The Story Of Dusk

It was fine with him and his men to continue their journey, but Qianru wouldn"t be able to pull it through. Despite her being nice for not complained, she had started to lose her focus on the road ahead.

As stubborn as she was, she said nothing the moment Xiao Jun asked Liu Wei to book a room for them and called it a day for their journey all together.

Qianru knew, Xiao Jun was being nice to let her take a rest, if it was only them, they would definitely wouldn"t take a rest until they reached their destination.

This was the first time she came with Xiao Jun and rode a horse in the dead night, so she was quite spent when she came inside the room.

They place that they were residing, wasn"t a luxurious inn, but quite decent because Xiao Jun didn"t want to draw unnecessary attention around them as they disguised themselves as merchants.

After cleaned herself, Qianru lied down on the bed, waiting for Xiao Jun to join her. However, the moment her head touched the pillow, her mind wasn"t able to cooperate with her will as she started to doze off.

Actually there was bunches of questions that she wanted to ask to Xiao Jun when she had time alone with him, but regardless her curiosity, her body needs got the best of her.

Without her knowing, her eyes had closed and she gave no more care for her surroundings.

Therefore, the moment Xiao Jun entered their room after took a bath, he found Qianru had slept in weird position.

This woman of his, must be waiting for him at first, but couldn"t fight her tiredness.

A helpless smile appeared on his lips when he strolled toward the bed.

Xiao Jun adjusted Qianru"s position in more comfortable arrangement, so her body wouldn"t be in pain when she woke up in the morning.

Afterward, Xiao Jun lied on the bed beside her, covered her and himself with blanket and pulled her closed to him.

She let out a small grunt and talked incoherently before she fell asleep again, apparently still wanted to pose questions at him.

"Good night." Xiao Jun whispered to her ears before he closed his eyes.

The time that they spent to sleep was a little bit short, as they had spent almost half of it on the road, therefore when the first light of the sun appeared on the frosty sky, it was hard to open her eyes.

But, it wasn"t in Xiao Jun"s case. He had just slept for awhile before he woke up and ordered Liu Wei to find them a carriage.

Qianru probably wouldn"t be in good shape for a ride.

"Wake up…" Xiao Jun nudged Qianru"s cheeks. "Wake up sleepyhead." He tried to pinch her nose, hoping it could stir her from a deep slumber with no avail.

Qianru was grumbling for a while before rolled her body inside the blanket again, didn"t want to open her eyes as her mind still wander around.

Scratching the base of his neck, Xiao Jun resolved to put her directly inside the carriage.

Thus, he scooped his wife along with the blanket that wrapped her body, readjusting it so he could cover Qianru"s face before he walked out of the room with his woman inside the blanket.

Liu Wei, the three guards that would be the coachmen and another twelve guards that would protect them from the shadow, looked at their Master in disbelief.

It was hard to see how Xiao Jun could come up with such an idea… they knew recently the relationship between the two of them was a little bit difficult, however his Master started to show his concern toward his wife.

But to actually act all the way to carry her from the inn with blanket wrapped around her body was a sight to behold.

Of course they were smart enough to not let Xiao Jun knew what they were thinking.

Liu Wei respectfully opened the carriage door and let his Master put down their Mistress carefully on the cozy seat before he got inside and ordered them to start moving.

Those puzzling guards immediately recollecting their scattered mind and did like what they had been told.

The carriage and the twelve guards, who rode horses from afar to keep their distance, set off. They were heading to the north.

Whatever Xiao Jun"s plan was, he didn"t have intention to go back to the Rockstone"s palace yet. He had one more business that he needed to take care of.

And for this, he wasn"t in hurry. Thus, it was fine to come with a carriage.

Only when they had been set off for two hours, finally Qianru came to her sense and started to stretch her stiffened body.

The first thing that came into her mind was; the bed was moving! She could feel it bounce!

Startling, she jolted awake and sat down abruptly. With her sleepy eyes, she scanned her surroundings in alert. Her tensed muscles only relaxed when a familiar face came into her view.

Xiao Jun was staring at her with book in his hand while smiling brightly. "Finally you are awake."

He wetted a handkerchief and gave it to Qianru for her to wash away her remaining sleepiness, she received it while grumbling something like; thank you, in low voice.

They were inside a carriage.

Qianru realized it as soon as the wet handkerchief wiped away her sleepiness and brought a fresh smell of sandalwood.

Afterward, Xiao Jun handed her a cup of water that Qianru received it gratefully, she smiled sheepishly at him.

"Where are we going?" Qianru asked after she finished the water, she opened the curtain of the carriage slightly and frowned because the sunlight stung her eyes.

They were in another empty road with dense trees flanked on their right and left.

"We will go to the black market." Xiao Jun informed her curtly. "There is something that I need to take care of."

The black market was located near the border between the former Xinghe Kingdom, which now was part of Azura"s territory, and the Rockstone Kingdom.

It was very rare for a royal family to be there, except if they wanted something illegally, if this news was spread, Xiao Jun"s image would be ruin.

In actuality, despite running illegal business, the force behind this black market was very strong. Rumors had it that even though all the three remaining Kingdoms were opposing them in the broad daylight, but actually they were supporting them in the dark.

Most Royals would trade weapons, poison and information. Needless to say, even a high born had dirty way to secure their power.

In this black market only money spoke volume, even the most influential person needed to bend their knees to their rule.

Up until now, no one knew who was the person behind this black market, if anything, people only said he was an elderly man with an excellent martial arts, once he was sheeting his sword a hundred people would die!

People tended to exaggerate the fact. Of course it was only hearsay while the truth, no one knew who he was, or he even a man?

Meanwhile, Qianru was surprised with their destination, however that question could wait as she had another questions that she needed an answer.

"Jun, about last night…" Qianru tested the water, seeing if Xiao Jun was in the mood to explain his move to her. She really wanted to know what in her husband"s mind for having such an idea.

After all, if she thought about this again and again, what the man from last night said was true!

If Xiao Jun intended to give the Azura General"s tokens to the Emperor of Rockstone"s spy, it was akin to suicide mission! How Xiao Jun could escape from it?

"Please ask." Xiao Jun closed his book and gave Qianru his full attention, he knew that Qianru also very curious about his plan.

"What is your plan with the tokens? Why did you insist to make The Emperor Mo Qian Yuan a.s.sumed that Azura has something to do with their dispute at their border? Shouldn"t we stay away from this unnecessary trouble?" Qianru frowned deeply. She adjusted her clothes so she would look more presentable if they arrived at the black sword market.

"This plan is very risky, but I had thought about it thoroughly." Xiao Jun replied, his eyes flickered with antsy, after that tokens had delivered, there was no way back and this all depended with the way how he made use of the situation, but he was very determined with the way that he had chosen.

"Risky? Jun, like the man from last night said, this is suicide mission!" Qianru"s voice slightly reached a few octaves.

She was worry for his safety.

Looking at the situation right now, Mo Qian Yuan, The Emperor of Rockstone Kingdom would definitely put Xiao Jun in difficult position, like how he treated the people from Zodasian.

"I am, indeed, always in dangerous situation, but I would never thing to suicide. You see the situation from wrong side, Qianru…" Xiao Jun folded his arms in front of his chest, looking all serious with his statement. "It"s dangerous and will put my head on stake, yes, but an extreme situation needs an extreme measure."

"Jun, we are fine here." Qianru tried to argue with him. "As long as we don"t cause trouble, the Emperor Mo Qian Yuan will think thrice before he makes a move on us."

She still thought that if they were stay away from Azura, Xiao Zi wouldn"t see Xiao Jun as a threat anymore, because whether Xiao Jun managed to topple his reign and reclaimed his birth right, all Qianru"s concern was his well- being.

"Yes, I am agreed that the Emperor Mo Qian Yuan will think thrice." Xiao Jun nodded solemnly. "But, Xiao Zi will not even think twice before he schemed against me, here, where I am not in Azura"s territory."

It was only a false hope to think that Xiao Zi would stop just because he was away from the throne. No, he would never stop until he saw Xiao Jun in the coffin.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

It took Qianru awhile when the understanding dawn on her. "So, you think, before the Emperor Xiao Zi could do something to you, you will take the first step to attack him first?" She stated it carefully.

"Correct." Xiao Jun gave her a bright smile, a.s.suming that he was happy Qianru could grasp it quickly. "You should have known by now that Xiao Zi didn"t have any intention to make me returned to Azura safely. He would likely to see my corpse the moment I come back." Xiao Jun said in the matter of fact tone.

"That is why you very insisted to send me away before?" Qianru put the pieces together. "Because you will start a war between Rockstone and Azura?"

But then another realization hit her. "No…" Qianru mumbled to herself. "Rockstone Kingdom is not on par with our military force, the Emperor Mo Qian Yuan will not blindly instigate a war with Azura if he clearly knows that he will lose the battle, but…"

Qianru raised her head and looked at Xiao Jun with hesitation.

"But?" Xiao Jun prodded eagerly, wanted to hear Qianru"s theory.

"But, if Rockstone Kingdom and Zodasian Kingdom join force, it was possible for them to stand head to head with Azura Military force…" To actually think about it, make Qianru frowned.

It was an extreme way! How this idea even crossed Xiao Jun"s mind!? But to think about this again, she really didn"t have any idea about how Xiao Jun"s mind even working…

On the other hand, Xiao Jun didn"t answer her, instead he smiled as if he approved her speculation.

"But, Jun… how this could help us to return to Azura?"