"..." Xiao Chensheng took a deep breath, and the smoke slowly rose up his cheek, proving that he was not dead.
"What happened?" Su Wanyan asked curiously.
"You traveled all night last night, aren't you tired?" Xiao Chensheng asked slowly.
Each time he uses his internal energy to activate the hallucinogenic drug, it consumes a large amount of his internal energy, and when he regains his senses, he is often extremely weak.
Therefore, he needs a certain amount of time to recover after each movement, and because his body has been abused by himself, he cannot do without painkillers in his mouth.
However, few people know about these weaknesses.
Naturally, he wouldn't tell Su Wanyan that if circumstances allowed, he wouldn't have to squeeze into this cramped inn with her.
It was originally set up simply to give myself a place to stay.
"It's already dusk, haven't you had enough sleep yet? And why are you smoking in your sleep? Are you in pain?"
Xiao Chensheng used to occasionally say that this cigarette was a painkiller, so why is he in pain now?
Why?
I didn't see him do anything.
The patrol team from last night didn't fight, so why is he in pain?
"A calming medicine," Xiao Chenzhu uttered.
Su Wanyan chuckled: "You've inhaled so much and you still can't fall asleep."
Given Su Wanyan's alertness, she couldn't possibly be fooled by Xiao Chensheng's few words. However, she didn't press the issue further: "Are you capable of handling tonight's operation? If not, Mingyu and I will go alone."
“…Wait for me.” Xiao Chensheng’s tone remained largely unchanged.
Su Wanyan understood: "Are you going to eat dinner?"
"..." Xiao Chensheng stopped talking.
He simply didn't have the strength to cope.
"Then I'll have Mingyu bring it in later. You can eat when you get up, and I won't bother you."
Unlike Xiao Chen, who was listless and lifeless, Su Wanyan was full of fighting spirit.
Su Wanyan's room was right next to Xiao Chensheng's room. Because they were so close, she could hear everything that was happening next door.
It was precisely because Xiao Chensheng's room was so quiet that Su Wanyan decided to go and take a look.
However, the rooms in this inn are all very small, barely big enough to fit a bed and a table, and even the space to move around is calculated just right.
No, rather than rooms, Su Wanyan felt it was more like a secret room or a partitioned room. The inn was just the facade, but the rooms inside were extremely hidden, and even if the soldiers from the East Sea came to investigate, they would not be easy to find.
After being disturbed by Su Wanyan, Xiao Chensheng lost his interest in resting.
She had only been gone a short while when Mingyu brought in dinner.
There was only a faint sound, and then the door slammed shut with a loud bang.
After a moment of silence in the room, Xiao Chensheng suddenly sat up in bed. The pain in his bones and internal organs made him gasp. He got up, picked up the food on the table, and went to the next room.
Meanwhile, Su Wanyan was looking at a map of Chengdao Island.
Seeing Xiaochensheng suddenly walk in carrying the meal, he was taken aback and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xiao Chensheng placed the food on the table, just enough to cover the map she had spread out on it: "You know I don't eat these things."
"These were all found in the underground warehouse." If he's not going to eat them, why would he hoard them?
Seeing the red dot on the map, Xiao Chensheng changed the subject: "Has Mingyu already gone to scout ahead?"
"Otherwise what? By the time you arrive, the daylily will be cold."
"I thought you would be in a hurry to find Yu Nanqing when you got to Donghai."
"Why would you want to see him?" Su Wanyan asked back.
These words left Xiao Chensheng speechless. He raised an eyebrow and asked, "You're not worried about him at all?"
Su Wanyan rolled her eyes at him, pulled the map out from under the tray, put it away, picked up her chopsticks, and put a piece of stir-fry into her mouth.
Of course she was worried; how could she not be?
But what's the use of worrying? Should she go into the nitrous oxide field to find Yu Nanqing?
Not only would he not be able to see Yu Nanqing, but he might also lose his life.
Now, it is said that Yu Nanqing has perished in the Black Sea. The Dragon Flag Army is now relying entirely on Lü Cezhong. Even if she does find Yu Nanqing, what can she do?
The East China Sea forces are stronger than those of the Great Jin, and they recklessly cross the border to provoke the Great Jin. Relying on its geographical location and overwhelming military strength, the East China Sea completely disregards the Dragon Flag Army.
The most important task now is to turn the tide of the battle.
Isn't this more meaningful than finding Yu Nanqing?
Su Wanyan's mind was in turmoil, but Xiao Chensheng was unaware of her thoughts. After a while, he stopped worrying and turned to leave the room.
Su Wanyan didn't know what he was there for, she just brought the dishes over.
Do you still want to eat together? Are you waiting for her to invite you?
Night falls over the East China Sea.
When all the lights in the houses were turned off and only a bright moon remained in the sky above the city island, Su Wanyan and Xiao Chensheng slowly appeared in a small alley on the city island.
A gentle breeze swept by, and Su Wanyan felt that the wind carried a salty scent. In the midst of the summer heat, she had to admit that this cool breeze was very comfortable.
Because the surrounding seawater was undrinkable, the island had an inner canal dug, and the drinking water for the city's residents was mainly taken from the inner canal.
According to the locations marked by Mingyu, Su Wanyan placed the medicine at several sources. Similarly, after the medicine was poured out, she threw the porcelain bottle into the river.
The island was not small; it took Su Wanyan three nights to pour the medicine into all the marked watersheds.
And in doing so, one must carefully avoid the city's patrol teams.
After doing all this, Su Wanyan stayed in Xiao Chensheng's inn, quietly waiting for the medicine to take effect.
Meanwhile, on the third day of June, several caravans transporting slaves inexplicably appeared in the East China Sea and swaggered into Qingxuan City.
Qingxuan City is a major trading city in the East Sea, and the more prosperous a city is, the more rampant its shady transactions become.
Those caravans transporting slaves were coming to Qingxuan City to trade people. They entered from different city gates, each caravan carrying over a hundred people, with dozens of carts loaded with goods such as cloth, grain, and jewelry.
Qingxuan City welcomes large caravans like these, and the leaders of these caravans are easily recognizable as locals by their appearance and attire, which earns them even more trust from Donghai.
The soldiers at the city gate conducted only a simple check before letting the caravan through.
These slaves had heavy chains binding their hands and feet, and the chains made a crisp sound as they walked, scraping against the ground.
Children passing through Qingxuan City would even imitate the way they walked.
At this moment, Yu Nanqing was hunched over, the shackles on his hands had rubbed his wrists raw, his disheveled hair completely covered his face, and his clothes were tattered. At first glance, he looked like a dying man who was about to collapse.
However, beneath his disheveled hair, his eyes were unusually clear, and he suppressed the rising anger in order to avoid being noticed.
All the slaves in these caravans, as well as the Dragon Flag Army hidden among the caravan's goods, were survivors of the fires and scorched earth!
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