Legend of the Heavenly Swordsman
Ch.42 - Prince of the Meng Empire

Somewhere that was on the border of the Song and Meng empires. A pair of young men were running in followed by a group of warriors in black clothes.

The darkness of the night and the torrential rain did not stop the group from catching its prey. The lightning that struck each other became the light of their steps.

"Defend Zhi'er. We'll be there soon." A young man of about 17 years old tries to help his fallen sister.

"Sister.I'm not strong anymore." Meng Zhi swallowed her saliva with a intermittent breath.

They had been running for quite a while under the bad weather. Their physical condition had reached its maximum limit. But because the group that was chasing them was a group of formidable warriors made them have to fight harder.

"What are you doing?!" Jerking sister who was meant by Meng Zhi when she saw her sister had resigned to her condition. "Don't waste uncle Ji's sacrifice! I won't forgive you if you die here!"

Meng Zhi clenched her hands hard, she also did not want to die just like that but her physique was inadequate to keep running.

"Hahaha.they're already visible!" Someone who was assumed to be the leader of the group laughed loudly seeing that the prey was already helpless. They had been hampered when in the face of the imperial general Meng named Ji Furan. Fortunately, the general's condition was severe enough before fighting them.

"Zhi 'er! Hurry along!" Meng Zhi's brother, Meng Tian, tried to carry his sister and ran to their destination.

"Hahaha... Where else would Prince Tian go?! Give your life! We'll take good care of Princess Zhi'er." Excited the leader of the group while licking his lips.

Meng Tian gnashed his teeth. Just because of the seizure of the throne with her brother, she had to lose her father and mother, even most of the royal members also died at the hands of the traitors.

Unbeknownst to the group chasing Meng Tian, they continued to run towards the towering wall that was the border headquarters of the Song empire.

The only way for Meng Tian and her sister to live was to expect help from the soldiers tasked with guarding the border there.

"Sister, my head hurts." Said Meng Zhi weakly.

"Hold Zhi'er!" Meng Tian glanced towards the back while jumping from one tree branch to another. He then noticed the area around the wall was quite open.

He intended to go there and lure the warriors who were chasing him out of the forest so that the warriors guarding the border could see him.

Meng Tian reached into his robe and took out some pill-shaped items and threw them towards the warrior who was chasing after him. Instantly the green smoke billowed and blocked the sight of the warrior who was chasing him.

"Damn it, smoke bomb! He still has a few tricks." The leader of the chase group chuckled in annoyance. They lost their prey trail.

"How is this, chief?" Ask other officers.

"Stay searching! He won't go too far."

Meng Tian's plan seemed to work, at least he had enough time to approach the border first, with a swift movement without a doubt, at least, Meng Tian released the fireworks into the air and instantly made everyone focus on the brightly lit fireworks in those few breaths.

"That's it, General, isn't it" The commander of the army who was on guard at the time was very surprised to see fireworks that suddenly exploded in the border area.

"You're right. That's the emergency sign of Meng's power. Quickly order the troops to drill around!" General Jia Lu clenched his hands hard. I don't know what makes the fireworks can be around the border but that certainly is not something good.

"Chairman, how is this? Are we going to continue the chase?" One of the warriors asked worriedly. They had also unknowingly been chasing up to the border area.

"No, we have to look at things first." The group's chairman also worried about their condition. He was too rash to be unaware of the Tian prince's purpose.

Elsewhere Meng Tian still continued to run into the airy area for the guards to find him easily. Sure enough, General Jia Lu who was guarding the tower could see the figure of Meng Tian in the middle of the field with quite severe conditions.

"Prepare the arrows!" said the commander of the army but was immediately stopped by Jia Lu.

"Hold it! I'm gonna go downstairs to see who it is." Although he could see Meng Tian's figure, but because of the heavy rain and the face of Meng Tian covered by his hair made General Jia Lu have to make sure he was closer.

Whereas the group chasing after Prince Tian had to stop at a distance of 100 meters from the border wall. If they came out, they would be directly showered with arrows from the guards.

"Prince Tian?" General Jia Lu was surprised to see the Prince of Meng empire in such a bad state. The two had met several times because General Jia Lu was indeed assigned as the representative of every affairs in the Meng empire.

"General Jia, please help us." Reply Meng Tian without paying attention to General Jia Lu's shock. The safety of his sister is his top priority.

Without a second thought, Jia Lu led the two brothers into the gate without lowering his guard.

"Damn! We're retreating! At least we've already expelled that prince from Meng empire." The leader of the group cursed inwardly at his own carelessness when he saw Prince Tian and his younger brother being brought in by Jia Lu.

"But chief. What about Prince Guanji's orders?"

"Shut up!" Snatch the group leader. "I will explain it to the prince. At least the bastard's got the position he wants."

The leader of the group gritted his teeth in annoyance. If not for the support behind Prince Guanji who was currently going to occupy the imperial throne, then he would have long since slashed the boy's neck.

The group of them retreated just like that after paying attention around. Many warriors began to explore the area around the forest, making them have to be careful.

On the other hand, Prince Tian was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief despite his sister being unconscious. General Jia Lu also did not ask much, he allowed Meng Tian and Meng Zhi to rest.

"Who are these people, General?" The commander of the army asked in surprise, not usually General Jia's face looks as pale as it is today.

"They were the children of Emperor Meng. I don't know what made them go this way." General Jia Lu let out a rough sigh, his head ached.

The commander of the army was very surprised to hear that, even the soldier who had just opened the room was also shocked.

"Ekhem... What's wrong?" The Commander asked as he realized his soldiers were in the doorway.

"Sorry Commander. We found a group of warriors trying to escape in the forest. Right now some troops are chasing him."

"Pull that army back! We can't chase him outside the border."