Chapter 56

  "Whether or not to show respect to the princess is not about what you say, nor is it about the ceremony!" Tang Yin said: "You may have plenty of time, but I don't have time to waste words with you here. Can we let the princess enter the city now?"

  Liao Gang's teeth were clenched in anger, but he had no way to vent his emotions, so he glared at Tang Yin with hatred and then turned around, beckoning to the cavalry troops behind him.

  Upon seeing his instructions, the troops slowly moved forward and arrived at the city gate. The cavalry retreated one after another, leaving behind only the princess's carriage and her entourage.

  It wasn't until then that Tang Yin saw clearly, the princess's carriage was pulled by eight robust sorrel horses, the carriage was adorned with dragon and phoenix patterns, almost every corner was intricately carved.

  The carriage was spacious, with red curtains covering all the doors and windows, making it impossible to see what was inside.

  The knights guarding the carriage were all female soldiers, each riding a tall horse, wearing silver and exquisite imperial steel helmets and armor, looking majestic and captivating.

  Tang Yin made a circuit of inspection and then rode his horse closer to the carriage.

  Before he could get close, he was blocked by several female guards. No one spoke, but sharp eyes fell on Tang Yin's body.

  Tang Yin was very clever and had a delicate mind. The curtains of the carriage doors and windows were all closed, so it was impossible to see if there was anyone inside. What if Mo Guo played a trick and didn't let the princess get in the carriage? Who would he reason with then?

  Blocked by the female guards, he didn't mind either. He cleared his throat and asked, "Is Her Highness having a smooth journey?"

  “……”

  After waiting for a while, there was no response from inside the car.

  "Tang Yin endured his temper and asked again: 'Is Your Highness safe along the way?'"

  ...No one in the car responded.

  Just as Tang Yin was about to ask for the third time, a female general rode over on horseback and said to Tang Yin: "The princess has already rested from the fatigue of the journey!"

  "Then...please open the curtains, I want to inspect!" Tang Yin said seriously.

  "How dare you!" The female general's face immediately fell, and she shouted angrily: "Who are you? How dare you offend Her Highness the Princess, what crime should you be punished for?"

  A woman, daring to be so arrogant in front of him, made Tang Yin both angry and amused.

  He tilted his head and said, "I must confirm whether the princess is in the carriage or not. Either let the princess speak up or lift the curtain to let me take a look. If not, then we can only stand here in a stalemate!"

  "You... you have a big dog's guts!" The woman's face turned pale with anger. Although the royal family's influence was gradually weakening, the princess was still a princess, one of the heirs to the throne. No matter which vassal state she went to, she was always respected and admired. When had she ever been treated so rudely?

  The woman pointed at Tang Yin with her finger, extremely angry, and suddenly drew out a long sword from under her ribs. With the tip of the sword pointing at Tang Yin's nose, she shouted: "Get out of my sight!"

  It's none of his business, but Lao Gang is just watching the excitement from the side, gloating at others' misfortunes. This guy has provoked the princess's personal guard, let's see how he gets out of this.

  While Gu Yue and Le Tian saw each other make a move, they both jumped in fright. The two of them pressed their hands on the hilt of their swords, making a gesture to draw their swords.

  Tang Yin waved his hand at the two of them, signaling for them not to make any sudden moves. He smiled as he looked at the woman who was pointing a long sword at him, seemingly oblivious to it, and said with a smile: "I insist."

  For the first time, the female captain of the guard encountered someone like Tang Yan and didn't know how to deal with him. If she really killed him with one sword, she didn't know what kind of consequences would be triggered. And if she let him inspect the horse carriage, where was the dignity of the royal family?

  Just as she was in a dilemma, not knowing how to end the situation, a soft and sweet voice like silver bells rang out from inside the carriage: "Xiao Min, let him inspect if he wants to, anyway, no one cares about the imperial court now, and no one cares about this princess!"

  Tang Yin heard the sound and suddenly froze, not because of what the person in the car said, but because of her voice.

  The sound gave him a feeling of being both familiar and strange, he dared to be sure that he had heard it somewhere before, but for the time being, he couldn't think of where.

  But this doesn't make sense either, how could he have heard the princess's voice before?

  He was stunned and remained motionless for a long time without coming back to his senses.

  At this time, the female attendant drew back her horse and said with a cold face: "You can investigate if you want, but you will definitely pay for your recklessness today!"

  The cold words and threats from the other party brought Tang Yin back to his senses. He was very curious about who the princess in the car was and why her voice sounded so familiar, but he also knew that doing so would be too impolite. If he returned to Yan City and got reported, he would only get into more trouble.

  He nodded his hand on the war horse and said, "Your Highness doesn't need to get angry, I'm just confirming. Since Your Highness is in the carriage, I can rest assured." As he spoke, he turned his head and ordered, "Escort Her Highness into the city!"

  As he spoke, more than 2,000 soldiers of the Second Legion surged forward, surrounding the carriage where the princess was seated, and slowly entered the Baiguan Pass.

  After letting the princess's team pass, Tang Yin turned his head to glance at Liao Gang, who looked a bit disappointed. He said: "Thank you for escorting the princess to this place, I'll take my leave!" After finishing speaking, he turned his horse around and planned to return to the city.

  He wanted to leave, but Liao Gang had no intention of letting him go. He smiled and asked, "Tang Yin, since we can meet in front of the Ba Guan, it's already a fate. Are you willing to try with me?" As he spoke, he took down a crescent moon knife from the horseback, held it upside down in his palm, and swung it casually.

  Tang Yin smiled, it was clear that this Liao Gang's cultivation was not weak, he was a mid-to-high level expert, but fighting him would be meaningless.

  Firstly, the two countries had not yet gone to war and there was no reason for him to take action against him. Secondly, he could not kill him, otherwise it might lead to disputes.

  Can't kill him can't 'eat' away him, Tang Yin didn't have the leisure to go and do such a meaningless thing.

  He shook his head and said: "Sorry, I'm not interested in competing with you." He rode his horse back to the city.

  Liao Gang was unwilling to give up and loudly shouted from behind: "Are you afraid?"

  Tang Yin just shrugged and said, "Say whatever you want."

  "Hmph, what a useless coward! You're not even qualified to be a battalion commander!" Liao Gang was extremely sarcastic, and only wanted to see Tang Yin take him on.

  But Tang Yin didn't care about his words at all. He didn't even put him in his eyes, how could he care about what he said?

  However, his indifference was seen as cowardice by others, and the Mo Gu cavalry let out waves of mocking laughter.

  Tang Yin lazily settled the matter and directly returned to Ba Guan. Then, the guarding soldiers immediately closed the city gate, as if they were afraid that the other side would rush over.

  Seeing this, Liao Gang also felt uninterested and led his two million cavalrymen to leave quickly.

  Tang Yin had just entered the city when a horseman came galloping towards him. He took a closer look and found it was the female captain of the princess's bodyguards.

  She gave him a few sidelong glances, pouted her small mouth and sneered: "Just now you were so mighty, how come you let someone scare you off and run back with your tail between your legs? You really are a coward!" Having said this in one breath, she immediately turned her horse around and galloped back the way she came.

  It seems she hastily came over just to mock Tang Yin with this sentence.

  Tang Yin couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time. This didn't look like the captain of the princess's guard at all, but rather a child who still knew how to throw tantrums and hadn't matured yet.

  How old is she? Has she really grown up? He couldn't help but mutter to himself.

  At this time, Ying Bu ran down quickly from the city wall and arrived at Tang Yin's horse front, saying: "The Mo Guo cavalry has withdrawn."

  "En!" Tang Yin responded casually.

  "General Tang..." Ying Bu wanted to speak but hesitated.

  "Let the British general speak his mind."

  Ying Bu Zheng Se said: "I see that General Tang's cultivation is not weak, why didn't he try to compare with Liao Gang earlier and kill each other's momentum?"

  Tang Yin shook his head and said, "He is not worthy."

  "What?" Ying Bu didn't understand his meaning.

  "Let me kill people, I won't be picky about my opponents, anyone can be killed!" Tang Yin smiled and said: "But if he wants to have a simple duel with me, he is still far from qualified."

  "Ah?" Ying Bu was stunned, staring blankly at Tang Yin, unable to react for a long time. This remark was too arrogant, as if Tang Yin didn't take this Mo Guo's proud Flying Cavalry General seriously at all.

  He was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, but he quite liked Tang Yin's proud and aloof personality.

  "General Ying, I will escort the princess back to the capital. You and I... shall part ways here!" Tang Yin bowed his head in farewell on horseback.

  Ying Bu let out a soft sigh and said: "Today we part ways, I don't know when we'll meet again."

  "Those who are destined to meet will meet!" Tang Yin smiled freely and said: "Farewell!"

  "Be careful on your way, Brother Tang."

  He heard him call himself Tang Brother, and Tang Yin replied: "I wish Brother Ying would return to the capital city soon, and you will have a good time drinking and chatting again."

  This sentence almost made Ying Bu cry, he lowered his head and sniffled, pretending to be nonchalant as he waved his hand and said: "Let's hurry up and not delay the journey!"

  "Take care."

  "Take care!"

  Tang Yin led the second battalion, escorting the princess and her entourage out of Ba Guan, heading back to Fengdu's Salt City.

  When passing through the city of Chong, since it was still early in the day, the troops did not stop and passed directly through the city.

  After the siege, Qiu Zhen hastily arrived at Tang Yin's side, mysteriously pulled out a few pieces of silk from his bosom, took one out and handed it to Tang Yin, saying with a smile: "Tang big brother, take a look."

  He didn't know what kind of trick Zhang was playing, so Tang Yin took the handkerchief with a suspicious look, lowered his head to take a glance, and found it was a map drawn by Zhang Jianyi. The drawing was very rough and blurry. He asked in doubt: "What is this?"

  "It's a map!" Qiu Zhen said: "The place marked on it is the lair of the bandits near Chong City."

  Tang Yin blinked his eyes inexplicably, what did the bandit's lair have to do with him?

  Qiu Zhen smiled slyly and said in a low voice, "Brother Tang won't really plan to escort the princess back to Yan City so smoothly, will he? This mission is a great opportunity to make merits, Brother Tang must not let it slip away!"

  Tang Yin raised an eyebrow and said, "Speak more clearly."

  "Eliminate the bandits' lair, report to the superior, the bandits attempted to raid the princess's palace, we fought bravely against the numerous bandits, sacrificing our lives to protect the carriage, ensuring the safety of the princess while killing a large number of bandits. This achievement will surely make the emperor appreciate Tang Da Ge and reward him heavily!" Qiu Zhen whispered in Tang Yin's ear.