Chapter 156: The Girl Who Kills

  Only five miles away from the Chu army, everyone was on high alert, silent all the way, the atmosphere tense, until they entered the valley and relaxed a little.

  "Sir, I think we should let Luotuo explore a bit further," said Guhan.

  Song shook his head, "You should understand, our situation is not a military campaign. If we are too far apart, it's easy to lose contact with the scouts and make mistakes. At present, the distance is just right, giving us time to respond."

  Each has its own shortcomings, and they do not strictly follow the route. In this vast wilderness, even the best road explorer cannot guarantee that every reunion will be quick and accurate. Song Chuyi simply chose a relatively stable way.

  "But what you said also makes sense." Song Chu knew in his heart that there were flaws, just like this time when they encountered the Chu army. If they hadn't been camping but marching hastily, by the time the scouts returned, the distance between the two sides would probably be less than 400 meters, and the response time would not exceed half an hour, which was extremely dangerous.

  "We're not far from the country of Ba, let's take three roads to explore." Song Chu said.

  One person goes to fifteen miles away, and passes the message to the road scout ten miles away. The road scout at ten miles away summarizes the message and then passes it on to five miles away, and finally the last spy transmits all the situations in front of fifteen miles back. This is a relay-style message transmission, which is also the most common way for ordinary troops to explore roads. It's just that this time Song Chu brought fewer people, with only four road scouts, who need to take care of both the front and the back, and cannot use them all at once due to the need for alternating rest.

  Gu Yan was about to take orders and deploy when Song Chu added another sentence, "Two people will pay attention to the movement of the Chu army from behind, and still send one person to explore the road ahead."

  Gu Yan was taken aback for a moment. "There's already one in the rear."

  When Pai sword guest stabbed to explore news at the same time left a road exploration, in order to quickly gather. This time actually sent two people again, is it too much?

  Song Chu's calm and unruffled gaze fell on him as he said lightly, "Execute the order."

  From Song's calm and tranquil face, Gu Han saw a hint of anger that was not quite anger. The oppressive feeling made his heart suddenly feel a little flustered, as if he had unknowingly committed an error. With a slightly uneasy mood, he instructed the matter to be carried out.

  Entering the valley, the group dismounted their horses to rest.

  Gu Yan thought carefully about what had just happened. Suddenly, he understood that they were here to help Qin annex Ba and Shu. If Chu interfered, their efforts might be in vain. Such a simple thing, yet he hadn't realized it at first!

  Kuang Han was annoyed in his heart, annoyed that he had made a fool of himself, and even more annoyed that he had just been afraid of Song Chu Yi! As he thought about it, his gaze shifted slightly to take a stealthy glance at her. It was still the same face with a hint of childishness, with calm eyebrows and downcast eyes. The slender sleeves of her dark robe, her slim figure, and the boyish appearance of someone who was still growing up. Her posture, leaning against the willow tree, was as languid and carefree as ever, with a very gentle demeanor.

  "Sir." Ji Yu blocked Song Chu's wine pouch that was sent to her mouth and handed a water pouch in front of her.

  At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, he smiled and pushed open the door, tilted his head to take a sip of wine, and said with relish, "What I have always liked is that without wine, everything seems dull."

  Ji Yu took the wine pouch and stuffed the water pouch into her bosom, "If sir finds it too bland, you can sweep across the world to amuse yourself, there's no need to waste time on such trivial matters."

  "Alas!" Song Chuoyi sighed helplessly, taking a big gulp of water. "I'm afraid that's the most excitement I'll get in this lifetime, just one or two thrilling moments."

  "That's enough." Jue Yu interrupted her words.

  It's already remarkable for a person to do one earth-shattering thing in their lifetime. Song Chuyi didn't think too highly of herself, but since she had been given a second chance at life, she felt obligated to accomplish one or two great things to make the most of heaven's kindness.

  "Does Chu have the intention of attacking Ba State?" Ji Yu asked.

  At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, one sighed and said, "Chu Wei Wang had attacked Bashu several times during his lifetime, occupying this place was Chu Wei Wang's last wish. There were many powerful ministers in the court of Chu who supported it. This time Bashu had internal strife, and the great army of Chu happened to be on the border, **it won't take ten days**."

  Chu Wei Wang, the posthumous title "Wei" is a summary of his life. He was a monarch with both civil and military talents, who could lead the army to fight against enemies and control the overall situation in the court. During his reign, he expanded the territory of Chu State to the largest among the seven states, dominating all directions.

  At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, there were countless times when people doubted that the current King of Chu was not the biological son of Chu Wei Wang. It is said that dragons beget dragons and phoenixes beget phoenixes, but why did a great overlord give birth to an incompetent person? Although General Xiong Wei didn't have much brains either, at least he inherited the bravery of Chu Wei Wang, but King Chu...

  "As long as there's movement, I'm not afraid he won't move." Song Chu's lips curled up, and she handed the water bottle back to Ji Yu, turning her stiff neck around.

  Ji Yu sometimes felt that Song Chu Yi's every move blurred her gender, but at the same time, she thought it made her more carefree.

  The swordsmen untied their dry rations and sat down cross-legged, eating with big mouthfuls.

  Gu Jing saw Song Chuoyi walking over and tossed a pancake to him. Song Chuoyi caught it, took a bite, sat down on the ground, and started eating with the swordsmen.

  "Sir." Gu Jing leaned in close to Song Chuyi and quietly slipped her two pieces of dried meat, heh-hehing twice before lowering his voice to say, "My private stash."

  Song Chu drank a mouthful of wine and quickly stuffed one into his mouth, chewing and blurting out in praise, "Refreshing!"

  Ji Yu was also chewing on a hard, stone-like pouch not far away. He often ate it during military campaigns and never felt anything wrong with it, but he had never seen anyone like Song Chuyi who could eat it with such relish. Having followed Song Chuyi for so long, always picking on her faults, today he finally discovered that she actually had a good point - no matter what she ate, she ate as if it were the most delicious delicacy, making people watching her feel their appetite increase greatly.

  After finishing dry rations and taking a short rest, they set off again.

  The country of Bhutan is now within sight, but in order to enter it, one must climb over two great mountains.

  The temperature in the valley is a bit higher than outside, with little wind, and it's much more comfortable to hurry along. By dusk, the group had arrived at the foot of the mountain inn.

  The eaves of the house hung with wine flags, and a bamboo fence surrounded a piece of land next to the wine shop, where the hoarse quacking of ducks came from, otherwise, the surroundings were quiet.

  "Shop!" The swordsman in front shouted.

  Bang!

  Something fell on the wooden floor inside, but no one responded.

  The swordsman shouted again, "Shopkeeper!"

  Wait for a moment. Still no one responded, and a faint smell of blood wafted out from the house. The atmosphere suddenly became somewhat unusual. Gu Han quietly waved his hand to signal someone to kick open the door.

  Song Chu also dismounted his horse.

  With a loud crash, the door was kicked open and splintered wood sent up a faint cloud of dust.

  The room was filled with blood, and the most striking sight was a girl in white clothes slowly standing up from the bloody puddle, holding a kitchen knife. She wore undyed hemp undergarments, stained with blood that was shocking to see. Her long black hair fell down to her knees, covering half of her face, revealing only her small nose and pale lips. The loose-fitting clothes obscured her figure, making it impossible to discern her shape, except for the snow-white and slender wrists and ankles visible outside.

  No one moved for a moment.

  If you kick open the door, inside is a group of robbers who are burning, killing and looting. It's probably been going on for some time, but no one expected to see such a scene.

  "What should we do?" Gu Han asked.

  Ku Han's question had many implications. Apart from not knowing whether he should intervene or not, there was another thing that made him lose his mind for a moment. The owner of this shop not only ran the wine shop but also led the horse team into the mountain. Now looking at the situation, the corpse lying in the blood pool was probably him, who would lead the way?

  Song Chu looked at the girl for a moment. His gaze fell on her slightly trembling hands.

  Song Chu took a few steps forward and said calmly, "Put down your knife and come over here."

  The girl's body trembled slightly. She looked up at Song Chuyi, hesitated for a moment, then dropped the kitchen knife in her hand and walked out slowly with bare feet, stopping half a meter away from the swordsman.

  "Who is it?" Song Chu asked.

  The girl lifted her head, and Song Chuyi also saw her face clearly. She was an extremely beautiful woman. Her palm-sized face had a pair of phoenix eyes with a faint mole under the right eye, looking quite delicate.

  "I..." Her voice was hoarse.

  This single word revealed a lot of information about Song Chuyi. An ordinary woman with low social status would never address herself in this way when seeing these people.

  And yet, the girl's body swayed precariously, but still stood upright, refusing to fall. Either she was unyieldingly stubborn or there was an unyielding pride in her bones. Song ChuYi thought it was the latter.

  "He wants to humiliate me, I'll just kill him." The girl struggled to remain calm, but her slightly trembling voice still betrayed her fear.

  Song Chu turned around and ordered Gu Han, "Rest here for a moment, we'll set off as soon as the news arrives."

  Guhan responded with a "yes".

  Song Chu initially found a location far away from the house and sat down.

  Anyway, the shop owner is already dead, and all the chickens and ducks here can be taken for food. The swordsmen asked Song Chu Yi for his consent, and then buried the shop owner's body as a repayment for taking his food.

  The roasted duck was done, and the swordsmen began to eat with great relish.

  At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, someone sent half a tripod to that girl. After all, she was the greatest contributor. If it weren't for her killing the shopkeeper who had lustful intentions, they wouldn't have been able to eat so happily.

  In this day and age, killing a lowly commoner is no different from slaughtering a head of livestock.

  "However, Gu Yan couldn't eat anymore. 'Sir, the shop owner is dead and the mountain road is difficult to travel.'"

  The sword guest's culinary skills were not good, and the duck still had a strong smell. Song Chuyi frowned and took a sip of the soup, saying, "Don't worry, sir, I can calculate it."

  Gu Yan saw her determined look and slightly put down his raised heart, "Then I'll have to trouble you, sir, to show the way."

  "Have some more, it's good for energy on the road." Song and Yan Yuese pushed a bowl of duck meat in front of Gu Han.

  Ji Yu came out of the kitchen and saw this scene, with a faint smile on her face. She walked over and placed the bowl of meat in front of her.

  Song Chu took a sniff, his eyes lit up slightly, and without saying another word, he buried his head and started eating.

  At the beginning of Song, she basically didn't picky eaters, even moldy food could be swallowed, and even raw meat could be eaten. However, she couldn't stand those that were cooked half-cooked and had a strange smell, in her opinion, it was not as good as raw.

  After a hearty meal, everyone packed up and set off towards the great mountain.

  This trip may take three to five days in the mountains, where there are many wild animals in the dense forest, but the humidity is heavy and it's hard to find a place to start a fire. If you don't want to eat raw meat and drink blood, you must make sufficient preparations.

  "Sir."

  As soon as Song Chuanyi got on her horse, she heard a hoarse voice calling out to her from that young girl.