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Xiao Xiang no longer bothered with the garrison soldiers, and directly charged in. The guards could not just sit there and watch, someone immediately walked in front and blocked Xiao Xiang's path, and said in a deep voice: "Little miss, don't mess around here ?."
Before he could finish speaking, Xing Yuan, who was behind Xiao Xiang, had already unsheathed the sword at his waist. A cold light flashed in the air, following it, the guard who was blocking the attack let out a painful cry, and retreated slowly.
After all they were his own people, and Xing Yuan had shown mercy, his sword had only left a shallow cut on the guard's thigh.
But even so, the surrounding guards had also turned pale from fright. Everyone was stunned for a moment, then one after another, they roared out angrily and rushed forward, surrounding Xiao Xiang and her men.
The entrance of the County Head Mansion was in chaos, so people immediately came out. Other than a few soldiers, a general also came out.
The General of Chuan Country looked around, and then shouted: "What's going on?"
"Reporting to General Li, this female thief claims to be a princess, and she even allowed Subordinate to injure one of our brothers!" Some soldiers quickly stepped forward and explained.
"Oh?" The General of Chuan Country was startled, she sized Xiao Xiang up and asked: "Princess? You... Which princess is it? "
Xiao Xiang held her head high and stuck her chest out, only casting a glance at the General of Chuan Country from the corner of her eyes, as her gaze already reached the sky.
"How dare you!" General of Chuan Country was furious. Just as Fifth Princess was ambushed, someone came to County Head Palace to impersonate him. Isn't this courage a little too big?! He glared at Xiao Xiang, his hand also holding onto the sword at his side.
"We'll naturally know who the impudent one is later." Xiao Xiang did not even put General of Chuan Country in her eyes, and raised the keepsake in her hand again, and said: "Take this, and show it to County Head Zhou Cong, and have him come out and receive it immediately!"
General of Chuan Country looked at the keepsake in Xiao Xiang's hand and did not react for a long time. He did not recognize Xiao Xiang, and neither did she recognize Xiao Xiang's keepsake. However, this young lady who looked like an ordinary person in a simple dress was emitting an astonishing aura and arrogance. This was definitely not something an ordinary person had, unless she was a madman.
He hesitated for a while, then slowly extended his hand and took the jade tablet from Xiao Xiang's hand. After looking at it carefully, he felt that it was extremely exquisite, he could not see anything special about it, but he still said in a deep voice: "Wait here, I will go see County Head!" After he finished speaking, he gave a meaningful glance to the surrounding soldiers, telling them to keep an eye on Xiao Xiang and her group, then turned and returned to the County Head Palace.
After waiting for around ten minutes, he heard chaotic and hurried footsteps coming from County Head Palace. Not long after, a short and fat middle-aged man ran out while gasping for breath and sweating profusely.
Once he was outside, he took a closer look. The lady dressed in plain clothes who was standing in front of the door, was not Xiao Xiang.
The middle-aged man was startled, but before he could finish, he knelt down with a thump, kowtowing to the princess. At the same time, he spoke with a trembling voice: "This humble one is Zhou Cong, greetings to the princess! This humble subject did not protect the princess properly, causing the princess to be frightened. I plead for Your Highness to ? "Forgive me!"
As a County Head, he knew that the corpse of 'Xiao Xiang' that was assassinated was fake, but he immediately had another question in his mind, where the real princess had disappeared to. Now, this question had finally been answered, and seeing the princess standing right in front of him, safe and sound, caused his heart to feel at ease.
"Forgive me?!" Xiao Xiang looked down at the kneeling Zhou Cong with his eyes lowered, and said coldly: "Zhou Cong, if I didn't use a substitute, then the one who will die on the streets today will be me! As the County Head, your crimes are unforgivable! "
As she spoke, she flung her sleeves and walked away from Zhou Cong in large strides. Before entering the County Head Palace, she even intentionally circled her fingers at the surrounding Chuan Soldier General of Chuan Country s, and angrily said: "They are all a bunch of blind trash!"
Knowing that she was indeed a princess, the Chuan Army s all broke out in a cold sweat. They all held their heads, not daring to even breathe.
As for County Head Zhou Cong, he was already on the ground in fright. Xiao Xiang and Subordinate entered the County Head Palace for a while, but he was still kneeling on the ground, and it was only the Subordinate from his left and right that supported him up.
and the others who were observing from afar at the corner of the street saw Xiao Xiang entering the County Head Palace, they all turned their heads and gathered together to discuss in a low voice.
"Xiao Xiang is safe and sound. I believe that it won't be long before the martial law will be lifted from Dazhang City. At that time, we can also leave the city." Ah Si said in a low voice.
"Not necessarily!" Tang Yin on the other hand did not think the same way. He said thoughtfully: "Princess Xing Jian is not a small matter. Even if she did not succeed and only killed a substitute, this matter would not end well. We must investigate to the end."
Yin Lan shook her head and laughed, then said: "The assassin was obviously well-prepared, after the assassination, he would most likely have already run out of the city, where would he be trapped inside?! Chuan Army and Feng City, this is truly a superfluous action. "
Tang Yin laughed yet did not say anything, his eyes turning back and forth, he changed the topic and said: "We need to infiltrate the County Head Palace to investigate this matter and find out what exactly is happening, and what actions the Chuan Army is going to take."
Ren Xiao and Chang Feng shook their heads at the same time, the latter said: "The number of Spiritual Martial Expert beside the princess has increased again, I'm afraid that we would be discovered by the other party before we can even get close to the princess."
"That's why I said we should first disperse the spiritual energy, and then infiltrate the County Head's Palace!" Tang Yin had already considered this point.
After hearing that, everyone sucked in a cold breath of air, after dispersing the Qi, they would sneak into the County Head Palace, then they would have no means to protect their own safety, if they were discovered, they could only sit and wait for death.
Yin Lan and Ah San continuously shook their heads, and said in unison: "My King, you absolutely cannot! It's too dangerous like this!"
Why not a tiger's den, or a tiger's den!" Tang Yin said with a smile, "Xiao Xiang must have sensed the assassin to be able to think of using a substitute. I think she should know who the mastermind behind the assassin is. Since we can't find him, we can only use Xiao Xiang.0
"But, the security in the County Head Palace is extremely tight, and we also have to disperse the spirit energy around here, there's simply no way we can approach Xiao Xiang!" Yin Lan said anxiously.
Tang Yin's face turned serious, he looked at the rest of the people and said softly: You can't, but I can. Even if he did not have the Spirit Force, Tang Yin's own skills were still extremely powerful. Furthermore, after being reborn many times, his body was already much stronger than before.
Hearing that he wanted to take the risk by himself, everyone's expression changed.
Yin Lan subconsciously held onto Tang Yin's palm, and said with a trembling voice, "How can Your Majesty go in alone? In case ? "What if ?" At this point, she did not continue.
Tang Yin smiled towards Yin Lan, patted her arm, and pulled her hand out, and said: In terms of stealth, especially after dispersing the spirit energy, none of you are more experienced than me. If we go in together, it would be too big of a target, and would be easy to expose, and me alone would be fine.
It sounded easy, but how could it be easy if they were to really do it? Seeing that everyone was still hesitating and worried, Tang Yin pulled himself together and said seriously: "It's decided, there is no need to persuade me anymore!"
While speaking, he looked up to the sky and said: "Right now it's almost dusk. After night falls, I'll sneak into the County Head's Palace!"
None of them replied as they looked at each other in silence. They still thought that it would be inappropriate to let Tang Yin take the risk alone. However, they understood Tang Yin's temperament, and they knew that basically, no one could change what he had decided.
To make a long story short, when night fell, Tang Yin took off the armor on his body, wearing only the Chuan Army uniform. Only then did he tighten the loose areas a little, feeling that everything was safe, he nodded towards Yin Lan and the others, and said in a low voice: "I'm going in!"
Yin Lan bit her lips and did not say a word, but only looked at him, hoping that he would change his mind. Ah San said: "My King, you have to be more careful!"
Tang Yin nodded, then raised his head and said to them: "All of you must be careful outside, if you meet with patrolling Chuan Army, avoid them as much as possible, if you really can't avoid it, at least do your best not to open your mouths to speak."
"Yes sir!" Everyone nodded in agreement.
After he finished explaining everything, Tang Yin withdrew his mind. He first went close to the wall and quietly listened for any movements inside. Then, he casually grabbed two stones and jumped up onto the wall.
Crouching on the wall, Tang Yin didn't immediately flip over it. Instead, he flicked a stone out of his hands.
After waiting for a while, the courtyard was still calm. Nothing strange happened, and then Tang Yin jumped into the courtyard.
Even though he had dispersed all his spiritual energy, his movement speed was still as agile as before. Jumping down from the three meter high wall was like two taels of cotton falling to the ground. The sound was not as loud as the stone he threw earlier.
Entering the courtyard, Tang Yin immediately squatted in the shadows at the base of the wall. Squinting his eyes, they shone with a faint green light as he carefully looked at his surroundings.
This was the side yard of the County Head Palace, it was extremely quiet, there were no guards in sight, and no servants walking past. Even the stone lampstand on the side of the road was not lit up, the entire courtyard looked pitch black.
Tang Yin silently calculated in his heart, at this time, the County Head's banquet to entertain Xiao Xiang should also be over. If she did not rest, then he would be in the main hall of the County Head Palace discussing matters.
Thinking about this, he slowly stood up. First, he carefully walked forward with slow steps without noticing anything amiss. Then, he quickened his pace and rushed towards the direction of the main hall of County Head Palace.
After leaving the side courtyard, it was no longer easy to continue moving stealthily. All the stone lampstands on the roadside had been ignited. Every few steps, the soldiers standing guard could be seen. There were even more soldiers patrolling in groups.
Tang Yin did not dare to walk on the road in the County Head Palace, so he could only stick close to the wall.
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