Sister, you traveled through time too?

【Imperial Palace】

"Have you heard? Jiang Dehai is dead."

"Ah? Is this true? How did he die?"

"I heard that he was trying to save the little princess, and was shot to death by arrows."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, what foolish loyalty! The previous emperor has stepped down, but he still sacrificed himself to save a child."

"Yes, he was so glorious in the past, it's a pity that he ended up like this."

"What about the child? Has he been caught?"

"No, the emperor was so angry that he almost chopped off the heads of those imperial guards."

"What do these Yulin Guards do for a living? They can't even catch a kid."

"But what does it matter? He's just a kid. What kind of trouble can he cause? He'll probably die out in a few days."

"Hahaha, that's true, but I think the emperor is really angry."

Through a thick door, Xiaoyu could clearly hear the conversation of people outside.

The two guards outside the door were chatting as if no one was around, and every word they said made Xiaoyu's heart shrink.

Jiang Dehai... is dead?

Xiaoyu's chest heaved violently, and he told himself to stay calm over and over again.

She had just recovered from the situation of Qiu Zhe and others, and was almost broken by the news of Jiang Dehai's death.

She can hardly hold on any longer.

She could hardly suppress the hatred in her eyes, but she knew she had to endure it.

She prayed that Qiuzhe and the others could hold on and wait until she succeeded.

She was afraid that they would leave her one by one.

That feeling is so painful.

Tang Zhao has left her, and her life or death is unknown.

She couldn't lose any more.

"Hu Che, you will definitely pay the price."

Xiaoyu gritted her teeth and said it over and over again in her heart. She hated herself for not being able to do anything.

She was alone and helpless,

We can only wait for the opportunity.

……

[Outside the city]

Xia Jie and Jiang Hao are very fast runners and are expected to reach the imperial city early the next morning.

The snow was so heavy and there was no place to stay, so the two could only find a cave to rest.

After picking up some firewood and lighting a fire, they finally felt a little warmer.

"We'll be able to reach the Imperial City in two days. Hehe, the New Year is almost here."

Jiang Hao took a sip of wine and felt warmer all over.

Xia Jie was also smiling. Even before he drank the wine, his heart was already warm.

As the night deepened, the two of them went to bed.

Before he fell asleep, Xia Jie sat up suddenly and vigilantly woke Jiang Hao up.

Jiang Hao was confused. When he opened his eyes, he found that Xia Jie had picked up the knife, and he quickly came to his senses.

"What's wrong, General?"

Jiang Hao asked in a low voice.

Xia Jie stared outside the cave vigilantly, signaling Jiang Hao to be quiet.

"It seems like someone is coming towards us."

He spoke in the lowest possible voice.

Jiang Hao immediately took out his knife and became alert as well.

Sure enough, footsteps were heard outside the cave.

The footsteps were very light, and there seemed to be some strange noises.

The two men slowly came to the entrance of the cave and hid, waiting for the enemy to come in so that they could defeat him with one move.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and actually walked into the cave.

Before the man made any sound, Xia Jie and Jiang Hao had already put the knife on the man's neck in tacit understanding.

Immediately afterwards, a sharp and strange explosion was heard, almost breaking the eardrums of both people.

"Gah!"

"There's an ambush! Run, Azhi!"

The cave was already dark, and when the two men could see clearly, they found that the person in front of them was actually an acquaintance.

"Cuizhi?"

Xia Jie and Jiang Hao said almost in unison.

It turned out that the one who made the sound just now was not someone else, but the ice cream.

"Ice cream is here too!" Jiang Hao said in surprise.

Cuizhi was so frightened that she fell to the ground, not daring to look who it was.

Only when his name was called did he raise his head.

She looked at Xia Jie and Jiang Hao in front of her and felt as if she was in a dream.

It feels like a dream!

"General Xia! Master Jiang! Wuuwuwu, is it really you? I am not dreaming!"

"That's great! It must be God's mercy that I met you here!"

Cuizhi was so excited that she burst into tears. She knelt on the ground, clutching the two men's clothes tightly, and sobbed uncontrollably.

"Great! It seems God has a vision."

The ice cream also whimpered and threw itself directly into Jiang Hao's arms.

The two men were confused and quickly helped Cuizhi up.

Xia Jie felt that something was wrong. Cuizhi was Xiaoyu's personal maid, so there was no reason for her to be here. Something must have happened.

He quickly asked what was going on.

Cuizhi was brought to the fire by the two men, and only then did she feel that her frozen mouth could move.

She quickly explained the situation to Xia Jie and Jiang Hao.

Xia Jie then realized that Hu Che had actually rebelled and blocked the news from the imperial city.

He knew what was going on and was filled with anger.

The Hu family is so ambitious that they dare to act so viciously!

"Wuwuwu, General Xia and Young Master Jiang, you must save His Highness. His Highness is now isolated and helpless, and his life is in danger. I don't know what the situation is."

"So that I can pass on the news to you, Xiao Jinbao is dead, Sister Cuiling is dead, and many people are dead!"

"You have to save His Highness! Please!"

"Taifu's brother Suisui has separated from Xuegao. Suisui has gone to Shu to seek help. I think people in Shu will know the news by tomorrow."

"I met Xue Gao on the way, and I didn't dare to delay for a moment and ran to find you."

"I didn't expect to meet you guys in advance. It's great."

Cuizhi cried her eyes out. Although she was still young, her face was covered with frost. Her whole face was cracked and red from the cold. Her hands were covered with frostbite and were wet below the knees.

"This is too much! The Hu family bastards are so bold! Everyone deserves to kill them!"

Jiang Hao cursed and was extremely anxious. He paced back and forth like an ant on a hot pan.

"Your Highness is in danger of death now. We must rescue His Highness immediately."

Xia Jie's heart was churning and his eyes were full of anger, but the words he spoke were still calm and composed.

"Don't panic! Don't rush!"

He looked at Jiang Hao with a determined gaze, but in fact his heart was already in a mess.

"I don't think there are many troops in the imperial city right now, otherwise Hu Che wouldn't have been blocking the news."

Xia Jie said this, picked up a branch on the ground, forced himself to calm down and began to analyze the situation with Jiang Hao.

"Our Great Sage is like a square rectangle."

"The four corners of the rectangle represent the four major families guarding this place."

"These four places are where the Great Sage has the largest number of troops. The troops in the other places are not concentrated enough or numerous enough."

"And the Imperial City only has 3,000 Imperial Guards and 30,000 Imperial Guards."

"Even if the Hu family is the richest merchant family in the world, it is difficult for them to conceal the truth and raise a large number of private soldiers."

"The number of his private soldiers will not exceed 20,000 at most."

"The reason why he didn't dare to release the news must be that the two families he had recruited had not yet reached an agreement, or the troops of these two families were still on the way."

"Our cavalry and the troops in Mei Shuo's hands are forces that he cannot bring under control."

"He must have threatened or recruited the He family and the Xie family, and is trying to mobilize all the troops from both families back to the city."

"He is ready to fight us."

"We must catch him off guard before his reinforcements arrive!"