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But to their surprise, the night was peaceful and uneventful, and nothing happened, which was quite unexpected.

So the next morning they got up early and ate the breakfast the old servant had given them.

Chapter 277 Another Encounter with a Mysterious Painting with Missing Characters

He gave the old servant some silver as a token of his gratitude, then left the house and continued on his journey.

They hurried along, and after a morning's journey, they planned to find a restaurant to have lunch.

When they arrived at a restaurant, they sat down and were about to eat.

Duan Yu then noticed a painting hanging on the wall opposite them.

The poem on that painting was missing a few words, suggesting it was done by the same person.

So Duan Yu went over and observed carefully. At this moment, the shopkeeper came over.

He said to Duan Yu, "Young master, can you fill in these poems? If you can, you will be very lucky."

"These are the words left by a talented scholar, who said that if anyone could fill in the blanks of this poem..."

“We will cover all your expenses at our shop; that talented man will foot the bill.”

Upon hearing this good news, Duan Yu became interested and picked up the brush and ink beside him.

I filled in the blank spaces with text, read it through, and it flowed perfectly.

The shopkeeper clapped his hands and exclaimed, "I never expected this young master to be so talented as to fill in the blanks in this poem. Congratulations to him!"

"Young master and your friend, this meal will be on our menu. Please help us, gentlemen, we will serve you the food immediately."

Lin Yaoxie felt that something was increasingly wrong with this matter. Why was this painting appearing in their sight so frequently?

Moreover, there was such a painting in this restaurant. Could it be that someone had been following them all along?

However, Lin Yaoxie did not reveal this matter, so as not to worry them.

He only wanted to observe secretly, but Duan Yu was very happy.

Duan Yu said to them, "It looks like we're going to have to dine and dash this time. How wonderful! Since we can get free food, why not take it?"

The other girls were there, chattering about their thoughts, and they all felt that this matter was quite strange.

Miss Wang also said to Duan Yu, "This is indeed quite strange. It seems like someone has already set all these things up in front of us and is waiting for us to arrive."

0oo is asking for flowers.....

Duan Yu laughed and said, "It's alright. Since we can't avoid it anyway, let's just fill in all the blanks and see what happens."

Lin Yaoxie thought to himself that this matter was probably not as simple as he imagined.

There must be another reason behind this; it might be related to his father, Prince Duan.

Soon after the food was served, Uncle Feng was still worried and took out his silver needles.

He inspected every dish and cup of food and tea, and only after finding nothing amiss did he allow Duan Yu and the others to eat.

Duan Yu still said, "Uncle Feng, you're being a bit too cautious. I don't think anything will happen. In this restaurant, would they dare to go against us and poison our food? I don't think so."

Uncle Feng insisted, "We must be careful just in case, we must check."

So everyone stopped arguing with him and let him be.

At this moment, Zhong Ling said, "Brother, shall we head this way? It's the direction back to Dali. How many more days will it take to get to Dali?"

Chapter 178 A messenger from Lingjiu Palace brings news

Duan Yu thought for a moment and said, "If all goes well, we'll arrive in a few days. But I'm afraid we might encounter some unexpected situations along the way. We don't know what those situations might be, so let's talk about it when the time comes."

At that moment, Duan Yu and his companions had just finished their meal and were about to leave the restaurant.

Four people galloped over from afar. Lin Yaoxie recognized them as none other than the Four Swords of the Vulture Palace, known as "Spirit 497".

Upon seeing Lin Yaoxie, the four of them immediately jumped off their horses and came to stand before him.

He bowed to Lin Yaoxie and said, "Greetings, Master. It's truly been a long time since we've finally met you here."

Lin Yaoxie asked the four of them curiously, "Why did you four get here so quickly? Is there something you need? Why did you suddenly leave Lingjiu Palace?"

They said to Lin Yaoxie, "Our Lingjiu Palace has spies all over the world, but we heard that you and Prince Duan were in danger, so we came all the way to find you."

"I wanted to give you a message, Master, that someone has set a trap along the way and intends to harm you and Prince Duan."

Lin Yaoxie asked, puzzled, "I only heard them say that someone wanted to harm Prince Duan, not that they wanted to harm me. What's going on? Who told you this?"

Mei Jian said, "The information reported to us by the people distributed throughout Lingjiu Palace is absolutely accurate and will never be wrong. So we are afraid that you, Master, may be in any danger. We will come to protect you."

Lin Yao smiled wickedly and said, "You just need to keep an eye on Lingjiu Palace for me. I can handle everything else myself. Even if someone wants to harm me, I won't be easily harmed. You can rest assured."

"Since you've heard that Prince Duan is about to be harmed, go find him and see where he is. Tell him about it."

Duan Yu also heard about this matter and hurriedly came over to bow to the four young ladies, saying, "Thank you for your kindness in bringing this news. Please thank everyone on behalf of my father. I would like to trouble you four young ladies to hurry up and inform my father of this matter."

Lin Yaoxie nodded and said, "Then you should go and do it quickly."

However, the four swordsmen of plum blossom, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum did not want to all leave, so they only sent two out on an errand, while the other two went with them.

The two women wanted to protect Lin Yaoxie's safety. They were worried about what would happen if their master encountered danger at such a time.

Left with no other choice, Lin Yaoxie had to leave them behind and travel with them to Dali.

Then they asked Duan Yu, "Where exactly should Prince Duan be now? Where should we go to find Prince Duan?"

Duan Yu thought about it but couldn't figure out where his father, Prince Duan, should be.

In the end, it was Azi who was the smartest. She said to them, "Go to Little Mirror Lake. My father must be there. Go there and find him."

Lin Yaoxie thought to himself, "Azi is the smartest. She knows her charming father best. He must be at Ruan Xingzhu's house."

In fact, Prince Duan was indeed at Little Mirror Lake at that time, but he wasn't only with Azi's mother, Ruan Xingzhu.

Instead, he was with several women, including Mu Wanqing's mother, Zhong Ling's mother, and A Zi's mother. These three women were all with Prince Duan, who was extremely pleased with himself.

Chapter 279 Prince Duan Wants to Be Emperor

At this moment, one of Prince Duan's subordinates was delivering a letter to him.

Prince Duan immediately opened the letter and found that it was from his elder brother, the emperor, urging him to return to Dali immediately to assume the throne.

But Ruan Xingzhu asked Prince Duan, "Then why didn't your elder brother become emperor?"

Prince Duan patiently explained to them: "Our four emperors of Dali have a custom that they all become monks every year. So, it is time for my brother to let me go back and inherit the throne. Therefore, I must set off for home immediately."

Meanwhile, several women nearby were chattering away.

Zhong Ling's mother was there, and she said to them in a sarcastic tone, "From now on, you will be part of the imperial harem, while I will go back to my home and be Mrs. Zhong. I will not stoop to your level."

Moreover, she was Azi's mother, but Ruan Xingzhu said there, "What other women does he want to find? We already have so many people. If he continues to be so fickle, I will kill him."

Meanwhile, Mu Wanqing's mother drew her sword and held it to Prince Duan's neck.

He said, "If he dares to mess with other men's women again, I'll kill him with one knife."

But Prince Duan was there, saying sweet words to them, "Don't make such a fuss. Don't worry, I'm not that kind of person. This time I'm taking you all back to Dali. Pack your things and come back to Dali with me."

At this moment, a person walked in from outside and said to them, "Who said they should all go back to Dali? Duan Zhengchun, you still want them all to go back? Don't you know that I am a Baiyi woman and can only marry one person in my life, but you have been fickle since you married me."

When Duan Zhengchun saw this woman, he was like a cat seeing a mouse. He quickly stood up and said to her, "Phoenix, you've come. I didn't expect you to come here too. That's great. Let's hurry back and go back to Dali together."

However, Duan Yu's mother said to Prince Duan, "Duan Zhengchun, I think you still want to force me to go back to the Taoist temple. I don't want to go back."

"Do you want me to go back to being a Taoist nun? Or go back to being an empress? The choice is yours, but these women must be taken back with me."

Just then, one of Duan Zhengchun's men came in and reported, "Your Highness, there are two young ladies outside who want to see you. They say they have something to discuss with you."

Meanwhile, the other women in the room asked, "Duan Zhengchun, how many women do you have? Why are there two more here?"

At this moment, Duan Zhengchun, looking completely bewildered, said to them, "What other women are there? Stop speculating. We'll see when the time comes."

So Duan Zhengchun ordered his men to bring in the two girls from 497 to see what was going on.

Duan Zhengchun didn't forget to comfort the women in the room, saying, "We'll ask them for clarification after they come in, and then you can talk to me about it."

After the two girls were brought in, they bowed to Duan Zhengchun and said, "Greetings, Your Highness. We are Mei Jian and Zhu Jian from Lingjiu Palace. We have come to inform Your Highness of the orders of Lin Yaoxie, the master of Lingjiu Palace."

"They said someone might try to harm you on the road, and you must be careful. Someone has already set up a trap along the way, a net that will definitely target you, Your Highness. Our master is worried about your safety, so he came to warn you in advance."

Chapter 280 Duan Zhengchun Falls into the Hands of Duan Yanqing

Upon hearing that it was Lin Yaoxie who had sent someone to deliver the message, Duan Zhengchun said to the two ladies, "Thank you so much for coming all this way to deliver this message to me. May I ask where my son, Duan Yu, is now?"

The two girls said to Duan Zhengchun, "Young Master Duan is with my master, Lin Yaoxie, and they are on their way to Dali. If there is nothing else, we need to go back to meet our master."

Duan Zhengchun said to the two young ladies, "Then please take your time, ladies. Thank you for tipping me off."

So the two girls turned and left, quickly heading towards Lin Yaoxie's direction.

They were very afraid that their master might be in danger, and they would only feel at ease if they could get to their master's side as quickly as possible.

Upon hearing that someone was plotting against Prince Duan, the group of women stopped arguing. Ruan Xingzhu asked Prince Duan, "Who exactly wants to harm you, Your Highness? Have you offended anyone?"

After sitting there thinking for a long time, Prince Duan said to them, "If I were to go back to inherit the throne of Dali, the person who would least want me to go back would be Duan Yanqing. Guan Yuanqing would definitely set a trap on the way to kill me, and that would definitely be him."

Ruan Xingzhu said, "Are you talking about Duan Yanqing, one of the Four Evils? His martial arts skills are extremely profound."

"With just one iron crutch, he can use the Dali One-Finger Divine Skill. He uses it with unparalleled skill. I met that person before, and he is not easy to deal with."

Just then, several of Duan Zhengchun's men came in to discuss these matters with them, and they discussed it for a while.

Then let's take a detour and leave from here, instead of the original route. Wouldn't that allow us to avoid Duan Yanqing's trap?

So the group of them stopped arguing. Duan Zhengchun said to them, "Since that's the case, we can't be separated from each other. We must stay together. We'll talk about other things after we get back to Dali."

At this point, Duan Yu's mother stopped arguing with them and set off with them from there. They changed their route and planned to go to Dali from there.

But they had only gone a short distance when they found themselves taking a long detour.

Unexpectedly, along the way, they encountered the three villains of the four villains who attacked them. They quickly started fighting, and after a fierce battle...

Duan Zhengchun looked around helplessly, and when he tried to concentrate, Duan Yanqing struck his pressure points, eventually immobilizing all of them.

Watching them struggle there.

Duan Yanqing stood there laughing and said, "I'm sure you all know about the acupressure technique of our Dali's One-Finger Divine Skill."

"It seems you've finally fallen into my hands. I'm going to take you back to Dali and then use that to blackmail the Emperor into giving me the throne."

Duan Zhengchun said, "You were originally the Crown Prince Yanqing, why do you have to resort to such despicable tricks?"