Subsequently, Nangong Yulin and Meng Jiu followed the two big men to Qinghe City.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the city, Ji Xiaoyao, the city lord of Lonely Night City, came to greet him in person.

"In Xia Nai Lonely Night City Lord Ji Xiaoyao, I have seen Her Royal Highness the Princess!" Ji Xiaoyao said respectfully.

Nangong Yulin snorted unhappily and scolded: "City Lord Ji, this palace has been following the map you gave, but it almost died in this desert!"

"This desert road is not easy to find, it is not arranged well enough, the princess suffered, and the princess was asked to surrender," Ji Xiaoyao said, "By the way, princess, why don't you see your personal maid?"

"We didn't have enough water and dry food for the past two days, so we had to give her up first. Nangong Yulin explained, "Why did City Lord Ji ask about her?"

"I'm just asking casually. Ji Xiaoyao said thoughtfully.

Afterwards, Ji Xiaoyao welcomed Nangong Yulin and Meng Jiu into an abandoned house in the city, where they were served with grape wine, bacon and pancakes.

Originally, Ji Xiaoyao wanted the two of them to go on the road after they had eaten and drunk, so that they could leave Qinghe City and return to Lonely Night City as soon as possible.

But Nangong Yulin claimed that he had suffered a lot in the past few days, and he had not slept a good night, so he insisted on taking a nap.

Seeing that she was harsh on herself when she first met, Ji Xiaoyao thought she was a cruel and harsh princess, so she could only let her.

In fact, Nangong Yulin just wanted to delay for a while according to the countermeasures discussed with Ye Fei.

Ji Xiaoyao found a blanket and spread it on the dusty wooden bed, which was already the best condition he could provide.

After gently closing the door of the room, Meng Jiu stood at the door guarding Nangong Yulin.

In addition to him, there were hundreds of soldiers from Lonely Night City around.

Not long after, Ji Xiaoyao came to Meng Jiu with a small jar of wine, and after delivering the wine to Meng Jiu, he smiled and said, "The general is Meng Jiu, the famous genius of the past year, right?"

"The city lord smiled!" Meng Jiu said expressionlessly.

"I wonder if I can take a step to speak?" Ji Xiaoyao asked.

Meng Jiu shook his head, "It's really hard to agree, I must guard the princess every step of the way." “

"Rest assured, with so many soldiers guarding the princess, nothing will happen to her. Ji Xiaoyao said, "If the general can't rest assured that we can't stop us, there is no need, if we really want to do something to the princess, I guess Your Excellency can't stop it on your own." ”

Hearing this, Meng Jiu's face turned pale. After thinking about it again, he finally chose to leave with Ji Xiaoyao.

Walking on the street of Qinghe City flooded with yellow sand, Ji Xiaoyao said to Meng Jiu on the side: "Since they are all from the rivers and lakes, then in private, I still call the general a young hero." ”

"It's okay!" Meng Jiu said coldly, looking at the abandoned houses on the street, he couldn't help but think of the once prosperous scene of Qinghe City in his mind.

"Can the young man know why Ji personally led his troops to rescue Her Royal Highness the Princess?" Ji Xiaoyao asked Meng Jiu.

Meng Jiu was stunned for a moment, wondering if Ji Xiaoyao was testing him when he said this, and only after thinking about it did he say, "Didn't the three princes of Northern Liao send the city lord here?"

"That's right," Ji Xiaoyao nodded, "It's not a secret, in addition to rescuing the princess, the third prince wants Ji to do another thing." ”

Seeing that Meng Jiu didn't respond for a long time, Ji Xiaoyao said, "Don't you want to know what is going on?"

"If the city lord wants to say it, he will say it directly. ”

Ji Xiaoyao smiled awkwardly, and said, "The third prince also wants Ji to kill the young man." ”

Meng Jiu's eyes shot a fine light, and he immediately stopped.

"Why?" he asked Ji Xiaoyao.

Ji Xiaoyao grinned, "I don't know, maybe the third prince heard some rumors and had a misunderstanding." ”

Meng Jiu looked like a wooden man, and continued to move forward without saying anything.

Looking at his back, Ji Xiaoyao was displeased. He had already heard that Meng Jiu was a person who was not good at talking, but he didn't expect it to be so silent.

Ji promised the third prince that he would kill the young man after receiving the princess. But Shaoxia is a once-in-a-century genius, unfortunately Ji is a person who cherishes talents, if Shaoxia is used by Ji in the future, Ji will not only leave Shaoxia's life, but also glory and wealth will not lose Shaoxia. Ji Xiaoyao sent an invitation to Meng Jiu.

"In other words, if you don't obey, City Lord Ji will kill you?" Meng Jiu asked.

Ji Xiaoyao nodded, then shook his head, "What Shaoxia said is right, however, this matter is not urgent, Shaoxia only needs to give me an answer before returning to Lonely Night City." ”

Subsequently, seeing that Meng Jiu didn't care much about himself, Ji Xiaoyao didn't bother to talk to him. After walking down the street for a while, the two returned to the house.

At the door, Nangong Yulin was furious, and when she saw Meng Jiu and Ji Xiaoyao returning, she walked up to the two of them angrily and said, "General Meng, who allowed you to stay away from the palace?"

"The last general will be guilty!" Meng Jiu hugged his fists.

Ji Xiaoyao smiled and said, "If Her Royal Highness the princess wants to blame, blame it, and you have to drag General Meng around." ”

Nangong Yulin snorted angrily and glared at Ji Xiaoyao fiercely.

"Now that the princess has rested enough, let's get up and go back to Lonely Night City. Ji Xiaoyao ordered.

"The palace hasn't rested at all, and has been looking for General Meng!"

"Princess, it's not too early, you have to go, otherwise you won't be able to reach the Moon Reflecting Spring tonight. If you can't get to Yingyue Spring, you can only spend the night in the desert, I'm used to it, but the princess can't stand this suffering. ”

"Okay then!" Nangong Yulin agreed. She knew in her heart that if she continued like this, she was afraid that Ji Xiaoyao would turn her face, there was no need to toast or drink the penalty wine, at least so far Ji Xiaoyao was polite to herself.

......

On a sand dune in the south of Qinghe City, watching the people of Lonely Night City pour out of Qinghe City like ants, Ye Fei on horseback attached to Gu Lianshuang's ear and said, "They have already left the city, I don't know when the people of the Fire Sect will catch up!"

After that, the two of them rode horses and followed behind the people of Lonely Night City.

When night fell, the people of Lonely Night City rushed to the Moon Reflecting Spring. As soon as they reached the river, the soldiers of Lone Night City immediately dismounted and led their horses to the spring to drink.

Ye Fei and Gu Lianshuang hid on a sand dune in the distance, watching bonfires rise and tents set up on the edge of the spring.

Ye Fei pulled out the plug of the water bladder, and fed Gu Lianshuang water in his arms before it was his turn.

"This person from the Fire Sect should have arrived soon, right?" Ye Fei guessed.

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a movement coming from the east.

He immediately looked to the east, and in the moonlight, he saw that on the arched sand dunes, shadows melted into one, rushing up to the top of the dunes like a black tide, and pouring down like a flood to the Moon Reflecting Spring.

"The people from the Fire Sect are here!" Ye Fei said.

Countless fiery bows and arrows shot out from the crowd of men and horses galloping through the night sky, and landed at the camp of the Lonely Night City.