43: The Ninth Princess of the Empire

Hua Mulan and Han Huohuo moved swiftly across the rooftops. The house servants, armed with sticks, couldn't climb onto the roof and were useless except for yelling. However, the soldiers from the City Lord's Mansion outside, bringing archers, posed some threat, and the two of them didn't want to fight head-on.

Even the most powerful Hero fears a volley of arrows on the battlefield.

The two of them immediately began parkouring across the rooftops, fleeing towards the city gates.

"Barbarians, don't run away! You dare to enter a city of the Great Qian Dynasty, you are dead!"

The one shouting the loudest was actually Wang Zizhong.

Hua Mulan didn't tolerate him and shouted back while running: "Your Wang family took one hundred thousand gold coins from the Barbarian King, promising to bring the armor to the Barbarian King, but you broke your word, preferring to kill thousands of recruited Great Qian citizens rather than reveal the treasure armor. Utterly shameless! You wait for Lord Barbarian King's brutal revenge. I think your Wang family is finished!"

These words made Wang Zizhong sweat profusely. He hadn't wanted to offend the Barbarian King initially, which was why he used a scheme to deceive the heavens and cross the sea. He hadn't expected to be seen through by this Fire Barbarian God, who seemed to appear out of nowhere.

"Don't talk nonsense! This is our City Lord's plan. We are citizens of the Great Qian Dynasty. How could we give the Barbarian King treasure armor to make him stronger? We would never help an evil person!"

Wang Zizhong quickly defended himself. At this point, he wasn't worried about the Barbarian King anymore; he had already offended him anyway. Now he was worried about his reputation in Wanqing City being affected and being accused of colluding with the Barbarians.

Hua Mulan didn't know if he was telling the truth or not and didn't care. She spat, "Hypocrite!" Seeing two Royal Knights chasing them, she gave Han Huohuo a look.

The two of them leaped down from the rooftop, kicked the riders off their horses, and each snatched a horse. It was truly like someone sending a pillow when you're sleepy!

"Get out of the way!"

The two warhorses charged straight out towards the city gates.

"Close the city gates! Quickly close the city gates! Don't let them escape!"

The guards at the city gates panicked and rushed over to move the winch, preparing to close the gates.

Seeing that there wasn't enough time, Han Huohuo suddenly cast a spell.

【Slow】!

The guards were hit by Slow, and their movements instantly became extremely sluggish. Hua Mulan and Han Huohuo leaped onto their horses and charged out of the city gates.

When the pursuing soldiers finally reached the city gates, there was a loud "boom," and the gates suddenly closed. The group of pursuers all turned their heads in unison, staring dumbfounded at the guard.

Holy crap, whose side are you on?

It turned out that after Hua Mulan and Han Huohuo left the city, the guard's Slow magic wore off. He suddenly went from being Slow to accelerated and closed the gate instantly!

With heavy chains and thousand-pound hammers falling, closing the city gates was easy, but opening them again was troublesome, requiring several people to slowly pull them open.

This almost angered the pursuers from the City Lord's Mansion to death on the spot!

Meanwhile, Liu Long and Gou San, carrying a large amount of gold coins, first bought a carriage and two inferior horses, then began to sweep the market, buying a large amount of clothes and fabric, filling the entire carriage.

Liu Long even brought two women back with him.

The two women were the wives of him and Liu Hu. Since they had embraced the light, their wives naturally couldn't be left here; it was better to bring them back to the mountain.

Remembering Han Huohuo's instructions, the two of them dared not stay in the city. After buying their things, they immediately left the city and headed towards their own camp.

Just then, a young woman in white rode towards them from the front. Gou San's soul was almost snatched away. Could there really be such a beautiful woman in this world?

The young woman was riding fast, with some sweat beads on her face, her skin was flawless white jade, her cheeks were slightly flushed, so tender they seemed to be dripping water.

Gou San thought to himself, our King doesn't seem to have a wife yet. This young lady is so beautiful, she would be a perfect match for our King. I'll just conveniently abduct her and take her back. When the King finds out, he will definitely reward me handsomely!

The carriage and the horse were rushing towards each other, and the young woman was just about to pass by.

Gou San's evil thoughts surged. He took out a stick, stood up on the carriage, and blocked the young woman's path: "Young lady, where are you running off to? Hurry and come back to the mountain with me to enjoy life!"

The young woman looked up and saw Gou San's lewd eyes and his mouth full of yellow teeth, so ugly she almost couldn't bear to look. She was instantly furious, took out a long whip, and lashed it directly at Gou San's head.

Gou San blocked with his stick, but unexpectedly, the whip was incredibly powerful. The stick was instantly sent flying, and he himself couldn't control his body, being thrown into the air, flying over ten meters, and falling to the ground dazed and confused.

It's over, I misjudged, I ran into a tough opponent, this little girl is fierce.

Gou San fell with blood all over his face, howling miserably: "Mommy, the evil woman is going to kill someone!"

Liu Long watched, dumbfounded.

This Gou San is too audacious, isn't he? Does he want to abduct everyone he sees? He didn't even look at the divine steed under the young woman or the brocade and silk clothes on her. Is that an ordinary person?

The young woman was still not satisfied. She rode her horse over, intending to have the horse's hooves trample Gou San to death. Gou San's face turned green with fear.

Just then, a furious shout came from a distance: "Where did this wicked woman come from, daring to bully my stronghold when no one is here!"

Hua Mulan and Han Huohuo happened to catch up from behind. For some reason, they saw this evil woman riding her horse, about to trample Gou San to death. How could they allow that?

Hua Mulan didn't bring her long spear; that spear was too conspicuous. She only had a short knife in her hand. She went up and started fighting with the young woman. The young woman's martial arts were inferior to Hua Mulan's, and she retreated step by step, surprised at how powerful this Black-Clad Person was. Not daring to continue fighting, she intended to escape.

Han Huohuo slyly approached her from behind and suddenly punched the back of the young woman's neck. The young woman immediately went limp, and Han Huohuo grabbed her and pulled her onto his horse.

From a distance, the sound of many horses running could be heard.

Hua Mulan thought the pursuers had arrived and shouted to Liu Long: "Quick, go!"

Gou San had already stumbled and crawled back onto the carriage. The two riders and one carriage fled into the Ten Thousand Mountains like a wisp of smoke.

Once they entered the mountain pass, even immortals couldn't catch them.

Before long, a group of brightly armored Royal Knights arrived at the scene. The young woman's divine steed was still circling in place, but her whip had fallen to the ground, and the person was nowhere to be seen.

The Royal Knights captain was greatly shocked.

"It's over, where is the Princess?"

Not long after, another group of people caught up, precisely the pursuers from the City Lord's Mansion who were chasing Hua Mulan and Han Huohuo. They collided with this group of Royal Knights.

"Who are you?"

"Who are you, and who abducted the Princess?"

".....The Princess?"

"......We are chasing the Barbarian King's brother and his top general, Hua Mulan. We didn't see any Princess?"

"Could it be..... the Princess you mentioned.... is the Ninth Princess of the Great Qian Dynasty who is preparing to marry the Grand Commandant's son?"

Both groups were dumbfounded.

How could this be!

Chase!

Unfortunately, this place was too close to the mountain pass of the Ten Thousand Mountains. By the time the two teams chased into the Ten Thousand Mountains, they found that the roads inside the Ten Thousand Mountains were winding, complex, and had forks in all directions.

Which way should they chase?

Everyone had a bad feeling.

The Empire's Princess, the Northwest Grand Commandant's future daughter-in-law, was captured by the Barbarian King's brother? Isn't this going to cause a major incident?

Sometimes, the course of history is just a collection of many coincidences. This world is even worse than a makeshift troupe.

Han Huohuo held the soft body of the young woman, and a maiden's fragrance entered his nostrils, making him feel disoriented all the way.

Even counting his previous life, he had never seen such a beautiful young woman.

Before dusk, Han Huohuo and the others had returned to Black Wind Stronghold.

Besides Liu Long and Gou San, there were also two women in the carriage, who were the family members of Liu Long and Liu Hu, brought back to the stronghold by Liu Long.

【Bandit】: Chen Feng

【Stamina】: 100/ 100

【Combat Power】: Strength 2, Defense 1, Endurance 3, Intelligence 3.

【Trait】: Tailor.

【Food Consumption】: One unit per day

【Loyalty】: 70

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【Bandit】: Lü Xiaomei

【Stamina】: 100/ 100

【Combat Power】: Strength 1, Defense 1, Endurance 4, Intelligence 4.

【Trait】: Chef, Winemaking, Bartending.

【Food Consumption】: One unit per day

【Loyalty】: 70

......

You know what, these two women actually have traits. One is a chef, and the other is a tailor. From now on, my camp can make its own clothes, and I can even open a tavern. Not bad!

Then Han Huohuo found that the young woman in his arms had woken up!