Autumn festival ll

The journey continued with Li Jie leading the way with Mei jingjing, Chao Xua and Haorang trailing behind, the clouds were gathering giving Mei jingjing the fright, it's autumn so the clouds should be clear but it's not, it could only mean one thing.

"Hey." Li Jie said softly startling Mei jingjing who was completely spaced out, she glanced at his direction.

"Are you alright?" he asked.

She forced herself to smile and nodded. "Yeah, it's going to be alright, right?"

He moved his horse closer to Mei jingjing's and held her hand. "It will, I promise."

He assured, he glanced up at the gathering clouds and sighed, no matter what, he's going to stop those beast's before the time is up.

Chao Xua glanced at master Li Jie. "Young master, what about the last seal?"

Li Jie glanced ahead. "I have no idea but something tells me we're going to find it at Lijiang kingdom."

Mei jingjing didn't understand his words, how can he be so sure about it?. "How are you so sure about that?"

"If the seal gave me it's powers, it must mean part of the seal is somewhere in Lijiang."

Haorang stood at the peak of the land and his face turned morbid.

"Young master, you might want to see this."

Li Jie showed up at the peak as well as everyone else and he couldn't believe what he saw, Lijiang kingdom was up ahead and it looked chaotic, clearly something was happening over there.

Li Jie frowned. "Chaoxiang!" he pulled unto the reigns and his horse galloped down the valley, Mei jingjing and Li Jie's guards trailing behind.

It didn't take much time for them to arrive at Lijiang kingdom, Mei jingjing couldn't believe the scene in front of her, huge beasts enslaving the people of Lijiang, pushing them into carriages and flogging the innocent people who disobeyed. Li Jie got down from the horse and they all hid in a corner.

"What is happening?" Mei jingjing whispered, shocked at the horrifying scene. Li Jie kept his anger under control and looked around, the place looked like a battle field with houses burnt and the road damaged like a serious battle happened.

"What do we do young master?" Chao Xua asked.

"For now, make sure you don't get caught."

They all nodded to his words, they found a safe place to hide their horses and moved silently using a cloak to hide their faces, they sneaked past different beasts making sure not to be sighed by any of them and tried to move into the palace.

"What about the Queen?" Mei jingjing asked out of concern.

"Mother is definitely fine, they can't hurt her."

What Li Jie wasn't expecting was to catch sight of weng Lie talking to the beasts, Mei jingjing was also speechless herself.

"Isn't that weng Lie?, what is he doing with them?!"

Li Jie's gaze darkened. "I should have known he was going to be a backstabber."

Mei jingjing shook her head not wanting to believe it.

"No, no there's must a misunderstanding or a mistake somewhere.he can't possibly be working for them I mean it's his kingdom"

"Not everyone is as kind hearted as you Mei jingjing, he's a traitor and that's it!"

Li Jie left the place in anger, Mei jingjing felt worried at his current mood and followed him just so he doesn't do anything stupid.

Li Jie sneaked in through the back door and got into the palace, Mei jingjing stopped him from going further.

"What do you actually plan on doing?" she asked.

"You'll find out soon." his tone wasn't pleasant at all, Mei jingjing still held him back.

"If you don't tell me, I won't let you go." she said stubbornly wrapping her arms tightly around his.

"I'm going to find that brother of mine and ask him why he did this, he has an issue with me, I get that but why drag mother and the innocent people of Lijiang as well?!" the more he spoke, the angrier he got, he was hurt and Mei jingjing could understand that.

"Master Li Jie, I Know this is hard but taking this steps won't solve anything, it'll only put you in more danger, how about we stick with finding the seal?" she said softly. "We can deal with weng Lie later but now we have to stop those beast's from ruining everyone okay?"

Li Jie glanced her way and she gave a reassuring smile that eased his heart a bit, he sighed and agreed with a slight nod.

They continued to move through the secret back door, Mei jingjing Never knew a passage like this existed in the palace, well not that she stayed long anyways.

"How do you know about this place?" she asked.

"When I feel like seeing the outside world, I normally sneak through this door, no one knows about this place except the both of us now."

She glanced around and kept on moving, they bursted out into the garden and hid behind the flowers as beast guards paraded the place.

Once they were out of sight, they kept on moving and came across the hallway, it looked empty and they quietly walked by still alert not to get caught.

"Where do we find the last seal?" Mei jingjing whispered to him.

Weng Lie suddenly walked by and they hid in a corner immediately.

Li Jie took a peek and in weng Lie's hand was the last seal except it had a more complex pattern on it, he kept tossing It into the air and catching it. Chaoxiang showed up, Li Jie hid away at the sight of him.

"What are you doing, you fool!" Chaoxiang said to him, weng Lie frowned.

"What do you mean by that?"

"The seal is not a toy you can just toss in the air!"

Weng Lie rolled his eyes and kept it safely in his cloth. "Are you still willing to keep your promise?"

Chaoxiang smirked. "You need it more than I do."

Li Jie's brow furrowed in confusion, what promise are they talking about?

"It'll all go as planned, it's the autumn festival, enjoy."

He laughed and walked out, weng Lie smirked and walked into his Chambers, Li Jie's eyes burned with anger. there's noway he's letting weng Lie get away with this. He tried to step out but Mei jingjing stopped him.

"Control yourself master Li Jie."

He freed himself from her hold. "I'm going to get the seal, I don't care if he dies!!"

He stepped out of his hiding spot and headed towards weng Lie's room, Mei jingjing couldn't help but feel strange, nothing seems right at all.

Weng Lie laid on his bed and stared at the seal in his hand.

"Once I become king and Li Jie gets killed, I'll take his beautiful wife away from him and make her mine, that stupid wife of mine is not even close to Mei jingjing's beauty." he said but suddenly heard a click on the door like it was being locked, he sat upright immediately to meet Li Jie's dark gaze.

"What did you say about my wife?" his tone was murderous, weng Lie has gone too far this time around and when it comes to his wife, he isn't going to take it lightly, weng Lie froze up at the sight of Li Jie, he wasn't expecting to see Li Jie talk more of in his room.

"You... when did you get here?"

Li Jie smirked. "Not long ago but after seeing your betrayal, at least I have a reason to get rid of you!"

His eyes lit up as he was getting prepared for a fight, weng Lie got out of the bed thinking of an escape route not untill Li Jie suddenly added.

"Don't even think about running, the doors locked from outside, you can't escape this one."

weng Lie smirked and raised the seal up. "I'm with the last seal, hurt me and your seal gets it!!"