The black figure behind the iron gate is tall and slender. The man is wrapped in a dark robe and cloak that is airtight.
Under the shadow, there was only a pair of gloomy and cold eyes. Just one look at them made your whole body feel cold.
The two siblings stared at the visitor for a moment. After the visitor stepped into the circle of light in the secret room, Yuan'er suppressed the surprise and a faint excitement in her heart and asked loudly.
"Who are you? Why do you want to arrest us?"
Yuan'er's eyes were calm and she asked calmly.
"Huh, you don't need to know who I am." The other party's cold and feminine voice came, making the hair on their bodies stand on end. The voice felt so strange.
The man glanced at the clean dishes on the table and curled his eyes: "It seems that you are living well here, so you can continue to live here. Remember to behave well and you can get extra meals!"
"How long are you going to keep us here?" Yun Yuan heard the strange voice and the strange tone, frowned fiercely, and said in displeasure.
"How long will you be locked up... Well, it depends on how smart your parents are and when they can find this place."
The soft male voice under the black robe came again, which made Yuan'er's heart tremble. Sure enough, these guys were here for her parents.
"Just stay here well. If you feel bored, I can find some friends to play with you siblings, but don't think of any evil ideas!"
Seeing Yun Yuan's eyes change, the man in black robe gently raised the corners of his lips and said.
There was a sense of ridicule in his words.
Baili Yunyuan narrowed her eyes and glared at the man in black: "Thank you for your kindness. I don't need to play with you. It's okay to give us more food. You have to keep us full!"
Humph, if you don’t eat enough, how can you have the strength to run away? Baili Yunyuan cursed in her heart.
Judging from the performance of the person in front of them, they must be in no danger before their parents arrive, but no one can predict what will happen next.
Therefore, it is inevitable to find opportunities to escape, but the man in black robes does not seem to be worried about them trying to escape at all.
He nodded in agreement and said, "Well, that's right. If I want to use you to blackmail your mother, I'll make you well fed and alive. I'll give you the instructions. See you later!"
The feminine voice fell, and the man in black robe had already stepped out of the secret room and disappeared into the darkness like a ghost.
Yunyuan eagerly wanted to look out through the crack in the door when the man left. Unfortunately, the lights in the room were too bright, and it was too dark outside. The visual transformation was not enough, so she saw nothing, only darkness.
In the next few days, the daily meals really improved a lot, at least enough for the siblings to eat.
After eating for so long without any discomfort, the siblings completely relaxed their vigilance.
"Sister, how many people do you think will be guarding us outside?" Yunji listened for a while and asked Yunyuan in a low voice.
"I don't know, it's dark outside, we can't see or hear, how do we know how many people there are!"
Yunyuan said a little defeatedly.
These days, they tried all kinds of methods, but the other party just wouldn't let their siblings get out of the secret room.
Even when Yun Yuan used the excuse of needing to go to the toilet, she was locked in a secret room and handed a small chamber pot through the small iron window where meals were delivered every day.
She said it was inconvenient to have a boy in the room, but she was told that there was a curtain on the wall and she could just close it.
It's always no matter how you behave, act cute and pretend to be pitiful. These tricks are all useless. Those people outside are like dead people who can't listen to anything.
Watching the little chamber pot going in and out of the small iron window every day made Yun Yuan so sick that she couldn't eat for several days.
More than half a month passed in a flash. Since the prince disappeared in the Northland that day, he has not appeared again and no one can contact him. As time passed, Xuan Yi felt a little unsure.
Although his prince is a wise and powerful man with unfathomable skills, he rarely goes without seeing anyone for a long time.
Xuan Yi couldn't help but worry, because the prince didn't tell him where he was going before he left.
At that time, Baili Mochen was lurking in the Huns' rebellious tribe, trying to find out the whereabouts of this girl.
According to the letter sent by Yun Jin and his speculation, the timing of Yuan'er and Yun Ji being kidnapped is easily reminiscent of the hands of the rebellious Huns.
As if it was arranged by God, Baili Mochen lurked at the Xiongnu station on the border for several days, and finally found a small group of people who quietly left the station and headed southwest. Their whereabouts were secretive. There was something wrong at first sight. .
Baili Mochen followed up intuitively. After probing for a long time, he did not find Yuan'er and Yunji. Long before, Baili Mochen had thoroughly explored the entire Xiongnu camp, so he knew his daughter and son very well. He was not at the Xiongnu station, so he could only follow this team secretly in the hope of finding some clues.
The team finally stopped when they reached a desert.
The desert under the scorching sun seems to be scorching people, and the dry weather makes people unable to sweat, but is directly evaporated.
And these people stopping in such a place makes people very suspicious.
Baili Mochen, who was hiding behind the bushes, observed for a while and discovered that there was a mystery hidden behind the desert...
Baili Mochen saw with his own eyes that those people finally opened a door to the underground in the vast yellow sand.
"Well... "
But before he could see clearly, he suddenly felt a slight sting on his neck, and then his eyelids became heavy. Before he had time to look back to see what was going on, his eyes went dark and he fainted...
On the other side, there was also a dramatic scene in the battle between Tian'an's northern frontier and the remaining Huns.
The Xiongnu army, which originally had a large number of mysterious weapons and was unstoppable along the way, suddenly seemed like a deflated rubber ball, being killed by the Jingqi sent by Tianan.
Even the cutting-edge weapons originally sent by Yunjin were easily wiped out before they were used.
There is no other reason, that is, the mysterious weapons in the hands of the Xiongnu remnants were exhausted, they could not get supplies for a while, they were outnumbered, and they were easily wiped out.
The good news spread back to Kyoto.
"Good news~"
"Your Majesty, our army has defeated the remnants of the Xiongnu. All the rebels have been annihilated. Our army has won a great victory!"
In the Jinluan Hall, the military officers and soldiers who rushed over kneeled on the main hall, with a tired smile on their faces, and reported their arrival respectfully.
These words made everyone in the court breathe a sigh of relief.
"Okay, all the officers and men have meritorious service and deserve to be rewarded!"
The emperor, who was sitting at the top, smiled when he heard this and motioned to the eunuch beside him to submit the military report of the man.
He raised his hand again and asked the people below to stand up, and then another minister congratulated him.
"Your Majesty is wise, our empire will flourish forever, long live your Majesty..."
Then there was a burst of agreement from everyone, but there was not much joy on Baili Yunjin's face.