Chapter 356 Confession

The bonfire that burned all night finally went out under the starry sky.

Usually, Doji would sleep until the sun was shining on his butt, but today he woke up early for no apparent reason. When he opened his eyes, he saw that Yun Chen's couch was empty.

The sheepskin blanket and pillow were neatly stacked, with Yun Chen's purse on top, but her package was gone.

Doji screamed and woke up the old lady.

The old lady sat up, holding her aching and stuffy chest, walked over and opened her purse, which was full of gold beans.

It was obvious that Yun Chen had left without saying goodbye. This bag of gold was left for Grandma and Duoji.

The old lady fell into deep thought, and a bad premonition gradually arose in her heart. She turned her head and looked at the brazier beside her.

There was plenty of firewood inside that Yun Chen had added before he left, which was why it wasn't cold at all when he woke up this morning and the tent was warm.

The ominous premonition was dispelled by the warmth. The old grandmother held the gold to her chest and hugged Duoji, who was crying and wiping his tears, and comforted him:

"Yun is a good boy. He must have his reasons for leaving like this. It's okay, Doji, he won't forget us."

Doji didn't say anything, but just threw himself into the old grandmother's arms and cried softly.

It’s a pity that reality always deals a heavy blow to those who have illusions.

Five days later, at the quietest dawn on the grassland, when a dazzling blood-red streak crossed the sky before the rising sun, the people of the tribe were awakened from their sleep by the smoke and sounds of fighting.

People walked out of the tents sleepily and climbed up the low slope supporting each other. Only then did they realize that after turning a few small ravines, the grassland in the distance was densely packed with Nan Kingdom soldiers, rushing towards an inconspicuous snow forest entrance like a snow torrent, shouting and fighting non-stop.

The sheriff was stunned: "The royal court was attacked! The royal court was attacked! How did the people of Nan know the entrance to the royal court?!"

The others looked at each other in surprise. "Where is the royal court? Are we close to it? Why hasn't anyone told us?"

The sheriff's eyes widened, his fists clenched. "Think about it! During the winter break, all the tribes live on the good pastures, so where's the space for us? The royal court can only grant us this pasture closest to them!"

People cried out in surprise, expressing their gratitude to the royal court for treating them so well, yet also worried about why the royal court would be suddenly attacked.

After a lot of discussion, everyone turned their attention to the old lady and Doji.

After Yun Chen and four other Nan people left without saying goodbye, everyone in the tribe began to speculate about their true identities and purpose.

People don't want to slander Yun Chen, the hero who saved the entire tribe, but now the facts are in front of them:

As soon as the four Nan people left the tribe, the royal court was attacked. And the family that took in and interacted with the four Nan people the most was the old grandmother's family.

The sheriff strode towards the old lady, scaring her so much that she hid backward.

Doji immediately stood in front of the old lady, preventing the sheriff from moving forward.

Doji stretched out his thin arms and shouted loudly:

"It can't be Brother Yun! Stop talking nonsense! And don't bully my grandma!"

Listening to the faint sounds of fighting in the distance, the sheriff stared with red eyes:

"Besides me! Only your grandma knows where the royal court is! I also hope it's not Brother Yun! So I have to ask grandma! I want a definite answer!"

The old lady shook her head repeatedly and swore to God that she really did not reveal a single word about the royal court.

Just as people were comforting each other that it must be a misunderstanding and that since the old lady hadn't revealed anything, Yun Chen couldn't possibly know where the royal court was, Doji suddenly started shaking all over.

His eyes widened, filled with fear, and he muttered three words:

"The place where rice grows."

Doji said these three words in Nan Mandarin. Others could not understand, but the old grandmother was stunned. She grabbed Doji's shoulders and asked sternly:

"How do you know this? Who told you?!"

Doji had always been cherished and loved by the old grandmother. This was the first time he saw the old grandmother being so strict. He could not help but avoid her gaze and whispered:

"I heard you talking in your sleep, so I... told Brother Yun."

After hearing this, the old lady's eyes went dark and she almost fainted.

Doji and the sheriff quickly supported the man. The sheriff asked anxiously:

"Grandma, what is 'Shengmi Di'? What does it mean?"

Doji could not translate the Luojiang dialect into the Nan language very accurately, so he could only say the three words "shengmidi".

But for someone as smart as Yun Chen, solving the puzzle is a piece of cake.

The land of raw rice.

The place where rice can grow is the small rice field.

The north is bitterly cold, with little fertile black soil and almost no place to grow crops.

But before Yun Chen and others came, they had already memorized the map of Luojiang.

They knew that there was only one place in the entire grassland with low terrain, sparse grass and thick soil. It was the place where the Luojiang people tried to grow rice decades ago.

Shengmi Di means that the royal court is not far from the small rice fields.

Just three words. With the abilities of Yun Chen and the other three, it was more than enough to investigate and launch a surprise attack on the royal court.

Doji finally realized what a terrible disaster he had caused and what kind of catastrophe he had brought to his people.

He stood there stupidly, letting the sheriff grab his collar and curse loudly. The only thing in his mind was Yun Chen riding his horse towards the fire and snow-capped mountains, not even looking back to save him and the people of the tribe.

He didn't understand why it was Yun Chen?

How could it be Yun Chen?

Just as Doggie was immersed in these questions that he couldn't figure out, suddenly, the sheriff yelled and let go of the hand that was pulling Doggie's collar.

Dorje fell to the ground, as if everything in the world had slowed down.

He vaguely saw the crowd in a commotion, and after a fierce quarrel, everyone looked at him with the coldest, most blaming eyes in the world.

Doji's legs were so weak that he couldn't stand up. He struggled to crawl towards the old grandmother, wanting to kowtow and admit his mistake, and wanting to say sorry to her.

Unfortunately, the old lady had already covered her chest and closed her eyes forever, and could no longer hear the young man's confession.