The Story Behind the Jade Pendant
Assault and mysterious diseases

the prince and the others tried to move as quickly as possible in order to avoid the pursuit of the second prince's men, but their movements were still losing quickly to people who only carried horses, realizing this the prince finally chose to go down and fight them.

because they lost quickly finally they managed to be surrounded by the second prince's men and without further ado the herd immediately attacked the prince and his friends.The resistance was fierce, the resistance was fierce, each of them fought each other to defend their lives.

they did not expect that this herd was a group of assassins.they attacked nimbly and never gave a gap for the prince and the others to strike back. aided by the prince's bodyguards finally made them get a little gap when attacking but the assassins did not give up just like that.

it appears that this is a herd of killers who are ready to die, they are willing to lose their lives in order to finish off their targets.The incision wounds are inevitable and because more killers than them, the, overwhelmed them to face the killer herd.

out of nowhere, suddenly A'jue's mistress Wei's bodyguard returns and helps them, as he is famous for being great at fighting, and, so if just fighting these killers is not difficult for him because basically he is more experienced than all of them.

seeing A'jue back to help them make them now have a lot of loopholes to defeat the herd of assassins. After a while now they have defeated some of the killers, because the herd of murderers has been successfully handled, because, they left the place before the other assassins attacked them.

A'jue demanded a safe path for them, now they are forced to run through the bushes so they can run from the pursuit of the killer.but what turns out behind them there are still about five assassins, he said, although the number is less than the previous one, but because it has expended a lot of energy during the fight earlier made them prefer to escape.

when the escape prince suggested to divide them into two groups to separate them from the pursuit of the killers.they agreed, then the prince told A'jue to enter the group Rong Ji, who was not involved in the, Ye Jing and Ling Mei were the prince's bodyguards along with Xiao Yan and the prince.A'jue was originally married to the prince's group but the prince tried to convince him that he was able to take good care of Xiao Yan.

finally they parted right after they found two different paths.A'jue group to the left road while the prince group to the right road. they split up and they agreed to meet again in Chen County.

as they parted ways at last, the assassins also divided up their pursuit tasks.Three of them went to the left side street and the other two to the right. knowing the assassins were still chasing them made the prince's bodyguards intervene to restrain the assassins, while Xiao Yan and the prince went to look for a safe place.

but the prince refused, seeing that he and the others had been hurt a lot, he did not want this incident to sacrifice their lives and they united to fight the two killers. they stopped and hid behind the trees, when the assassins came, then they would directly attack him.

in accordance with the allegations of the two assassins also entered into their trap, then without wasting their chance to attack with all their might. it didn't take long because the assassins were outnumbered they eventually lost to the group of princes.

one of the murderers was alive, but he was dying, seeing that, the prince's bodyguards approached him and asked him who their master was and why they wanted to kill the prince and his friends. as usual before answering the question the killer was already dead first.

even so they managed to find out the mastermind behind this incident.when the prince's bodyguards examined the killers it turns out that in his clothes there is a badge with a carving of the name of the second prince. it seemed that this second prince was not fooling around in this even he was desperate to deploy all the assassins to kill them all.

seeing the second prince so ruthlessly made Xiao Yan even more resentful towards him.Just because of the ambition to obtain the throne then the second prince was willing to finish off anyone he thought was a hindrance to him.

after defeating the assassins, they immediately went in search of a safe place to recover their manpower and also evaded the assassins. they also walked far enough until finally they saw there is a cave near the waterfall. Initially no one thought if the waterfall has a cave, no one, but after approaching it turns out there is a cave.

they finally chose to rest in the cave, while dressing the wounds on their bodies, because it was getting dark would be dangerous for them if they were desperate to continue the journey, he said, finally the prince suggested to rest in the cave and then continue the journey the next morning.

now that the sun had begun to rise, they immediately rushed to travel.they walked through the bushes and shortly after they reached a village nearby. they were grateful to be able to find the village there so they could seek help there.

...mysterious disease ...

they entered the village, the villagers who were there looked strange.The villagers continued to look at them with sharp gazes.they began to feel strange with the behavior of the villagers, who were very strange, they decided to continue their journey through the village.

at first they intend to stop there but see the strange villagers they prefer to leave the village. when they wanted to leave the village they accidentally met a healer who had just returned from the medicine field.

the healer stopped their journey and he also offered to treat their wounds.See this healer had good intentions they also accepted the offer of the healer.the healer took them to his house, and, there the doctor also offered them some food.

then do not forget they also asked the healer about the strange behavior of the villagers.they wondered why the villagers could be like that. then the healer explained to them what had happened to this village so as to make the residents here so.

"initially the residents here are mediocre and they are also known to be friendly with foreigners who often enter their area, until one day a group of foreigners stopped by their village and the villagers greeted them well"

"in the beginning nothing happened but gradually one of the group of strangers was exposed to a strange and mysterious disease.no one knows where the disease came from, but, because he was okay before"

"the stranger had a disease with common early symptoms such as fever and fatigue and no appetite, but after having a fever he began to feel hot all over his body. eventually his friends took him away for treatment"

"but because of the remote village, it was difficult to get a healer there and they had to take him to the city to get treatment, because the distance of the city makes his friends can only take care of his sick friend in an empty house"

"because the lack of treatment makes the disease worse, the fever does not go down, then begins to appear reddish patches around the skin. seeing it makes his friends alert and feel anxious about contracting it"

"in the end, none of them would care for his theme except his fiancee. His fiance is very good, he patiently takes care of her, until finally he also contracted the disease. his friend who knew that someone had contracted it immediately told the other friend to leave the village and leave them both"

"a group of strangers has now left the village and its friends, and they arrive after the next morning. for fear of contracting it they decided to check themselves into the healers in the city"

"after being examined by the city healers, they were relieved that they had not contracted the disease, and then curious that the physician asked what caused them all to become this anxious"

"one of them explained that two of their friends had contracted a mysterious illness and that they were dying because no healer could treat them"

"hearing about it made the city healer become curious about the disease.then the person in the treatment place also became horrified after hearing the story, then they told the city officials to follow up immediately because their city borders the village"

"because the complaints of the townspeople finally made the town officials take action, he sent some troops to the village to check the truth, when they arrived at the village the envoys from the town began to inspect the village"

"then they found both people affected by the disease as told earlier, in addition there are also some residents who began to contract the disease. the villagers saw the messenger from the city and they thought that the messengers were the help sent to the village"

"the city council knew that the condition of the villagers was serious and needed to be dealt with immediately, he sent a letter to city officials. city officials who knew this also became anxious he was afraid that this mysterious disease would become a dangerous plague if the villagers to seek treatment to the city"

"to prevent the villagers from going to the city the city official told his troops to guard the entrance and not let anyone of them out of the village, until if the villagers have been declared cured of the disease"

"despite his heart to tell his troops to burn the village, he told them to burn the village to the end so that no one else would catch the disease. the city doctor who heard the news went to the village"

"he wanted to tell the people to leave the village immediately, but whatever the power when the healer arrived, the village was already burning with a very large fire, the healer felt failed. he thought he should have gone to the village to help them"

"after the village was burned down and there were only bits of charred wood left by the fire, he traced the village and found a way to redeem it into the forest, finally he went to look there and unexpectedly found some villagers who survived the incident"

"apparently the villagers who had not contracted the disease were allowed to leave their village as far as possible and some of the villagers who were affected by the disease were detained inside the village and not allowed to leave until finally the village was burned exhausted by the city envoy "

"tabib cried to see the incident, then he was determined to heal the villagers and also rebuild their village. after the incident made the remaining villagers feel traumatized by the events that befell them"

"every stranger who enters their village will surely look at him sharply and they also make the stranger feel uncomfortable to make the stranger leave the village"

knowing that, they were surprised to find this healer was the city healer he told, they felt grateful to have been helped by this healer, he said, the healer explained to the villagers that they were friends and they did not carry any strange diseases, and they were only injured. the villagers who knew they were not dangerous people and now the villagers began to welcome them.

the villagers also gave them a place of rest and food.After treating their wounds, the healer asked them

"where did this wound come from? and why are you so hurt?"

"thank you in advance healer, our wounds are caused by attacks from murderers" said the prince

"then how did you get attacked by assassins?" said the physician

"regarding it is very difficult to explain, but there is no need for the killer was successfully paralyzed and tomorrow we will also leave soon to continue the journey" said the prince

"all right I understand, but before you go take some of this medicine.it's a wound medicine that I deliberately made and it will be useful to you" said the healer

"we will accept it, thank you for helping us" the prince said

"same-same"

the next morning they left the village and they also left some gold for the physician, because the physician had not yet awakened so they left, without informing the physician. when the healer woke up he saw a small pouch on his desk, he opened it and found a letter in it.

it was written that if they gave him a little gift because he had helped them and the healer looked back at the contents of the bag, he was surprised that there was some gold in it, when he wanted to thank them, they were no longer in the village.

after that the healer realized that they were not ordinary people but they were people from the center of the imperial city, he knew because there was a Xiao engraving on gold coming along.

fortunately they had left the village, if they had been a little slower then they would have been caught by the killers and the killers had just arrived at the village, they asked the locals if they had ever seen anyone in the painting. the healer who saw someone looking for them then he said that they had never seen the person who was described.

they were not very trusting and they checked the village. After being examined it turns out there was no one they were looking for, then they left the village.

after their death, the village continued their journey to the following city, which is the city bordering the village, when they arrived in the city they were looking for horse sellers. because this time they would travel using horses so that they could quickly arrive and meet with Ye Jing's group.

after successfully obtaining a horse, the prince decided to look for lodging and some clothes that they could change. Unfortunately, each inn is now full of visitors. finally they went to another inn at the end of the road.

when approaching the inn fortunately there were still rooms available, but the room was only left one, they would not want to take the room.

"because Xiao Yan is a woman, let him sleep in the room, while me and my bodyguard sleep near the door" the prince said

"don't do that, who ordered this room was the prince how could the prince sleep on the door of the room, how about asking the waiter to add an extra mattress so you don't need to sleep near the door" said Xiao Yan

"there is no need for the prince and Xiao Yan to sleep in the room, the rest of the room is also spacious. Let me guard the door so you rest" said the prince's bodyguard

"no way, Xiao Yan will feel uncomfortable" the prince said

"how could it be, it's fast to go in and rest, tomorrow still have to continue the journey" said the prince's bodyguard while pushing the prince in

"sorry Xiao Yan, I will come out now" the prince said

"wait for the prince, sleep there anyways said the bodyguard if this room is spacious, if only sleep is not a problem" said Xiao Yan

"doesn't this disturb your sleep?" the prince

"of course not"

"all right I promise, I won't do anything to you and you'll be fine so there's no need to go" the prince said

it turned out that Xiao Yan had already fallen asleep. Xiao Yan was famous for the sleepyhead, because if he had been lying on the bed he would have fallen asleep.The prince who saw it had already cursed him and he slept there.

the next day they came down for breakfast, after breakfast they continued to travel and left the city. before leaving the city they did not forget to buy food supplies and also asked the townspeople how far and long to get to Chen district.

the townspeople said if they would reach Chen district within seven days if departing from this city, it turned out that it still took quite a long time to get there, about seven days and from here they will pass through several small towns and villages, after which they will reach Chen district which borders the Long kingdom.