mtl008 Chapter 1769: There are evil spirits on the mountain
Chapter 1769: There are evil spirits on the mountain
"Chen Changli is so smart, he will be fine even if he is caught. You should worry about yourself." Liu Yaoyao looked at Wan Shufang carefully. Seeing that her face was pale and her lips were white, she immediately took out a water gourd from her arms and threw it to her.
Wan Shufang took it subconsciously, but said, "The people who arrested Chen Changli are the Quanrong people."
"How is that possible?" The prince was quite shocked.
Liu Yaoyao thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's because Tu Yuanzhou, the prince, and Chen Changli have dealt with them before and have ways to deal with them, but Chang Xuewei's temper is out of control. You have to cooperate with me, so don't forget what you promised me."
The prince took one look at her and realized that her expression did not allow for rejection. He wanted to persuade her, but then he thought it was unnecessary.
He concealed his thoughts and said to Wan Shufang, "You go back to Yongzhou City first. I'll go to the front to take a look."
"I want to go with you." Wan Shufang was worried about Chen Changli and didn't want to miss the opportunity to get news about him first.
"You're useless except being a hindrance." Liu Yaoyao was a little impatient. It was obvious that she was not happy with Wan Shufang taking the prince away.
"If you meet Chang Xuewei, I might be able to help you." Wan Shufang glared at her, then looked at the prince expectantly.
"The Quanrong people are very brutal. Chen Changli once dealt with them and they hate him. If you, as his wife, are discovered, you will be used as a hostage to threaten Chen Changli." The prince looked conflicted.
He knew how much Chen Changli cared about Wan Shufang, so he didn't want her to take risks.
"I'm not afraid." Wan Shufang immediately stated, "I'm just afraid that Chen Changli will be seriously injured and no one will treat him."
After hearing what she said, the prince had no choice but to take her with him.
Liu Yaoyao wanted to resist, but seeing that the prince had a serious expression, as if he was worried about what would happen to Chen Changli, she had to hide her resistance.
"We have brought quite a few people with us. If we don't go to the jungle, we will be easily discovered. So we can only travel light. As for the fire bombs we brought, I'm afraid we have to find a place to hide them."
"I'll make the arrangements. You take care of Wan Shufang first and let her take some time off." Upon hearing this, the prince went into the jungle to check the environment and prepare to find a place to hide the fire bomb. Unexpectedly, he found traces of people walking.
He followed the trace for a while and found that it led to deep mountains. His heart began to beat wildly, because Harijula was deep in the mountains.
"I hope they miss each other." If they collide, Harijula will surely die.
With a heavy heart, the prince quickly turned back and told Wan Shufang the clues, then said to Liu Yaoyao: "Chen Changli may have been taken to the mountains. As far as I know, Wangxi Mountain has many peaks, and the terrain is dangerous, which is difficult for ordinary people to climb."
"The Quanrong people live on the grasslands. They are used to flat terrain and are not good at climbing such dangerous mountains, so I don't think they can go far."
"Liu Yaoyao, I have decided to take some people to rescue Chen Changli first. You can decide on your own about matters related to the fire bomb."
Upon hearing the prince's words, Liu Yaoyao said angrily: "What do you mean? Do you want to push the matter to me? Chang Xuewei is your sister. Only if you follow me and appear in front of her can you stimulate her and let her run out without any scruples."
"If I were alone, she might be tempted, but I think she would hide for a while before coming to coax me like she did before."
Liu Yaoyao's voice became louder and louder as she spoke, because she and the prince had already discussed it and even prepared half of the manpower for each of them.
If the prince took his men away, when she met Chang Xuewei, wouldn't she have to use her own people to achieve her goal?
"If you are worried, come with us to rescue Chen Changli first." Wan Shufang was dissatisfied with her words before, and now that she understood what she meant, her face suddenly turned cold.
"The dead Chen Changli is more valuable." Liu Yaoyao rolled her eyes at her unhappily.
"You don't plan to save people, and you don't take action on your own. Do you want to stop me and the prince? Or are you in cahoots with them, and are delaying time in front of us?" Wan Shufang suspected bluntly.
Liu Yaoyao's face darkened and she was about to retort.
The prince quickly tried to smooth things over: "Human lives are at stake, so my idea is to save people first and seduce Chang Xuewei later."
The prince's tone was very firm. Liu Yaoyao knew she couldn't refute it and could only sulk alone.
Wan Shufang took a sip of water to moisten her throat before saying, "Thank you, Prince."
"Chen Changli is my cousin. In other words, he is my only relative in this world. If something happens to him, I will be as worried as you." Although the prince's face was calm, the words that came out of his mouth were full of worry.
Wan Shufang's eyes couldn't help but turn red. She took a deep breath to suppress the sour feeling, then followed the prince into the mountains.
Liu Yaoyao was shocked: "Aren't you going to take a break?"
The prince didn't even turn his head, and his voice came back: "Liu Yaoyao, if you don't want to go with us to rescue people, just wait for us here."
Liu Yaoyao was so angry that she stomped her feet on the spot. Then she took some people to catch up with the prince, while the other group hid the fire bomb.
After walking for half an hour, Wan Shufang discovered bloodstains and immediately went forward to check.
Liu Yaoyao came to her side, observed for a while and said: "The blood has dried. Judging from the dry state, Chen Changli passed by here an hour ago."
After saying that, Liu Yaoyao suddenly felt something was wrong. She looked at Wan Shufang carefully and asked in confusion, "You and Chen Changli have such a good relationship. If you were in danger, you two should work together! Why was only Chen Changli arrested, but you were fine?"
Before Wan Shufang could speak, the prince said coldly, "You know how much Chen Changli cares about Wan Shufang. If she is in danger, he will do his best to protect her. How could he let her be caught?"
Liu Yaoyao was stumped by this sentence and almost didn't know how to refute it. She could only change the subject: "Do those people know Chen Changli's identity?"
If Chen Changli's identity as a first-rank general is hidden well, he will be fine. What Liu Yaoyao is worried about is that the Quanrong people know who Chen Changli is.
"I don't know." Wan Shufang lowered her eyelids to hide the worry in her eyes. "I only know that those people would treat Han people as food. Chen Changli and I were arrested because we found something wrong and wanted to investigate the situation, but we didn't want to be shocked by their identities."
"Chen Changli took great pains to let me escape. If it weren't for him, I would have died in the hands of these evil thieves."
When talking about sad things, tears welled up in Wan Shufang's eyes, but she tried hard not to let them fall.
The prince felt the same way as she did. He took out a handkerchief and handed it to her, saying softly, "Don't worry too much. Even if those people knew Chen Changli's identity, they wouldn't do anything to him. After all, Chen Changli is a very capable person with a great reputation. They might want to use him to gain credit."
As soon as the prince finished speaking, a flock of birds suddenly flew up from the jungle, and in the next moment a group of disheveled people ran down from the steep cliff.
"Run! There are evil spirits on the mountain."