The Invincible Bodyguard Starting by Escorting the Doomsday Imperial Princess Chapter 69 : Chapter 69

Chapter 69: Driven Out by the Empress of Great Yun

“Brother Chen, let’s find a place to rest for a day. Look, I haven’t bathed in more than half a month...”

The mont they entered the city, Luo Li moved up beside him and raised an arm, as though inviting Chen Guan to sll it.

“All right, all right!” Chen Guan waved a hand in disgust.

Resting for a day would be fine.

He himself had spent more than half a month eating nothing but wild ga and roasted at. His mouth was practically tasteless by now.

Besides, Yulin City was a great tropolis with a population of over a million. It was the perfect place to gather so information and make thorough preparations before entering Great Zhou.

Seeing Chen Guan agree, Luo Li felt a surge of joy.

It seed this fellow was not quite as devoid of human feeling as he looked.

She really had been afraid that, in his eagerness to collect the escort fee sooner, he would not stop even for a mont and would simply rush to deliver her, stinking all over, into Great Zhou so he could take the next job.

The two of them soon found an inn.

The mont they entered, Luo Li hurried to the counter and called to the shopkeeper, who was fiddling with an abacus, “Shopkeeper, two superior rooms!”

“Right away! Please wait a mont, honored guests!”

The elderly shopkeeper behind the counter briskly flipped open his ledger, ran a finger over it, then pointed toward the stairs with a smile.

“There are just two superior rooms left, both on the third floor at the very end. Quiet too!”

Just as the two of them were about to head upstairs, the light at the doorway dimd. A troop of heavily armored soldiers strode in from outside.

Their armor was sowhat different from that of the black-armored troops on the city wall. Their cuirasses were a deep violet-black.

Branded on the chest of each was a savage Earth-Fiend emblem, and at their waists they carried three regulation blades of different lengths. Their entire bodies radiated the iron-blooded, murderous aura that warned all living beings to stay away.

The Demon Suppression Bureau!

The instant Chen Guan saw that iconic attire, the na flashed through his mind.

The leader of the group did not head toward the innkeeper. Instead, he crossed the main hall directly and cupped his fists toward Chen Guan.

“Sir, would you happen to be Escort Master Chen Guan?”

The mont those words were spoken, Luo Li’s heart tightened at once. She imdiately beca alert and quietly edged a little farther behind Chen Guan.

They had only just co down the mountain and entered the city, and officials were already at their door this quickly.

There could only be one explanation: her identity had very likely already been exposed on Great Yun’s side.

Chen Guan himself was puzzled as well, but his expression remained calm. Returning the salute, he replied, “That would be . What business does this officer have with ?”

Commander Zhao Lei did not answer the question directly. Instead, his gaze fell upon Luo Li at Chen Guan’s side, and after carefully sizing her up, he finally spoke again.

“This young lady—is she the employer you are escorting this ti?”

Chen Guan’s brow twitched almost imperceptibly, but he still did not hide it. He nodded. “She is.”

Hearing that confirmation, Zhao Lei’s expression suddenly turned grave. He stepped back once before clasping his fists again in explanation.

“Escort Master Chen, please do not misunderstand. We an no harm. We are rely here under orders from our superior to ‘escort’ the two of you out of Great Yun’s territory.”

“Escort?” Luo Li’s heart jolted in shock.

Chen Guan swept his gaze across the room and very quickly spotted the squad leader he had seen earlier before the gate tower. The man was now standing at the inn entrance, peering over anxiously.

There was no need to think about it. Luo Li’s identity had been exposed beyond all doubt!

The only reason they had found them this quickly was because they were afraid that Luo Li, this scalding-hot burden, would drag the trouble of rebellion onto the Great Yun Imperial Dynasty.

That was why they had co so urgently—to drive them out.

Noticing the confusion in Luo Li’s eyes, Zhao Lei did not conceal anything and spoke plainly.

“The two of you. We confird that you would pass through this city from the information Escort Master Luo Tong left at the branch office of the Escort Master Alliance, so we waited here specifically.”

“No wonder.” Chen Guan nodded.

So long as it was not an arrest warrant, that was fine.

Luo Li, however, looked distinctly displeased. “Officer, we rode through the entire night. Could you at least allow us to rest here for one day before leaving?”

“Please forgive us, miss.”

Zhao Lei was clearly sowhat wary of her, but he had no intention whatsoever of bending the rules. With an apologetic salute, he said, “We are acting under orders as well. Duty leaves us no choice. We must escort the two of you out of the city imdiately!”

The corners of Chen Guan’s mouth twitched hard.

Without betraying anything on his face, he patted the back of Luo Li’s hand, signaling her to forget it.

“Let’s go.”

Then Chen Guan shot the troubleso girl at his side an irritated look.

This girl was not rely a walking disaster anymore. She had beco a rat everyone wanted driven away.

Fortunately, the n of the Demon Suppression Bureau still had so sense of decency. They brought over two magnificent warhorses for the two of them as a gesture of apology.

Chen Guan did not stand on ceremony. He caught the reins and swung himself neatly onto one of them.

Luo Li gritted her teeth and mounted the other as well.

Seeing this, Zhao Lei swept a hand through the air, and twenty armored n instantly split into two groups.

He personally led ten of them in front to clear the road, while the remaining ten rode behind Chen Guan and Luo Li’s horses.

This arrangent looked less like an escort and more like a prisoner convoy!

“Drive!”

With the crack of Zhao Lei’s whip, the crowded masses on the street automatically parted to either side.

Chen Guan and Luo Li were hemd in between them like that and galloped straight for the northern gate.

Along the way, Chen Guan had wanted to dismount and buy dried rations and water. But Zhao Lei feared he might take the opportunity to leave so sort of hidden trouble behind and bring catastrophe upon Great Yun, so he refused without hesitation.

The one most infuriated by all this, however, was Luo Li.

At that mont, a layer of frost had settled over her delicate face, and her beautiful eyes were so cold they seed to have been dipped in ice.

When Chen Guan saw that expression, he gave a derisive snort and tossed out a line.

“What? Can’t swallow this insult? Then why don’t you ride straight into the imperial palace of Great Yun right now and have a nice little debate with Her Majesty the Empress?”

“Why would I go looking for trouble?” Luo Li shot back, full of displeasure. “I’m only wondering whether my aunt deliberately leaked my identity!”

“You still have to wonder about that?” Chen Guan let out a scornful laugh.