eurekapd Chapter 210 If only we had an inside man
Chapter 210 If only we had an inside man
If only we had an inside contact.
Xiaotong pondered for a while before speaking in a serious tone.
Shen Sangwan couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.
What's the difference between saying something and saying nothing at all?
[Master, you can't say that. If Shen Yujing were up there, Lin Wanyi might be there too.]
Awakened by Xiao Tong's words, Shen Sangwan, who was sitting on the rock, got up from the rock with some excitement, but sat back down after a moment.
Even if she were up there, it wouldn't make a difference; we can't contact her anyway.
After sitting by the stream for a long time, Shen Sangwan heard some noise in the distance. She instinctively found a place to hide. When she saw that it was Shuyun, she breathed a sigh of relief and stepped out from behind the tree.
Where did that person go?
"I followed him all the way. He first went to the Northern Witch Camp and stayed there for about half an hour. When he came out, I noticed that he didn't look well."
Then they went to a nearby town and bought some snacks that looked like treats. The subordinates didn't dare follow too closely, so they couldn't get a clear look.
After listening to Shuyun's report, Shen Sangwan paced back and forth on the ground, pondering for a long time before saying, "Let's go back first."
The two men led their horses back to Huzhou along the same route they had come from.
The weather changed from dry to torrential rain. Because her raincoat was accidentally torn on the way there, Shen Sangwan spent the latter half of her journey back in the rain.
Upon entering the city and returning to the prefectural capital, he immediately ordered hot water to be prepared for a bath.
Wen Yuening, who should have been in the government office, was nowhere to be found. When asked, the maids in the mansion said that Wen Yuening had left the government office after they left.
Shen Sangwan assumed the other party had gone to help the wounded soldiers again, so she didn't think much of it and took a refreshing hot bath.
Inside the bathtub, Shen Sangwan was pondering how to sneak up the mountain to investigate without anyone noticing when Shuyun knocked on the door.
"Your Highness, Mo Ran has something to discuss with me."
"Let him sit in the front hall for a while."
She picked up a soft handkerchief to wipe the water droplets off her body, quickly put on her clothes, and stepped out of the room. Shuyun had already returned from the front hall and was waiting outside the door.
"Go and settle the wounded soldiers, and call A-Ning back. Tell her I have something to discuss with her."
Shuyun nodded in agreement, then leaped onto the roof and disappeared from Shen Sangwan's sight.
"Eh--"
"It's raining so hard, you should at least bring an umbrella!"
I had just come out and saw that the other person had only done a quick wash, but now they were out in the rain again. Before I could even call out to them, they had already disappeared.
He shook his head helplessly and headed towards the front hall.
"I have met His Highness."
Shen Sangwan raised her hand to indicate that the other party did not need to bow, and pointed to the chair closest to him, "Sit down and talk."
"Your Highness, the Northern Witches are coming with great force. If we only defend, it will not be a long-term solution. Moreover, the weather is getting worse and worse. The longer this battle drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for us."
"I have come today to request permission from Your Highness to lead troops in a surprise attack on the Northern Witches' camp, catching them completely off guard."
Mo Ran did not sit down, but knelt on the ground, clenched his fist and nodded slightly.
"Given the current situation, simply retreating would certainly do more harm than good, but a surprise attack also depends on the right time and place. I know you want to avenge Mo Jun and the others."
The reason I only assigned you to the city walls in the first two battles, instead of letting you leave the city to lead troops, was simply because I was worried that you would disregard military orders and recklessly fight for the sake of the Yanmo army that died in Qinzhou.
Mo Ran lowered his head and remained silent. His thoughts had been exposed, and all he could do was stay silent.
"Wait two more days, and I will devise a foolproof plan so that you can have a good fight with the enemy."
"Your Highness, did you discover anything while you were out of the city today?"
Shen Sangwan remained silent, only nodding slightly, which was her way of responding to the other party.
Mo Ran made a plan in his mind, knelt down and kowtowed, "Mo Jun and I are brothers. I originally invited him to drink and make merry at the end of the year, but now he has died tragically in Qinzhou. Only by personally taking Yu Er's head can I fulfill my wish and truly avenge him."
Shen Sangwan got up and walked to Mo Ran's side, reaching out to help him up. "I will grant your request."
"Go and have the people from the Imperial Observatory observe when this rain will stop, and have them give me an answer as soon as possible."
After receiving Shen Sangwan's promise, Mo Ran kowtowed twice before getting up from the ground. "This subordinate will go right away."
After dealing with Mo Ran's matter, I waited in the front hall for a while before Shu Yun rushed back in the rain, looking flustered.
She looked behind the person who came and didn't see Wen Yuening. A bad feeling rose in her heart, and before Shuyun could speak, she asked, "Where's A-Ning?"
“Your Highness, Miss Wen is not at the wounded soldiers' accommodation. I asked the apprentices and doctors there, and they all said that Miss Wen did not go there today.”
Shuyun's words left Shen Sangwan momentarily lost in thought.
After regaining her senses, she turned around and went to the inner courtyard to question several maids in detail.
Their whereabouts are unknown, but one thing is certain: they left the mansion on their own, rather than being kidnapped or disappearing without a trace.
But now that the war is raging, where else could she go if she wasn't in the prefectural capital or taking care of the wounded soldiers?
"Your Highness, I will send someone to look for it immediately."
"Wait, the guards we brought are all at the city gate. It's not appropriate to summon them to do anything else."
There were thousands of bottles of sulfuric acid in that room, and she dared not let anyone else into that room except her own people.
"Wait a little longer, if the person still hasn't returned by nightfall—"
She had originally planned to go look for him herself since he hadn't returned, but when she turned around, she saw Wen Yuening taking off her raincoat and walking towards the inner courtyard.
"A Ning!"
Before Wen Yuening, who was carrying medicinal herbs, could even look up, Shen Sangwan hugged her tightly.
"Your Highness?"
Somewhat bewildered, Wen Yuening was afraid that the herbs in her hands would be knocked over, so she had no choice but to raise her hands and hug Shen Sangwan back in a very strange posture.
"Oh dear, why didn't you tell the maid before you went out? I thought something had happened to you."
After learning it was a false alarm, Shen Sangwan poked Wen Yuening's nose and scolded her with a hint of exasperation.
"I thought I would be back soon, so I didn't tell anyone at home. Who knew that the pharmacies in the city didn't have the medicine I wanted? I asked around and found out that a shop in the south of the city had it, so I walked a bit further and came back a little late."
Shen Sangwan took the medicinal herbs wrapped in oiled paper from the other party, while Shuyun took the raincoat that the other party had taken off and quietly withdrew.
The two entered the house hand in hand. Looking at the medicinal herbs laid out on the table, Shen Sangwan asked in confusion, "Why did A Ning buy all these herbs?"
"Although it cannot compare to Qinzhou, it is close to Beiwu. There are several medicinal herbs that are not available in the capital. Yue Ning thought about whether she could develop a medicine to cure the Gu poison in His Highness's body."
Shen Sangwan's eyes widened slightly, and she hesitated before finally speaking, "Um... Aning, actually, after Shen Yujing vomited blood and came back to life during the palace coup, the main system had already... cured the Gu poison in my body."