The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1442: Notify the Prince Immediately

Chapter 1442: Chapter 1442: Notify the Prince Immediately

Therefore, Zimo should have kept Baiqing at his own mansion.

Perhaps his sudden arrival at Prince Mo’s Mansion had caught Zimo off guard, and he might even be able to find Baiqing and take him back. Who knows?

But who could have anticipated...

No sooner had he arrived within Prince Mo’s Mansion than, before the people there even noticed him, a black shadow pounced from a courtyard, nearly toppling him to the ground.

With a swift sidestep, he moved aside, only then turning to see what it was.

It turned out to be a black panther!

The glint in his eyes flickered; he never knew that Zimo kept such a savage beast like a black panther by his side.

"Roar!"

The panther, having missed its initial leap, turned and pounced again, lunging toward the man in black.

Without a second thought, the man in black unsheathed his sword, intending to strike the panther, but from nowhere a white shadow flashed out, biting harshly on his hand holding the sword.

"Ah!"

He screamed in pain as the sword fell from his grasp to the ground.

Although he dodged, the panther’s claws slashed directly from his right shoulder to his left, leaving a wound both deep and long.

"Hiss!"

He gasped in pain, raising his uninjured hand to cover his shoulder, only to find he could stem the blood in one place but not stop it seeping out from another.

Across the way, within his line of sight, one of the black panther’s paws was stained with his own blood, and atop the panther’s head sat a white fox.

"Zimo!"

He truly hadn’t expected to be injured within the grounds of Zimo’s estate!

Looking up, he saw guards, alerted by the panther’s roar, racing over.

With a leap, he dashed out, deciding he would have plenty of time later to return to this place. For now, he needed to tend to his wounds.

"What’s happened?"

Jiang Li rushed over following the guards and saw the black panther kept by his lord’s mother, its paw drenched in blood, while atop its head, the white fox White Fox bared its teeth in a ferocious expression toward the courtyard wall.

"Leader Jiang Li, someone broke in," reported a guard to Jiang Li.

Jiang Li: "..."

He didn’t need to be told; otherwise, where would Blackie get the blood on its paw? Surely not from them.

But, to reach the backyard of Prince Mo’s Mansion, guarded as it was by layers of guards, the intruder must not be a simple figure. Was it the Emperor’s man or someone from Prince Yi’s Mansion?

Neither seemed likely. The only possibility was...

"You two, take Blackie to wash his paws. Everyone else, stand down," he instructed the guards with a wave.

"Yes, leader."

Soon, only Jiang Li was left in the courtyard. He bit his lip.

"Notify the prince, we must notify the prince at once."

Whoever had made it to the backyard of Prince Mo’s Mansion must be one of the people from the Illusion Continent that had been mentioned before.

And to think, the lord’s mother’s pet Blackie had even managed to injure someone from the Illusion Continent. He would have to regard Blackie with newfound respect from now on.

...

In his villa, Zimo had just received two messages carried by homing pigeons. Both pieces of paper were spread out before him.

"Finally... they have come."

Taking both papers into his hands, he clenched them until they crumbled into powder, then his gaze landed on Zhe Jue beside him.

"My lord, what should be done?" Zhe Jue asked.