As soon as Bai Ye finished speaking, he jumped out of the carriage and struck Xi Lingfeng with a palm. Without saying another word to him, Bai Ye's internal strength was profound. With one palm strike, he unleashed a domineering internal force that would either kill or seriously injure anyone who was hit.
Hearing the whooshing sound of the palm strikes, Hailin, who was inside the carriage, couldn't help but feel a chill.
Although I've heard that Prime Minister Xi Lingfeng is resourceful and exceptionally wise, I've never heard anything about his martial arts skills. Could it be that he doesn't know them?
As soon as he finished speaking, a loud crash was heard outside the carriage, clearly indicating that the two had exchanged blows.
Several voices exclaimed in surprise, "Sir, are you alright?"
"General, are you alright?"
Left Prime Minister Xi Lingfeng remained motionless, his robes drooping slightly. The previous palm strike had no effect on him whatsoever.
Bai Ye felt a numbness in his hand and was greatly shocked. Xi Lingfeng's martial arts were so profound and unfathomable. Moreover, he did not seem to be using his full strength. Although he did not use his full strength, if they fought to the death, he would definitely be the one to suffer in the end.
Thinking about it this way, his face turned ugly.
"Xi Lingfeng, don't push your luck. I have business to attend to outside the city. Why are you stopping me?"
Bai Ye questioned loudly, but Xi Lingfeng smiled, a smile that was incredibly alluring in the pale moonlight. His gaze slowly fell on the carriage, and with a flick of his hand, a beam of light shot up, as fast as lightning, directly striking the carriage where Bai Ye had been sitting.
Bai Ye panicked, but it was too late to stop them. A loud crash followed, the carriage was completely destroyed, wood flew everywhere, and a small object was ejected from the carriage and plummeted, about to hit the ground.
Two figures leaped up simultaneously and dodged past.
However, Xi Lingfeng was one step ahead. He reached out and put his arm around Hai Ling's waist, and with his other hand, he quickly released her pressure points. The two landed on the ground. Everything happened in the blink of an eye: the carriage was destroyed, people were rescued, and the pressure points were released.
Smooth, fast, and natural.
Everyone present was deeply shocked. The Left Prime Minister Xi Lingfeng was indeed unfathomable. Just this one move was enough to amaze everyone.
Once Hailin was freed, her eyes filled with anger as she glared at Baiye.
His face was full of tension. He had tried to help her when she was about to fall, but he was a step too late. He was standing not far from Hai Ling now, looking at her with concern.
Are you alright?
Anger slowly rose in Hai Ling's eyes; she wished she could slap him to death.
He even asked her if she was alright. If Xi Lingfeng hadn't appeared, the mistakes he made would have been enough for her to kill him several times over.
However, before she could speak, Xi Lingfeng spoke up.
"General Bai, what does this mean? Leaving the city in the middle of the night, there was actually someone hidden in the carriage, who turned out to be the future Crown Princess. The Princess was even immobilized by acupuncture."
"you?"
Bai Ye glared angrily, never expecting that everything he had meticulously planned would be destroyed by Xi Lingfeng. Xi Lingfeng, from now on, there will never be a time for us to coexist peacefully.
Hai Ling stopped speaking and silently chanted in her mind. In the blink of an eye, the Fiery Cloud Boots and Wind and Thunder Gloves appeared on her body. No one noticed the changes in her in the dark night. She moved suddenly, a ghostly light flashed, and she was so fast that she appeared in front of Bai Ye in the blink of an eye. She threw a punch at his chest, and then her body spun like a flower. She kicked out and sent Bai Ye's tall and upright body flying. However, he reacted quickly and did two somersaults in the air before landing steadily.
However, Hai Ling's punch and kick were extremely powerful, causing him to feel a tightness and burning sensation in his chest, and he actually coughed up a mouthful of blood.
His men's expressions changed drastically, and they rushed over to support him.
"General?"
Bai Ye raised his head, his face as white as paper, looked at Hai Ling, and laughed sadly. Did she really hate him that much? He deserved to die.
"Baiye, let's end things here for today. If you dare to do such an unwise thing to me again in the future, you can just wait to die."
Hailin spoke with an air of arrogance.
At the city gate, everyone was shocked once again, never expecting that the Crown Princess was so powerful.
Previously, I only knew that she was a talented woman from the Great Zhou Dynasty. I never expected that she would have such amazing skills. Even General Bai was no match for her.
"Thanks."
Hai Ling thanked Xi Lingfeng, turned and left. Wearing her Wind and Fire Boots, she glided dozens of meters away in the blink of an eye and quickly disappeared into the darkness. If she didn't go back soon, the General's Mansion would probably be in chaos.
The group of people behind him exchanged glances. Xi Lingfeng smiled, his face as beautiful as a rare orchid in a secluded valley, exuding a subtle allure under the moonlight. But when he turned around, he was icy cold, his whole body radiating a murderous aura that made people afraid to look him in the eye. His sinister voice rang out.
"Not a single word of what happened tonight is to be spread, or none of you will live."
Upon hearing this, none of the garrison commanders dared to utter a word of dissent, and they nodded repeatedly.
Yes, yes.
What happened tonight was too strange. Although they didn't understand what was going on, they knew that if they spoke out, they would likely be killed without a burial place. So, keeping silent was the wise thing to do.
Seeing that these people readily agreed, Xi Lingfeng leaped onto his horse and led his men away from the city gate, returning to the Left Prime Minister's residence.
At the city gate, Bai Ye's men saw his face growing paler and paler, with blood seeping from the corner of his lips, a truly gruesome sight. They cried out in alarm, "General, General!"
Bai Ye could no longer hold on and fainted.
Several men quickly helped their master onto his horse and pulled him back to the general's mansion to ask someone to treat him.
The group of people in front of the city gate breathed a sigh of relief, exchanged a few more words of advice, then pulled up the city gate, wiped the sweat from their faces, and left together.
Inside the Qinfang Courtyard of the General's Mansion.
Du Caiyue and Yanzhi were so anxious they were pacing back and forth, but they didn't dare to disturb anyone else in the general's mansion. They were both on the verge of tears.
Hailin has disappeared. Who took her away?
The two couldn't understand why that person had taken her away, and they dared not inform anyone in the short term, because if she disappeared, the people in the Crown Prince's residence would probably cause trouble, and even the people in the General's residence wouldn't let them off the hook.