"So, Brother Jin, could you take me back to the snow mountain we visited before? Let's go back to the Great Zhou together!" Gu Xin looked at Cheng Huaijin with hope in her eyes.
She didn't mention her family's connections with powerful figures, nor was she the type to share everything with outsiders. She considered Cheng Huaijin a friend, but some things weren't necessarily meant to be said to friends.
She said all this simply to let Cheng Huaijin know the importance of going back and reporting the news.
“No.” Cheng Huaijin smiled bitterly. “Not long after I met you, the people from Langge Kingdom appeared in the snow mountain. I am the prince of Liusha Kingdom, and I was supposed to leave with the delegation, so we hid. I overheard the conversation of the people from Langge Kingdom and knew that they had completely blocked the route. We couldn’t cross the snow mountain.”
The light in Gu Xin's eyes dimmed, and her heart sank to the bottom.
Cheng Huaijin seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Xinxin, you just said that Queen Dugu of the Goddess Kingdom once came to the capital to meet the Emperor? The Goddess Kingdom and the Great Zhou now have friendly relations?"
Gu Xin nodded: "Yes. What's wrong? Is something the problem?"
Cheng Huaijin did not answer immediately, but continued to ask, "If we have a way to send the message to the Goddess Kingdom, can you be sure that Queen Dugu will bring the message to Kuncheng?"
“Definitely.” Gu Xin said without hesitation, “Brother Xiao Jin, to be honest, Queen Dugu has relatives in the Great Zhou, and they are even members of the Great Zhou royal family. Therefore, the Goddess Kingdom will never betray the Great Zhou. If the Great Zhou is in trouble, the Goddess Kingdom will definitely help.”
Cheng Huaijin asked again, "Are you sure?"
Gu Xin nodded with absolute certainty: "I'm sure. Brother Xiao Jin, do you have a way to send a message to the Goddess Kingdom?"
Cheng Huaijin was silent for a moment, then said, "Yes, there is a way, but we have to go back to the Flowing Sand Kingdom."
Gu Xin looked at Cheng Huaijin and listened to him continue.
Cheng Huaijin said, “Previously, the ministers of the Flowing Sand Kingdom told me to obey them and tell them everything I had seen about my adoptive father. Two years ago, and last year, my adoptive father frequently communicated with the outside world through the Azure Eagle. I didn’t tell the ministers of the Flowing Sand Kingdom; they found out themselves and questioned me. They told me that my adoptive father was very likely from the Goddess Kingdom, and that the communications were with people from the Goddess Kingdom. They wanted me to find something on my adoptive father so that they could use it to threaten him, making the Flowing Sand Kingdom completely submit to the Cloud Sea Tribe and preventing the people of the Flowing Sand Kingdom from obeying my adoptive father anymore. Later, when I confessed to my adoptive father, he did tell me that he was communicating with the Goddess Kingdom, but he didn’t say whether he was actually from the Goddess Kingdom or not.”
"Really?" Gu Xin's eyes lit up again, filled with hope. "If that's the case, let's go to the Flowing Sand Kingdom right away. Brother Xiao Jin, if your godfather can really communicate with the Goddess Kingdom, even if it's just someone from the Goddess Kingdom, the message can reach the Great Zhou."
Cheng Huaijin didn't know why Gu Xin was so sure. In his opinion, the Goddess Kingdom was a more mysterious country than the place west of the desert, where women were respected. How could Queen Dugu have friendly relations with the Great Zhou, which was a country where men were respected?
However, because of his goodwill towards the Gu family, he trusted Gu Xin.
After thinking for a moment, Cheng Huaijin said, "Xinxin, I will protect you well when we get to the Flowing Sand Kingdom. Don't worry, I will bring you back safely and hand you over to Sister Niannian."
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