Chapter 159 (1/2)

Following this, the escorts and teh carriage stopped in place. Not long after, a dark shadow flashed across and stopped before the carriage. It kneeled and heavily said: “This servant Ban Zou greets his Highness.”

The curtain of the carriage was opened, revealing two people sitting inside. One wore purple clothes and the other blue-green clothes. One wore a golden mask and had a devilish appearance, and the other had a clean and deity-like appearance.

Amazingly, it was the ninth prince Xuan Tian Ming and the seventh prince Xuan Tian Hua.

The person kneeling before the carriage was Ban Zou. Both his knees were on the ground, as he had an appearance of having done something wrong and was being handled in a military fashion.

Xuan Tian Ming looked at Ban Zou, a look of a death appearing in his cold eyes.

“Your carrier pigeon was caught twice by Feng Jin Yuan.” He finally spoke but directly began speaking of Ban Zou’s failures.

Ban Zou knelt on the ground, not daring to speak.

Xuan Tian Ming then asked: “The third time, it reached this prince, but this prince was already a mere 20 li away from Feng Tong county.”

Sweat appeared on Ban Zou’s brow.

“This prince asks you, where is your master?”

In the late Autumn day, a drop of sweat fell from Ban Zou’s brow to the ground of the mountain.

“This servant is incompetent.” He had truly done his best. He had searched for many days; however, there was not the slightest sign of Feng Yu Heng.”

“What level of crime should it be?”

“Death.”

Xuan Tian Ming did not speak any further. Ban Zou waited a while before despair began appearing on his face.

“This servant bids farewell to your Highness.” He kowtowed deeply. When he rose, he flattened his and and slapped towards his forehead.

His palm broke through the skin and went straight for his brain.

But at the very last second before the palm could land, his wrist suddenly became numb. He could no longer exert and strength. Given the inertia, he fell backwards.

Ban Zou was startled then happy. He quickly re-positioned himself, kneeling properly once more, and said while gasping: “This servant thanks your Highness for the grace of being spared.”

Xuan Tian Ming did not want to pay him any heed. To the side, Xuan Tian Hua spoke up and asked Ban Zou: “Where have you searched?”

Ban Zou replied: “Everywhere within 50 li has been searched.”

Xuan Tian Hua stood up and walked before the carriage. Looking around at the surroundings, he then said: “This Qi Feng Mountain is a strategic location that is easy to defend. For someone who was looking to hide, it is not an impossibility.”

Ban Zou helplessly said: “Huang Quan and Wang Chuan also had to take care of madam Yao. Only this servant was searching. There were some places… that could not be searched.”

Snap!

Xuan Tian Ming thrashed his whip once more, “Yet you still dare say you searched it all?”

“This servant should die!”

Nobody saw it, but the face under the golden mask became more and more savage. He originally believed that even if Feng Yu Heng were kidnapped, with Ban Zou present, there would at least be some clues after two days. Now, however, it seemed that this matter was odd!

Xuan Tian Ming very quickly calmed down and ordered in a low voice, “You will remain with this prince and continue searching Qi Feng Mountain.” He then looked to Xuan Tian Hua, “Seventh brother, tonight, go to the Feng clan’s residence. Carefully search the burned room. Since I am in a wheelchair, it is not convenient.”

Xuan Tian Hua nodded, “Don’t worry. Once night arrives, I will go over and take a look.”

This entire day, Xuan Tian Ming’s group of people searched the entirety of Qi Feng mountain. Wang Chuan and Huang Quan were also notified to come over. Upon seeing Xuan Tian Ming, they only heard a single thing: “If she can not be found, you lot will be thrown atop Mount Tian Tai to feed the vultures.”1

At this moment, Feng Yu Heng, who was fainted in the pharmacy finally began to wake up. As her vision slowly recovered, her memory also followed.

She stood up with some support. Her body swayed, as she nearly fell.

Feng Yu Heng was not like Chen Yu, where Feng Zi Hao immediately showed up after she was poisoned to provide sexual relief. She had relied on her own will to get through it. Even though she had woken up, her body was still very weak.

Her steps were shaky, as she walked over to the stairs. Feng Yu Heng struggled and climbed up the stairs. By the end, she was tired and her head covered in sweat.

She could not worry about anything else, as she rushed straight for the operating room. She searched around in a drawer and pulled out a needle and did her best to calm herself down. Steadily, she gave herself an intravenous injection. She then went to the pharmacy’s counter and pulled out two pills for sobering up and swallowed them. Only then did she sit back down on the ground and begin gasping.

Too dangerous, even when she thought of it now, she was filled with fear.

If she had breathed in any more of that pure and potent drug, perhaps she would have fallen asleep and never awoken again. Or perhaps she simply did not sleep, instead her blood vessels might have burst, causing her death.

Being able to give her such a vile medicine, just how hated was she?

Feng Yu Heng did not know how long had passed outside, but given how fierce the drug was, it should have been at least two or three days. She could not help but begin to worry. If Ban Zou and them could not find her, how worried would they be? Would Yao shi be on the verge of break down from worrying? How would the Feng family deal with her? Treat her as lost? Or dead?

Just as she was thinking, she heard a sound come from the outside. She listened carefully and seemed to heard someone’s footsteps and the sound of searching.

Feng Yu Heng did not know that the outside had already been completely burned; however, she did know that she was currently in the pharmacy’s second floor. If she exited the space as she was now, she feared that she would not be able to handle the fall to the ground.

Thus, she gritted her teeth and returned to the first floor. She prepared to take the size of the room into consideration and also thought about if there was any place for her to appear. But at this time, the searching sounds and footsteps stopped not too far from her current location. Then, she heard a clear voice whisper: “Feng Yu Heng, where exactly are you?”

Her heart was moved and immediately recognized that voice.