Chapter 202

A treasure was lost in the General's Mansion, and all four gates of Beijiang City were sealed, with countless soldiers searching house to house.

Lu Ziyan personally led people to search for three days.

Three whole days, nothing was found.

The entire northern border will be overturned by him, and not even a fly will have anywhere to escape.

But such a big person disappeared without a trace.

General's Mansion, Study.

Lu Ziyan sat on the chair, staring at the letter in his hand motionlessly.

The man who commanded thousands of troops without changing his expression, at this moment his fingers were trembling slightly.

There was only a short sentence on the paper.

"If anything happens to Pei Yuqing, I will not survive alone."

The handwriting is beautiful and every stroke is very neat.

Lu Ziyan was very familiar with this handwriting.

The person who wrote them also embroidered his name on every sachet given to him over the years.

At that time, she was willing to take care of him and use up all her patience.

But now, she's gone.

Apart from warning him not to act rashly, he did not leave him a single word.

It was snowing heavily outside, and although there was a charcoal fire burning inside the house, Lu Ziyan felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and every part of his body was cold.

The maid who found the letter was kneeling at his feet, looking at the floor with her head lowered. She was so overwhelmed by his aura that she dared not even breathe loudly and wished she could disappear from the spot.

Suddenly, a muffled groan came from above. Lu Ziyan could no longer bear it and blood spurted out of his mouth, staining the floor red.

The maid covered her mouth tightly to stop the scream that was about to come out, and remained silent.

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On Dayang Lake, which is separated from the northern border by a city, Xie Wan Ning was wearing a linen cotton jacket and a gray headscarf, wrapping herself up tightly from head to toe, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed. But even the skin around her eyes was the dark color common to the people in the northern land, as if she had been through a lot of hardships.

Xie Wan Ning looked at herself in the mirror. Her disguise was very good. Anyone who looked at her would think she was an ordinary middle-aged woman.

Except...the eyes are too bright.

A noble lady who has never truly suffered would not have the numb look in her eyes as she rushes around for food all day long.

She really couldn't fake this, but as long as she didn't look at other people and stayed away from them, no one would notice that something was wrong with her.

Three days ago, she walked out of the clothing store and went straight to the horse market, riding out of the city.

She knew Lu Ziyan and knew that once he discovered that she was missing, the city gates would be closed.

And she had to get out before the city gates were closed.

She did it, and ran all the way back to the shore of Dayang Lake, which ran through three cities. Compared with land routes, water routes were faster.

As for the destination?
Xie Wan Ning had no destination.

Even she herself didn't know where she would end up, so even if Lu Ziyan was extremely smart, he couldn't calculate her whereabouts.

Go find it.

Go find it on the land routes, at various docks and in the cities.

Xie Wan Ning turned around and looked towards the north, her eyes slightly curved with a hint of smile.

She didn't expect everything to go so smoothly.

She will go to Lucheng tomorrow, and she has read a lot of travel notes while she was in her boudoir.

She heard that the roasted lamb in Lucheng tastes delicious, so she should get off the boat and take a walk.

If possible, it would be best to buy a few slave guards.

The world is not peaceful now. Bandits are rampant, and there are frauds and even robberies everywhere.

On this ship, Xie Wan Ning witnessed two robberies, and the victims were all merchants with some wealth.

Xie Wan Ning gave herself the identity of a middle-aged woman who went to Lucheng to find her son.