The prince stepped on me to get to the top, I angrily flirted with the enemy's hostage

In the South, at the foot of Fengtai Cliff.

The water level has risen a lot due to the spring rain in the past few days, and it has become more turbulent and muddy.

A large number of soldiers and local conscripted laborers have been searching the area for a full ten days.

They searched every inch of land at the bottom of the cliff in a dragnet-like manner, searched every shallow beach and woods along the dozens of miles downstream, and even risked diving into deep pools to explore, but still found nothing.

There was no body, no pieces of clothing, no jade pendants or hairpins...

Nothing at all.

Su Rou seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, completely swallowed up by the cold river water, without even a trace of her existence left.

Gong Yu stood on a huge rock by the river, his armor covered with mud.

He looked gloomy.

Where are you...?

He looked at the river flowing in front of him, his face more solemn and tired than ever before.

"General, the river banks within thirty miles downstream have been searched more than three times... indeed... nothing has been found." Huang Liao walked forward, his voice hoarse, with unconcealable frustration and a hint of imperceptible fear.

The fear of Fengtai Cliff, a desolate place, and the terrible imagination of what Su Rou might encounter.

"However, we found traces of a military camp ten miles away. It seems to be where the Desert King's troops stayed a few days ago."

Gong Yu remained silent, tightly gripping the hilt of the sword at his waist.

Andre came only intermittently and then went back.

Put it this way.

Gong Yu suddenly felt that Andre was a little suspicious.

Where is Su Chi?

Gong Yu's eyes swept towards the figure not far away that almost merged into the black cliff.

Su Chi's condition is worse than Gong Yu's.

The injury on his shoulder was only treated hastily. The sleepless nights and exhaustion over the past few days had made his face frighteningly pale, his eye sockets sunken, and his lips chapped and peeling. Only his eyes were surprisingly bright, with an almost paranoid fire burning in them.

He refused to rest, refused to leave, and like a tireless machine, he repeatedly and in vainly dug through the cold mud with his hands and chopped through the dense thorns with his long knife, as if he firmly believed that he would find Su Rou in the next moment.

His silence was more depressing than any roar.

The black-armored warriors followed him from a distance, not daring to dissuade him. They could only use the same numb and persistent search to silently accompany their general who was on the verge of collapse.

"Shuchi..."

Gong Yu stepped forward, his voice dry, "This is not a solution. Your injury..."

"Keep looking."

Su Chi interrupted him, his voice hoarse as sandpaper, yet filled with unquestionable determination, "Expand the area, search upstream, in the dense forests on both sides, and in every crevice on the cliffs... We must search."

He raised his bloodshot eyes and looked at Gong Yu. The madness and pain in his eyes made Gong Yu's heart shudder. "She must still be somewhere, definitely."

All of Gong Yu's words of persuasion were stuck in his throat.

Any rational analysis was a cruel stimulation to Su Chi.

He could only sigh heavily and patted Su Chi's uninjured shoulder. "Okay, I'll send more people to search upstream and in the mountains and forests on both sides."

But he knew in his heart that hope was becoming increasingly slim.

If Andre took Arou away.

There's no way they'll find it here.

What should he do...

A trip to the desert?

Falling from such a high cliff and into such a fast and cold river, the possibility of survival is...very slim.

But compared to this, Gong Yu hoped that Su Rou was taken away by Andre.

This way at least she would be safe.

Gong Yu didn't dare to think about it anymore.

At the foot of Fengtai Cliff, there was only the howling of the cold wind, the rushing of the water, and endless despair.

At the same time, in the eastern part of the desert, deep in the red rock sand sea.

Unlike the bitter wind and rain in the south, the depths of the desert are still filled with scorching heat and endless yellow sand.

In a hidden natural fortress formed by huge wind-eroded rocks.

The leader of the eastern rebels, Wumuhan, was listening to reports from his subordinates.

Wumuhan is a middle-aged man with a burly figure like a brown bear. His face is covered with thick beard and his skin is rough and dark due to the wind, sand and scorching sun. A hideous scar runs from his forehead to his jaw, making his already fierce face even more vicious.

He was wearing an inappropriate fur coat with his shirt open, revealing his hairy chest and strong muscles. He was playing with two smooth iron balls in his hands, which made a dull "clacking" sound.

"Tell me... who did you see near Andre's royal court?" Wumuhan narrowed his hawk-like eyes and stared at the messenger kneeling below.

The messenger swallowed and said cautiously, "Your Majesty, I... I'm not entirely sure, but the figure I saw from afar, dressed in the attire of a noble lady from the desert, was closely guarded by Andre's personal guards... Her profile looked very much like... very much like Su Rou from the Southern Kingdom's Su family."

The iron gallbladder in Wumuhan's hand stopped spinning. His thick black eyebrows raised high, and a look of extreme surprise appeared on his face. "Didn't she fall off a cliff and die during the rebellion in the Southern Kingdom's palace? Didn't the news say that her body was completely gone? How could she appear in that scoundrel Andre's royal court? And wearing the clothes of the desert?"

This news was too unbelievable and completely beyond Wumuhan's expectations.

How could Su Rou get involved with Andre?!

still alive?

"I...I don't know the details," the messenger said, sweat beading on his forehead. "But the guards are extremely strict, and...and judging from the way she walks, she seems a little weak, and she rarely looks up...it seems...it seems like something is wrong."

Wumuhan stroked the hard stubble on his chin, stood up, and paced twice in front of the rough stone seat covered with animal skins.

Andrei suddenly returned from the Southern Kingdom, bringing back the so-called "peace treaty" and the news that a young Southern Kingdom emperor had ascended the throne, which made him wary.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

"Amnesia?" Wumuhan suddenly came up with a guess.

Apart from this, he really couldn't understand why someone as arrogant as Su Rou would be willing to stay in the desert.

"Could it be that Andre used some means to make her lose her memory and keep her under his control? Does he want to use Su Rou to deal with Nan Guo? Or does he have other intentions?"

No matter which possibility it is, Su Rou is not dead.

The situation in the east has not changed.

"How many 'eyes' do we have left in Chiya City?" he asked the military advisor beside him in a deep voice.

An old man, gaunt as an old monkey but with unusually agile eyes, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, there are three deeply buried 'nails' within the royal court. One of them seems to be near the guards guarding the Southerner woman."

Wumuhan showed a ferocious smile on his face. "Tell him to stay hidden. Without my order, he is not allowed to act rashly. He has only one mission - keep a close eye on the woman who might be Su Rou! Find out whether she has truly lost her memory or is just acting? What exactly does Andre want to do with her? Report back immediately as soon as you have definite information!"

"Yes!" The military advisor immediately took the order and turned around to make arrangements.

Wumuhan sat back on his stone seat, and the iron gall bladder crackled in his palm again.

His original plan was to rely on the sand sea terrain to continue dealing with Andre, consume his strength, and wait for the opportunity.

"Tell the brothers to be more restrained for the time being. Without my order, you are not allowed to go out to plunder again, especially not near the royal court." Wumuhan added, "I want to see clearly what Andre is up to!"