Chapter Seventy-Six: The Princess Is Missing
Bai Xiyue didn't speak, and went down the city tower without stopping, the city gate was very heavy, and it had to be opened by more than a dozen strong men with ropes, and they only opened a small gap, just enough for Bai Xiyue to get out.
After she went out, they still pulled the rope so that she could come back safely after a while, Biyu stood on the city tower and hooked the corners of her mouth, her eyes were full of conspiracy, but unfortunately no one found out.
Bai Xiyue was wearing a black armor, plus she was relatively small, it was difficult to be discovered, when the bandits found that the drawbridge began to fall, they immediately rushed forward, and they were ready to attack it, but when the bridge was about to descend to the bottom, it suddenly stopped, and this distance was simply out of reach.
They raised their torches, and then they saw Bai Xiyue's figure clearly, this time it made the bandit leader angry, and even if their newly acquired weapons were destroyed, the drawbridge that was finally lowered was still stuck in mid-air, and they shot arrows without saying a word.
Seeing this, Gu Xiu also ordered people to continue shooting rockets. In this way, the two waves of people began to compete, fortunately, Bai Xiyue had already arrived in front of the switch of the suspension bridge, she only needed to pull the stake down now, and the task was completed, she hid behind the shield, stretched out her hand, and pressed down hard, and the suspension bridge slowly began to rise, just when the soldiers on the city wall were relieved.
Seeing this, the bandits immediately took a short ladder and climbed onto the drawbridge and crossed the protective line directly.
Seeing this, Gu Xiu immediately looked at Jasper, his expression was stern, and his eyes were full of questions, "Isn't it the equipment you checked today, what's going on with this suspension bridge, didn't you even find out." ”
His successive questions did not make Biyu panic, she had already thought of a countermeasure, "It was obviously good during today's inspection, and many people were watching it at the time, it must be Bai Xiyue, maybe she colluded with those bandits to deliberately put down the drawbridge." ”
Gu Xiu was not in the mood to listen to her explanation, she immediately ordered someone to open the city gate, signaling Bai Xiyue to come back quickly, as for the bandits, even if they crossed the suspension bridge, they would not be able to break through the city.
Bai Zelai stood at the gate of the city, it saw those people rushing over, and ran to Bai Xiyue worriedly, Jasper has been observing the movement of the city gate, just when everyone pulled the rope, she inadvertently threw a dart over, and cut the rope so easily, she almost screamed happily.
You must know that she usually doesn't use hidden weapons, but today can be said to be a success, which can make her unhappy.
Without the pull of the rope, the city gate was closed in an instant, the rope was broken into two, there was no way to open the city gate in a short time, Bai Xiyue also saw this situation, she looked up at the city wall, obviously it was so dark that she couldn't see anything, but she could feel the smug gaze of Jasper.
Her instincts told her that this must have something to do with Jasper, but there was no time to think about it now, and the bandits had already rushed towards her.
Bai Xiyue didn't come in, and the city gate couldn't be pulled, so Gu Xiu could only transfer a team of archers to protect them remotely, but this couldn't solve the problem at all, and on the other side, a team of soldiers was climbing up to the city gate to tie ropes.
Seeing so many people rushing over, she didn't panic, but hugged Bai Ze tightly and took out the sword she was carrying, although this sword was not as good as the cold ice sword, it was not allowed for him to be picky at the moment.
She couldn't stay here as a live target all the time, and according to her previous observation of the terrain, there was a mountain on the left, and another hill on the right where the bandits had gathered, so she immediately ran to the left.
Originally, the target of the bandits was not a small soldier, and the bandits who led the team only shot seven or eight people to chase her, and the others still concentrated on attacking the city.
The gate was finally opened, and just when the bandits thought they were going to win, a group of well-equipped troops came out of the gate, and they entered the battle without saying a word.
After Ye Han received the tip, he immediately rushed back, Gu Yichen naturally also received a secret letter, it happened suddenly, and when they arrived, there was only a mess left.
Lin Zi'an heard the news, couldn't sit still and followed, they entered the barracks from the city gate on the other side, and as soon as they got out of the carriage, he was anxious to ask Gu Xiu about Bai Xiyue's safety.
Gu Xiu didn't know Bai Xiyue's identity, he saw that Lin Zi'an was so anxious, and thought it was his sweetheart, so he said with an embarrassed face: "Bai Xiyue was mistakenly locked outside the city gate, and her whereabouts are unknown. Then he comforted, "Zi'an, you don't have to worry too much, I have already sent someone to look for it, your wife Jiren has her own natural appearance, and she will be safe." ”
His words were just heard by Gu Yichen and Ye Han, who came in, and both of them were stunned for a moment, but Ye Han asked first: "Whose wife, who are you talking about?" ”
Gu Xiu hadn't replied yet. Lin Zi'an immediately said: "General Gu is mistaken, Xiyue is not my wife, but your princess." ”
"King, Princess!"
Both of them had expressions of disbelief, Ye Han thought that if she was the princess, the rumors some time ago seemed to be false, although he had never believed it, but now that there is solid evidence, no one else can say anything if he thinks about it.
Gu Xiu's idea was that a woman who was a princess was willing to come to this military camp to endure hardships, and then thought that with the disappearance of the princess, the prince might not let the military camp be peaceful.
Sure enough, Gu Yichen wanted to go to the battlefield last night to see in person, several people arrived all the way to the main gate, when they arrived, Biyu was leading people to clean the battlefield, what she saw first was not General Ye who was in her heart, but the man who was sitting in a wheelchair and was not angry, she was just stunned for a moment, and hurriedly saluted.
Although she had never met the Regent, the mask and the wrench on his hand represented his identity.
Gu Yichen ignored her, and just let Dark Six go around, but Gu Xiu asked, "Have you found someone?" ”
Biyu heard him ask, and said with a reluctant face: "We have all searched here, and there is no figure of her in life and death, if she is not a deserter, she is captured by bandits." ”
Qi Wen also echoed on the side: "General Gu, what do you care about her so much, she is such a woman, she just happened to die, and it can be regarded as a good thing." ”
As soon as she spoke, the faces of the other people changed, Lin Zi'an just wanted to speak, Gu Yichen spoke first, he looked at Biyu, and asked seemingly casually, "What do you say about her." ”
Seeing that the prince had accosted her, Biyu was so happy that she hurriedly replied: "That person named Bai Xiyue is not a woman of peace, her subordinates have heard that she has already been married in Yuancheng, but she still seduces other people's husbands." ”
After she finished speaking, she said a little deliberately: "We, the women in the barracks, would never do such a thing. After speaking, she deliberately glanced at Ye Han, only to see him shake his head gently at her, signaling her to stop talking, but unfortunately she didn't understand.
"Yes, Lord Wang, don't you know, after that woman came, she was still restless, seducing the soldiers in the barracks everywhere, and letting everyone revolve around her." Qi Wen also fell into the well on the side.
Gu Yichen was already unhappy to the extreme, she wanted Bai Xiyue to grow, instead of sending them to bully, the idea of deciding to build a women's soldier at the beginning seemed to be inconsiderate now.
"And ,,,"
"Shut up!" Lin Zi'an really couldn't listen to it anymore, and immediately stopped them.
"Tie them up and hang them in the center of the barracks, they are not allowed to drink or eat, they cannot find the princess, and you will be punished together!" Gu Yichen said coldly.
Ye Han ordered someone to go, and the two of them didn't know what they had done to make the prince angry, so they just blindly knelt down and kowtowed, begging for mercy.
"General Ye, save me, what did I do wrong!" Biyu was already crying in a panic, she grabbed Ye Han's sleeve and refused to give in, and Qi Wen was also stupid.
"If you do something wrong, your mistake is to be disrespectful to the princess and talk about it behind your back." Ye Han shook her off.
Jasper didn't take precautions and fell to the ground, she muttered, "Princess, what princess," and then seemed to come back to her senses, her eyes widened in disbelief, "No, no, no! She couldn't be the princess, how could she be. ”
The other soldiers and women were all stunned when they heard this, the woman they had been talking about and humiliating for a long time. turned out to be the princess regent who was high up, and those who were thieves at the moment were all afraid.
Gu Yichen didn't have time to entangle with them, so he left Gu Xiu to deal with it, and continued to check the battlefield, because it had been cleaned up before he came, and there were only traces of fire and blood on the ground, and he had already heard about the situation on the way here.
So he went directly to the switch, which had already been destroyed, he walked around, and unexpectedly saw a white porcelain bottle not far away, he stepped forward, picked it up, and immediately concluded that it was Bai Xiyue's.
Lin Zi'an also saw the porcelain vase, and he didn't need to look carefully at all to conclude that it was Bai Xiyue's thing, because this bottle was the meeting gift he gave when he first apprenticed, a complete set of special porcelain vases, only a little red at the bottom, so it was easy to recognize.
"Let people search along this road, and no trace can be missed." Gu Yichen instructed Dark Six.
"I'll go too." Lin Zi'an also followed. Although the dark one was in a hurry, he still stayed with his master.
Ye Han was very anxious and sent someone to look for her, but her anxiety was only to treat Bai Xiyue as her sister, and now she was even more loved by the princess.
Soon they made a new discovery, not far from the city gate, found the body of a bandit, this is not the center of the battlefield at all, let alone the preferred route of retreat, then it can only be said that he was chasing someone, killed.
The group immediately followed the direction of the corpse, and found two more in front of them, and after examination, it was determined that they were the same as the first person, who had died of poisoning, and Dark Six found a thin silver needle on his thigh.
Lin Zi'an and Gu Yichen glanced at each other, and they didn't need to say it explicitly, they knew whose it was.
The two of them were a little relieved, these all represented Bai Xiyue's peace, but they continued to see bloodstains, the red and glamorous blood, some of which pierced Gu Yichen's eyes.