Chapter 301

This was actually very passive.

But after He He Lingchuan figured this out, his heart was even more worried.

Hong Chenglue knew that making bold claims couldn't be proven on the spot, so why did he still want to meet He He Chunhua? What other arrangements did he have here? He He Lingchuan lowered his head and spoke of his worries.

But no sooner had he said two sentences than He He Chunhua nodded and interrupted: "Alright, I know."

From this angle, He He Lingchuan could see the muscles in his neck were very tense; clearly, He He Chunhua wasn't as calm as he appeared.

After a long while, the stone man spoke again: "Let me see A-Jin first."

This request wasn't excessive. He He Chunhua tilted his head and flicked his chin, and the soldiers guarding the carriage pulled the door open.

The old woman inside helped A-Jin put a pillow behind her back, allowing her to lean against the carriage wall.

Only then did A-Jin's eyes have spirit: "Hong Lang."

"How are you?" The stone man couldn't help but take two steps toward her, "Have they made things difficult for you?"

"I am fine, but you are being made difficult." A-Jin sighed, "It seems I have dragged you down again."

The stone man said firmly: "The one who drags me down has never been you!"

In broad daylight in front of a thousand people, these two were showing affection? He He Chunhua coughed and said to A-Jin: "Lady Miao, don't forget our agreement."

A-Jin's surname was Miao, and He He Chunhua had looked for her several times in the past two days, wanting her to persuade Hong Chenglue.

She had also agreed, neither stubborn nor resisting.

A-Jin ignored him completely, staring fixedly at her husband on the mountain peak: "Hong Lang, don't worry about me anymore. From now on, the sky is high for the birds to fly!"

Speaking of this, she smiled at Hong Chenglue, but black blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

Hong Chenglue and He He Chunhua were shocked, almost in unison: "What are you doing!"

Hong Chenglue was even more terrified: "How is this possible, I clearly took her medicine!"

He He Chunhua rushed over, no longer caring about his image, and pried open A-Jin's mouth, only to see her teeth clenched tightly, her body shaking non-stop, and blood flowing from all seven orifices.

He He Lingchuan also rushed over, urgently ordering the medicine ape: "Lingguang, save her!"

Lingguang jumped into the carriage, sniffed the smell in A-Jin's mouth, took out a gourd from somewhere, and poured water into her mouth. "It's the highly toxic 'Cold Dove Powder,' used by death squads."

The liquid in the gourd was pale yellow, a bit unpleasant but very clear.

A-Jin's throat muscles were constricted, unable to swallow at all; Lingguang hurriedly stretched out its claws and pressed twice, finally letting it go down gurgling.

She choked, but Lingguang didn't care, still pouring it in fiercely.

After a dozen breaths, it flipped A-Jin over again, pressing her abdomen forcefully: "Spit it out again, quick!"

A-Jin vomited messily.

Lingguang then poured medicine to wash her stomach, preparing to induce vomiting again.

At this time, no miraculous medicine was as useful as basic methods.

But this time, A-Jin was only poured two mouthfuls before there was no reaction. No matter how it massaged her, it was ineffective.

"It's no use." Lingguang panted, "This poison acts too fast."

It could see when it poured medicine for A-Jin; this woman's mouth had been corroded, not to mention her more fragile internal organs.

Describing this poison as "sealing the throat upon seeing blood" was truly not an exaggeration.

In the Yuan nation and Between Beijia nation, Cold Dove Powder was known as a specialized drug for sealing mouths.

"Try again!" He He Chunhua said sternly, "Think of another way!"

Seeing that Hong Chenglue was about to compromise, his plan was about to succeed. If A-Jin died at this juncture, his trump card against Hong Chenglue would be gone, and instead, he would have a deep blood feud! At this moment, he was extremely annoyed; how could his subordinates not have searched this paralyzed woman thoroughly?

Was it because she was disabled that they relaxed their vigilance? Lingguang tried several more methods, but A-Jin remained motionless. He He Lingchuan felt her pulse; it was already gone.

"Father, she is dead."

A-Jin died from poison, and the stone man also rushed up like crazy.

But it was just a mouthpiece and didn't have much defensive power, being turned into a pile of stones in a few strokes by the surrounding soldiers.

He He Chunhua suppressed his chaotic heart and shouted: "Catch Hong Chenglue, quick!"

The blood feud had already been formed, and he must not be allowed to leave this place alive.

Zeng Zeng Feixiong whistled, and the nearby soldiers no longer hid, jumping out of their concealment and rushing toward the small mountain peak.

He He Chunhua rolled his eyes and shouted at Hong Chenglue: "She is not dead, your wife has been saved!"

Across ten-odd zhang, with so many people blocking the carriage, he didn't believe Hong Chenglue could see clearly that A-Jin was already dead.

As long as this person wasn't sure, there was a turning point.

Hong Chenglue saw his wife bleeding from the corner of her mouth through the stone man, terrified, and without thinking, he was about to jump down.

Dong Rui pressed his shoulder: "Are you crazy! This is throwing yourself into the net!"

Hong Chenglue shook him off, not expecting a giant claw to extend from the side and grab his arm fiercely. Hong Chenglue actually couldn't break free immediately: "Let go, she is poisoned!"

It was the Ghost Ape, who had transformed into its true form to help its master stop Hong Chenglue. But the latter had great strength, and the Ghost Ape itself was still an injured patient, able to hold him back only by using all its strength.

Dong Rui roared into Hong Chenglue's ear: "Calm down! She took the poison voluntarily, she didn't want you to die!"

This word "die" was deafening; Hong Chenglue was stunned, as if remembering something, and suddenly stopped struggling.

At this time, the stone man had been smashed, and the Yuan army rushed over, running toward here. The archers nearby were also bending their bows and setting arrows.

"No time, let's go!" Dong Rui waved his hand, and the strange bird behind him appeared; its huge body was enough to carry two people for a short flight.

Hong Chenglue stared fixedly at the carriage not far away, his eyes red, his breathing rapid.

Dong Rui jumped onto the bird's back, urging constantly: "Go! Quick, quick, go!"

It would be too late if they didn't go.

Hong Chenglue almost bit his teeth to pieces, turned his head, and jumped onto the bird's back. The Ghost Ape turned back into a small monkey and jumped into Dong Rui's arms.

The strange bird flapped its wings, rising into the air before the dozen arrows could be shot.

Afterward, Hong Chenglue heard He He Chunhua's shouting, and the muscles on his cheeks couldn't help but twitch twice.

Dong Rui was afraid he would be impulsive and do something stupid, so he hurriedly said: "He's lying to you, don't believe him!"

Hong Chenglue's voice sounded like it came from an ice cellar: "That is Cold Dove Powder, an incurable poison!"

This kind of drug, he had once distributed to the Between Beijia nation's spies, and he could recognize it at a glance!

It had another name called "Ten-Breath Soul-Snatching Powder," so A-Jin was already...

Dong Rui, sitting in front, couldn't help but shiver, truly feeling the anger of the person in the back seat about to erupt.

Hong Chenglue suddenly unslung the long bow from his back and shot an arrow.

He didn't shoot at He He Chunhua, but at the ground—

The sandy ground under the feet of the rushing Yuan soldiers.

Hong Chenglue shot consecutive arrows, only hearing three "whoosh" sounds, each arrow entering the ground more than a foot deep. Besides the soft sandy ground, it also showed the strength of his arm.

Afterward, this wide and flat ground exploded.

It exploded earth-shatteringly, with sand and stones splashing everywhere.

The rising dust was four or five zhang high.

The twenty-odd Yuan soldiers rushing at the front were instantly shrouded in dust, their life or death unknown.

There was an ambush underground! The followers immediately stopped, not daring to rush forward again.

Besides, the target of the pursuit was already in the sky, so what was the point of the infantry moving forward? The explosives the Xunzhou people got from the abandoned mine came in handy once again.

There were good shooters below, so the strange bird didn't dare to linger, flying higher and higher with the rolling smoke raised by the explosion, soon entering the dark clouds.

He He Chunhua looked up at its retreating back, knowing that Hong Chenglue was staring at him at this moment.

The hatred and resentment in that gaze made him feel like he had thorns on his back.

Not until the strange bird disappeared into the clouds did He He Chunhua coldly order: "Withdraw troops and return to camp!"

The rest of the crowd hurriedly stepped forward to clean up the battlefield and save the wounded.

On the way back to the military camp, the cold air radiating from He He Chunhua made everyone avoid him for fear of being involved.

Just after arriving at the camp, He He Lingchuan found an excuse to save the wounded and slipped away.

His father was furious, why should he go and touch the bad luck?

That explosion just now killed three Yuan soldiers, seriously injured seven, and lightly injured twenty-one. Lingguang also went to help with the rescue, and at this time, a soldier came to ask He He Lingchuan how to deal with the woman's corpse?

The team had also brought the carriage back, inside which was A-Jin's remains, as well as the old woman who was trembling with fear.

He He Lingchuan sighed: "Leave it to me."

He left the carriage for the personal guards to watch, and just as he was about to return to the tent, he saw Zhao Pan coming toward him.

"How was the trip to Bai Ming Valley?" Zhao Pan looked at He He Lingchuan's expression, then at the team's morale, and his heart sank, "Didn't negotiate successfully?"

Although he didn't approve of He He Chunhua's methods, he also hoped Hong Chenglue could leave Xia Province.

"No. A-Jin committed suicide by poison, right in front of Hong Chenglue."

Zhao Pan was shocked: "What!"

He didn't ask He He Lingchuan much, walking quickly to find He He Chunhua.

About an hour later, He He Lingchuan heard that several soldiers had been dragged out and given forty strokes of the cane, and as for the old woman who served A-Jin, she was directly beheaded.

Those soldiers should have been sent to monitor A-Jin earlier, but failed to discover she had hidden poison, a dereliction of duty.

As for the old woman's death... it was He He Chunhua's venting of anger.

He He Lingchuan also heard that an argument had broken out in the main tent.

Who else could be arguing there, of course, He He Chunhua and Zhao Pan.

At such a moment, He He Lingchuan certainly wouldn't go near the furious General Manager He; that would be asking for trouble.

As a result, he successfully survived until the beginning of the Hai hour (9:00 PM), when He He Chunhua seemed to remember him and finally sent someone to call him over.

He He Lingchuan walked into He He Chunhua's tent and saw that the tables and chairs had all fallen to the ground, clearly the work of the owner.

No one dared to help, indicating that General Manager He was still in a fit of rage.

He had no choice but to bite the bullet, walk in, and call out: "Father."

He He Chunhua had originally been standing with his hands behind his back, turning around when he heard the sound: "You saw A-Jin a few days ago, didn't you notice she had a will to die?"

"No, she was very polite to your son." He He Lingchuan certainly wouldn't admit it, "She didn't look like someone who would take her own life."

He He Chunhua flicked his sleeves: "You have no eye for people!"

He He Lingchuan thought to himself, aren't you the same? You at least looked for her three or four times, yet you didn't notice anything unusual, did you?

A-Jin had deceived everyone.

(End of chapter)