Zi Yuan immediately handed the note to Feng Yunshu. "E-Elder Miss, take a look. We haven't opened this note yet."
Feng Yunshu nodded and quickly opened the note to read it carefully.
"If you want your friend to remain safe and sound, you must immediately return to the territory of the Dan Kingdom with your pet."
After reading it, Feng Yunshu couldn't help but frown, and her expression became even more solemn.
Seeing this, Helan Yanting stepped forward and looked at Feng Yunshu. "Madam, what's going on?"
Feng Yunshu handed the note in her hand to Helan Yanting. "Your Highness, take a look."
Helan Yanting picked up the note and glanced at it, but he couldn't help but frown and looked at her in confusion. "Why is this note blank?"
Feng Yunshu looked at him in confusion, then looked down at the note. "That's impossible. There are words on it, aren't there?"
Saying so, Feng Yunshu looked at Zi Yuan. "Zi Yuan, can't you all see the words on it?"
Zi Yuan also took a look at the note and shook her head. "Elder Miss, it seems to be blank..."
"Master, could it be that only you can see the words on this note?"
"This..."
"Madam, what exactly does this note say?"
Feng Yunshu suddenly paused, and the words on the tip of her tongue faded into silence.
Could it be that this person was warning her not to let others know the information on the note? If she rashly told His Highness, would Qing Zhu get into trouble?
Considering this, Feng Yunshu finally didn't tell Helan Yanting the information on the note. She just made up an excuse casually.
"Brother Qing Zhu is fine. He just said that he's leaving here to deal with something and told us not to worry."
"Really?" Obviously, Helan Yanting was a bit skeptical about Feng Yunshu's explanation.
Feng Yunshu nodded. "Yes, it's true. It seems that this note might have been left by Brother Qing Zhu himself."
"So that's how it is... It's good that Brother Qing Zhu is okay. We were worried for nothing."
Zi Yuan and Xiao Ling quickly believed Feng Yunshu's words and really thought that Qing Zhu had left on his own.
Just then, Yan Qi came to call Helan Yanting, saying that General Shi and the others wanted him to go drinking and have fun with them. Seeing that he couldn't continue with what had just happened under the current situation and that it wasn't appropriate to do so in the military camp, Helan Yanting left the tent.
"Madam, shall we go back together?"
Feng Yunshu shook her head. "I won't. I just drank a small cup. I'm not good at drinking, and I'm a bit dizzy now. I'd like to rest in the tent."
Helan Yanting showed a bit of concern on his face and then motioned to Zi Yuan beside him. "Make some anti - drunkenness tea for your elder miss."
"Drink some anti - drunkenness tea and then have a good rest. Otherwise, you'll have a headache when you wake up tomorrow."
Feng Yunshu nodded absent - mindedly. "Okay, I will. Your Highness, go and have fun drinking with them first."
After Helan Yanting left, Feng Yunshu immediately covered the tent she was in with her spiritual power. Then she asked Xiao Ling and Zi Yuan to leave the hairpin that Qing Zhu had left.
"Master, is something really wrong? Didn't you just say that Brother Qing Zhu left on his own? Why do you still need to take this?"
Feng Yunshu nodded seriously. "I just didn't want His Highness to worry before. Moreover, it seems that the other party doesn't want me to tell others the information on the note. Just in case, I didn't say anything."
"So what are we going to do now? Master, are you going to use this hairpin to search for Brother Qing Zhu's whereabouts?"
Feng Yunshu nodded. "Yes, I'll try to see if it works."
Feng Yunshu placed the hairpin on the table and then used her spiritual power to search for information about Qing Zhu.
The hairpin slowly rose from the table. At first, there was some light around it, but after rising to the middle of the air, the light gradually dimmed. Then it spun around randomly in all directions. Finally, the light on the hairpin completely went out, and it fell with a flutter.
Feng Yunshu and the others looked at the hairpin that suddenly fell and glanced at each other. They could see a bit of shock on each other's faces.
"What's going on... Could it be that Brother Qing Zhu..." Zi Yuan couldn't help but get nervous when she saw this.
Xiao Ling quickly said, "It's impossible. Brother Qing Zhu's demon power is not weak. Ordinary people can't do anything to him, unless..."
"Unless the person who captured him is also a demon or a cultivator, and is more powerful than him."
Feng Yunshu's expression became even more solemn. "We don't know what's going on with Brother Qing Zhu for the time being. Just from the information on the note, this person wants me to go to the Dan Kingdom. It seems that this person knows my identity. Maybe this person is a citizen of the Dan Kingdom..."
"Master, I think if we think about it this way, could the mastermind behind the killer who tried to assassinate you before be the same person who plotted against Brother Qing Zhu?!"
Hearing this, Feng Yunshu's heart skipped a beat. "Xiao Ling, you and I think alike. I also think it's very likely that this matter is related to the mastermind behind the previous assassination attempt. Since the first attempt failed, it seems they've made a second move... Could this person really be from the group of the First Lady?"
"Then, Master, should we go or not? If we go, maybe that person has set an ambush on the way and is waiting for us. Won't we fall into a trap?"
"But if we don't go, I'm worried that something will happen to Brother Qing Zhu. After all, I invited Brother Qing Zhu to come with me. If something really happens to him, I'll never forgive myself."
After much thought, Feng Yunshu finally decided to take this risk.
"We have to find a suitable time to leave quietly and go back to see if we can find any clues."
Meanwhile, the situation was far from peaceful on the side of Dongfang Yuan, who was rushing towards Shicheng with an army in a hurry.
It was still late at night. The army led by Dongfang Yuan had been traveling day and night. Seeing that they were approaching their destination, Dongfang Yuan ordered the army to set up camp and rest for the night. They would continue their journey to the destination the next day.
In the middle of the night, everyone was sound asleep, and only the soldiers on duty were struggling to stay awake while patrolling around to be vigilant against any unexpected situations.
Just then, there was a sudden loud rumbling sound around the camp, and the surrounding tranquility was instantly broken.
"Something's wrong! Everyone, wake up quickly, wake up quickly!" After the patrolling soldier realized that something was wrong, he quickly turned around to wake everyone up. However, just as he finished speaking, a huge boulder suddenly rolled down from the hillside and crushed him to pieces.
Hearing the sound, Dongfang Yuan immediately ran out of his tent. What he saw was that all the tents in the surrounding camp were smashed to pieces by the huge boulders. It was a complete mess. There were also many dead soldiers' bodies on the ground. Their flesh and blood were blurred, which was shocking.
"Retreat immediately! Hurry!"
Even though the order had been given, many in the army were either killed or injured. Just then, more than a dozen black - clothed men suddenly appeared and shot hidden weapons at Dongfang Yuan, who was riding away on his horse.
"Your Highness, be careful! Hurry, quickly protect His Highness and retreat!"
The surrounding soldiers shouted in a hurry. At the same time, they used the weapons in their hands to block these hidden weapons. Dongfang Yuan also raised the long sword in his hand to block the hidden weapons.
Looking at these suddenly - appeared black - clothed men, Dongfang Yuan's expression became even more solemn. While defending, he was thinking about who these people were being instructed by.
However, because he was distracted, a sharp arrow suddenly flew towards him from behind. The arrow "thud" into his back, and the arrowhead protruded from his chest, dripping with blood and glinting coldly.
The horse under Dongfang Yuan was also shot, and he fell off the horse with it towards the cliff.