Mingyue Courtyard
Leng Ruo Li had just finished working in the kitchen with her two maids and prepared a meal.
Jun Mo Han suddenly rushed in and pulled her out the door without a word.
"Jun Mo Han, what's happened again? Can't you explain things to me clearly before dragging me away?"
Leng Ruo Li quickly pulled her hand back, her face flushed with anger.
"Your father was ambushed on his way back to the city and is now missing."
Jun Mo Han pursed his thin lips, looked down at Leng Ruo Li, and stated the words clearly.
"What?"
Leng Ruo Li's heart lurched, and her head felt like it was about to explode.
Two seconds later, she came back to her senses and vanished from Jun Mo Han's sight with a "swoosh." Jun Mo Han immediately used his qinggong to follow her.
Leng Ruo Li quickly went to the general's mansion stable, untied a fine horse, leaped onto its back, squeezed its belly, and flicked its hindquarters. The horse then galloped towards the city gates with a "clip-clop..."
Leng Ruo Li forgot that the city gates were already closed at this hour and that she wouldn't be able to get out with her horse.
Just as she was about to abandon the horse and climb over the wall to escape, Jun Mo Han, accompanied by several guards, caught up behind her.
"Ye Yi, go up and tell the soldiers guarding the city gate to open it," Jun Mo Han commanded.
"Yes!"
Ye Yi used his qinggong to fly up to the city wall, called down the guarding general, and told him to open the gate.
The guarding general, who had just finished two bowls of wine with his soldiers, was dragged down like a chicken. Enraged, he immediately began to curse Ye Yi profusely.
However, when he saw the stern and cold figure on the horse, he was utterly stunned.
"Your subordinate, your subordinate greets His Highness!"
The guarding general's voice became stammering.
"Deputy Commander Gao, you're living quite well!" Jun Mo Han looked at his drunken state and retorted sarcastically.
With that, Deputy Commander Gao's legs immediately began to tremble.
"Your subordinate will never dare again. Your Highness, please be merciful and let your subordinate go this time."
Deputy Commander Gao immediately knelt and kowtowed to Jun Mo Han several times. Blood quickly began to flow from his forehead.
Considering that Deputy Commander Gao had not committed any major offenses in the past, Jun Mo Han decided to let him off this time.
"Hurry up and open the city gate!" Jun Mo Han shouted loudly.
"Yes, yes, yes, your subordinate will open it immediately!"
Deputy Commander Gao shakily got up and opened the gate.
A short while later, the city gate was opened, and Leng Ruo Li was the first to gallop out on her horse.
"Jun Mo Han, where did my father disappear?"
Leng Ruo Li's heart burned as if consumed by fire, and sweat dripped down her like rain, yet she remained calm.
"Follow me. It's in the large bamboo forest three kilometers outside the city," Jun Mo Han replied, quickening his pace to lead the way.
After the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, Leng Ruo Li and the others finally arrived at the bamboo forest where Leng Jin Yu had been ambushed. It was completely dark, and the moonlight was blocked by the dense bamboo leaves, allowing no light to penetrate.
Leng Ruo Li was extremely anxious. Without regard for whether anyone was beside her, she decisively took a flashlight from her system space and illuminated the bamboo forest.
Jun Mo Han and the gazes of his subordinates immediately fell upon her flashlight.
"Woman, what is this thing? How can it be so bright?"
It was brighter than the largest night-luminescent pearl he had ever seen.
"This is an exploration flashlight," Leng Ruo Li replied concisely.
"Flashlight? What is a flashlight?"
Jun Mo Han was full of suspicion. Why were the things she brought out to use always so strange?
"Its function is the same as a night-luminescent pearl."
Leng Ruo Li replied with some irritation. Didn't this man see she was busy looking for her father?
With the illumination of the flashlight, everyone quickly saw the signs of a struggle around the bamboo forest. Following these traces, they soon found the main combat site between Leng Jin Yu and the assassins.
On the ground lay the bodies of several masked men in black, scattered haphazardly.
On the ground was an iron net made of wood and iron spikes, as well as a large net of hemp ropes. The ropes were stained with blood, and the surrounding bamboo was severely damaged. Some bamboo stalks were cut down entirely, some were cut in half, and some only had their tails severed.
From these combat traces, it was evident how fierce the battle had been!
Leng Ruo Li dismounted and carefully observed the long bloodstains on the ground, following them deeper into the bamboo forest.
Jun Mo Han and his subordinates also dismounted and followed Leng Ruo Li slowly, walking further and further until they stepped into the depths of the bamboo forest.
"Woman, we cannot go any further. It is very dangerous inside, and there will be many ferocious beasts and birds of prey." Jun Mo Han advised.
"You don't have to go in, but I must go in to find my father."
Leng Ruo Li said with extreme coldness in her voice.
"I will go find him for you. You and Ye Yi, Ye Er wait here."
"No, I'm going in with you."
Leng Ruo Li refused decisively.
"Woman, don't be stubborn! Almost no one who enters the deepest part of this bamboo forest can come out alive," Jun Mo Han said truthfully, his eyebrows furrowed.
"I'm not afraid, I'll be fine. But you are the God of War of Tianwu Kingdom, the hope of Tianwu Kingdom. Tianwu Kingdom cannot lose you, so you shouldn't go in. As for me, I must go in tonight to find my father, no matter what." As she said these words, Leng Ruo Li's voice began to choke up.
"Alright, we'll all go in together," Jun Mo Han said helplessly.
Immediately, the group continued forward, following the scent of blood in the bamboo forest.
Later, the smell of blood on the ground grew stronger, and there were also some human bones. Leng Ruo Li's heart felt like it was about to leap out of her throat, her mind went blank, and her palms were covered in sweat.
She prayed incessantly, "Father, you must be alive and well. You must be alive and well. Wait for me to save you. Don't leave Li'er to live alone in this world."
Jun Mo Han also sensed Leng Ruo Li's anxiety and comforted her, "Woman, don't worry. My father-in-law's martial arts are not weak. Those assassins cannot defeat him, and these wild beasts will not harm him either."
Although Jun Mo Han comforted her this way, he himself was not entirely confident. If Leng Jin Yu was severely injured, dealing with these wild beasts would probably be...
Just then, they suddenly heard the howling of wolves from ahead. Leng Ruo Li turned off her flashlight, and she and Jun Mo Han slowly and quietly approached the wolf pack. They saw over a dozen wolves tearing at a corpse. Leng Ruo Li casually picked up a piece of torn clothing from the ground. Seeing that it was not Leng Jin Yu's clothes, she sighed deeply, slowly retreated, moved away from the wolf pack, and continued forward.