The curtain fell on the battle of Yunbi Mountain following Han Yin’s suicide.
Qin Ruo led a team to tidy the battlefield and deal with the aftermath of the war.
Fen Ling asked Su Rong, "Sister. What should we do with the body of Han Yin? Should it be burned along with these Dawei soldiers?"
Su Rong twirled her fingers, "Leave the body of Han Yin, make a coffin for it, and send it to the Nangong Family."
Fen Ling’s eyes lit up, "I can handle this job!"
She immediately ordered to embalm Han Yin’s body. Then, she sought Yin Yue’s advice, "My sister plans to use Han Yin’s body and these forty thousand soldiers to challenge Nangong Family. Naturally, we need to send it to Nangong Family in advance. Will you use secret agents of the Ye Family to stealthily transport it to the Capital City?"
Yin Yue looked at Ye Guixue. Seeing his master had no objections, he nodded.
"Is this an easy task?" Fen Ling asked, "Won’t anything go wrong?"
"It’ll be more difficult than preparing medicinal materials, but it’s not impossible." Yin Yue looked at him, "If something goes wrong, it’s probably that Han Yin’s body falls into the hands of Liu’an Prince?"
This wasn’t Crown Prince Yuan Zhao of Dawei’s body. Whether Han Yin was given to Nangong Family or Liu’an Prince didn’t make a big difference.
Upon realizing this, Fen Ling cheerfully said, "Okay, then let’s go ahead with it."
After cleaning up the battlefield, they rested on the spot for a day. During this day, Su Rong finally had the time to catch up on the news from outside.
Luckily, Fang Yue had delivered news saying that they had tracked Nanchu King, Zhou Gu, and Zhang Yun’s whereabouts. After the three left Nanchu Capital and advanced a thousand miles, they were ambushed by Nangong Yin, who was sent by Nangong Family with all the resources from the Ye Family, forcing them into Zhandu Forest, a few thousand miles from Lingshui River.
Su Rong took a deep breath and thought that the Zhandu Forest was not to be feared. She knew that an antidote pill would prevent internal toxicity, and Zhou Gu must have had the antidote pills she prepared when he left Daliang Capital City.
"Ah? Zhandu Forest?" Fen Ling was surprised and turned to ask Yin Yue, "Is this the forest you told me about?"
"Yes," Yin Yue nodded.
Excited, Fen Ling said to Su Rong, "Sister, I heard that the Zhandu Forest is humid all year round, animals do not hibernate, and plants grow freely. Not only are there all kinds of poisonous snakes and insects, but there are also countless precious herbs, which are all rare and old medicines."
Su Rong looked at him silently, "So, do you think they’ll have the leisure to gather medicine while they’re in Zhandu Forest?"
Fen Ling blinked his eyes, "Maybe? Brother-in-law has the antidote pill and does not fear the miasma. Can poisonous snakes and insects get close to him with his martial arts? Why shouldn’t he be interested in gathering medicine?"
Su Rong was speechless.
Fen Ling continued, "Try thinking about it, brother-in-law helped you make medicines, and you gave him a book on herbalism. He has some understanding of identifying medicinal materials and knowledge of medicine. When he encounters precious medicinal herbs, which are rare to find outside, he will see a large patch of them, do you think he wouldn’t be interested in collecting? He might be ecstatic, right?"
Thinking from his own perspective, Fen Ling believed Zhou Gu was this type of person who never lets go of an advantage, especially when he encounters a flock of good sparrows.
Su Rong: "..."
That makes sense.
She took a light breath, "Fortunately, I made some medicine for him to take with him. It really comes in handy."
Fen Ling nodded repeatedly, he had also witnessed the usefulness of good medicine. It had saved the lives of many people, such as Fu Zhou, his sister, Zhang Mao, Second Young Master Ye, who were all seriously injured. So, when he heard about Zhandu Forest, he was so excited. It’s a rare opportunity. He wished that he could replace Zhou Gu and stay in Zhandu Forest.
"Okay, don’t get too excited. It’s good that they have news now." Su Rong thought that she could get news from thousands of miles away at Yunbi Mountain. This news must be from a fortnight ago, or even longer. Maybe they have already left Zhandu Forest by now.
She turned to ask Ye Guixue, "Is Zhandu Forest near the Western Ridge?"
"Yes, Zhandu Forest is two hundred miles from the Western Ridge." Ye Guixue replied.
Su Rong mused, "Since they were forced into Zhandu Forest by Nangong Zheng, it means they can’t move forward and have no other options. They must have planned to go to the Western Ridge initially, but after the route was cut off, they had to go into Zhandu Forest. After getting out of Zhandu Forest, it would be Maolin County. If I remember correctly, doesn’t Nangong Family have a person officiating there?"
Ye Guixue nodded.
Su Rong continued, "Therefore, they can’t get to the Western Ridge. If they aren’t stubborn enough to keep going forward, they can only turn back..."
Ye Guixue followed her train of thought, "Perhaps they will head towards the border of Daliang."
Su Rong’s eyes lit up, and she immediately ordered Fen Ling, "Send a message to Fang Yue and Wanniang, tell them to prepare to provide support with their men."
Fen Ling nodded and immediately sent the message.
"Only Uncle Xie has not sent any news." Su Rong said.
"If there’s no news, it means he’s hiding well and probably plotting something in the dark." Ye Guixue explained.
Su Rong nodded, she didn’t believe Uncle Xie had come to Nanchu and done nothing. He must be plotting something big.
After resting for a day, Su Rong thought about leading the troop towards Zhandu Forest. If they could meet up with Nanchu King, Zhou Gu, and Zhang Yun, that would be great. If not, when the news of her leading three hundred thousand troops to Nanchu reached Nangong Yin, and frightened Nangong Family to the point of wanting to leave the capital to seek refuge in Dawei, she could also intercept them before they reach Dawei border. Just like intercepting Han Yin and his forty thousand troops.
Should she choose a crucial location and wait for Nangong Yin to arrive?
Su Rong increasingly felt this to be a reasonable plan after discussing with Ye Guixue and Qin Ruo.
Both of them nodded in agreement, believing this to be a good move. Especially since Ye Xiang and Ye Guiyan, with their men, were already on their way to Nanchu Capital. Behind them, a large number of soldiers were also heading towards the capital. In this way, they didn’t need to hurry to the capital. They could wait at the hotspot and rob the people from Nangong Family.
So, after the discussion, a hundred thousand soldiers continued to march towards Lingshui River. Lingshui River, a long river stretching along dozens of mountains, among which the Seven Ring Mountain must be crossed on the way from Nanchu to the border of Dawei.
Since getting in touch with Fang Yue, they received news from her every three days. Until half a month later, Fang Yue reported that she and Wanniang, leading their men, had finally found Nanchu King, Zhou Gu, and Zhang Yun trailing the Nangong Family. One good news and one bad news.
The good news was that she had rendezvoused with the three of them who were safe and sound. In addition to the team were numerous secret agents, including those led by Ziye and the secret agents led by the third son of Zhang Family, Lang Ying, none of which were severely injured, and were well-protected. The secret agents led by the king and the second son of the Ye Family had suffered severe casualties, losing two-thirds, but fortunately, the masters were preserved and all was safe.
The bad news was that Liu’an Prince had fifty thousand private troops, and as of now, they were being pursued by the three sons of Nangong Family and Liu’an Prince. They had no place to hide. They requested immediate support from the leader.
The location was Wanren Mountain, Death Valley. They were forced into the valley and hiding thanks to the dangerous terrain.
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