12dz Chapter 348: Love in the Mansion Office
Chapter 348: Love in the Mansion Office
This forest and mountain range is not far apart; according to Bai Wuyou, it can be traversed in three days.
Shen Li didn't care about the number of days; she only knew that there was a glimmer of hope here, and she had to give it a try.
Three days' worth of food wasn't difficult to carry, but the road was too difficult to walk. It was not only easy to get lost, but also very steep. Even when they were pulling each other along, some people would still fall off from time to time.
Just when people had finally figured out the trick to walking, they encountered miasma. Although Bai Wuyou had people chew herbs early on, they were still staggering, vomiting and having diarrhea, and unable to eat.
Shen Li led the way, and because she was in good health and had a small reaction, Bai Wuyou found it hard to believe that she was someone without internal energy when he watched her eat.
There are many poisonous insects in the miasma, and you can only walk by torchlight. Those bitten by the insects will be left there forever because they cannot get treatment.
Li Rui is right, people can die on this road.
The second and third days were still filled with difficult mountain paths and ferocious beasts like tigers and wild boars that had been starving all winter.
Tigers are afraid of muskets; if they fire in unison, they will quickly flee. The most difficult to catch are wild boars, some of which weigh five or six hundred pounds. They spend years rolling in the mud and getting pine resin on their skin, which forms a thick layer of armor that muskets cannot penetrate and arrows cannot pierce.
Seeing that the humans' tricks were useless against it, a wild boar with a pair of red eyes that were both smug and fierce charged at the group with its two long tusks, directly at Shen Li at the front of the crowd.
Forsythia and Peony shielded Shen Li behind her, but Shen Li pushed them away and clenched her fists. In her opinion, this wild boar was just a bit strong and easy to deal with.
However, before she could make a move, a figure darted past her, casually flashing a sword and blinding the boar. Taking advantage of the boar's screaming and frenzy, the figure kicked a spear into the boar's mouth, piercing its lungs.
Shen Li saw it; it was Bai Wuyou who had made the move. His Taoist robes fluttered, and his body was as light as the wind. It seemed as if the wild boar had been killed with a mere wave of his hand.
The soldiers all thought this must be a deity.
Shen Li sighed, no wonder he became a holy son, he really has the air of an immortal, it would be more convincing to say that he came from heaven.
Although there were many twists and turns along the way, thanks to Bai Wuyou's skills and experience, not many people died, and more than 3,000 of the 5,000 people were still alive after climbing down the last mountain.
The mountain road ahead was still a mountain road, but at a glance, there was no danger, because almost all the trees on the mountain had been cut down, obviously cut down by villagers to burn in their homes during the winter.
The mountains that the villagers can access on a daily basis certainly do not pose a danger to more than 3,000 people.
"Ma Zheng, Chen Su, you two lead your men and lie in ambush here, awaiting my message."
As Shen Li spoke, she had already leaped onto the hill. She was wearing coarse linen clothes, a headscarf around her head, and her face was painted black with mud lines, making her look like a local mountain person.
"Yes," Ma Zheng and Chen Su replied.
Bai Wuyou also jumped out. He had already taken off his Taoist robe and put on a blue linen robe. The clothes were worn out, and his face was yellowish, but his eyes looked extraordinary.
"Don't look up at people too much," Shen Li instructed as she descended the mountain.
Bai Wuyou chuckled and said, "Do you think your expression makes you look like a mountain person?"
"At least you look more down-to-earth than me. Your eyes... I don't even want to talk about them." Shen Li's tone was full of disdain.
Only the two of them came down from the mountain. It was dark at night, and they bypassed the village and headed towards the government office.
When it came to leaping into the air, Bai Wuyou would grab Shen Li's belt. At first, he wanted to grab her around the waist, but Shen Li felt that it wasn't a life-or-death situation, and they shouldn't be too careless about the proper boundaries between men and women.
“The daughters of wealthy families are such a hassle.” Bai Wuyou shook his head slightly: “We wanderers in the martial world don’t care about these things.”
"Oh? I haven't seen you find a wife who travels the world?" Shen Li teased.
Bai Wuyou lay on the roof of the government office and used his finger to cover Shen Li's mouth.
Shen Li pushed him away before he could touch her and continued, "Don't be so startled. That sound is just a cat knocking over a chamber pot or something. Didn't you hear the cat meowing?"
Bai Wuyou looked at her as if she were a monster. He was already relying on his profound internal strength to be able to hear the sound of something falling over from this distance. How did she hear the cat meowing?
Sure enough, the two lay in wait for a while and did not hear anyone coming.
"Over there." Shen Li pointed towards the back office.
"Wait for me here. I'll come back for you when I find it," Bai Wuyou said, then lightly stepped off the roof and leaped away like a roc spreading its wings.
Shen Li disappeared in the blink of an eye. After a while, she simply rolled over and lay on the roof to look at the moon, muttering, "She actually thinks I'm a burden. Sooner or later, I'll learn that flying skill too."
She lay on the roof and heard the night watchman passing by below. She relaxed and didn't move, after all, she was already disliked, so she couldn't be a hindrance.
The night watchman yawned and walked away. After a while, she heard the wind howling, and then she felt a tightness around her waist as she was lifted up and flown away with the wind.
After a few rises and falls, the wind died down, and she was gently placed on the roof, making a faint sound.
But she knew the sound wouldn't be heard because the noise in the room was louder.
The voices of a man and a woman made Bai Wuyou hug his shoulders and remain silent, his face slightly flushed. He felt extremely embarrassed to hear such things with a woman.
In contrast, Shen Li took a tile from the roof and looked down through the hole.
He glanced at her and closed the book, repeatedly saying how boring it was.
"You're supposed to be a lady from a respectable family, what are you doing?" Bai Wuyou was very surprised to see her actions, and whispered in her ear, "What kind of behavior is this?"
"Yes, it's ugly and there are too many patterns. What kind of behavior is this?" Shen Li also shook her head slightly.
"You..." Bai Wuyou felt like her head was about to explode.
"Alright, take a break. They should be here soon too," Shen Li deduced from the plump body.
Sure enough, the sounds below stopped soon afterward, replaced by snoring and even breathing.
Shen Li gave Bai Wuyou a look. Bai Wuyou first placed her by the back window, then flew to the front and pressed the pressure points of the night watchman. After that, he pried open the front window and quietly climbed inside.
She climbed into the room herself only after she heard no movement from inside.
An oil lamp was always lit in the room, and a middle-aged man who looked like a pig and a beautiful young woman were sleeping on the bed.
"I've used acupressure; that woman will be unconscious until dawn." Bai Wuyou looked at the man with considerable disgust: "What about him?"
"Wake him up," Shen Li instructed.
Bai Wuyou took a handkerchief, wet it, and covered the man's mouth and nose on the bed.
In just a few breaths, the man's eyes widened, and he began to whimper, "Ooh ooh ooh..."
He saw Shen Li and Bai Wuyou, one with a dark face and the other with a yellow face, and his expression became even more terrified, thinking that he had encountered ghost messengers who came to take his soul.
"Don't shout, cooperate obediently, or I'll kill you." Shen Li's voice wasn't loud, but his senses were heightened at that moment, and he felt as if the sound was exploding right next to his ear, so loud that he couldn't ignore it.
"Mmm-hmm." He didn't have time to react, he just kept nodding.