CHAPTER XXIII—The Separation

"However, tomorrow there will only be more guards and fewer guards!" Xia Qing deliberately reminded Feng Baiyi, compared to Feng Baiyi, she still knows He Yu better, He Yu is definitely not a simple character. If he was really as scheming as Feng Baiyi said, he should be able to expect that someone would come to Jiang Yuexue's rescue.

Feng Baiyi also probably guessed this possibility, and his face also showed a sad expression. Xia Qing was also struggling with how to rescue Jiang Yuexue easily. At the same time, it will not attract too many guards from the East Gate.

"Let's take a look first. Feng Baiyi and Xia Qing reached a consensus, anyway, the two of them have practiced the magical ability of the instrument soul since childhood, so that the physical strength of the two of them is different from ordinary people. I didn't feel anything unusual at all if I didn't rest for a night or two.

As time passed, the three guards guarding the eastern gate had begun to yawn, and they were not as straight as they had been at the beginning, with a mist in their eyes. Feng Baiyi and Xia Qing observed carefully, the three guards guarding the east gate of the city were almost about to change shifts, so they were not very serious.

At this moment, when the time was approaching, Feng Baiyi and Xia Qing continued to squat in the grass and continue to observe. After a short time, I saw the three guards yawning and walking in from outside the city gate, and the three new guards had not yet come up to change shifts. At this time, there were no soldiers guarding the first Xiongguan of Qi outside the eastern border, although the gate of this Xiongguan was only open to the side of Qi, and the gate towards the closed side of the country was closed all year round. But not seeing it with their own eyes, Feng Baiyi and Xia Qing couldn't believe this fact.

"Senior brother, let's take this opportunity to go in quickly," Xia Qing saw that there was not a single guard guarding outside the city gate, and she hurriedly proposed to Feng Baiyi beside her.

Feng Baiyi's eyes were slightly stunned, it was indeed a great opportunity for the two of them who didn't want to reveal their true intentions and identities. But Feng Baiyi thought about it again, and still felt that it was not too late to wait for another hour, and wait until the ugly time to change shifts. Xia Qing thought about it, but still agreed to Feng Baiyi's proposal.

However, in this hour when there was nothing to do, Feng Baiyi's Wind Feather Fan and Xia Qing's Meteor Wheel were also taken out of their arms, and for them, the only thing they could do in this hour was to prepare for battle.

"Senior brother, I've never wondered, why did the master keep brutally killing innocent people when he was cultivating the soul of the instrument?" Xia Qing had no parents since she was a child, and for her, her master was her biological parents, so Xia Qing never suspected any of Shi Baoquan's actions, the only thing was to kill innocents indiscriminately to make Xia Qing have a pimple in his heart.

Feng Baiyi knew that her junior sister had been enthusiastic since she was a child, so she was particularly unaccustomed to Shi Baoquan's bullying and indiscriminate killing of innocents. If it weren't for Xia Qing's special respect for his master since he was a child, I'm afraid there would be a greater gap between them. Even so, in the days that followed, until Xia Qing was taken away by a team of golden-armored cavalry, she could not forgive her master for such an act. At that time, they didn't know that Shi Baoquan had passed away.

Xia Qing's question seemed to pull Feng Baiyi's thoughts back to the past all of a sudden, and it seemed that only Xia Qing and Shi Baoquan existed in his memory. "I've heard Master say two things in passing, and he would never mention anything about the soul. However, once when he was drunk, Master inadvertently mentioned his remorse for cultivating the ultimate instrument soul and killing innocent people indiscriminately. He said that it was because of this that he not only lost an apprentice, but also lost the only person he had paid for so many years without regrets. ”

"Ah, did Master really meet someone who made him pay without regrets?" Xia Qing's big eyes flashed with disbelief. "However, my uncle clearly told me that it is unbelievable that this woman exists, because she has never appeared in Master's life at all!"

Feng Baiyi shook his head, he felt as if he had lost some of his memories, he had no impression of these things at all. That's why he couldn't remember seeing that "uncle" at all. Feng Baiyi knocked his head helplessly, Xia Qing looked at Feng Baiyi's appearance, knowing that he didn't want to mention these things. So she didn't speak, and the two of them continued to wait outside the East Gate for the next hour of shift.

Time passed quite quickly, and not long after, when Feng Baiyi was still studying the wind feather fan in his hand, a crisp and deliberately suppressed voice came from his side: "Senior brother, look, this time the shift is changing again!" Feng Baiyi raised his gaze, Xia Qing's delicate body was observing the city gate of the East Linguan through the gap in the grass.

"Is it?so fast?" Feng Baiyi was quite strange, he also stood up and walked to Xia Qing's side, Xia Qing gave way to the right and gave Feng Baiyi a gap, Feng Baiyi's eyes looked through the gap outside the city gate of the east gate, and sure enough, the three guards guarding the city gate yawned again and went back to replace the next group of guards. This proved the original conjecture of Feng Baiyi and Xia Qing. Sure enough, these guards change shifts regularly.

"Let's go in quickly!" Xia Qing had been worried about Jiang Yuexue's comfort, so after she confirmed the fact that there was a regular shift change, she hurriedly begged Feng Baiyi beside her.

Feng Baiyi also felt that now was an opportunity, so he gently put the wind feather fan in his hand back into his arms. Pulling Xia Qing, the two of them lurked all the way into the interior of Donglinguan from the grass near Donglinguan. Feng Baiyi was in front and Xia Qing was behind, and the two of them walked directly through the city gate, and there was no one to stop their actions at all.

The streets in the east of the city were even quieter than the two of them imagined, and the streets under the cover of night were extraordinarily quiet, and even faintly gloomy. Feng Baiyi frowned and stared around, unconsciously feeling a sense of foreboding.

"There won't be an ambush" Xia Qing seemed to feel the faint murderous intent coming from her surroundings, so her vigilant gaze swept around, and at the same time she also asked Feng Baiyi, who was standing in front of her and stopped.

Feng Baiyi pointed to the passage to the city tower in front of them, and comforted him in a low voice: "It's okay, let's go up and see Jiang Yuexue's situation first." No, I don't believe the guys here can stop us. ”

Xia Qing thought about it, they were still very confident in their own strength. So the two of them walked lightly to the edge of the city tower to provide up and down the passage near the entrance, and found that the torch here had been extinguished, when Xia Qing and Feng Baiyi stepped on the city tower, they were shocked by what they saw.

The towers were deserted, not even the soldiers guarding them or the torches that were lit. When the two of them walked to the flagpole where they had discussed the rescue method for a long time, they only saw Jiang Yuexue, a girl in white who was tied there and stuffed with cotton in her mouth, and her white clothes were fluttering in the wind, looking particularly desolate.

Xia Qing hurriedly rushed up to untie Jiang Yuexue, while Feng Baiyi took a closer look around the city tower, and he didn't find any soldiers. This made him feel very strange, could it be that the first Xiongguan of Qi State, the East Linguan that stretches for several miles, is not garrisoned by any soldiers?

Feng Baiyi was about to go down to the city to find out, but as soon as he walked down the city tower, a lifeless voice came from behind him, "You don't have to look for it, they are not here." He Yu opened the gate leading to the feudal kingdom a day ago, and forcibly escorted all the people in the city to the territory of the feudal kingdom. And I continued to tie me alone to the East Gate to deceive outsiders. ”

"Do you think I'll believe you?" Feng Baiyi didn't believe it very much, he didn't have a good impression of this Jiang Yuexue, he just didn't react before, and was confused by Jiang Yuexue's cute appearance for a while. But now, Feng Baiyi secretly told himself that he would not be deceived by Jiang Yuexue again.

Xia Qing looked at Feng Baiyi and Jiang Yuexue suspiciously, and for some reason, Xia Qing suddenly felt that the two of them knew each other. "Senior brother, why did you say that?"

Feng Baiyi sneered slightly, but did not speak, he turned his head and walked slowly down the city tower. Jiang Yuexue's gaze wandered, her face was lifeless, and she didn't speak again when she saw that Feng Baiyi didn't believe it.

Xia Qing was a little confused by the conversation between Feng Baiyi and Jiang Yuexue, and she saw that Feng Baiyi didn't listen to Jiang Yuexue at all. Xia Qing helped Jiang Yuexue gently rub her hands and feet that had been tied up for a long time and lost their blood, Xia Qing asked curiously: "Xiaoxue, did you and my senior brother know each other before?"

Jiang Yuexue's eyes were hollow, and her gaze wandered. However, she grabbed Xia Qing's hand and muttered: "Sister Xia Qing, I don't want to lie to you, let me tell you the truth, I am a descendant of the Ming clan and the daughter of the chief of the Ming clan in the previous generation." When the Ming clan was exterminated, my parents secretly sent me out to save my life, I was only six or seven years old at the time, and I didn't know how to take revenge. It was Uncle He Yu who took me out of the mountains and came to Donglinguan, where I existed as the saint of the Ming clan. Uncle He Yu may promise that he will help me revitalize the Ming clan and establish our own 'Bright Moon Heavenly Kingdom'. ”

Jiang Yuexue was very calm when she spoke, and she didn't make many movements, but Xia Qing couldn't sit still. Her voice trembled a little, "So, what you told me before was false?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lie to you" Jiang Yuexue lowered her head with a hint of shame, and her voice became even more inaudible. "I know I'm sorry for you, but now I have nothing. If you want to take my life, do it, and I will not complain. Jiang Yuexue broke free of Xia Qing's hands, walked to the edge of the city wall and turned her back to Xia Qing, her voice returned to indifference.

Xia Qing shook his head angrily and funny, then walked behind Jiang Yuexue and said softly: "I don't blame you, I just want you to go with us, you are now homeless." ”

Jiang Yuexue's gaze suddenly changed color, and she turned her head in disbelief, "Sister Xia Qing, you really don't blame me?"

Xia Qing nodded, took the initiative to take Jiang Yuexue's hand, and the two of them walked down the city tower in the east of the pass hand in hand and came to the city gate. Feng Baiyi had already stood in front of the gate of the east gate leading to the feudal country, and he didn't know what to think there.

"Senior brother, what are you looking at there?" Xia Qing took Jiang Yuexue and walked behind Feng Baiyi, her crisp and beautiful voice made Feng Baiyi turn around, but heard Feng Baiyi let out a long sigh.

"Hey, maybe He Yu and they really went to the feudal country, if this is the case, the armistice policy between our Qi country and the feudal country is very likely to lose its meaning. Feng Baiyi's voice trembled slightly, and the expression on his face was quite helpless.