Chapter 348 Body Search
Jin Fengnian caused a scene in the royal tent, and the Third Prince's men naturally treated him rudely, throwing him out directly.
He rolled three times before stopping, the contents of his bundle digging into his flesh and causing him pain.
"Get out of here! The Third Prince spared your life out of kindness, but if you dare show your face again, I'll break your legs!"
Jin Fengnian scrambled to his feet, yelling, "Pah! Zhou Chenghao, you can just die in there! I'm not putting up with this anymore!"
Jin Fengnian limped away.
After Jin Fengnian had walked a distance, the two guards quickly hid in the shadows and stealthily followed him.
Having left the royal tent, Jin Fengnian had nowhere to go. The once prosperous royal court had fallen into ruin, and the people here were very wary. Unable to find a place to stay, Jin Fengnian grumbled and found an open space, where he slept fully clothed with his bundle.
Once his breathing became even and steady, two guards emerged from the shadows and placed an incense stick under his nose for a moment. However, he lost consciousness completely shortly afterward.
The two guards searched Jin Fengnian from head to toe, "Why is there nothing here?"
"This kid's clothes don't even have a hidden pocket."
"What's in this bundle?" One of them shook Jin Fengnian's bundle to the ground, casually picked up a booklet, happily opened it and flipped through a couple of pages, then suddenly slammed the booklet shut, the burly man blushing.
Another person asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
"Bah! Those bastards actually carry a fire-avoidance map with them, calling us barbarians. They're the hypocrites!"
"Not a single Han Chinese is any good!"
"Take another look. The Third Prince said we can't miss any part of this kid's body."
The Third Prince was already furious when that child went missing today. If they can't bring back any useful information, they'll definitely be punished!
They stripped Jin Fengnian naked but found nothing useful. Finally, their eyes fell on his boots.
They disgustedly took off Jin Fengnian's boots, and the moment they leaned closer, a suffocating smell hit them, causing their eyes to sting and their vision to blur instantly.
"poisonous!"
"Poison my ass! It's this kid's smelly feet!"
The two of them covered their noses tightly and tried to open their eyes to search Jin Fengnian's boots, but still found nothing of value.
"What do we do with this kid now? Maybe we should..."
"Spare his life for now. If the Zhou dynasty princes find out about his death, they might become suspicious. This is the territory of those slaves, and with his health... he won't live more than three days here. After that, it won't be our Third Prince's problem anymore; he chose to leave on his own!"
The two men simply left the naked Jin Fengnian on the spot, lifeless, and returned to the royal tent in the darkness to report back.
However, they didn't know that there's a Han Chinese saying, "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind." Not long after they left, a thin little monkey darted out from the pile of rocks nearby.
Zha Zha was dressed in children's clothes, and in the darkness, no one could tell that it was a monkey.
It approached Jin Fengnian, then paused, covered its nose in disgust, and kicked the man who was sleeping like a log. Seeing that he still didn't react, it had no choice but to resign itself to wrap the scattered clothes around him.
After doing all this, Zha Zha got even angrier. Why could that fat cat follow Qiu Qiu, but it had to follow this idiot!
In a fit of anger, Zha Zha beat up Jin Fengnian.
Jin Fengnian woke up grimacing, his eyes immediately meeting Zha Zha's "innocent" gaze. He was in pain with every movement, and complained to Zha Zha with a long face, "Those Turks are really ruthless! Zha Zha, did you wake me up? You're such a clever monkey!"
Zha Zha suddenly felt a pang of conscience, but quickly recovered. It's just a little monkey!
When Jin Fengnian and Prince Ning were looking for Qiuqiu, they had already spotted Zhazha wearing Qiuqiu's clothes. It must have been that Qiuqiu had encountered something and was moved by them.
The imperial cat is incredibly intelligent, so there shouldn't be any problems with Qiuqiu around. The main issue is that Ya'an has a problem.
They still didn't know what Ya'an was up to, so for now they could only keep him calm. But they couldn't all be trapped here, so Jin Fengnian started making a scene. Fortunately, Prince Ning was a smart man and cooperated with him from the moment he got angry, which allowed them to escape successfully.
Jin Fengnian quickly put on his clothes, and then, amidst Chacha's disapproving gaze, tore a piece of sewn-up bag from his boots.
Zha Zha was shocked: Doesn't he mind that it hurts his feet?
Jin Fengnian waved the cloth bag in front of Zha Zha, "Do you really think I'm a useless piece of trash? This thing can save your life in Turkic territory!"
The Kim family has always believed in the life truth that having more friends means having more options, which is why they love helping the weak and vulnerable.
Several years ago, his uncle rescued a girl while traveling as a merchant. They were about to get married, but unexpectedly, the girl turned out to be a Turk. At that time, the war between the two countries was intense, and his uncle was afraid that her identity would be discovered, so he had to send her back to the Turkic Khaganate.
Before leaving, the girl gave a keepsake to her uncle, telling him to go to the Turkic Khaganate to find her. For some reason, the uncle never mentioned this "aunt" again after that. Jin Fengnian, being cautious, stole the keepsake when he left the capital.
I wonder what kind of mysterious person this woman, who almost became his aunt, is, that actually gave him bones!
He strongly suspected that his uncle was frightened by the girl's fierceness.
However, he had seen the exact same bone on the third prince.
In other words, this "aunt" must have been very wealthy and powerful in the Turkic Khaganate. He could inquire around and maybe find a powerful backer in the Turkic Khaganate!
"Chacha, let's search for Chiu Chiu and Auntie at the same time, and we're determined to turn the Turks upside down!"
He was hit so hard; he must get his revenge!
"By the way, Zha Zha, can you recognize who hit me?"
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Jin Fengnian didn't dare linger here. After a short rest, she prepared to leave. Qiuqiu's legs were short, so she couldn't have gone far. She needed to find her as soon as possible to feel at ease.
He had just stood up when he saw flames appearing in the distance. Looking closer, he saw a group of people approaching him with torches. "Damn it! Chacha, let's run!"
The little monkey nimbly jumped onto Jin Fengnian's shoulder, its claws grabbing his hair, causing Jin Fengnian to wince in pain, which aggravated his wound.
The man and the monkey turned and ran, but stopped after only a couple of steps, because there were people behind them.
The two groups drew closer and closer, brandishing torches and looking menacing.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?"
Jin Fengnian gave an awkward laugh, unsure how to explain.
"Hey, brother, I was just passing by. I apologize for any offense I may have caused while passing through your esteemed place. I... I'll be on my way now!"
"Sneaking around like that, I can tell you're not a good person!" A seven or eight-year-old child, who had witnessed everything, whispered in the ear of the leader, "Boss, he's Han Chinese!"
"Han people?"
As the surroundings fell silent, Jin Fengnian became even more frightened.
After a while, a roar suddenly erupted from the crowd: "Kill him! Kill him!"
Jin Fengnian got impatient. "Why do you keep talking about fighting and killing? Can't we love peace?"
"Stop wasting time talking to him, kill him!"
"If we kill all the Han people, no one will die!"
"Kill him!"
"Kill all Han Chinese!"
As the curved blade fell, Jin Fengnian felt his life was about to end there. His only regret was not leaving an heir for the Jin family.
He groped around for a moment, then raised his hands high: "Boss, please let me go!"
The curved blade stopped close to Jin Fengnian's neck. After a moment of silence, a steady male voice, slightly excited, said, "Boss!"
Jin Fengnian: "Huh?"
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