Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside Chapter 1724: Dead

Gu Jinli didn’t have time to deal with her, and after speaking, she continued to busy herself.

Ji Zhenniang stood for a moment, then perhaps understanding, gritted her teeth, and took Xie Huaihua to find Mrs. Han to learn about managing household affairs.

Xie Huaihua was clever and quietly told Mrs. Han about Ms. Gao Lei’s intentions and what Gu Jinli said in the medicine storeyard.

Mrs. Han understood and started to diligently instruct Ji Zhenniang.

Ji Zhenniang was listless the whole afternoon, but she applied herself more when learning and stopped complaining.

Mrs. Han observed this with satisfaction and sent someone to report back to Gu Jinli, saying that this time she should be able to teach well.

Gu Jinli was happy to hear this, indeed people only work hard when they feel a sense of crisis.

She put aside Ji Zhenniang and, with Xiao Ji and some others, continued to busy herself with analyzing the Rong bandits’ divine medicine.

The divine medicine made by the great wizard of the Rong bandits was indeed quite good, but some of the herbal ingredients were hard to find, with two of them made from substances within animals, which are almost nonexistent here in Great Chu.

However, she was searching for other herbs with similar properties to replace them.

With thousands of herbs in the world, there are quite a few whose properties are similar. With effort, one can surely find herbs with similar properties to create the insect repellent divine medicine.

As twilight fell, Nanny Tao came to call her back to the courtyard to rest.

“Before leaving, the master ordered that the madam, no matter how busy, must stop working after dark and rest,” Nanny Tao mentioned Qin San Lang.

Gu Jinli laughed, “I know, I’m heading back now, no need to bring up Brother Qin every time, Nanny.”

She continued, “Besides, even if I’m not willing, it wouldn’t help to mention Brother Qin.”

Nanny Tao laughed, “But madam likes to listen.”

Seeing the young master’s relationship with the son-in-law improving, Nanny Tao felt content.

She was even more excited that the Rong bandits had left, and shortly the son-in-law would return, so the young master should soon be expecting.

Seeing Nanny Tao’s expectant gaze on her belly, Gu Jinli laughed; why did everyone around her want her to get pregnant quickly?

Even Xiao Ji mentioned he wanted to have a little master soon, so the courtyard would be more lively.

Qing Pu and Qing Hui assured her that they had learned quite a bit about childbirth and told her to rest assured as they would ensure her safety.

“Nanny, has You Xi and his team returned? Any news of Shu Rou?” Gu Jinli asked.

Nanny Tao shook her head, “Not yet, but You Xi did send someone back once, saying General Liang personally led troops into the mountains to search. A messenger wolf seemed to have caught the scent of that Shu Rou and headed into the mountains.”

Gu Jinli said, “It seems she is hiding in the mountains; this could be troublesome.”

The mountains are large, and finding a person isn’t easy.

“But don’t worry, all roads are sealed, and soldiers patrol the area. Even if Rong bandits support her, it’s almost impossible for a woman to deliver the medicine to Daokou Gully in Changhe Prefecture.”

Unless the Rong bandits left a messenger wolf in the mountains, and she handed the medicine to it after entering, letting it deliver the medicine via mountain paths to the Rong bandits.

Gu Jinli was indeed right; the Rong bandits did leave a messenger wolf deep in the mountains.

Shu Rou, following the routes explained by the spy Qing Lang, entered the mountains and found a pack of messenger wolves.

But something seemed off with those messenger wolves, with two of them heavily pregnant, lying on the ground.

Shu Rou was terrified; they might have contracted the poisonous insect disease.

However, Shu Rou wasn’t in a good state either, her head throbbed painfully, unable to think much, she instinctively ran toward the messenger wolves… Qing Lang had given her the divine medicine, and the wolves recognized its scent, merely howling at her without biting her.

Shu Rou tied six portions of the Insect Attractant onto six of the wolves, hugging one of them, she cried, “Mother’s child, I won’t let you become a Little Immortal Lord, I’ll ensure you’re safely brought back. Once you’re back, I’ll take you back to the Zhao Family to continue being their young master… No one will know we stayed with the Rong bandits, no one will know!”

But Qing Lang had deceived her; her son had been boiled by the Rong bandits right after he was born.

To gain her help, Qing Lang told her that her son was taken away due to his good looks, raised well and after he turned ten, would be sent to become an Immortal Lord, to serve the nobles of the Royal Court.

When Shu Rou learned of this, she nearly lost her mind; how could her son, the legitimate heir of the Zhao Family, become an Immortal Lord?

She pleaded with Qing Lang, who then had her deliver the medicine.

As long as she could deliver the medicine, after receiving it, a Rong People’s Assassin would bring her child to her.

But she was taken the day she gave birth, and just days later, still suffering from postpartum bleeding, she was forced to serve the Rong bandits, her health was miserable… Qing Lang gave her medicine, giving her strength to bring the medicine into the mountains.

Medicine!

That’s right, Qing Lang also said she needed to feed that dark medicine to the messenger wolves, for them to have the energy to carry the Insect Attractant to Changhe Prefecture.

Shu Rou mustered her energy, undid her clothes, pulled out some packages of dark medicine blocks, and stuffed them into the wolves’ mouths.

Awooooo!

Due to the scent of the divine medicine, the wolves didn’t bite her but grew impatient with her force-feeding them, howling incessantly.

Shu Rou had taken this medicine which gave her energy to run, but her body was deteriorating, her mind dizzy, her eyesight blurry, and after feeding them for over a quarter of an hour, she managed to feed all six wolves with the medicine.

But then she remembered something, regretted it, grabbed a wolf’s mouth, stuck her hand in, trying to retrieve the medicine block, “I also want to eat it, I also want to eat it… I’m so tired, I need the medicine, without it, I can’t see Brother Qi!”

Shu Rou knew her body was failing, needing the medicine Qing Lang gave to have strength, frantically fighting the wolf for the medicine.

The wolves, enraged, ignoring the familiar scent on her, with a crunch, bit off her arm.

“Ahhh!” Shu Rou shrieked, holding her severed hand, rolling aside, yet still desperately crawling toward the wolves, “The medicine, I need the medicine…”

Only by taking the medicine could she live to see Brother Qi.

But she would not live.

The wolves, smelling the blood, in their hunger, lunged at her, and in less than 30 minutes, Shu Rou was reduced to mere remnants.

After consuming Shu Rou, the wolves’ eyes turned blood-red, but the scent of divine medicine and the Military Flag drove them, following the lingering scent of the Rong soldiers, they rushed towards the Rong soldiers’ retreat point.

But they were a step too late, as General Liang had already led domesticated messenger wolves to catch up with them.

Awooo awooo awooo!

When the two packs of wolves encountered each other, their howls shook the forests, the Rong people’s wolves, having eaten humans, became vicious, launching the first attack.

“Shoot, kill the Rong bandits’ wolves!” General Liang ordered, and the archers aimed at the Rong bandits’ wolves, unleashing a volley of arrows.

Swish, swish, swish!

Easily wounding several wolves.

The Rong band’s wolves left were a dozen, with two contracted with the poisonous insect disease lying in a pit, the others were here.

The wolves tied with the Insect Attractant tried to escape, but were eventually shot to death by the soldiers searching the mountain!

Awooo awooo ~

The wolves emitted a series of mournful howls, and fearing there might be wolves still in the mountain, General Liang immediately ordered the soldiers to behead the wolves once they heard the howls.

With a series of crunching sounds, all the wolves were dead.

“Search the mountain, leave no one or wolf alive!” After ordering this, General Liang personally examined the corpses of the dozen wolves, retrieving six portions of the Insect Attractant from their bodies.