Chapter 899: Please preside over the conclusion (2/2)

Bai Yuqiao was the only one who knew that she was heading to Northern Li to seek refuge with her senior brother. Long Feiye and Han Yunxi were more concerned that she’d tried to meet up with his master. That would cause massive trouble for Ning Cheng and the Di Clan. When Han Yunxi told Ning Cheng’s guards about the situation, she added, “One of you should call back the archers. There’s no way they can catch up to Bai Yanqing. And it’s no use even if they do. Have them search through the mountains as well and we might be able to rescue Ning Cheng. The other should hurry over to Myriad Merchant Hall and call for reinforcements. After something this big, the Di Clan needs someone else to take the reins.”

One of the guards immediately left, but the other fell to his knees. “Princess, you’re the master of the Di Clan, ah! May princess please preside over the conclusion!”

Han Yunxi couldn’t answer. She glanced towards Long Feiye, but he was only looking coldly at the guard with killing intent in his eyes. Baili Mingxiang and Xu Donglin sensed his intentions. Did the guard mean for the princess to return with him?

Before Long Feiye could speak, Han Yunxi beat him to it again. “Of course I’ll go back to preside over the conclusion. Just for now, you go back first. If I can’t find Bai Yuqiao, I’ll return immediately.”

Long Feiye instantly gripped Han Yunxi’s hand so tightly that it hurt.

“Yes! This subordinate will report back immediately.” The guard had no idea why the princess was with the East Qin crown prince instead of at the barracks, but since she came back to find Master Ning, she had to still have the Di Clan and West Qin in her heart.

Long Feiye couldn’t take it once the guard was gone. “You’re planning to go?” he asked icily.

This fellow. He can stay calm even after Bai Yanqing escaped, but now he’s flaring up?

“Long Feiye, unless we can rescue Ning Cheng within the next couple of days, I’ll have to go back. If he falls into Bai Yanqing’s hands, the entire Di Clan will be in danger and East and West Qin will definitely go to war. Moreover, they’d start fighting ahead of schedule!” Han Yunxi analyzed seriously.

Heaven knows what that mule-headed Ning Cheng might do after misunderstanding her! Suppose Bai Yanqing successfully sowed discord between them? What then? Suppose Ning Cheng completely lost faith in her as a West Qin princess and decided to betray the West Qin? What if he teamed up with Bai Yanqing? No matter what, his kidnapping left the Di Clan in danger and posed a plethora of problems for Long Feiye’s side as well. At a time like this, she had to go back even if she didn’t want to, for the sake of controlling the Di Clan and taking responsibility!

How could Long Feiye fail to understand her reasoning? He fell silent as his eyes flickered with complex emotions. No one could tell what he was thinking. After a long time, he finally said, “We’ll discuss this after we track him down!”

“Alright!” Han Yunxi dearly wished they could find him.

Long Feiye grabbed her by the waist and she lowered her voice to murmur back, “Feiye, we’ll definitely find him.” In other words, she didn’t want to leave him.

Long Feiye’s tone remained cold. “I never agreed to let you go. We’ll discuss this after we find him!”

He held onto her before quickly vanishing into the woods. Baili Mingxiang and the scattered shadow guards didn’t dare to delay, but chased after them posthaste.

Would they be able to track down Bai Yuqiao’s traces? If not, would Han Yunxi stay or leave? And what were Long Feiye’s plans?

Everything was yet to be determined.

Han Yunxi’s group scoured all over the mountains for their man, while news of Blacktower’s explosions had already spread as far as the Three-Way Black Market’s gambling houses. The Three-Way Battlefield was a sensitive place to begin with, so explosions like these turned things even more delicate. News spread fast along with all kinds of conjectures until everything grew exaggerated. Naturally, they reached the black markets first.

Gu Qishao and Manager Jin were still at a tie after playing countless rounds against each other. Although they were getting more into the game as they played, the onlookers had long grew weary and most of them had left. They figured they could come back after a few more days to see who won in the end. At this rate, it’d take at least three to five days longer. Of course, still others preferred to hang around even though the games were all tied. They didn’t want to miss a second. It was a rare chance to see two masterful gamblers at work. In the future, the two of them would become a topic of talk in the gambling houses.

Mu Linger was definitely Gu Qishao’s most ardent fan. While the others grew quiet and chattered casually amongst themselves, she kept her eyes on the table. But Gu Qishao suddenly stopped in the middle of lazily opening his box of dice to look behind him. At this, the people speaking in hushed tones all grew silent.

Gu Qishao scrutinized them coldly before asking, “Who just said there’s been an incident at Mt. Yue?”

Mt. Yue was the location of Blacktower.

A middle-aged man timidly replied, “It was me.”

“What’s happened at Mt. Yue?” Gu Qishao grew stern as he strode over in one stride.

Scared, the middle-aged man stammered back, “There was an explosion at Mt. Yue this morning. Many people are saying…” Before he could finish, Gu Qishao leaped over the crowd and ran towards the back rooms.

An explosion at Mt. Yue! What could this be except Ning Cheng’s red coat cannons? What a Ning Cheng, he’s set up such a fine play!

Mu Linger was completely lost, but she quickly realized what was wrong.

“Qi gege! Qi gege, wait for me!” she chased afterhim desperately. But Gu Qishao was already gone by the time she reached backstage. He hadn’t been able to find Ning Cheng or anyone who knew his whereabouts, so he had headed for Myriad Merchant Hall.

Mu Linger couldn’t find him either and prepared to head for the main hall when a few strong men moved in to block her path…