"Prince Princess, you must not go!"

Xia Lan held on to the carriage tightly, but did not dare to knock on the carriage, so she could only shout: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has ordered the slaves, you must not go to the battlefield, there will be danger. His Highness the Crown Prince has commanded the slaves!"

Xiao Beiheng had ordered Su Mo not to go to the battlefield. She was not careful, and Su Mo actually ran out on her own. Fortunately, she chased him in time. If Su Mo was really allowed to go, she didn't know what the outcome was waiting for her.

The carriage rang softly twice, and the driver immediately stopped the carriage.

"Xia Lan, help me."

The car door opened, and a green hand stretched out from the car. Xia Lan didn't bother to wipe the tears on her face, and ran over quickly, helping Su Mo get out of the car.

The weather outside the customs was cold, and both Su Mo and Xia Lan were wearing fine cotton clothes, thick cloaks, and thick cotton hats on their heads.

On both sides of the road, withered and yellow weeds were almost as high as a person's waist, swaying in the cold wind.

"Prince Concubine, the outside of the pass is not as safe as the inside. If you are in danger, the crown prince will kill the servants." A common smile appeared on Xia Lan's face, "Besides, it's so cold outside, should we go back to the camp?"

She deliberately made the situation serious because she wanted Su Mo to return to the camp as soon as possible. In fact, there were a hundred elite soldiers from the Dingbei Army following Su Mo's carriage alone, so it was impossible to encounter any danger.

Su Mo did not answer her words, but looked up to the end of the road in the distance. Dozens of thick smoke rose from behind the earthy yellow hillside ten miles away, dyeing the afternoon sky into a deep black, and even the air seemed to be filled with smoke.

Choking smell.

"Xia Lan, is the Crown Prince really at war with the Beidi army?"

"Yes... that's right." Xia Lan smiled nervously, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has specifically given instructions that swords and guns are blind on the battlefield, and we, the female class, are not allowed to approach."

If it had been anyone else, she would have tied her up with a rope and taken her back. But Su Mo was the master and she was the slave. No matter how much she didn't want to do it in her heart, she couldn't be harsh with her words, she could only persuade her with kind words.

"I don't think so," Su Mo shook her head gently, "There is so much smoke, it looks like a fire. What did the prince say?"

Xia Lan blinked and said vaguely: "I heard that an army from Beidi was approaching us, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince led the army to meet it. The slave has been accompanying the Crown Princess, so I don't know much about it."

Su Mo pondered: "If the enemy dares to come and fight our Dingbei Army, it will definitely not be a weak force. But Beiheng only led 3,000 cavalry and left all the generals in the camp, which shows that the opponent is not a weak force.

A big army. Since it’s not a big army, why do they have the guts to challenge?”

Xia Lan felt that her smile was almost completely frozen.

The Crown Princess is really hard to fool.

While Su Mo was thinking, the soldiers of the Dingbei Army who were on guard around him shouted, "Who is that?"

The weeds on the roadside were rustling, and a shadow rushed out of the grass and rushed towards Su Mo. It was coming with a fierce force, like a hungry beast that had been lurking for a long time.

"Madam is in danger!" Xia Lan shouted loudly, protecting Su Mo with her body, and pulled out the dagger.

Without waiting for her instructions, the soldiers of the Dingbei Army on guard had already raised their halberds, and several halberds pierced the visitor's chest and abdomen.

Su Mo looked over Xia Lan's shoulder. It was a young man from Beidi. He looked less than twenty years old. The sharp knife he raised had fallen to the ground. Blood was pouring out of his mouth and nose. The clothes on his chest and abdomen were slowly falling apart.

Soaked in blood.

"Xia Lan, get out of the way." Su Mo calmly ordered.

Although she was on the battlefield for the first time, she was not like an ordinary woman. She was born with the courage to face danger without fear.

Xia Lan refused to let go, still holding the dagger: "Madam, you can't go there, what if he hurts you in his dying struggle."

"He is not a Beidi soldier, just an ordinary person." Su Mo walked around Xia Lan and walked towards the Beidi man. Xia Lan did not dare to pull him, so he had to walk with her.

Anyway, this man was shot several times and was obviously hopeless.

"Who are you," Su Mo squatted down and asked. "Why do you want to assassinate me?"

The Beidi man's eyes were about to burst and he was screaming something. Every time he shouted, he spit out a mouthful of blood.

Su Mo couldn't understand Beidi's language, but she could tell that the other party's hatred for her seemed to be unforgettable.

The Beidi man shouted two words, one short and one long. His head hung softly and he was breathless. The sergeants around him pulled out their blood-stained halberds and looked around cautiously.

"Go search the grass to see if anyone is still lurking!"

Upon seeing the guard commander's order, dozens of soldiers immediately rushed into the grass on the roadside, waving their knives and searching around to see if there were any assassins lurking in the grass.

The guard commander stepped forward, kicked the sharp knife away from the ground, then squatted down and used his halberd to turn the man over and examine him carefully.

"Prince Princess, he is dead." After checking that everything was correct, the guard commander stood up and said to Su Mo.

Su Mo lowered her eyes and said nothing, just nodded slightly.

Xia Lan said: "Prince Princess, it was so dangerous just now. Fortunately, there are guards. Let's go back quickly."

"Does any of you understand Beidi?" Su Mo did not answer her, but looked at the soldiers around him, "Tell me, what did he say before he died?"

Upon hearing Su Mo's inquiry, everyone around looked at one of the sergeants.

The sergeant wanted to hide behind others at first, but when he saw that everyone was looking at him and he had nowhere to escape, he could only say in a panic: "I understand, but I don't dare to say it."

Su Mo didn't say anything, but turned to look at the guard commander.

The guard commander shuddered and shouted to the sergeant: "If there is anything you don't dare to say, just say it if Madam asks you to."

"Yes, yes." The sergeant whispered, "He said...he said 'devil'."

Xia Lan smiled and said: "Haha, we and Beidi are mortal enemies, and of course we are the devil in their eyes. Crown Princess, we should go back."

"He should have said more than that," Su Mo said to the sergeant without moving, "What else did he say?"

The sergeant hesitated for a moment and looked at the guard commander.

The guard commander glared at him: "What are you afraid of? Just tell me!"

The sergeant could only say: "He said 'the devil who destroyed our village'."

Su Mo's eyes suddenly widened, she turned to look into the distance where the smoke was billowing, and murmured: "Beiheng, you..."

Seeing that the situation was not going well, Xia Lan was about to persuade her. Su Mo quickly walked towards the carriage and said to the driver: "Take me immediately to the place where the smoke started."

Xia Lan was shocked and turned pale. She followed Su Mo and said, "Concubine, there may be enemies there. Don't go there."

"There are so many guards, why should I worry," Su Mo held the car door and said to the guard commander, "You will protect me, right?"

The guard commander lowered his head and said, "I swear to the death to protect the safety of the Crown Princess."

"That's good," Su Mo got on the carriage and said to Xia Lan, "You chased me all the way just now, so you can get in the carriage too."

"Prince Princess, you can't go." The smile on Xia Lan's face almost turned into tears, but she did not dare to stop her master.

"Don't worry, if Beiheng is angry, I will speak for you." Su Mo comforted her, "I will explain this to Beiheng. You can get in the car."

Xia Lan had no choice but to get on the carriage, and the troops surrounded the carriage as it turned in the wind and dust all the way up the hillside.

Su Mo got off the carriage with Xia Lan's help. Before she even took a step, she smelled the strong blood in the air, which almost made her vomit on the spot. The choking smoke made the sky above her head turn black.

"Prince Princess, cough... it's too choked here." Xia Lan said, "You go back to the carriage first, and I will check and come back... cough... report to you."

"It doesn't matter."

Su Mo covered her mouth, pushed Xia Lan's arm away with one hand, and walked around the carriage.

In front of him was a village engulfed in flames, and corpses hanging from dead branches.
Chapter completed!