The battle lasted until dawn and ended with the officers and soldiers winning a complete victory. The first boss who escaped from the secret passage was blocked at the exit and was arrested. The second boss is still missing.
Bai Chongye was arrested, and more than a thousand bandits surrendered. Others who were stubborn and would rather die than surrender were all killed. The notorious Black Wind Post completely collapsed and ceased to exist.
However, no trace of Yaoyao was found.
Song Qi and his brothers searched through the pile of dead people but could not find them. Yaoyao disappeared without a trace like air.
Facing the huge victory, Xia Chunyu was not happy at all. He couldn't find Yaoyao, felt empty in his heart, and felt bad all over.
"Has no one seen her?" Xia Chunyu asked gloomily.
Song Qi said: "We caught Li Tie who was next to the second master. He said that before the incident, his sister-in-law... Miss Ye was kidnapped by the second master and locked up in a small room next to the Juyi Hall. But when his subordinates rushed over, There was only a rope left in the house, and there were blood stains on the rope. The window was open, so Miss Ye must have jumped out of the window and escaped."
Xia Chunyu's heart clenched when he heard the word "blood stains". The second boss must have caught Yaoyao after he discovered that she was eavesdropping. This was Bai Chongye's conspiracy. Even he was almost fooled, let alone Yaoyao.
"Some of the bandits arrested in Juyi Hall said that they came to Juyi Hall because Miss Ye told them that there was a secret passage in Juyi Hall."
"After that... there is no news about Miss Ye." Song Qi's voice lowered because the prince's face became more and more gloomy.
"Your Majesty, there is an aunt outside who calls herself Jiang and wants to see her." A guard came in to deliver the message.
Aunt Jiang? Xia Chunyu said hurriedly: "Please come in."
After Aunt Jiang escaped last night, she was busy taking care of the injured Aunt Zhao. After settling Aunt Zhao properly, she came to the third master's house to ask for news about the third wife, but she didn't know where the third master's house was. She asked many officers and soldiers, but they all ignored her. She, she had to go find her wife again, but her wife took the officers and soldiers to the secret passage to chase the first master, so it was delayed until now to find the third master.
"Third Headmaster..." Aunt Jiang was inexplicably excited when she finally saw the Third Headmaster.
Song Qi smiled and said, "Aunt Jiang, it's time to call you the Crown Prince."
"Yes, yes, look at my stupid mouth, the prince must not be offended." Aunt Jiang laughed sarcastically.
Xia Chunyu didn't take it seriously: "Aunt Jiang, have you seen Yaoyao?"
Aunt Jiang was surprised: "Your Majesty, haven't you found the third lady yet? That's terrible."
Xia Chunyu's heart sank: "How do you say this?"
Aunt Jiang told in detail how she and Aunt Zhao met the second master last night and were almost killed by him. Later, Ye Jiayao appeared to save them and she became the second master's hostage.
"Aunt Zhao and I looked for the prince in the direction pointed by the third lady, but unfortunately we didn't find him. We met a few officers and soldiers. I told them that the second master of the village was over there, and they chased after him. I thought the Third Madam had been saved... The Third Madam was trying to save me, otherwise she wouldn't have been kidnapped by the Second Master. It was all me who caused the Third Madam..." Aunt Jiang couldn't help crying sadly when she thought of Ye Jiayao's benefits. .
Xia Chunyu frowned and said: "Yao Yao said she had seen me and pointed out my location to you?"
Aunt Jiang nodded.
"Which direction is she pointing in?" Xia Chunyu asked.
Aunt Jiang choked and said, "Martial Arts Arena."
Xia Chunyu and Song Qi looked at each other. Last night, he had indeed chased the second master Sheng Wu to the martial arts field. Later, he found out that the man was not Sheng Wu and left. How could Yaoyao know? Had she really seen him? When was it? Now that you've seen him, why don't you say hello to him? Could it be that she wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape on her own
"By the way, I remembered it. The third lady also said that you are the prince, so you don't want her or anything else." Aunt Jiang was very scared at the time and didn't listen carefully.
Well! When had he ever said such a thing? It's really baffling.
Song Qi suddenly thought of something and hesitated: "Master, could it be that Miss Ye was also near the courtyard at that time?"
At that time, the prince seemed to have talked about acting or something.
Xia Chunyu's face turned dark. If it was that time... But wasn't she always very thick-skinned? When did you become so self-aware
Song Qi looked at the prince sympathetically. The prince was tough-tongued and clearly cared about his sister-in-law.
"Chun Yu..." Yifeng Shen, a handsome man with a jade crown and fine clothes walked in.
"Your Majesty." Xia Chunyu went up to greet him and bowed his hands in salute.
Helian is the only king with a different surname from the Zhao family in Biantang. Helianxuan is the leader of the Helian royal family. The old prince Helian died young, and Helianxuan inherited the title at a young age. He and Xia Chunyu had a close personal relationship, and this time the two of them joined forces, overtly and covertly, to eradicate the Black Wind Gang that had been ravaging the Qilu land for more than ten years, which was a great achievement.
"The body of Second Master Sheng Wu was discovered." He Lianxuan said.
"Where?" Xia Chunyu's heart trembled. Sheng Wu is dead. What about Yaoyao? "He was shot into a hedgehog just outside. The officers and soldiers didn't know he was Sheng Wu at the time and didn't pay attention. They found it when they were cleaning up."
Xia Chunyu walked out quickly, and Song Qi and Aunt Jiang followed.
There was a corpse lying in the yard with more than a dozen arrows stuck in its back. Xia Chunyu stepped forward to check.
"It is indeed Sheng Wu. Where was he found?" Xia Chunyu felt heavy.
A military general stepped forward and replied: "On the cliff beside Yanxia Lake."
"Who shot him? Find this person quickly." Xia Chunyu almost shouted. He had a very bad feeling in his heart. It was so chaotic and dark last night. If Yaoyao was with Sheng Wu at that time, I'm afraid it's more bad than good.
Hearing this, the military general straightened his chest, raised his chin high, his eyes flashed with pride, and said loudly: "The returning son was shot by the last general."
At that time, I didn't know that the person who was shot to death was the second boss of Heifenggang. Otherwise, the body would have been brought back long ago. This was a great achievement.
Xia Chunyu stared at him: "Was anyone with Sheng Wu at that time?"
The general didn't realize that his misfortune was coming. He thought about it and said, "There seems to be a woman."
Xia Chunyu almost stopped breathing, and with difficulty, two words came out from between his teeth: "Where is the person?"
The military commander finally noticed that the prince's expression was not right, his fierce eyes were as if they were cannibalistic, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer.
He Lianxuan shouted: "The prince asked you something, why don't you reply quickly?"
"It seems like... falling off a cliff..."
Xia Chunyu grabbed his collar and lifted him up: "What did you say?"
The general said in horror: "It was too dark at that time. The general saw that they were trying to run away, so he ordered the arrows to be fired. It is not clear whether the woman was hit by the arrow, but when our people came forward, the woman was gone, and so was the general. I guess I didn't see her fall."
Xia Chunyu was stunned. On the edge of the cliff, there was another burst of random shooting. Even Sheng Wu was shot into a hedgehog. Can Yaoyao be spared? Not even a body was left behind, this person just disappeared. A few days ago, he bit his nose and forced him to swear not to leave her alone. She even kicked him in his sleep the night before. Yesterday, she asked Song Qi to deliver steamed buns to him, and the scenes kept spinning in his mind like a revolving lantern...
Her flowery smile, her cunning, triumphant, hypocritical smile, her pretending to be pitiful, pretending to be good, pretending to cry while winking at him, every expression of hers seemed to be engraved in his mind, so clearly , he didn’t even know he remembered it so clearly.
He Lianxuan didn't know what happened, but judging from Xia Chunyu's reaction, he guessed that the woman must be someone Chunyu cared about very much.
"Master..." Song Qi was also very sad. There was no more suspense. Miss Ye, whom he had called his sister-in-law for less than a month and who cooked delicious food for them every day, was no longer here.
Aunt Jiang was stunned for a while before bursting into tears: "Third Madam... I hurt you..."
He Lianxuan frowned, Third Madam? Chunyu's wife
Exhausted, Ye Jiayao used her last strength to climb ashore, lay down on the grass, and could not get up again.
Damn it, if I hadn't been good at water, I would have drowned in the lake even after swimming and floating for a while.
After lying for a while, her wet clothes were almost dried by the sun and blown dry by the mountain breeze. Ye Jiayao finally regained her composure and raised her hand to touch her chest. Fortunately, she still had her personal money.
I sat up hard and looked around. I saw a forest not far away. She had been swimming north last night. If the direction was correct, she had now left the boundary of Heifenggang. If she continued walking north, she would reach Jinan Mansion.
After her escape plan was successful, the first place she wanted to go was Jinan Mansion. She had to go to the Wei family to explore the situation.
Standing by the lake, I took one last look at the majestic mountains, Black Wind Ridge, and said goodbye...
Chunyu, the prince, although we have no choice but to become a fake couple, you are indeed very annoying, but anyway, we will never see each other again in the future. Let’s forget all the good and bad! Just treat it as a dream.
And Aunt Jiang, Aunt Zhao, and all the people in the village who are kind to her, I hope you are safe and live a peaceful life from now on.
After the farewell ceremony was over, Ye Jiayao tidied her hair and clothes and walked towards the woods to the north without looking back.
While Ye Jiayao was looking at Heifeng Hill in the distance, Xia Chunyu was standing on the edge of the cliff of Yanxia Lake, silently remembering someone.
A woman suddenly broke into his life, and he once mistakenly thought she was an informant sent by Bai Chongye. For this reason, he never gave her a good look. He often scolded her for being cruel, and sometimes deliberately tormented her. Therefore, now he feels very guilty and regrets.
She is a poor person too, isn't she? She was mistreated by her stepmother at home, kidnapped by bandits when she got married, and somehow became his woman. Now she is buried under a cliff, and her body is nowhere to be found.
Yaoyao…
He recited this name silently in his mind. She had asked him to call her this many times, but he never called her, either hey or you, woman.
Yaoyao…
When I say that, I don’t mean that I don’t care what you mean. Why can’t you be more rogue and more fierce as always? Why don't you jump out, point at my nose and say... Hey, stupid donkey, I'm already your woman, you can't even think of abandoning me...
My eyes felt sore and uncomfortable, and something was about to burst out that I couldn't control.
Xia Chunyu rubbed his eyes, looked at the boundless lake, and said in a low voice: "Yao Yao, I took away the big treasure and the second treasure. I will take good care of them for you. If I have a chance, I will come back to see you..."
I may have something to do tonight, so I will update it at noon in advance. Regarding the update, I will update it once a day this month and twice a day next month. Dear friends who like Yaoyao, please support me. It’s so cute~
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