Chapter 640: Spy

Xiao Yin stared fixedly at Zuo Feichen; even if this brat turned to ashes, he would still recognize him.

The last time Gu Jiu Ling left Rui Wang Fu, it was this brat who accompanied her left and right, luring her out of Shang Jing.

Now he has come again, Xiao Yin instantly drew the sword at his waist and walked step by step toward Zuo Feichen.

Zuo Feichen and Old Master Zhang, after enduring countless hardships, finally escaped from the small town controlled by the eight great clans, but on the road they unexpectedly encountered several deserters from the Duan family.

Now the battle between the eight great clans and Xiao Yin has reached this point, with casualties extremely heavy.

On the Duan family's side, soldiers have begun to waver, and deserters have started to appear.

Unexpectedly, Zuo Feichen's luck was bad; halfway with Old Master Zhang, they actually ran into these deserters.

Fortunately, Old Master Zhang still had some silver and jewellery on hand, which he produced, thereby saving their lives.

Old Master Zhang also promised that if they returned to Yanbei Pass, he would give these deserters a large sum of silver.

These deserters have now gone berserk; they want nothing but money and silver. Seeing this fat piece of meat, how could they possibly refuse?

These deserters then tied up Old Master Zhang and Zuo Feichen.

Zuo Feichen several times wanted to use force, but from Yanbei Pass to Hangzhou, this region is the most formidable.

He also wasn't sure where Xiao Yin was, so he simply went along with these few Duan family deserters, heading toward Yanbei Pass.

On the road, Zuo Feichen indeed discovered soldiers of the Azure Dragon Army on patrol.

Zuo Feichen deliberately set a trap to expose those few deserters, and thus they were all captured and taken to the tent.

This time, Old Master Zhang also suffered some injuries; he had just helped Old Master Zhang up from the icy ground when, unexpectedly, Xiao Yin came storming over, furious.

Xiao Yin's killing intent surged; the moment those few Duan family deserters saw him, they trembled all over in fright.

Old Master Zhang, a mere merchant, had never seen such a scene; he trembled with fear, yet he gritted his teeth and stepped in front of Zuo Feichen.

"Is this sir a commander of the Azure Dragon Army?" "We too were captured by the Duan family, and have no connection whatsoever with the eight great clans; please, young commander, spare us."

"If Master Guan really wants to kill to vent his anger, then just kill me; this is my nephew. Even if you intend to kill us, you ought to at least give some reason…"

Xiao Yin coldly regarded the composed Zuo Feichen before him: "You claim to have no strength to truss a chicken? Yet you're quite good at acting."

Xiao Yin's last few words were practically spat out; he bent over, grabbed Zuo Feichen's collar, and dragged him out of the tent.

Old Master Zhang was frightened by this sudden turn of events; he never imagined that they would be detained here as spies of the eight great clans, when he is merely an ordinary merchant.

At this moment he also witnessed the true might of the Azure Dragon Army; he was already terrified out of his wits. If he were truly dragged out as a spy and beheaded, Old Zhang would simply die a wronged death.

Along the way, he had often been looked after by Zuo Feichen, even subconsciously treating Zuo Feichen as his own nephew.

Now, seeing Zuo Feichen being forcibly dragged out of the tent by Xiao Yin, he rushed forward, only to be shoved back by the guard outside.

Although these few keep claiming to be grain merchants, before any interrogation is cleared they must be treated as spies.

In the standoff between the two armies, there should be no loophole whatsoever; Old Master Zhang was shoved to the ground by a soldier, his earlier wounds flaring up, so much so that he couldn't even utter a word.

Here, Xiao Yin dragged Zuo Feichen to another tent on the side, which already held two Duan family spies.

The gatekeeper saw Zuo Feichen kick open the door; the soldiers inside interrogating the Duan family spies hurriedly stopped what they were doing and shouted, "Get out!"

The soldiers in the tent quickly dragged out the two Duan family spies, leaving the empty tent for the Prince.

They also dared not ask, and all stepped aside.

They also understood that Prince Rui had come here surely to ask about the Prince's secret; they wanted nothing to do with it.

Xiao Yin is very strong; he lifted Zuo Feichen out as if picking up a little chick.

Zuo Feichen's face showed no trace of panic; he simply stared steadily at Xiao Yin and said slowly, "As the mighty Prince Rui, you are actually this flustered—truly somewhat pathetic."

"Where is he?" Xiao Yin asked through gritted teeth.

Zuo Feichen steadied himself and then said slowly: "Fifty li north of Yanbei Pass, there is a secret camp set up by the Duan family. If one wishes to attack Yingzhou, that place must be seized now."

This is information Zuo Feichen risked his life to bring out; he naturally had no time for anything else, first he told this matter to Zuo Feichen.

When Gu Jiu Ling left, she repeatedly urged him to be sure to tell Xiao Yin this place.

This place, which they basically didn't care about at all, may be small, but it hides many Jin troops.

If Xiao Yin advances blindly, his retreat route will be occupied by these people, and then trouble will be great.

"I'm asking you where she is—speak!" Xiao Yin didn't care about whether it was a small town or not, or whether it was a camp; he only wanted to know where Gu Jiu Ling was.

Looking at that angry face of Xiao Yin, because of extreme tension there was a slight distortion; Zuo Feichen felt a faint chill in his heart, the strong killing intent making him involuntarily shudder as he said slowly: "He... he went to Yanzhou."

"What did you say?!" Xiao Yan looked incredulously at Zuo Feichen before him, Yingzhou. He said Gu Jiu Ling is now in Yanzhou.

Zuo Feichen explained blindly: "Back then, that old bastard of the Duan family insisted on finding a cool young man to help them with measurements. For the daughter's family, cross-dressing as a man, lest he be selected; at this moment the Princess Consort is playing music, I, Zuo Feichen, am no spy, I, upright, if I utter half a sentence wrong, may heaven strike me with five thunders."

The sword in Xiao Yin's hand slowly fell; he felt somewhat dazed, and stepped back a few steps.

"Yingzhou?" Xiao Ying never imagined that his own Princess Consort was actually in the lair of the eight great clans; thinking of this, his whole body began to go numb and his heart suddenly raced.

Sitting on a plane, breathing in air: "Netizens need not worry about the wasted daughter's index; it's still viewable."

"For the time being, their identities won't be exposed, and moreover Princess Consort has compressed that batch of grain into Yingzhou city."

"That grain contains the hallucinogen personally placed by the Princess Consort; this batch of men will surely bring great confusion to the eight great clans, and the Princess Consort also hopes that the Prince and the Princess Consort will coordinate external support, cooperating to win this battle."

The coach hearing this had his eyes turn red; he didn't care about any damn smoking cessation or not, he couldn't even bother to think about whether this battle could be won; at this moment his mind held only one thought: he must ensure Gu Jiu Ling returns alive.