Vol 3 Chapter 3 (1/1)
Book 3 Chap 3 – Turbulence in the camp
That night Xiang Shaolong did not sleep a wink after he returned to his roo Shou and Wa Che’s escort, the convoy passed the Zhang river and entered the wilderness that belongs to the state of Wei Lady Ya knows that he is still angry so she stayed inside the carriage and did not bother him Xiaozhao and the other iven strict orders and they dared not speak to him Prince Shaoyuan deliberately showed his uncooperativeness by lagging behind and slowing down the group Xiang Shaolong was confident and was not bothered at all By dusk, they’ve only ed to travel about 20 odd li
By now Xiang Shaolong’s attention was solely on the enehland with aplaced his own commander’s tent as well as Lady Ya and Zhao Qian’s tents in the500 warriors split into 3 groups to set up their tents to the extreht Prince Shaoyuan’s tents were set up at the extreme left, which shows an obvious divide in the ca knohat he is up to, because tonight the highly skilledwill infiltrate into Zhao Qian’s ca smoke so that he can sneak into Zhao Qian’s tent and despoil her And the person who volunteered to do this is Prince Shaoyuan If not for the fact that Xiang Shaolong is aware of their plot, it’s very possible that they have a high chance of success Who would think that they’d have to be on the alert against an inside thief?
Xiang Shaolong stood straight at the highest point of thehills below hiht to hi’s men would choose this place to strike That’s because even when one is near the area, they will be difficult to spot and Prince Shaoyuan knows this secret, that’s why he deliberately delayed the journey By now Cheng Xu has come up to him and commented, “I did not know that I camp Even Zha Yuanyu who thinks of hi convenient and flexible and he’s extreht to himself that he’s had 2000 ood at it but when he replied, he was very hu Xu lowered his voice, “I’ve sent my trusted aide to make contact with your man Wu Zhuo and told hi Hei! I think Sir feels that soht to hi with Prince Shaoyuan tonight so he does not want Wu Zhuo’s s will not be even ht at this ti up camp came to them to report that his task is accomplished
Although Xiang Shaolong knows that no matter if it’s Hu Hui who has an old enmity with him, or Xiao Weimou and his team of assassins from Qi, they will only strike when he’s deep into the state of Wei so that he won’t be able to run back to Zhao Therefore he instructed Zha Yuanyu to re the circumference of the caainst enemy attacks This move ladly on his way to work Cheng Xu saw that he is so insightful and was evenwas silent for areally important for you to do, but you roup of soldiers with good ar ditches and await my orders But you must hide it fro Xu thought that he was going lay traps around the ca prepared hihed deeply and forced himself to look for Lady Ya In order to deal with Prince Shaoyuan, he can only make peace with her
The soldiers were setting the fire to prepare dinner and when they saw Xiang Shaolong, they greeted this co Shaolong was secretly happy and knows that the incident where he killed Xu Hai has been iive them commands in future, it’ll be a lot easier The cloth that separated the camp from the tents ca with a few of Zhao Qian’s personal guards and they stood at attention when they saw Xiang Shaolong After Xiang Shaolong sreeted them, he went into the restricted area of the camp There are 4 tents in there, Lady Ya and Zhao Qian stays in the bigger tents Xiao Zhao and the otherdinner at the e Xiao Zhao and Xiao Mei even lowered their head and cried Xiang Shaolong replied them with a s numbly at a corner, her eyes swollen, obviously she has been crying Xiang Shaolong secretly sighed again, and began to understand that he is growing to love her eous past or her being close with otherin and she stood up in alar!” Xiang Shaolong smiled, “You’re not allowed to cry, I’ll leave if you cry” Zhao Ya forced her tears back and shouted, throwing herself into his ar but she dared not cry out loud Naturally Xiang Shaolong’s shoulder was soon wet Xiang Shaolong caressed her back and said gently, “Do you still dare to be disobedient in future?” Zhao Ya shook her head furiously, ed her and sat doiped away her teas and said with a so and look for Zhao Qian and tell her that tonight, I want all the women in here to hide in my tent This must be kept a secret” Zhao Ya looked at hiain so she kept nodding her head, looking so obedient yet pitiful How enchanting Xiang Shaolong can’t bear to see her like that so he whispered in her ear, “I’ bad to her!” Zhao Ya heard his gentle tone and she beca, “You really will forgivesmiled and nodded Zhao Ya stole a peek at hi Shaolong sighed, “What can I do? Who told ave a shout of cheer and kissed him
After a long while, Zhao Ya said with much sufferance, “You alain, I can only die” Her pretty eyes reddened again Xiang Shaolong felt bad for her and after consoling her, slapped her hard on her buttocks and co off to work forhis hand, asked, “If Zhao Qian were to askto attack her ca knows that she has been assured and his alertness has returned He knows that she’s using Zhao Qian as an excuse to ask hihed and said, “Don’t worry! She will trust htened and exclai! It’s not that I don’t trust you! I’m just curious And you still want to treatsa expressive she looked and felt his desire rising but he knows that tonight is not the tie down and pushed her out of the tent He then went to look for Cheng Xu, “I want you to dig a few holes that can hide some people around Third Princess’s main tent, and at the same time find 20 expert archers to hide with us in the holes and enjoy the grand event that’s about to happen” Cheng Xu was du instructions about the details, Xiang Shaolong chortled and returned to his tent for his meal
The cold wind swept through the land The crescentthe ca the circumference of the ca day of travel Xiang Shaolong, Cheng Xu, Zhao Da, Zhao Wu, Zhao Qi and the 20 archers were the exception They were hidden separately in the hidden holes at the 4 corners surrounding Zhao Qian’s tent, waiting for the grand event that Xiang Shaolong said will happen They have fought to stay alert for many hours, and that is certainly not a comfortable stay In another 4 hours the daill break
Just as Xiang Shaolong’s own confidence was a little shaken as well, there was a sound that came from Prince Shaoyuan’s side of the caht and their eyes which has long been accustomed to the darkness, they turned towards the direction of the sound and stared
A skinny and short shadow that looks like the size of a child snuck in quietly He moved ni a pipe looking thing A faint light was seen Everyone could clearly see that the intruder is a wretched lookingthat looks like a tiny stove with a round pipe attached to it, and the fire was lighted in the stove That person waited until the firelight in the stove was steady before he pushed the tube that was e dared not even exhale loudly, looking that this person working slowly as he put the drugged smoke into the 4 tents That person let out a bird cry, obviously the signal to su and truly, 10 odd people came over and spread out at the various i the 4 tents Another 5 or 6 people came later, one of them is naturally Prince Shaoyuan Everyone worked quietly, not daring to make any noise The atmosphere was tense and heavy
Prince Shaoyuan went to the door of Zhao Qian’s ca only Lady Ya’s tent, which no one touched Xiang Shaolong was fu as he saw this, these beasts won’t even let innocent maids off If not for the face that Lady Ya is also Prince Shaoyuan’s target, and there is no way he can split hiht as well Once the stove that sent the drugging snal and Prince Shaoyuan and hisknows that it’s tinal A ‘chook chook’ sound was heard
The light arrows shot out fro the 10 odda look out around the camp Prince Shaoyuan and the rest realized the tents were empty and they cried out in alarround with a cry Torches were lit Another group of soldiers led by Zha Yuanyu surrounded the ladies camp Those who snuck into the tents rushed out of it By now Xiang Shaolong and his men threay their bows and ju a merciless attack on the and battle cries thundered in the air
The person Xiang Shaolong targeted was Prince Shaoyuan so he took out a flying needle first and threw it at his thigh just as he was scra out of the tent Prince Shaoyuan screa the sword in his hand Xiang Shaolong dashed forward and kicked hi slaughtered, his cries echoing in the night sky and he collapsed onto the ground, the heart wrenching painhim squirth to strike now Xiang Shaolong onally across, his sword shone, and decapitated an enemy as about to retaliate Thus the battle ended, with the enemies either killed instantly or seriously injured and captured, none escaped The whole camp was a flurry of activity The soldiers all ran towards theood news at the other side rushed over with her family warriors as well
The cloth surrounding the tents were pulled down, the torches illuht Zha Yuanyu’sShaolong chortled and walked over to Prince Shaoyuan as still writhing in pain on the ground and gave him a hard kick on his waist so that he turned over in pain He then stepped on his chest, his long sword pointing at his throat and smiled at Prince Shaoyuan whose muscles twitched so much that his face was contorted and said, “Hey! So it’s Prince Shaoyuan, I’htened voice rose up, “Xiang Shaolong!” Xiang Shaolong was still staring at Prince Shaoyuan as he shouted, “Yuanyu how can you be so rude towards Lady, quickly invite Lady over” By now Lady Ya and Zhao Qian e at the person next to Xiang Shaolong and the surroundings, they all knew clearly what had happened
Although a few hundred people surrounded the sound of the burning torches were heard Lady Pingyuan walked over furiously and exclai to releasewhen Xiang Shaolong’s long sword moved forward, the tip of the sword in his htened he dared notlooked at Lady Pingyuan icily and said soiven an i Now Prince Shaoyuan is in cahoots with outsiders and released drugged se Princess’s yuan saw her son’s bloodied leg and she was at a total loss and anxiously cried out, “Let hi’s eyes was stern as he said deter to execute him on the spot, and bear all responsibilities At the most ill return to Zhao immediately and I will let his Majesty decide yuan turned pale and her lips trembled as she uttered, “How dare you!”
Zhao Qian’s sweet voice said frostily, “Such a , kill hih Lady Ya felt that it’s inappropriate, she dared not interrupt for fear that Xiang Shaolong willto protect Prince Shaoyuan Xiang Shaolong deliberately revealed a cold and cruel syuan looked as if she has suddenly aged, and she cried out, “Fine! What do you want before you’ll letturned his head and looked at Zhao Qian, asking with a straight face, “Will Third Princess allow your subordinate to handle this matter totally” Zhao Qian’s pretty face blushed and dared not look at hi sa gentle this beauty is and other ideas rose in his head, but he reht it such a pity He turned his head back towards Lady Pingyuan and said, “I can stop pursuing this uarantee that Prince Shaoyuan hts towards Princess What does Lady think?”
Lady Pingyuan gritted her teeth so hard that her silver tooth casing al is really for this up in fro is extremely confident, because he knows that she still need toof Wei so he’s not worried that she will not concede Lady Pingyuan was silent for a ood” Xiang Shaolong sood is Lady, I am just a little lucky”