In a deserted stone temple outside the western suburbs, a man in an ink-colored robe squatted casually next to a woman with his hands and feet tied, still holding hot dry food in his hand.

The tied woman looked at her disdainfully and said: I know your purpose, isn't it just to kill your mouth? Then hurry up and grind and chirp for a few days?

The man narrowed his eyes and looked at her.

Chu Liansheng has been tied up for many days, and no one has been found, and there is no news that the two countries are going to war. That's a strange thing.

Then, the man spoke. In a deep voice, he said: Although someone wants to buy your life, my purpose is to cause chaos between the two countries. So, I'm not going to kill you.

Hearing this, Chu Liansheng looked at him, as if he wanted to see a clue in his eyes.

The man quickly got up and ordered: Watch her, I'll go find out the news.

The man's attendant muttered something unwillingly, and when she saw the man raise his hand, she slapped the attendant's face.

That night, the wind and rain raged. Chu Liansheng vaguely heard Mo Rong muttering that there was more than half of the guards. What if a disturbed and well-meaning thief comes to such a weather?

As a result, it really smoothed her mouth.

Chu Liansheng had more or less practiced martial arts, so when she heard those slight footsteps walking on the beams of the house, she immediately opened her eyes.

She saw that Mo Rong was about to go out, and she immediately said to Mo Rong: Go to the window and take a look, maybe there is smoke.

Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, he saw some faint green smoke drifting in through the window.

Suddenly, a plan to get a tiger without entering the tiger's den came to Chu Liansheng's heart, and she waved gently to Mo Rong, signaling that she had something to say.

Mo Rong heard it, and she said, "You pretend to be stunned, and I'll go with them." Then, when Yan Muqiu invited a visitor, he went to report that I had been kidnapped, and I remembered that I was nowhere to be seen after you woke up. and then put the blame on Yan Muqiu's lax rule.

She thought about her previous plan, didn't she just want to know if the driving force behind this was the same as the person she suspected? However, he couldn't ask anything just now, but it seemed that there was also a message, that is, he wanted to kill her mouth, prevent the marriage, and intensify the contradictions between the two countries.

It's really cleverly designed, and it's just two birds with one stone. But if this person is Yanran, then she must be hiding too deep and not easy to detect. If not, then someone is thinking of borrowing a knife to kill people and reap the benefits of a fisherman.

Chu Liansheng figured this layer out, and quietly waited for his next fate.

To live or to die?

She looked up at the sky outside the window, and a thin glimmer of light came through. It seems that the rain has stopped for some days. According to what the man said just now, although the city knew that she was tied up, there was no movement. In this way, it seems that their brother and sister are planning to splash dirty water on Luo Li's body.

Chu Liansheng pulled the corners of his mouth and laughed self-deprecatingly, and said: It turns out that the fate of this life is true.

She stood up when she saw the man in charge of guarding her throw the dead branch in his hand into the fire that had long been extinguished.

At the moment when the front foot steps out of the threshold, the opening. The man said: Since the master said that he would not kill you, then I naturally will not touch you. Pray that the waste will find you soon!

Chu Liansheng heard that the man's Chinese was a little jerky, so he judged that they might not be from the Central Plains, maybe they were from a foreign country.

It is unknown why they kidnapped her here, whether they made an ulterior deal with Yanran or had other purposes. She knew that Yan Ran wanted to get rid of her determination, and when she was in the palace, she pretended to flatter, and tried her best to please her, just to have a reason to speak in front of the emperor.

Actually, Yan Ran should hate her to death! After all, she was the one who caused Yanran to not be able to conceive for the rest of her life. It was when she learned that her mother was gone, and Yan Ran was the murderer who indirectly killed her mother. She began to have a vicious plan, quietly planting saffron in her meal, and making her mistakenly ingested abortion-containing drugs when she learned that Yanran was pregnant.

Finally, it leads to miscarriage. She heard the Imperial Doctor say that she might have to recuperate in the future, otherwise it would be difficult to conceive again.

Collusion with Gentiles is a capital offense. Then there is the murder of the royal heir, which is a felony of extermination. However, what Chu Liansheng still doesn't know is what is the purpose of this foreigner kidnapping her? Is it to threaten the two countries by kidnapping her? Or is it just a solitary affair? After all, the small countries around Xuanxia seem to have finished their submissions. If that's the case, there will only be Luo Li.

In this way, they are the enemies of the lord of the Luo Li Kingdom.

It seems that they kidnapped themselves because they were sure that the lord of Luo Liguo would send someone to save them. Before I could clear my thoughts, I heard the sound of horses' hooves, one after another.

At this moment, on the other side of the door, a group of cavalry rushed out of nowhere and surrounded their stone temple tightly.

I saw that the cavalrymen were dressed in titanium alloy armor and straddled black treasure horses. It seems that there is a fierce battle and a tense situation.

The man who had just gone out to inquire about the news had already returned to the stone temple, and a dark robe was blown by the wind and stood in front of the stone temple.

It was still sunny and daylight, but it was overcast.

He saw that the cavalry was slowly branching out in the middle. The sound of horses' hooves slowed but rhythmically moved forward until they reached the front of the stone temple.

Following the sound of horses' hooves, he saw a person wearing titanium alloy silver and white armor, and straddled a snow-white BMW standing in front of him.

The man on the horse didn't speak immediately, but gestured backwards.

The man squinted and looked at the man on the horse. He said, "Shall I be the king of Luo Li, who will come to save his wife who has not passed through the door?" But I never thought it would be you.

The man on the BMW spoke slowly. Dao: After the unification of the Xiqiang tribe in Luo Liguo, I'm afraid they have been dissatisfied, right? Fang just came up with such a stupid method, thinking that he had kidnapped the eldest princess of Xuanxia who came to make peace. Can you let the king open up to you and let your eldest prince go?

I saw the man in the ink-colored robe standing below laughing. I only heard him say: It's not that I want the monarch to release people, but I just think that I can't miss such a good opportunity. I had earlier inquired that someone in Xuanxia would attack the princess, if so, why can't that person be me?

If you kidnap the princess, it is nothing more than a way to make a deal with Xuan Xia and Luo Li! Even if you can't talk to Luo Li, there is still a way out for Xuanxia and the country, if you can't talk about it, there is one last way, isn't it?

The man in armor jumped out of the BMW and prepared to walk towards the stone temple on the side.

In front of the door of the stone temple, pause. Dao: Qiang Ruo, your wishful thinking is really good! But you ignore a point, do you know what it is?

The man seemed to deliberately raise the volume so that the people in the stone temple could hear it more clearly. I just listened to him continue: The monarch didn't like this peace, so he could blame Xuanxia or your tribes for any robbery or accident on the way.

The meaning of his words is obvious, Luo Li's proposal for peace seems to be to stop the war and recuperate, but in fact, there is an undercurrent. It's just that I want to deal with those tribes that are different from the outside. In this way, peace and proximity have promoted the establishment of friendly diplomatic relations between the two countries; Second, if those who have the idea of robbing their relatives, they will have a bad relationship with Xuanxia if they act. Then he can just push out his tribe, and he can be pure.

When the man heard this, he suddenly burst out laughing. Glancing into the stone temple, he saw Chu Liansheng staying in the position just now, but he seemed a little distracted.

He said, "If I want this woman to be the queen of the tribe, surely the king will also agree?"

Obviously, when he said this to the people in the back room, he was also telling them that since this woman was so important, it was better to make peace with Xuan Xia in person, so that he would have both backing and capital to confront Gu Xinian. Wouldn't it be a pleasure!

So far, the woman in the house has been listening to them. I can't help but think.

It turned out that this man was from the Xiqiang tribe, and he wanted to break away from it because he was dissatisfied with Luo Li's rule. Using the kidnapping of her, the princess, as his bargaining chip, if Luo Li does not agree to his request, he can take this opportunity to make peace with Xuan Xia, so as to join forces against Luo Li. It was a good idea.

The people standing outside the house heard a woman's voice like a yellow bird coming from inside the stone temple.

Everyone listened to her and said: You have such a good idea, but it's a pity that Xuan Xia is the eldest princess of me, and she still came to marry Luo Li. But if Luo Liguo Jun is unwilling to make peace with my eldest princess Luo Li, then I, Chu Liansheng, will not be strong.

But if someone asks for it with sincerity, it is not impossible to agree. Marriage is the union of two countries, and so...

As a princess, I don't mind marrying the tribe and being the queen of the tribe.

As soon as Chu Liansheng's words fell, he heard a sparse sound of footsteps from far and near.

Then, she saw a man dressed in black, looking at her with burning eyes, the long sword in his hand gently slashing at the hemp rope that bound her, so fast that people couldn't see clearly. And seeing his flowing movements, he seemed to be done in one go, and he didn't have time to speak. She saw the man raise his eyebrows, and made an axe with the back of his hand, and slashed at the back of her neck.

She just remembered that the man had a good look. The other thing was that his strength was very heavy, and the back of her neck hurt very much.

***

After Yan Muqiu left that day, Mi Xiu received the news that the monarch had arrived in Huadu.

Huadu, as the pass at the junction of Luo Li and Xuanxia, was once a city that Xuanxia thought did not need to be fortified, just because it was easy to defend and difficult to attack. But when the opponent Gu Xinian was in the year, a plan was broken.

Since then, Huadu has become an important trading place for Luo Liguo, and many passing merchants would trade here and sell to other countries.

When Mi Xiu saw the king, it was already three o'clock in the unitary hour, and because Hwaseong was far to the south, it rained a lot.

The flower pavilion is small, and the pear blossoms are fragrant. Known here as Lizhuang, Mi Xiu wears a plain brocade robe, and his hair is tied up high with a light green belt. With an imperial sword at his waist, the whole person looks radiant.

Michau was taken by the guards to a flower hall and told him to wait there for a moment.

Sure enough, after a few moments.

He saw Gu Xinian walking out from behind the screen in a carved dragon black robe, and the green silk was only tied up at will. When he was about to make a salute, he was stopped by Gu Xinian raising his hand.

When he heard it, Gu Xinian said: Neither the court nor the inner palace, you don't have to salute. But outside the palace you have to call me, Childe. Do you understand?

He replied in a low voice: Gongzi should be notified in advance when he comes to Huadu, and his subordinates can arrange people to protect Gongzi.

But seeing Gu Xinian's sword eyebrows furrowed slightly, the corners of his mouth smiled. Dao: This gentleman is here for a secret visit, and you must not tell others.

There is another thing, I believe you also know that the old king of the Xiqiang tribe has been seriously ill for a long time, and his two two sons, one of them was imprisoned in the western suburbs. And the other is desperate to rescue his brother, and he also used the princess to threaten Benjun.

Benjun wants to see how they end up this time, Mi Xiu, you should know how big the crime of destroying the harmony is? So I decided that you would come forward and rescue the princess in three days.

Mi Xiu looked at this monarch who would change his mind from time to time, and was a little speechless for a moment. Sometimes the monarch will tell the truth, and other times the monarch will be a joke. But fortunately, there is still a little caution in dealing with social issues.

But three days later, that was not the case.

After Mi Xiu arrived at the location with the armored cavalry, he spent a lot of time outside the temple. Until they didn't agree with each other, they fought directly.

What Mixiu didn't expect was that the combat effectiveness of Qiang Ruo and his entourage was not weak at all, and they were better than his brother Qiang Fu. In the end, Qiang Ruo found out that something was wrong and shouted to stop, until he found out that the princess was lost, and he didn't know why Mi Xiu kept fighting.

Qiang Ruo looked at Mi Xiu with a little anger and laughed angrily. Dao: Hmph! Gu Xinian's trick was used so well, I was deceived by him.

Mi Xiu, you go back and tell Gu Xinian. It's better to kill Qiang Fu, otherwise he will die in your western suburbs one day, don't blame me for not reminding you.