Chapter 783 The sanitary napkins were stolen

Time passed quickly, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

At dusk that afternoon, on the banks of the Luo River, the northern border of Tiancang Kingdom.

Gu Chan stood by the river, leading a little donkey, and sighed as she watched the setting sun.

During this half month, she was exhausted from all the journey. Because Xuanyuan Long secretly issued a dragon-slaying order to her, countless assassins came to kill her along the way.

It would have been fine if she had gone through several fierce battles, but the most infuriating thing was that some people who couldn’t beat her actually stole her carriage in the middle of the night. Fortunately, she was smart and carried the silver with her, so she didn’t end up on the streets, otherwise she would have had to beg for food all the way.

But all the dry food and spare clothes that Zuo Yun and his friends had prepared for her were stolen.

So at this time, not only was she covered in dirt, she also didn’t even have any clean clothes to change into. What made her feel most helpless was that the closer she got to the border of Tiancang Kingdom, the more desolate the surroundings became. There wasn’t even a decent inn, and she couldn’t even buy a good horse. Now she had been sleeping in the open for two or three days.

“Damn it! Don’t let me go back alive, or I will pull you down from the throne sooner or later, bastard. You caused all the sanitary napkins that I secretly brought with me to be stolen. I am so angry that I am dying.”

After sighing for a while, Gu Chan became angry and started cursing.

Not only were her dry food and clothes stolen, but even the sanitary napkins she had hidden away were stolen. What would she do when her period came?

Just when Gu Chan was extremely angry, a small fishing boat suddenly sailed towards her.

Standing on the fishing boat was a middle-aged man in his forties, shirtless and with a sturdy build. Due to the border area, he looked very rough and his skin was slightly dark.

The middle-aged man stopped the fishing boat on the shore in front of Gu Chan and said in a rough voice, “Little brother, where are you going alone?”

“Brother, I want to cross the river to the Diyue Kingdom on the opposite side.” Gu Chan replied.

“Young man, you don’t look like a local! Where are you from?” the middle-aged man asked.

Gu Chan said cunningly, “My father travels between Tiancang Kingdom and Diyue Kingdom for business. Didn’t something happen in the capital of Tiancang Kingdom some time ago? This caused my family’s business to become difficult to do. I had no choice but to go to Diyue Kingdom to seek refuge with my father.”

“I see. It’s getting late today, and it won’t be easy for you to find a place to rest if you cross the river. How about this, you come with me to our village to rest for a night, and I’ll take you across the river tomorrow morning?” suggested the middle-aged man.

Gu Chan looked at the sun that was about to set in the sky and could only nod in agreement helplessly.

Even if we cross the river now, we will reach the border of Diyue Kingdom. The border of Tiancang Kingdom is so desolate on this side, and it must be the same on the other side. It would be better to find a place to have a good rest for a night and recharge our energy.

Seeing that Gu Chan agreed, the middle-aged man got off the fishing boat, took out the boat nails, found a place on the shore to nail them, then tied the boat with a rope, and then took Gu Chan to the west of Luoshui River.

On the way back to the village, after some inquiries, Gu Chan found out that the middle-aged man was called Luo Da, and he was a villager from a small fishing village called Luoshen Village on the banks of the Luo River. There were only twenty or so households in this village. All of them were surnamed Luo, and they had made a living by fishing for generations. Usually, if there were people who crossed the Luo River from here to the Diyue Kingdom, they could give them some silver and they would drive the fishing boat to take them there.

In this way, they can also earn some extra money to support their families.

The largest town nearby is more than fifty miles away from here. Normally, they would not go to the town unless they had important business.

After understanding these situations, Gu Chan’s vigilance was reduced a little. However, she still would not trust others so easily.

Leading the donkey and following Luo Da forward, Gu Chan deliberately said, “By the way, Brother Luo, I wonder if you have heard that the current crown prince has issued a secret order to kill a prince in Kyoto! I have heard many people mention this on my way here!”

“I heard about it! Yesterday some people came to our village to spread the word! They said that whoever can provide information about this person will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver. Everyone in the village was very happy. But it’s just that this is a remote and poor village, and how could such a noble prince come to our place! We just want to watch the fun.” Luo Dahan said with a smile.

Gu Chan said cunningly, “Brother Luo, where are those people now?”

“You live in our village! What? Do you want to collect the reward too?” Luoda said jokingly.

“Of course! One hundred taels of silver is a lot of money. I must have known some information along the way. How about you take me to find them at night, and when I get the silver, I’ll give you half of it.” Gu Chan said with a wicked smile.

When Luoda heard this, his eyes lit up and he said, “Okay, okay, it’s rare that you are so generous, little brother. When we return to the village later, you can go to my house to eat and rest first, and I will take you to find them in the evening.”

“Okay, that’s settled then.” Gu Chan said with a sneer.

After saying that, the two of them quieted down and quickened their pace to head towards Luoshen Village.

When it was getting dark, the two finally arrived at the village. Only then did Gu Chan discover that the village was built at the foot of a tall mountain, and the mountain was called Luoshen Mountain. As for whether there were any secrets in the mountain, she had no idea.

Anyway, after she entered the village, she vaguely felt that an extremely powerful and dense spiritual energy was constantly pouring down into the village from above Mount Luoshen.

Everyone in Luoshen Village is bathed in this powerful spiritual energy. This may be the most direct reason why all the villagers in this village are relatively healthy and strong.

Luoda’s home is located at the innermost part of the village. It consists of two mud houses, a pig shed and a large yard.

After Gu Chan followed him back home, she instantly felt a sense of familiarity surge into her heart.

When she was in Jiuyang Village, her grandfather Zhang Wan’s family also lived in a mud house like this, and the living environment was similar to here. This really made her feel like she was back home!

“Madam, there are guests coming, hurry up and cook.”

As soon as the two entered the yard, Luoda shouted towards the house.

But just as he finished speaking, a woman with dishevelled clothes ran out of the house quickly, then threw herself into his arms in extreme fear, crying loudly, “Husband, you are finally back. If you had come a step later, I’m afraid I would have lost my innocence.”

“Madam, what happened?” Luoda asked in shock.

“It’s all that outsider’s fault! He…he wanted to humiliate me.” The woman said in tears.

After saying that, she buried her head in Luoda’s arms and burst into tears.

Luo Da was so angry that his face turned as blue as a pillar, his fists were clenched tightly, he immediately pushed his wife away from his arms and rushed into the house in great anger.