Forced love, an inescapable fate

Everything in the valley seemed to be in order on the surface, but some people could no longer hold back.

But now is obviously not a good time. Not to mention that the soldiers sent by Feng Zong to escort him back to the capital are all the best fighters picked from hundreds of miles away, Li Feng alone is not easy to deal with. After all, he is a veteran who has followed Feng Zong all the way.

When the moon was at its highest point in the sky, everyone had a simple meal and then returned to their tents to rest.

Although Li Feng intended to test Jiang Ci's strength, he did not dare to be careless. After everyone left, he rearranged the soldiers for patrol and night watch.

Jiang Ci had been dozing in the tent, holding the sword that Mu Qingli had given him in his arms.

Half an hour after everyone returned to the tent, the entire valley became quiet, except for the sound of the soldiers patrolling back and forth in neat steps and the occasional chirping of insects.

But soon, a soldier felt dizzy and fell to the ground unconscious. After the first one, the second followed. After a short while, more than half of them had fallen. Li Feng frowned when he saw this situation. Fortunately, after investigation, he found that they had only been drugged and their lives were not in danger.

It seems that the people behind this do not want to offend Feng Zong, the general of Jing State who is currently in the limelight. Their target should be only Jiang Ci.

The people lurking far away were also a little troubled after receiving the news brought back by the spies they sent out.

The order given to them was to take only the life of the Sixth Prince who had been held hostage in Qi State, and as for the lives of the rest, they were not to harm them.

According to their plan, the spies in the caravan sprinkled drugs into the drinking water of the team. In this way, anyone who drank the water or ate would fall into a coma, and they could also take the life of the Sixth Prince as planned. However, they did not expect that something went wrong, and now only some people were drugged.

Now that the enemy has been alerted, no matter what, we must take the life of the Sixth Prince tonight.

The leader gestured and gave specific instructions.

"We'll act accordingly. Our target is the Sixth Prince. As for the others, try to avoid the vital areas."

"clear."

Then the people lying in ambush in the dark slowly approached the convoy in the valley.

Li Feng asked the soldiers who were not drugged to gather the unconscious people together, arranged for them to strengthen vigilance, and then rushed to Jiang Ci's tent.

Seeing that the person was safe and sound and not in a coma, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He was careless about what happened tonight. In order to prevent any accidents, he had people keep a close eye on the people coming to Beijing, but he didn't expect that something would still go wrong. Although he intended to test Jiang Ci, the premise was that Jiang Ci's life was safe.

"Sixth Prince, are you okay?"

Jiang Ci raised his eyes, glanced at Li Feng, and shook his head slightly.

"I'm fine. Captain Li, why aren't you resting yet? What happened outside?"

Li Feng saw that he looked confused, as if he really didn't know what was happening outside. But when he thought about it, when a soldier fell down just now, although the others were panicked, they did not lose their composure, so they did not alarm others.

But he suspected that Jiang Ci knew something would happen tonight, so he deliberately avoided him during dinner.

"Tonight may be turbulent. It would be best for Your Highness to stay with me. Someone has infiltrated the convoy and drugged the water. Some soldiers are already unconscious, but their lives are safe. Your Highness skipped dinner today and only ate the dry rations he brought with him. This seems wise."

Li Feng had been paying attention to Jiang Ci's reaction. When he heard what he had just said, although his face showed shock, he was not actually too panicked.

"How could such a thing happen? Where are those gentlemen who came to the capital? They drank a lot of water and ate a lot of food tonight. Maybe they were also drugged? Let's go check on them first. What should we do if anything unexpected happens?"

When he mentioned the people who came to Beijing, Li Feng's eyes darkened and then he nodded.

"Sixth Prince, follow me closely."

"it is good."

The two of them left the tent and headed towards the tent where those people were.

After entering, Li Feng looked thoughtfully at the people sleeping in the tent. At this moment, Jiang Ci pointed to a place in the corner of the tent.

"Hey, what are these white powders? They look like some kind of medicine. How did they spill them on the ground? How careless!"

Although the people pretending to be asleep knew that Li Feng was not drugged and that he was cautious, their target was Jiang Ci and they had no intention of confronting Li Feng head-on. However, they were all shocked when they heard Jiang Ci's voice.

He was not drugged, but after dinner, they clearly saw him asking his personal guard for water on the way back to the tent. Why was he still standing there? This made things a bit difficult. Now that the enemy was alerted, Li Feng would definitely keep him under his nose, and in this case, they would definitely have to fight with him.

But once we fight with him, it will be equivalent to making enemies with Feng Zong. Anyone with a discerning eye can guess who was behind the assassination of the Sixth Prince. The original order from above was to avoid fighting with Feng Zong's people. What should we do now?

Several people were panicked, but had to pretend to be unconscious. However, they had clearly destroyed everything, so why were they still here? Wouldn't this expose them as the ones who drugged the person?

Several people were sweating profusely on their backs, but they had no choice but to continue pretending to be unconscious.

At this time, they could only pray in their hearts that the killers arranged in advance would arrive as soon as possible, otherwise they would be dead.

Li Feng followed the direction of Jiang Ci's finger and saw the obvious white powder on the ground. He waved his hand to signal the soldiers behind him to investigate carefully.

After a careful investigation, the soldier nodded at Li Feng.

Li Feng looked thoughtfully at Jiang Ci who was standing beside him, and had the answer in his mind.

The Sixth Prince clearly knew about this a long time ago and deliberately lured me here with the intention of dragging out these people who came to the capital.

He and Feng Zong had long anticipated that the restless princes in the capital would not let Jiang Ci return to the capital safely, but they did not expect that they would actually win over the ministers in the court. Although these people could not be said to be important ministers in the court, their official positions were also involved in all aspects of court affairs. It was indeed audacious for them to plot to murder the prince so blatantly.

But once they fall out with these people, it means they are standing on the opposite side of those princes. Now the situation in the court is complicated. Originally, their border guards were not going to take sides, but because of the relationship between their general and Princess Qingli, they had to take care of the Sixth Prince.

I originally thought that the Sixth Prince had been spoiled in Qi State and would not be able to accomplish anything great, but it seems that he is actually a person who is pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger.