Chapter 357 Questioning the Mission

“The next official is really do not know, Wanzhou is still a few days away from the north, a few adults if you do not believe, may as well walk further north, see is believe.”

Niu Zhizhu defended himself repeatedly, almost pointing to the sky as an oath.

Niu Zhizhu, a small person, was in all probability unaware of the situation, so the people did not make things difficult for him.

After Liu Imperialist asked a few more questions about the northern border, the Chancellor of the Da Lisi smiled and got up to see him off.

After seeing Niu Zhizhu get on the carriage and leave with the magistrates, the Da Lisi Chancellor returned to the post, dismissed the postmen, and looked around at the crowd, “Are we going north now, or are we going to stay at the post for a few more days?”

Sheriff Chen of the Ministry of Justice whispered, “If we continue to stay at the post, King Huai’s people will inevitably seek us out. At that time, we will have no choice but to go north with them.”

“Isn’t this just right.” Another imperial historian surnamed Zhou, laughed, “We are in the open, Xu Yinluo is in the dark, attracting King Huai’s attention is our mission.”

The Chancellor of the Da Lisi let out a sigh of emotion, “I don’t know what the condition of the Princess is, whether she is alive or dead.”

Upon hearing this, Sheriff Chen and the two Imperial Magistrates smiled coldly, the deaths and lives of the Wangfei and Chu Xianglong, what did it have to do with them.

That kind of devious scumbag is better off dead.

Yang Yan told them that after Xu Qi’an fought off the northern experts, he went on the road alone and secretly traveled to the north to investigate the case.

The plan won the unanimous approval of the crowd and a promise to keep it a secret. The officials of the three divisions cooperated so well, for one thing, because they had just been saved by Xu Qi’an and had changed their attitudes towards him, shifting from hostility to closeness.

Secondly, Xu Qi’an investigating the case in secret meant that the mission could be passive and would not attract the Zhenbei King’s backlash for finding any evidence.

Two for the price of one.

There was one thing that Yang Yan hadn’t told them, and that was the whereabouts of the Wangfei, who, according to Yang Yan’s speculation, had most likely been rescued by Xu Qi’an.

This was the conclusion he had drawn afterward by groping along the direction Xu Qi’an had left, all the way to the scene of the battle, where he had found the unconscious maidservant.

There was no residue left at the scene other than the spider silk and handmaidens that had been left behind in the densely wooded area.

Yang Yan woke up the maidservants to ask about the situation, and learned from them that Xu Qi’an chased over, and a big battle might happen afterward, why is it possible, because the maidservants are not sure.

They quickly fainted.

Yang Yan surmised two possibilities: either Xu Qi’an had robbed the princess halfway and started a chase with the northern experts; or Xu Qi’an had defeated the northern experts and succeeded in rescuing the princess.

He was more inclined towards the former guess, as there were no traces of fighting at the scene, and it was highly likely that Xu Qi’an had utilized the spells recorded in the Confucian scrolls to successfully save the princess.

“The four experts in the north are deep into Da Feng’s territory and don’t dare to be too blatant, which gives Xu Qi’an a lot of opportunities ……… He has the Confucian scrolls to protect his body, and he himself has a small completion of the Vajra Divine Skill, so he’s not without the ability to defend himself. Moreover, it’s just the right opportunity to sharpen him, so that he can touch the threshold of Harmonization Power earlier and advance to the Fifth Grade.”

Yang Yan thought so at the time.

It would be dangerous, but the wufu system was supposed to be a process of breaking through and sharpening the self. Yang Yan himself had participated in the Battle of Shanhai back then, and he was still very young at that time.

Still dares to carry a sword to kill in the battle sands, nine deaths and sharpen the martial arts.

Xu Qi’an could certainly do it, and if he couldn’t, there was no one to blame for his death.

In addition, he secretly arranged for ten forbidden soldiers to escort the maidservant southward and return to the capital.

The mission now had only ninety forbidden soldiers, and the Chancellor of the Da Lisi and the others were oblivious to this, not that they weren’t attentive enough, it was that they had never cared about the bottom ranked soldiers.

………..

A mountain path trodden out by pedestrians, Xu Qi’an carried his saber wrapped in cloth, striding forward with high strides.

The green and disheveled princess was leaning on a branch, hanging slowly behind her, and after a few days, the servant girl’s clothes she was wearing became wrinkled and dirty, and her body began to smell sour.

In the beginning, she was still very careful about her hair, waking up in the morning to comb it neatly. Later on, she didn’t care, casually tying her hair with a wooden pin, her hair hanging down in a slightly messy manner.

Where there is still the honorable appearance of the princess, is clearly a deserted woman fleeing from the famine.

“Not bad, you’ve gained a lot of stamina in the last few days for being able to follow for so long.”

At the front, Xu Qi’an stopped and praised with a smile.

“I hear water up ahead, step up and take a break there.”

At those words, the princess’s eyes brightened and then dimmed. She didn’t dare to take a bath, preferring to smell her own sweaty odor with disgust every day, preferring to scratch east and west.

There was a reason why the crown princess didn’t bathe, firstly, to prevent Xu Qi’an from spying on her, or taking the opportunity to get horny and do something heartless to her.

Second, as long as she keeps stinking like this, this guy won’t touch her.

I can’t stand the sour smell of your body more and more ……. This was the mantra Xu Qi’an had often hung on to for a few days.

Within a short time, the two saw a slender waterfall on the cliff face to their left, and where there is a waterfall, there must be a waterhole.

Sure enough, as he approached, underneath the waterfall was a small pool of water that flowed, outward, in a thin stream.

“I’m getting tired of the sour smell of your body, do you want to take a bath?” Xu Qi’an suggested.

“No washing.” She flatly refused.

“Dirty woman.” Xu Qi’an spat.

You are the one who is dirty, bah ……… Wangfei s mouth curled up, and her heart is old and proud.

“I’ll wash it if you won’t.”

Xu Qi’an took off his jacket, revealing his strong upper body with well-proportioned muscles and excellent proportions, displaying his masculine beauty to the fullest.

The princess rolled her eyes and looked away.

There was a “plopping” sound in her ear, and when she looked back to confirm Xu Qi’an’s jump into the pool of water, she sat down on a rock beside the stream and slowly took off her dirty embroidered shoes.

A pair of luscious, tiny feet showed, and she held them up to see that the soles of her feet were red and had a few blisters.

The princess almost wanted to cry as she held her small mouth.

Although Xu Ningyan, that lustful man, was tempted by her beauty and was quite compassionate, not grasping at straws to hurry.

But what an arduous journey it was for a pampered princess to trek for five days on foot.

In layman’s terms: I suffer the treatment that this beauty and status shouldn’t deserve.

The princess soaked her little white feet in the stream, then cleaned her dirty embroidered shoes and hung them out to dry on the rocks; the mid-spring sun was just right, but it might not dry her shoes.

Here again, the Princess had a little idea that her shoes were wet, so she could use it as an excuse to rest a little longer.

If the boy didn’t agree, she could just as well make him steam-dry her shoes.

The best of both worlds.

The cold stream soaked her ankles, and she squinted and enjoyed it for a long moment, then moved her plump, rounded buttocks, off the rock as she stood in the stream, lifting the hem of her skirt up and tying it tightly at her knees.

Women of this era were certainly not negligent in their defense underneath their skirts, which consisted of three layers: blasphemous pants, normal silk pants, and skirts.

The princess leaned over and scooped up a handful of water and washed her face.

Comfortable …… She squinted her crescent moon eyes and made an expression of enjoyment.

At that moment, she saw that high up ahead, at the edge of the pool, Xu Qi’an had come ashore at some point, and the guy had his back to her, facing the pool of water.

A crystalline line of water traced a graceful arc and merged into a pool of water.

“Xu Ningyan!!!”

The princess broke down and screamed.

………..

Bang!

On the mountain path, Xu Qi’an, who was walking ahead, had the back of his head hit by a rock. Xu Yinluo, whose fleshly body defense was unmatched, didn’t care and continued to walk forward.

Bang! Another rock hit the back of the head.

“Hey, are you done.” Xu Qi’an twisted his head, glaring at the woman who had tirelessly smashed him for an hour.

Doesn’t she have sore hands?

The princess hid the stone in her hand behind her back, crossed her arms, and skimmed her head, pretending to look around at the scenery.

Xu Qi’an glared at her for a few moments, but the crown princess was sensible enough to know that she was at a vulnerable stage in the team, never lifting a finger with him on the surface. But when Xu Qi’an turned around …….

Bang!

The rocks are back.

…….. I really haven’t seen such a petty woman, I’ll see how long you can smash it, you’re the one who’s tired anyway! Xu Qi’an spat in her heart.

Her strength was limited, the stone couldn’t hit with much force, plus Xu Qi’an’s defense was amazing, this kind of painless attack could be ignored, he just found it annoying.

……….

After three days in Wanzhou, an army was ushered into the post, not many in number, only two hundred. But the leading general was not of low status, under the Zhenbei King’s command, the Assault Battalion’s General, the fourth rank.

The general’s surname is Li, a native of Chuzhou, and his appearance has the characteristics of a northerner, with a strong and powerful body and rough features, and the armor he wears has a dull color and is covered with knife scars.

It’s the credentials of a long time in the field.

He barged into the post with his men and horses, sweeping his eyes sharply over Yang Yan and the officials of the three divisions who had come downstairs at the sound of the noise, and questioned in a deep voice: “Where is the crown princess? Where is Vice General Chu?”

Behind them were two columns of soldiers, their faces serious, their eyes fixed on the mission officials.

The Chancellor of the Da Lisi felt a great deal of pressure, and against the aggressive eyes of the military mangaka, he stepped forward with a stiff upper lip and said, “Who are you?”

“Chuzhou, Assault Battalion Seneschal, Li Yuanhua.” Seneschal Li scrutinized the Chancellor, “And who are you?”

“My lord, the Chancellor of the Da Lisi.”

Senator Li nodded and asked again, “Where is the princess?”

Today, he suddenly received an order from King Huai’s secret agent to go to Wanzhou and ask the envoy about the situation of the Wangfei. Only then did Li Yuanhua realize that the Princess had left the capital to go north, and he thought that the King Huai’s spies were asking him to go and fetch the Princess.

Immediately, he led two hundred cavalrymen and brought that King Huai secret agent over from the nearby Changmen County.

The smile on the Da Lisi Prime Minister’s face slowly disappeared as he sighed, “The mission was intercepted on the way, and we were separated from the Princess.”

Interception?

General Li was shocked and full of surprises, within the territory of Dabong, someone dared to intercept and kill the envoys? What kind of thieves are so bold and what is their purpose?

All sorts of doubts flashed by, and he twisted his head, looking to his side, wrapped in a black robe, at the secret agent.

Wrapped in a black robe and wearing a mask that blocked the upper half of her face, revealing only her white jaw, this secret agent was a woman.

However, General Li would not take her lightly because she was an “Earth” level secret agent, and at this level, the cultivation level of a secret agent was either Sixth Grade or Fifth Grade.

“I have something to ask you all, but it must come one by one.” The woman secret agent said in a deep voice, her deep gaze scrutinizing the crowd under her mask.

“What are you.” Detective Chen of the Ministry of Justice raised his eyebrows.

The woman secret agent slipped out a basalt iron token from her sleeve, shaking her hand and tossing it, the token dived into the ground at Sheriff Chen’s feet.

On the token, the word “earth” is engraved.

“The scouts raised by King Huai.” Yang Yan finally spoke.

The Zhenbei King s secret agent ……… three division officials were austere in their hearts and collected their dissatisfied attitudes.

The Chancellor of the Da Lisi piled up a smile on his face and said, “What do you want to ask?”

The woman wrapped in black robes, the secret agent, brushed past the crowd and made her way up the stairs, saying, “Follow me.”

The Chancellor of the Da Lisi and the two royal historians didn’t move, while Yang Yan was expressionless, and Sheriff Chen frowned, cursing the civil officials in his heart for being cowardly, while following up with a stiff upper lip.

The black-robed woman picked a room at random, took out a triangular talismanic seal in her robe, and gently snapped it onto the desktop.

Then said, “What we say can’t be heard outside. I have a few questions for you.”

Sheriff Chen nodded.

“Who are you?” The woman asked.

“Chief Constable of the Ministry of Justice, Chen Liang.” Sheriff Chen answered truthfully.

The woman’s face hidden under the mask couldn’t see the expression, her red lips lightly opened and said, “Do you know the true identity of the princess.”

Sheriff Chen froze and frowned as he asked back, “The real identity of the princess?”

Without answering, the woman’s secret agent asked the next question, “Tell us about the attack on you.”

Sheriff Chen then told the process after the mission left the capital, roughly, focusing on describing the attack.

The woman’s secret agent on the other side listened, pondered for a long time, and said, “He predicted that the mission would be ambushed at Flowing Rock Beach?”

Sheriff Chen nodded, hearing the surprise in the woman’s tone, and said, “You may not understand him, this person has a delicate and keen mind, and he has an insight into the situation ……..”

The woman secret agent raised her hand, interrupting him, and faintly said, “I know him, if we don’t even know Xu Yinluo, who breaks cases like a god;who single-handedly stops tens of thousands of rebels, then we are obviously unqualified scouts.”

Sheriff Chen could hear the undisguised derision and mockery in her tone when she spoke of “one person standing alone against tens of thousands of rebels”.

“I want a recent update on him, after the Buddhist fight.” She added.

After the Buddhist fight …….. Sheriff Chen thought for a moment and said, “Then of course, it’s the Imperial Examination fraud case and the Heavenly Man Controversy, which are the most notable and influential deeds. As for other trivial matters, I won’t pay that much attention to him.”

The woman’s secret agent nodded, signaling that he could begin.

Ercao s body and name are extinguished, and the river will not be abolished for ten thousand years ……… With the Confucian spells and the undefeated golden body, he overpowered the outstanding disciples of the two celestial and human sects …….. She did not speak for a long time.

The imperial fraud case and the Celestials’ dispute happened so recently that the news hadn’t had time to reach the North.

“You can go out now, and call that Chancellor in.” She said.

Sheriff Chen nodded his head and silently opened the door of the room and left, and a few minutes later, the Chancellor of the Da Lisi knocked on the door while pushing in.

The woman’s secret agent re-asked the question she had just asked, but in the case of the Chancellor of the Grand Lodge, she had added to it, questioning it:

“Why did you continue northward afterward without searching for Chu Xianglong and the princess?”

In response, the Chancellor of the Da Lisi laughed coldly and said, “Those who abandon me, why should they stay? The mission’s mission is to investigate the case of the “Blood Slaughter of Three Thousand Miles”, not to escort the Princess.”

What he means is that we have already done our utmost in benevolence and justice, and if Chu Siang Lung is not benevolent, they will not be blamed for being unrighteous.

Without commenting, the woman’s secret agent moved her hooded head to signal that he could leave.

The Chancellor of the Da Lisi got up, walked to the door, and was about to open the door and leave, when the voice of the woman’s secret agent suddenly came from behind her, “What do you think of this person, Xu Qi’an?”

Underneath the mask, the pair of deep, calm eyes, unblinking, looked at the back of the Prime Minister of the Da Lisi.

……. The Chancellor of the Da Lisi narrowed his eyes, and without half a moment’s hesitation, he let out a cold snort and said, “It’s just a yellow-haired child.”

The woman’s secret agent nodded slightly and withdrew her burning gaze.

………

PS: Help with typos, please. I’m going to a birthday party tonight, so I may not have an update for the night, or, have a short, feeble chapter.