flstandardbreds Chapter 1138 Difficult to Capture, Difficult to Kill in Qilin Mountain
Chapter 1138 Difficult to Capture, Difficult to Kill in Qilin Mountain
Upon hearing Crown Prince Xiao Jingye say that the wound no longer hurt, Crown Princess Fang Haoqing's eyes widened in disbelief as she asked, "Really?"
"Yes, it's true!"
It really doesn't hurt anymore!
After receiving Xiao Jingye's affirmative answer, Fang Haoqing was so moved that she burst into tears.
How can a wife not feel heartache and anxiety when her husband is injured?
Moreover, there are hidden dangers outside!
I spent the whole night worrying and feeling heartbroken!
Unexpectedly, Xiao Jingyu and Leng Rongyue arrived first, which meant they had powerful reinforcements!
What was even more unexpected was that Leng Rongyue possessed such a magical space and such a magical spiritual spring!
Fang Haoqing was sincerely grateful to Xiao Jingyu and Leng Rongyue, especially to Leng Rongyue!
Crown Prince Xiao Jingye put his robes back on, turned to look at Xiao Jingyu and Leng Rongyue, and said, "Ayu, Rongyue, my wounds have been bandaged. Shouldn't we go out now?"
"We've been inside for a while now, and we don't know what's going on outside. Could something bad happen?"
Leng Rongyue smiled and shook her head. "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the flow of time in this space is different from that outside."
While it takes the time it takes for an incense stick to burn outside, you can stay comfortably for several hours inside.
Besides, I can detect anything happening outside this space in time, so there's nothing to worry about!
Oh, is that so?
That's good!"
Crown Prince Xiao Jingye was relieved.
"Brother, I was just about to ask you this..."
"Your two guards were seriously injured, and even you, my brother, were wounded. What kind of danger did you encounter?"
Upon hearing this, Crown Prince Xiao Jingye's face instantly darkened.
"This all started on our journey from Xingyang Prefecture to Dongchang Prefecture the other day."
Crown Prince Xiao Jingye recounted the events of the past few days to Xiao Jingyu and Leng Rongyue.
"It had been rumored that Deng Chusheng, the eldest son-in-law of the Second Grand Secretary Jiang Ciche, had a cousin named Zhu Gefu, who was the prefect of Dongchang Prefecture."
It is also said that since Zhu Gefu took office, relying on the power of his cousin Deng Chusheng and Deng Chusheng's father-in-law Jiang Ciche, he has been all-powerful in Dongchang Prefecture, treating Dongchang Prefecture as his own territory and his family's cash cow, where he has been extorting and accumulating wealth on a large scale!
I, your humble brother, plan to detour through Dongchang Prefecture on my way back to the capital, and while I'm at it, investigate the identity of Zhu Gefu, the prefect of Dongchang Prefecture.
It had rained the day we arrived in Dongchang Prefecture. Although the sky had cleared up, many places were still muddy and flooded.
Seeing that the road conditions on the official road were fairly good, and thinking we should hurry, we set off towards Dongchang Prefecture.
When we reached the foot of Qilin Mountain, I heard Ruyun, who was following the carriage, exclaim "Eh!" and then add, "These wheel tracks are so deep!"
That must have been a really heavy load to leave such deep ruts!
Ruyun's words caught my attention.
I looked outside... and sure enough, those ruts were very deep.
Let me look back at the tracks left by our carriage...
There were three people in our carriage: me, your sister-in-law, and the guard driving the carriage. There were also three boxes of luggage in the back of the carriage. The ruts we made were not even a third as deep as those other ruts!
Moreover, we discovered that those tire tracks clearly originated from the valleys of Qilin Mountain.
I found it a bit strange, so I stopped the carriage and, with two guards, walked along the tire tracks for a while...
Sure enough, the tire tracks stretched all the way into Qilin Mountain!
Because I was worried about leaving your sister-in-law in the carriage, I took two guards and returned. We rushed into Dongchang Prefecture and settled in the courtyard we had rented beforehand.
Early the next morning, I rode out of the city with four guards and followed the wheel tracks into the mountains.
We originally thought the road into the mountains would become increasingly difficult, and eventually there would be no road at all.
Unexpectedly, the road into the mountains seemed to have been specially repaired, and there was no problem with horse-drawn carriages traveling on it.
On the way, we met some woodcutters and asked them if there were any wealthy families living in the mountains.
They said that, to their knowledge, there were no people living in the mountains, let alone large manors.
But you can often see many people driving horse-drawn carriages into and out of the mountains. When they leave the mountains, the carriages move very slowly, as if they are carrying a very heavy load.
The people here only dare to go as far as where we met when they cut firewood; they don't dare go any further, and they always have to go in groups of several.
He said that some hunters from their village used to go into the mountains to hunt, but they never came out again.
In the past year or two, many young and middle-aged men have also gone missing from several villages nearby...
Some went hunting, some went chopping wood, but they never came back!
After bidding farewell to the woodcutters, I, along with four guards, continued into the mountains.
As a result, after walking a few more miles into the mountains, suddenly, several men in black jumped out of the woods by the roadside.
Without a word, the men in black, carrying ropes and chains, rushed forward to grab us!