Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 355: Dark Dawn

The fire was lit in the woods outside the palace, about five or six hundred meters away from the palace. Although the white smoke could be seen in the palace, the blazing flames could never reach the palace.

Long Mohan didn't understand the intentions of the rebels and shook his head slightly.

At this moment, Tang Jinglan slid her finger and the pictures began to rotate in sequence.

In the rapidly spinning picture, Ji Anni suddenly saw a familiar figure and shouted, "Stop! Stop! Who is that?"

Amid the cry of Ji Anni, Tang Jinglan turned the screen back, and a bright red appeared before their eyes. This bright red was not blood, nor fire, but a red makeup, a wedding dress.

"Tian... Tianning..." Long Mohan, who was the first to recognize the man's identity, squeezed into the small room excitedly, his whole body almost sticking to the screen.

Isn’t the person in the picture with tears on her cheeks and curled up in the corner of the tree with a sad expression Princess Tianning?

"Tianning? Isn't she the princess who got married?" Tang Jinglan was not familiar with the royal family members, but she had heard of the name of Princess Tianning.

Ji Anni screamed: "It's her, it's Tian Ning, why is she here?"

The answer is self-evident. She must have been captured by the rebels. As long as Princess Tianning is captured, it is like capturing the heart of the Queen Mother. No matter what the rebels ask, the Queen Mother will obey.

"They... they won't hurt Tianning, right?" Ji Anni stared at the pitiful Princess Tianning on the screen worriedly.

Her clothes were intact, and her skin didn't seem to have any external injuries, but her frightened look was heartbreaking. Her hands were tied behind her back with ropes, and she was sitting limply against the roots of a tree. From her tired look, it was clear that she hadn't closed her eyes for a day and a night. If anyone else were in her situation, they would probably be too scared to sleep.

It was unknown what the unpredictable rebels wanted to do to her, but at least they would not threaten her life before they broke off relations with the royal family.

Long Mohan whispered, "Even if the rebels have set up obstacles on the road that the reinforcements must take, the reinforcements will definitely arrive at the imperial city by this evening at the latest. The rebels should also be quite aware of the gap between them and the regular army, but they have no intention of retreating. It's as if they want to fight a desperate battle with the hostages in their hands to force the queen mother to agree to move the capital and give up the sacred mountain."

Normally, the reinforcements should arrive in the capital an hour after the palace called for help. But this time they were a full day late, so there was no other way to explain it except that the rebels had set up roadblocks.

Ji Anni said: "Let's move the capital. The most important thing is Princess Tianning's safety."

Subconsciously, Ji Anni always thought that this palace was mysterious and scary. There was a demon-suppressing temple in the palace and the ghost king was sealed outside the palace. If Prince Ming and herself continued to stay here, the demonic energy in their bodies would be stimulated sooner or later. It would be better to move the capital as soon as possible and leave this place of trouble. On the one hand, returning the sacred mountain would calm the resentment of the mountain ghosts for a hundred years, and on the other hand, they could seek a peaceful and tranquil life.

Long Mohan said: "I am afraid that Princess Tianning will fall into their hands...it will be very dangerous..."

"Why? Are they going to kill each other?" Ji Anni opened her eyes wide.

Long Mohan said, "The Mountain Ghost Clan has always wanted to exterminate all the members of the Long clan in order to offer sacrifices to the gods on the sacred mountain. They believe that only when the entire Long clan is wiped out can the anger of the gods be appeased. Otherwise, the world will eventually be punished. Princess Tianning is also a descendant of the Long clan. This time she unfortunately fell into the hands of the Mountain Ghost Clan, and I'm afraid they won't let her go so easily."

"These people are too feudal!" Ji Anni was filled with indignation.

If it is true as Long Mohan said, simply agreeing to move the capital will not be enough to appease them. The entire Long family bloodline must be wiped out to satisfy them.

Long Mohan said, "I don't know if it was cursed by the gods. Since Taizu, the Tianyou Dynasty has always been a single-line dynasty, and only one descendant in each generation can survive. The ancestor had only one son, King Hui, and later a fox demon gave birth to a daughter for him, but she turned into ashes in the burning. King Hui's queen has never had a child, and King Hui only has two descendants, Tianning and me. Concubine Shui Cong gave birth to a prince for him, but died after falling into a well. It seems that it is not entirely true to say that there was no punishment from heaven after the sacred mountain was flattened and the palace was established, because in the past three generations, the Long family has gradually weakened, and only a single lineage is struggling to maintain the last trace of dragon bloodline."

"If that's the case..." Ji Anni's heartbeat gradually quickened, "The Mountain Ghost Tribe's target is only you and Princess Tianning, right?"

Because the blood of the dragon clan was passed down to Long Mohan's generation, there were only two descendants left, Princess Tianning and Long Mohan. As long as Princess Tianning and Long Mohan shed their blood on the altar, the mountain ghost clan would have completed its mission.

Long Mohan nodded heavily and whispered, "Yes, they have three ultimate goals: moving the capital, Tianning and me. The flames now may just be a warning. They first want to scare the Queen Mother and make her agree to move the capital. The fear is that even if the Queen Mother agrees to move the capital, they will still not let Princess Tianning go easily."

"What should we do now? Is there any way to rescue Princess Tianning?" Ji Anni didn't want to see Princess Tianning burned into a mummy.

Long Mohan shook his head and said sadly: "Princess Tianning is deep in the heart of the rebels. Unless the rebels release her, it will be difficult to rescue her."

"No, it's not that there is no way." Tang Jinglan, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke. His fingers quickly tapped on the keyboard, and the pictures on the screen changed constantly, just like the pictures in Hollywood science fiction movies. Based on Ji Anni's experience of watching science fiction movies, she guessed that Tang Jinglan might be looking for a passage with sparse defense that could safely get close to Princess Tianning's location.

Looking at the images flashing on the screen, Ji Anni suddenly saw a ray of hope and said happily, "That's great. I almost forgot that we still have future technology to help us."

At this time, the picture stopped and an electronic map appeared on the screen.

Not only can you clearly see the various mountain roads on the map, you can also see many slowly moving dots. Each dot represents a pedestrian, and the dot representing the princess was marked in eye-catching red by Tang Jinglan in advance. This map is displayed in real time. As long as you stare at this map, you can avoid the rebels and approach the princess unimpeded. But the only difficulty is how to rescue the princess after approaching her. Because there are many rebels patrolling around the princess, it is not an easy task to steal the princess from under their noses.

Tang Jinglan said, "You can knock them out first, put on their clothes, and sneak in. There will be an east wind tonight. If the bonfire is not extinguished, the strong wind will surely spread the fire. There are firewood growing all over this area, which will catch fire at a touch. In addition, they have placed a lot of oil cans next to the bonfire. You only need to knock over a few of them before the east wind comes, and you will have a big fire. When the fire spreads and they are busy putting out the fire, you can take the opportunity to rescue Princess Tianning."

"This plan is feasible, but how do you know there will be an east wind tonight?" Long Mohan still had some distrust of Tang Jinglan.

Tang Jinglan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that I just told you that this machine can also predict the weather?"

Hearing this, Ji Anni couldn't help but get excited. It seemed like success was imminent even though they hadn't even started yet. She said eagerly, "Great, Brother Tang, you will be the commander-in-chief in this secret base, and my brother and I will go deep into the enemy camp to rescue the princess. With your eyes to see the whole situation, we won't be afraid of being caught by the rebels. By the way, Brother Tang, do you have any radio communication equipment here?"

To get in touch with the headquarters, headphones and microphones are essential.

Tang Jinglan said, "If you need it, I can make it right away. But it will take some time." Then he stood up and took out his toolbox.

When the toolbox was opened, it was full of all kinds of small parts and electronic boards, many of which Ji Anni had never seen before. However, Ji Anni had great confidence in Tang Jinglan. After all, she was the founder of this secret base and must have amazing talent in electronic equipment, otherwise it would be impossible for her to complete such a powerful device.

Ever since Long Mohan entered this room, he had always felt like he was in a different time and space. He didn't know whether he had traveled through time or Ji Anni and Tang Jinglan had traveled through time. He half-guessed the meaning of the strange words that appeared in the conversation between Ji Anni and Tang Jinglan. Fortunately, he was smart enough to guess the meaning of those unknown words, so he could keep up with the rhythm of the conversation between Ji Anni and Tang Jinglan. Just now, when Tang Jinglan said "it takes a while", he subconsciously asked, "How long does it take?"

Tang Jinglan looked up at the sky, thought for a while, and replied, "Probably before dusk."

This time is much faster than Ji Anni expected. If they can finish it before dusk, they can launch the operation to rescue the princess tonight.

Ji Anni excitedly held Tang Jinglan's hand and said, "Okay, Brother Tang, I'll leave it to you. Let's name this operation "Dark Dawn", haha."

It means to rescue the princess from the darkness and lead her to the land of light. Ji Anni suddenly realized that she has a talent for naming games.

Tang Jinglan smiled, took out a small pearl-like round bead from the toolbox, and tried it a few times on Ji Anni's ear.

"What are you doing?" Long Mohan didn't understand.

Tang Jinglan said: "If the size is suitable, we can transform this small bead into a communicator."

"Use this little bead to send a message?" Long Mohan found it a little unbelievable.

Just now, when he heard Ji Anni mention something called "communication equipment", he guessed that it was probably something like a carrier pigeon. He was just about to say that they had Yun Zhen's Shikigami who could act as a communication soldier, but now it seems that he guessed wrong.