Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 368 - 366

Chapter 368: 366

With the help of the elite cavalry, the grain and fodder arrived at the army camp a day earlier.

Captain Feng Yun of the cavalry returned to the camp after escorting the grain supply and reported to Shangguan Xuanyi.

"...Respecting the master’s order, I deliberately let one person escape."

Shangguan Xuanyi nodded and waved him off.

Di Shaowei walked in with a refreshed look, finally free of his prior gloomy facade.

"Is Miss Li alright?"

"Ever heard the saying that good people die young while evil ones live on? How could she possibly be in trouble!" Remembering that certain someone’s gruff demeanor upon waking up, Di Shaowei lost his jovial mood.

He had been traveling day and night, only sleeping for two hours every third day just to deliver the medicine that could save her life!

And yet, her first words upon awakening were, "What are you doing here? Go back to the Imperial Capital!"

Di Shaowei felt that if he had used the medicine to save a dog, it would at least wag its tail at him!

Shangguan Xuanyi, after hearing this, couldn’t be bothered to respond. He sat by his desk and started opening the letters on it.

This man was notorious for his loose tongue. No wonder he had failed to attract a fair maiden.

Despite the fact that his worry kept him from sleeping and eating, he stayed diligently by her side. As soon as she opened her eyes, he said, "Tsk tsk, such a nuisance. It’s said that evil ones live long."

Such a comment would have killed Li Mingfang if her heart weren’t strong enough!

"When are you leaving for the Imperial Capital? The main army is about to arrive, isn’t it? General Li is awake, there’s no need for so many people to stay here. Being here, I feel like I’m eating sand every day..." His main concern was being sent away daily. If he didn’t leave soon, she might think he was reluctant to leave because of her.

Shangguan Xuanyi ignored Di Shaowei’s mutterings. His entourage was particularly talkative, and sometimes he really didn’t know where they found so much to say.

Shangguan Xuanyi opened the letter sent by Shangguan Xuanhao, took a glance at it, then put it down and strode out of the room.

"... If you’re not leaving, I will! Hey, where are you going? You can’t just leave mid-conversation!" Being completely oblivious to respecting others’ privacy, Di Shaowei curiously picked up the letter carelessly left on the desk and his eyes widened.

"Wait for me! I’m coming too!" If his sister was coming, how could he not go and greet her!

After Shangguan Xuanyi left, two of his trusted subordinates, Feng Qing and Feng Yang were stationed outside the door, not allowing anyone to enter.

The Emperor allowed his princes to have a thousand personal guards and a hundred hidden guards.

All thousand personal guards of Shangguan Xuanyi were surnamed Feng; all of them were formidable warriors and could single-handedly fend off hundreds of men. Among them, Feng Qing and Feng Yang were the strongest.

The hidden guards were handpicked from thousands, especially An Yi, who was so elusive that he was like a shadow without a trace.

Both of them were curious about why their master left in such a hurry and how he had lost his usual calm and composure.

Shangguan Xuanyi hadn’t ridden far before an eagle alighted on his shoulder.

He took off a bamboo tube tied to its leg, took out the letter inside, then turned his horse around and headed back.

Di Shaowei had just ridden out of the military camp when he saw Shangguan Xuanyi making his way back, passing him by and heading directly into the camp.

Back at his tent, Throwing the reins of his horse to Feng Qing, he ordered, "Go get General Li."

After saying this, he parted the curtain and entered the tent.

Di Shaowei hastily turned around and followed him in.

"Weren’t we supposed to go pick up Xiao’er? Why did we turn back?"

"We’re not going anymore."

"Why not?"

"Deploying troops," Shangguan Xuanyi said as he unfolded the map to examine the topography.

...

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Generally, the path of a marching army adheres to this truth.

Therefore, sometimes crossing mountains and valleys is unavoidable.

Ten days later, Xiao’er recalled from the map in her memory that if it didn’t rain, in a couple of days, they would pass through a valley called Yueluo Valley, which corresponds with the time Yang Yong told He Wei.

The golden python had told her earlier that Yang Yong met He Wei using his true name.

At that time, He Wei was punished militarily and was expelled from the army the next day. As the army left, He Wei gritted his teeth as he watched the retreating team, his backside brutally bruised and torn.

The pain in his rear made it impossible for him to walk, and he could only crawl back.

After crawling for the entire day without seeing a single soul or house, the searing pain on his body amplified his hatred towards Shangguan Xuanjun and Xiao’er!

Nightfall arrived and he vehemently chewed on his dry food as if consuming Xiao’er’s flesh and gnawing on Shangguan Xuanjun’s bones.

After finishing his food, he laid debilitated without moving.

Luckily, this wasn’t his first night in the wilderness, otherwise, he would have been scared to death.

Just before dawn, he was startled awake by a wild pig’s cry. The ensuing pain in his backside as he jumped up made him fall back down.

But it was a wild boar, a single misstep could cost him his life. Regardless of whether his backside was wounded or not, running was the only option!

He bolted forward without resolving the pain in his backside, yet he was still slower than the wild boar.

Just when the wild boar was about to plunge into him like a head of cabbage, his savior intervened.

Yang Yong appeared brandishing a sword. He blocked the boar and killed it.

Yang Yong saved He Wei’s life. After understanding his situation, Yang provided a bottle of medicine and told He Wei he knew a way to help him take revenge.

Hearing this, He Wei felt as overjoyed as if he’d been offered a pillow right when he was about to sleep! He was eager for revenge!

Yang Yong gave him a jade pendant and told him a date and location. He instructed him to find a man named Lame Rong in a rouge shop called "Hua Rong Yue Mao" in a nearby town.

Yang Yong even gave him a horse for him to get away on.

Xiao’er thought to herself, she needed to find a way to delay the army’s passage through Yueluo Valley.

The next morning, all the soldiers, inclusive of Shangguan Xuanjun, were hit with diarrhea after breakfast.

Resounding stomach grumbles echoed wildly!

The soldiers scattered into the woods to find secluded places to resolve their personal issues.

Xiao’er rushed into a nearby hunter’s hut, holding her stomach. Once she closed the door, she refused to let anyone else in.

She hid inside the hut to conceal her laughter.

The sight of ten thousand soldiers rushing everywhere to relieve themselves was truly grand.

Some of them had barely finished fastening their belts before they felt their stomach grumble again, and raced back to their secluded spots.

Throughout the morning, everyone must have rushed back and forth at least ten times, until their legs were weak from the diarrhea.

Xiao’er also emerged with a pale face, pretending to be weak and joined the others.

The entire mountainside smelled like a rice paddy.

All the animals on the mountain were put off by the stench and fled.

Even a bird that had just flown over and wanted to perch on a tree on the mountain was almost knocked out of the sky by the stench. It flapped its wings hurriedly and flew away quickly.

Xiao’er pinched her nose, feeling a bit regretful that she had gone overboard with the laxative. The stench was about to knock her out too.

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