Peng Ze sent a letter back to Kuncheng by carrier pigeon, and also sent a letter to the King of Liusha.
Helian Yi then sent a message back to Gorz via a carrier eagle.
Prince Salim naturally sent a messenger hawk back to Salim.
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Three days later, Lu Zheng and Gu Xin finally emerged from the secret passage. It should have only taken two days, but after Yun Haiwang and Ajir escaped through the secret passage, they destroyed the exit. Gu Xin and Lu Zheng simply dug out an exit.
When we came out, it was noon, and the sun was high in the sky.
The exit is in a mountain. Fortunately, it is in the mountains, where there is water and wild fruit. Moreover, the temperature here seems to be higher than in Yunhai Royal City. It seems that spring has arrived. The wild fruit is sour and astringent, but still edible.
Peng Silang led his men on a hunting trip, which at least ensured that everyone had enough to eat.
Most of those present were from the Great Zhou Dynasty. As they ate their prey, they couldn't help but exclaim, "Even though we're so far away from the Great Zhou, these things still taste the same!"
Gu Xin asked with a smile, "Don't tell me you think the prey from the west is either unpalatable or delicious?"
The soldiers laughed it off.
Lu Zheng said, "Everyone, let's rest here for an hour. After an hour, we will set off again."
Seeing that everyone had eaten their fill and quenched their thirst, Lu Zheng got up and looked around.
When Gu Xin woke up, she found that Lu Zheng was still full of energy, so she pulled him and told him to take a nap.
Lu Zheng shook his head: "No need, I've found the direction they escaped in."
Gu Xin didn't doubt it, she was just curious: "How did you find it?"
Lu Zheng pointed to the side: "The people of Yunhai have a habit of not urinating or defecating on the paths they are on. I just looked around and only one path was clean. Moreover, I tried walking along it for a while and found some traces, but not on the other paths. I was afraid it was a trap, so I walked further and finally determined that they probably thought we wouldn't come after us through here, so they weren't deliberately trying to lull us into a false sense of security. They were just following their own custom."
It was almost dark, but no one knew exactly when Yun Haiwang and Ajir had escaped, or whether they could still catch up. So, without wasting any time, they chased after them along the road Lu Zheng had mentioned.
When it was time for the barbecue at noon, Gu Xin was in charge of preparing the meat. She insisted on skinning and processing it herself and wouldn't let anyone help her. Actually, she wanted to apply some jade bead water to each piece of prey so that everyone would feel more energetic after eating.
She had used up all the jade beads she had saved up in the past few days, and she hadn't used any of the ones she had today. She took them out and put them into the small jade bottle she always carried with her.
It was almost midnight, and Gu Xin felt that there wouldn't be any special occasions today, so she took a jade bead and put it into Lu Zheng's water pouch.
As for the other people's water pouches, she didn't have many either, only ten a day, which wasn't enough to share, so she didn't use them.
She ate one herself.
After midnight, Peng Silang, who was walking at the front, suddenly told everyone to put out their torches and then ran back from the front: "Brother Yuan, Xinxin, there are people setting up camp ahead."
Lu Zheng and Gu Xin followed and looked ahead. Sure enough, there were several bonfires not far away, and people were around the fires, but they couldn't see how many tents there were, so they couldn't determine exactly how many people were there.
"Brother Yuan, shall we sneak over and take a look?" Gu Xin suggested.
"Alright, let Silang and Mofei guard this area. We'll go take a look and come right back. We must not act rashly!" Lu Zheng nodded.
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