The Prodigal Son

Early in the morning, Qin Yu and his group headed to the vicinity of the Huyao Broken Bridge.

As they approached, Ning Huang led Gui San and Gui Si to scout ahead, while Qin Fumeng used his clairvoyance to constantly scan the surroundings to prevent Bei Qi from sending people to ambush them in advance.

They only retreated quickly after confirming that there were no ambushes around.

About half an hour later, the two large boats finally arrived from the opposite bank of the Panjiang River.

The large ship docked, and Tuoba Liuyun led Murong Wujiang off the ship. Fu Jiu led another group of people off another large ship and began searching for Qin Yu and his group ahead of Murong Wujiang and his group.

Fu Jiu and his team searched extremely carefully, leaving no place unexplored where people could hide.

Only after confirming that Qin Yu and his group were not lying in ambush did Fu Jiu order people to bring over chairs and a huge canopy.

Murong Wujiang ordered his sword to be unfastened and handed to Fu Jiu, and instructed Tuoba Liuyun to stay a hundred feet behind him before slowly walking towards Huagai.

Qin Yu unfastened his sword and handed it to Qi Dachui before walking forward.

Before long, the two arrived at Huagai's side almost simultaneously.

Qin Yu, standing a distance of about one and a half feet, carefully examined Murong Wujiang, a playful expression on his face: "Should I call you Empress Murong, or Rong Jiu?"

"It will be all right!"

Murong Wujiang replied calmly, "However, whether you are Qin Yu, Marquis Qin, or Marshal Qin, in my eyes you are a despicable and shameless scoundrel!"

Qin Yu smirked. "So you still want to talk to a despicable scoundrel like me?"

"If possible, I would prefer to talk to you on the battlefield!"

Murong Wujiang coldly swept his gaze over Qin Yu. "Unfortunately, I have no choice but to talk to you now! Alright, sit down and let's talk!"

As he spoke, Murong Wujiang took two steps forward and sat down in the chair.

"You could easily send an envoy to negotiate!"

Qin Yu said casually and sat down as well.

"That's definitely possible."

Murong Wujiang nodded slightly. "However, I would prefer to speak with you personally! Firstly, to show my sincerity, and secondly, to meet you, this shameless scoundrel!"

Qin Yu feigned surprise and even showed a hint of "shyness," saying, "I had no idea you thought of me that way."

"Yes, I do miss you!"

Murong Wujiang was not angry. "I dream about you every night. I miss you so much!"

Murong Wujiang emphasized the word "death" very heavily.

Qin Yu had no doubt that this woman would kill him given the chance.

Qin Yu smiled brightly, "Since you think of me so much, I'll have to send someone to spread the word! It's an honor to be thought of like this by Empress Murong!"

"You're as shameless as ever!"

Murong Wujiang snorted coldly, "Alright, let's get back to the point! I have only one purpose in talking to you! I can exchange the three prefectures north of Panjiang for Zhenzhou of Daming plus half of the Nine Dragon Pendant, but Panshan Pass must be in our hands!"

Nine Dragons Pendant?

Is it all for the Nine Dragons Pendant again?

Damn it!

Is this thing really that important to Bei Qi?

In exchange for three prefectures, one Zhenzhou and half a Nine Dragons Pendant.

If we negotiate, it's even possible that we can exchange it for only half of the Nine Dragons Pendant!

Qin Yu was secretly puzzled, but then asked with a smile, "Why do you want to talk to me about this? Wouldn't it be better to send someone to the capital to discuss it with our Empress?"

"I have indeed thought that way too."

Murong Wujiang slightly raised his eyes and said meaningfully, "However, I think it's about the same whether I talk to you or not! In the present state of Great Ning, if there is anyone who can persuade Zhao Luan, that person should be you!"

Yo?

Does this woman know about my affair with Zhao Luan?

Did you guess it?

Or is he trying to sow discord between himself?

"You really think highly of me!"

Qin Yu smiled casually, "To be honest, I'm not very interested in our negotiations right now! I'm much more interested in Xu Heng."

Murong Wujiang's pupils suddenly contracted, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Xu Heng!

He actually knew that the Nine Dragon Pendant was also called the Ruins of Heng?

Qin Yu keenly caught the fleeting look of surprise in Murong Wujiang's eyes, and his smile deepened: "Do you think I know nothing?"

"What else do you know?" Murong Wujiang asked in a deep voice.

Qin Yu slightly suppressed his smile, deliberately adopting an inscrutable expression: "The far north, the gate to the abyss!"

As Qin Yu finished speaking, Murong Wujiang was even more shocked.

He actually knew that?

Even the royal family of Da Ning doesn't seem to know about these things!

How would he know these things?

After struggling to calm himself, Murong Wujiang said in a deep voice, "Continue!"

"I also know that you are a descendant of the Wind Clan!"

Qin Yu smiled, "A long time ago, the Feng Clan was jointly attacked by powerful clans and forced to split into two groups to escape. One of them fled to the territory of Beiqi and became the Helian Clan, which later gradually became the Lian Clan..."

Qin Yu stared into Murong Wujiang's eyes and quietly recounted what he knew.

He believed that Murong Wujiang must also know what he was saying.

But Murong Wujiang might not know the things he didn't say.

When Qin Yu stopped, Murong Wujiang coldly uttered two words: "Continue!"

"I'm not saying anything more, it's your turn!"

Qin Yu shook his head slightly and leaned back: "I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, that half of the Nine Dragon Pendant is indeed in our hands now!"

"I have found another branch of the Wind Clan and learned from them the function of the Nine Dragon Pendant!"

"But I don't know if what you know is the same as what I know!"

"If the Nine Dragon Pendant's function were different from what we know, our dynasty would never have given it to you!"

Murong Wujiang remained silent.

A moment later, Murong Wujiang revealed a faint smile. "Qin Yu, do you think you're very clever?"

"well enough!"

Qin Yu smiled, "At least I'm not stupid!"

"Perhaps you're not stupid, but I'm not stupid either!"

Murong Wujiang's lips curled into a faint smile as he stared intently at Qin Yu: "You have no idea what the Nine Dragon Pendant is for; you're just trying to trick me into revealing its true function, aren't you?"

"Think whatever you want."

Qin Yu showed no sign of guilt. "If you want to talk, we can continue talking! If you want to fight, we can fight too!"

"By the way, I still have tens of thousands of corpses of Northern Qi soldiers in my possession."

"I wrote to your people before, asking them to exchange food for the corpses, but they refused."

"If you'd like to talk to me about this, that's fine too!"

Who cares!

In any case, judging from the current situation, Xuheng should be more useful to Beiqi than to Daning.

If she doesn't want to tell me, then forget it!

Seeing Qin Yu's smugness, Murong Wujiang couldn't help but feel a burning hatred.

Shameless scoundrel!

The day this shameless scoundrel falls into my hands, I will torture him until he is unable to live or die, and then tear him to pieces!

However, amidst her anger, she had to consider whether or not to tell him the true purpose of Xu Heng.

Right now, Beiqi is in great danger!

If we continue to drag this out with Da Ning, who knows what might happen in the future...