20demayo Chapter 1131 The Holy Maiden of Yuezhi
Chapter 1131 The Holy Maiden of Yuezhi
Bai Yuhan and Wan Qianshan were both being held captive.
Jiang Fenghua's eyes sharpened, and a smile suddenly appeared on her lips. She asked, "You... know me?"
Elder Dorje's eyes narrowed slightly as he denied it, saying, "I don't know you, but I do know that you are the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty."
Jiang Fenghua asked knowingly, "Who are you people? Why are you arresting my friends and family? What grudge do I have against you?"
Elder Dorje paused for a moment, then said, “We have no enmity with Empress Jiang. Others have a grudge against her. As for the Empress’s question about why we captured them, it is a complete misunderstanding. We are allies now.”
"If they are allies, why detain them?" Jiang Fenghua asked again.
Elder Dorje's expression changed slightly, feeling embarrassed.
Dulong shouted angrily, "Why waste words with her? Since she is the old friend the Holy Maiden is looking for, let's just take her back."
"To tell you the truth, we raised all the golden toads of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Wu Yirong is one of our men. If anyone dares to lay a finger on him today, I will make everyone here pay with their lives."
Such a blatant threat instilled fear in the onlookers outside the courtroom. They even tried to recall how these people had bypassed the crowd to enter the courtroom, but they couldn't remember.
Jiang Fenghua also noticed their special features; she seemed to see the illusion that Xiao Shang used to control the entire scene with his flute music.
They are from the Yuezhi. Could the Yuezhi's holy maiden be that bloated old woman, Yue Anxin?
She said in a deep voice, "The toads in the Living Buddha Temple are all raised by you. So, you are the ones who have harmed the lives of the people of my Great Zhou."
Her voice was calm and measured, yet it carried a powerful and intimidating quality.
Seeing that she was just a woman, the one-eyed elder sneered, "It is their good fortune that they can support the Golden Toad. They will surely be blessed by the Golden Toad and enjoy long life in their next life."
Jiang Fenghua's eyes flashed with a cold light, "Then I will first use your heads to appease the dead souls, as interest paid by the Yuezhi clan."
She drew her sword and aimed it straight at the one-eyed elder's brow.
The next moment, as expected, happened. A flute melody rang out, and everyone was quickly captivated by it, except for Jiang Fenghua, who remained unaffected.
Her sword didn't stop, but she suddenly changed direction and attacked from the direction from which the flute music came in the crowd.
The figure wearing a dark-colored veil reacted extremely quickly to the sudden change in the situation, and somehow managed to make Jiang Fenghua miss her target.
Jiang Fenghua's voice was loud and clear as a bell, "Since the Holy Maiden has come, why don't you dare to show your face? I want to see who you are, Holy Maiden, who dares to stir up trouble on the land of my Great Zhou Dynasty."
She gripped the longsword tightly in her right hand, her gaze sweeping across the crowd once more with lightning speed…
A woman dressed in coarse cloth was slowly walking out from the crowd.
She wasn't particularly beautiful and would blend into the crowd unnoticed, but her eyes were fixed on Jiang Fenghua's direction without blinking.
Time seemed to stand still. Mu Qirou recalled the sword strike. She felt a cold light brush against her cheek, and a slender, willow-leaf-like soft sword pierced her skin.
Anger flashed in her eyes; Danji Aruan had actually hurt her!
Jiang Fenghua slowly withdrew her hand, "The Holy Maiden of Yuezhi!"
The woman smiled, a smile that would have been ordinary on an ordinary person's face, but on her face there was an indescribable eeriness.
At this moment, the two elders of the Yuezhi and their subordinates also approached the woman and bowed in respect, "Holy Maiden..."
The woman raised her hand to stop her, but her eyes were fixed on Jiang Fenghua's face. She slowly said, "Empress Jiang, you reacted so quickly. You discovered my whereabouts so soon. No one has been able to break my illusion yet. You are the first person. I have suddenly become interested in you."
If Gongsun Lan were present, she would probably laugh at those people for their incompetence and for her narrow-mindedness and limited perspective.
Jiang Fenghua only felt that her voice was ethereal and soft, and wondered how she could have such an old friend from the Yuezhi.
Ao Xue, Xun Yao, and the others also woke up from the illusion. The hidden guards of the Divine Concealment Camp had also broken Xiao Shang's illusion before, but he seemed to lack skill and was always exposed.
This time, Ao Xue was able to wake up from the illusion in time due to her high vigilance, and later she also woke up Xun Yao and the other hidden guards.
Just as they were about to step forward, Jiang Fenghua raised her hand to stop them: "Step back, she is just an old friend of mine, not an enemy."
Ao Xue reminded her, "Your Majesty, she is like Xiao Shang back then; she can control people's minds with her flute music, and she knows illusion magic."
“I know.” Jiang Fenghua deliberately raised her voice. “Back then, Xiao Shang was by the side of Princess Kang, Yue Anxin. His illusion magic must have been learned from the Yue family. The Yue clan has been entrenched in the northwest, always pretending to be honest and law-abiding. It must have been hard for them.”
A flicker of surprise crossed Mu Qirou's eyes as to why Jiang Fenghua's people hadn't been controlled. She calmly said, "Empress Jiang truly has many capable people around her. To be able to awaken from my flute music so quickly, the secret techniques of my Yue clan have been passed down for a thousand years..."
Jiang Fenghua sneered, "So it has been a thousand years of accumulation. It seems that the descendants of your Yuezhi clan are not so great after all! I broke through a thousand years of magic so easily."
She silently retreated to a secluded spot and continued, "I see that your Yuezhi clan's thousand-year-old magic is nothing special!"
Mu Qirou's eyes turned icy cold. She floated over like a ghost, a soft sword appearing in her hand. The sword light swirled like snowflakes, enveloping Jiang Fenghua.
Jiang Fenghua's longsword moved in rapid succession, sparks flying everywhere. The woman in front of her had an uncanny swordsmanship, each strike aimed at a vital point. Jiang Fenghua's figure was as supple as if she had no bones, and her swordplay was incredibly agile.
She has a solid foundation in swordsmanship and practices diligently every day.
The sound of "clang clang clang!" echoed in the air.
Xun Yao wanted to step forward to help, but Ao Xue stopped him, saying, "Don't worry! Her Majesty's swordsmanship is superior to mine. She has never shown her skills in front of outsiders, which does not mean that she is weak."
Xun Yao had never seen the Empress take action. He always thought that he was ordered to protect a noble Empress and never thought that the Empress was actually capable of protecting herself.
The Yuezhi saintess's swordsmanship was not weak, but the empress's sword angles were even more tricky, catching everyone off guard.
After ten moves, the Yuezhi saintess was somewhat annoyed that she had failed to harm Jiang Fenghua in the slightest, considering that she had been diligently studying Central Plains martial arts and swordsmanship since she could remember...
After twenty moves, she gave up the attack and retreated into the crowd.
Jiang Fenghua also sheathed her sword and directly mocked, "So the Holy Maiden's swordsmanship is just like your illusion magic, nothing special!"
Her light, airy words reached the saint's ears.
Mu Qirou saw through her provocation, but her face showed no anger. She said in a deep voice, "I'll show you now whether your words are more powerful or my illusions are more powerful."
She formed a hand seal, and in an instant, everyone's vision blurred.
Suddenly, the surrounding people seemed to have gone mad and began attacking and beating each other.