Wei Yunlan found a secluded place to hide.
Zou Yun and Yu Qi quickly left with the box.
Not long after they sneaked into the small town of Tuoba tribe, the Tuoba tribesmen wandering near the city gate suddenly pointed to the west, in the direction of the vague outline of the mountains.
"Look, something seems to be running over there..."
With an exclamation, everyone's eyes turned to the west.
I saw two white figures running from the direction of the mountain, and in the distance, I seemed to hear the roar of wild beasts.
"Is it a wild animal running down from the mountain?"
"It's too far away, I can't see clearly, it's all white, is it a fox..."
"With that size, how could it be a fox? Could it be a lion or a tiger?"
"Well, maybe it's hard to find food in the mountains since winter, so they came down the mountain to steal food from us. A few days ago, there was a ranch nearby, and several sheep were taken away by wild wolves that ran down the mountain!"
"No matter what it is, quickly remind the nearby herdsmen to take good care of their cattle, sheep and horses..."
The roar of the beast gradually faded away, and the Tuoba tribesmen who had been surrounding the city gate also dispersed. No one noticed that just during that period of time, two figures quietly sneaked into the city.
Wei Yunlan stood in a small, unnoticed corner outside the city wall, his eyes following the direction where the "beast" had appeared previously.
The wild beasts that ran down the mountain were none other than a pair of white tigers that she had obtained in the country of Qimeng not long ago.
In less than half an hour, Yu Qi and Zou Yun, who had sneaked into the city, came out one after another to meet Wei Yunlan.
"Is everything going well?"
"It went well." They both nodded.
Yu Qi said: "The city lord here is from the Tuoba royal family. He is a half-sibling of the current Tuoba King and Princess Helian. They lost the competition for the throne in their early years and were driven here. In addition to the city lord's mansion, there is also a separate mansion here. After the two of us entered the city, we sent the scorpion to these two places."
Two boxes, containing a total of six poisonous scorpions, are the only remaining "stock" in Wei Yunlan's space.
"When I left, someone in the City Lord's Mansion had already discovered the poisonous scorpion and reported it to the City Lord."
Zou Yun paused for a moment and continued, "I feel like the Tuoba City Lord wants to conceal the fact that the poisonous scorpion is here and wants to order people to capture the poisonous scorpion alive."
"He can't hide it." Wei Yunlan shook his head slightly.
Six poisonous scorpions cannot do much, but this place is not far from the Helian tribe. They must have heard about the turmoil in the Helian royal court more than two months ago.
In that accident, these poisonous scorpions with red-gold pincers played a prominent role.
It is impossible that City Lord Tuoba didn't know.
Whether he captured these scorpions alive to domesticate them himself or to frame others, he must have had some selfish motives. Now Wei Yunlan wanted to take advantage of this selfish motive.
"By the way, Miss Wei, where are Heiyun and Xuerong?" Zou Yun looked around, but the two figures, one black and one white, were no longer beside Wei Yunlan.
"They will be back later." Just as Zou Yun and Yu Qi sneaked into the city, Heiyun and Xuerong continued to run towards the south.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
In case something went wrong with City Lord Tuoba and she failed to achieve the desired effect, at least she had a backup plan so that she would not return empty-handed.
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"Miss Wei, you are finally back."
Wei Yunlan and the other two left Xishan Ranch after noon, and it was already dark when they returned.
Miss Bai, who had been waiting at the Xishan Ranch, held her breath, fearing that something might go wrong with them at the Northern Barbarians' side.
Seeing the three people coming, she breathed a sigh of relief. She did not ask Wei Yunlan what they were doing. She only whispered, "Young Master Nanxing's team went straight to the Helian tribe's royal court without stopping anywhere else."
"Everything is normal at Xishan Ranch. The big tent where the grain is stored is guarded by people from Tianshu Pavilion, and no herdsmen are approaching."
Wei Yunlan nodded and said, "We will stay at Xishan Ranch for another day or two. You don't have to stay with us all the time."
"I'd better stay at Xishan Ranch." Miss Bai said, "The girls who took advantage of the palace banquet to escape have all been sent back to Dayong by Tianshu Pavilion. I am the only one who stayed. The Second Prince is worried that Master Nanxing will recognize me, so he specially asked someone to remind me not to leave Xishan Ranch before Master Nanxing leaves the Helian tribe."
"Okay, then let's wait together." Wei Yunlan did not say what she was waiting for.
However, as day was about to break, news was received at Xishan Ranch.
The poisonous scorpion that had appeared at the Helian tribe’s palace banquet was discovered in the Tuoba tribe’s territory.
Young Master Nanxing, who had already entered the Helian tribe and was halfway there, received the news in the middle of the night. He immediately decided to split up half of his men. This half would continue to head towards the royal court of the Helian tribe, while he would take the remaining half and head straight to the city of the Tuoba tribe where the poisonous scorpion was discovered.
When Xishan Ranch received the news, Young Master Nanxing's team was about to pass by.
The sun rose in the east, and along with it appeared on the distant sandy road a team of people galloping past.
Looking at the number of horses in the team, we can tell that the information we just received is basically correct.
Young Master Nanxing really took half of his men and went to the Tuoba tribe.
Wei Yunlan heaved a sigh of relief, "We shouldn't stay here for long. Since Young Master Nanxing has left the Helian tribe, let's get ready and set off."
"Miss Wei, what about those grains?" she reminded.
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