When Lide heard about Xiang Zhehua being detained in the City Lord's Mansion, he had already touched the vicinity of the dungeon where Jiang Yuesheng was imprisoned.
The number of masters here is indeed much more than he imagined. Li De once thought that if the purpose of the main combat faction and the main peace faction is to seize the power of the Southern Chu lord, then they will definitely deploy heavy guards at Jiang Yuesheng's place, but he really did not expect this number to be so high .
When Li De counterattacked Yunyang, he had fought against Yunyang's Ke Qing, and defeated a large number of masters at that time. But Yunyang's situation at that time was already in jeopardy, and there were not even one master who was willing to work for the Lord of Yunyang. In addition, Yunyang's background is far from that of Nanchu, so Lide didn't feel too much pressure at that time.
But now the area he is in is the second largest territory in the world, Southern Chu. Most of the background of Southern Chu lies in the nobles. Now that the nobles want to seize power, one can imagine the wealth invested in it. Not to mention anything else, Xiang Linglong and Xiang Tiange, who were fighting with Lide this time, did not have a strong outsider but a good one. Wrists can't do it.
The moment he arrived near the dungeon, Lid figured out one thing.
It is possible for him to kill Jiang Yuesheng here.
However, this and going to rescue Xiang Zhehua cannot coexist.
After killing Jiang Yuesheng, Li De must have been seriously injured. In this situation, it would be very difficult just to deal with the assassins of Yutai Mountain, let alone break through the defense line of the City Lord's Mansion to save people. But saving Xiang Zhehua first is also a dead move, because once you go to rescue Xiang Zhehua, the relationship between Lide and Xiang Zhehua will be exposed instantly, and Xiang Tiange will also guess that Xiang Zhehua's real purpose of deceiving herself is to give Lieder buys time. At that time, Li De would not only have to face the ambush from the City Lord's Mansion, but Xiang Tiange would also quickly increase his troops to the dungeon. It was basically pronounced that Li De had lost his last chance to assassinate Jiang Yuesheng.
There seems to be only one way before Lide.
That is to assassinate Jiang Yuesheng, and then run away immediately, regardless of Xiang Zhehua's life or death.
He can comfort himself, Xiang Zhehua is Xiang Geling's granddaughter after all, Xiang Tiange should not dare to really kill her. But he is also very clear that Xiang Tiange may not dare, but Xiang Zhehua will eventually be sent back to Xiang Geling's side, and Xiang Geling will definitely kill her by then.
Because killing Jiang Yuesheng would not really bring everything to an end, it would only make the main fighters and the main peace faction rush to raise troops without fully preparing. Whether Xiang Ge Ling was out of convincing the public, appeasing people's hearts, or giving an explanation to the main fighters, he would definitely kill this granddaughter who betrayed him, not to mention that Xiang Ge Ling didn't like this granddaughter very much.
Of course, Xiang Tiange also has his own loopholes in thinking, for example, he thinks that Li De will save Xiang Zhehua.
But to Li De, to Nan Chu's eldest son Xiao Hei, to the Nan Chu lord, Xiang Zhehua is really not that important.
Leaving aside the fact that Lide and Xiang Zhehua haven't slept at all, so what if they have
If the lord of Southern Chu wins in the end, Li De will become a hero of Southern Chu, and Xiang Zhehua will become a martyr who died righteously and sacrificed his relatives. The relationship between Li De and Xiang Zhehua will be described as a story of heartbreak and twists in the world. It is sung everywhere, the years are quiet and good, and everything is as usual.
Maybe Lide himself doesn't particularly care about it, he will quickly forget about it when he returns to Yuxi City.
Because Xiang Zhehua's going to the City Lord's Mansion is not only Li De's arrangement, but also Xiang Zhehua's own choice.
Lid confirmed with her many times.
Any risky move is always accompanied by the possibility of failure. Xiang Zhehua is a mature person, and it is time to learn to bear the consequences for her choices.
Lied leaned against the wall and thought quietly. He thinks about these things very clearly, and he can always think about these things in the first place. But Lid finally gave up these thoughts with a sigh. He didn't care about the 300,000 disaster victims in Tianyue Mountain because he didn't like the dying spirit, but Xiang Zhehua was different.
Like He Yue, Fang Shisan, Xi Luo, and Huang Yan, she has a spirit of rebellion, and she is incompatible with this numb world. For the future of Nanchu, in order to give Jiang Yuesheng justice, she voluntarily gave up the huge interests involving her family, and mustered up the courage to go to the City Lord's Mansion to act as an undercover agent. This is what Li De admired her very much.
Lide looked at the dark clouds above his head, the sky was dark, but he could also deduce the time from the light in the gaps in the dark clouds.
It was already evening, and it was not long before it got dark.
A choice had to be made.
Lide raised his head silently, and suddenly saw a young man running wildly on the side of the street. Holding a cloth bag in both hands, he ran towards the dungeon regardless of the pouring rain. Lide looked at his back and suddenly realized something, he rushed out, and hit the boy on the back of the head with a sap before he ran to the entrance of the dungeon.
The innocent boy was thrown to the ground before he could react at all, and was supported by Lide before his body fell down, and then he was dragged into the alley silently in the heavy rain.
His cloth bag also slipped into Lide's hands.
Lide unwrapped the cloth bag in his hand, and inside was a steaming food box. The material of pure copper is extremely round, and inside is fragrant rice and various seasonal vegetables, which looks very appetizing. Although this food box is exquisite, it obviously can't satisfy all the masters on standby inside, so there is only one possibility, this is the food box for Jiang Yuesheng.
Lide exerted a little force, and inconspicuous cracks appeared on the food box immediately.
Lide then put the food box back into the cloth bag.
He won't do things like poisoning, because before Jiang Yuesheng, there must be many people who carefully inspected and tried this food, and any poison is meaningless under this kind of check.
Li De changed into the boy's clothes, and took the food box to the door of the dungeon. Someone greeted him immediately and asked:
"Why did you change people today? Where is that person?"
Lide handed over the food box and explained simply:
"My knee hurts on a rainy day, so I will deliver it today."
The other party did not cross-examine carefully. Here, almost no one can see Lide's realm, Lide is just a young man who doesn't know martial arts in their eyes. The guard at the door took Lide's food box, opened it and looked at it roughly, and was about to take it in. At this moment, Lide stopped him and said to him:
"Wait a moment... let me bring a sentence."
The guard turned his head and looked at Lide suspiciously.
Lide raised his head, as if recalling it for a long time, before saying:
"Tell Jiang Yuesheng that he doesn't need to worry about things outside, and let him stay in prison without doing anything. This is... the merit of all ages."