In Love With My Fierce Farming Wife!
Chapter 1349: Destination

Chapter 1349: Chapter 1349: Destination

Thinking of this, Su Pan’er sternly scolded.

"Old Cheng, did you arrange this whole act just to lure me here? Now that I’m here, if you have anything to say or any requests, just say them! You should be clear about the importance of Su Ke to me. If you really hurt him, don’t blame me, Su Pan’er, for being ruthless!"

"Well said, ’being ruthless!’"

Only then did Old Cheng turn his focus back on Su Pan’er, "Good, it seems the Empress knows how to read the times! Well, since the Empress is so aware, why not... follow this old bag of bones for a while?"

"Go? Where to?"

Su Pan’er looked at him warily.

"Does the Empress fear I would sell you for some money with this old bag of bones?"

Old Cheng laughed out loud, then handed the sword in his hand to an aide beside him, and turned around, "The fire here is likely too wild to be tamed. Why don’t we move along, I want to take you to meet someone. How about that?"

"Meet who?"

"Empress, don’t worry, you’ll know in just a moment."

Old Cheng didn’t show any intention of relieving her confusion but smiled mysteriously instead.

Su Pan’er turned back to glance at Su Ke and then looked towards Old Cheng, "What about Ke’er? What will happen to him, and he’s meant to stay here? How can I trust you? How dare I trust you!"

The first sentence was a question; the last was an assertion.

If asked, among the people who had followed her for years, who did Su Pan’er trust and feel most comfortable with? Apart from excluding Qin Yi, it would be Old Cheng!

Su Pan’er met Old Cheng shortly after she met Qin Yi. Old Cheng always played a role between a strict teacher and a wise strategist by their side, not only helping Su Pan’er with her Marrow Combating but also teaching Qin Yi martial arts and military tactics, and later, accompanying Qin Yi to fight from the south to the north, conquering the great territories of Great Zhou!

After Qin Yi ascended the throne, he chose to step behind the scenes, living in the palace and spending his days with Venerable Priest Liao Chen, seemingly pursuing a transcendent path of seeking immortality.

But fate loves to play jokes on people!

Such a person, both a teacher and a senior, could one day turn a sword against her!

How could she trust him?

Su Pan’er didn’t know. This world was too insane!

The unspoken implications in her words, Old Cheng apparently understood well.

He was silent for a while, finally sighed, turned his head away, his voice deep and slightly choking.

"Rest assured, as long as you obediently follow, I won’t harm him. And don’t blame me! After all, I met you later; I didn’t want to become someone who is ungrateful!"

"Oh, really?"

So, a person can really have such thick skin!

Or could it be that the definition of ungratefulness had changed?

Su Pan’er sneered derisively, gave him a contemptuous sidelong glance, and didn’t say more: "Didn’t you say we should go? Then let’s go!"

There was no point in arguing further; she wanted to see what exactly he intended to do!

"If that’s the case, Empress, then I’m afraid we must offend. Please cover your eyes, Empress."

Old Cheng pulled out a black cloth from his chest and handed it to another aide beside him.

The aide holding the black cloth stepped forward.

"Empress, my apologies."

After speaking, he went forward to blindfold Su Pan’er.

Su Pan’er clenched her fists tightly, barely restraining herself from knocking everyone down right there.

Dealing with others was not a problem for her, but Old Cheng was the only one she truly wasn’t sure she could subdue with a single blow.

If she couldn’t succeed in a single blow, then Ke’er...

She dared not gamble, nor could she afford to!

She had no choice but to let them blindfold her. Soon, the noise of Cao Imperial Historian and the others reached her ears. Listening to the voices, it seemed that Old Cheng’s people still wanted to deal with Cao Imperial Historian and his companions.

"Wait!"

Su Pan’er looked towards where Old Cheng was standing, "This matter has nothing to do with them. In memory of our mentorship, please let them go!"

Old Cheng seemed silent for a moment.

Then he spoke, "Fine. As you said, even though we do not have the formal relationship of master and disciple, we indeed have that in practice. For the sake of our past, let them all go!"

More raucous noise followed.

Su Pan’er wanted to say more, but Old Cheng didn’t let her speak further and stuffed her into a palanquin, lifting it and leaving the small residence.

The noise gradually faded, and Su Pan’er raised her hand intending to tear off the blindfold, but a scolding voice came from beside her.

"Empress, it would be better if you refrained from acting rashly. Otherwise, I might think the Empress wants to tear up our agreement, and if my hand trembles for a moment and the sword deepens, that would not be good."

Old Cheng’s voice was close at hand.

At the same time, she felt a heaviness on her shoulder with something cold placed on it.

Su Pan’er had to stop struggling.

She let the palanquin take her to an unknown place.

Along the way, she quietly counted the minutes. Time gradually slipped by, and she heard the crowing of a rooster, suggesting she had not left a populated area to enter deeper into the mountains. However, soon she realized that the palanquin seemed to be deliberately turning in place. Then, the palanquin began to tilt, as if starting to climb a mountain?

Su Pan’er’s senses heightened, even considering using her Mental Power to scout externally.

Yet just as this thought arose, Old Cheng beside her spoke again.

"You need not specifically check. I am indeed taking you into Deicide Mountain. In fact, the person I want you to meet is up here. Be calm, you’ll see him soon."

Hearing this from Old Cheng, Su Pan’er gave up the idea of exerting her Mental Power and quietly closed her eyes to nap.

It seemed there would be a tough battle later; she needed to conserve her strength by resting while she could.

The mountain path was rugged, sometimes high, sometimes low.

Su Pan’er didn’t know how long they had been walking in the mountain; it felt like they had first walked a distance, entered the mountain, circled a few times within it, then entered a cave, came out of that cave, and entered another cave...

After nearly six hours of back-and-forth, they still hadn’t reached their destination.

According to Su Pan’er’s estimation, it was already light outside, as the brilliance that even the black cloth couldn’t hide was seeping through.

Just as Su Pan’er was growing impatient, the palanquin finally stopped.

"We have arrived. Empress, you can now remove your blindfold."

Old Cheng’s voice sounded next to her ear.

Su Pan’er naturally pulled off the black cloth, squinting her eyes, and tried to quickly adapt to the brightness outside.

Soon, her surroundings came into view.

It was a valley surrounded by a ring of mountains, and she and Old Cheng were at the bottom of the valley, with only a palanquin and two burly men standing behind Old Cheng.

Su Pan’er’s cold gaze swept over the three men, and she then slowly began to walk forward along the valley.

After only a few steps, the scene in front of her changed, and a collapsed building stood before her.