Chapter 325 The Secret on the Cliff
In just a few hours, the White Tiger Village was reduced to ashes.
When Wen Wan returned to the entrance of the mountain village, only broken walls were left. A few sparks were jumping above the ruins, but they disappeared into the dark night in an instant.
“Shen Yu!”
Wen Wan dismounted and stood at the gate of the stronghold, shouting loudly.
But apart from the sound of the wind, the whole world was silent.
“Chen Yu…”
Wen Wan choked up and walked forward step by step. Although the open fire in the mountain village was extinguished, the temperature around was still very high. Whenever she got close, she felt a burning pain all over her body.
She didn't believe that Shen Yu died in the fire. With his ability, if he couldn't even escape a fire, he wouldn't be worthy of being the general of the Duan Dynasty.
Wen Wan roared at the top of her lungs, and at the end, all that was left was her increasingly heavy breathing.
She couldn't remember when the tears started to flow. She only knew that after her vision blurred, the whole world was black and she could see nothing.
Suddenly, the sound of gongs and drums was heard on the cliff.
Wen Wan raised her head, wiped away her tears, and saw a flash of light on the rock wall.
It looked like the reflection of something, and the reflection flashed rhythmically several times.
She remembered that when she was searching for the ancient tomb in the valley, she seemed to have seen the border town defenders using reflections to transmit information.
So, the person on the rock wall is...
Shen Yu!
Wenwan calmed down, adjusted her mindset, and observed the surrounding terrain.
The flashing light was at the right rear of the village, surrounded by cliffs, and the village itself was covered in hot ashes after a fire.
So, he was stuck on the rock wall?
The Fengcheng defenders hurriedly caught up and saw Wen Wan circling around the mountain stronghold from afar.
When Wen Wan saw them coming, her eyes rolled and she immediately waved to greet them.
"You guys arrived just in time!"
The young general from Fengcheng reined in his horse and stopped in front of him. "What do you mean?"
Wen Wan raised her hand and pointed in the direction of the rock wall. "See that shining spot? Here's our chance to make a name for ourselves! The 200,000 or 100,000 gold coins that His Majesty asked General He to find are in that cave!"
One hundred thousand taels of gold. As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the people who followed him lit up.
"Really?" The young general was a little bit unconvinced.
Wen Wan nodded affirmatively, "Think about it, Shen Yu is the biological son of King Anding. Why would he risk coming to this stronghold? It must be profitable. The Shen family is now in turmoil. In this situation, what do they need most? Of course, the capital to turn things around."
Her analysis makes a lot of sense.
When the Fengcheng defenders heard this, they all showed excited expressions.
They looked at the young general in the lead, as if waiting for his orders.
Didn't they join the army and fight the enemies just to gain military merit and become successful one day?
The opportunity is right in front of us, there is no reason to give up.
So the young general slapped his thigh and said loudly: "Damn it, let's bet on this one!"
There were eight or nine people who followed this time. Although there were not many people, their strength was obviously much greater than Wen Wan alone.
The defenders of Fengcheng took off their robes, drew their swords and knives, and walked around the edge of the stronghold. On the cliff where there was no road, they actually built a ladder bit by bit.
Perhaps it was the bait of extreme wealth that made this group of young people so motivated.
Between the distant mountains, the morning light shone through the clouds and soon filled the sky and the earth.
At sunrise, thanks to the efforts of a group of young people, they finally reached the reflective place on the cliff.
Wen Wan stood at the foot of the mountain and looked up. The distance was too far and she couldn't see clearly what was happening above.
The Fengcheng defenders who had just climbed up screamed in fear, and the next moment, several young men fell from the ladder.
A few small black dots fell and quickly disappeared from the cliff.
Wen Wan was so frightened that her face turned pale. She didn't dare to think about whether these people had any chance of survival after falling from such a high place.
A moment later, a few small black dots appeared on the ladder again.
The little black dot slid down the cliff along the ladder and walked forward along the path opened up next to the mountain village.
Wen Wan stared at that direction without blinking.
From far to near, Shen Yu's figure gradually appeared in her sight.
He walked out from the depths of the ruins, the diffuse dust seemed like the medal of his life and death experience, and the mountain eagle flying across the sky seemed to be rejoicing for his return.
At that moment, Wenwan collapsed to the ground powerlessly, sobbing inconsolably.
Shen Yu strode forward and directly hugged her into his arms.
He laughed out loud, "I knew it! The one who can find me must be you!"
Wen Wan came to her senses, raised her hand and hit him on the chest.
She angrily said, "How dare you laugh like that! What if I hadn't come back? Would you have been trapped on the cliff, starving and dying?"
Shen Yu held her hand and said in a hoarse voice: "Aren't you back? So, the situation you assumed does not exist."
He downplayed the dangerous situation, but Wen Wan still felt a little scared.
Shen Yu laughed happily, pressed her head, and hugged her tightly.
The young general from Fengcheng, along with his two surviving subordinates, approached and saw Shen Yu and Wen Wan hugging each other.
“You, you…”
Shen Yu's pupils shrank, and he turned around and glanced coldly at the three people.
The young generals from Fengcheng took a half step back in fear. At this moment, even the dumbest person could guess that they were probably fooled by this old woman.
The gold was just a trick to trick them into rescuing people from the cliff.
"What about us?" Shen Yu let go of Wen Wan, stood up, drew his sword and strode towards the three people.
The three retreated in fear, "General Shen, since we saved you, please let us go..."
Shen Yu's eyebrows were gloomy. "Let you go down the mountain? Let you join the Fengcheng garrison? Then... will you let me go?"
Won't.
After these people discovered the secret on the cliff, this matter became a life-and-death fight and there was no way it would end peacefully.
The young general and his subordinates were no match for Shen Yu. After just one encounter, the three of them fell in a pool of blood.
Shen Yu returned to Wen Wan with the sword in hand.
He seemed a little guilty, and didn't dare to look Wen Wan in the eye. He only whispered: "Wen Wan, do you think I'm repaying kindness with enmity?"
Upon hearing this, Wen Wan remained silent for a long time.
Even though she has lived in this strange time and space for several years, she still cannot adapt to the reality that human life is worthless.
She raised her head and asked in a deep voice, "What secrets are there on the cliff?"
"Weapons. All the weapons we've salvaged from the White Tiger Village are piled up in the cave."
Shen Yu sat down beside her and threw the blood-stained sword aside.
He said slowly, "When I arrived at the boss's courtyard, the monk from Fuyun Temple had already succeeded. He had killed the boss and was searching for something in his study."
"That monk was quite skilled. I spent quite a bit of effort to injure him severely, but he still managed to escape."
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