Chapter 205: Pros and Cons
After leaving the main tent, Murong Jing's face was filled with obvious excitement.
"Great! As long as my father agrees to mobilize the troops, we will definitely be able to eradicate these rats in Dafu!"
Then he looked at Zhu Lan and said, "Well, what did I say before? Father is loyal to the court. He was not completely sure before, so he would not act rashly. Now that the specific date of the Great Purification has been estimated, didn't he immediately agree to mobilize the troops?"
Zhu Lan smiled at Murong Jing but said nothing. He looked up at the stars above the military camp.
Dafu has been causing chaos on the border for many years. Although it has been able to evade searches many times by relying on its guerrilla advantage, the King of Zhenbei has a large army. If he is really determined to completely eradicate this force and join forces with Uzi to attack and search in the desert, how could he not find the trace of Dafu's main force?
As long as the border is not stable enough, the King of Zhenbei will always have a reason to ask the court for arms and military pay, and the same situation is likely to be the case in Uzbekistan.
The border commanders on both sides did not want the Great Purification to disappear completely, so over the years, the three forces have reached a kind of tacit balance.
But now the attitude of King Zhenbei has suddenly changed, there must be a reason behind it.
The three returned to Murong Jing's tent. Zhu Qingyan hesitated for a moment and said, "Although the prince agreed to mobilize troops to conduct a comprehensive search in the desert, won't this waste too much time? Wouldn't it be better if we could find the place where they are going to offer sacrifices?"
Zhu Lan: "That's true, but the pages were incomplete at the time, and the content recording the location may have been lost. With limited information, we really can't speculate. If we make a guess and it's wrong, it will delay things even more."
Murong Jing was about to speak when her expression suddenly became stern and her eyes shot out of the tent like a knife.
"who!?"
Then the curtain was lifted, and Cheng Hu and Dong Dalong walked in cautiously with smiles on their faces.
"Princess, you...are going to catch all those guys in the Great Purification Camp in one fell swoop this time, right?" Cheng Hu asked, bending over.
"What's wrong?"
"Yes, that's right. I might be able to help..."
Cheng Hu rubbed his hands and talked about how he adopted a godsister during the great purification ceremony. The two of them had planned to escape from the purification ceremony together, but some accidents happened along the way and only Cheng Hu escaped.
"What about your sister? She wouldn't..." Zhu Qingyan asked.
"Oh, she's not dead!" Cheng Hu waved his hands repeatedly, "She was quick to react. When we were discovered, she pretended to take me back. We started fighting, and she deliberately stabbed me. After she went back, she was named a small leader!"
"How did you know that she became a small leader?" Murong Jing narrowed her eyes slightly.
"Princess, don't get me wrong! There was one time when we were robbing people on the road and we ran into a group of exorcists. We almost got into a fight, but luckily I met my sister, who negotiated with us and we didn't get into a fight.
Later, she secretly came to see me once and told me some details about the Great Purification and the area where she often moved around. That’s when I found out about it.”
"She can come to see you, why doesn't she go with you?"
"I heard that their leader, Tianduo, uses a kind of drug to control his subordinates. If she runs away, she will die miserably once the drug takes effect."
Seeing that Murong Jing didn't say anything else, Cheng Hu mustered up the courage to continue:
"My adopted sister and I have a life-and-death relationship, and her parents were killed by the Great Purifiers. She hates those people to the core and has always wanted revenge. So if she joins forces with you, it will definitely work!"
Murong Jing and Zhu Qingyan looked at each other. If there really was someone inside the Great Purification Ceremony who could be a spy, perhaps they could find out the location where they were about to go to for the sacrifice.
Murong Jing then asked him how to contact his godsister.
Cheng Hu showed a very embarrassed look, hesitating: "The whereabouts of those great exorcists are uncertain, I am afraid it will be difficult to contact her, once they are discovered, it will implicate her. I just thought of this clue and came to report it to the princess, maybe the princess can find a way."
The tent suddenly fell into silence.
Seeing that no one spoke for a long while, Cheng Hu licked his lips and spoke nervously:
"If you guys don't have any good ideas, I do have an idea, but I'm afraid the risk is too great..."
Murong Jing asked him to tell her story.
Cheng Hu's eyes lingered anxiously between Zhu Lan and Zhu Qingyan for a while, his expression conflicted for a long time.
"I dare not say it."
"If you have to fart, come on." Murong Jing frowned.
"Yes, yes!" Cheng Hu glanced at Zhu Lan and the others again, as if he had made up his mind, "Da Fu is catching women everywhere now. If... if the two girls are willing to be bait and go deep into the enemy camp——"
Before Cheng Hu could finish his words, Murong Jing kicked him in the chest. Cheng Hu flew backwards. When he got up, there was blood at the corner of his mouth. He lay on the ground with a terrified face, shouting "Princess, please spare me."
Murong Jing was furious and wanted to continue attacking, but was quickly stopped by Zhu Qingyan.
"Ajing, calm down! Maybe... what he said is a solution?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Murong Jing angrily shook off her hand, looked at her and said, "Do you know what kind of people they are? Didn't you see what happened in Niujia Village with your own eyes? They even went deep into the enemy camp. They simply don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is!"
"We are soldiers fighting for pay, and suppressing rebellion is the job of our Northern Frontier Camp. You two are not from the military, so this matter has nothing to do with you, and it is not your turn to take risks."
Zhu Qingyan's words just came out of his mouth. After hearing Murong Jing's words, and thinking of the bloody scene he saw in Niujia Village, a chill gradually spread up his spine and a sense of fear arose in his heart.
She pursed her lips and turned to look at Zhu Lan who remained silent.
Zhu Lan's expression was obviously a little hesitant.
What Cheng Hu said was indeed a solution. The Great Purification Ceremony required women. If a girl took the initiative to take the bait at this time, she could indeed infiltrate the enemy and completely annihilate the main force of the Great Purification Ceremony, which would greatly increase the chances of winning.
The only women in the Northern Frontier camp, besides Murong Jing and Mu'er, were me and Zhu Qingyan. Murong Jing and Mu'er had been in Northern Frontier for a long time, so it was inevitable that someone would recognize their faces during the Great Purification. However, I and Zhu Qingyan were strangers, so it was perfect for us to do this.
But on the other hand, she had to consider the cost of this move. Going undercover in the Great Purification Camp would be a life-threatening undertaking. If something unexpected happened and the army from the Northern Frontier Camp failed to arrive in time, she would be at the mercy of others.
Just then, hurried footsteps were heard outside the tent, and a soldier hurried in with a panicked look on his face.
"Princess, it's bad! The young master Ding and the old man you brought back were...abducted by the great exorcist soldiers!"
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