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Chapter 236 New Discovery

Fu Wen followed Zhu Yu out of the main tent, and the two of them rode two horses in a direction where there were fewer people.

To avoid attracting attention, they simply rode their horses on foot, not daring to gallop.

After walking for about the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, there wasn't a single person in sight, not even a faint voice. Finally, Fu Wen couldn't help but ask Zhu Yu in a low voice, "Second Master, where are we going to find someone?"

In the past, such notes were meant to be delivered to Chi Fuwei. He could deliver the message himself, without needing his wife to make the trip.

However, the master did not hand over the jade whistle that summons the Chi Fu Guards to him today, and now that they are in the Shuo region, he did not notice the Chi Fu Guards following him around a few days ago.

Zhu Yu did not answer, but simply pulled on the reins, stopping the horse and looking around.

They had just reached the edge of a grove of trees; the path ahead was secluded, while the path behind was wide open.

In Zhu Yu's opinion, this was the perfect spot. The woods in front of him were dappled with shadows in the night, and even the bright moon in the sky could not illuminate them clearly.

Lu Qing thought this was a good option for the secret guards he had summoned if they wanted to conceal their whereabouts.

A wide, unobstructed path behind her was the best escape route for her and Rune to flee as quickly as possible should anything unexpected happen.

No one could possibly ambush the two of them in such an open and unobstructed field.

Although Fu Wen was very strong and a martial arts master, Zhu Yu was aware of this, but she herself was, after all, a genuine martial arts novice, and she was still aware of this.

The decision was made here. Zhu Yu took out the silver whistle that he always wore around his neck and hid under his collar, and blew it loudly.

I thought I would hear a louder whistle, but I only heard a faint sound that quickly dissipated in the wind.

Zhu Yu was a little unsure, so he bragged about it again.

"Second Master, don't worry," Fu Wen said, having a general idea of ​​what was going on when he saw the silver whistle in Zhu Yu's hand. "Just wait a moment, they can hear us."

Zhu Yu nodded, thus refraining from blowing it a third time.

A gust of wind blew by, and the shadows of the trees swayed in the woods. Fu Wen suddenly raised his head, looked up warily, and whispered to Zhu Yu, "Second Master, the people are here."

Zhu Yu also hurriedly looked up. Fortunately, her night vision has always been excellent, and she is used to observing carefully. Following the words of the rune, she quickly locked onto a dark shadow hidden among the branches and leaves at the treetop.

The shadowy figure's gaze first fell on the rune, then it saw the silver whistle around Zhu Yu's neck. Only then did it leap down from the branch, its movements as light as a leaf drifting down from a tree.

The man in black wore a black mask, and if it weren't for the bright moonlight tonight, he would have been completely hidden in the darkness.

He silently clasped his hands and bowed deeply to Zhu Yu, who then took out the note from his pocket and handed it to him.

The man took the note, clasped his hands in a fist salute, leaped upwards, and stood once again on the high branch, like a giant black bird.

Zhu Yu looked up and saw him unfold the note on the branch. With the help of the brighter moonlight that was more unobstructed from above, he quickly read Lu Qing's instructions on the note and then took out a tinderbox from his pocket.

In the originally chaotic black night sky, a flash of light illuminated the sky, drawing a short, reddish-orange arc before disappearing back into the darkness.

A light wisp of ashes drifted down. Zhu Yu, afraid of getting it in her eyes, quickly ducked. When she looked up again, the figure from before had vanished from the treetops. "Where...is he?" she wondered.

"They're already gone, what superb skills!" Fu Wen couldn't help but praise, then said to Zhu Yu, "Second Master, let's go back too!"

Zhu Yu nodded, then carefully put the silver whistle back under his collar, turned his horse around, and returned to the camp with the rune.

The return journey was the same; they didn't want to disturb anyone, so they didn't walk very fast. When they returned to the camp, only Lu Qing was left in the main tent; Zhu Feng had already left.

When Fu Wen saw that the food box next to him hadn't been touched, he quickly took it out, heated it up for them, and brought it back. He then placed it on the table for the two of them before retreating to the doorway to eat his own portion.

"Madam, you must be tired from this trip." Lu Qing served Zhu Yu a bowl of hot soup. "It's chilly at night, have some soup to warm yourself up."

Did you see clearly what kind of person came tonight, Madam?

Zhu Yu nodded: "He's a little bit taller than Fu Wen, but not as strong as him. Everything else is covered up so I can't see it. But when I handed him the note you wrote, he reached out his left hand to take it, so he should be left-handed."

After she finished speaking, she saw that Lu Qing's expression was both knowing and somewhat satisfied, and she raised her eyebrows at him in confusion.

Lu Qing didn't wait for Zhu Yu to ask directly, and told her directly: "The person you saw tonight is not the same person who delivered the letter to me that night."

Zhu Yu was somewhat surprised, but judging from Lu Qing's reaction, he didn't seem worried at all, so it seemed to be a good thing rather than a bad thing.

“Lu Chao once told me that if you want to live freely, you can’t always have someone else’s shadow following you.” Lu Qing scooped the soup in the bowl with a spoon. “He always said that you can only feel at ease when the shadow is your own. I just thought he was saying it casually. Although I was a little surprised last time, I didn’t have time to think about it much.”

It seems he actually got it done.

Zhu Yu was also somewhat surprised.

Although she completely agreed with this statement, Lu Qing was always surrounded by Emperor Jin's Chi Fu Guards. Although they obeyed his orders, their every move was being watched.

Simply replacing the people under the Emperor's command with one's own is not an easy task.

It's likely that Lu Chao has been secretly planning and arranging this for a long time.

However, after thinking about it, Zhu Yu suddenly remembered something else.

The last time the secret guards appeared to deliver the silver whistle and the puzzle box to Lu Qing, it was after they had already entered the Shuo region.

Before that, according to the observation of the runes and talismans, Emperor Jin's Chi Fu Guards had been secretly accompanying them all along. However, after they entered the Lizhou camp, they never found any trace of the Chi Fu Guards again.

Even when Lu Qing wanted to send a secret letter back to Emperor Jin as the Golden-Faced Censor, it took Fu Wen a long time to finally find the Chi Fu Guard guarding that area again.

So... this also means that the Chifu Guards are not forbidden from entering the Shuo Land; if they wanted to, no one could stop them.

However, they stayed in Lizhou obediently and did not follow Lu Qing and his group during their departure from Lizhou to Huazhou and Shuodi.

Then the problem is coming.

What exactly does Emperor Jin want to do?