Who Stole My Eggs?

Xie Zuo resisted the urge to punch Princess Lin, gritted his teeth, and whispered, “Get down now.”

Princess Lin hugged him tighter and made a coquettish sound like a silver bell. “No, no, I can’t bear to leave you, Brother Ah Yun. Don’t forget to marry me!”

Xie Zuo’s forehead veins jumped. “Get out, don’t make me say it a second time!”

Princess Lin quickly jumped down and stood up. The person on the side screamed at the top of their lungs, “Oh, why are you so cruel to others?”

“Yunzhao, don’t be rude to my sister. Who are you showing your stinky face to?”

Following a shout, a man wearing colorful brocade clothes and a sword hanging from his waist walked down quickly and stood in front of Princess Lin, glaring at Xie Zuo.

This man was none other than Yu Zhao. He was tall, mighty, and talented, but he was very arrogant. He always raised his chin slightly and looked at people with a certain amount of contempt in his eyes.

As soon as he appeared, the waiting Yuzhao soldiers looked stern and stood up straighter.

Xie Zuo was in a bad mood, and he even lost his composure when he saw Yu Zhao. “Let me show you. Does it look good?”

“You…” Yu Zhao glared angrily.

Whoosh!

He drew out his sword and pointed it at Xie Zuo. “You don’t have to be proud. I will tell my father to cancel the engagement when I get back, and I will never let Ah Lin go to Yunzhao Kingdom to be humiliated.”

As soon as he flashed his sword, Yunzhao’s soldiers were about to surround him, but Huo Yao waved his hand to stop them.

Before Xie Zuo said anything, Princess Lin exclaimed, “No, I like Brother Ah Yun, and I want to marry him!”

Yu Zhao turned around and glared at her. “Shut up. Do you know how embarrassing it is?”

Xie Zuo struggled impatiently with the two of them and crossed over to Yu Zhao. “Get out of the way. Good dogs don’t block the way.”

“You…” Yu Zhao wanted to insult Xie Zuo and even more wanted to attack him. However, when he looked at the group of Yunzhao soldiers who looked like wolves and tigers, as well as the famous God of War, Huo Yao, he slowly sheathed his sword and dragged Princess Lin to her carriage.

Xie Zuo no longer looked at Huo Yao and dragged Mu Rong into the carriage together. “Let’s go.”

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The interior of the carriage was spacious and comfortable, and the road along the way was a flat official road, but Xie Zuo felt uncomfortable no matter what.

It was windy today, and the corner of the carriage curtain would be blown up by the wind from time to time. Xie Zuo was sitting in the carriage. When the wind blew, he could see Huo Yao riding beside the carriage. His thin and straight back, hands holding onto the reins, slender and strong legs…

The breathing sounds of martial arts practitioners were often long and gentle, especially for a powerful person like Huo Yao who had already mastered martial arts. His breathing sound was almost inaudible. But Xie Zuo still felt that it was too noisy. The sound of his horse’s hooves was too loud, the sound of his light armor rubbing against the cloth was too loud, and he was too close to the carriage!

An ice-cold grape was brought to Xie Zuo’s mouth. “Brother, the weather is hot and dry. Please clear your mind.”

Xie Zuo didn’t want to eat, so he stretched out his hand to loosen his collar. “It’s really too hot.”

Noticing Mu Rong’s expression, he looked again. It looked like he had a blanket on his legs, a large basin of ice placed in the carriage, and a water-powered copper fan slowly delivering a cool breeze.

Xie Zuo: “…”

Mu Rong expressed his understanding and pointed to his heart. “My heart is warm, I understand.”

After a moment of silence, Mu Rong cleared his throat and said, “Brother, I recently read a short story. Would you like me to share it with you?”

“What’s the story?”

“It is said that there is a country where the king saw the handsomeness of his minister and made fun of him. Unexpectedly, the minister was arrogant and refused to be humiliated. He actually raised his sword to kill the king and then committed suicide. It was a strange thing. It’s even more of a disaster!”

Xie Zuo gave Mu Rong a slap in the face. “Do you need to remind me?” He raised his voice. “Stop, I’m going to ride a horse.”

Mu Rong advised, “It’s better not to ride, it’s too ostentatious!”

Xie Zuo didn’t listen. “If I can’t even ride a horse, wouldn’t it make me look like a useless general?”

Mu Rong said silently: He really couldn’t bear it anymore, and he still cared about him.

Xie Zuo got out of the carriage and snatched the horse of the soldier closest to him. “Drive!”

He rode the horse and started running happily on the wide official road, feeling a little less depressed in his heart.

The sound of horse hooves behind him was getting closer and closer. Xie Zuo looked back and saw that Huo Yao and three or four soldiers were already chasing him.

Huo Yao’s black horse was smooth, tall, and strong. It looked like a good horse at first glance, and it was about to catch up with him.

Xie Zuo whipped the horse under his crotch hard again. The horse was in pain and ran wildly.

“Prince, don’t be willful,” Huo Yao shouted, “Slow down!”

“You are not qualified to preach to me, go away!” The anger, grievance, and jealousy that Xie Zuo had suppressed in his heart for many years burst out, and he turned around and whipped Huo Yao in the face.

“Pa—!”

Huo Yao tilted his head slightly, and the whip hit his left shoulder hard. The force was so strong that it cracked the light armor on his shoulder.

A trace of anger flashed in Huo Yao’s eyes. He lowered his body, took advantage of Xie Zuo’s daze, drove his horse forward, stretched out his long arm, and forcibly pulled him off the horse, pinning him down in front of him.

Xie Zuo was squeezed by Huo Yao so much that his face fell on the horse’s neck, and he said angrily, “Go away, stay away from me!”

Huo Yao said angrily, “I didn’t know His Highness harbored such hatred for me!”

The soldiers following behind were all Huo Yao’s personal guards. Seeing that he and the prince had a dispute, they all consciously tightened their reins and stopped getting so close.

Immediately, Huo Yao and Xie Zuo rode on the same horse, remaining silent toward each other.

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After a while, Xie Zuo suddenly noticed the changes in Huo Yao’s body and turned around suddenly. “You…”

At this moment, something unexpected happened: several arrows from the grass on both sides were fired at Xie Zuo.

Huo Yao reacted very quickly. While holding Xie Zuo down to protect him, he clamped the horse’s belly tightly and jumped out of the encirclement.

“Escort!” the soldiers behind shouted as they rushed forward.

Strangely, the soldiers searched the woods on both sides and found no trace of anyone lurking.

After confirming safety, Huo Yao came back with Xie Zuo and jumped off the horse. “What’s going on?”

“General, something is fishy,” the guard captain reported. “No enemies were found, and no traces of hidden weapons were found in advance. It’s like…”

“What is it like? Just tell me.”

“It’s like… appearing out of thin air, like witchcraft.” Although he knew it was incredible, the guard captain reported his thoughts truthfully.

Huo Yao personally checked the surroundings and confirmed that there were no signs of an ambush around.

Xie Zuo didn’t expect the assassination to come so quickly. He picked up a broken arrow and checked it. The guard captain hurriedly said, “Your Highness, be careful, the arrow is highly poisonous. It will seal your throat when it breaks skin!”

Xie Zuo dropped the arrow and sneered, “Don’t tell me about martial virtue.” The guard captain guessed right. The sudden hidden arrow was not man-made; someone activated it with divine power from a distance, and the magic on the arrow had not completely dissipated. In order to compete for the position of emperor of the Southern Kingdom, they defied destiny and used their divine power without permission. How hypocritical these deities were!

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Upon this realization, Xie Zuo returned to the carriage, drew a bunch of talismans with his own hands, and asked Mu Rong to distribute them to everyone, instructing them to place them on their hearts to save their lives at critical moments.

Huo Yao was sullen all the way. He was not worried about being unable to retreat from the enemy, but, like Xie Zuo, he discovered that in the battle for the southern emperor, the deities who were still on their heavenly rank had intervened.

There were no more attacks in the second half of the day’s journey. When they arrived at the inn, Huo Yao ordered the whole team to rest and resume their journey the next day.

When Xie Zuo got out of the carriage, Huo Yao glanced at him saw the rolled his eyes and the prince walked away.