newbobooks Chapter 114 Where to go?
Chapter 114 Where to go?
After these words were spoken, it was Shen Qingge's turn to be stunned.
She quickly stood up, trying hard to control her emotions, stretched out her right hand, and instantly grabbed County Magistrate Zhang. The carriage lost balance and fell off the city wall, smashing into pieces.
In order to prove that what he said was true, Shen Qingge grabbed his neck and hung him in the air.
Then, she shook her wrist lightly and threw out several extremely thick silver needles as bone nails, which pierced into the opponent's body and penetrated into the flesh.
After doing all this, Shen Qingge said fiercely:
"Are you serious? If you tell me even a single lie, I guarantee you'll die a hundred times more miserably than he did!"
Magistrate Zhang, who was tortured to the point of being on the verge of death, gasped for breath and struggled to squeeze out a few words from between his teeth:
"Every word... is true! But as for the rest, I really don't know!"
Hearing this, a hint of chill flashed in her cold eyes again. She stared at the half-dead man in front of her, and only released her hand that was tightly holding his neck until she was sure that what he said was true.
However, at the moment she let go, she changed her mind. She exerted force with her wrist and threw County Magistrate Zhang out.
Because the force was so great, County Magistrate Zhang fell heavily to the ground with a dull sound.
Then, a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, his body twitched a few times, and then he stopped moving, ending his sinful life.
In fact, if Shen Qingge had not used up all the truth powder in the space today, she would not have needed to go to such great lengths to force Zhang Junshou and the other two.
Fortunately, in the end, she not only got the information she wanted, but also exceeded her expectations, so the trip was worthwhile.
Originally, she had planned to keep Zhang Jun Shou alive for the time being and torture him slowly. After all, he had been poisoned by the Seven Flowers and Seven Insects Pill and would not live for many days.
But at this moment, Shen Qingge really didn't have the mood to continue to tangle with this scumbag.
Her nose felt sore and her eyes were immediately covered with a layer of mist. The words that County Magistrate Zhang had said before kept echoing in her ears.
Then, she gently stroked the dark pattern on her chest and murmured to herself, "My father and brother may still be alive. Are they not dead?"
After repeating it so many times, Shen Qingge could no longer suppress the longing for the past, and let the hot tears slide down from the corners of her eyes.
Tears slid down her neck, and the dark pattern on the jade pendant on her chest emitted a faint white light.
“It turns out that everything may still be in time!”
After saying this, Shen Qingge covered her face with her hands and sobbed.
After her rebirth, she often blamed herself for not coming back earlier so that she could make up for the regret of her father and brother's death!
Tonight, she was finally able to release the emotions that had been suppressed in her heart.
Although, this news is not certain; although, even if my father and brother are alive, they may have missing limbs and be paralyzed.
But, so what? As long as she had this glimmer of hope, what harm would it cause her to search for a needle in a haystack? After finding her father and brother, what harm would it cause her to take care of them for the rest of her life?
Her body trembled slightly with excitement.
The water qilin, sensing her strong emotions, also emerged from the space, looked at her lovingly, and accompanied her silently without saying a word.
Shen Qingge took the opportunity to hug it and showed all his weakness in front of it.
After an unknown amount of time, Shen Qingge finally calmed down and said calmly:
"Shui Qilin, let's go back! They must have been waiting for a long time!"
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In a shabby inn beside a deserted street, Yun Yi said with some concern:
"Master, why has Miss Shen been gone for so long? Could she have encountered some danger?"
Xiao Heng glared at him but said nothing.
Yun Yi immediately realized that he had said something wrong and quickly made amends:
"Yeah, what kind of danger could she possibly face? Isn't she the biggest danger?
What I want to say is that we have been gone for too long, and we can’t hide it from the exile officials either…”
It turned out that everyone had finally found a dilapidated inn that was still open and rested there.
Shen Qingge immediately ran to Xiao Heng, said that she needed to leave for a while, turned around and disappeared.
Xiao Heng thought she must have something important to tell him, so he lied to the official Li Tian, saying that he had something important to tell the Shen family.
Li Tian didn't dare to ask more questions, so he tactfully moved aside with a group of officials.
It has been more than an hour, and Xiao Heng couldn't help but feel a little confused.
What on earth is this going to do?
Fortunately, while he was thinking about it, Shen Qingge appeared in front of Xiao Heng's room again.
But at just one glance, Xiao Heng noticed that Shen Qingge was in a strange mood.
He had wanted to find an opportunity to ask about the beasts attacking County Magistrate Zhang and his men today, but it seemed that now was not the right time.
Just when Xiao Heng was lost in thought, Shen Qingge said calmly:
"Your Highness, now that Magistrate Zhang and the officials within the county are dead, I believe the news will reach the capital soon.
We shouldn't stay here for long. We should speed up our journey to prevent an angry Xiao Mo from hunting us down!"
After she finished speaking, before Xiao Heng could speak, she bowed and hurried away, leaving everyone in the room staring at her departing figure in a daze.
Similarly, the convicts sleeping in the straw hut of the inn and the officers on night watch also stared at her blankly.
They all thought that Shen Qingge must have committed a crime and angered the prince, which was why he was taken away and interrogated for such a long time.
However, everyone who was still frightened today was exhausted and just wanted to rest early. They had no mood to care about this matter. Only the Shen family asked questions with concern.
Shen Qingge made a few casual prevarications and urged them to rest because they would have to go on another long journey early tomorrow morning.
As for her, she lay on the haystack, her eyes slightly closed, and began to carefully sort out the intricate threads of the whole matter, thinking about what to do next.
The first thing to consider is naturally King Qin Xiao Mo.
This time, she destroyed Anshan County and cut off one of his important sources of income. There was no doubt that Xiao Mo would be furious and would never let them go easily.
Although the continued fermentation of public opinion can slightly hinder his pace of action, given Xiao Mo's character and methods, it will not be long before he makes a comeback and launches a more fierce pursuit.
Faced with such a situation, she knew she couldn't just sit there and wait for death. She believed the best strategy was to rush to Lingnan without stopping and quickly build strong fortifications to resist Xiao Mo's attack.
At the same time, she also had to actively prepare for a counterattack. This was quite difficult, after all, neither Xiao Heng nor she had military power.
The only way is to continue to find ways to cut off Xiao Mo's other sources of income, so that he will fall into a financial dilemma and disrupt his offensive rhythm and deployment.
Only in this way can we gain a relatively long period of time to recuperate and slowly build up our troops.
Of course, in addition to dealing with the immediate crisis, there is another crucial thing lingering in her mind - that is to find the whereabouts of her father and brother.
Now she is too busy to handle everything, and she may have to borrow the secret guards of the fifth prince Xiao Heng. I wonder if he will agree?
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but take out the secret whistle Xiao Heng gave her and held it tightly in her hand.
In short, no matter what, she has to find a chance to give it a try!