When she woke up the next morning, Cheng Ning smelled a faint smell of medicinal wine on her wrist, which happened to be the bottle she got back from Li Ming's house last night.
The doors and windows in her room have been closed, leaving only a small crack.
On the small table next to the bed, there was a glass of cool water.
Cheng Ning did not allow Su Yi to enter the house, so it was impossible for Su Yi to let him go.
When she went out, Su Yi immediately came over and said, "Master, I have prepared some sobering soup for you. Can you drink some?"
"Who entered my room last night?" Cheng Ning sniffed his wrist and asked, "Nan Entropy sent people to search last night, are there any results?"
"Ah?" Su Yi suddenly reacted: "Oh - you mean that hidden weapon? There seems to be no results. How about we send our own people to search for it?"
He originally thought that Nan Entropy would take care of this matter by himself, and he could leave it alone.
But she didn't expect Cheng Ning to ask again, but she didn't know if she had doubts about the other party's identity.
"No."
Cheng Ning sat in the lobby downstairs of the inn, finishing the porridge in one gulp.
It seemed like she just had a sudden idea, and it didn't matter whether the answer was yes or no.
Su Yi was not sure of her intention for a moment, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He just said that the eighty charcoal fire was ready and asked her to make a decision.
"Then let's go." Cheng Ning stood up and wiped his hands: "Have you sent all the letters?"
"They were all given away."
When they set off, Nan Entropy happened to come down from the second floor, so he simply jumped down the stairs and ran over: "Wait for me!"
"Your Highness!" His confidants were shocked: "Don't get excited!"
Why are you jumping from such a height?
But Nan Entropy had already chased him out, and the man who threw the concealed weapon at him last night could never be caught.
He felt that something was going on, and belatedly wondered if it was aimed at him.
Why did the stone fly out as soon as he touched Cheng Ning?
Could it be that besides him, someone else is following Cheng Ning?
If that's the case, he must find out.
But Ren Nanyu couldn't figure out who it could be. He had been investigating the fact that Cheng Ning was the lord of Youshui City for a long time.
And judging from Cheng Ning's intentions, she had no intention of getting involved with the people from her past.
Then it couldn't be another person like him, silently following Cheng Ning?
No, he won't allow it.
Before mounting the horse, Nan Entropy asked his subordinates to bring more people over, whether it was to deal with the bandits in Langzhong or to find out the people behind them.
He drove his horse to catch up with Cheng Ning and complained, "Why didn't you wait for me?"
"I don't agree with His Highness to travel with me, right?"
Nan Entropy felt that he would be pissed off by Cheng Ning sooner or later. He sulked for a while and then followed.
After completely entering the realm of Langzhong, everything around him became desolate.
Pieces of former fields now seemed to be wasteland.
The vegetation is very tall, and as soon as you look up, you can see the ruins of the old city everywhere.
The road was filled with yellow sand, and the horses' hooves stirred up a burst of yellow sand as they ran by.
There is no one around, but there is a sense of danger hidden everywhere.
Nan Entropy suddenly became serious and stood in front of Cheng Ning: "Hide behind me, don't show your face."
Just as he was talking, the guard in front suddenly stopped his horse: "Protect the master!"
They were passing a broken wall. There were a few bushes of weeds at the broken wall, and rustling sounds could be heard from inside.
——There are people.
Cheng Ning glanced at Su Yi, who pulled out his long knife and rushed over.
Then he picked out a few imps.
He was really a kid, with big round eyes, not fully clothed, and dirty all over.
There were also several sharp weapons cut from tree trunks in his hands.
"Is this robbery?" Cheng Ning got off his horse and couldn't tell whether these people were over ten years old.
I had just entered Langzhong, and the first wave of bandits I met were actually children.
But it’s normal. The border areas are poor, and many families cannot afford to feed their children. They do everything to make a living at a young age.
The leader of the kid was held by Su Yi's collar, and his legs kept kicking on the ground: "Let me go!"
He also wanted to stab Cheng Ning with the tree trunk in his hand, but Su Yi twisted his hand and held it behind his back.
In fact, these brats didn't want to steal Cheng Ning.
Although they are young, they are not without brains. They cannot afford to rob this large group of people coming on horseback.
I just wanted to hide.
But he was still taken out.
"Master, there are nails on the ground!" A guard came to report.
Cheng Ning took a look and saw a lot of iron nails on the ground. If the horse stepped on them, the horse's hoofs would not be needed.
Cheng Ning asked the kid: "Did you place the nails?"
"Yes, so what? It doesn't cost you money, it costs your life!"
He scratched his neck and became very angry.
It looked like Cheng Ning was the bandit, but he was the one who was robbed.
Cheng Ning was amused: "Stop howling, or else I'll take off your pants, put them on the nails, and roll them twice."
She was so cruel, not only that brat, but also Nan Entropy was shocked.
She is really an iron-faced female general.
"Kill if you want, don't try to humiliate me!" The kid struggled even harder: "Don't take off my pants!"
"If you don't take off your pants, I can still give you money."
Cheng Ning took out the bag of money Su Yi gave her yesterday and tossed it around in her hands.
The silver inside collided and made a dull sound.
The kid's eyes lit up instantly: "Give me money?"
Why do some people take the initiative to give money to bandits?
"What are you going to do? Don't you see that these are just little bandits? When they grow up, they will be big bandits!" Nan Entropy said angrily.
Cheng Ning ignored him, just looked at the kid and asked, "Are you familiar with this area?"
When they entered Langzhong, they rarely saw people, and even if they did, eight out of ten were bandits.
No one could draw the former map of Langzhong, and no one knew its structure.
But these little devils running around should know.
Just right to lead the way.
Her reply to the Liger Gang was for nine days. Before then, it would be best if she could get familiar with the terrain.
"It's familiar!" The kid looked at the bag of silver, his eyes shining: "You go forward, fifty miles away is the center of the old city. You don't dare to go there without someone to lead the way."
All the bandits in Langzhong were frightened after hearing this.
Especially close to the center of the city, it is simply the hinterland where bandits gather. The howling wind at night is like a deadly ghost.
"Okay, you lead the way," Cheng Ning said cheerfully, "When it's done, the bag of money in my hand will be yours."
Looking at the amount of silver, it was at least fifty taels.
Fifty taels is enough for an ordinary person to last a lifetime.
The kid nodded hurriedly: "I'll take it, I'll take it!"
"what's your name?"
The kid raised his neck and said very arrogantly, "People in the world call me Third Brother!"
"Okay third brother." Cheng Ning patted him on the shoulder: "You are my third brother."
In the next few days, Cheng Ning was in no hurry to go to the city center.
Instead, she rode her horse during the day and asked her third brother to take her around the area. When it got dark, she set up a tent and spent the night in the wilderness.
It's not that they haven't met other bandits, but the day they entered Langzhong it was already clear that they made an appointment with the Liger Gang.
So no one dares to provoke him.
It can be seen that the deterrent power of the Liger Gang in Langzhong is indeed huge.
Eight days later, it was the day before the meeting with the Liger Gang.
The whole Langzhong suddenly became restless.
