Chapter 360: ‘Ruins’ (1/2)
Bai Luochu immediately asked Qin Feng to enter. She sat at the table and said to Qin Feng, “You have to tell me everything you remember. This matter is important and there must not be any mistake.”
Qin Feng nodded as he understood the importance of this matter, “That day, after I returned, I went through the faces of the guests in my mind over and over again. I finally recalled that they were discussing a location. I am here to report to Mistress before I forget about it again.”
After speaking, Qin Feng raised his head hesitantly to look at Bai Luochu. After all, he was at fault for not remembering the subject of their discussion. If Bai Luochu wanted to blame him, he couldn’t defend himself. Luckily for him, Bai Luochu simply dismissed the matter. “Just speak. It doesn’t matter if it is useful or not, I will not blame you.”
After obtaining the order, Qin Feng heaved a sigh of relief and reported what he had heard, “Mistress, this subordinate managed to overhear some information and Mistress will need to verify their authenticity.”
After seeing no in Bai Luochu’s expression, Qin Feng mustered his courage and spoke, “This happened during my first day as an innkeeper. I wasn’t paying attention to anything else other than the Field Pearl Flower but those people were clearly on guard against me. When I approached them, they would fall silent and wait for me to leave before resuming their discussion. After trying my best, this subordinate only managed to hear the word ‘ruins’ coming from them. Due to the lack of intelligence, this subordinate didn’t investigate further. They said something about heading ten miles to the east before leaving the inn.”
Bai Luochu finished listening to Qin Feng’s explanation and walked quickly to her writing desk and instructed Qin Feng, “Qin Feng, come over for a moment.”
Qin Feng saw that Bai Luochu was acting mysteriously and he quickly walked over before waiting for further instructions.
“Point out our exact location right now.” Bai Luochu opened up the rolled-up map and asked Qin Feng.
Qin Feng took a careful look and pointed to a location before explaining, “We should be here. However, this is only the general area where the inn is located. After all, This map is rather small and it is impossible for me to map out the exact location of a little inn.”
From the location in the map, Bai Luochu moved her gaze towards the east until she reached a location where the ruins might be located. When her gaze landed on the location, she took a step back. If Qin Feng was right, the location of the ruins was the location of the campaign!
The only question Bai Luochu had was that Pei Rumo was sent on the campaign with her. Could it be that the old emperor sent his eldest son because he used to be a military commander? There were plenty of generals in the imperial court and no matter what, Pei Rumo shouldn’t be sent to throw his life away. The more she thought about it, the more confused Bai Luochu became.
Is there internal conflict in the imperial clan?! Bai Luochu didn’t dare to continue her train of thoughts and she quickly closed the map. Rather than entertaining random thoughts, she felt that she should simply ask Pei Rumo for an answer.
Qin Feng noticed that his mistress’ mood changed and his heartbeat started to accelerate. Looking at her solemn expression, Qin Feng thought to himself. Is there something wrong with my report?!