The delicate thoughts in the eyes. After some careful consideration, she finally nodded and agreed: "Your Excellency, please take a step to speak." As he spoke, his gaze swept over the members of the various clans around him, Ling Yue comprehended, turned around and led her to a clearing not far away. The Duke watched worriedly, the expression on Ling Yue's face kept changing, sometimes surprised, sometimes contemplative, the Duke speculated in his heart, but he couldn't guess what he was thinking, which made him even more uneasy. He heard the whispers of the team members around him, and subconsciously looked back, and they immediately pretended to be nothing, but as soon as the duke's eyes turned away, they began to talk again.

Soon, Ling Yue returned. He pulled the Duke aside, tried his best to suppress the worry in his tone, and said, "Something happened, Qinglong took the woman to the palace, and the woman attempted to assassinate His Majesty, and His Majesty put her in prison. When the Blue Dragon robbed her and killed a royal paladin, His Majesty was furious, thinking that you had colluded with the elves to usurp the throne, and ...... It has been decided to declare war on the elves!" The Duke was shocked by this sudden turn of events, and he could not have imagined that such a thing would happen. He was silent for a long time, then turned around and walked outside the post station, Ling Yue took a step forward and grabbed him and asked, "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to see Your Majesty and stop him from declaring war on the elves. The Duke tried to break free of Ling Yue's grasp, but the other party grabbed him tighter.

"Let go of me!" cried the Duke furiously.

Ling Yue shook her head and persuaded bitterly: "You calm down, you can't go now, Your Majesty is angry, and if he doesn't catch Qinglong, he will definitely point all the fingers at you!" The Duke shook off Ling Yue violently and roared emotionally: "How can you let me calm down, if war breaks out." There will be another race war, and now in this situation there will be a war. Everything is in danger of destruction!" The duke's shout alarmed everyone, who looked at the two men in astonishment. It's like seeing a madman.

"You sober me up, remember who you are, nothing is a reason for you to indulge your impulses!" Ling Yue grabbed the Duke by the collar fiercely, and roared at the Duke in a fierce tone that no one present had ever seen. Perhaps it was the frightened gaze of the people around him that made him realize that he was too excited, Ling Yue glanced at the people around him, let go of the duke, lowered his head to ease his emotions, and said softly, "I'm sorry, but." Are you really too impulsive, do you know your responsibility now? You have to take everyone to find the magic stone to save our homeland. He put his hand on the duke's shoulder and said, "I believe that there must be villains behind the scenes, and if you go back now, you will only step into the trap they have set, and what awaits you is a dead end!"

"So what to do, we can't watch things develop. The duke, who was drunk by Ling Yue, gradually calmed down.

"I'll go back!"

The Duke grabbed Ling Yue's shoulder with a trembling hand in surprise, and shook his head in disagreement: "How can it be done." I can't let you put yourself in danger on my behalf!" Ling Yue's eyes flashed with a hint of high fighting spirit, and she replied confidently: "Don't worry, whether it is Your Majesty or those with ulterior motives. They are not yet bold enough to do anything to me, unless they want to be the enemy of the entire Holy Order. Duke, you can lead everyone forward in peace. I'll take care of everything. I'll find Qinglong and ask you about it. I'm sure Qinglong won't sit idly by and watch the war break out, and he will definitely try to contact me. Trust us. Duke, we will definitely eradicate the traitors and resolve the crisis, and you still have a long and dangerous road ahead, so take care!"

The Duke's eyes moistened slightly, as if it would be a life-and-death parting.

Ling Yue patted him on the shoulder, sent a confident and comforting look, turned to the female paladin, he looked around at the knights, and asked loudly, "You should have prepared a mount for me, right?"

The female paladin stepped forward, led her snow-white war horse to Ling Yue, and put the reins on her hands, Ling Yue smiled and asked, "This is your mount, I rode, what are you riding?" The female paladin said in a proud tone: "High Priest, please rest assured, I can run to escort you back." ”

Ling Yue took the reins with a smile, walked to the side of the horse and jumped up, impressing the knights with his agility, they thought that the high priest was just a weak man.

"What's your name?" said Ling Yue, riding on her horse and looking down at the paladin below.

"Back to the High Priest, my name is Xueqi. Xueqi generously introduced herself.

"Xueqi ......" Ling Yue silently read the name, her heart moved, her eyes swept over the calm face of the female knight, the kind of déjà vu perseverance just now and the inexplicable calm on her face now, made him feel more and more that he was not meeting her, but he did not easily show his heart, but sincerely sent a word of praise, Xue Qi humbly accepted the praise, but Ling Yue still saw a trace of imperceptible excitement in her expression.

"Come up, Xueqi!" Ling Yue's shout made Xueqi stunned for a moment, only to see him restrain the neighing war horse and say loudly: "Since you want to protect me, you can't stay too far away from me, so you have to come up." Xue Qi lowered her head and fell into hesitation, Ling Yue looked at her mind with a deep understanding, and asked sharply: "Why, in front of me, a saint who has dedicated everything to the goddess, do you still have to care about the difference between men and women?" Ling Yue looked at the duke, and the eyes of the two intertwined with an indescribable attachment and reluctance, this was probably the first real separation between them in more than thirty years, a separation with an uncertain future. Ling Yue turned to the crowd and shouted, "Sakura!"

Sakura hurried forward, walked under the horse, and heard Ling Yue's solemn admonition: "You and Kaede must take care of the duke, I will hand him over to you!" Sakura nodded solemnly, with a faint childish solemn expression, indicating that she felt the weight of the burden on her body.

"Take care, Duke, take care!" Lingyue galloped, and the knights followed, leaving in the dust under the duke's reluctant and worried gaze.

......

The heavy chains made a "clattering" sound, and the horn of the expedition resounded in the sky, echoing over the city of Eden. The heavy drawbridge kicked up a puff of smoke and dust, and the castle gates opened, and heavily armed knights roared out on iron-clad horses, breaking through the dust. Run to the West. The infantry that followed them lined up in a phalanx, running forward with neat steps. A sharp spear is held in his hand, and a sharp sword or an indestructible snow tomahawk hangs from his waist. Silver armor glittered in the sun. The archers followed the infantry with great ambition, their delicate longbows and quivers on their backs, marching in light formation. At the end were the priests, all of them with serious expressions, wrapped in black cloaks, and bowed their heads, with an air of awe that I don't know whether it was out of reverence for the gods or fear of war.

The drawbridge was re-raised, and everything was calm again, except for a faint mist of dust that had just passed by a large group of life.

"Are these also armies on the march?"

Ling Yue, who had just witnessed everything, asked. They had just arrived outside the city of Eden, where Lingyue would change horses and go to the royal city alone.

Xue Qi sat behind Ling Yue, poked her head out from the right to look at the smoke and dust that slowly dispersed, and explained: "Yes, these should be the last group, they are going to the valley mouth of the southern Normandeland on the border of Qiongyun, where His Majesty's army is gathering. ”

"Attacking the Elven Forest and fighting the Elves in the jungle is simply killing yourself!" Ling Yue gritted her teeth and sneered hatefully. It was like a desire to bite to death the man who offered advice to the king.

"It's Your Majesty's meaning, no one can change it......" Xue Qi looked at Ling Yue's back and sighed helplessly.

Ling Yue glanced back at her expression, and a confident smile came into her eyes. The unquestionable firm tone lifted Xue Qi's spirits: "Don't rush to conclusions, there are always miracles in this world!" He galloped to the bottom of the city, and the soldiers defending the city saw someone approaching. Immediately tense and shouted, "Who is it?"

"The war is not yet in progress. We're already all soldiers!" Ling Yue muttered to herself, looking up at the row of majestic soldiers standing at the head of the city. Xue Qi behind him shouted at the city: "I am Captain Xue Qi, this is the chief priest, open the city gate quickly!"

The drawbridge was lowered again, the city gate was opened, the soldiers lined up to greet him, Ling Yue galloped into the city, the horse team clashed in the streets, the panicked people avoided one after another, Ling Yue didn't care so much at this time, and ran straight to the town hall square, without waiting for the horses to stop, turned over, Xue Qi and the knights also hurriedly reined in the war horses and jumped down.

"Prepare a good horse for me immediately, I will go to see Your Majesty as soon as possible!" Ling Yue's tone was urgent, and Xue Qi immediately agreed, and went to the stable with the knights with her, and personally selected a horse for Ling Yue.

"Wait a minute," Ling Yue looked at Xue Qi's back and suddenly said, Xue Qi turned back curiously, and found that he was looking at him with an inquiring gaze, he asked, "Miss Xue Qi, we have met before, right?" A "Miss" stirred up waves in her heart, she stared into his eyes, the eyes that flashed with excitement and emotion clearly said, I know you, I recognize you. She calmly lowered her head and said noncommittally, "Maybe." After saying that, he turned around and left in a hurry. Ling Yue silently looked at her departing back, the doubts in his heart were still unsolved, he seemed to be close to the answer just now, but it flashed and failed to grasp it.

Ling Yue couldn't concentrate on the noisy sounds around her, and there were busy figures everywhere, knights, foot soldiers, priests and people, and people in the town hall square were panicking, people were like ants on a hot pot, worried about the upcoming war, Ling Yue couldn't help but shake her head.

A hand lightly rested on the shoulder of the chief priest, Ling Yue turned around and saw a familiar face, and couldn't help but be surprised and delighted.

"Kaede, why are you here?"

Feng Ling said solemnly: "Dear High Priest, I have come to help you on the orders of His Excellency the Duke. I had just returned to the post station with someone after shopping for necessities, and I got the news that you were leaving. The Duke didn't worry about you going back alone, so I asked me to escort you, but fortunately I caught up. He looked around uneasily, and asked in a worried whisper, "What is going on?" I see that the whole city is panicked, how can it be that before our decisive battle with Mondderek V?"

One sentence made Ling Yue's heart even more wreckant, once the flames of war broke out, it would be ruined, wasn't this exactly what he and the Duke were worried about? He was about to tell Kaede what had happened, but there was a sharp neighing of a war horse behind him.

"High Priest, here comes the horse you wanted. Xue Qi led a tall horse with black and shiny fur and walked over, and offered the reins of the war horse with both hands, Ling Yue reached out and was about to take it, and her eyes inadvertently swept over Xue Qi's bare wrist - her gloves were taken off at some point, revealing a pair of smooth jade hands - the three circular scars on her right wrist made Ling Yue stand still like five thunderbolts, forgetting everything.

Xue Qi sensitively noticed the abnormality of the high priest, and immediately noticed her bare hand, she panicked and withdrew her right hand, hiding behind her, this move to cover up confirmed Ling Yue's guess, this girl was not so flustered when she found out that she had offended Ling Yue before, but now she was flustered and couldn't help herself, all kinds of performances made Ling Yue not believe that this was just a coincidence.

Time was pressing, Ling Yue had no time to stay at this time, Xueqi's avoidance made him understand that things could not be explained in a few words, he didn't say anything, pretended to inspect the horses, and resolved the embarrassment.

"Is there anything else you need to prepare, if not, let's go now!" Feng Ling said to Ling Yue as she took her horse by the hand.

"Are you going too?" Ling Yue asked, looking at him in surprise.

Feng looked at him puzzled and said, "Of course, I told you just now, the Duke asked me to help you, of course I want to go back with you!"

Ling Yue was silent for a while, he didn't pay attention to Kaede's words when he was distraught just now, but now, he felt a little uneasy, Kaede's departure would leave the Duke without anyone around him who could discuss countermeasures, and once something happened, he could only bear it independently. But at this moment, he can't let Kaede go back, and it can be seen from Edin's situation that the development of events is beyond his imagination, and he also needs a right-hand man. In desperation, Ling Yue stepped on the saddle and got on the horse, glanced at Xue Qi meaningfully, turned the horse's head and ran towards the city gate with Feng.

"Please wait!" Xue Qi's shout behind her made Ling Yue's heart tighten, and she hurriedly reined in the horse's head and looked back at her.

"Take care all the way!" she looked at him with eager eyes, her concern overflowing. Ling Yue couldn't help but feel a little sour, but he didn't have time to be sad, cheered up, showed his signature smile, and nodded in response: "You too, Miss Xueqi!" His gaze glanced at her right hand hidden behind her, she seemed to be aware of his gaze, and subconsciously retracted her hand back, but he had already left with Feng Zongma. (To be continued......)