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

Cangyue Country - Nanlai - Next to the Official Road

The night in the twenties was very dark, and you couldn't see your hand in front of you. Nangong Chen sat by the campfire.

Shadow Blade walked over quickly and said, "Your Highness, the disaster silver and seeds have basically been distributed. The only thing missing is the main city of Nanlai."

"Has something happened to Nanlai again?" asked Nangong Chen.

"Yes, I heard that many women have gone missing. It's not peaceful at all, and people are in a state of panic."

Nangong Chen didn't respond, but thought for a long time: "Don't you think this journey has been too smooth?"

"What does your highness mean?"

"Given my brother's personality, he definitely wouldn't let me accomplish this so easily. But we're almost at Nanlai, and he hasn't made any moves. Is this normal?"

"This... Your Highness, maybe it's the emperor's order, and the prince dare not do anything," said Ying Ren.

Nangong Chen smiled and said, "You don't understand him at all. Now that he has Ye Jingyun in his hands, he is even more obsessed with power. How could he allow me to win the hearts of the people?"

"But we're almost done with the mission!"

"It seems that things will not go smoothly in the main city of Nanlai," said Xuan Lei.

"What are you afraid of? We have the imperial guards escorting us, and the Beichen Palace secret guards are also following us. I don't believe they dare to act openly." Ying Ren didn't believe it at all.

"Your Highness, there is a secret letter," a guard ran over.

Nangong Chen took the secret letter, opened it and checked: "Nonsense!"

"What's wrong?" Shadow Blade asked curiously.

"Shishi left the capital seven days ago and came to Nanlai. These idiots just found out." Nangong Chen was having a headache.

"Your Highness, I'm going to say something I shouldn't say. You're here to provide disaster relief and appease the people's grievances. If it gets out that you brought a woman with you, people with ulterior motives will definitely exaggerate and say that you're extremely licentious," Xuan Lei said.

"Of course I know, but she left seven days ago. Even if she left faster, she would arrive in Nanlai around the tenth day of April. By then we would have completed the mission. It's okay. Master spoiled her and she doesn't listen to anything I say," said Nangong Chen.

Ying Ren and Xuan Lei looked at each other without saying anything, because they both thought of Ye Ling at the same time, for some reason.

Nangong Chen burned the secret letter and thought of something else: "Xue Jingchuan said he had made a huge gain. This is what makes me happiest! It seems that following Ye Ling will not be a mistake. Those personal soldiers of Ye Tingzhan are all deadly warriors. If they survived, they would definitely fight to protect Ye Ling, their only bloodline."

"Your Highness, Young Master Xue also said that Miss Ye will be on the Langya List!"

"With her martial arts skills, if she practices more, she will have no problem getting on the Nirvana in Fire list."

“But she is a woman.”

"She is a woman, but she is stronger than you. You have no right to look down on her. If you want to object to her identity as a woman, then go and defeat her before you speak." After saying this, Nangong Chen stood up and went into the tent.

"I..." Ying Ren said aggrievedly, "I just said it casually! I can't beat her. She's a tigress, very fierce."

"Shut up!" Xuan Lei glared at Ying Ren and followed him into the tent. "Your Highness, Young Master Xue said that after he finishes the Ye Tingzhan matter for you, he will no longer be involved in court affairs."

"He has said this countless times. Besides, Master said that Xue Jingchuan is my senior brother and must help me."

"But you never called him Senior Brother!"

"Nonsense, I called you that all the time when we were learning martial arts in the mountains. Later he lost the bet with me and lost the title of senior brother. I can only blame him for this. He has no skills and is addicted to gambling. How does the saying go? He is both green and playful." Nangong Chen took advantage of me and acted ungratefully.

Xuan Lei could only smile and said, "You are right. It is getting late. You should get some rest. Tomorrow we will march quickly and reach Nanlai City as soon as possible."

The next morning, Ye Ling and Xue Jingchuan rode out of the city, and a young general guarding the city immediately returned to the base to report.

Lu Xun, who was sleeping, woke up immediately after hearing this: "You said they left the city? Just two people?"

"Yes, two people, taking the right official road," said the young general.

"You go down!"

"Yes"

As soon as the young general left, Lu Xun immediately spoke: "Great, God is helping me, God is helping me! There are so many people in the city, and we have to be cautious when we start a fight. Now she is seeking her own death, Lu Bing?"

"General" Lu family's personal soldier Lu Bing came in.

"You are my general's confidant, so it is safest to leave this matter to you. Pick a team of people immediately, put on makeup, and take them away secretly to catch up with Ye Ling and kill her. Only success is allowed, failure is not allowed," said Lu Xun.

"Yes, I'll go right away." Lu Bing took the order and took action immediately.

Lawrence Lu nodded with satisfaction: "Caiyun, brother will avenge you now. You are just a little bitch, and you dare to step on my sister's head. Damn it."

A quarter of an hour later, Lu Xun's advisor hurried over and said, "General, you ordered Lu Bing to withdraw the garrison again? You didn't report this to General Qian twice. If he finds out that you've moved the garrison without permission, it will be a serious crime!"

"Qian Guocheng is busy cleaning up his mess right now, so he doesn't have time to care about this. Besides, didn't I tell you? We can just find a reason to go out of town and suppress the bandits later, and then report the dead as killed in action, right?"

"General, we can't do this. If someone catches us, we'll lose more than we gain! King Beichen will be arriving soon. As per custom, he'll need to take inventory of the garrison. What will we say about our fallen brothers?"

"Okay, I have my own plans. King Beichen, huh! If he can survive to count the garrison, I will consider myself unlucky." Lu Xun has received a secret letter from the prince, and cooperated with the prince's people to kill King Beichen. Once this is successful, he will be transferred back to the capital and become the chief commander of the capital's garrison, which is much better than being a deputy general here.

The counselor was helpless and could only bow and leave.

Ye Ling was busy on the road, asking someone, "Jingchuan, do you know the owner of the Guiren Pavilion?"

"I know. I've seen him a few times. What's wrong?"

"Is he a man or a woman? What's his background?"

"Why do you suddenly ask this?" Xue Jingchuan was curious.

"I just want to know!"

"Okay, then I'll tell you about him. The owner of Guiren Pavilion is called Youminglang. His origin is a mystery. About eight years ago, the old owner of Guiren Pavilion passed away and passed the property to this adopted son. This man is cruel and ruthless, not a good person," said Xue Jingchuan.

"Why would you pass on such a large business to an adopted son?" Ye Ling was puzzled.

"That's a good question. The old master's three sons are all dead, and it's said that each of their deaths was mysterious. Some say that Youminglang killed them, and some say that the old master also died at Youminglang's hands. He's... plotting to usurp the throne. Tell me, is he cruel and ruthless?"

"If that's the case, it's true. Youminglang, how could someone have such a name? It's too sinister."

"Hmm...it's just that the yin energy is heavy. By the way, did you go out last night?"

"Yes! I went out and encountered two waves of assassins, but I didn't kill any of them." Ye Ling was still brooding over it.

"It's so exciting, you're not nice enough! You didn't even call me." Xue Jingchuan wasn't worried at all: "It's a long road ahead, can you talk about it?"

"Of course, the first wave was killed in the Guiren Pavilion by the people of the Netherworld Lang you mentioned."

"What did you say? In the Noble House?"

"That's right! Any questions?"

"Ye Ling, you may not know that the Netherworld Man of the Guiren Pavilion is well-known, and almost no one dares to cause trouble in his territory. The people who came last night were either powerful or just ignorant."

"I think they're just clueless youngsters. They're a lot like... bandits. Their martial arts skills are so weak that they can't stand a single blow. They're basically cannon fodder."

"That's strange. Who would let a few cannon fodder kill you?"

"I think it was Lu Xun. He just wanted to see if Jiuyou was following me, so he found a few people to test his strength first."

"What you said makes sense," Xue Jingchuan agreed. "What about the rest?"

"The dozen or so people behind me are called killers, but before I could draw my sword, a brave man got there first. He took care of all of them in a matter of minutes."

"What kind of hero?"

"I don't know. I heard from people around me that they seemed to be catching a murderer. He asked me to go back quickly because the city is not safe recently." Ye Ling concealed part of the matter.

"Catch the murderer. Most likely, there have been too many missing persons cases in the city recently, and someone in the underworld wants to get involved to make money." Xue Jingchuan glanced at Ye Ling and then smiled unkindly: "So, our Lady Ye didn't even have a chance to draw her knife last night!"

"Who said it wasn't? They were all trying to snatch the heads from me. But Lu Xun really impressed me. I originally thought he would kill people secretly, but I never thought he would dare to do it in the street and not be afraid of being discovered."

"He thought you were a weak woman and didn't take you seriously, so he wanted to end the battle quickly. If it weren't for that knight last night, you wouldn't have any martial arts skills. Tell me, are you dead?"

"Isn't he afraid of the government investigation?"

"Since Lu Xun has taken action, he won't leave any evidence. The government won't be able to investigate. In the end, at most, they will classify you as a missing woman case and let it go."

"It's so abominable, none of the officials are good people," Ye Ling cursed angrily.

"You can't say that. There are also honest officials."

"Come on, from ancient times to the present, the number of honest officials can be counted on one's fingers, and the rest are no good."

"Okay, you have the final say." Xue Jingchuan never opposed Ye Ling's words and always followed her wishes.

As Ye Ling was walking, a question suddenly occurred to him: "Xue Jingchuan, you're not following me, are you? Otherwise, how would you know I went out?"

"I swear to God, it was your second cousin who came to my house and I realized you were not here. He made a fuss with me for a long time and said that I had hidden you. He almost got into a fight with me. Fortunately, a patrol officer passed by and he left in anger," Xue Jingchuan explained.

Ye Ling was instantly overwhelmed when he heard this. "So annoying! He's really haunting me. Tell me, why didn't he come to save me when I was suffering in the manor before? And now that I'm strong, he's still chasing me?"

Xue Jingchuan smiled faintly: "When people are in trouble, everyone will just push you down. No one will think of helping you because they are afraid of getting their hands dirty. On the other hand, once you stand up, those relatives and friends who once stayed away from you will unconsciously come close to you, all wanting to take advantage of you."

"I understand. Even if you are rich, you still have distant relatives in the mountains. But if you are poor, no one will care about you in the city."

"You're right, jeez."

"Drive~"

Two people and two horses, raising a cloud of dust, gradually walked away.