"Who?!"

Captain Wu immediately sensed someone approaching.

Turning his head, his face showed surprise, because the person looked a little familiar. After thinking carefully...

"You are... Tail?"

He didn't have a deep impression of Tail. In Mo Village, he didn't have much interaction with her either.

If he hadn't reunited with Fang Yue in Jingdu and heard Fang Yue mention Tail, he probably wouldn't even remember this little girl.

Unexpectedly, after parting in Mo Village, when they met again, this little girl had now become a prominent figure in Jingdu.

However... Captain Wu looked at the corpse in his arms, his expression darkening.

Tail just walked coldly in front of him, her attitude indifferent.

"Let go of Brother Ye, Seventh Prince."

"I, I'm not..."

Captain Wu was stunned for a moment, lowered his voice, and quickly said, "I'm not the Seventh Prince, I'm Wu Xing, the captain of Mo Village. My current appearance was made by Niu Zuo. Captain Ye, before he died... joined forces with Niu Zuo. It seems they needed me to use this identity as a disguise to carry out some plan."

The Seventh Prince in front of her is Captain Wu?!

Tail was stunned on the spot. A flash of inspiration came to her mind, and she immediately understood where the previous sense of incongruity came from.

If the Seventh Prince in front of her is Captain Wu, then it would make sense why the Seventh Prince's attitude towards Fang Yue's death was so strange.

After all, in her information, the Seventh Prince and Fang Yue seemed to be rivals in love.

Although she still had some doubts in her heart, after asking about some information related to Mo Village, Tail barely believed that the person in front of her was Captain Wu.

However, she was still somewhat wary in her heart. After all, it was just someone saying it, and no one knew the truth.

"Captain Wu, where are the others now? And what's the situation with Brother Ye now?"

"The others were arranged by Captain You Xingchen to be protected in the palace. As for Captain Ye..." Captain Wu clenched his fist, "Captain Ye, he... he's dead!"

Captain Wu thought that Tail would be very shocked and grief-stricken when she heard this news.

But in reality, Tail was so calm that he felt unfamiliar.

"Is that so? Then give me Brother Ye's body. I will take care of his remains. Also, I want to know what happened to Brother Ye before, and the others..."

Speaking of this, Tail suddenly looked up at the side. She saw that You Xingchen had arrived next to the two of them at this time.

Looking at the 'corpse' in Captain Wu's arms, he probably understood what had happened, but...

"Seventh Prince, please accept our condolences. Ye Hongyi died in the line of duty, setting an example for our Qing Si. When you ascend the throne in the future, you can grant him a title and lay the foundation for his spirit in heaven. But for now, please return to the palace with me quickly, take back the orthodox name from the First Prince, and clear your name! I have already invited the elders of the You family to come out of the mountains. They will definitely protect your safety!"

You Xingchen had already knelt on one knee, but Captain Wu clenched his fists, his forehead bulging with veins.

"Captain Ye just died, and all you're thinking about is letting me into the palace?"

"The Seventh Prince's safety is paramount! Ye Hongyi died to protect the Seventh Prince. His ancestors will be honored. We will never forget him..."

"Shut up!!"

Captain Wu had no patience to listen anymore. He roared angrily, carefully handed Fang Yue's 'corpse' to Tail, and then said coldly to You Xingchen, "I won't go anywhere until I rescue You Sisi and An Dong'er! Before Captain Ye died... he entrusted the matter of saving You Sisi to me. I must do it!"

"But..."

You Xingchen wanted to say something, but Captain Wu pointed to Tail.

"Take her into the palace, protect her and the others' safety. I will fulfill my promise with Captain Ye, and then go to the palace to meet them!"

As soon as he finished speaking, regardless of You Xingchen's reaction, he had already rushed towards the remaining eerie creatures of the Juan Niao Tower with murderous intent. Amidst the golden light and faint phoenix cries, he was already fighting fiercely with the eerie creatures.

"This..."

You Xingchen looked at Tail next to him, and then at Captain Wu who was fighting in front of him. He gritted his teeth, drew his sword, and rushed towards Captain Wu, protecting Captain Wu's safety on his left and right.

Niu Zuo and Ming, who were already somewhat struggling, also perked up and quickly suppressed the black insect eerie creatures, gaining the support of more people from the Juan Niao Tower.

Tail took in all of these situations and silently retreated.

Although the road to the palace might be a bit dangerous, compared to Niu Zuo and the others, who were neither friends nor foes, and Captain Wu, whose identity was still unclear, she would rather take a risk and take Fang Yue's 'corpse' to the palace to take refuge, or find a place to find a way to save Fang Yue.

However, as Tail monitored the situation in front and silently retreated, her figure suddenly stopped, and her back touched two soft objects.

As a girl herself, she immediately understood what it was and slowly turned around to look behind her.

Sure enough, behind her stood a person, a woman full of immortal aura.

Only then did Tail realize that when You Xingchen came down, he was followed by three people, and the woman in front of her was one of those three.

"I heard, the Seventh Prince just said that he is not the real Seventh Prince, right?"

"..."

"I forgot to introduce myself. My name is You Long, the current Grand Elder of the You family, one of the four great families of Qing Country."

You Long smiled and raised her hand.

Just this action immediately made Tail's whole body stand on end, and her pupils shrank sharply.

In that instant, she felt like she was a docile little rabbit, suddenly being stared at by some prehistoric beast. In the face of the huge difference in strength and class, her whole body was trembling unconsciously.

Cold sweat overflowed from her forehead unnaturally, streaking across her cheeks.

But she held the 'corpse' in her arms tightly, not retreating half a step!

"What are you... going to do?"

"..."

You Long didn't speak, but the hand she raised suddenly blurred for a moment, and she waved a hand knife in the air.

*Bang!!*

In the next instant, black blood suddenly burst out crazily from behind Tail.

Some headless eerie creature gradually appeared, falling backward with a gush of black blood.

And further behind the headless eerie creature, on the Juan Niao Tower side, a sloping line suddenly appeared almost simultaneously.

*Crack!!*

Accompanied by a huge cutting sound.

The line cut through the Juan Niao Tower, cutting it in half.

Along with it, the countless black insect eerie creatures in that floor were also cut in half in that instant.

The upper half of the Juan Niao Tower, which had stood in Jingdu for many years, fell diagonally, landing with a crash and stirring up a large cloud of dust.

Tail turned her head blankly, looking at all of this. Apart from holding Fang Yue's corpse even tighter, wanting to protect Fang Yue, her heart was simply blank.

This huge difference in strength left her no room to resist.

At this moment, You Long suddenly bent down with a smile, her vermilion lips close to Tail's ear, and whispered.

"What am I going to do? It's very simple. I want to turn the Seventh Prince into the real Seventh Prince. So, it's best if those who know the truth can keep the secret forever."

*Tzz——*

Red blood splattered from between Tail's eyebrows.

It was as if an extremely thin line had pierced from the back of her head to the front of her eyebrows.

Fresh blood overflowed from her eyebrows like pearls, and the light in Tail's eyes gradually faded.

As the blood dripped from her nose to the ground, Tail and Fang Yue fell to the ground together. Even in this situation, her hand still held Fang Yue's corpse tightly.

"Brother... Ye..."