Forensic Imperial Concubine

The originally clean ground was wet by the oil and became slippery. The soldiers of the Great Jade Kingdom couldn't stand
steadily at all and all fell down. The attacking ram also lost its balance and hit the city wall directly. Everything under the city gate
was in a mess.
"Oh, no! General, tell them to retreat quickly!" The counsellor could tell something was wrong when he saw the soldiers of Bright
Dynasty were pouring something down. He knew that the object was absolutely not a good thing when he saw that the soldiers
fell and piled on the ground one by one.
"Retreat!"
But the order was too late. When the bonfire finally fell from the city and landed on the ground, a large fire burst out. The wood
oil could easily burn, so all the soldiers who tried to attack the city were set into fire. The soldiers' screech drowned the fighting
sound of the battle field.
The remaining soldiers of the Great Jade Kingdom wanted to put out the fire and save the soldiers on fire, but at the same time,
the soldiers at the tower began to shoot intense feathery arrows. They couldn't get close to those on fire at all. As a result, they
could only watch them being burned to death.
The air on the battlefield was reeking with the nasty smell of burnt meat, which made people feel sick. Shawn controlled his
disgust. It seemed that not only he was in a bad mood, so was Zack. Otherwise, he would not repel the enemies in such an
extreme way as soon as he arrived here.
Benjamin Wu' face paled. Firstly, the Bright Dynasty had used the explosives to blow up their soldiers, which had made them cry
for mercy. Now, he had burned their soldiers to death with the oil. His eyes turned red and ferocious!
"Shawn, I swear I will cut you into pieces!" Benjamin Wu roared angrily.
Standing on the tower, Shawn looked calm and said coldly, "I'll wait; if you have the ability, come here."
"I..."
"General, the most important thing is to retreat," the counsellor persuaded at once. He knew how insidious and cunning these
people of the Bright Dynasty were. There must be many traps waiting for them. They couldn't act rashly, lest they would fall into
the trap of the enemies again.

Even though Benjamin Wu didn't want to admit defeat, he had no choice but to ask his soldiers to retreat in a short time. He had
thought that the Dragon Pass would be under his control soon. Yet, he didn't expect that Shawn became so aggressive that he
used such a despicable means to repel them.
"Retreat!" The soldiers of the Great Jade Kingdom retreated like tide. Shawn looked at them indifferently and turned to go
downstairs. Since Zack had arrived, he should go to see him and have a good talk with his old friend.
In the general's house, Zack sat at the guest seat and sipped his tea gracefully, as if he had already guessed the result. When he
saw Shawn, he greeted with a smile, "You are back."
"It's out of my expectation that His Majesty and Grand Secretary Franklin would have sent you here," Shawn said as he handed
his sword to his deputy general and took off his helmet. "How was your trip? Was it smooth?"
"I walked separately from General Maxwell, so my trip here was quite smooth. But the general and the army's trip are not so
smooth," Zack said calmly. "And you? How are you?"
"I am fine!" Shawn said, raising his eyebrows. "But look at you. You look pale and may faint at any time."
"I'm a scholar who's weak in physical strength. Since I rushed to the Dragon Pass and didn't have any rest, it's understandable
that I'm in a bad state. But look at you: you have black eyes! You seemed to have been beaten hard by others. How long did you
not sleep well?" Zack asked slowly. "If your father saw you like this, he would be heartbroken."
Shawn sat down next to Zack and drank up a cup of tea. "Rolando is so shameless and insidious. He didn't give me the chance
to rest. In the past half a month, I haven't had a sound sleep. Luckily, you are here now. Otherwise, I don't know how long I can
hold on."
"Don't worry. Prince Matthew should be back in any minute," Zack said in a low voice. "Is there any news about Harper?"
"Before the Great Jade Kingdom attacked the Dragon Pass, we got the news that she was under house arrest in the Imperial
Palace of the Great Jade Kingdom by Rolando. Now, since Rolando appeared in the Dragon Pass, it means she should have
escaped and be with Prince Matthew on the way back here," Shawn said, trying to comfort Zack. "Don't worry. Harper's smart.
She'll be fine."
"I heard that the Wonder Kingdom and the Great Jade Kingdom were also fighting at the Mountain Pass." Zack had more
thoughts on mind. Based on common sense, at this time, the Wonder Kingdom should wait and see and then make a move.
Since it took action at such a time, somehow, Zack suspected that it was helping the Bright Dynasty. But why did it do that?

"Yeah. It is said that the prime minister of the Great Jade Kingdom has been hurt."
"Why did the Wonder Kingdom help our Bright Dynasty?" Zack was confused. After all, Wonder Kingdom and Bright Dynasty
didn't have any connection. Why did it offer help now?
"Speaking of this, I think of one thing." Shawn had heard a saying that at the South Kingdom, Harper was pestered by the third
prince of Wonder Kingdom, Kile.
"What is it?" Zack asked at once.
"When Harper went to the South Kingdom, she were pestered by the prince of Wonder Kingdom, Kile. But later, the South
Kingdom attacked Harper. Kile then left the South Kingdom. Besides, before he left, he had been looking for Harper."
"You mean Harper and Kile know each other?" Zack came to realize that if the prince made friends with Harper, everything about
the behaviors of the Wonder Kingdom now made sense.
Shawn thought over his words and said, "I'm afraid it's not that simple as that. They should be on good terms."
"So it means that Prince Matthew is not with Harper now," Zack commented with a frown. "I'm afraid that Harper is in the
Mountain Pass now, while Prince Matthew is on the way back to the Dragon Pass."