In the evening, You Ming came back, looking a little serious.
"Why, haven't you heard about Wan Qiujin?" Ye Xiong asked anxiously.
"I accidentally heard some bad news."
"what news?"
"Two months ago, Xingchen Pass fell. The demon army has marched straight in and occupied the ancient star. Now the Great Qin Empire's front is in a hurry."
"A breakthrough so soon?" Ye Xiong's face changed slightly.
He thought that Xingchen Pass could be defended for ten or eight years, but he didn't expect that it would be breached in just four years.
"What's going on with Ancestor Star now?" Ye Xiong asked anxiously.
"The Ancestral Star has not been breached yet, but according to rumors, it will be breached sooner or later."
Ye Xiong suddenly became worried. His black slate was placed in a lake in the Ancestral Star. If the Ancestral Star was breached, it would be very difficult for him to retrieve the black slate.
"Have you heard any news about Wan Jinqiu and his son?" Ye Xiong continued to ask.
"I heard about it. It's at the Guard House in the Imperial City. By the way, there's another news."
"what news?"
"The Ninth Princess has been brought back and is now in the Imperial City."
"Zeng Susu, how is it possible? Isn't she with the giant ape layman? How could she be captured?" Ye Xiong asked excitedly,
Seeing how nervous he looked, You Ming couldn't help but take another look at him.
"Don't think too much, I just treat her as an ordinary friend, there is no relationship between us." Ye Xiong was afraid that she would misunderstand, so he quickly explained.
"I didn't ask you." You Ming looked at him with a smile and said, "What you said is a bit like 'there is no three hundred taels of silver here'."
"Nonsense, I just don't want you to misunderstand."
"I have no control over your relationship with him. What are you going to do now? Are you going to save her and leave?"
Ye Xiong suddenly fell silent. Saving Zeng Susu was no less difficult than killing Wan Jinqiu.
It’s okay to save, but what happens after the rescue?
It was impossible to take her with him. He was not related to him, and it was impossible to take care of her for the rest of his life.
"How is she doing now?"
"It's not clear, but what is certain is that she is still alive."
Ye Xiong sighed after a long while and said: "I'd better not swim in this muddy water. Zeng Susu is the princess of the Canglan Empire after all. No matter how bad the third prince is, he is still her brother. Blood is thicker than water. The third prince must
I won’t let anything happen to her.”
"Let's put Zeng Susu's matter aside for now. The most important thing for us now is to kill Wan Jinqiu and his son and avenge Zeng Zhan."
"We can't do anything in the Imperial City. It's too dangerous. It would be great if we could lure them out of the Imperial City."
"The question is, how can we lure them out of the imperial city?"
Ye Xiong held his chin and thought for a moment, then his eyes suddenly lit up.
…
After the three queens, it is the first day of the lunar month, an auspicious day for the emperor.
At this time, Zeng Susu would come to a temple on a mountain hundreds of kilometers away from the imperial city to listen to the sutras and recite the Buddha's name.
Although her body has completely recovered, her habit of believing in Buddhism has not stopped.
Because she was the ninth princess, she was followed by two guards every time she went out. When she went to the temple on the 15th day of the Lunar New Year, the two guards accompanied her closely.
It's a pity that these two guards are only at the Golden Core stage. Even if they both reach the half-step of Nascent Soul, it's still not enough.
After Zeng Susu entered the temple, the familiar sound of wooden fish came from inside, and several monks were chanting sutras inside.
At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly came.
"Susu, long time no see."
Zeng Susu's body trembled, and when she heard the sound, she saw a guest on the ground more than ten meters away, chanting sutras.
Standing in front of an old man in his forties, dressed in simple clothes, Zeng Susu would never have known it was him if she hadn't heard his voice.
She was excited and was about to stand up when Ye Xiong said quickly: "The two guards are watching you outside. Don't stand up. As soon as you stand up, you will be discovered. Let's just talk like this. Keep your voice down."
,I can hear."
The secret sound used by Ye Xiong reaches the ears, and no one else can hear it except her.
"Nie Feng, where have you been in the past few years?" Zeng Susu asked.
Ye Xiong originally wanted to tell him that his real name was Ye Xiong, but now Ye Xiong's name is too sensitive. If she knew it, she might not be able to keep it a secret. After all, she was too simple.
"I found a place to practice in seclusion, and I just came out today." After Ye Xiong finished speaking, he asked: "How are you doing in the imperial city now? The third prince didn't make things difficult for you, right?"
"He didn't make things difficult for me and was quite nice to me, but I didn't like him because he was too cold-blooded," Zeng Susu said.
"For the sake of the throne, he killed all the other princes without any regard for brotherhood. He must have kept you because you were a daughter and could not threaten him," Ye Xiong heard her voice.
Feeling tired, he couldn't help but say: "How about I take you out of here?"
"No, I don't want to inconvenience you. He has great powers and we can't escape." Zeng Susu quickly refused.
She is still as kind-hearted as before.
Ye Xiong originally didn't want to help her because it would be a bit troublesome, but the more she acted like this, the more she touched the softness in his heart.
"Didn't you stay with the giant ape layman and practice with her? Why were you captured and brought back here?" Ye Xiong asked puzzledly.
Ye Xiong is very clear about the strength of the giant ape layman. She is from the same generation as Master Roland, so her strength is definitely extraordinary.
People like Wan Jinqiu and his son will never be able to defeat the giant ape layman.
"It's all my fault. I didn't pay attention when I went down the mountain to buy food. I didn't expect that Wan Jinqiu had been looking for me, and I was caught by him unintentionally." Speaking of this past incident, Zeng Susu blamed herself very much. "Master still doesn't know
I got caught and maybe even thought I didn't want to be around her, so I left."
"When were you captured?"
"I stayed with her for less than two months."
In such a short period of time, the giant ape layman might have thought that she had left quietly. After all, not every female cultivator was willing to stay in a deserted place to practice hard with an old woman.
"Let's talk about these things later. I came to see you today because I want your help with something."
"whats the matter?"
"I want to kill Wan Jinqiu and Wan Jinhao. I want you to find a way to trick them out of the imperial city." Ye Xiong directly stated his purpose.
"Nie Feng, don't be impulsive. You can't deal with these two."
Zeng Susu was shocked when she heard that Ye Xiong wanted to kill the two of them.
In her heart, even Zeng Zhan was no match for Wan Jinqiu, and Nie Feng was even less likely to be a match after he was killed.
"Don't worry, I'm absolutely sure I can kill them. You just have to be responsible for luring them out." Ye Xiong said sonorously.