The princess was ordained by Heaven.

Chapter 110 Unusual Events in the Mountains

However, his skills were lacking, and he couldn't hide his breathing well. Everyone knew he was faking death, but everyone was playing along with his act.

emperor:……

Okay, it's a bit embarrassing, but as long as I can save my life, that's fine.

Jianyang sat back down, feeling both amused and exasperated.

At this moment, the atmosphere inside the light screen was extremely tense.

Shen Canglan and another female grandmaster, Lin Yuan, stood side by side, facing off against Gran and a middle-aged stranger.

“Gran! You’ve gone mad! If anything happens to the Second Prince, you’ll have no place in the entire Dayong,” Lin Yuan said, then turned to Shen Canglan’s enemy, “Tianxiezi! You’ve already wasted decades of your life on this little grudge. Are you sure you want to remain so stubborn?”

Licking shoes? Why would someone lick shoes? What kind of unusual fetish is this?

Tianxiezi calmly said, "Having invested decades of effort, wouldn't giving up now be a complete loss?"

Shen Canglan brandished his sword, as if he had heard something ridiculous: "Then you're pretty stupid. You and my father don't have any deep-seated hatred, it's just a struggle for interests... Since you care so much about interests, then is it beneficial for you to pester us?"

Tianxiezi did not answer.

To be precise, he couldn't answer.

Shen Canglan sneered: "Since there's no way to reconcile, let's see who has the real skills. Come on!"

She made a move to rush forward, but seeing the two people opposite her assume a defensive stance, she turned around, grabbed the Second Prince, and ran.

Only a fool would confront them head-on. Lin Yuan was ambushed and injured by Gran. Although she is a natural martial arts talent, she is still young, and she also has the burden of the Second Prince. Running away is the right thing to do now.

The second prince opened his eyes and was held in Shen Canglan's strong arms, feeling a little embarrassed for a moment.

"Don't get distracted! Give me directions!"

He figured out the way through the maze; he was the one who knew this place best.

After being yelled at, the second prince immediately became obedient and began to concentrate on giving directions.

"Five steps to the southwest, lie down and crawl over."

Lin Yuan: "Huh?"

“Senior, just do as I say!” Shen Canglan said, and immediately lay down and crawled a distance until the Second Prince told her to stop before she stood up.

Seeing that even a young and beautiful woman like Shen Canglan had listened to the Second Prince, Lin Yuan had no reason to refuse.

Shen Canglan didn't have time to explain to her. Gran had been following them for several days and had already figured out most of the maze. They couldn't let their guard down if they wanted to shake him off.

They had to take a shortcut.

"Face east, and take three steps forward upside down."

"Southeast, move five and a half steps horizontally..."

Lin Yuan: ...

She heard that the Second Prince discovered this maze by testing it out, and she really wanted to ask him how he did it. Was it something a normal person could come up with?

No wonder there are so many bones in the maze; there can't be many people with such unique ideas.

Gran and his men were in hot pursuit, and Shen Canglan and his group dared not delay for a moment. After leaving the maze, they fled into the deep mountains.

They fled, they chased, they couldn't escape!

Upon hearing Zheng Xun's cheerful tune, both the emperor and Jianyang fell silent.

With such a tense atmosphere, isn't she worried at all?

Forget it, she's not worried, and neither are they. After all, they're so far apart, and they can't go through the light barrier to save people.

At that moment, no one could have predicted how things would unfold.

Logically speaking, wild animals should roam these deep mountains, so there should be no human traces. However, after entering the deep mountains, they discovered a mountain path.

The mountain road was not wide, but it was firmly planted, with wheelbarrow tracks in the middle.

Clearly, this road is frequently used by people, and not just one or two, but for a considerable period of time.

The Second Prince looked solemn and patted Shen Canglan's arm, which was tightly holding him.

Shen Canglan frowned and casually slapped his bottom: "You're injured, and we still have to escape, so don't be reckless."

The second prince shook his head: "Let me down. We can't go any further in. There are people inside."

Shen Canglan hesitated for a moment, then put him on the ground.

The second prince carefully examined the traces on the ground: "There are traces of people in the mountains, but the outside remains unchanged. There's something wrong here. The people inside are hiding their tracks!"

Shen Canglan glanced back at the two figures approaching: "Whether there's a problem here is still uncertain, but we've already encountered a problem."

"Why don't you run away?"

Tianxiezi, who had caught up, looked at them with a leisurely and playful expression, as if he was certain that they could not escape his grasp.

The second prince's heart skipped a beat: "Are you in cahoots with the people inside?"

A look of confusion gradually appeared on Tianxiezi's face: "What people inside?"

The second prince breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it wasn't like that; otherwise, they would have been attacked from both sides.

"Why waste words with them?" Gran stepped forward, raising his palm to strike.

"Wait!" the second prince hurriedly stopped him.

He just blurted it out, and then Glenn actually stopped.

Seeing him holding up his palm and waiting for him to speak, the Second Prince was stunned for a moment, then said, "There are people from the Brown Kingdom in the mountains."

Tian Xiezi's expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed in surprise, "What?"

Gran was already halfway through circulating his energy when he was suddenly so shocked that he almost suffered a qi deviation.

Upon hearing the words "Brown Country People," Lin Yuan, who was standing nearby, immediately drew her sword.

Shen Canglan's gaze was deep and serious as he asked, "How do you know?"

The second prince squatted down and pointed to the marks on the ground: "Look."

The others squatted down next to him.

“Look at these wheel tracks. Ordinary people usually use wooden wheels, which don’t have this kind of pattern. The better wheels in Dayong have thin, long square stripes. Only the people of the Brown Kingdom use snowflake-shaped stripes.”

“And here.” He moved to the side of the road and pointed to a few broken blades of grass.

The others quickly moved over to his side, and the group of people who were originally at each other's throats squatted together, appearing unusually well-behaved.

"This grass is edible, but it tastes bitter and astringent, which the Dayong people are not used to. However, many people from the Brown Kingdom like to mix it with a strong spice."

His expression was grave: "If there is only one similarity, it can be called a coincidence, but if there are two similarities, it is suspicious."

"You know so much?" Tianxiezi made a gesture of admiration. "Just now, when you were pretending to be dead, I was cursing you as a coward in my heart."

"So you want to take back what you said now?"

"No, I would say you're now a learned coward."

Second Prince: ...

He wouldn't call himself erudite.

Ever since he learned that the Brown Kingdom still coveted the Dayong Kingdom, he began to study everything about the Brown Kingdom. The fact that he was able to discover these anomalies was the result of his efforts over the past few months.

Since we'll inevitably face each other someday, it's always good to be prepared, and sure enough, it's coming in handy now.

He had no interest in arguing with Tianxiezi. He stood up, dusted off his palms, and said seriously, "I plan to go in and investigate."

He was first seriously injured by Tian Xiezi, and then Gran attacked Lin Yuan and struck him with a palm. His face was now frighteningly pale.

Shen Canglan poked his shoulder. He was too weak, and even such a light touch made him unsteady on his feet.

Shen Canglan couldn't help but angrily rebuke, "Are you stupid?"