Xueying questioned Li Xiu'e's statement, but the latter ignored it at all and just looked at Yin Lihua helplessly. The latter's expression changed uncertainly. After a long time, she whispered to Xueying and Hong Jian on the left and right: "You two go out first.
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When the two girls heard this, they both showed anxious expressions. Xueying said: "My lord, you must never believe her one-sided words!"
Yin Lihua nodded and said, "Don't worry, I have my own sense of discretion!"
Xueying and Hongjian looked at each other, and finally reluctantly walked out of the sleeping tent. Before going out, the two women turned back and glared at Li Xiu'e. When they left, Li Xiu'e kowtowed forward and said with a trembling voice.
"My lord, everything I said is true, and there is absolutely no falsehood. If I lie in front of your lord, I will be destroyed by heaven and earth, and my body will be quartered..."
Before she finished her oath, Yin Lihua waved her hand and said, "Xiu'e, I believe what you say!"
In fact, she had already had a hunch that Deng Zhong's death was not simple, and that Deng Zhong's death was just a precursor. The real target was actually Deng Feng.
She stared at Li Xiu'e intently for a long time, until Li Xiu'e felt hairy all over from looking at her. She couldn't help but asked cautiously: "Your Excellency?"
Yin Lihua finally asked slowly: "Xiu'e, can I believe you?"
Li Xiu'e made an oath to the Heavenly Alliance and said, "My servant's heart for the noble man can be learned from heaven!"
Yin Lihua pondered for a long time, and then said to Li Xiu'e: "Come here!"
Li Xiu'e used her knees as legs and crawled up to Yin Lihua, who whispered in her ear. Li Xiu'e nodded while listening. When Yin Lihua finished speaking, her face changed and she said: "My maids are all
take note of it."
After a pause, she continued: "The noble man is so kind to my maid, and all the consequences can be borne by me alone!"
Yin Lihua shook her head with a smile and said faintly: "You can't afford it. Okay, just do what I say!"
"Noble man——"
"No need to say more!"
That night, Liu Xiu still did not stay in the Zhongjun tent, but went to inspect the camp at night. This time he inspected the Western Camp.
Compared with the East Camp where the Benming Army was stationed, the West Camp seemed deserted, and everything was extremely quiet. Only when you walked near the camp, you would occasionally hear the sound of snoring coming from inside.
While Liu Xiu was inspecting the Western Camp, Li Xiu'e left Yin Lihua's sleeping tent and went straight to the tent where Deng Feng was imprisoned.
The place where Deng Feng was imprisoned can be said to be heavily guarded. There were guards standing guard at some distance from the camp.
Seeing a woman approaching, a guard immediately picked up an upright halberd, pointed forward, and asked: "Who is that?"
"My name is Li Xiu'e, and I am your personal maid!"
As a noble, Yin Lihua actually accepted a woman who was a camp prostitute as a maid. This matter had already spread in the army. Even the guards guarding Deng Feng were familiar with the name Li Xiu'e.
The guard looked Li Xiu'e up and down with strange eyes, put away his halberd, and said: "It turns out to be Miss Xiu'e, disrespectful, disrespectful!"
Regardless of her previous background, in short, now, she is already a maid beside a nobleman, and the guards still dare not neglect her.
Li Xiu'e walked up to the guard and said, "I am carrying Deng Deng to his sleeping tent on your orders!" While speaking, she took out a jade plaque from her arms, which was the plaque of the West Palace.
Yin Lihua is the owner of the Western Palace, and her brand is second only to the Queen's Changqiu Palace.
Seeing Li Xiu'e showing the jade plaque of the West Palace, the guard was shocked and hurriedly bowed and saluted. Then, he frowned and asked, "Do you want to interrogate Deng Feng?"
"Exactly!"
"This...I can't make the decision, I need to report it to the Lord Commander!"
"Then I'll help this little brother!"
"You're welcome, Miss Xiu'e!" The guard didn't dare to delay, and trotted off to find his immediate superior, the military marquis responsible for guarding Deng Feng.
Not long after, a military prince followed the guard and walked over quickly. When he saw the West Palace Jade Tablet in Li Xiu'e's hand, he also bowed respectfully and saluted, and then said, "I heard that Lord Yin wants to interrogate Deng Feng?"
"Exactly!"
"Do you have any instructions from His Majesty?"
Li Xiu'e smiled, seemingly angrily, and said, "Isn't it enough that the noble man wants to interrogate Deng Feng and uses the jade tablet from the West Palace as a token?"
"this……"
"You have neglected me, even if you have ten heads, you can't save it!" Li Xiu'e suddenly shouted.
The military prince was so frightened that he trembled all over and hurriedly knelt down. It was obvious to all that Yin Lihua was favored in the palace. How could it be okay if she offended the most favored woman in the palace by the emperor?
Not to mention he was just a military prince, even if he was a general, his head would be hard to save. The military prince was so frightened that he was sweating profusely and speechless. Li Xiu'e asked: "Now, can I take Deng Feng away?"
?"
"Miss Xiu'e, please come this way!" Junhou quickly stood up from the ground, bowed and waved his hand to the side.
Li Xiu'e snorted and stepped forward. With the military marquis opening the way, she came to Deng Feng's camp unimpeded.
The military marquis was in front, raised the curtain, and walked in. Then, he turned back and said, "Miss Xiu'e, please wait outside the tent."
While speaking, he waved to the two guards on the side, and the two guards stepped into the camp.
After a short time, the military marquis and two guards took Deng Feng out of the camp. Deng Feng was tied up with five-flowered ropes, and the rope was so tight that they wanted to cut into his flesh.
When Deng Feng was pushed out by them, he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Do you want to take action against me now? Haha, Liu Xiu's son has broken his promises and gone back on his words. Is he worthy of being the emperor..."
Before he could finish his words, Junhou struck him hard on the head with an old fist. Deng Feng was shaken and almost fell to the ground.
The military prince glared at him again, turned to Li Xiu'e and said kindly: "Miss Xiu'e, Deng Feng is arrogant and domineering. Don't be too polite when dealing with such a person!"
Li Xiu'e shrugged indifferently, as if Deng Feng's life and death and how he was treated had nothing to do with her. She was just here to pick him up. She said, "Since he is here, I will take him away!"
"Wait a minute!" Junhou raised his hand to stop Li Xiu'e. The latter raised his chin, looked at him displeased, and asked, "Master Junhou, is there anything else?"
The military marquis smiled and said: "Miss Xiu'e is a woman after all. It is inevitably dangerous to take Deng Feng to see a noble person alone." As he spoke, he looked behind him. The two guards understood and immediately stepped forward.
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He said with a serious face: "You two are following Miss Xiu'e. Remember, you must protect the girl on the road. If Deng Feng dares to escape or does anything inappropriate to the girl, he will be shot without mercy!"
The two guards responded in unison: "Yes! Sir!"
The military marquis changed his face as if he were turning over a book, and cheerfully raised his hand to Li Xiu'e and said, "I would like to send Miss Xiu'e off to you!"
Li Xiu'e nodded, turned and left. Before Deng Feng could figure out what was going on, the two guards gave him a hard push and shouted: "Hurry up and leave!"
Deng Feng staggered forward and almost fell to the ground. After he stabilized his body, he turned back and glared at the two of them. The two guards glared, both holding long halberds.
This is really like a tiger falling flat and being bullied by a dog, and a dragon swimming in shallow water being tricked by a shrimp. Deng Feng, who was very capable, was now bullied by two pawns, but he had no choice but to do anything about it.
He suppressed the anger in his heart and walked forward behind Li Xiu'e.
After walking a certain distance, Li Xiu'e gradually slowed down. Deng Feng and two guards walked up to her. The two guards asked in confusion: "Miss Xiu'e, what's wrong?"
Li Xiu'e suddenly turned her head and looked to the side, her face suddenly changed, she bowed and said respectfully: "My servant has met Your Majesty!"
When the two guards heard this, they were startled and subconsciously turned their heads to look. However, the direction where Li Xiu'e bowed was completely empty, not even a shadow of a ghost.
At the moment when the two of them turned to look around, Li Xiu'e's low figure jumped up, rushed between the two guards, turned her palm into a knife, and slashed hard at the necks of the two guards.
The two guards were unprepared and were paying attention to the side. They were slashed by Li Xiu'e's sudden hand knife. The two guards rolled their eyes upwards without saying a word and fainted on the spot.
Seeing this, Deng Feng was stunned. He had no idea that this beautiful, sweet and delicate girl could possess such powerful skills. He subconsciously said: "You..."
"Shut up!" Li Xiu'e scolded in a low voice. She walked quickly behind Deng Feng, unbuttoned his rope, and then without even looking at him, she bent down and grabbed a guard's clothes and asked him
Drag it behind the tent on the side.
Seeing that Deng Feng was still standing there stupidly, she whispered anxiously: "Deng Feng, what are you waiting for? Come here and help!"
Deng Feng responded completely subconsciously. With a question mark on his forehead, he grabbed another unconscious guard, followed Li Xiu'e, and dragged him to the back of the tent.
"Quickly, take off his clothes and put them on!" Li Xiu'e pointed at a guard who had passed out and kept looking around, fearing that someone might appear nearby.
"You...what are you going to do?" Deng Feng came back from the shock and stared at Li Xiu'e. Li Xiu'e said: "I am Yin Guiren's maid, and Yin Guiren sent me to rescue you!"
Deng Feng narrowed his eyes and asked in a deep voice: "How can I believe your words?"
Li Xiu'e rolled her eyes at him, took out a handkerchief from her arms and handed it to Deng Feng. Deng Feng took it and looked down at it. There were only a few numbers on the handkerchief: Yuan Zhi, go quickly!
Deng Feng and Yin Lihua were childhood sweethearts, and he was very familiar with her handwriting. When he saw these words, Deng Feng immediately recognized that they were indeed written by Yin Lihua.
He put away the handkerchief and asked, "Liu Xiu is going to kill me?"
"Stop asking, change your clothes and leave!" Li Xiu'e urged while looking around nervously.
Deng Feng said no more, picked up a halberd, pointed it at the two unconscious guards, and was about to stab him. Li Xiu'e quickly grabbed him and whispered: "The smell of blood will attract the patrolling soldiers, don't do it again."
You're wasting time, let's go!"
After looking at Li Xiu'e, Deng Feng finally put down his halberd, took off the clothes of a soldier of similar stature and put them on himself. When he was almost dressed, Li Xiu'e took a deep breath and said, "I'll take you out of the camp.
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After speaking, she waved to Deng Feng and said, "Follow me!"
Deng Feng carried a long halberd and quickly followed Li Xiu'e. He asked in a low voice: "What will Lihua do after I leave?"
"Stop asking!"
"No! I have to take Lihua with me!" Deng Feng suddenly stopped.
Li Xiu'e glared at him anxiously and whispered: "Deng Feng, now is not the time to let you act nonsense!"
"I can't leave Lihua alone and run away alone!"
Li Xiu'e sighed secretly and asked meaningfully: "If we bring the nobles with us, do you think we can still get out of the camp?"
Deng Feng wanted to speak, but Li Xiu'e said: "You have shown me great kindness. Afterwards, I will bear all the charges on your behalf!"
Hearing this, Deng Feng was stunned and looked at Li Xiu'e in front of him, unable to speak for a long time.
