Half a month later, the group left the Great Western Ridge and arrived at Xiangyang, the capital of the Great Qiang Kingdom.
As for why they had come to the capital, it was because Zhu Zhan had learned that the other half of the dragon-shaped jade pendant was in the hands of the current emperor. Naturally, she wanted to find a way to sneak into the imperial palace nearby to retrieve it. As for Zhu Zhan, even though he knew the person on the dragon throne wanted to kill him, he had returned to walk right into a trap because he had a reason he simply had to come back for.
When he was sent to the battlefield, he had been surrounded by the enemy barbarian nation, yet no reinforcements had been sent to his aid. Not only were there no reinforcements, but his loyal subordinates had all been reassigned by that man, leaving behind a fence-straddling deputy general who worked for that man's interests. Instead of thinking of rescuing him when he was in trouble, this deputy general had instead surrounded him under the charge of treason, pushing him toward ultimate annihilation. Had he not heard from Shi Xiong that there was news of him making contingency plans, coupled with a torrential downpour—as if even the heavens were helping him—he never would have escaped with his life.
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