TCN: Mei Gongqing

Chapter 179: Rescued

When the wind blew coldly by, Murong Ke growled.

He did not speak, but he moved his hand to her waist.

Chen Rong could hear his ragged breathing. Apparently what he did just now had also discomfited him.

Just as Chen Rong thought he would never answer her, Murong Ke spoke in a moderate manner: "You're right, I forgot myself."

He stared ahead and coldly commanded, "You are to never repeat these words."

"Aye."

Two-thirds of the troops had passed with much effort, but the queue had stretched even longer, and when she turned to look, it was a couple of miles long.

Several screams suddenly rang amid the silent progress.

Almost at the same time as these screams, she heard someone crying: "Ambush, there's an ambush!"

Murong Ke frowned. Without waiting for him to give orders, four or five places among the queue began to shout: "Ambush, there's an ambush!" Immediately following were the extinguishing of lights, loud clanking noises, and neighs of horses and screams of men – the kind before they were to die.

Hearing these sounds in the middle of the night made her think the entire cavalcade was being attacked.

Murong Ke held a tight grip on his neighing horse and commanded, "Where are my captains? Get back to defense immediately."

As soon as he spoke, his guards loudly exhaled and unfurled their banners.

The soldiers Murong Ke brought along moved as one, as they were strictly disciplined. The captains relayed his order and the nearby men more or less quieted down.

Galloping hooves closed in. Before long, a captain approached Murong Ke and relayed to him: "My lord, there aren't many of them. They pushed down boulders and trees to split our troops. Not too many of us were killed or injured."

"What about the enemy?"

"They left no traces after the attack."

Murong Ke's face sank.

While he pondered on the news, the neighing around them had substantially ceased.

"General, what will we do next?" asked several of his captains.

"Take a look and see how long it will be before we can move again."

"Aye."

Several horses came back in a short time. "There's no issue with leaving in a quarter of an hour."

Murong Ke looked to the horizon where the sky was still as dark as ink.

"Wanted to slow me down?" he sneered. "Why bother?"

The cavalcade set off again half an hour later.

As they went along, Murong Ke said to his scouts, "Go, remember to take a careful look."

"Aye."

Amid the rumbling hooves, a captain approached the reticent Murong Ke. He involuntarily looked at Chen Rong in her disheveled state, swallowed, and asked, "My lord, what did they want?"

Murong Ke shook his head and coldly replied, "Whatever it is, we will have an answer for them."

"Aye."

After half an hour of hasting along, a faint dawn light was now spreading over the sky.

A similar mountain road appeared in front of them.