A faint smile played on his lips, as if he had already guessed the identity of the visitor.
"I knew you'd never abandon her so easily."
Hearing this, Shi Muyuan immediately reacted and shouted at the door.
"Brother! Run! He's set a trap here."
However, the final outcome caught everyone off guard.
When the curtain was lifted and the person at the door showed their face, it wasn't the person they had imagined.
A fierce glint flashed in Qin Feng's eyes, and his tone turned sharp.
"Didn't the Imperial Advisor agree to negotiate terms with us? Why are you here?"
Cui Qizhou tightened his grip on the sword in his hand. "You've already kidnapped the Empress Dowager. It's not surprising for me to be here, is it?"
Qin Feng frowned and handed the person over to Wu Lin.
"Watch over our Empress Dowager carefully. There mustn't be any mishaps. I'll deal with him."
"Yes."
Wu Lin stepped forward and pulled Shi Muyuan aside.
Although Shi Muyuan was happy about the man's appearance, she still hoped he wouldn't do anything foolish.
"These two are in cahoots and have done so many things. They must have made preparations long ago. You go. Don't worry about me. And Jiangnan City must never be handed over."
Hearing this, Wu Lin showed impatience on his face and directly struck the back of her neck with a hand knife.
Watching her body go limp and fall, the worry in Cui Qizhou's eyes was obvious.
Qin Feng seemed to have discovered something amusing, and there was a hint of mockery in his tone.
"I said why the Imperial Advisor would take such a risk. With your intelligence, you must know that everything outside is just a ruse. I originally thought that only the people of the Shi family would be willing to die for the Empress Dowager. Now it seems there's one more."
Hearing this, Cui Qizhou found the man in front of him rather annoying.
"Don't use your filthy thoughts to speculate about the relationship between the Empress Dowager and me. The Empress Dowager is of noble birth. She is the master and I am the subject. I came here today risking my life just to take the Empress Dowager back."
However, Qin Feng didn't believe such an explanation at all.
He watched the two of them with great interest, his eyes shifting between them, which was very offensive.
"Then if you want to rescue her from me today, let's see if you have the ability."
With that, he took the initiative to attack first. Cui Qizhou reacted quickly, and in the blink of an eye, they had exchanged dozens of moves.
At first, the one who was confident in himself gradually changed his expression.
Qin Feng was gradually losing the upper hand. He suddenly looked at Wu Lin beside him. "Hurry up and come help me. Anyway, the Empress Dowager is already unconscious. She can't pose any threat to us."
Wu Lin was stunned for a moment, then nodded and immediately drew his sword and rushed over.
No matter how powerful Cui Qizhou was, he was no match for the two of them. He had come alone, and they were using a wheel - battle strategy. Soon he felt his strength waning.
If it weren't for his strong willpower, he might have fallen to the ground by now.
Seeing his state, the two of them showed pride in their eyes.
"Humph, do you really think you have the ability to take the Empress Dowager away under our attacks?"
The man was momentarily careless, and the two of them made a long gash on his arm.
Blood slowly oozed out and dripped onto the ground, but he still tightly held the sword in his hand and refused to fall.
The two of them lost their patience and were about to deliver a final fatal blow. Just then, another voice came from the side.
"You're really bold. After all, one is the Empress Dowager of our Great Liang and the other is a high - ranking court official. How dare you two covet them."
As the voice sounded, a familiar figure also appeared in the tent.
When he saw that person, Qin Feng's eyes turned scarlet.
"You've finally come. I knew you'd never easily give up on your sister. It's quite ridiculous. The only woman in this world you'll never abandon is your sister, right?"
Shi An looked at the person lying on the ground and tried his best to stay calm.
"Your purpose is me, and everything was done because of me. Now that I'm here, can you let them go?"
Wu Lin came to his senses and quickly persuaded Qin Feng, afraid that he would really mess things up at this moment.
"General, don't be deceived by his words. He might have other schemes waiting for you to fall into."
Qin Feng gave him an impatient look and directly threw Shi Muyuan to Cui Qizhou.
"You're still as smart as ever. Since that's the case, I won't beat around the bush. All the debts you owed Qingqing before, I'll collect them all today."
With that, he resolutely flew forward.
Shi An gave Cui Qizhou a look and then stepped forward to meet him.
Just as the Imperial Advisor was about to take the Empress Dowager back, he suddenly felt a movement in his arms.
Then, a cry rang out. "Brother! Come back quickly! This Qin Feng is insidious and cunning. We don't know what traps he's set here."
Seeing his younger sister wake up, Elder Brother Shi heaved a long sigh of relief.
"Don't worry. Your brother won't be easily defeated."
But even after getting his answer, Shi Muyuan still felt worried.
After getting along for so many days, not to mention the people of Jiangnan, she had developed an attached feeling towards the two elder brothers of the Shi family.
Their eyes met. In the end, Shi An had to retreat.
"Since you're here today, I won't use weapons."
Qin Feng didn't expect that when the fight was in full swing, he would suddenly retreat. He was really unwilling.
"Shi An, the debts you owed back then haven't been paid off yet. Do you think these things will just pass like this?"
Mockery flashed in Elder Brother Shi's eyes.
"What else do you want? After all, that incident had little to do with me."
These words made the fire in Qin Feng's heart burn even stronger.
"What do you mean it had nothing to do with you? If it weren't for you, Qingqing wouldn't have left me so early and become a cold corpse. I'll settle all these accounts with you one by one."
"Back then, you clearly knew my feelings. I didn't go to the appointment just to reject her."
"Excuses, all of them are excuses. If you really had feelings for her, you wouldn't have refused to see her even when she was dying."
He pointed his sword at them. Without even thinking, Shi Muyuan directly stood in front of her elder brother.
"The young lady has been dead for many years. Is it meaningful for the general to keep bringing this up?"
What was meant to be words of persuasion sounded different in Qin Feng's ears.
"In your eyes, Qingqing will never come back. But in my eyes, she's just watching you from another place. Only when all of you pay the price can she rest in peace."