Chapter 1271: War Clouds Gather

words from just now still hold"Feng Lingxi pondered and asked, Cen Taizu's brow furrowed slightly, "Of course, this empress speaks, naturally counts.""I heard that Her Majesty was punished yesterday..."See the Queen,"

Feng Lingxi dismounted and quickly asked the soldiers, "Has Guli come to the camp"

"Guli was in General Li's camp."

Feng Ling quickly took Xiao Li to General Li's camp. From afar, they saw Guli kneeling on the ground and General Li standing at the entrance of the tent.

General Li, the Princess has arrived.

The soldiers saw Feng Lingxi, just like seeing a savior. They hurriedly saluted. General Li quickly stepped forward and greeted him. Now Feng Lingxi was his savior.

"Your Highness, you're just in time. Please persuade her, she insists on having the lowly general punish her, this…" General Li wore a troubled expression, "This isn't making things difficult for the lowly general, is it"

Feng Lingxi walked to Guli's face, looking at Guli's pale complexion, her eyes full of concern.

"Now that Yu Mo knows this, he will certainly feel guilty and remorseful. If you really want to accept punishment, you should wait until you recover. This way, aren't you practically accepting death What would General Li say when punishing you"

Upon hearing this, Gu Li looked up at Feng Ling Xi, the words she was about to say swallowed back down.

"Get up."

Feng Lingxi pulled Gu Li up, but Gu Li hesitated and didn't get up. Xiao Li hurriedly stepped forward to help Gu Li up.

"Your father entrusted me to take care of you, not to have you die here."

“I broke the military rules,” Yu Mo said. “If I break the rules, I’ll be punished by military law. My decision to leave without permission means I’m accepting the punishment. Not only did I fail to capture Xinshui this time, but I almost let Feng Yumuo die at Xinshui’s hands…”

Gu Li's voice choked with sobs, tears streaming down her face, making people's hearts ache.

"You broke military regulations. Are you a soldier here Have you enlisted"

Gu Li shook her head. Feng Lingxi looked at her frail appearance, raised her hand and punched her in the chest. She didn't use much force, but Gu Li's body retreated, almost falling. Luckily, Xiao Li supported her.

"Look at you now, even my effortless punch did this to you. How could you possibly take a real hit Just focus on recovering from your injuries. We'll talk again when you're healed."

Feng Lingxi looked at General Li, "Where is the prince"

He went to the east side of the village to search. The king wasn't reassured and said he would have all the nearby mountains and forests searched to ensure his safety.

Feng Lingxi glanced at the sky, it was still early.

"Take me there."

Although I know this water spirit has long since fled, it's still necessary to search the mountain. This time, this happened because their guards were not good enough. They didn't thoroughly check the surrounding terrain, giving the water spirit an opportunity.

"You rest here, wait for me to come back."

Feng Lingxi instructed someone to keep an eye on Gu Li, then left with General Li for the east side.

This area around the East Wall is mainly these mountains behind us. Because it's right next to the camp, when we patrol, we don't pay much attention to the dangers lurking in the forest. If not for this incident, we wouldn't have noticed the weaknesses in these mountains and forests.

"My Lord, we found several caves over here, but there's no one in them."

"My Lord, there have been signs of someone in the cave. According to the footprints, it's a woman."

Dugu Cheng listened to the report, squatted down, looked at the footprints on the ground, his sharp eyes swept across the forest. He had just carefully examined it, and following this mountain road down, there was a village in Linxi County, very hidden. If he hadn't searched carefully, he wouldn't have found it at all.

"Go down the mountain to see the village at the foot of the mountain."

Dugu Cheng ordered, looking at the other searching soldiers, "You lead your troops to follow Prince Ben, and the rest of you continue to search here. Remember to leave no stone unturned."

"My lord, the princess has arrived."

Dugu Cheng had just ordered preparations to go to the village when he saw Feng Ling Xi arrive, a little surprised. He turned and saw her walking towards him, so he quickly stepped forward to help her. Seeing her skirt caught on a branch, his brow furrowed slightly, and he bent down to help her with it.

"Xier, how did you come here"

"Gu Li ran to the military camp to accept her punishment, so I rushed over to stop her."

獨孤城 frowned, "What kind of punishment"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Huo Mo said that if Gu Li acted independently, she would be punished by military law. Now, Gu Li has come to accept her punishment."

General Li hurriedly reported, saying that this was the part that gave him a headache.

Although he is old, his eyes are still sharp. It's clear that Yu Mo cares for Gu Li deeply and would go to such lengths to warn her. Otherwise, he wouldn't have rushed to Dong Mian as soon as she got into trouble and followed her when she was taken away.

"Tell her that she deserves credit for her investigation work. Her merits offset her demerits, so she needn't be punished. Let her go back and recuperate."

"Yes."

Wind Lingxi heard what Dugu City said, a smile appeared on her face. He still had the most persuasive words.

"Xier, you go back first. This king is going to take a look at the village in the mountains."

"I'll go with you. We can just come straight back down the mountain then. It's not easy for me to go down the mountain either."

Feng Lingxi looked at her skirt hem. All the way here, she had been holding it but couldn't prevent the branches from snagging the fabric. It would be better to go down the mountain directly and return that way. This route would probably be easier than climbing up.

"General Li, please return first. I shall go down the mountain to inspect the village and return from there."

General Li responded immediately, hurriedly continuing the search with his soldiers. Meanwhile, Dugu City led Feng Lingxi in searching for the path down the mountain.

Because of her skirt, Feng Lingxi was very inconvenient walking on the mountain. She kept getting her dress caught on tree branches. After a few steps, she had to deal with it again. Dugu Cheng had already bent down to help several times. Feng Lingxi became impatient and directly grabbed the hem of her skirt, tearing off a large piece of the gauze skirt below.

"Xiao Li, from now on, my clothes can't have these gauze skirts anymore. They are too inconvenient. In the future, all silks should be like his, because things are too inconvenient."

Feng Lingxi's temper had flared, and if it weren't for the need to go down the mountain, she would have really chopped off her own skirt. She was truly walking with a suppressed anger.

獨孤城看著風淩兮此舉，俊眉微蹙，卻什麼也沒說。

Xiao Li responded and followed silently behind him.

"My lord, judging by these footprints, there were several people who went up the mountain. Both men and women, they may not be the ones we're looking for."

Ye Xi diverted the topic. He had just carefully investigated and it should be just ordinary footprints from villagers.

"Let's go ask Xinshui if he has ever been to the village. It's a secluded place, and if Xinshui has been there, we might make other discoveries."

Dugu Cheng took Feng Lingxi's hand and watched as her steps quickened. He quickened his pace to keep up with her.

"If this water really comes from the village down the mountain, then there must be other ways out of that village besides the one going up east. We should investigate. Gu Li didn't come from the eastern military camp, so where she came from must be related to the village."

She came up this way with me that day. She probably doesn't even know how she got down the mountain.

After all, the situation was critical at the time. Gu Li fled without paying attention to her route. Besides, she was exhausted and had used light kung fu, so it's normal that she wouldn't remember the way.yourself."Feng Lingxi looked at Feng Yixuan. After the polite words were finished, her tone became sharp and she reminded him, "I think of you still remembering your sister, so I'll remind you: don't...