"No Wedding Unless Enemies and Lovers" 《不是冤家不拜堂》Chapter 167

 Having heard what was said, the secret guard kneeling on the ground broke out in cold sweat on his forehead, but didn't dare to lift his hand to wipe it, under the intense gaze of Yuchi Gong Ru he didn't dare not to speak, "This subordinate followed with flints, ash filled the air and blocked the line of sight...I couldn't see clearly which direction they ran in."

Yuchi Gong Ru continued to ask: "Then how many flints are left?"

The head guard continued to sweat, stalling after a while did he then say: "There's...still three..." The rest of the number, he didn't dare to say.

Yuchi Gong Ru hmphed through his nose scaring the head guard so much he sprawled on the ground kowtowing in apology, "This subordinate is incompetent, this subordinate ought to die."

Yuchi Gong Ru asked word by word: "How many are left? Three hundred? Or thirty?" The flints he had bought from Beiling at a high price, they were intended to force the emperor to abdicate, but now he had to deal with a foreign prince, if people found out about this he would be a joke.

The head guard said: "Three...thirty!"

Yuchi Gong Ru coldly snorted, throwing the sword to his feet, "Kill yourself in apology." Having spoken he looked away, appearing unwilling to discuss, this head guard had been trained by him, loyal and devoted but without a brain, this made him very angry.

The head guard looked at the coldly gleaming sword which fell at his knees, instantly his heart stopped, he had been too anxious to fulfil this assignment, now Xiao Yi Chen hadn't been caught, and he had wasted the flints his master had bought at a high price, he really ought to die.

He picked the sword off the ground pointing it at his stomach, "This subordinate can no longer be loyal and devoted to master, master take care of yourself." Having spoken he closed his eyes, putting strength into his hand, just as the sword was about to pierce his stomach, with a dong, a stone knocked it aside, the blade cut through clothing with a tearing sound.

The head guard raised his head in surprise at Yuchi Gong Ru, confusion in his eyes, there was also a trace of happiness.

Yuchi Gong Ru said: "I'll give you a chance to redeem yourself, this prince doesn't want to be called cold-blooded and heartless by people."

The head guard looked at Yuchi Gong Ru gratefully, then he kowtowed.

Yuchi Gong Ru raised his finger pointing in a direction: "If you go straight on there's a overhanging cliff, this prince passed by here once while hunting, I found there's a cave left behind by hunters, maybe they're there."

The head guard cupped his hands in thanks, immediately taking people in the direction Yuchi Gong Ru pointed at.

As soon as the head guard left, Yuchi Gong Ru suddenly held his chest leaning on the tree, throwing up black blood.

Lowering his head to look at the blood on the grass, a trace of viciousness flashed through Yuchi Gong Ru's eyes....

At the top of the cliff, the head guard sent two subordinates who were good at light martial arts down, this time they were very careful, when they found who they were looking for they shouldn't act blindly without thinking, come back and report to him.

In the cave, Ji Ling Xue stretched, even though her movements were very small, it still startled Xiao Yi Chen awake from his shallow sleep.

Ji Ling Xue stuck out her tongue laughing, "I woke you up."

Xiao Yi Chen reached out a finger touching Ji Ling Xue's lips, he pricked up his ears and listened attentively, giving Ji Ling Xue a look: "Someone is here."

Ji Ling Xue raised an eyebrow, how did Yuchi Gong Ru find them so quickly? It seems her poison wasn't powerful enough, she ought to let him suffer more.

Xiao Yi Chen raised his leg kicking out, knocking the stone behind his feet out of the cave, there was only a dull plop, then came the startled voice of a man.

Ji Ling Xue blinked, looking at Xiao Yi Chen in adoration, prince, that was too cool!

This was some kind of profound martial arts, that's why without seeing, with his intuition he could knock down the person outside.

Outside the cave was sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces, if one was to fall down, it would be good fortune to just lose an arm or leg...

It was very quiet inside the cave, so quiet that what was being said outside could be heard.

"Old five, what's wrong, are you alright?"

"Nothing, it broke when I stepped on it, I almost fell down with it, luckily I tied a rope around my waist."

"That's good, did you find anything over there?"

"Not yet, what about you? The head said prince Chen is hiding on the cliff, do you think it's true? Such a high profile person as him, wouldn't he return to the border of Dongqi quickly for safety?"

"Hush, don't speak, the walls have ears."

Ji Ling Xue and Xiao Yi Chen looked at each other, they really didn't think the place they were resting in would be discovered so quickly.

Ji Ling Xue used her eyes to ask Xiao Yi Chen what to do, Xiao Yi Chen made a gesture, turning he walked out.

Bai Mo and two guards also got up wanting to follow Xiao Yi Chen out, Xiao Yi Chen however made a gesture for them to stop, ordering them to wait on the spot, he nimbly left the cave.

Bai Mo looked at Ji Ling Xue in question, did something happen just now while he was sleeping?

Ji Ling Xue shrugged, Xiao Yi Chen went to deal with those two men who were searching for them, she knew this, but there wasn't a need for the prince himself to kill the two personally?

After a quarter of an hour, Xiao Yi Chen came back, using his actions to answer Ji Ling Xue's question.

Xiao Yi Chen held two guard outfits in his hand and two new human masks, a faint scent of blood wafted in the air, indicating the bloody scene which had taken place just now.

Bai Mo's lips twitched, suddenly feeling the Xiao Yi Chen in front of him was very bloodthirsty and frightening.

Xiao Yi Chen's guards looked at him in worship, their master could be described in one word: Cool!

Ji Ling Xue pointed at the human skin in Xiao Yi Chen's hand asking, "What are you doing?" Did he want to infiltrate the enemy, but didn't Xiao Yi Chen place two spies by Yuchi Gong Ru's side?

Understanding Ji Ling Xue's meaning, Xiao Yi Chen said: "I'm afraid those two spies were discovered by Yuchi Gong Ru and dealt with." Otherwise such a powerful weapon as flints, they had no reason not to tell him.

Bai Mo said: "So you want to personally pretend as his guard, infiltrate his side and kill him?"

Xiao Yi Chen cast Bai Mo a sidelong glance, curling his lips: "Does this prince have to personally do such a trivial thing?"

Bai Mo thought about it and felt it made sense, a guard's uniform was chucked at him, "Bai Mo, this prince feels you can take on such a heavy responsibility."

"..." Bai Mo blinked, looking at Xiao Yi Chen pitifully, where they not friends, were they not brothers, why did he have to push him into the fire, if he knew he would be treated so badly, he wouldn't have followed him to Dayan thinking it would be fun.

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Xiao Yi Chen patted Bai Mo's shoulder saying: "You're a great doctor who can plunge into the bones of the dead, even if Yuchi Gong Ru sees through you, he wouldn't kill you, what's more not only do you know medicine, you're also good at martial arts, this prince only has you who is qualified."

Being praised like this by Xiao Yi Chen, Bai Mo suddenly felt he was up on high, his heart also lightened.

Bai Mo patted his chest, "Don't worry, just leave it to this miracle doctor, I'll make sure Yuchi Gong Ru unconsciously dies from poisoning, other doctors won't be able to tell the cause."

Xiao Yi Chen's lips twitched, "Even though this prince really hates Yuchi Gong Ru, but I don't want him to die too quickly, this prince needs to obtain that flint formula from his hands today."

Bai Mo wordlessly looked at Xiao Yi Chen, the task was too hard, can he give up now?

Xiao Yi Chen then picked another secret guard who's martial arts wasn't bad to assist Bai Mo and to protect him.

When the two of them left the cave quietened down again, Ji Ling Xue yawned, turning to Xiao Yi Chen: "There's no flint in Dongqi?"

Xiao Yi Chen shook his head: "There is but the force isn't as great, if we can use it in battle it would save a lot of effort."

Ji Ling Xue gave an oh, Xiao Yi Chen had gold mines and researched flint, was he really not planning to force an abdication and call himself emperor?

Again seeing Ji Ling Xue's train of thoughts, Xiao Yi Chen said: "Don't think about it, this prince won't do that, even if the world gets better, sitting in that supreme position you lose a lot of freedom and joy." His aspiration was not the imperial throne.

Ji Ling Xue raised an eyebrow, it was rare to hear such words from Xiao Yi Chen's mouth.

Xiao Yi Chen held Ji Ling Xue's hand saying: "When Xiao Yi Mo was still the crown prince, I had some delusions and envy for the position, but the more time passed, that way of thinking gradually faded and disappeared." So long as Xiao Yi Mo respected him as a brother and friend and not force his hand, he wouldn't go down the path of: Killing a brother for the throne.

Ji Ling Xue tilted her head asking: "Then what is your aspiration?"

"World peace, be a free and unfettered prince, keeping beloved princess company all day." As he spoke he held Ji Ling Xue by the waist, kissing her red lips.

Dayan, second prince's residence, Ru Ge stood at the window looking at a tender bud peeking through the branch after the snow melted.

His personal guard walked over, reporting to him of Yuchi Gong Ru's whereabouts these last few days.

Ru Ge frowned: "Flint attack? Then is sworn sister and the other alright?"

Sworn sister, he naturally spoke of Ji Ling Xue.

The guard embarrassingly said: "Our people also failed to find prince Chen and the others."

Ru Ge nodded: "Let's go, I ought to go to the palace to give my greetings to emperor father." He sounded calm, not worried about Ji Ling Xue and the others at all.

Ru Ge was entering the palace this time to still fight to go to Dongqi for peace negotiations, the old emperor also relented and agreed, after talking with the old emperor about daily matters, Ru Ge left the palace.

Somewhere in the mountain Yuchi Gong Ru was meditating and regulating his breathing, he slowly opened his eyes, his forehead was already covered in sweat, the poison was finally under his control, Bai Mo and the head guard quickly came over, Yuchi Gong Ru's eyes flashed, was there news of Xiao Yi Chen, there was nothing else which made him happier than Xiao Yi Chen's death.

Bai Mo had changed his appearance, Yuchi Gong Ru didn't pay attention to him, he looked at the head guard asking: "What happened?"

The head guard smiled bowing: "We lived up to master's expectations, even though we lost two men, Xiao Yi Chen was hit off the cliff by us."

Yuchi Gong Ru stood up and raised his head laughing heartily, hearing Xiao Yi Chen's misfortune, he felt happy from head to toe, his resentment had finally been released.

After Yuchi Gong Ru laughed loudly three times he said: "Return to the capital."

If they didn't go back, his poison would act up again.

The head guard nodded, "This subordinate will escort prince back, only..."

Yuchi Gong Ru sneered: "Only a dog which fell into water, there's no need to worry about it, when this prince goes to Dongqi I'll also deal with him then!"

The head guard lowly agreed, with Mo Bai they escorted him back to the third prince residence, as soon as they entered the residence door, Yuchi Gong Ru's eyes darkened, falling head first to the ground...