A Pair of Eclipse Swords
Chapter : 166 – The Opening of the Figure Behind the Mask
After surviving the pursuit of the Midnight Wolves, the party went towards the king's city. Of course there have been a lot of cuts. When leaving two hundreds of people, but on the return of no more than a hundred people.
But they didn't bother about it much because they all knew it was war. Against a power like the Midnight Wolf, which had a great army and reportedly almost all the heretics were under its auspices, it would certainly not achieve victory without the weight of a single person.
Actually the princess was a little sorry about this. If only when he left he brought more troops, of course, the casualties would not be as much as now. But the rice has become porridge, so no one can change it.
This group of eighty people dashed quickly away from the Midnight Wolf headquarters. Every now and then they looked back to make sure there were no pursuers from the Midnight Wolf.
People around the princess who belong to the swordsman not infrequently even look up or down. A strange action.
But it's not strange for people who understand. The Midnight Wolf was a large gathering filled with many shrewd warriors, and such warriors could move more cautiously than a government army.
There could have been one or several Midnight Wolf warriors chasing from above. Or someone deliberately waited by hoarding themselves underground. Who knows?
"Some one's chasing?" chang Song Zhu asked the warrior next to him. He is Khong Tiat.
This forty-year-old man who was still quite handsome looked at the princess who was bored. The run was still fast but his breathing was erratic. Sweat had soaked all over his face and neck. Seeing this there was a sense of compassion in Khong Tiat's heart.
He looked back, and saw that there was no pursuer there. But on the orders of the previous Tang general, he forbade stopping before reaching the great river flow ahead there.
Khong Tiat was a swordsman, he had traveled to many places before finally joining the Black Dragon. Of course he knew which river the general was referring to, and he knew that from here to there it was still quite a distance away.
Worried about the state of the princess, after a moment of thought she made a reckless decision.
As soon as he passed by one large tree, he saw that there was a branch that was quite large and strong. Instantly his body soared while snatching the sword of one of the officers.
The sword was released and the tree broke. He pelvis the branch of the tree on his left hip while his right hand flipped the sword back to its original place. To the waist of one of the officers.
"What are you gonna do?" scold Gu Ren. They all asked the same thing in their hearts.
Khong Tiat did not answer the words of the lord and instead approached the princess. Then in a lightning-fast motion, without being prevented again his right hand had already pulled the collar of Princess Song Zhu and thrown it upwards.
"Duck!" the princess sat on the back of the tree. Where the branch of the tree is still carried on the left shoulder of Khong Tiat.
"I'm sorry for the pity of your servant, you look so tired" said Khong Tiat.
Take care of the situation after that. A short long shot was thrown from the mouth of almost everyone. Even Tang Lin's own generals also sent scolding.
"Bags, sassy!! Put the princess down!!" snapped it.
Chang Song Zhu was stunned and dumbstruck. His gaze turned to the branch before turning to Khong Tiat's back. This man did not touch at all every insult directed at him, he continued to run by carrying Princess Song Zhu on his fist.
The princess smiled. He raised his hand and said, "Silence, focus on the front road!"
"But your majesty...."
"Shut up!!" the princess snapped with her chest up and down from tiredness. At once the Tang general did not dare to open his mouth again.
The journey to the river intended by the Tang general would still take another two hours. And secretly they felt grateful for Khong Tiat's actions. If only Khong Tiat did not act so, surely they were forced to rest first because it seems that the princess is not strong.
When passing downhill, they are very careful because the terrain here is quite difficult. Upon arriving below, they breathed a sigh of relief because they had finally reached the great river.
"We rest here" said general Tang Lin.
Hearing this Khong Tiat lowered the body of the princess slowly. Then he yells respectfully at once for an apology for his sassness. The princess just smiled.
They immediately sat down on the bank of the river. Some drank river water, or washed their faces and wounds with clear water. They release all the fatigue and tension on the banks of this river.
But their actions were forced to be postponed when they heard the princess's words to Gu Ren.
"Master Gu, please not the mask" he said without explaining who the mask meant. Because obviously everyone understands.
As the situation became silent, their eyes all turned to Gu Ren who was still clutching the golden mask's hair. They were also very curious about the figure behind the mask, was it true that he was the prince as Song Zhu's daughter told him? This tension even makes them forget about their own fatigue.
Gu Ren was curious not to play, he had been about to open the golden mask when the battle was still going on, but failed. Now the time has come whether it is true that the princess said that the figure behind this mask is the prince Chang Song Ci.
"Alright, your majesty." replied Gu Ren and moved his left hand to take the mask.
It was easy for him to take off the mask that had previously been tightly attached to that person's face. As the mask opened, everyone held their breath with pale faces and wide eyes. Their hearts were pounding as if they could pierce through their chests from within.
As with everyone else, the princess's face paled and her face was the palest than anyone else's. Cold sweat dripped from his forehead and neck. Some even fell from the corner of his chin. His whole body shivered.
"Is this really.....?" he muttered with a trembling voice.
Seen there, the face of a forties man with an already pale face. The nose is accompanied by thick eyebrows and deep eyes. Pull her lips a little haughty, but....
"He's not a prince.." murmured everyone, jampirs at the same time.
"It's not what I saw back then" said the princess hesitating.
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