The easternmost sky began to turn white, Xue Mu stared into the distance, his brows gradually furrowed.
He finally agreed to Liu Qinghuan's proposal and let her go to Tang Zibo. But he regrets it very much now, he shouldn't have let her go to a place that he can't control at all under her persistent request.
Nian Tang turned his head to look at Xue Mu's face, and subconsciously pursed his lips. Last night, someone suddenly sent half a map, Xue Mu hardly suspected it, so he asked Li Mo to take the people to look for it. Only then did she know that he had teamed up with Du Juan to set up this trap.
But she disagrees, although she has sympathy for Du Juan, but she doesn't think Du Juan is a partner for cooperation. In her eyes, Du Juan is a charlatan with no credibility, and no one would trust to cooperate with such a person.
She looked towards the sky following Xue Mu's gaze, and said in a worried tone: "Master Hou, can Du Juan really be trusted? What if at a critical moment, she betrays you in order to protect herself?"
She believes that if it is really a matter of life and death, Du Juan will make this choice without hesitation.
Xue Mu's eyes moved slightly, and after a while he said in a low voice: "If betraying me can save her life, I will be happy with it."
He just wants her to be safe.
Nian Tang suddenly froze in place. Although she felt that Xue Mu's attitude towards Du Juan was ambiguous before, but Liu Qinghuan has always been his favorite, and when he and Du Juan...
She pursed her lips and stood aside, no longer speaking.
It wasn't until after the bells and drums sounded for the dawn in Chang'an City that a soldier rushed over and knelt down in front of Xue Mu: "My lord, the things have been found. General Weiyuan is returning to the palace."
In fact, it didn't take so long, but the map and the location of the things were slightly different, so they spent a little more time.
Xue Mu's eyes flickered, and he ordered Peng Peng and Nuo Yan behind him: "Take all the people and go to the Ao Temple."
"Yes!" Pengpeng responded excitedly. After holding it for so long, Lord Hou is finally going to tear Tang Zibo up! so excited!
When a large group of people, led by Xue Mu, rushed towards the Ao Temple, the King of Lingnan was furious in the woods outside the city.
"Send an order to Tang Zibo to kill that liar Du Juan, immediately! Immediately!"
The person dressed as a priest saw that he was so angry that he didn't even bother to cover up his identity, and hurriedly responded: "I know, I know!"
The King of Lingnan looked at his back as he was leaving quickly, his eyes became more and more obscure. The painting in his hand, as he said to Du Juan before, was burned to ashes long after he knew the map by heart. How did she know that the map was painted
Liu Qinghuan's method is actually very simple, but it's just reversed.
In the past few years, the emperor has been sending people to closely monitor the King of Lingnan's every move in Lingnan. As early as when he secretly left Lingnan with a fake map, the emperor and Xue Mu received the news. The spies followed him all the way to the fake treasure location.
A fake treasure location can be pieced together with half a real map and half a fake map, so knowing the fake treasure location and half a fake map, can you restore the remaining half real map
This is the way Liu Qinghuan came up with when he had no other way.
It's just that she can't guarantee that the half map she guessed is exactly the same as the real map.
After returning to the room, she drew the map overnight, hid it on the little thing that fainted Feng Zi, and let it out.
That little thing was brought by her master from the Western Regions. It's called Po Luokun. When it is in danger, it can release smoke and make people fall into a coma instantly. Another feature is that it recognizes its owner. Even if they are thousands of miles away, they can fly back to their owners. But this thing is very difficult to raise. Her master generally cast nets back then, and only this one survived. It is very precious.
Liu Qinghuan counted the time, presumably at this moment the King of Lingnan has discovered that the treasure has been taken away in advance, and he can't wait to peel her skin.
It's a pity not to be able to see his distraught appearance with his own eyes.
She glanced at the door, and the guards all glared over, and raised their long knives as a threat.
Liu Qinghuan frowned, Lingnan found that the treasure was taken away first, and would definitely order her to be killed. She originally wanted to force her way out, but she accidentally touched the mechanism last night, so she couldn't act casually anymore. After Xue Mu gets the treasure, he will definitely bring someone to rescue her, but it's so hidden, I'm afraid he won't be able to find it so easily.
Liu Qinghuan was thinking about the next countermeasure, and Tang Zibo walked in calmly. She glanced at Tang Zibo, but ignored him, and Tang Zibo was not annoyed, and sat down on the opposite couch.
Neither of them spoke, but a masked priest rushed in from the outside in a panic, buried his head beside Tang Zibo and whispered something.
Tang Zibo's face suddenly changed, and his gaze became sharper. Liu Qinghuan thought that the priest might be here to deliver orders, so he touched his cuff calmly.
Seeing Tang Zibo walking towards her, Liu Qinghuan also stood up from the bed, and just as she moved, the guards at the door pulled out the knives in their hands with a few "squeaks" and aimed them at her.
"I really underestimated you. I didn't expect you to be able to persuade Xue Mu to join forces with you." Tang Zibo's expression was cold, like a layer of frost, "Then you should also know the consequences of your doing so."
Before he could pull out his sword, Liu Qinghuan pulled out the things hidden in his bosom, and fell to the ground with a "slap". The room was suddenly filled with smoke, and the choking white smoke not only obstructed people's sight, but also caused a coughing sound.
Tang Zibo covered his nose and mouth, gritted his teeth and said, "Catch her! Don't let her escape!"
That's what he said, but no one could see whether she was running or not, so he could only try his best to disperse the smoke in front of him. Liu Qinghuan escaped from the room while the smoke was still thick. If she were Tang Zibo, he would have searched her thoroughly before locking her up.
The sound of footsteps soon came from behind, Liu Qinghuan couldn't care less about thinking, so she could only rely on her memory to find the way out. She still remembered the devious detours that Feng Zi brought in, but she was afraid that if she forced her way out now, she would run into a hidden weapon.
Tang Zibo was familiar with the road here, and he expected that Liu Qinghuan could only return the same way he came, so he chased him without hesitation. But as soon as he turned out of the room, another subordinate rushed over in a panic: "Master, it's not good!"
Tang Zibo frowned even tighter, and asked with an unfriendly expression: "What's the matter?"
"Xue, Xue Mu brought a large group of people to kill!" The person who reported the letter turned pale. Although he had never been on a battlefield, he now fully understood the feelings of those soldiers who were sent to the city by General Xue's soldiers.
It's just too scary!
Tang Zibo's face darkened, he didn't expect Xue Mu to come so quickly. He glanced at the direction Liu Qinghuan was escaping from, pursed the corners of his lips and said, "Activate all the mechanisms, lead a group of people to chase Du Juan from here, and if caught, they will be knocked unconscious and sent to the torture chamber."
"Yes, then Xue, Xue Mu..." He felt terrified when he read these two words. Although he only glanced at it just now, General Xue's aura is to raze this place to the ground. There will be no torture chamber at that time. No punishment room!
"Hmph, this is not a battlefield, even if he is a general, he can't let him mess around!" After Tang Zibo finished speaking, he quickly walked outside.
Xue Mu led a large group of people to surround the Ao Temple, which aroused strong dissatisfaction from the Zoroastrian Cult, and also attracted strong crowds from the people of Chang'an—it is said that even the people in the next door abandoned their business and called for friends and companions. Run over to watch the fun.
Although Xue Mu's title as the number one God of War is well-received in Dacheng, the common people can hardly see his demeanor on the battlefield. Today, General Xue personally surrounded the Ao Temple with his troops, how could such a rare scene be missed!
The news spread from the westernmost side of Chang'an City to the easternmost side in just a cup of tea.
When Tang Zibo came from the Ao Temple, the high priest of Zoroastrianism was still arguing with Peng Peng in Hu language. As for Xue Mu, he already looked extremely impatient. Tang Zibo bet that if he waited another quarter of an hour, Xue Mu would rush in without hesitation.
Before his face completely appeared at the door, Xue Mu had already recognized him: "Tang Zibo."
Tang Zibo's steps froze for a moment, and he walked up boldly: "Master Hou."
Xue Mu looked at it without blinking, his black eyes were as deep as Xu Yuan: "Brother Guangyuan also believes in Fire Worship Cult?"
Tang Zibo smiled and said: "I just heard that the Fire Worship Sect will hold a sacrifice today, so I came to take a look out of curiosity. But Lord Hou, what's the matter with such a big fight?"
Xue Mu's eyes turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Yesterday, the lunatics of Zoroastrian Cult went to my house to make trouble, and took advantage of the chaos to take my wife away."
As soon as this remark came out, the people onlookers made voices of sudden realization. It turned out that Lord Hou was so angry that he became a beauty! But the people of the Fire Worship Sect are too ignorant, they even dare to snatch Hou Ye's wife, isn't that courting death!
Tang Zibo also felt like he was in a cocoon at the moment. If he had known that he should have thought of another reason to go to the Hou Mansion to make trouble, he would not have given Xue Mu such an excuse.
The high priest next to him started chattering angrily again. There was no interpreter from Pengpeng, and no one understood what he was talking about, and... no one cared.
Tang Zibo looked up at Xue Mu who was riding on the BMW, and felt a little sore in his neck: "Master Hou, the Fire Worship Cult has no grievances with Madam, how could they do such an unreasonable thing? I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding in the middle .”
Xue Mu glanced at him, and his voice became lower and lower: "Brother Guangyuan, what do you mean, this Marquis is being unreasonable?"
Pengpeng shuddered suddenly, when Master Hou's self-proclaimed name became Ben Hou, it meant...something very bad was about to happen.
Tang Zibo opened his mouth, but before he could make a sound, Xue Mu raised his breath slightly and flew off the horse. The long knife pinned to his waist was also unsheathed in an instant, Tang Zibo saw a silver light flash in front of his eyes, and the tip of Xue Mu's knife had already reached his throat.
Tang Zibo's heart trembled suddenly, he tapped his toes, and quickly stepped back three feet. Xue Mu turned around in the air with the knife in his hand, his clothes bloomed like pear blossoms in the air. Tang Zibo's steps were not steady, Xue Mu had already landed in front of him, and the long knife was once again brought to his neck.
The onlookers were silent, as if they were the ones holding their necks with knives at this moment, and subconsciously held their breath. Tang Zibo stared straight at the person in front of him, feeling a burning pain in his neck.
Before he could see his moves clearly, he had already been stabbed by him.
He knew that as much as he wanted to kill Xue Mu, Xue Mu wanted to kill him as much.
The two stood at the gate of the Ao Temple, silently facing each other. The murderous aura on Xue Mu's body seemed to be hard to hide, and it poured out overwhelmingly: "Tang Zibo, if something happens to Qingqing, I will skin you and cramp you, I will do what I say."