Chapter 181: Ghost Wall
Hu Wei turned around and slapped him on the head, "Stop it, kid. If you keep nagging me, you'll be in the pig pen shoveling shit."
Qiao Yang covered his head and ran away screaming. Sooner or later, he would have to make Xiao Jin shovel pig manure!
After entering December, the weather has become colder, especially the temperature difference between morning and evening is particularly large. Only during the two hours at noon every day can people feel warmer.
Because it gets cold quickly at night, Su Ying won't let everyone work too late, so as to avoid catching a cold and getting sick, which would be troublesome.
When the weather gets cold, night comes especially quickly.
After a busy day, everyone returned home.
Because it was cold, the cooked food cooled down quickly, so He Shouyi discussed with Murong De and decided to start making hot pot for everyone, so they lit a few small stoves to cook the hot pot.
Fortunately, Su Ying spent money to buy a few more pots last time as backup, otherwise there would not be enough pots.
Su Ying looked at the steaming boiling soup, and the whole room was filled with the aroma of the hot pot.
What they didn't know was that at this time someone was quietly approaching the Tiger Camp.
Those people slowly approached the Tiger Camp under the cover of night. For fear of being discovered, they did not dare to light torches and could only use the faint moonlight to illuminate the way ahead.
Those people looked up and could vaguely see a fire not far away, but perhaps the distance was too far and the light flickered, and they didn't know if they were seeing things.
"How can there be light in this remote place? Let's go over there and take a look."
"yes."
They slowly moved towards the light, but after walking for a long time, they still felt that they were so far away from the light.
"We've been walking for over an hour, why do I feel like we're just standing still?"
"Not necessarily. It's pitch dark and we can't see clearly what's ahead. What if the light only looks close to us but is actually very far away? Let's try again."
Others thought it made sense and continued to move forward.
They walked until the sky turned pale and all the light they saw disappeared, but they still hadn't reached the place where the light was flashing.
"It's really weird. Even if that place is far away, we should be closer. But we've been walking for a whole night and I feel like we're still standing still."
“We’re just marking time.”
Someone pointed at the footprints and said, "Look, these are the footprints we made last night."
A few people looked down and saw, as expected, a neat row of footprints on the ground. They were the ones they made last night.
"Are we facing a ghost wall? I've heard that the Northern Wasteland is full of evil spirits, but I didn't expect to encounter one right after we arrived."
They didn't know what unknown things were waiting for them ahead. If they continued to move forward rashly, they might lose their lives. After discussing it, they decided to go back and report first.
On the door wall, No. 4 came to see the people who had been circling around the door all night, and after making sure that they had left, he immediately went back to report the situation to Xiao Jin.
He was not too surprised by the speed at which these people came. "You continue to guard. If you find someone who can break the formation, tell me immediately."
"yes."
After No. 4 left, Xiao Jin called Jiang Yang and asked, "I asked Lin Kun and the others to get information. Have they received a reply?"
Jiang Yang shook his head, "No message has come back yet."
Xiao Jin frowned a little, "Where are the exiled troops from Jincheng going now?"
"We have arrived at Horse King City. If we move fast, we may be able to reach the Northern Wasteland before the end of the month."
In about half a month, even if there are some losses during the exile, at least most of them will be able to reach the Northern Wilderness. There are thousands of mouths to feed.
Xiao Jin’s brows furrowed even tighter.
"After contacting Lin Kun and the others, ask them to come see me."
"Yes, I will leave the message right away."
…
Xiao Jue took care of his wounds for a few days before the pain stopped making him want to die.
"Your Highness, the person who went to investigate is back." The confidant walked into the house.
Xiao Jue raised his head with hatred in his eyes, "Let someone in."
The spy walked into the room and knelt down in front of Xiao Jue, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you."
"Have you found it?" Xiao Jue asked impatiently.
"Your Highness, we haven't found them yet. The Northern Wasteland is very strange. We have been circling around in one place last night and couldn't get out, let alone find anyone. As we walked in, we saw almost no living people except for corpses that had turned into brittle bones."
The veins on Xiao Jue's forehead began to throb crazily, "Useless bastard, you can't even find a woman!"
"Your Highness, please forgive me." It would be fine if it was somewhere else, but that place is outside the Great Wall and in the northern wilderness. It would not be easy for them to find someone.
"Keep looking. If you can't find them, I will take off your heads!"
The spy dared not refute, "Your Highness, please calm down. I will do my best to find him and bring him back."
"roll!"
Xiao Jue was so angry that his chest ached. Although the soft armor blocked Su Ying's knife, it did not stop the force of the knife. Su Ying used a lot of force in that knife, and it broke both of his sternums. Every time he breathed, he felt so painful that he wanted to kill someone.
"Where is the person I want to see? Has he arrived?" Xiao Jue said after calming down his anger a little.
"Your Highness, they sent a message saying that the person will arrive today."
As soon as the confidant finished speaking, the voice of the guards passing on the message was heard outside.
"Your Highness, the person has been brought here."
Xiao Jue raised his breath again.
"Bring the person in to me."
Li Da was brought into the room by the guards. Seeing Xiao Jue half leaning on the bed, Li Da knelt down and saluted very consciously.
"I, Li Da, pay my respects to His Majesty."
Xiao Jue restrained the gloomy aura on his body, and Li Da stood up with a smile on his face.
Li Da looked at Xiao Jue's fake smile and felt a sense of despair as if a disaster was about to happen.
"You came all the way here, and I didn't even give you a break. Sit down, and I'll bring up some good tea and snacks."
How could Li Da dare to sit down!
"I am not worthy. Your Highness, please feel free to ask me anything you want to say. I will tell you everything I know."
Xiao Jue looked at Li Da and smiled more sincerely. "Please sit down. You don't have to be so reserved in front of me. It's not a big deal. I just wanted to chat with you."
Li Da was really about to cry. He had not done his job well last time and a large number of prisoners escaped. After sending the remaining people out of the checkpoint, he resigned himself to going back to receive punishment. Not only was he beaten, but his superiors also told him to get out and go back to his hometown. This was only because his superiors took into consideration that he had worked for so many years and, even if he had no merits, he had worked hard. Otherwise, how could he appear safely in front of Xiao Jue now? He would be skinned alive if he didn't die.
(End of this chapter)
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