"No, a little injury... maybe I accidentally sprained my foot just now."
Mr. Shen's face was pale and his expression was painful.
"Then you go and have a rest, I will take care of things here."
Gu Hao waved his hand towards Mrs. Shen, not wanting to care about her at all. Then Gu Hao looked at Ling Xuewei with concern.
"Miss Ye, let me take you back to the camp first."
The expression on Shen's face froze, and she clenched her fists tightly, her nails almost digging into her flesh, "Master..."
"No need, I'll ask Xuezhi to send it to me."
Ling Xuewei refused Gu Hao before Shen could say anything.
Then Xuezhi helped her back to the camp.
Gu Hao frowned and watched Ling Xuewei leave, asking the people around him to take care of her, and then took Shen back to the tent.
"Master, I'm afraid..."
Mrs. Shen quickly calmed down, pretending to be frightened and frightened.
"Don't be afraid, it's okay."
Gu Hao comforted him with a warm voice for a long time. Soon, a guard came in, and he left after a while.
"lady……"
"Go away!"
Mrs. Shen pushed away the maid who came forward, her face was ugly, where was the frightened look from just now?
She gritted her teeth, thinking of the scene where the master was worried and anxious about Ling Xuewei just now, and she felt like she had been slapped hard!
humiliation!
That's right, it's humiliation!
Why did this woman of unknown origin get all the attention from the master as soon as she arrived?
She has been married to the master for more than ten years, taking care of the housework and working hard for him without a single complaint. But when she was in danger today, the first thing the master thought of was this woman he had only known for a few days!
What kind of ecstasy soup did that woman pour into the master to make him bewildered?
Mrs. Shen took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in her heart.
Shen wanted to use a monster to get rid of that woman before, but she was lucky enough to escape. Fortunately, she had a life-saving magic weapon she brought from her family, so she escaped.
Thinking of the critical moment just now, Shen still felt lingering fear.
She almost died at the hands of the monster.
But...she seemed to have seen the woman kill a monster?
"Mother Zhen, have you seen it?"
"yes."
"She is anything but ordinary."
"According to my opinion, she does have some leg and foot skills. But... no matter how much more she has, we don't know."
"That alone is not enough to defeat her."
Ms. Shen stood up and paced back and forth, "You continue to keep an eye on her and send a message to our people to ask them to go to the Eastern Region to investigate her in advance. I want to know all the news about her."
"Ma'am, are you suspicious?"
"Humph, I suspect that she intends to get close to the master and must have an ulterior secret. Just wait, my intuition will never be wrong."
"Old slave understands."
…
This way.
Lieutenant Jing came to the corpses of the three fallen zombies, his eyes fell on one spot, and he paused slightly.
Soon, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"Lieutenant." A soldier came to call him. He stood up and said, "Dispose of the body."
Then he left.
This was just a small episode, and the female relatives were comforted and quickly calmed down.
Because of this raid, everyone had no choice but to leave this place overnight to prevent the bloody atmosphere from attracting more ferocious beasts.
Before dawn, the team took a short rest and then continued on their way.
After that, strangely enough, they were attacked one after another.
It stands to reason that the closer you get to the border of the Eastern Territory, the fewer the monsters should be.
But unfortunately, not only zombies, but also rotting beasts appeared. They were in groups, and the number exceeded a hundred!
Ling Xuewei observed that these attacks all went in the same direction at first!
That iron cage!
Ling Xuewei quickly thought that the fact that they were constantly being attacked might be related to the creatures in the iron cage.
What is it that attracts the pursuit of these monsters again and again?
Judging from the demeanor of Gu Hao and others, these days, they seem to be protecting the cage intentionally or unintentionally...
If she could use her spiritual power at this moment, everything would be easy.
As one wave after another attacked, the team suffered considerable damage. The female family members were frightened for several days. In addition, some people were scratched by monsters and began to suffer from high fever and coma.
Unfortunately, not everyone has an antidote in their hands.
In the past three years, although the antidote has been widely promoted, it is still a scarce item. The soldiers in the Eastern Region have basically been vaccinated, but others are different.
The antidote will also be used on the soldiers first. Usually the maids and servants can only be abandoned if they are scratched.
Several maids around Shen were infected with corpse poison.
The same goes for the female relatives of the other two families.
In desperation, they could only find a small town to stay in that night.
This town has been abandoned for a long time because of the war. There are basically few people inhabiting it, and there are ruins and ruins everywhere, leaving traces of the battle... Especially at night, it looks a bit weird and desolate.
"If everything goes well, we will reach the Great Wall before tomorrow evening."
Several family heads gathered together to discuss the next route of travel.
Lieutenant Jing discussed the specific marching route with them, and they returned to their respective camps.
At this time, the adjutant came in and presented something to him.
"My subordinates discovered this."
Jing Jiian took it, glanced at it, and then his expression changed slightly.
"Where did you find it?"
"Just outside the tent."
It was a stone. The stone was very ordinary, but the engravings on it were unusual.
Because that is a secret code that only the top brass of their three armed forces will know.
Jing Jie'an was just promoted to deputy lieutenant this year. Logically speaking, it was impossible for him to know this based on his rank. However, he had previously served under General Zhenying of the Second Army of the Qilin Army, and he only knew this by accident.
Those who can use this code must be at least general level or above.
But this code appears here...
Who is it?
His eyes flickered, and he put the stone into his sleeve, "Don't mention this matter to anyone, just go down."
"yes."
Jing Jiian looked outside the tent, thoughtfully.
late at night.
Outside town.
Jing Jie'an still followed the code and found it. The code needed to be deciphered. For those without special training, it would be just a bunch of useless symbols to them.
Tonight, at three o'clock in the afternoon, in the birch forest outside the town.
He guessed that the other party should be someone from their team.
Otherwise, he would not have been able to approach his camp so easily... But except for the Haotian Sect and the other two aristocratic families, there was no one else in the team. In other words, it was more likely that he was from one of the three families.
He is responsible for rectifying the internal affairs of the Qilin Army. This did not happen when he led it before. What's more, he knows the background of every soldier in the Qilin Army and there will never be a traitor.
Since the other party knows this code, he must be someone who has a deep understanding of the Qilin Army.
Jing Jie'an waited for a quarter of an hour.
Finally, there was movement.
He looked for the sound and saw a slender figure walking out from behind the tree.
When he saw the person clearly, his pupils narrowed, "Is it you?"