AWB Chapter 162 Dad is Really Missing
Chapter 162 Dad is Really Missing
Su Rou rode her horse galloping through the streets.
When she arrived at the general's mansion, it was bustling with activity.
Su Rou dismounted and walked straight towards the people in the main hall.
Su Feng was leaning on the armchair, talking to Ji Shi with a smile on his face.
Su Rou stepped over the threshold and said, "Second brother, come here for a moment. I have something to tell you."
Ji was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up. "What's wrong? What happened?"
Su Rou turned around and said, "It's okay, I just have something important to discuss with my second brother."
Was it because her facial expression wasn't disguised well enough that even Ji Shi noticed something was wrong?
Su Feng supported himself on the armrests of the armchair and stood up, "Okay..."
Although Su Feng tried his best to behave like an ordinary person, to be honest, these details were enough to prove that his second brother was in very weak condition.
A person who has practiced martial arts for many years should stand up with steady steps. Why does he need to use external force when standing up?
Su Rou felt a little annoyed that she hadn't noticed these things...
Su Feng smiled to ease the solemn atmosphere she brought, "Why do you look so serious?"
The two walked out of the house and went to the back garden.
Su Rou took out the pills given by the old woman from her arms and said, "Take this."
Su Feng took it, peeled off the outer lotus leaf, first pinched the pill in front of his nose and sniffed it, then put it directly into his mouth and swallowed it.
Su Rou said, "Why don't you ask me what this is? What if it's poison? You'll eat it too."
Su Feng frowned as he chewed, probably because it tasted bitter.
Su Feng swallowed his saliva before saying, "The things my younger sister gave me shouldn't be poisonous, but even if they are, I will eat them if my younger sister wants me to die."
Su Rou smiled and said, "Then you have to count. I fed you the Seven-Step Powder. If you take seven steps, you will die from the poison."
Su Feng's arm went straight over Su Rou's shoulders and he pressed his whole body on her shoulders. "Oh, then Second Brother can't leave. I can only drag you along as my scapegoat."
Su Feng didn't dare put all his weight on Su Rou, for fear of crushing her.
But the next second, Su Rou grabbed Su Feng's legs and carried him on her back.
"Okay, then I'll reluctantly act as your legs." Su Rou ran briskly with Su Feng on her back.
Su Feng was so frightened that he quickly grabbed Su Rou's shoulders and said, "Little sister! Second brother is heavy! You better be steady!"
Su Rou pretended not to hear him and took him to the pavilion above the small pond.
Su Rou let Su Feng go.
Su Feng's legs went weak and he collapsed straight on the stone bench.
He was not afraid, but worried that he would hurt Su Rou.
"Are you okay? I didn't dare to struggle just now, for fear that you would stumble and fall to the ground and hurt yourself."
Su Rou showed him her arms and said, "It's okay. Look, I've gained muscle."
Su Feng reached out and touched it, "What do you look like..."
Just as he was about to mock Su Rou, Su Feng swallowed back all the words that followed.
"You've really put on some muscle. You look so skinny. Your position as captain is really worth it."
Su Rou said proudly, "That's right."
But then, Su Feng's smile faded.
Su Rou said, "What's wrong?"
Su Feng's eyes were filled with sorrow. "When will the General's Mansion ever ask a girl like you to bring honor to our family? Didn't Father and Fourth Mother stop you when you took the military examination?"
Su Rou sat down next to him. "I stopped you, but I insisted on taking the exam. Besides, what's wrong with me being a woman? Second brother, do you look down on me?"
Su Feng explained, "No, second brother is just worried that you will suffer. It would be ugly if you become muscular in the future."
The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and a bright moonlight falls on the sparkling lake.
Su Rou said, "But if I were just a woman, I wouldn't be able to help my family. If I were a woman with strong muscles, I could at least help my father and you, if nothing else."
Su Feng laughed, "I heard about everything that happened in the mansion when my father and the eldest and third brothers were away. You did a great job."
Speaking of this, Su Rou remembered that she hadn't told him about the Second Madam Meng yet...
Su Feng tilted his neck back and leaned his head against the pillar. "You are not to blame for what happened to my mother. Don't worry about it. She has her own stubbornness. If you can't find her... Second brother wants to ask you for one favor. Just let her go."
It seems that my second brother is also aware of Meng's situation...
Su Rou nodded and said, "I promise you, I will give Dad an explanation."
Su Feng said, "My injuries are almost healed, so I have to go to the palace to see the emperor. The third brother has quelled the war at the border, so I guess he will go back too."
Su Rou nodded, "I know."
Su Rou looked up at the sky, wondering where her father had gone.
The night sky is bright and thousands of troops are galloping past.
But the next second, the leading horse seemed to trip over something and fell forward, taking with it some people behind who had not had time to rein in their horses.
"Capture Su Wan alive!" Dense masses of soldiers rushed down from the surrounding hills, surrounding Su Wan's army like a tide...
After a fierce battle, the sun rose. The ground was dyed red with blood. A military flag with the word "North" written on it stood among the pile of corpses, but there was no sign of Su Wan...
Su Rou, who was eating fruit, suddenly stood up from the armchair and knocked the maid who was pouring tea next to her to the ground.
"Dad's team was ambushed in the Fuyu Mountain area. Is Dad really missing???"
The soldier kneeling outside the door was in a mess. He kowtowed twice to Su Rou and said, "Please ask the Emperor to send someone to rescue General Su. It's been three days since the incident. I pretended to be dead and escaped. I have to go through a lot to get back. I am afraid that General Su is in great danger."
Su Rou threw down the fruit in her hand, Fuyu Mountain...
This place is not far from the capital. If the people in the desert were holding a grudge and wanted to attack my father, they wouldn't have done it when my father was about to arrive in the capital. Could it be that someone in the capital did it?
Who is it?
Su Rou said, "I can't enter the palace at this time. Go and call my third brother to come to the palace to see the emperor. Prepare the horses. I'm going to Fuyu Mountain now."
But Ji, who was also in the room, said, "Miss, why don't you go into the palace yourself?"
Su Rou glanced sideways, "If it was the Emperor who did it, he would most likely take the opportunity to arrest me as well. But Third Brother is different. He still holds military power, so the Emperor naturally wouldn't dare to touch him."
Su Rou took the old woman to the outskirts of the city.
The old woman rode her horse to catch up with Su Rou's speed, "Miss, if we rush over now, it will probably be useless."
Su Rou said, "My father won't go with them so obediently, so he will definitely delay us. We can go back and look for them along the route the soldier told us. Maybe we can find their trace."
Su Rou and the old woman traveled for two days and one night, but before they arrived at their destination, they smelled a strong smell of rust.
Su Rou followed the smell and was shocked by the scene at the foot of the hill.
She suddenly understood why the other party chose to take action here.
My father's men had been fighting hard in the desert for quite some time, and finally returned to the northern territory. With the capital right before their eyes, they naturally relaxed their vigilance...
Su Rou said, "The clothes worn by the other group are the clothes of the desert soldiers."
The old woman said, "Didn't General Su capture the Great Desert City?"
Su Rou said, "The forces in the desert are not unified. Perhaps someone else intercepted my father along the way..."
But they only encountered one small town along the way, and the other party did not kill my father directly, which meant that they needed to bring my father back alive.
If it wasn't the people from the capital who did it, then my father would have been taken back to the desert by them.
Su Rou said, "Do you know the nearest way back to the desert?"
The old woman was stunned for a moment and said, "They should be passing through the capital, but they don't want to go through the capital along the way. There is another small road, Dongfang Town."
Su Rou said, "Let's go to Dongfang Town."
The old woman behind him complained, "Young lady, why don't we take a break here for a while? My butt is so tired from shaking!"
As the name suggests, Dongfang Town is named because it is located to the east of the capital.
It was already dark when Su Rou and the old woman arrived at Dongfang Town.
Su Rou said, "Look around the town. They might have already left."
The old woman held up a finger and said tremblingly, "I...I don't think I need to look for it."