Shan Cheng played with the Wind Chi in his hand: "Yin Hu Guard, I hope you don’t disappoint ."
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On the other side, Lu Yuan and Chen Long’s group also entered Loulan.
The group dressed as rchants, selling tea and silk from Great Zhou.
After Shan Cheng was shot, the curse on Chen Long and Si Snake was lifted. After several days of rest, both had fully recovered.
ng Lang rode on horseback, his skin cracked and lips chapped from the scorching sun.
He looked at the ever-moving team, reaching out weakly and said, "Hey, should we stop and find a place to drink so water?"
No one responded to him.
Even Tan’er, who was usually chatty, had been silent these days.
After ng Qianqian’s disappearance, it seed her heart had been stolen away with her.
She held a stern face all day, no longer mischievous as before.
ng Lang looked at her, wanting to speak but hesitated: "Sigh."
"Let’s take a break."
Lu Yuan said.
Chen Long said: "We haven’t found the sister yet."
Lu Yuan said: "The horse is about to give out, we need to change horses."
Yucheng Building also said: "Chen Long Guard, I understand your feelings, but without the horse, our journey would be even delayed, besides—"
Chen Long interrupted him: "I am more familiar with the road to Shanshan City than you."
Yucheng Building said no more.
His sister, Yu Ruyan, followed on horseback behind him.
He planned to drop her off at the next town, find trusted confidants to settle her, and spare her from the hardships of travel.
ng Lang rode his horse to the middle of Chen Long and Lu Yuan: "Are we really going to that place called Shanshan City? There’s no evidence that she’s in Shan Cheng’s hands, what if we’re wrong and she’s grabbed by soone else, or maybe she escaped?"
"Relying only on a note, we don’t even know who sent it, claiming she’s being taken to Shanshan City. Isn’t that too arbitrary?"
"We’ve been deceived quite a bit along the way..."
After speaking, he imdiately shielded his head, to guard against potential dual assaults from his master and brother-in-law.
To his surprise, the imagined assault never happened.
"What do you think?"
Chen Long asked Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan said: "What he said makes sense."
ng Lang was dumbfounded.
What did he just hear?
His brother-in-law praised what he said as sensible!!!
On the third day after ng Qianqian’s disappearance, they received a note delivered by a small beggar, which contained only one sentence—"The person has been taken to Shanshan City."
He always thought it was a trap.
Master and brother-in-law also suspected it.
But after their careful analysis, they unanimously felt it was highly likely ng Qianqian was in Shan Cheng’s hands.
Shan Cheng would take her to Loulan Capital and hand her over to the Loulan Queen for disposal.
"So, what’s our plan next?"
"To Shanshan City."
Lu Yuan and Chen Long said in unison.
ng Lang: "..."
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After a few more days, the scenery along the way beca desolate and vast, stretching endlessly.
ng Qianqian occasionally saw expansive grasslands and flocks of sheep, appearing like drifting clouds.
"Does Yin Hu Guard like Loulan?"
On the wagon, Ya’er asked ng Qianqian.
ng Qianqian nodded: "I like it, Loulan is truly beautiful."
Ya’er smiled and asked: "Yin Hu Guard can stay in Loulan."
ng Qianqian shook her head.
Ya’er asked puzzledly: "Why does Yin Hu Guard not stay when she’d like Loulan?"
ng Qianqian said: "Once I conquer Loulan, I can tour Loulan anyti."
Ya’er was stunned.
Night fell.
They stopped on a grassland far from villages and shops.
They managed to find a local herder’s ho and borrowed two tents.
ng Qianqian demanded a large one.
Shan Cheng didn’t mind.
At night, ng Qianqian was sleeping soundly when she heard hurried hooves.
She woke startled and sat up.
Ya’er and Mo’er slept on the ground, unhindered by the noise.
The hooves rapidly approached and stopped outside the tent.
Since the sisters were still sound asleep, ng Qianqian knew sothing was amiss.
"Were they drugged?"
ng Qianqian withdrew her gaze from the two, "Curious who this significant figure is to make Shan Cheng so cautious."
She lay back down, turned over, and continued to sleep.
About half an hour later, Ya’er gently shook her awake.
"Yin Hu Guard, Yin Hu Guard."
Ya’er said, "Mr. Shan said a distinguished guest has arrived, please co to his tent."
ng Qianqian rose.
Ya’er handed her an outer robe: "It’s windy at night, careful not to catch a chill."
ng Qianqian donned her thick robe and went to Shan Cheng’s tent.
Surprisingly, the first person she saw was Mo Yi with a Tang Blade at his waist.
She coldly greeted: "Long ti no see, hope all is well, Lord Mo."
Mo Yi remained expressionless, without replying.
ng Qianqian looked at the woman sitting in the tent: "Is the Loulan Queen too ashad to et people, needing to wear a mask?"
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