Chapter 2042: Chapter 24: News

Ah Jiu received a punch from Master Gui, but he stood firm. Master Gui’s following punch stopped just at the tip of his nose, and he slowly retracted it.

Both stood silently in the breeze, each adorned with injuries.

"You’re right, I am the bastard!" Ah Jiu slapped himself backward.

"Your Highness."

Everyone looked at the handprint on his face with discomfort in their hearts. Yuan Ye glanced at Master Gui with some reproach.

Galloping all the way here from Chitang Pass, His Highness has hardly closed his eyes, worrying about the Princess Consort, and mentally, he couldn’t take it anymore.

Now...

Master Gui also knew he couldn’t blame him, and said, "Rest assured, I will give you an explanation."

"What on earth happened? Wufu went to support after hearing you were trapped, but in the end, it was her who got trapped and..."

Master Gui said with a grim face, "It was a trap, the Han Family sided with Prince Wei... In any case, I will give you an explanation."

Ah Jiu frowned deeply.

"Order the Wind-Listening Pavilion to eliminate all legitimate male heirs of Duke Shun’s Mansion and obliterate both legitimate and illegitimate lines of Prince Wei’s Manor." Master Gui looked at the people behind and commanded.

"Understood."

A few individuals turned and swiftly vanished into the darkness.

"It’s also related to Prince Wei’s Manor?" Ah Jiu coldly looked at Master Gui.

Master Gui’s handsome face was stern as he nodded.

"You..."

"No." Master Gui interrupted him: "I did not betray her."

Seeing the light in his eyes, Ah Jiu pursed his lips slightly and turned to go into the tent: "Come in and speak."

Master Gui touched the wound at the corner of his mouth, giving it a slight pull, which hurt a bit, but not as much as inside.

Compared to Ah Jiu, he was also very worried about Wufu, especially upon knowing she was trapped in Soul Severing Valley for him, which pained him deeply.

Regardless, Wufu suffered because of him; if anything were to happen to the mother and son, he...

Master Gui thought of this and shivered all over, not daring to think further.

The two walked into the tent one after the other.

"Your Highness." Yuan Ye lifted the tent curtain, his face full of joy: "Chi Si is back."

Ah Jiu and Master Gui both stood up with joyful faces.

Chi Si was supported by two soldiers as he came in, his face crisscrossed with wounds, extremely weak. Looking at his foot, it twisted in a peculiar shape.

Ah Jiu felt a slight heaviness and spared the formalities with him.

"Your Highness..."

"Where is the Princess Consort?"

"... It was a dangerous situation at the time. We managed to carve a path, and Xiao Qi escorted the Princess Consort to escape." Chi Si’s expression dimmed: "Most of the brothers died."

"So Xiao Qi is with her?" Ah Jiu’s face lit up.

Chi Si replied, "They should have encountered attacks later."

"What?"

"We searched all the way, finding only corpses of enemy soldiers."

Ah Jiu’s recently relaxed heart sank straight down again, his hand clenched and hung at his side.

"Where is the Princess Consort?" Master Gui pursued further.

Chi Si took a deep breath, straining to maintain his composure: "Your Highness need not worry, we have been searching for traces of the Princess Consort for days, and finally saw markings left by Xiao Qi to trace."

"Is there news of the Princess Consort?"

Ah Jiu and Master Gui asked simultaneously.

"No confirmation yet, but there are traces; they are searching, I came back early to report."

"Where were the traces found?"

"Four Treasures Mountain." Chi Si said these three words, his eyes rolling back as he fainted.

Ah Jiu’s expression changed several times, Yuan Ye stepped forward to check his breath and said, "He’s passed out."

"Carry him down and have the military doctor treat him well," Ah Jiu instructed: "Get Yi Er here, rally the troops, and head to Four Treasures Mountain."

"I will go," Master Gui said to him: "You stay here to hold the fort."

"No need..."

"Wufu went to rescue me, also hoping to capture the Shu region sooner. Without achieving that, even if found, she will have no safe place to recuperate," Master Gui said coldly.

Ah Jiu looked at him fixedly, his fists tightly clenched, and nodded.

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