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Chapter 5292: 5.1044 Heart of Iron

"I'll go take a look right away."

Soon, the shadow guard returned with a message, "Your Majesty, it's a group of bandits who captured two women and are passing through this area."

Duan Yue responded with an "Oh."

Seeing no further instruction from him, everyone knew he didn't want to meddle.

However, the crying suddenly intensified, and the camp became somewhat chaotic.

The shadow guard swiftly darted out of the tent, observing the two women, who were running wildly through the camp, with a cold gaze.

Duan Yue walked beside him, his face expressionless as he watched the commotion.

Several bare-chested men were angrily whipping and striking the two women.

The two women, crying and stumbling, suddenly rushed towards the main tent.

The shadow guard instantly drew the sword from his waist and held it forward.

If the two women took another step forward, they would impale themselves on the blade and die.

Seeing this, the two women wailed, collapsing to the ground with a thud. They looked up in unison, hands raised, pleading pitifully, "Save, save me."

"Your Majesty." When Prince Qing's heir, Rong Qing, rushed over with his men, he saw his good emperor staring expressionlessly at the two women on the ground.

Eighth Young Master Qi, Qi Rui, followed behind Rong Qing, chuckling, "You two shouldn't try to put on an act in front of His Majesty. These little tricks, let alone His Majesty, we can see through them instantly."

Rong Qing walked forward, frowning, "Why haven't they been surrounded? Letting them run wild in front of His Majesty?"

The surrounding soldiers, with sharp eyes, crowded forward. Their swords and spears were reversed, pointed at the two women on the ground and the dozen or so bandits who had intruded into the camp.

Those men looked stunned, their faces momentarily blank.

Eighth Young Master Qi smiled and said, "Everyone, you couldn't possibly think that the three prefecture elites are so weak that you few rookies could just casually charge in?"

"How could you be so naive?" Eighth Young Master Qi laughed. "If Prince Rong hadn't signaled to let you all in, do you think you could have entered the center of this heavily guarded camp?"

One of the bandits gritted his teeth, forcing a smile, "Gentlemen, is there some misunderstanding? We stumbled in here by mistake, truly, because we were chasing these two runaway women."

Rong Qing's eyes swept over the speaker indifferently, then he raised his hand.

Dozens of swords and blades were immediately pressed against the man's back. If he uttered another word, those blades would pierce directly into his heart.

With thirty thousand elite soldiers from the three prefectures stationed here, all aiming their swords at you, even the most skilled and daring person couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat and feel their heart pound.

These people actually saw at a glance that they hadn't entered unintentionally, but deliberately?

So, the momentary chaos in front of the camp just now was actually a deliberate ploy to lure them into the heavily guarded camp, to catch them like turtles in a jar?

Duan Yue's sharp gaze shifted slightly.

A group of soldiers immediately formed ranks and charged forward, quickly dispatching the bandits until only two remained.

So many people were dealt with in a matter of minutes, and the Emperor of Cangzhou didn't even blink an eye.

His ruthless and cold demeanor terrified the remaining two bandits, making their livers tremble.

"Can you speak now?"

"What did the City of Shadows send you to do?" Eighth Young Master Qi asked with a smile.

One of the bandits immediately fell to his knees with a thud, repeatedly kowtowing and begging for mercy, "Your Majesty, spare my life, Your Majesty, spare this humble one's life."