SFS Chapter 334 - Self-Punishment
Chapter 334 - Self-Punishment
Feng Muyan nodded slightly. It must have been the 106 Lanling Riders who rescued him. He only remembered that someone carried him on his back and then he lost consciousness.
"Mother, where are those fifty-three people who rescued me?"
"That's right. Those people failed to do their job well and caused my son to be injured. They have been kneeling outside the door for more than two days to punish themselves, and they swore not to leave until you wake up." When Shui Mochen heard Feng Muyan mention the 106 Lanling Riders, waves brewed in his eyes.
Feng Muyan pushed away Shui Mochen's hand on his forehead and was about to get out of bed, but he tore the wound due to his big movement. The pain made him break out in a cold sweat instantly, and then he fell back heavily on the bed.
"Yan'er, what are you doing?" Shui Mochen quickly reached out to support him.
"Mother, could you please call the leader outside the door in? I have something to ask him." Feng Muyan said weakly.
Shui Mochen tried to persuade him to take a few days' rest before doing other things, but he just wouldn't listen. Finally, he had to clapped his hands twice and called the leader in.
"This subordinate greets the master, and greets the young master!"
"When you rescued me, did you send anyone to rescue my princess?" Feng Muyan didn't care about anything else and grabbed the man's collar and asked anxiously.
“Please forgive me, young master. I sent people to rescue her, but they arrived a little late. The princess had already died from the hail of arrows from the Dongchu army and her body was in a terrible state, so I had to bury her in a hurry.” After he finished speaking, the leader knocked his head hard on the ground and did not dare to look up at Feng Muyan’s expression.
Feng Muyan pushed the man away fiercely. His brown eyes suddenly became empty. Song Yunli's delicate face kept appearing in his mind. How could she be dead? He must have heard it in a hallucination. How could this person say that his Li'er was dead? The more he thought about it, the more he suffocated. A fishy sweetness surged into his throat.
Shui Mochen lightly kicked the man on the ground, and the man retreated silently.
"Yan'er, the world is unpredictable, so just be open-minded. Your mother is also sad for that child, but life must go on, right?" A complicated look flashed in Shui Mochen's eyes. If they had been separated earlier, would Yan'er not have fallen so deeply?
Feng Muyan was completely stunned. He could no longer listen to what Shui Mochen said. Finally, he couldn't help but spit out blood and passed out.
On the path leading to the outskirts of Dongchu, Xing'er was galloping on horseback with her bag on her back. Her face had been blown red by the cold wind, but her bright eyes kept looking around, and she kept muttering, "My benefactor, please don't be in trouble. Xing'er is coming to find you right now."
After walking for another half a day, Xing'er finally arrived at a town. However, due to the war, there were very few people walking on the streets. She finally caught a few people and asked them, but she got the same three words in response: I don't know.
I wanted to continue looking, but my stomach, which hadn't eaten for two days, began to protest, so I had to find a very small inn nearby and went in.
"Where did you come from, little beggar? Go away!" The shopkeeper walked forward impatiently and pushed Xing'er, almost making her fall.
"Boss, I want two steamed buns and a bowl of rice soup. Here's the silver." Xing'er, who had seen the ups and downs of life, knew what the shopkeeper was thinking. She hurriedly took out a string of copper coins from her sleeve pocket and tiptoed to put them on the table in front of him.
The shopkeeper glanced at the short Xing'er, then took the string of copper coins in his hand and weighed them for a few times before his expression eased up a lot. Then he raised his chin slightly and said, "Then you can sit over there. However, the store has been quiet recently and the stove hasn't been lit yet, so you may have to wait a little longer."