so it was not so embarrassing.
"go back."
"Capital? What for?" Xiao Yuan quickly calmed down and resumed his identity as a guard, even though this sentence seemed a bit inappropriate.
"kill."
Xuanyuan Mingzhu's tone was calm, but a strong murderous intent emanated from him.
Xiao Yuan clenched the Broken Qingluan Sword in his hand and whispered, "Revenge? Fine, as long as Princess commands, Xiao Yuan will become a murderous blade in your hands!"
The words originally meant to express loyalty became somewhat ambiguous because of an obscene scene they had on horseback three days ago.
"Hmph, that's all you're good for." Xuanyuan Mingzhu blushed slightly and rolled her eyes at him.
I don't know whether it means that Xiao Yuan can use a sword, or that he can use a "sword".
Xiao Yuan's mood inexplicably became relaxed. A simple ambiguous conversation dispelled the slight unhappiness between the two of them.
"Princess!"
"What?"
Xuanyuan Mingzhu sensed something, raised her jade hand to catch a flying needle-shaped magical weapon that was rushing towards her, and lowered her head to use a spell to read the information contained in it.
"I like you!"
Xiao Yuan seemed to have figured something out and confessed his feelings to her in a firm tone.
"Um."
Xuanyuan Mingzhu responded through his nose, still looking down at the message.
The reaction is so simple?
Xiao Yuanjun's face flushed red, and he was quite at a loss, but he didn't see the smile on Xuanyuan Mingzhu's lips, nor did he notice one thing. In order to achieve the effect of being invisible and not being intercepted by outsiders, the information recorded by the carrier pigeon and flying needle was very little, and the content could be read at a glance.
But Xuanyuan Mingzhu read for more than ten breaths, keeping his head down and waiting.
"Princess, I've decided to return to Xianyun Sect and meet my sister Xiyue..."
"What?!"
As if she saw something from the flying needle of the carrier pigeon, Xuanyuan Mingzhu stood up suddenly, the flying needle in her hand fell to the ground, and her pretty face changed color.
"Princess, what's wrong?"
"Let's go down!"
The flying boat sped down. When Xiao Yuan was about to remind the princess to be careful, several people flew over quickly from a distance. They were the powerful people in the third realm of Tao who had been guarding the Ninth Princess before. One of them was Tu Zihua, who saved Xiao Yuan.
"Were these guards arranged by her to protect her, or were they rushed back from the capital?"
An idea flashed through Xiao Yuan's mind, and he was more willing to believe the latter. After all, if they wanted to hide it from an enemy, Tu Zihua and others had to guard the Hengtian Flying Boat.
"Princess."
Four powerful men in the third realm of Tao soon came nearby. Xuanyuan Mingzhu nodded slightly and landed on the ground with them.
After landing, Xiao Yuan saw obvious signs of a battle near the official road. Not far away, there were several men in tight clothes and several corpses. After seeing the Ninth Princess's flying boat, they came over carrying a wounded person.
When the injured man saw the tall and slender Ninth Princess walking towards him with a vigorous step, a hint of fanaticism flashed in his eyes.
But this look of admiration soon disappeared, and he knelt heavily on the ground and kowtowed to apologize.
"No need to be polite."
The Ninth Princess waved to the others, lowering her cold gaze to the injured man. She asked indifferently, "Yang Qi, what's going on? Why did you suddenly start fighting with the Fourth Prince's men?"
"Princess, I...poof."
The man knelt on the ground and just as he said a word, he opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of black blood.
"Give him elixir to prolong his life." The Ninth Princess ordered.
"yes!"
Xiao Yuan turned his attention to the injured man.
He was about thirty years old, with a dark face and nothing special about it. The only thing worth noting was that this seriously injured man had a strong body, with muscular muscles on his exposed upper body, and some faint scars spread across his lower abdomen, chest, back and arms.
This is enough to show that this strong man has been through hundreds of battles and exudes a cold murderous aura all over his body.
But this man who had walked out of a sea of blood and corpses knelt down in submission before Xuanyuan Mingzhu, willingly kneeling under her skirt.
After taking the elixir, Yang Qi's injuries stabilized. After taking a breath, he knelt on the ground and respectfully answered his master's question: "Your Highness, a few days ago, I learned that Yang Baoye, the governor of Xihe County under the Fourth Prince, was colluding with him. No, to be more precise, he is a ghost official from the Hungry Ghost Realm of the Demon Sect!"
"What?!"
Xiao Yuan was shocked. The prefect of Xihe County was actually from Liudao Sect?
Xuanyuan Mingzhu glanced at him and Xiao Yuan quickly shut his mouth. Only then did he realize that except for him, everyone else remained calm, only he was startled.
However, since they could hear such a secret matter, the people around her must be the Ninth Princess's close confidants.
"Is there any evidence?" the Ninth Princess asked calmly.
"Yes! I risked my life to seize several pieces of ghost paper. On them were messages written by Yang Baoye himself to the ghost generals of the Hungry Ghost Realm. Moreover, the last time the princess was assassinated, it was him who contacted the Six Paths Sect under the orders of the Fourth Prince and coordinated with the Fourth Prince's men to attack the princess!"
Xiao Yuan had also heard of ghost paper. It was something used by the human world to connect with the underworld. After it spread to ordinary people through word of mouth, it became paper money that could be burned and given to deceased relatives to use in the underworld.
"Where is the ghost paper?" The Ninth Princess asked again, with a cold murderous intent in her voice that Xiao Yuan could not understand.
"I buried it in a house in Xihe County, using a formation to conceal the aura of the ghost paper. Only I can find it. I will take you there right now, Princess!"
"No."
The Ninth Princess suddenly drew out her sword, and the cold sword energy made Xiao Yuan's hair stand on end. This was definitely not the sword that Xuanyuan Mingzhu had drawn as a joke in the inn, but a real weapon for killing people.
"Princess, you want this!"
Yang Qi was horrified.
"You are so naive to deceive this princess! Die!"
The tip of the sword with a piercing cold edge stabbed towards Yang Qi's neck. Xiao Yuan suddenly opened his eyes wide and watched as the tip of Mingzhu's sword pierced Yang Qi's throat, and blood spurted out.
"Princess!"
The look in Yang Qi's eyes, who was strong and shouting, became extremely sad. He grabbed the ground tightly with both hands, leaving ten cuts on the ground, but still raised his head and watched the tip of the princess' sword pierce his throat.
The people around him moved and looked at Yang Qi coldly.
In the end, the Ninth Princess's sword penetrated an inch into Yang Qi's throat, but still stopped.
"clang!"
The sword was sheathed, and the murderous intent subsided.
"Heal him."
"yes!"
Another healing medicine was applied to Yang Qi's throat, and the hole made by the sword tip healed quickly. Yang Qi coughed violently several times and spat out a few mouthfuls of blood from his throat.
Xiao Yuan remained silent. He still didn't understand what had happened. What news did the princess get that made her distrust Yang Qi?
The Ninth Princess did not explain why she did this. She took out a bright yellow scroll, spread it out in the air, and wrote the word "调" (tune) on it in a flamboyant manner with a pen.
He put away the pen, took out a golden seal and stamped it on the scroll. In an instant, a dragon roar was heard, and an illusory golden dragon shadow appeared on the scroll.
"Uncle Zhou."
The Ninth Princess rolled up the scroll, and the golden dragon disappeared. She handed it to an old man and instructed, "Send my decree to the governors of Wencheng, Linfen, and Mayi counties. Instruct them to lead their troops to Linhe County within one hour."
"Yes, Princess, I'll do it right away!"
"Fourth Aunt."
"Princess, please give your orders."
"Send a message to the Linhe County government, ordering the Linhe County Commandant, County Magistrate, Imperial Secretary, and Chief Clerk to lead all officials outside the city and await the execution. All officers and soldiers of Linhe County must lay down their weapons and kneel on the ground to await punishment."
After a pause, the Ninth Princess issued another order: "Within one hour, any officials or soldiers I don't see at the city gate will be killed without mercy."
"yes!"
"Order all the immortal sects and families in Linhe County to close their doors and wait. The sect leaders and clan leaders should wait at the city gate."
"yes!"
As the orders were issued one after another, Xiao Yuan was dazzled. It turned out that Xuanyuan Mingzhu was not just someone who would have her pants pulled down by him and stick out her snow-white buttocks waiting to be hit. She was indeed a royal princess of noble birth who acted cleanly and efficiently.
This made Xiao Yuan ask himself: The princess is such an outstanding woman, why would she like him?
"Yang Qi."
The Ninth Princess calmly looked at the muscular man who was still kneeling on the ground and said, "Now you can explain why Yang Baoye only came after you after you obtained the Ghost Paper for several days."
Xiao Yuan couldn't help but look at Xuanyuan Mingzhu with admiration.
From suddenly receiving the carrier pigeon and flying needle, to landing on the battlefield after a great war, to hearing that Yang Baoye, the prefect of Linhe County, was a member of the Hungry Ghost Realm of the Six Paths Demon Sect, a flood of confusing information came.
But Xuanyuan Mingzhu was still able to remain calm after the sudden incident. He keenly noticed the abnormality in Yang Qi's words and decisively chose to test him.
If Yang Qi had ill intentions and was suddenly attacked, he would definitely resist subconsciously.
"Princess." Yang Qi smiled bitterly, "Actually, I was caught after I stole the ghost paper."
"oh?"
The Ninth Princess turned to Tu Zihua and said, "Uncle Tu, please check Yang Qi's soul to see if he has been cursed."
"Yes, Princess."
Tu Zihua stepped forward and first pierced Yang Qi's ear with a long black needle to freeze him in place to prevent him from suddenly jumping up. Then he carefully checked his condition, but found nothing in the end, proving that Yang Qi was not controlled by others.
But that's all.