A group of several hundred people set off from Tan Guo, which was the welcoming mission sent by the prince of Tan Guo to Shan Guo.

In charge of the task of welcoming and defending the relatives was General Ma Bing, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, who saw that Ma Bing riding a big horse sometimes appeared at the front of the team, and sometimes returned to the end of the team, patrolling all the way, he wanted to make sure that nothing went wrong along the way. Piao Ling'er also rode a white horse at the front of the team, and Ji Xiaoguang followed closely behind her.

The team walked to the valley where the two countries meet, and Ji Bu not only looked up at the top, but saw that the valley was concave, small at the top and large at the bottom.

If the enemy is in ambush above, it will be difficult for those below to escape in one piece. He reminded Ling'er to pay attention to safety, saying that if someone throws boulders, fireballs, or arrows on the mountain, the road ahead will be blocked, and if they are intercepted at the beginning and end of the line, everyone will be more than lucky.

"Stay safe, go treacherous, and be careful when crossing the perilous terrain ahead. General Ma Bing shouted. As soon as the words fell, a large number of boulders rolled down the mountain, and the people in the team began to get nervous.

"Don't go back, just move forward. Ma Bing began to give orders: "Retreat is death, pay attention to avoid the boulder." "Even though everyone was careful, many horses and people were killed by boulders, and the others were terrified when they saw the corpses, and the team was about to fall into chaos. If you fall into chaos and encounter the enemy intercepting both ends, it will be very passive, and there is a risk of being killed at any time.

"Don't panic, don't mess up, listen to my orders, and stop moving forward for the time being. General Ma shouted loudly: "Leave more than 20 people to protect the carriage and those who don't know kung fu, and don't let the enemy approach easily." Everyone else comes with me. As he spoke, General Ma kicked his legs up on the horse in turn, and soon he rose to the top of the mountain, and the rest of the people also jumped into the air, like a group of monkeys. I could only hear the sound of swords and swords on the top of the mountain, and from time to time someone shouted 'ouch' and fell down, and it was not clear which side of the dead was for a while.

And at the bottom of the valley, a group of men and horses in front and behind touched it. Dozens of people below rushed over to fight, and after a fierce killing, most of the opponents were killed and wounded, and there were few of their own people left. Ji Xiaoguang began to get nervous, he was worried about himself and Ling'er, so he jumped on Ling'er's horse from his horse, holding her with one hand and the reins with the other, wanting to take her to break through the crowd and break out.

Arrows flew towards Ji Xiaoguang, he held Piao Ling'er, sometimes bowing his head, sometimes turning sideways, sometimes falling backwards, sometimes forward. They dodged countless arrows that were shot at them, but Baimi always missed, Ji Xiaoguang only heard the arrows whistling in his ears, and one of them shot him, and he fell off his horse in pain.

As soon as Piao Ling'er turned around and shouted "Xiaoguang", someone rushed over with a big knife and slashed at her. At this critical moment, Ji Xiaoguang had no time to remind Piao Ling'er to be careful, but bounced with all his strength, pounced on Ling'er, picked her off the uncontrolled horse, and the two fell to the ground together. Seeing this, the man with the knife came at the two of them again. He took a step, and the two of them took a difficult step back, because Ji Xiaoguang was injured, the speed of movement was not at all comparable to the walking speed of the person carrying the knife. Seeing that at this critical juncture, Ji Xiaoguang moved Drifting Ling'er behind him, and he no longer moved at this time. Seeing Ji Xiaoguang like this, Piao Ling'er's nervous heart rose to her throat, "Ji Xiaoguang, get out of the way." Ji Xiaoguang ignored her, closed his eyes, and raised his hands left and right.

Seeing this Ji Xiaoguang like this, the knife man stopped and stopped moving forward, and Piao Ling'er hugged Ji Xiaoguang and rested his head on his back.

I saw that Ji Xiaoguang's surroundings were slowly surrounded by a cloud of purple gas, and the gas began to thin out, and as Ji Xiaoguang's arm moved faster and faster, the gas became thicker and thicker. Soon after, they all slowly merged together, forming a dazzling purple light. Piao Ling'er leaned on Ji Xiaoguang's back, and gradually felt that the temperature on Ji Xiaoguang's body was getting higher and higher, and even a little hot later, she felt very surprised.

The man with the knife didn't dare to move at all, and stood there looking sluggish.

The purple qi in Ji Xiaoguang's body seemed to be about to rush out at this time, because his body could no longer hold it. If you can't hold it, you have to find a way to release it, and if you don't release it, the consequences will be very serious, because it will burn him to ashes. He couldn't control it anymore, slowed down the speed of his luck, and gradually turned his palm towards the knife bearer. With his wild cry, 'Ahhhhh......h When the others saw the fate of the knife-bearer, they were immediately frightened and stupid, and they scattered one after another, exhausted and exhausted.

Seeing Ji Xiaoguang like this, she understood. Once again, the energy of his physical strength gathered together, and it needed to be released at every critical moment. She stood up and walked in front of Ji Xiaoguang, wanting to give him a small reward, but when she approached Ji Xiaoguang again, her body was ejected a few feet away by the released things on Ji Xiaoguang's body, and she shouted 'ouch' in pain. Ji Xiaoguang saw that Piao Ling'er was ejected by himself, so he was so anxious that he quickly retracted his anger, ran over to help her up, and asked with concern: "What's wrong with you, Ling'er?" "What's wrong, it's all your fault, even I won't let it go." Although Piao Ling'er was angry with pain at this time, she was obviously coquettish. Ji Xiaoguang comforted: "Yes, yes, yes, it's not good for me." As he spoke, taking advantage of the residual heat of his body, he mustered up his strength and kissed Piao Ling'er's lips, and then said, "This is compensation." Seeing Ji Xiaoguang kissing herself so suddenly, Drifting Ling'er didn't react.

By the time she realized it, her face was already getting hot.

This time she didn't scold him, didn't say anything, just looked down at herself, as if she was reminiscing.

Seeing this, Ji Xiaoguang leaned over again and kissed him a few times in a row, and the kissing drifting Ling'er was dumbfounded. What's wrong with this Ji Xiaoguang today, she found that Ji Xiaoguang's appearance seemed to have changed again compared to yesterday, and he was not ten points but eight points more handsome than before. is so handsome, Ling'er who looks at it is full of joy.

As the enemies on the field were shocked by Ji Xiaoguang and ran away, the battle on the top of the mountain was over.

General Ma and the others jumped down after solving all the people above, and found that the bottom was also over, and they were deeply surprised to see that the loss on the scene was still within expectations. Because he felt that if it took too long to be at the top of the mountain, there would be a lot of casualties underneath. He began to count the number of people and said, "Everyone wait until their horses are recovered, and whoever is injured takes the horses and wagons, and goes on." ”

Not long after, the people and horses were re-aligned, looking at the formation, it was still relatively neat, General Ma seemed to be very satisfied, he turned his head to look at Ji Xiaoguang, nodded at him, and jumped on the horse and rode forward.

The team continued to walk forward, and when they were about to approach the capital of Shanguo, Ji Xiaoguang keenly noticed that there were many figures following around. Not good, there is an ambush again. General Ma also discovered this situation, and he commanded the team to speed up walking, not to slack off, and everyone must be vigilant.

About two feet away from the city gate, suddenly a large number of black-clothed people rushed out around the procession. Those people threw white dust at the marching people and horses, and for a moment the whole scene was confused, and it was impossible to see people clearly.

"Hold your breath in case it's toxic. General Ma shouted. Ji Xiaoguang kept pulling Piao Ling'er, and at this time he didn't dare to let go. With the previous experience and energy accumulation, Ji Xiaoguang sat on the horse and began to exercise one-handedly, and his body began to tumble again, like a mountain and a sea, and like a cyclone vortex. This time, he confidently hit the man in black who had gathered energy and hit him, and all the men in black who were hit were wiped out before he realized anything. Ji Xiaoguang followed a 'close', and his eyes became clear. All this was seen by General Ma, and he was full of recognition and appreciation for Ji Xiaoguang, a young man. If it weren't for him, it would not have been easy for this group to arrive in the country so safely. The other attacking men in black saw that the fog disappeared and there was no advantage in attacking, and when they saw that their companions were dying without even understanding what was going on, they were so frightened that they retreated step by step.

"It's safe now. Ji Xiaoguang withdrew the power to fight out, and said to Ling'er with confidence.

"No, kill them quickly," Drifter shouted urgently.

"Why, they can't hurt us anymore, just let them go. Ji Xiaoguangxin couldn't bear to kill indiscriminately.

"Yes, Miss Ling'er is right, kill them. This is already the boundary of the food country, if they run back to report the news, a large number of people will rush out at any time, and it will be difficult to parry at that time, and more people may die. Killing him can buy us more time to cooperate with Her Royal Highness Princess Yang. General Ma also said.

"Oh," Ji Xiaoguang felt that there was some truth, and released all the energy in his hands again, and those who wanted to run turned into air before they had time to struggle.

"Although we have reached the country, there are already many casualties, and perhaps more dangers await us. Ma Bing once again reminded the rest of the people to be careful.

"Who's coming?" the team shouted from the castle tower as the team reached the gate of the city gate.

"Open the city gate quickly, we are the welcome delegation sent by the prince of Tanguo, and we have already made a marriage contract with His Royal Highness Nangongyang of the Shan Kingdom. Ma Bing responded.

When the soldiers defending the city heard him say this, they immediately came down. General Ma handed him the paperwork for talking about the country, and the soldier looked at the paperwork, checked it in the team again, and finally asked, "Why are all the relatives in the team injured, sick and disabled?"

"On the road, we were ambushed by unknown people and suffered heavy losses. Open the city gate quickly, replenish the physical strength of the personnel and recuperate, otherwise there will be casualties, and you will miss the major event of Her Royal Highness Princess Yang, you can't afford it. General Ma's sentence was really effective, he quickly waved his hand to it, and the city gate opened.

After the team entered the city one after another, they were temporarily placed in the largest inn in the city. General Ma and Ji Xiaoguang Ling'er discussed with them, settled down temporarily today, and then went to the Shame Yang Palace to meet the princess tomorrow after meeting the main palace of the Shan Country, which is responsible for receiving relatives. However, Ji Xiaoguang and Piao Ling'er said that they were the side of the dining country they represented, and they should go to see the princess first, so they said goodbye to General Ma first. Just as they were about to walk out of the inn, they saw a messenger coming to report to General Ma.

"What, such a thing?" General Ma's surprised expression made Ji Xiaoguang realize that something might have happened, so he stepped forward and asked, "What surprised the general so much?"

"Big deal, big thing," General Ma said to himself, and did not reply.

"What's wrong, General Ma?" Ji Xiaoguang asked again.

"Her Royal Highness Princess Shan Guoyang fell ill and died!"

"How is it possible, there was nothing abnormal about the princess's body when we came out, General Ma, are you sure there is no mistake, when did this happen?"

At this moment, the news that just came, Her Royal Highness Princess Shan Guoyang suddenly fell ill and died, and the whole country mourned. ”

Ji Xiaoguang also felt unbelievable, there must be some conspiracy. He thought of all kinds of assassinations and hunting along the way, and the death of the princess may also be a trap. No, he has to go to the palace immediately to find out. "Ling'er, you stay in the inn, I'll go into the palace to take a look. Do not act rashly, lest anything happen to you. If there's any trouble, get out of the way. Ji Xiaoguang turned his head and said to General Ma: "General Ma, Miss Ling'er will entrust it to you, I hope to do my best to keep her thorough, I am very grateful." Farewell!"

"Ji Shaoxia, don't worry, Miss Ling'er is a friend of His Royal Highness the Prince, and we will definitely try our best to protect her. General Ma replied. Ma Xiao ran to the Shame Yang Palace without looking back, and didn't see the eyes of Piao Ling'er looking at his back at all. He must have never seen that look, and his eyes contained pity, helplessness, and worry.

"Princess, princess.." Ji Xiaoguang rushed into Nangong Yang's dormitory and saw a group of palace maids crying around the princess lying on the bed. Ji Xiaoguang asked them all to go down, and he wanted to stay alone.

I haven't seen you for many days, but goodbye is like this.

Ji Xiaoguang was very sad in his heart, he hadn't repaid the princess for her kindness, and he hadn't even done a thing for her.

He knelt in front of the bed, holding Princess Yang's hand, and the tears in his eyes filled his sockets, falling drop by drop. Princess Yang's face was pale, her hands were particularly cold, her chest did not rise or fall, and her breathing stopped.

Ji Xiaoguang couldn't help it, so he cried loudly, forgetting himself and crying.

He didn't know what had happened, whether someone had poisoned him, or if he had been attacked by someone, and he couldn't see any flaws at all, or what kind of tragedy the princess had experienced when she died, or if she had always been the same expression. He secretly vowed to find out the truth and avenge the princess.

"Ji Xiaoguang, Ji Xiaoguang..."

Ji Xiaoguang suddenly heard a voice calling him softly, and he wondered if it was a hallucination.

Take a closer look, no, Princess Yang took his hand and whispered softly in his ear.

Ji Xiaoguang was startled, is this the ghost of Princess Yang?

He stood up, but he clearly felt that the princess was warm when she took his hand just now. The princess is still alive.

"Close the door quickly, Ji Xiaoguang, I have something to tell you. Princess Yang's voice was still weak, and it was obvious that she was not a ghost, but a living person.

Ji Xiaoguang turned from sadness to joy, and quickly looked out carefully before closing the door.

"Princess, what's going on?" Ji Xiaoguang shook her hand, not seeing any distinction between respect and inferiority at all.

"This is my ploy, I found someone to secretly make a strange medicine for me, and if I take it, I can enter a state of suspended animation. The expressions, skin, and various features were the same as those of the deceased, and no one could tell the real from the fake, and no amount of skilled doctors could detect the ingredients of what I had taken. ”

"Why do you have to do this?" Ji Xiaoguang was very puzzled.

"Because I want to avoid the pursuit of Prime Minister Liu You, they won't let me leave the country easily. ”

"Is it okay to leave like this?" Ji Xiaoguang reacted too much, and Princess Yang made a 'shhh' gesture, signaling him to be quiet, the wall has ears.

"The people around me are not clean, and I have to make sure that everything is safe. If they could really be sure that I was dead, they wouldn't be haunted by me. ”

"Do they believe it?"

"I should believe that many people have been here just now, and I believe that there are people who have them, and if there is no accident, leaving the country will be smooth. ”

"That scared me to death, Ling'er and I thought you were really..."Ji Xiaoguang was in a good mood at this time, and couldn't help but hug the princess.

"Hugh is rude. Seeing that Ji Xiaoguang was getting carried away, the princess stopped: "You still have to show great grief to the outside world, otherwise it will be easy for people to see the clues." ”

"Hmm," Ji Xiaoguang nodded.

"You can go back to the inn first to meet General Ma and the others, and then they can send someone to negotiate and transport my body to Tanguo. Princess Yang said again.

"Will the Prime Minister's Mansion agree?" Xiaoguang asked rhetorically.

"Definitely, I am already the crown princess since I signed a marriage contract with Prince Tan Fei, although the ceremony has not yet been held, but nominally I am the one who married to Tan Guo. There was no reason for them to leave behind a corpse that would no longer pose any threat to them. Princess Yang explained.

"Then I'll go now, princess, please do what you want. Ji Xiaoguang got up and was about to leave, glanced back at the princess, the princess smiled at him, and then closed her eyes.