Chapter 730: Took a Big Job

Clouds filled the sky, and the ground was wrapped in silver. The mountains, forests, and wilderness were silent, with only the cold wind howling. In the world like a still-life painting, a caravan came from afar, traveling southeast along the official road.

The carts rumbled, and the sounds of people and horses broke the silence of heaven and earth.

Liu Tiao rode his horse close to a large cart and knocked on the carriage: "Boss, wake up, we're almost there!"

A few breaths later, the curtain was lifted, revealing a sleepy face.

It was He Lingchuan.

"Eh, where is Master Sun?" He only remembered playing chess with Sun Fuling, and then—

Then he was woken up by Liu Tiao.

"She rode a horse to the front, giving the carriage to you to sleep." Liu Tiao looked at him with full sympathy, "Boss, you're really something."

It was hard to get a chance to travel with a beauty, but he ended up falling asleep. Heh, he deserves to be lonely for a lifetime.

He Lingchuan jumped off the cart and stretched, feeling unfinished.

After experiencing the battle of Xu Mountain, he felt like a lifetime had passed when he entered Panlongcheng again.

Probably because he was mentally exhausted after experiencing a great battle in reality, he actually fell asleep again in his dream.

He had promised Sun Fuling to accompany her on a trip to Yuheng City, and he couldn't leave his post without permission, so he went to General Hong to ask for a task to go east, so he could fulfill his promise.

Seeing him so active and proactive, Zhong Shengguang and General Hong discussed it and gave him a big job.

So big that He Lingchuan even regretted it a little.

But military orders were like mountains, and he had no regret medicine to eat, so he had to happily set off with Master Sun.

Of course, they were all traveling in plain clothes. He and his team members disguised themselves as caravan guards.

This caravan had more than three hundred people, starting from the Panlongcheng merchant station, traveling south along the newly opened trade route, with the destination being the southern free port of Bai Sha Bay.

The snowfield under their feet was originally Xiji territory. After Panlongcheng destroyed Xiji, it finally opened up the road to the sea and could trade freely with the outside world.

From this moment on, Panlongcheng was no longer isolated and had the possibility of exploring new paths. This was the goal Zhong Shengguang had been striving for for many years.

Therefore, the significance of this Xiji trade route to Panlongcheng was beyond doubt.

The official road was covered in white snow on both sides. He Lingchuan saw this scenery on the first day, saw this scenery on the second day... and saw the snow scenery on the fourth day, and he was already tired of it.

The world after the snow was beautiful, but it was monotonous after watching it for a long time.

The children in the team were very happy, chasing, rolling, and having snowball fights, playing happily.

The wind came from the front, bringing a light flute sound.

In the unchanging world of ice and snow, the sound of the flute was like a squirrel leaping through the forest, like a snow ferret skimming the ground without a trace; it was light, agile, and swift, making one feel refreshed and happy.

He Lingchuan asked for a horse and followed the direction of the flute sound.

After more than ten zhang, he saw the flute player.

Master Sun was also riding a horse, wearing a white cloak. Hearing the hoofbeats approaching, she turned her head and glanced at him with those moist, shiny eyes that seemed to be able to speak: "Awake? Did you sleep well?"

He Lingchuan was embarrassed, like a primary school student caught sleeping in class: "Very good, very good."

Saying that no one would recognize him if he covered his face, what a joke! Looking at Master Sun's eyes, even if she wore a night suit, it would be impossible to hide from him.

His gaze dropped, and he turned to the flute in her hand.

He didn't know if the Heavenly Centipede Bone Flute was whiter, or the Master's hand was whiter.

This flute...

He remembered the cold smile of Qingyang State Preceptor in the sandbar.

She said the owner of the flute died very miserably.

The listener has intentions; for He Lingchuan, this sentence had a lot of information.

At this moment, facing the beauty, his mood was extremely subtle.

Speaking of the moment he saw Sun Fuling again in Panlongcheng, he was full of emotion and wanted to reach out and hug her, but there were many people around, cough.

"What are you thinking about?" Master Sun took a big red apple from her backpack, "My student gave it to me, it's already washed."

Her face was slightly red from the cold. From He Lingchuan's angle, the apple was like a red face.

"How many students does Master Sun have? This is one of the three unsolved mysteries of Panlongcheng." He took the apple and broke it into two halves with a "crack," "One half for each."

Sun Fuling smiled and reached out to take it.

This apple was so sweet! He Lingchuan was also thirsty after waking up, ate it in two or three bites, threw away the core, and turned his head to find that Master Sun was eating so gently, having only taken two bites.

"You eat so slowly, the apple will freeze in a blink of an eye." This temperature was at least minus seven or eight degrees.

Sun Fuling said slowly: "I can also gnaw on ice cubes."

He Lingchuan chuckled, not believing it.

"You don't believe it?"

"Believe, I definitely believe the Master's words." He threw all those messy thoughts to the nine heavens.

The sky is big, the earth is big, everything is floating clouds, he just needs to enjoy this moment.

With a beauty accompanying him, this freezing journey didn't seem bitter at all.

At this time, the peregrine falcon descended from the sky and landed on the roof of the cart: "Hey, hey, two wax-billed birds have been following you, I drove them away twice, they flew far away and circled around, and came back again."

He Lingchuan reached out and stroked its head: "It looks like we are being watched."

At this time, a sharp whistle sounded from the front, three urgent and short ones.

The march whistle has a fixed usage, and these few sounds meant that there was an unexpected discovery ahead.

He Lingchuan put away his leisure and rushed forward with Sun Fuling.

Seventy zhang away, there was a large ruin by the road, and some buildings were still smoking.

He Lingchuan recognized that they were originally guest rooms, stables, fodder rooms... but now there were almost no buildings that were intact.

The new scout of the Broken Blade team, Nail, just came out of the ruins and said to He Lingchuan: "This should have been the Qinglang Post Station where we were going to stay tonight, now it has become like this."

"Any casualties?"

"Two postmen died, heard others hid in the mountains, we have already sent people to find them."

"Heard?" Heard from whom?

Nail pointed to the side, just as two wounded people were helped out and sent to the carriage: "Rescued two, should be able to live."

Those two wounded seemed to be still very clear-headed. He Lingchuan pointed his chin there: "Go and ask for some intelligence."

"Yes."

A merchant came from behind and was shocked at the sight: "Oh my, when I came to Panlongcheng, this Qinglang Post Station was still fine! At most half a month apart, how could it..."

After the Xiji trade route was opened, many merchants took short-distance trips, bringing goods from Bai Sha Bay to Panlongcheng, and then buying specialties from Panlongcheng to return to Bai Sha Bay or other places to make quick money.

This merchant had stayed at the Qinglang Post Station when he came, but it became a ruin on his return trip.

Others in the team came over to look and were discussing it.

It was getting dark, and logically speaking, the Qinglang Post Station was the resting point for tonight. Everyone would eat and drink, and then soak their feet in hot water to relieve fatigue, which sounded comfortable.

As a result, the post station was gone, and the hot water was gone, and everyone was standing in the freezing wilderness.

The caravan leader saw this scene and said to everyone: "Don't panic, don't panic, let's go to the next post station to rest! We'll be there in another thirty li!"

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 731 =====