The Adventures of the Crying Princess

After jumping out of the woods, Bai Yimeng stood at the door of a dilapidated little house, leaning against an old locust tree and breathing heavily.

The leopard's abnormality shocked her. She had seen similar things before. This was the first time she had seen an animal made into a puppet. Thinking of Yuwen Ji's embarrassment, she felt better for some reason.

Just as she pushed open the wooden door and was about to speak, Lord Longgu threw a package at her.

"We have met the people we were supposed to meet, and Prince Yi has also received the news about Xiling. Good boy, let's go home."

Bai Yimeng was extremely thirsty, and as if he didn't hear anything, he grabbed the tea bowl and gulped down two or three bowls.

"Drink slowly. No one is going to snatch it from you." The apprentice drank a glass and Master Longgu poured a glass.

"Master, I want to stay." Bai Yimeng put down the water bowl and wiped his mouth. "I want to overturn the case for the Bai family."

With a creak, the door was pushed open, and Amu walked in, stroking his stubble, "Mr. Long, where's Leopard?"

"Ran!"

"Nonsense, Dahua was raised by our prince since she was a child, and she is very sensible... Did you lose the leopard?" The sturdy man seemed to have realized something and walked forward with a pair of bull eyes staring at him.

His eyes fell on Lord Longgu, "I remember you. You were the last guest that night. I didn't expect you two were in the same group. Come with me to see the prince."

Bai Yimeng's mind raced. It turned out that Ruimuhertai had doubted him from the beginning. Otherwise, he would not have fed the leopard with poison, and would not have made a puppet after the leopard died.

Whether it was witchcraft or puppetry, these were Xiling's best skills. Bai Yimeng didn't believe it, and Ruimuhertai didn't know what was going on. It was clearly a trick.

"Don't touch me, you are slandering me. The leopard and I have such a good relationship, how could I lose it? If you don't believe me, go to the willow forest and see if it is playing there."

Bai Yimeng just wanted to get rid of the other party and get away as soon as possible. Fortunately, Amu was easy to fool. He turned around and walked out after hearing this, "If I can't find Dahua, you will be in trouble."

"Xiao Qi, let's go. This group of people will never give up when they come back." Lord Longgu picked up the package and was about to leave.

With a bang, a big hole was kicked in the dilapidated wooden door. Amu walked forward angrily and said, "You little bastard, I was almost fooled by you.

You are so bold that you dared to kill the prince's leopard. You Daxing people are really a bunch of untrustworthy villains.

No wonder our princess would rather die than marry your emperor. How dare an old man like you marry my family..."

Amu came back too quickly, and he must have met his accomplices. Bai Yimeng secretly prepared for a fight. Taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, he kicked him in the vitals.

Master Wan Gu covered his face, and admired the man's screams through his fingers, showing a look of sympathy, "The child was so reckless, please don't blame me, General."

After saying that, he quickly stepped forward, came to Amu's side, and slapped him on the back, "Stop being so flashy, let's go."

As soon as they walked out of the wooden house, the master and his disciple saw a dozen warriors riding tall horses, staring at them ferociously.

“Xiao Qi, you are an adult now. Master wants to see how capable you are. Go and get rid of these people.” Lord Longgu pushed the man out, turned back to the wooden house, acted as if this matter had nothing to do with me, and closed the door.

"Master won't let you do this..."

Before Bai Yimeng could complain, a spear stabbed at her throat.

"Master, you are disloyal." Bai Yimeng snatched the other's spear and grabbed a horse, then turned his head to look at the wooden house, "I will withdraw the master first, and leave the rest to you."

The horse headed west and rushed into the city gate. Normally, riding a horse through the capital was not allowed without permission, let alone riding a horse into the city gate.

Bai Yimeng knew this, but because he didn't have a good impression of this city, he naturally didn't want to abide by this rule.

Her unruly behavior attracted a group of soldiers to chase her.

In order to escape the pursuit, Bai Yimeng had to abandon his horse and run away. After walking for dozens of meters, a familiar figure flashed by. Bai Yimeng looked back and said, "Master, how come you are so fast?"

"Stop talking nonsense and follow the master." The Dragon Valley Master was familiar with the route and led Yi Meng through the alley, completely confusing the pursuers behind them.

Finally, the master and the apprentice stopped at a place selling steamed cakes at the entrance of West Street. Longgu bought two steamed cakes and handed one to Bai Yimeng, "I know you have a picky taste, so at least have some."

Bai Yimeng shook his head, took the cake and started eating it.

The breeze blew on my face, and the faint fragrance of wild flowers made me intoxicated. Bai Yimeng inexplicably felt a familiar smell. He looked up and saw two people standing on the treetops not far away. Yuwen Ji and Yi Tong.

"Young Master Long, are you eating? Where are you going?" Yi Tong landed slowly on the ground, as light as a swallow. "You seem to be in a hurry."

"Thanks to your master, I wouldn't have been hunted down. I'm just an animal breeder, why should I be played around by you officials and sons?

Now, you guys caused me to lose my job and I’m being hunted, so pay me back.” After a lot of nonsense, he finally got back to the topic of asking for money.

As he was talking, he heard the roar of the Xiling warriors behind him. Yi Tong's face turned cold, and he stood in front of Bai Yimeng and Long Guzhu, blew a whistle, and suddenly a dozen secret guards appeared and protected Bai Yimeng and Long Guzhu.

Amu led the warriors of Xiling Kingdom and walked up to Bai Yimeng, pointing at him and saying, "That man killed my young master's mount. We are here to capture him. You guys, get out of my way." Amu was arrogant and it was obvious that he regarded this place as his own home.

"The person you are looking for is not here, get out of here!" Yi Tong pointed at the man not far away with full momentum, "Prince Yi is here, if you take another step forward, it will be an assassination. You must think carefully about the seriousness of this matter."

"We are envoys from Xiling State. If we die in your imperial capital of Daxing, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to your emperor."

"It's hard to say whether it's easy to explain or not. If the general wants to challenge with his own life, it's not a bad idea." Yi Tong drew out his sword and quickly swept it across the opponent's head, and a strand of black hair fell down.

Amu touched his head, glared at Yi Tong, then glanced at Bai Yimeng, and made a retreat gesture to the followers behind him.

After driving away the Xiling envoys, the city gate guards also rushed over. They naturally recognized Yi Tong. They bowed and pointed at Bai Yimeng, "Master Yi, that is the person who rode a horse and broke into the city gate. Please bring her out, otherwise I will not be able to report to you."

"Old Xue, I will report this matter to the Ministry of War later. You can go back first."

After Yi Tong had solved all the problems, Yuwen Ji came to Bai Yimeng's side and said, "Please come in, Young Master Long."

Bai Yimeng stuffed the last bite of the pancake into his mouth, looked at the two of them, and then looked at his master.

About ten years ago, Yuwen Ji had met Longgu Master once. At that time, Longgu Master was still a middle-aged man full of vigor and vitality, but after five years, he looked old.

The four of them walked on foot, Yi Tong walked at the end, Yuwen Ji stood beside Bai Yimeng, the two kept a distance from each other, as if waiting for Bai Yimeng to reveal her identity.

"How old is Mr. Long this year?"

"My master doesn't allow me to talk to strangers." Bai Yimeng turned his head away and didn't look at Yuwen Ji.

This question itself is not a problem. It's just that Yuwen Ji's eyes are not right. Childhood sweethearts, who doesn't know each other? Bai Yimeng was secretly shocked and reviewed every detail of their meeting. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember where he had made a mistake.

"Fifteen or sixteen? Or seventeen?" Yuwen Ji didn't seem to give up and kept talking about the previous topic, as if he had decided on a certain answer.

"Prince Yi, right? You are a prince, why do you suffer like a commoner?" Bai Yimeng stopped and looked at the plaque of Prince Yi's mansion.

"Nonsense, it's New Year's Day, and I invited you to my palace as a guest, how can I make it difficult for you?" Yuwen Ji looked at Bai Yimeng with a half-smile. He asked Yi Tong who was standing beside him, "Guess how old she is?"

"Judging from his appearance, he's probably only thirteen or fourteen, or at most fifteen." The honest child's answer was very honest.

Yuwen Ji nodded slightly, very satisfied with the answer. He patted Bai Yimeng on the head and said, "Announce the answer."

"I don't know. I don't have any parents. I was picked up by my master. I don't know how old I am."

In fact, it is not wrong to say this, she really has no parents, and she was indeed picked up by the Lord of Longgu, but the timeline is wrong.

She became a disciple first, and then her parents had an accident a few years later, and she was finally picked up. These are all true, but the time sequence is messed up.