Gan Xin's breath hitched: "Was everything you did before just to lure me into this trap?"
"yes."
He then asked, "Do you want me to abandon the Mohist school and join your camp?"
"yes."
Zheng Quchi was completely at ease, so his answer came out perfectly smoothly.
Gan Xin stared intently at Zheng Quchi for a long time, then glanced at the people around her.
Under his intensely piercing gaze, few could remain calm and composed, at least not Wei Yao and Wang Zebang. They felt a deep and terrifying sense of threat arise spontaneously, and their entire bodies involuntarily tensed up, exerting all their vigilance to resist this aura.
“Not yet. I, Gan Xin, act one thing at a time. I must give the Mo family an explanation for what happened there, but Zheng Qing… I will come back to find you.”
As soon as Gan Xin finished speaking, he swept his knife across the ground, the wind howling and stinging people's faces like needles. They quickly covered their faces and turned away. When they looked back after everything had calmed down, Gan Xin had already disappeared without a trace next to the statue of Fu Hao.
Whew... Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the menacing figure was gone.
The loudest voice was Zheng Quchi's; she was as brave as she had been before, but now she was just as cowardly.
Wei Yao couldn't help but chuckle: "Madam, I thought you weren't afraid of him."
Judging from her confident and composed demeanor towards Gan Xin just now, he really thought she was just a fearless newborn calf.
Zheng Quchi's back was actually soaked with sweat, but she couldn't back down. If she did, they might have already been wiped out.
"How could I not be afraid? Having your life in someone else's hands is an especially unpleasant feeling."
After expressing her true feelings, she remembered the important business they had been handling: "You're back. Have you taken care of the bandits?"
“That’s right. We found out that they were trying to escape south with that assassin, and there was a group of mysterious people covering for them along the way. Before, Zebang and I didn’t understand why, but now I know that they were planning to escape to the territory of the Mo family,” Wei Yao said.
This relationship sounds rather complicated. The bodyguard of the late queen of Ye Kingdom has joined forces with the Mohists, who have always been at odds with Ye Kingdom. What's going on? It can't be that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, right?
"Then we can close the net. We absolutely cannot let them escape, especially since the key to all of this is that assassin. We must find out who he really is."
Wang Zebang said, "That's what we think too, Madam. Don't worry, we've already made all the necessary preparations. They can't escape."
——
We still had to wait for news about the bandits. Once back at the camp, after eating and drinking her fill, Zheng Quchi felt the exhaustion she had been feeling all this time wash over her. She waited and waited and eventually fell asleep without realizing it, sleeping soundly until dawn.
She suddenly woke up.
After a good night's sleep, Zheng Quchi felt refreshed, with bright eyes and a clear mind.
She stretched and got up, and when she looked outside, it was already broad daylight.
"What time is it?" she called out.
The guard outside the tent immediately replied, "Madam, it is already Chen Shi (7-9 AM)."
"Did Lieutenant Wang and Guard Officer Wei come by last night?" Zheng Quchi asked while tidying himself up.
She was half asleep last night and instinctively found her way from her office to her bed, but she had no recollection of it.
“They came once last night, but the lady had already gone to bed, so Lieutenant Wang and the others left. They also came once this morning, but left after waiting for about half an hour.”
He had contacted her twice, once in the evening and once in the morning. It seemed that he had either run into trouble or had something to report to her, but she guessed that it was more likely the former.
Where are they now?
"When Lieutenant Wang and the others left, they told the lady that if she woke up and wanted to find them, she could go directly to the dungeon."
Zheng Quchi hurriedly finished his breakfast and rushed off to the dungeon.
As soon as she entered, she heard the prisoners inside shouting "Stop!" in a fit of rage. Meanwhile, Wang Zebang and Wei Yao, looking like villains with sinister expressions, were about to press a red-hot branding iron against the unconscious assassin who had already been tortured.
Zheng Quchi: "..."
"stop!"
This shout came not from someone else, but from Zheng Quchi.
Upon hearing this, Wang Zebang and the others turned around and saw that it was the general's wife, so they stopped what they were doing.
"lady."
They lowered their eyes and bowed to Zheng Quchi.
Meanwhile, the bandits in the prison all looked at Zheng Quchi. Having been captured again, they were clearly not as energetic as the first time. Each of them had eyes filled with dejection and resentment, as well as worry and fear about the future.
Zheng Quchi strode over, took the branding iron from Wei Yao's hand, and threw it back into the charcoal brazier: "Don't do this yet, I have a question for you two."
Seeing that Zheng Quchi had stopped them from continuing to torture the black-clad assassin, the enraged bandits and others stopped shouting and desperately trying to stop them.
Seeing that the lady would not allow them to continue the torture, Wei Yao and Wang Zebang did not say anything. They seemed to have become accustomed to obeying her every command and submitting unconditionally.
"Please speak, Madam."
Zheng Quchi reached out and lifted the assassin's face, looking him over from left to right, and asked, "Have you ever seen the Prince of Ye?"
Although the two felt that the question was too far-fetched and had nothing to do with what was happening now, they still answered honestly, "We have met."
After scrutinizing the assassin for a long time, Zheng Quchi hesitated and asked, "Does he... resemble the Prince of Ye?"
She pointed at the assassin, her gaze drifting towards Wang Zebang and Wei Yao, seeking an answer.
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