Chapter 635

Tang Tang Lanzhou opened his eyes suddenly. Before his gaze could focus, his hand reached under the pillow, and he shouted loudly.

"Lady, quickly—"

Having just spat out three words, he realized.

There was no sword under the pillow, and no one sleeping beside him.

Three years had passed since the Yingzhou Rebellion, and he still hadn't gotten used to it.

"Lord Tang."

Someone called him, and he followed the sound to look, but he was stunned.

"Who are you...?"

The voice was familiar, but he truly couldn't recognize the person.

In the spacious bedroom, there were several large beds, and shadows of people were lying on them, though it was unclear through the curtains. The voice came from the large bed closest to him, where a figure wrapped tightly in bandages was lying, with only one bloodshot eye exposed, looking at him.

Even from this distance, Tang Tang Lanzhou could smell a foul odor.

The foul odor of rotting flesh and blood.

"It’s me, Lord Tang."

The person emitted a cold female voice.

Tang Tang Lanzhou finally recognized it.

"Battalion Commander Mei?"

"Yes."

"...What happened to you?"

"Serious injuries not yet healed."

"Oh... where is this?"

Tang Tang Lanzhou stretched out his arms to get up, but heard Mei Mei Qinghe, who was wrapped like a zongzi, say.

"Lord Tang, don't move; you are not much better off than me."

Tang Tang Lanzhou’s arms went limp, and he fell back onto the bed.

"Lord Tang, you have never practiced Wu Gong. Three years ago, you were already at the end of your rope, and these past few years you haven't cared for your body at all. Added to that self-injury and frantic running the night before last, your foundation has been exhausted. If it weren't for Heaven-Man true Qi sustaining your life, you would already be dead."

"Lying in bed, you can still live for three months; if you get out of bed and walk around, it will be hard to live for half a day."

Mei Mei Qinghe was not evasive at all.

Fortunately, Tang Tang Lanzhou was not afraid of death either.

He sighed and clenched his fists. Sure enough, his strength was empty, his muscles as soft and weak as cotton. In just a moment, he could clearly feel his limbs turning cold. If it weren't for a stream of heat constantly wandering through his body, warming his cold limbs, he estimated that he would become a corpse within an hour or so.

Realizing that he could no longer do things, he calmed his mind and recalled the memories from before he lost consciousness.

"Is this Nanjing?"

He turned his head and asked.

"Yes."

Mei Mei Qinghe answered.

"What day is it today?"

"May 23rd, the third day after the Old Man by the River entered the capital, and also the second day since you and I arrived in Nanjing."

"...What is the situation?"

"Very bad."

If it were idle chatter, Mei Mei Qinghe would certainly not be a good subject—dry, cold, without any ineffective information, only conclusions without processes, and not a hint of attitude. But if it were to introduce the situation, there was no one more suitable than her.

"The capital has fallen. The two Pacification Commissioners and Mount Wudang experts used Gu techniques to intercept the Tatar army, but they only succeeded in stopping the light cavalry and half of the army. The remaining Tatar army has already reached the capital, and the capital’s garrison is leaderless and has already collapsed."

"Everything north of the capital has fallen, and Nanjingcheng is not exactly peaceful."

Mei Mei Qinghe’s words were as cold as frost.

"The Tatars are very clear that if we want to reorganize and gather people, Nanjing, as the secondary capital, is the only choice. So from the night the capital fell, foreign Heaven-Men have been constantly sneaking into Nanjing to carry out assassinations and sabotage."

Before she finished speaking, a dull, massive sound came from outside the house, and then Tang Tang Lanzhou clearly felt the violent vibration coming from the ground. Dust fell from the roof with a rustling sound, and Mei Mei Qinghe stopped talking, tilting her head to look in the direction the sound came from.

After a while, the massive sound gradually ceased.

Mei Mei Qinghe continued.

"Battalion Commander Zheng Yi and Battalion Commander Cao Cao Hanyan are intercepting the foreign Heaven-Men who have sneaked into the city."

"At first, we wanted to gather people in Nanjing and then kill our way back after the Guard Commander returned, at least to stabilize the current situation... but with the current manpower, just handling these sneaking foreign Heaven-Men is already a bit stretched."

Tang Tang Lanzhou remained silent for a moment.

He didn't expect... the situation to be this bad.

It could be said that they were already standing on the edge of an abyss, and it could collapse at any time.