The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1765

Chapter 1765: 862 Xuanyuan Qi Awakens! (Chapter 2)

The two of them instinctively looked up, only to see rows of sharp knives hanging from the branches above, their gleaming tips pointed directly at them.

If they took one wrong step, a rain of knives would descend from the sky.

This wasn’t just any rain of knives; it was strung with silk, faster than arrows. Even the Dark Soul couldn’t evade it.

It’s over, they’re doomed; this was what it meant to die before even starting a mission.

Tang Yueshan: Is the Jin army really this formidable?

Gu Jiao: ...I think it’s Shangguan Qing.

This was originally meant as a trap for the Jin army, but unfortunately, they didn’t step on it. Instead, she and Tang Yueshan did.

Tang Yueshan: What do we do now? Just wait?

Gu Jiao: We could wait for the baby to cry, exposing us; or wait for the Jin army patrol to come by, and we’ll be exposed anyway.

Tang Yueshan: "..."

"Alright, I’m going to relieve myself." A Jin soldier stretched and stood up, rubbing his hands together, sighing, "It’s really cold up here."

His companion teased, "Lazy man’s bowel movements!"

"Anyone else going?"

"What? Are you afraid of ghosts?"

"Aren’t you afraid?"

"Fine, fine, let’s all go together!"

Now they were really done for. If all of them came over together, they wouldn’t be able to hide.

Gu Jiao gripped her silver spear tightly.

Then let’s fight our way out!

Tang Yueshan: Grab someone first to block the knives.

Gu Jiao: Understood.

About a dozen Jin soldiers headed toward the forest, and the two prepared for exposure, hoping the Jin soldiers wouldn’t resort to shooting, and would instead come closer, closer still.

A slightly tipsy Jin soldier unbuckled his belt, inadvertently glanced over, and uncertainly asked, "Huh? Is there someone over there?"

The group quickly forgot their pants, hastily drawing the bows and arrows on their backs.

"Release the arrows!"

Damn! They’re really shooting to kill!

Tang Yueshan felt a chill. How could they possibly dodge this?

Stepping back meant being stabbed by knives; not stepping back meant being shot full of holes by the Jin soldiers.

At the critical moment, a shadow quickly and mysteriously dashed over, grabbing Gu Jiao with one hand and Tang Yueshan with the other, swiftly pulling them away from their spot!

A rain of knives fell from the sky, swiftly cutting the incoming arrows in half!

"Go check it out!" a Jin soldier said.

The group buckled their belts and came to inspect the scene, dumbfounded by what they saw.

There was no sign of anyone on the ground, only a prey which had been stabbed.

"What was that, just a dumb deer." A Jin soldier muttered, "Looks like it triggered the mechanism here..."

Another Jin soldier said, "I told you the forest was dangerous. In the future, we should be careful not to trigger anything ourselves."

...

Gu Jiao and Tang Yueshan were brought into an underground tunnel by the shadow that had suddenly appeared.

Gu Jiao had a guess about who it was, but she still took out a flint and lit it up to check. Upon seeing that aged face, she felt a long-lost sense of familiarity in her heart.

It was as if she had finally waited for this person.

"So it really is you," she said.

"Who is he?" Tang Yueshan asked.

Gu Jiao fixed her gaze on the man in armor: "The Great General of Yan Country, Xuanyuan Qi."

"Xuanyuan Qi..." As a military general, Tang Yueshan had naturally heard of the major battle generals of the Xuanyuan Family, but he had mainly heard of the family head, the War God of Dayan, Xuanyuan Li, and Xuanyuan Li’s eldest son, known as the little War God, Xuanyuan Sheng.

He hadn’t heard much about Xuanyuan Qi though.

"Ah, I remember now; isn’t he Xuanyuan Li’s younger brother, who was said to have died more than thirty years ago?" Tang Yueshan asked.

"It was a fake death," Gu Jiao said.

Xuanyuan Qi’s no longer vacant eyes fell upon Gu Jiao’s face, slowly saying, "You... know about me?"

Gu Jiao thought for a moment: "This... How should I explain to you? Do you know the background of Shangguan Qing?"

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