Zheng Quchi spent more than ten days traveling, going through small places, wilderness, desolate areas, dilapidated temples and caves. She had neither the space nor the mind to properly clean herself. After traveling all this way, she felt like she was completely rotten.
But before heading from Shuilu Town to Shengjing, she definitely needed to take a good, comfortable bath from head to toe, and then get a long sleep to catch up on her rest.
Humans are truly social animals. After living in seclusion for a period of time, the sight of a bustling city fills one with a sense of familiarity.
"Let's go to town and find an inn first, and then wait for Brother Wei and the others to arrive."
Horseback riding was not allowed in the town, so Zheng Quchi got off the carriage and walked on foot, leading the horse. Brother Sang had difficulty walking, so he stayed in the carriage with Sister Sang and Yuan Xingzhou. Lan Yue went into the town first to scout the way, while Wu Liang, Sixi, and Kong Li followed around the carriage, leading their horses.
As they walked down the street, before they could even appreciate the local customs and urban landscape of the water and land town, they saw a crowd gathered around the bulletin board near the town gate, where people were having a loud and heated discussion.
Just as she was wondering what "news" these people were watching, she heard someone shout in alarm: "The Julu Kingdom has released news that they have found General Yuwen's body!"
Zheng Quchi was suddenly startled, and all the expressions on his face froze.
She released her horse and rushed forward, when she heard someone exclaim in panic, "General Yuwen is really dead?! Wasn't it said he was missing? This... this means our Ye Kingdom is going to change drastically!"
"I heard that General Yuwen got into trouble at the border because he was trying to steal the military deployment map of Julu Kingdom. But who can say for sure? This time, Julu Kingdom might be planning to kill him so that there's no way to prove it!"
"Are we just supposed to swallow this bitter pill and frame them however they want?"
"They killed our great general, and they still have the nerve to talk back?"
The crowd was outraged and condemned the attack.
Some people were more rational, but they were still filled with helplessness and disappointment: "We still need to look at the evidence. The people of Julu Kingdom said that the general intended to carry out an invasion plan, broke the alliance of the seven kingdoms, and took the lead in harming Julu Kingdom, so they launched a counterattack and hunted him down. The main thing is, how dare our King Ye punish Julu Kingdom? It would be good enough if he didn't apologize to them and cede territory as compensation."
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