Chapter 274 Missing

The sound of iron hooves came closer, it was the strong wind blowing from Beilin.

The soldiers of Xijue fled further west.

The Qingyun Guard stepped on this devastated land at the first ray of dawn.

The black armor spread out in a line in the sky, like a thick wall rushing over, joining the battlefield.

A fierce horse galloped towards the entrance of the camp and reined in in front of Xiao Changfeng.

Xie Guangzong took off his helmet, and steam rose from his white hair.

"General Xiao."

Xiao Changfeng bowed and said, "King of Beilin."

"Hey." Xie Guangzong raised his hand, "The current King of Beilin is my son, just call me Old Xie."

Xiao Changfeng dared not offend, "Thank you, old prince, for your reinforcements from a thousand miles away."

Xie Guangzong looked back at the battlefield, "It seems that I am late, you can win this battle without my reinforcements."

The remnants of the Xijue soldiers were fleeing everywhere on the battlefield.

Xiao He rushed to the camp gate and shouted: "Prince, father, Xijue has retreated. Should we pursue them?"

Xie Guangzong glanced at Xiao He and did not speak.

Xiao Changfeng said: "Don't pursue the desperate enemy. The further west you go, the more dangerous it is. Clean up the battlefield first."

"Where is my daughter-in-law?" Xie Guangzong suddenly asked.

Xie Guangzong did not see Shen Yu. Everywhere he looked was a mess. This was the destructive power brought by war.

Xiao Changfeng shouted: "Xiao Chuan——"

Xiao Chuan was running on the battlefield, searching for Shen Yu's figure.

He did not see Shen Yu, or even her beloved horse Benxiao.

He rode his horse around, got off the horse and began to search for the body, silently praying not to let him find it.

She was so good at kung fu, she would not lie here.

Xiao Chuan's heart was tightly tied together. When he heard the soldier come to pass on the message that General Xiao was looking for him, he did not look up and continued to search.

After a while, the soldier passed the message back to Xiao Changfeng.

"General Xiao is still looking for someone on the battlefield."

"Who?" Xie Guangzong's heart sank, and then he heard the soldier's next sentence.

"General Xiao is looking for the princess, but... he hasn't found her yet."

Xie Guangzong didn't say a word, turned his horse's head and ran towards the battlefield, while asking Qingyun Guards to continue searching.

The sun rose to the upper part of the camp.

Xiao Chuan was dragged back to the camp.

A lot of tents in the camp were burned, and the soldiers set up the tents again.

Xie Guangzong and Xiao Changfeng sat at the top, and Xiao Chuan and Xiao He were below.

No one spoke until the soldier came again to report that Shen Yu, Shen Zhao and Boda were not found.

"Bad news." Xie Guangzong said.

His son left his precious child at Yanliang Pass. If he didn't find the person, Xie Tingzhou would probably not be able to go back.

Xiao He glanced at everyone and whispered his guess, "Could it be that he was captured?"

As soon as the voice fell, Xie Guangzong's sharp eyes swept across Xiao He's face.

The old prince's eyes carried a sense of oppression forged on the battlefield. Xiao He swallowed his saliva and lowered his eyes under his heavy gaze.

Prisoner, the word is an insult, they dare not think in this direction.

Shen Yu's personality, she will not let herself become a prisoner and be humiliated, she will even commit suicide.

Xie Guangzong said: "I have sent all the scouts to follow the route of Xijue's evacuation."

Xiao Chuan stood up, "I will go too."

"Stop!" Xiao Changfeng looked at Xiao Chuan who had taken two steps, and said: "You stay and report the battle situation of the garrison army a few days ago."

The battle report has been sent out long ago, but it has to bypass Yanliang Pass and Chihe, and it is still on the way.

"I'll go out and wash my face to sober up first." Xiao Chuan went out for a while, came back and sat back on the stool.

"After we conquered the Cha Risong camp, we didn't stay there. The princess said it was too difficult to defend. If Boda came with his troops, we would be trapped. The princess left the captives behind and asked me to stage a play of internal strife with her to deceive the Western Jue captives. Then we followed them when they came to find Boda."

"In fact, we were fighting and stripping their bodies all the way on the way to chase the Western Jue people, trying to get a set of Western Jue armor for everyone. The princess must have thought of a countermeasure a long time ago."

Xiao Chuan was in a bad mood. They had just won a victory, but Shen Yu was missing. He couldn't be happy at all. He talked about the battle that lasted for several days very briefly and didn't want to say a word.

He didn't want to talk anymore. He wanted to go out and find Shen Yu at this moment.

The meeting ended and Xiao Chuan was the first to leave the tent without saying a word.

The sound of footsteps followed closely.

"Stop right there!" Xiao Changfeng called him from behind, "Where are you going?"

Xiao Chuan stopped and didn't look back, "I'm going to find the princess."

"If you dare to leave the camp, I'll break your legs," Xiao Changfeng walked up and pointed at Xiao Chuan's face.

"Put away that expression as soon as possible, who is that? That's the Beilin Princess."

"What's wrong with her being the Beilin Princess?" Xiao Chuan asked back.

Xiao Changfeng lowered his voice, "You'd better not have other ideas."

Xiao Chuan was stunned for a moment, then shocked, and then sneered, "Don't look at people with your dirty eyes, your heart is dirty to everyone,"

"You..." Xiao Changfeng was speechless for a moment, "Your concern for her has exceeded the scope of superiors and subordinates."

Xiao Chuan's voice suddenly became louder, "We are not just superiors and subordinates, she is my master, my mentor, and my comrade-in-arms who fought bloody battles. I respect and admire her, can't I worry? Whatever you think, I, Xiao Chuan, have a clear conscience."

"What a clear conscience." Xiao Changfeng sneered, "No matter how strong she is, she Shen Yu is still a woman."

"What's wrong with being a woman? Look down on women?" Xiao Chuan raised his chin and looked at his father, "Can't women also win battles?"

"Who told you this? Shut up."

Xiao Changfeng was completely furious, "You have been together from Beilin to Yanliang Pass for months. Even if nothing happened, what would others think? What would Xie Tingzhou think?"

Xiao Chuan stiffened his neck, "The prince's mind is not as narrow as you think, otherwise he would not let me follow."

Xiao Changfeng shook his head, "You don't understand. The world is far less tolerant of women than men. People's words are terrible, and spit can drown people. If you really want to do good for her, put away your cheap concern, so as not to let people with ulterior motives make up stories."

Xiao Chuan stopped talking immediately. He stood facing the wind for a while, suddenly threw the helmet in his hand to the ground, squatted down and rubbed his head hard.

"I have to be grateful. If I don't go find her, I, Xiao Chuan, am worse than pigs and dogs."

Xiao Changfeng looked at his son in front of him, and finally felt a little soft-hearted. "There are many people looking for her, and you are not the only one. You are too excited now. What you can bring to her is not help, but trouble."

Xiao Chuan lowered his head and watched a tear drip into the snow.

"Dad, have you always looked down on me before? My military tactics are not as good as my elder brother's, and my kung fu is not as good as his. He is the legitimate son and I am the illegitimate son. Just because I am a illegitimate son and unworthy of inheriting your mantle, you threw me in Shengjing to dig feces and find dogs for those dignitaries."

"It was the princess." Xiao Chuan choked, "She gave me a chance, and taught me step by step without thinking that I was clumsy and was willing to give me a chance to hone me."

He looked up at Xiao Changfeng, and suddenly smiled with tears, "She did what you should have done."