coobybook Chapter 225 Separation
Chapter 225 Separation
The chief guard beside Gu Yanni immediately felt something was wrong. He only knew that Gu Yanni had found a spy, but he didn't know what they said.
"Princess. I'm afraid our spies are in danger."
"It helps others to be more ambitious and destroys my own prestige." Gu Yanni didn't believe it. What could Su Rutang and Song Huaiyan do to fight her? She was a princess of a country, but she couldn't fight two ordinary women.
Xiao Zhijie had already changed direction and was running towards Mobei.
Continue along the official road.
"Third Master. There's no one on the road." The attendant shouted while riding on his horse.
Xiao Zhijie looked towards the forest ahead.
The forests on both sides are so quiet, and there is a sense of weirdness in the quietness.
"Be careful."
"Third Master, we have many spies and eyes. Whenever we do something, there are people spread out around to tip off others. If they find something wrong, most of them will leave."
The attendant looked towards the forest and said, "We can't go any further north. We can only go back to Chazhou to find the contact person."
Xiao Zhijie thought for a moment on horseback, then said to his attendant:
"Go into the forest. Don't rush to fight anyone you meet."
The attendant responded, "I'll go right away."
The attendant led a team of people to the edge of the forest and smelled a bloody smell. "Third Master, wild beasts are gnawing at the corpse."
Xiao Zhijie's heart sank.
He was afraid that something might happen to Song Huaiyan, and he was also afraid that something might happen to the spies who left the country.
Into the forest.
Xiao Zhijie dismounted and stabbed the wild wolves that were devouring human flesh with his sword. The wild wolves sensed the evil spirit of these people, and since they were also full of rabbits, they turned around and ran away.
There are so many corpses, we can’t eat them all.
I can't finish it at all.
The attendant rushed to the eastern hillside and grabbed the familiar clothes.
The Sorrowful Opening:
"Third Master, you are one of ours."
Xiao Zhijie's guards searched for a while and said, "General, they are all people from Xiliang and our spies. The Su family army is indeed worthy of its reputation..."
"The Su family army has not been used yet. The people who killed the Liguo spies and Xiliang were just the Jinyiwei and some rabble."
The captain of the imperial guards frowned, "Isn't it said that most of the Jinyiwei are playboys?"
"It is said that the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard killed people like crazy, so how could all his subordinates be playboys?" Xiao Zhijie didn't know whether to be glad or angry.
Or both.
Song Huaiyan is safe, but the spies from Liguo...
Xiao Zhijie didn't know exactly how many people from Liguo were here.
He arranged for two people who were good at gathering information to stay behind, and he led his men to change direction and chase Gu Yanni.
Gu Yanni and others rested on the spot.
Xiao Zhijie caught up with Gu Yanni and told her how many spies from Liguo had died. Gu Yanni didn't believe it, "No way. You must have lied to me. You lied to me for that bitch."
"You'd better ask clearly, how many spies do we have?"
What Xiao Zhijie was afraid of was that someone would be arrested, and if someone could not withstand the torture, they would reveal other locations.
Gu Yanni remembered what her father had said to her.
It is not necessary to tell Xiao Zhijie about all the spy points so that the royal family can have their own sources of information.
No matter how much she loved Xiao Zhijie, she understood that some things could not be told completely.
Xiao Zhijie closed his eyes.
"Princess, please ask the guards to rescue them. If they go early, they can still be saved."
"I don't know either." Gu Yanni finally didn't say anything, "Besides, our people won't confess."
"People's minds are unpredictable. You can't guarantee that everyone can endure torture."
Gu Yanni was conflicted.
She looked at the chief guard beside her and saw him shaking his head slightly.
Gu Yanni finally gritted her teeth and said:
"Let's go back."
"Princess, your majesty's plan is comprehensive. If we can't protect them, Liguo will be like having its wings cut off." Xiao Zhijie wanted to persuade Gu Yanni, "Did you make contact with the people from Xiliang Kingdom?"
"So what? Liguo and Dazhou have border disputes. The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
After a pause, Gu Yanni continued:
"General Xiao has been involved with a woman from the enemy country. How are you going to explain this to the General's Mansion when you return?"
"This general is not going to marry her." Xiao Zhijie was really pissed off at Gu Yanni's stupidity.
"Princess, you should think about the importance of those spies."
Gu Yanni remained unmoved.
Xiao Zhijie had no choice but to find a place to stay nearby. He asked his people and two people from the princess's guards to go to Chazhou and Xiliang Border Town to gather information.
The chief guard disagreed.
After a night of stalemate, the chief guard finally agreed.
Xiao Zhijie stayed and waited for news.
He wanted to go to Chazhou, but he knew that because of his relationship with Song Huaiyan, if he went to Chazhou, the guards would not expose the spy's base at all.
Gu Yanni told him not to worry.
Said a lot of things.
Xiao Zhijie didn't want to say a word to Gu Yanni. As a princess, all she could think about was jealousy.
Two days later.
The guards and Xiao Zhijie's confidants came back.
Several of them were weathered.
"General, we are late." The guards dismounted and knelt on the ground. "If we had arrived two hours earlier, it would have been fine. We could have saved them. The spy base was wiped out with blood."
Xiao Zhijie gritted his teeth and asked:
"Is it the border of Da Zhou or the border town of Xiliang?"
"all."
The guards seemed frightened. "The people of Xiliang thought we were cooperating with the Great Zhou, so they deliberately tricked the people of Xiliang and massacred the stronghold."
Gu Yanni widened her eyes in disbelief.
"What? How can the people of Xiliang go back on their word? How can I possibly cooperate with the Mobei Army?" Gu Yanni yelled in anger.
Xiao Zhijie glanced at the chief guard coldly and said, "Return to the capital."
He mounted his horse and rode away.
Seeing that Xiao Zhijie ignored her, Gu Yanni was even more angry and shouted, "I didn't know. If I knew, why wouldn't I let you save them?"
She was very flustered.
She had to find a reason, otherwise no matter how much her father doted on her and her mother, she would not forgive her for her willfulness this time.
Gu Yanni looked to the chief guard for help.
……
After a few days of arrangements.
The food and fodder that Song Huaiyan had purchased and that Su Rutang had arranged in the capital arrived safely in Mobei.
They can't stay in Mobei for too long.
Set out on the return journey.
Su Yuxuan stayed in Mobei, and he and Shangqi talked a lot together. They were all words that were not allowed to be heard by others, saying that they were secrets between them.
The abbot stayed.
He said that when he left the temple, it was time to return to secular life.
It is time to do our part for the people of the Great Zhou.
Rong Kuo stayed in Chazhou to do things for Su Rutang. They also needed their own people in Chazhou to take care of the docks, and Rong Kuo didn't want to return to the capital.
Su Rutang and his group were about to arrive in the capital.
Song Huaiyan came over and told Su Rutang that they wanted to break up.
"Huai Yan. Aren't you going back to the capital?"
Song Huaiyan shook her head, "Sister. I don't want to see those people in Ningguo Mansion. We still have to work hard to make money."
"Okay. I'll listen to you and proceed with your business empire plan."
"We are fighting for our ideals in different places." Song Huaiyan hugged Su Rutang, "I want to go to the south of Liguo. I heard that it is as prosperous as our Jiangnan."
"Keep in touch."
"Ah."
Song Huaiyan got on another carriage.
Yaoyao and Shangqi watched Song Huaiyan leave and waved. "Aunt, we will miss you."
Song Huaiyan was wearing a red robe and waving her hands.
"Goodbye."
Su Rutang turned around only when he could no longer see Song Huaiyan.
Su Rutang didn't want to stay, so he told Huo Mi to hurry up and go back to the capital.
We haven’t reached the city gate yet.
The carriage gradually stopped.
"What's going on?" Su Rutang, who was eager to go home, thought something had happened. He lifted the car curtain and saw the familiar figure.
Shang Yan was dressed in a black robe.
It was as if there was a crack on the frost on his face, "Tangtang, you've lost a lot of weight."
After days of traveling, Su Rutang couldn't eat or sleep well.
She touched her cheek and said, "I'll make it up when I come back."
Yaoyao and Shangqi were lying in the carriage, drooling in their sleep.
When they got home, Chunxi and several maids hurried over to kowtow.
"Madam, I wish I could go take care of you." Chunxi had tears in her eyes and hurriedly asked someone to bring the stewed soup over. "I heard that Madam would arrive in the capital in a few days, so I asked the kitchen to stew soup every day and put it on the small stove."
"Go wash up first. I stink."
Shang Yan came in carrying Shang Qi and Yao Yao and put them on the bed.
He looked at Su Rutang with shining eyes.
Su Rutang looked away. The man's gaze was like a fire, making Su Rutang blush and her heart beat fast.
Shang Yan held Su Rutang's hand.
"I have something to tell you."
"I need to wash up."
Shang Yan still didn't let go, "Let's go next door, you should take a bath in the pool."
There was a pool for bathing in the yard next door, and Shang Yan ordered people to fill it with water suitable for bathing every day.
Su Rutang: “…”
Before she could refuse, Shang Yan grabbed her and picked her up by the waist.
Su Rutang was so scared that he quickly hugged his neck and said, "Put me down."