My wife has a secret

Chapter 198 Confrontation
"As long as you can bring back the daughter of Ji Yin, it doesn't matter who they are. Reward! Give this king a huge reward!"

King Xiang was halfway through his speech when he seemed to have thought of something and let out a heavy breath.

In cold weather, this kind of breath can even create a small area of ​​white mist in the air.

"Hold the sedan chair for me! I want to go back home now!"

Thinking of the lamb that was about to be in his hands, King Xiang became extremely excited, and his bloated body began to tremble, surging like the waves.

……

"What? King Xiang said he was on his way back home and summoned us to his palace?"

The tavern owner stood at the door with a hunched back and an apologetic smile on his face, secretly cursing Xu Qing and his gang for being ungrateful.

The family behind King Xiang, as one of the actual rulers of the Liao Dynasty, has maintained its upper-class status since the founding of the Liao Dynasty.

Being able to be received by the prince is a blessing they have earned in three lifetimes.

You know, King Xiang seldom shows his true face to outsiders. Even a subordinate like him, who has worked diligently for more than 20 years, is not qualified to enter the palace to meet him.

"Yes, the prince is a well-known figure in the entire Liao Dynasty. No matter what the status of your master is, you must follow the rules when meeting the prince...burn incense, take a bath, and wear new clothes."

Having said that, the tavern owner glanced at Ryoko and Qingqing impatiently.

"These two little lambs need to be dressed up, otherwise they will ruin the prince's mood."

Seeing that his plan to escape at night failed, Xu Qing turned his eyes to the female hero.

The other party also understood Xu Qing's meaning in the blink of an eye. He took a step forward, used his left hand as a knife, and chopped the back of the man's neck.

The tavern owner collapsed instantly and was supported by Xu Qing, who gently placed him on the ground.

This momentary contact made Xu Qing notice that the tavern owner had stopped breathing.

Xu Qing was shocked by the decisiveness of this female hero. He originally wanted to remind her not to leave any survivors, otherwise the information of several people would be exposed.

I didn't expect that this chivalrous woman would kill without any mercy and decisively.

Seeing Xu Qing frowning slightly, Yang Xianning thought he was thinking about their current situation, so she reminded him, "If he doesn't go out for a while, it will alert the people in the front hall."

Of course Xu Qing understood this. He opened the window at the back of the house and then signaled the other party with his eyes to go first.

"You won't come with me?"

"Go out the back door and make some noise."

Xu Qing calmly analyzed, "This tavern is dedicated to doing dirty work for the King of Xiang, and there are many people guarding it. If we arouse the vigilance of the King of Xiang's forces, we will definitely die if we run away together."

"and then?"

Yang Xianning admitted that Xu Qing's words made sense, but apart from asking herself to protect them and escape, the current situation of several people was precarious.

You can't let yourself escape alone, right?
"We'll hide here and wait for the noise of you escaping from the back door to alert the people here. They will definitely chase you along your escape route... If you do this, you'll be the one in the most danger."

Yang Xianning instantly understood Xu Qing's intention. The most dangerous place is the safest place. Anyone who enters the house and sees the corpse will certainly not think that there are people hiding in the house.

"it is good."

After a brief thought, she decided that although this plan was bold, it was the option with the highest survival rate for everyone at the moment.

She quickly jumped over the window frame and rushed to the back door.

Xu Qing did not hesitate at all and hid under the bed with the two children. Because the children were short, the hiding place for the three of them was not crowded.

Sure enough, things turned out to be pretty much as Xu Qing had imagined.

Shortly after the noise was heard at the back door, the people at the front door and in the yard realized something had happened and quickly unlocked the door and looked inside.

When they saw the deceased tavern owner and the wide open windows, these people had no idea that Xu Qing would be hiding under the bed, and they rushed out in a swarm, not even bothering to clean up the owner's body.

Everyone who worked under King Xiang knew how long he had been searching for this extremely sinister woman.

If we really let the hard-earned lamb run away, everyone will have to move their heads and suffer inhuman torture.

"fortunately……"

Seeing that these people did not suspect anything, Xu Qing calmed down and quickly crawled out from under the bed with the two children.

Those people who were chasing frantically would never have imagined that the child they were desperately looking for would swagger out of the unguarded front door.

……

The streets of Shangjing City are full of flowers and a constant stream of people are moving through the streets, accompanied by the hustle and bustle of traffic, presenting a vivid picture of the city.

Xu Qing held Liangzi on his left hand and Qingqing in his right hand, and moved back and forth in the crowded crowd.

Every few steps, he would look back to check whether the children beside him were separated by the crowd.

To be honest, before they had any contact, Xu Qing could still look down on the existence of these two children. He felt that the affairs of the Liao Kingdom had nothing to do with him and just let them fend for themselves.

But along the way, I learned about the life and past of these two people, and brought them to the dangerous place of Shangjing City. After hearing the intentions of those people, I couldn't just sit back and watch these two people.

However, Xu Qing thought of the great power of Prince Xiang, which could influence the officials of Liao, but he did not expect that the power of this prince had reached the point where he could reach everywhere.

Almost immediately, soldiers appeared patrolling the street ahead.

Unlike ordinary constables' uniforms, these officers and soldiers wore hard and shiny armor.

"Stop! Stop!"

When the officers and soldiers saw the girl, they shouted and asked them to stop so that they could take a look.

Xu Qing noticed that these officers and soldiers were holding portraits sketched on rice paper in their hands, and he was completely stunned.

It had only been a short time since they appeared in the tavern, but these people were able to make portraits of them and allow the army to go out on the streets to search for people. As time went on, there were more and more portraits, and their situation would only become more and more dangerous.

"And you! Where are you going!?"

A Liao army sergeant glanced at Xu Qing and instantly saw the little girls he was holding on both sides.

Xu Qing pulled the child and ran into the alley, but this action attracted the attention of the searching officers and soldiers. When they discovered someone who wanted to escape, they naturally began to contact the people around them to block them.

"Damn it!"

In order to get rid of these people, Xu Qing no longer cared where the exit of the alley was. He turned left and right and started to run into a small alley where few people went.

But no matter how he got around, the sounds of the soldiers chasing him were always behind his head, until... there seemed to be no one guarding an alley, and no one was walking around, so Xu Qing took Ryoko and the others and rushed in.

Running out along the alley, the view in front of me suddenly became clear.

This place is completely different from the bustling streets. The tall stone walls standing on both sides seem to have appeared suddenly and stood there for no reason.

Moreover, although there were no pedestrians or vendors on this street, even the shops and residential buildings had disappeared. It did not look like the streets of the capital city at all, but more like a place deep in the imperial palace.

and many more.

Xu Qing turned around and looked back where he came from, and found that the road he came from had become blurry, completely different from the impression he had when he entered.

Just when he was wondering what was going on, a clear dripping sound was heard, like some classical but unnamed musical instrument.

"When did this sound come out, and why didn't I notice it?"

Liangzi, who was standing next to Xu Qing, raised her head slightly and reminded him in a low voice: "Uncle, you just... became a little scary. There was obviously nothing happening on the street, but you dragged me and Qingqing all the way." "Nothing happened?"

Xu Qing asked with a look of doubt on his face: "Didn't you see? There are soldiers searching for us on the street, and there are people chasing us..."

"No."

This time, it was Qingqing, not Ryoko, who answered.

Qingqing seldom speaks, but she only talks about things she is sure of.

"Is it possible..."

As if to confirm Xu Qing's inference, many figures lined up at the end of the road. They held flags and tents, and soon connected the street into one piece.

Although these people had different facial features, their heights were surprisingly consistent, causing the connected tent cloths to fit perfectly, with no error at all even when they were moving.

And their expressions were equally numb.

"The Lord God has arrived."

A shrill voice like that of a eunuch came from behind the crowd. The sharp voice made Xu Qing's scalp tingle, as if it was calling for the soul.

After a while, a thick black shadow appeared on the wall, almost turning the entire wall black.

Xu Qing originally thought that it was a group of porters carrying something on their shoulders, but when he looked closely, he discovered that these thirty or forty porters, with their teeth bared and veins bulging, were actually carrying a sedan chair.

The sedan was not complicated, but sitting on it was a person whose size was so huge that it could almost be described as covering the sky and the sun.

"King Xiang?"

Even though Xu Qing had seen the world, he was still stunned by this scene.

This was because in his memories of both lives, he had never seen or heard of such a fat person.

From a scientific perspective in previous lives, it is difficult for fat people suffering from obesity to survive as their weight continues to increase.

It is not easy to survive to this day with this tonnage.

"boom!"

The laborers retracted their strength and placed the huge Buddha statue of King Xiang on the ground, but although they tried their best to control the weight, the huge statue still caused a huge noise.

"You know me?"

King Xiang was lying on the chair, his eyes slightly narrowed, and his head, which was deeply sunken in the skin and flesh, was shaking slightly.

His voice was heavy and muffled, but it was powerful. If you didn't look directly at his figure, you would probably think that he looked like a big, burly man.

"do not know."

Xu Qing knew that it was difficult to escape from the current situation, so he was ready to fight to the death. He replied: "Although there are many important figures in the Liao Kingdom, there are only a handful of people who can run rampant in Shangjing City without wearing a dragon robe, right?"

King Xiang curled his lips upon hearing this.

His body was too spacious to wear normal clothes, so he had to ask dozens of tailors to work together to sew special breathable clothes for him.

"He is a smart man. No wonder he knows how to kill people and rob goods, and steal the credit of others."

Although King Xiang spoke sarcastic words, his eyes were full of meaning and a smile.

"But we in Liao are different from you Qi people. Here, the strong are respected, and the rules only apply to the weak."

"From today on, you will be a retainer of this king, enjoying the salary of a third-rank official, and will benefit your descendants."

Seeing that Xu Qing didn't say anything, he frowned in confusion.

"Are you dissatisfied with your treatment?"

King Xiang felt that if he had appeared in person and promised high positions and generous salaries, ordinary people would have cried bitterly and kowtowed to thank him.

But this man's appetite seemed to be bigger than he thought.

The reason why he didn't let his men take action was, firstly, that he admired the other party's cunning and viciousness, and secondly, according to the report from his confidants, this group of people had extraordinary kung fu skills.

If I push him into a corner and make a move on the extremely sinister woman beside him, all my efforts will be in vain.

"Pig...Pig demon..."

Xu Qing turned his head and saw fear in Liangzi's big watery eyes.

Her eyelashes trembled with fear, and her pupils were filled with the huge figure of King Xiang.

Xu Qing suddenly remembered that on the first night they met, Ryoko told him about the existence of the red-eyed pig demon.

At that time, he didn't take it seriously, thinking it was just the talk of a child, and didn't take it to heart at all.

Now it seems that the figure of King Xiang is really very similar to the pig demon, which meets the image described by Liangzi.

"Pig demon..."

Originally, the conversation between Prince Xiang and Xu Qing was quite harmonious, but the moment Ryoko mentioned the pig demon, Prince Xiang's expression suddenly changed.

Then, the atmosphere on the field changed subtly.

Obviously, this title is a sore spot for King Xiang.

"Little girl, where did you hear this name?"

Although King Xiang was trying hard to suppress his anger and pretend to be amiable, his figure was not convincing at all.

"me……"

When Ryoko felt the pressure suddenly increasing and she couldn't breathe, Xu Qing stood up and stood in front of her.

"My Lord, with your status, why do you bother to embarrass a little girl?"

When King Xiang saw that Xu Qing had relieved his pressure, his expression froze slightly, and then he figured out the purpose of this man's actions.

"So that's how it is. You developed feelings for these children while escorting them to the capital, and you couldn't bear to see them die... You are truly a kind-hearted person."

King Xiang's fingers were slightly bent, and the oversized ring on his thumb reflected light, illuminating objects in the distance.

This unusual signal caused quite a stir. Teams of archers on both sides of the high walls climbed up the wooden ladders, held onto the eaves, and pulled the tall wooden bows.

The posture of being ready to go and with the bowstring stretched taut instantly brought the atmosphere in the field to the extreme.

"To do good deeds and be chivalrous, you have to see if you have enough capital."

King Xiang finished his words slowly, raised his hand, and said as if he was showing mercy: "I'll give you one last chance. High position and generous salary or these two children, choose for yourself."

Xu Qing's forehead was covered with sweat, and King Xiang's heart was trembling.

If any of the soldiers pulling the string made a mistake, he might accidentally hurt his beloved, but the situation was deadlocked and he could only put pressure on the other side to make them give in.

As long as he can get the girl of extreme yin, he can accept any price.

"Fuck... your uncle."

(End of this chapter)