The Virgin Mary in the Book: I Decide My Life with Two Swords

Cangyue Kingdom——Cangzhou City

The temperature at noon was unusually high, and the birds were too lazy to stretch their wings. In an inn in Cangzhou, Yelu Liangzhu, the third prince of Xidu, was leisurely drinking tea. Although he was not as handsome as Yelu Zongzheng, he was not bad either.

"Your Highness," a guard hurried in, breaking the silence, "Your Highness, something terrible has happened. Xiao Yan has failed."

"How is that possible?" Yelu Liangzhu was shocked. "Didn't he bring along masters from the Rakshasa Sect? Even if Second Brother's guards were powerful, he didn't bring many. Sixth Brother also sent people. Didn't I tell them to wait until Sixth Brother's men took action before we took action?"

"Your Highness, we were defeated even if we attacked together. We didn't investigate thoroughly. They invited Langya Pavilion's Renzi Hall envoy to personally escort us!"

Yelu Liangzhu sat down, instantly panicking: "What should I do? What should I do? Master Xiao?"

"Your Highness, please be patient," said Master Xiao, who was in his fifties and was very calm. "Let me ask you, how is Xiao Yan? His body must be transported back, otherwise I won't be able to explain to his father."

"Oh, Master! This is the trouble. Xiao Yan is not dead, but captured alive," the guard explained anxiously.

"Captured alive?" Yelu Liangzhu panicked even more. "It's all over. Second brother will definitely know that I sent someone. He will definitely kill me, just like he killed my eldest brother and fourth brother."

"Your Highness, don't worry. Have you forgotten? Xiao Yan is a mute. So what if he is captured?"

"But he is my uncle's son. My second brother will definitely think of my mother, and then this palace."

"It hasn't come to that yet. Send a pigeon back to inform the queen about this. If it really comes to the last resort, we can also cut off the tail of the gecko. The King of the Xiao family dare not make a move yet. He has the support of the Rakshasa Sect behind him. The most he can do is kill Xiao Yan." Master Xiao was still very calm.

"A gecko cutting off its tail? No, Xiao Yan and I have been friends since childhood. I can't just ignore him. He is not dead yet. Master, you have to save him." Yelu Liangzhu still had a conscience.

"Your Highness, this is not the time to talk about friendship. The King was already dissatisfied with you, and now he has made matters worse. We must be ruthless. We have miscalculated this step! Who could have thought that he would ask Langya Pavilion for an escort?"

The "Master" guard hesitated to speak. "Our people said that the Second Prince stripped Xiao Yan naked and dragged him to the back of the carriage for two days. If the Xiao family knew about this humiliation, it would probably be a disaster."

"A gentleman can be killed but not humiliated. Second brother is going too far."

Master Xiao was helpless: "Will Xiao Yan not commit suicide? Can he even endure such humiliation?"

"Master, what should we do?"

"The Second Prince always enjoys humiliating his opponents. Remember when the First Prince's personal guard was captured and paraded naked through the streets? The guard, unwilling to be humiliated, bit his tongue and committed suicide."

"Xiao Yan wouldn't bite his tongue to commit suicide. He already has low self-esteem because he can't speak. What should we do now?" Yelu Liangzhu was almost crying. "Master, I said I don't want to fight anymore. Being a prince in the future would be great. You and the Queen Mother insisted on killing my second brother and sent Xiao Yan. Are you satisfied now?"

"Your Highness, at this point, you should immediately return to the Western Capital. You cannot stay here any longer."

"No, I have to wait to save Xiao Yan."

"With Langya Pavilion here, we have no power to save you. You came to Cangyue in disguise, so you can't stay for long. Let's go while it's still early. Leave immediately and return to the border city of Xidu before dark."

"What about Xiao Yan? Are we going to just leave him alone?" Yelu Liangzhu burst into tears. "We grew up together. He's always been there for me, always by my side, taking beatings and scoldings for me. I can't just leave him alone."

"Your Highness, you can't always be so soft-hearted. Think about the Queen. What will you do once the Second Prince inherits the throne? Pack up your things and set off back immediately." Master Xiao was firm.

A quarter of an hour later, as they were getting on the carriage, Yelu Liangzhu stopped and said, "Master, no, I have to save Xiao Yan. I can't let him suffer humiliation in Cang Yue Country. The border back home will be filled with Cang Yue soldiers. They will mock us mercilessly. Master, please."

"Your Highness, I promise to send someone to kill Xiao Yan and save him from humiliation. Is that all right?"

Yelu Liangzhu was incredulous after hearing this. He shook his head repeatedly and stepped back. His mental defenses were instantly broken, anger and disappointment combined. "Master, you are just like my second brother and the Queen Mother. You have no humanity in you. You only care about power, and I am just the puppet controlled by you. For twenty-nine years, I have been held in your hands. From the moment I was born, I have had no freedom. You have forced me to rob and fight step by step. You have controlled my marriage and the birth of my children. You have killed everyone around me one by one. You are heartless."

"Your Highness, now is not the time to talk about this. You must go back quickly." Master Xiao ignored Yelu Liangzhu's despair.

Yelu Liangzhu smiled with tears in his eyes, looked up at the sky, and made a bold decision in his heart. He had finally escaped from his mother and came to the Cangyue Kingdom thousands of miles away. In the Western Capital, he no longer had anyone he cared about.

"Your Highness, let's go!" the guard urged.

Yelu Liangzhu nodded, got on the carriage, opened a box, took out all the banknotes and two bags of silver, and then said, "Wait a moment, I need to relieve myself."

"That's no problem," the guard breathed a sigh of relief.

Yelu Zongzhen walked towards the inn's toilet in a daze, followed by four guards. Master Xiao stayed by the carriage waiting. In his eyes, Yelu Liangzhu was a puppet, and he, the master, was the one pulling the strings. For the sake of his own rights, he had to push Yelu Liangzhu to the top.

Yelu Liangzhu went into the toilet to relieve himself, and the four guards all stood with their backs to the toilet.

Yelu Liangzhu came out of the toilet quietly. Although his martial arts skills were not top-notch, they were not weak either. He usually played the role of a pig to eat the tiger. He easily knocked out the four guards. Then he did not leave, but flew back to the second floor of the inn and entered a room where no one was staying, intending to take advantage of the situation.

Master Xiao, who was waiting for no one by the carriage, took two people to check. He was shocked when he saw what was going on.

The guards were also anxious: "Master, what should we do? His Highness has run away, and he knows martial arts."

The Master was very calm: "What can a little kung fu do? He has never left the Xidu Palace since he was a child. This is his first time going out. He has no way of surviving alone. Don't worry, spread out the people and search in Cangzhou. We must find him before dark."

"Yes." The guards left immediately, and Master Xiao also went out to look for him.

Not long after everyone left, Yelu Liangzhu appeared at the door of the inn. He had taken off his gorgeous clothes and changed into a simple dark purple robe.

The first thing Yelu Liangzhu did when he went out was to buy a hat and put it on. Later, he went to a weapons store and bought a sword and some darts. Just as he was about to leave, he found that his guards were looking for him on the street. He quickly hid back and looked at the guards from the window, thinking about how to get away from Master Xiao. After thinking about it for a while, he curled the corners of his mouth slightly, pulled down his hat, and quickly walked out of the weapons store.

After hiding for about two quarters of an hour, Yelu Zongzhen arrived at his temporary resting place, the Langya Pavilion branch in Cangzhou.

The guard at the door bowed and said, "What can I do for you, sir?"

"My name is Chu Liang, from Xidu. I'm new to the martial arts world and this is my first time to set foot in Cangyue Country. I'm even more unfamiliar with Cangzhou. I wonder if I could stay in Langya Pavilion for a day or two." Yelu Liangzhu was very polite.

"Mr. Chu, please follow me," the guard said, leading the way. Langya Pavilion has a rule that it can accept martial arts heroes to stay for a short time. This is to make things convenient for others and for yourself.

Although Yelu Liangzhu had never left the Western Capital Palace, he was very interested in the affairs of the martial arts world, so he also understood the rules of Langya Pavilion. If he hid here, no matter how powerful Master Xiao was, he would not be able to find him.

Master Xiao and the guards searched for a whole day but found nothing, and everyone became scared.

The personal guard was the most anxious: "Master, what should we do?"

Master Xiao thought about it, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Inn, go back to the inn."

A moment later, Master Xiao looked at the changed clothes in the guest room and was furious: "It's dark under the lamp! It seems that the Third Prince is not as stupid as usual."

"Master, I have something to say but I don't know whether I should say it or not?" Yelu Liangzhu's personal bodyguard spoke up.

"Tell me, you and the loser can't even keep an eye on one person," Master Xiao said angrily.

"Master, I believe that His Highness's martial arts skills are not just mediocre. He was able to knock out four of us in an instant. This is not... an easy task."

Master Xiao sat down slowly: "It seems that our prince usually pretends to be very good, hiding his true abilities. He is a tiger, not a cat!"

"Master," another guard entered, "I checked the cash box and saw that Your Highness had taken all the banknotes and small change."

"Oh no! There are tens of thousands of taels of silver notes. With this money, he won't have to worry about food and drink." The personal guard was even more worried.

Master Xiao began to analyze: "If we can't find him in the city, then he... I see, he must have gone to rescue that loser Xiao Yan. Let's go, while the city gates are open, immediately leave the city and chase him. Leave two people at the inn to watch over the carriage and the belongings."

"Yes"

In the evening, Master Xiao led his men on horseback and galloped out of the city.

In the Langya Pavilion, Yuan Zhen, the head of the Cangzhou branch, warmly entertained Yelu Liangzhu. The two hit it off and had a great conversation. For Yelu Liangzhu, who grew up in palace fighting, talking to others was definitely a perfect test.

After the meal, Yuan Zhen arranged for Yelu Liangzhu to stay and told him that he could stay as long as he wanted.

Yelu Liangzhu was deeply touched. A stranger he had just met was better than his own mother and the people around him. The moment he knocked out the four guards today, he had already decided that he would never go back to that cage again.

It was a dark night. Yelu Liangzhu lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. He began to plan in his mind: Master Xiao couldn't find me in the city, and he must think that I went to rescue Xiao Yan. They would go out of the city to chase me. Then if I really went to rescue Xiao Yan at this time, I would definitely meet them. No, no, I must think of a way. Oh, my uncle has a store in Cangzhou. Tomorrow, while Master Xiao and the others are out of the city, I will secretly send the matter of Xiao Yan to my uncle's store. In this way, my uncle will also find a way to send someone to rescue Xiao Yan, and then I will find a way to help. That's it.