Chapter 238
Upon seeing Ouyang Shaochen and Murong Xue step inside, General Zhang put the map back on the table before cupping his hands to show his respect . “Prince Ouyang, Miss Murong, your tents are ready, and are just next to mine . . . ”
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“Thank you very much, General Zhang,” Ouyang Shaochen said calmly .
“It’s my pleasure!” General Zhang smiled . Red marks on the map on the desk implied his anxiety and confusion .
“Are you in trouble, General?” Murong Xue winked .
“It’s not that serious . We have stayed here for several days, and the army is still not able to progress any further . . . ” General Zhang sighed, his eyebrows knitted . Though the military situation was the top secret, it had already been well-known to the 300,000 soldiers outside the tent . Therefore, there was no need to hide it from them .
Something skimmed across Murong Xue’s mind fleetingly, which was too quick for her to grasp . “What happened?”
“After the general of the Nan Jiang army passed away, the emperor appointed his son, prince Gong Qianyu, as the troop leader . Adept at martial arts and deployment, he made full use of the terrain of Mingzhou and blocked our army out of the city . . . ” General Zhang said in a low-pitched voice, his sharp eyes flickering with sullenness .
During the war before, the Qing Yan army used to be in serious trouble, but the problem could always be solved smoothly . However, the traps set by the crown prince of Nanjiang are too mysterious and strange to break through, not to mention marching forward . . .
If they could not get past the traps, it would be impossible to conquer Mingzhou even in the next year . . .
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Murong Xue remembered Gong Qianyu’s clear eyes sparkling with strange light . As the leader of the Nanjiang army, that innocent guy wasn’t only a top practitioner in martial arts, but also a talent in deployment . Obstructing 300,000 Qing Yan soldiers all by himself, how unimaginable . . .
“General, what about kidnapping several Nanjiang soldiers and interrogate them under torture?” One of the deputies suggested .
General Zhang shook his head . “The traps were set by Gong Qianyu . The soldiers may not know how to get past them . . . ”
“What should we do . . . ”
General Zhang and his deputies discussed heatedly about the available strategy .
Not interested in the war, Murong Xue kept silent . She looked around, but there was no sign of even one familiar figure nearby . “General Zhang, where is my elder brother?” She couldn’t help asking .
“He is on patrol with groups of soldiers, and will return after two hours . . . ” General Zhang answered expressionlessly .
Murong Xue nodded . Since she would live here tonight, it would be okay to meet Murong Ye later .
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“General Zhang, there’s an emergency . . . ” A scream resounded in the air . A soldier lifted the curtain before rushing inside, out of breath .
“What happened? Why are you in panic?” General Zhang glared at him with a frown .
“It’s the guards . . . They are in trouble . . . ” The soldier took a long breath before saying in a hurry, “The guards noticed several suspects during the patrol and decided to catch them, but they were trapped in the net . . . ”
With his gaze turning stern, General Zhang scolded them harshly, “Haven’t I ordered that no one should step inside? How bold they were to violate my order . . . ”
“The soldiers didn’t violate your order . The range of those traps has been expanded . . . They thought there was still some distance . . . ” The soldier argued eagerly .
General Zhang squinted his sharp eyes . What? Gong Qianyu actually expanded the range net and threatened the Qingyan army . At that time, not only the soldiers couldn’t march forward, but would be forced to retreat . . .
With her eyelids twitching, Murong Xue had a sense of foreboding . She looked up at the soldier and asked, “Have all the guards on patrol been trapped inside?”
“I’m afraid so . ” The soldier nodded, his eyes flickering with sullenness . “The strange trap entrapped all the soldiers at once . Although Marquis Murong Ye is indeed a good practitioner in martial arts, he fell into the trap in the end after a long period of struggling . . . ”
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Murong Xue frowned heavily . Hadn’t she warned Murong Ye repetitively? How silly he was to be so careless . . .
“Are the traps so horrible?”
“Traps of various kinds were set ahead . None of the entrapped soldiers could survive . . . ” General Zhang murmured, his eyes full of frustration .
Murong Ye was surely in great danger . . .
“I want to have a look . . . ” Murong Xue’s eyes were narrowed .
“Please have a second thought, Miss Murong . The traps are very dangerous places . . . ” General Zhang exhorted her at once .
“Set your mind at ease . I can look after myself . ” Murong Xue stepped outside with a chuckle . She not only had witnessed various traps, but had been to many dangerous and strange places in the modern society . In Murong Xue’s opinion, there was never any trap in the world mysterious enough to entrap her . . .
Watching her resolute figure, Ouyang Shaochen followed her outside with vigorous strides, his dark eyes flickering with helplessness .
General Zhang and his deputies glanced at each other before hurrying out of the tent with their private guards, following Murong Xue .
They still remembered vividly how Murong Xue fought against the strange people on a wooden snake at the Royal Summer Resort . The traps seemed to be far more dangerous than those snakes . It was still unknown whether she could success this time . . .
The traps were located in the southwest of the military camp, merely two or three Lis away .
Standing afar, Murong Xue noticed a luxuriant and boundless forest covered by dead silence . The dark gray mist lingering among the trees accentuated its strangeness and gruesomeness .
Murong Xue frowned at the heavy mist . “The mist is poisonous . I must take the antidote before entering, or I will die within fifty steps!”
So powerful!
All the people squinted at the poisonous mist, which they had always mistook as a common one . No wonder none of the soldiers survived after entering the woods . . .
Glancing at other people’s eyes filled with fear, Murong Xue turned around with a chuckle and reached inside Ouyang Shaochen’s sleeve for a white bag from which she took out a dark brown pill before stuffing it in her mouth . “Since the traps are dangerous, there is no need for you to follow me inside . I will go there by myself!” She said slowly .