"I'm shameless!" When the pain reaches its extreme, one can no longer feel it. Instead, the steward glared at Gu Yingxue. "Miss Gu, you know that your life was given to you by Miss Cheng? If I hadn't brought you out, the King was planning to wash you clean and hand you over to General Yunna. The day I brought you out, news of the Prince's defeat against General Yunna came back. The King intended to use you to appease General Yunna."
"Why didn't the shopkeeper show up to meet you that day? It was me! I've noticed something between Miss Cheng and the shopkeeper these past few months. I thought he was her lover! Turns out he's a spy from the Great Zhou. I originally wanted to keep you for a few days so I could possess her for a few days, ideally you could stay forever and I could possess her forever. In the end, when the King had to escape, Miss Cheng would have had a chance to find the shopkeeper, but my token can only protect one person. It's either you or her. I knew she would choose to protect you, so I gave it to her without hesitation. She even spent two days with me!"
"Hahaha, Miss Gu, you're a girl, you don't understand that feeling. Anyway, I'd die for it, I..."
"Shut up!" Gu Yingxue couldn't stand it anymore, snatched Bai Jiu's knife, and stabbed the butler.
Her hands trembled as she watched the butler die, his final expression utterly disgusting.
She collapsed onto the sand and began to cry.
"Why? Why be so foolish? Why?"
"Sister, why..."
Gu Yingxue sat on the sand and cried her heart out.
The man in white sighed, unsure of what to say.
He did not meet Cheng Huaiyu, but he knew that this Miss Cheng had sent three important messages back to the Great Zhou.
Firstly, regarding Xingnan Kingdom, if Xie Nanfeng hadn't received the information she provided and sent it back to Da Zhou in time, the Yi family army in the north would have suffered heavy losses from Xingnan Kingdom, since half of Da Zhou's various armies had arrived in Kuncheng.
Secondly, there was the traitor within the Peng family. Without her information, given the skills of those traitors who had been infiltrating the Peng family for over ten years using disguise techniques, they might not have been completely eliminated by now, and it would have been impossible for them to launch such a large-scale and sudden heavy blow against Langge Kingdom. Langge Kingdom was completely unprepared, which significantly reduced the losses of the Great Zhou soldiers.
Thirdly, there's the final escape time and the escape route in the desert. No one in the Great Zhou army had ever been to the desert before; they would probably be completely lost if they entered. But the route map that Miss Cheng provided was very clear, and it's unknown how much danger she risked to obtain it.
Bai Yi was deeply impressed that such a seemingly weak and unskilled girl had accomplished so much.
Over the next few days, Gu Yingxue became calmer and quieter, spending her time either sleeping or traveling.
She ate and drank very little, and rarely relieved herself unless absolutely necessary. All she wanted was to hurry on her journey, catch up with the army, and rescue Cheng Huaiyu as soon as possible.
Even the two grown men, Bai Yi and Bai Jiu, were feeling a bit tired, but Gu Yingxue was still holding on.
The two could clearly see that Gu Yingxue had lost weight at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Those already large eyes looked even bigger after her face had thinned out.
By October, they had finally caught up with the army led by Peng Erlang. The Great Zhou army had run out of food and supplies and was waiting for reinforcements.
Meanwhile, the Cloud Sea Army and the Langge Army were ahead, seemingly carrying little more supplies.
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