Exile is exile, is half of the capital enough as compensation?

"Second brother, tell me what's going on?"

When Leng Youran rushed to Liaodong Prefecture, he saw Leng Yuze and Leng Yuheng sitting in the middle of the hall with lifeless eyes, not knowing whether they were still awake or had just woken up.

If you look closely, you can see new stubble on both sides of his cheeks.

When they heard her voice, they raised their heads dumbly. The surprise they should have had when seeing her was gone from their eyes. Instead, they had a hint of shame in their eyes. "Little sister?"

"Little sister, you're here. Old Five..." Leng Yuheng was a little unsteady on his feet, and his voice was hoarse.

Leng Youran stepped forward to support him, pressed him onto the stool, and said softly, "I understand, Fourth Brother."

"Don't worry, I will find Fifth Brother. Now tell me where Fifth Brother disappeared last."

Leng Yuheng: "Little sister, it's like this. After we arrived in Liaodong, we began to disperse and deal with various..."

"Your fifth brother is in charge of the Liaonan area. We just came back from the North City two days ago and went to inspect it as usual. We didn't think much of his late return, but when he still hadn't returned until late at night, I went to Liaonan. The person in charge there said that your fifth brother had left long ago."

"Have you searched all along the way? Even if Fifth Brother is missing, there shouldn't be any trace of him, right?"

The two shook their heads and said in unison: "We've looked, but there's no clue."

Leng Youran clenched her fist and tapped her forehead a few times, "Let's look again. I don't believe that people would just disappear for no reason." Unless there is someone here with supernatural powers like her, how could there be no clues at all.

Leng Yuze really wanted to say it was useless, they had already searched that route many times, but after seeing the expressions of his sister and Leng Yuheng, he swallowed his words.

The two of them didn't even have time to wash up, and hurriedly took Leng Youran towards southern Liaoning.

There were three people and three horses. They stopped and walked along the way. Leng Youran did not miss any corner. His mental power was also kept on, for fear of missing any place.

Until we arrived in southern Liaoning, we still didn't find any clues.

The three of them entered the county town and found the manager arranged by Leng Yucheng in southern Liaoning.

Without the three of them asking any more questions, the steward said:

"My lords and ladies, I have searched the county for the past two days, and I have also sent people to search the farms and villages below, but there is no news."

The steward was brought from North City, so they were confident in his character.

"Uncle Quan, don't worry. We came here with my younger sister to look for him. Sit down first and tell my younger sister what happened when Lao Wu left that day."

After Uncle Quan sat down, he said to Leng Youran, "Miss, the Fifth Young Master had just returned from North City that day and came here. After arriving here, he asked me about the situation in Liaonan. After learning that the people were slowly beginning to accept us, he didn't stay any longer and just packed up and left. He was here for just over an hour in total."

Leng Yuze and the others had already known what Uncle Quan said, and they didn't notice anything wrong after listening to it again.

Leng Youran asked, "Uncle Quan, what did Fifth Brother say before he left? Did he say he wanted to go somewhere else, or did he just go back?"

Uncle Quan stroked his chin and thought carefully. After a moment, he suddenly raised his head and said, "By the way, Miss, before the Fifth Young Master left, he seemed to have said something to the person next to him, Zhuang County, or Zhuang Township. I didn't hear it clearly." At that time, he had already finished his report and was about to go out, so he didn't hear the conversation between the two clearly.

If the lady hadn't asked him just now, he might have forgotten it.

"Where is Zhuang County? And Zhuang Township, are these two places both under the jurisdiction of southern Liaoning?" Leng Youran asked.

"No, Zhuang County is in northern Liaoning, and Zhuang Township is in western Liaoning." Leng Yuze explained to her before Uncle Quan could speak.

Leng Youran supported his forehead and scratched his head with his fingers, "Second brother, which of these two places is closer to Liaonan?"

Leng Yuheng: "Zhuang Township, Zhuang Township is in the northeast corner of southern Liaoning."

"Then let's go to Zhuang Township and take a look."

Before the three of them could even sit down, they jumped on their horses and headed straight for Zhuang Township.

"Is this the place?" Leng Youran was a little bit unconvinced of what he saw.

Leng Yuze nodded. "Yes, it's here. Actually, little sister, you don't know that most of the villages in Liaodong are like this. Here, dozens or even a few households form a village. We have counted that the largest village has only forty households. Moreover, most of those people are not originally from Liaodong. Some came from other towns, and many are originally from the north. Speaking of which, we were able to appease the hearts of the people in Liaodong so quickly, thanks to those people in the north. Most of them know about the changes in the north city and have said a lot of good things about us in front of other people."

Leng Youran nodded slightly, riding on his horse and looking at the Zhuang village on the border that was within sight.

She roughly counted and estimated that there were only a dozen households here, with a large open space between each household.

Because it was winter and the fields were covered in snow, it was impossible to tell whether there were any crops planted in the fields.

The doors of every household were closed. If she hadn't heard the occasional barking of dogs, she would have thought this was an uninhabited village.

Leng Youran took a look and then looked away, releasing his mental focus to examine the mountains surrounding Zhuang Township.

It is not easy to explore here because the village is surrounded by mountains and forests.

Although the mountain is not lush and green, there are still many trees and the paths are winding and straight.

She checked carefully again, and soon beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

Leng Yuheng and Leng Yuze didn't know why she suddenly stopped talking. When they turned around, they saw her sitting precariously on the horse's back, her face slightly pale.

"Little sister..."

"Little sister..."

The two men nervously dismounted and came to Leng Youran's horse, guarding her on both sides, one on each side for fear that she would fall down suddenly.

Leng Youran was concentrating on inspecting the mountains south of Zhuang Township, so he didn't notice the nervous tone of the two people.

She had checked three other places and found nothing.

There was only one place left, and even though her mental strength was somewhat exhausted, she still refused to give up.

She had used too much mental energy today. She checked every place she passed along the way, which resulted in her mental energy being exhausted after she only checked three sides of the mountain when she arrived here.

She herself could feel her head starting to feel dizzy and a slight tingling sensation.

But even so, Leng Youran still did not give up. She struggled to control her mental power and checked the foot of the southern mountain again.

Perhaps her efforts moved God, and finally, Leng Youran opened her eyes and pointed with trembling fingers at a place on the southern mountain, "There, there is a fight..." Before she could finish the rest of her words, she fell straight down.