With no village or shop in sight, and everyone exhausted, they decided to rest for the night in the woods ahead and continue their journey the next day.
Gu Hui's wound has stopped bleeding and has scabbed over.
The journey from Yuzhou to Kuncheng would take Xie Nanfeng a month, given his love of traveling and sightseeing. Therefore, medicine for injuries was kept in the carriage.
After lighting a fire in the woods, Gu Hui and Gu Xin ate something and then planned to rest in the carriage.
Xie Nanfeng slapped his forehead: "Third Miss Gu, wait, I forgot about the important matter!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt an unfriendly gaze fixed on him.
Xie Nanfeng felt wronged. "I have no intention of forcibly taking women or having a fondness for young girls. I only like girls of marriageable age, and it's always consensual. Waaah, Young Master Zhou is so scary."
Gu Xin stopped and looked at Xie Nanfeng. Although this young master Xie had sent his men down to let them leave as soon as possible, she still didn't like him.
Xie Nanfeng walked over, and Lu Zheng naturally followed.
Xie Nanfeng feels a lot of pressure!
As they approached, Gu Hui blocked Gu Xin's path.
Xie Nanfeng said aggrievedly, "Miss Gu, it was my sister who asked me to deliver this to the Third Miss. My sister wrote a letter to the Third Miss last night, but she didn't know where you lived and thought you had gone back, so she asked me to give this letter to the Third Miss."
Gu Hui glanced at the envelope. Although the oil lamp in the carriage was dim, she could still make out that it was a young girl's handwriting, so she didn't say anything.
Gu Xin accepted the letter: "Thank you, Young Master Xie."
Xie Nanfeng waved his hand: "You're welcome!"
After saying that, he slipped back to the campfire.
Gu Hui turned and got into the carriage. Gu Xin looked at Lu Zheng and asked, "Brother Yuanyuan?"
Lu Zheng smiled and said, "Go to sleep. We can wash up and change into clean clothes when we get back tomorrow. Just bear with it!"
Gu Xin nodded: "Okay. Yuan Yuan, you should go and rest too. You're the most tired today, carrying me uphill for so long."
Lu Zheng nodded: "Okay!"
After watching Gu Xin get into the carriage, Lu Zheng turned around and went back to the campfire.
There were blankets in the carriage, and they were new. Xie Nanfeng hadn't used them since he left on his first day. Perfect, Gu Hui and Gu Xin could use them to cover themselves later.
By the fire, Lu Zheng had Meng Meng watch the carriage while he carried the man who had been spared by Gu Hui to the side.
Lu Zheng casually tossed the man under a tree and watched as Xi Zi clutched her heart, her convulsions nearly exhausted.
He scoffed, "The assassin hired by the Duchess of Zhenguo is indeed in excellent health!"
The man in black was trembling all over. He had truly felt like he was dying for the past few hours, and he was still shaken.
Lu Zheng looked at the men in black: "How many of you came in total?"
The man in black kept silent.
Lu Zheng tossed the dagger aside, squatted down, cut open the black-clad man's trouser leg, and made a swift, decisive cut.
The man in black thought he was numb from the pain he had just experienced, but when the knife cut right into his flesh, he could still feel it and let out a scream of agony: "Ah!"
Xie Nanfeng, standing by the fire, shuddered. He glanced at Meng Meng, then closed his eyes, pretending to be asleep.
How scary! How terrifying! Waaah! Why did my sister make me deliver the letter?!
Lu Zheng slashed down again, and the man in black fainted from the pain.
Lu Zheng took a small porcelain bottle from his pocket and sprinkled the powder on the cut. The man in black woke up again, still perfectly lucid.
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