Chapter 103: Prince, Come Quickly and Catch Us

Xiao Moting came to a halt.

This voice... it is Xiao Rui!

Beside him, Qin Zhan's eyes were tense.

"Turn around," Xiao Rui commanded.

Xiao Moting's entire body tensed up, but on the surface, he maintained a calm appearance and slowly turned around.

Under the illumination of the firelight, he saw Xiao Rui mounted on a horse, looking down from above, squinting as he scrutinized him.

Xiao Rui saw Xiao Moting's appearance clearly and could not help but be stunned.

"Strange, why do I always feel that your figure looks especially familiar, as if you are someone I know?"

The Imperial Guard nearby hurriedly stepped forward, eagerly explaining.

"Second Prince, they are new recruits of the Imperial Guard, acting under Captain Wang's orders to patrol outside the city."

"New recruits?" Xiao Rui scanned Xiao Moting from head to toe with a probing gaze. "Aside from your face being different, your height, build, and temperament all look like they were cast from the same mold. Stand a little closer, let me take a good look."

Xiao Moting's heart hung in the air.

The few people beside him also wore tense expressions.

Xiao Rui is Xiao Moting's second older brother and is especially familiar with him.

Although the Silicone Mask on his face was lifelike, a fake could never truly be real; if one were to look closely in broad daylight, one could still tell it was different from a real person.

"Dilly-dallying, hurry up and get over here," Xiao Rui barked impatiently.

Xiao Moting took a deep breath without changing his expression, walked before Xiao Rui's horse, and looked up.

Xiao Rui's gaze was fixed firmly on his face.

His sharp eyes held three parts confusion and seven parts suspicion.

"You are very similar to him... but your face is different..."

The surroundings were silent.

Several soldiers of the Beijiang Army stood stiffly, their hearts all in their throats.

Xiao Rui is different from others; would he recognize Xiao Moting?

The Imperial Guard stationed at the West Gate numbered over ten thousand.

Right now, the few of them were surrounded by fully armed Imperial Guards; if Xiao Rui recognized Xiao Moting, none of them would survive!

Xiao Rui, full of suspicion, suddenly drew his Long Sword and pointed it at Xiao Moting.

"You, say something for me to hear!"

In an instant!

The few Beijiang Army soldiers trembled, tense to the extreme!

The Silicone Mask sent by Bai Wei could change a person's appearance.

But a voice is innate and cannot be changed!

Xiao Moting remained silent.

"Speak!" Xiao Rui roared, "Otherwise, this Prince will kill you right now."

Xiao Moting opened his mouth and let out a hoarse syllable.

At the same time, he gave Qin Zhan a look.

Qin Zhan's heart stirred, and he immediately stepped forward, "Reporting to the Second Prince, he joined the Imperial Guard with me; he swallowed charcoal when he was a child, and his throat was scalded mute."

"Hmm?" Xiao Rui raised an eyebrow.

"If you don't believe it, you can ask the surrounding Imperial Guards," Qin Zhan said, "My brother has never spoken."

At this moment, the Imperial Guards nearby also hurriedly replied.

"Second Prince, this person has indeed never said a word."

Xiao Rui's brows knitted tightly, his murderous gaze sweeping back and forth between Xiao Moting and Qin Zhan.

"You are very suspicious; the National Preceptor has warned me that it is better to wrongly kill a thousand than to let one go."

"I think I should just arrest you all first..."

Before he could finish speaking, several sharp whistles suddenly came from the night sky, and several Signal Rockets shot into the sky!

The guards beside Xiao Rui looked up, saw them, and immediately reported.

"Prince, it is the Imperial Guard's Earth Squad, Captain Wang's signal; he has encountered a situation over there!"

Xiao Rui's expression changed.

"Perhaps he has encountered assassins; follow this Prince to take a look."

Having said that, he turned his horse around directly and galloped toward the city with his troops.

Xiao Moting retreated rapidly and gave a low command to the others.

"Go!"

Taking advantage of Xiao Rui leading his troops into the city, he immediately left the city gate.

Just after leaving the city gate, Xiao Moting immediately quickened his pace and sprinted toward the withered forest in the distance.

Captain Wang must have discovered his waist medallion was stolen and sent up a signal to warn them.

Xiao Rui would soon discover he had been deceived and lead his troops to pursue them.

Sure enough!

In less than a quarter of an hour, the sound of hoofbeats could already be heard from far behind!

In the night wind, a series of desperate, hoarse roars came!

"... Catch those few people who just left the city!"

"They are Beijiang assassins who stole Captain Wang's waist medallion!"

Xiao Moting shouted in a deep voice, "Go quickly!"

After saying this, he leaped and sprinted toward the withered forest.

The light cavalry behind him had already spurred their horses to catch up.

Xiao Rui was riding a horse, charging at the very front, his handsome face twisted and ferocious, utterly exasperated.

"Capture the assassin impersonating the Fourth Prince for me! Kill without mercy!"

He gritted his teeth, his eyes radiating crazy killing intent!

Xiao Moting, the thorn in his side, had actually run away right under his nose!

No wonder he had felt just now that this person looked so familiar.

"Xiao Moting, you actually dare to hoodwink this Prince!"

"This Prince will not let you leave Shengjing alive."

Xiao Rui's eyes flashed with a murderous glint as he fiercely raised his horse whip!

Tonight, he would kill Xiao Moting at any cost.

Under the night sky, Xiao Moting sprinted, followed by over ten thousand Imperial Guard light cavalry.

He charged into the withered forest!

Hidden within the forest was the Minivan.

The Minivan had already been started, the engine emitting a low roar!

Clatter!

Several Beijiang Army soldiers pulled open the car doors.

"Prince, get in the car quickly."

Xiao Moting leaped and jumped into the car.

Behind him, the black mass of the Imperial Guard had already charged into the forest, blade light flashing!

"Charge, capture the thief!"

"Shoot arrows quickly, don't let him run!"

Xiao Rui sneered, "Xiao Moting, let's see how you run; today you won't be able to escape even with wings."

As soon as his voice fell—

Boom!

A huge roar of an engine sounded from the withered forest.

The Minivan started moving!

The vehicle, like a wild horse that had broken its bridle, crashed through the withered trees and drove out at top speed!

At the same time, countless sharp arrows were shot from behind.

Clatter!

The rear window glass of the Minivan was completely shattered by iron arrows, glass shards splashing everywhere!

However—

When the iron arrows hit the car body, they only made a clanging sound and fell to the ground one after another!

Although the Wuling Divine Car was cheap, the car body was mainly made of cold-rolled Steel Plate, and the iron arrows of Daliang had too many impurities to shoot through it at all!

A large number of Imperial Guard soldiers chased into the withered forest, looking like they were about to capture the assassin and his party.

But unexpectedly, they saw several gray-white, rectangular strange cars driving out rapidly.

All the Imperial Guard soldiers were stunned.

"This... what is this?"

Xiao Rui was also shocked and furious.

He was clearly about to catch up to Xiao Moting, but he never expected these few strange cars to pop out of thin air!

The strange cars ran at an extremely fast speed, leaving the Imperial Guard soldiers behind in the blink of an eye.

"Oh ho!" Xiao Dabao poked half his body out of the car window, let out a strange cry at the stunned Xiao Rui, and even made an orchid finger gesture, "Prince, hurry up and come catch us."

Swish, swish, swish!

Answering him were hundreds of iron arrows coming through the air!

Xiao Dabao was so scared that he quickly retracted his head and hid inside the car.

This action completely infuriated Xiao Rui.

The duck that was already in his mouth had just flown away!

Moreover, he was being maliciously provoked by the other party!

His eyes were bloodshot, and he roared hoarsely.

"Give me full-speed pursuit, catch up to these few strange cars!"

"Whoever takes the thief's head, this Prince will reward with gold, silver, and jewels, as well as first-class military merit and a promotion of three ranks!"

With the heavy bounty, the Imperial Guard soldiers were greatly encouraged, whipping their horses desperately and chasing madly.

The Imperial Guard's warhorses were all carefully selected thousand-mile steeds, and they were fat and strong, with endurance far exceeding ordinary horses!

They could see clearly that these few strange cars had no horses pulling them, and they didn't believe they couldn't catch up!