The Prodigal Son

Two days later, Qin Yu and his group, disguised as merchants, finally arrived in the territory of Xining Prefecture.

We should be able to reach Xining Prefecture by nightfall at the latest.

Along the way, spies from the Baojing Division and the Ministry of Justice kept sending messages.

The more messages they received, the more uneasy they became.

Based on the information gathered from various sources, it can be basically concluded that something has indeed gone wrong at the Qingxi camp.

But neither the Baojing Division nor the Ministry of Justice could find out what the problem was.

"Thump thump..."

Just as they were hurrying along the official road toward Xining Prefecture, they heard the sound of rapid hoofbeats outside.

Qin Yu lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out, only to see a fast horse rushing up to Pei Du and saying something to him.

Soon, the man rode away, and Pei Du rode up to the carriage where Qin Yu and Xu Wan were riding.

Seeing Pei Du's pale face, Xu Wan hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

Pei Du frowned, replying worriedly, "One of our men and several spies from the Ministry of Justice have gone missing in Lingqiu, and they've likely fallen into the hands of the Holy Fire Cult!"

Xu Wan's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly asked, "When did this happen?"

"Yesterday afternoon."

Pei Du replied.

Hearing Pei Du's words, Qin Yu, who was usually jovial, suddenly became serious.

In other words, the members of the Holy Fire Cult may already know that the imperial court is investigating them!

Lingqiu is only about 300 li away from Xining Prefecture, so the news from there has most likely already reached Xining Prefecture.

Fuck!

This is really troublesome!

"Never mind that for now. Even if something happens in Lingqiu, we won't be able to get there in time to stop it!"

Qin Yu made a decisive decision: "Quickly enter Xining Prefecture and take control of the garrison first!"

As long as they can control the garrison, even if the soldiers of Qingxi Camp rebel, they will still have some troops at their disposal and can at least deal with the situation.

"I know that!"

Pei Du nodded. "But now, we need your people's help!"

"What kind of help do you need?"

Qin Yu was puzzled.

Pei Du said in a deep voice, "I need to secretly protect your two experts as they rush to the Qingxi camp. In case the soldiers of the Qingxi camp really rebel, have them find a way to assassinate the rebel commander. Only in this way can we minimize the losses as much as possible!"

"..."

Qin Yu was both amused and exasperated.

I had no idea someone was secretly protecting me!

"He has a point!"

Xu Wan quickly urged Qin Yu, "As long as we can assassinate the rebel commander, at the very least we can delay the rebels and buy us some time!"

"I……"

Qin Yu remained silent.

It's not that he's unwilling to help!

He had absolutely no idea what the two masked men who had helped him earlier were like.

He didn't even know where those two people were!

Qin Yu pondered for a moment, then replied, "I'll give it a try!"

Well, let's try anything, even if it's a long shot!

If it works, great; if not, forget it!

Qin Yu quickly stepped out of the carriage and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Seniors, I have a matter of utmost importance concerning the safety of the imperial court that I need your help with! If you are nearby, please show yourself immediately!"

After he finished speaking, there was no reaction from the surroundings.

"Two seniors..."

Qin Yu shouted again.

Once, twice...

He called out several times, but there was no response from those around him.

Were you really just passing by?

Qin Yu was suspicious and thought about it silently for a while. Then, he decided to go all out and roared, "You two bastards, get your asses out here right now! If something serious happens, I'll chop you up and feed you to the dogs..."

Qin Yu roared as he looked around.

Seeing that there was still no movement around him, Qin Yu gradually let loose, "I'll fuck your grandma..."

Qin Yu launched into a tirade of curses, using the most offensive and offensive language imaginable.

Hearing Qin Yu's curses, Xu Wan's pretty face twitched uncontrollably.

She suddenly realized that when Qin Yu came up to her and scolded her last year, he was actually being quite subtle in his scolding!

If this bastard dared to curse her like that, she would beat him up even for the sake of the Duke of Wei.

Just as Qin Yu was about to give up, two ghostly shadows suddenly flashed.

"You brat!"

"presumptuous!"

The two roared and charged toward Qin Yu.

What the hell!

It really was hidden nearby!

Qin Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly hid behind Dong Liu, feigning weakness and shouting, "There was a reason for this, I had no choice but to do it, please don't blame me, senior!"

These are two ninth-level experts!

And they're the kind that appear and disappear unpredictably.

They want to beat me up; even Monk Dong probably couldn't protect me.

The two stopped about two zhang away from Qin Yu.

Gui San stared coldly at Qin Yu: "You'd better be in trouble!"

"It's really important!"

Qin Yu poked his head out and glared at Pei Du: "What the hell are you standing there for? I've called them out, so hurry up and tell them!"

This bastard doesn't expect me to go up and speak, does he?

These two are in a bad mood right now. If you stupidly run up there, you might get kicked away.

Pei Du snapped out of his daze and quickly stepped forward to explain the situation at Qingxi Camp to Gui San and Gui Si.

After hearing Pei Du's words, the two exchanged a glance.

Although they were ordered to protect Qin Yu in secret, the situation has changed now, and Qin Yu also has people protecting him. As long as Qin Yu and his group are a little more vigilant, no one should be able to assassinate him under the protection of this ninth-level expert.

If a grandmaster were to assassinate Qin Yu, he would have no choice but to accept his bad luck!

After a brief moment of thought, Gui San looked at Qin Yu with an unfriendly expression: "We'll settle our score later!"

After saying that, Gui San and Gui Si leaped out, throwing the two Baojingsi men off their horses, and quickly rode away.

"Find out the situation before you take any action!"

Qin Yu shouted in their direction, then turned and glared at Pei Du: "Remember this, you fucking owe me a favor!"

Pei Du paused slightly, then waved his hand and adopted an official tone: "We are all serving the country loyally, let's not talk about these things."

"Stop trying to cheat me!"

Qin Yu was displeased and said fiercely, "If you dare to forget this favor, I'll find a way to deal with you!"

I've offended two elusive ninth-realm experts in one fell swoop!

If they are deliberately trying to teach me a lesson, I won't be able to sleep soundly.

I'm just here to observe!

What did I do to deserve this?

"Why don't you make His Majesty owe you a favor?"

Pei Du retorted without hesitation and quickly mounted his horse.

A female demon?

Yes, even the female demon owes me a favor!

Dong Liu withdrew his gaze and asked Qin Yu with interest, "These are the bodyguards your grandfather trained for you?"

"I……"

Qin Yu instinctively denied it again, but couldn't deny it, so he could only casually say, "Whatever you say, then it is!"

He himself doesn't even know what's going on, so how can he answer?

These two are really amazing!

They really did follow them the whole way!

Thank goodness those two weren't there to kill me!

Otherwise, he'd probably be out of a job by the time he went to pee by the roadside.

Hmm, I'll definitely ask the old man where he got so many experts!

If these people become my personal bodyguards in the future, then please stop calling me Thirteen Young Master!

Please call me Brother B!