The relentless pursuit of them was nothing short of ruthless and insane.
Those who spread the plague in Yongning before were probably related to them.
They had barely set off from Xiude when they encountered numerous checkpoints along the way...
They've only just arrived in the wilderness tonight, and they're already so eager to kill...
This only shows that the opponent is panicked and wants to eliminate them...
If they attacked from the mountaintop, it could be interpreted as them knowing Ning Xi'er could cure Xie Zhun's poison and worrying that she might heal Xie Zhun's leg...
Whether they launch an attack in Yongning or establish defenses on the Xiude border...
At least there's a time lag. Even if Ning Xi'er can heal Xie Zhun's leg, it's been paralyzed for over ten years; it can't be fixed in just a day or two...
They couldn't wait even one night, fearing that things might change if they waited too long, unless...
Zheng Ye looked at Ning Xi'er; they had both thought of the same thing...
Having obtained the information he wanted, Zheng Ye dispatched the remaining two assassins with a single strike.
After the fight, Ning Xier pulled Xingming out of her spatial storage and simultaneously "conjured" several water pouches.
The only difference is that what they have in their hands is spiritual spring liquid;
What was given to Xingming was wine.
Zheng Chengguang and Zheng Ye clasped their hands in greeting to Xingming. They were feeling exhausted, but after drinking the drink, they felt much stronger.
Xuanfeng and the others bowed to Ning Xier, drank the wine, and then examined the corpse of the man in black.
Pulling off the black-clad men's masks, Xuanfeng found no tokens or totem patterns on their bodies, but the thick calluses on their hands and knuckles indicated that they all served in the military.
Zheng Ye stepped forward to confirm, and was furious.
"The soldiers trained in the military are being used in this kind of place!"
Zheng Chengguang sighed and patted Zheng Ye on the shoulder.
They were all from military backgrounds, single-mindedly devoted to serving their country, and what was the result?!
With Xie Zhun absent, Xuan Feng consulted Eunuch Xu about how to handle the corpse of the man in black.
As Eunuch Xu could see, Ning Xi'er was the one who resolved the dangers of tonight.
Regardless of whether the old Taoist Xingming had any credit, at least the person was recruited by Ning Xier...
He then instructed Xuanfeng and the others that in the future, for matters large and small, if the prince was not present, they should directly consult the princess.
Given Eunuch Xu's seniority, requesting prior approval also demonstrates the respect shown to Xuanfeng and the others.
However, from a long time ago, Xuanfeng and the others accepted Ning Xier from the bottom of their hearts and regarded her orders as Xie Zhun's arrangements, without any difference.
Ning Xi'er looked at the sky and realized she could sleep for another two hours.
With a flick of his finger, pointing in a certain direction, he instructed Xuanfeng and the other three to hang the corpses there.
Carrying Xingming forward, Xingming, clutching the wine flask, drank himself into a stupor, never forgetting his accusations.
He mumbled indistinctly, "Don't worry about me! Watch me..."
Having said that, he assumed a ritualistic posture, and the person in the space instantly floated back to the ground.
Except for a few who woke up midway through the night and were given pills containing angelica and licorice to disrupt their memory, the rest remained fast asleep.
For the first half of the night, Xuanfeng and his three companions, along with Baizhi and Gancao, kept watch for several hours...
Zheng Chengguang and Eunuch Xu suggested that they and Zheng Ye take turns on duty so that Xuanfeng and the other three, along with Baizhi and Gancao, could rest for a while.
Ning Xi'er readily agreed and gave each of the three a pill to replenish their qi and blood, reducing their fatigue from staying up all night.
The moment I lay down, Xie Zhun, still asleep, pulled me into his arms.
As the sunlight gradually spread in the early morning, Eunuch Xu immediately came over to remind Ning Xi'er.
Ning Xi'er sat up and pulled Xingming, who was sleeping soundly not far away, up.
After calling out twice without waking her, Ning Xi'er grabbed the person and shook them from side to side until they were finally awake.
Fortunately, Xingmingye wasn't so unreliable at the crucial moment.
Suppressing the urge to vomit, seeing Ning Xi'er's expression, he knew she urgently needed him to "perform a ritual"...
Immediately, Ning Xi'er assumed a pose and, with her cooperation, retrieved all the bedding from the ground into her spatial storage.
After releasing Xingming, Ning Xier lay back down on the ground and continued to catch up on her sleep.
About 15 minutes later, everyone woke up to screams.
The sound seemed to be coming from the direction Ning Xi'er had pointed out yesterday.
The houses behind them gradually began to make noise.
The door to the village chief's house slowly opened.
A gaunt middle-aged man and a thin, frail woman emerged, each carrying a child who looked like firewood.
The man was the village chief of this area.
Following everyone's gaze, and noticing that Xie Zhun was the most senior among them, someone came over to remind him...
He said that prisoners had to report to the quarry on time every day to perform their corvée labor; if they were late or didn't arrive...
The military supervisors would beat and scold the soldiers, withhold food, or even beat them to death on the spot as a warning to others.
The woman nodded repeatedly as the village chief spoke.
She appeared to be an honest and kind woman.
Ning Xi'er couldn't help but take another look at the child in her arms.
With just one glance, his brows furrowed slightly.
Before Xie Zhun could even express his gratitude, he heard a commotion not far away.
A group of sentries arrived and, seeing them all lying on the ground, each one frozen to death, looked on in astonishment...
Immediately, he questioned them sternly, asking if they had heard any noise last night.
Grandpa Xu stepped forward first, responding neither humbly nor arrogantly, saying that everyone had traveled all night and slept soundly, so they hadn't heard any noise.
"fart!"
The sentry's spittle almost landed on Eunuch Xu's face.
Eunuch Xu pursed his lips and wiped them.
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