Clouds and Moon Shadow

Chapter 166 Robbing Black Wind Stronghold

Goodness! Needless to say, there must be a fortune inside. Just look at how heavily guarded the entrance is, like an iron barrel.

After searching with my mental energy, I found that the cave was about 40 to 50 meters deep. It wasn't very deep, but it was quite wide and divided into different areas. There were two places where silver coins were kept, and some other places were obviously for the bandits guarding the cave to live in.

Gu Qingyue searched very carefully and thoroughly.

She counted, and there were fifteen people inside and outside the cave.

She was confident she could kill them if she went alone, but that would alert others, making it harder for her to steal.

After stroking her chin and thinking for a moment, she decided to use the medicine. She then flashed into her spatial dimension and took stock of all the various bottles and jars inside.

Gu Qingyue discovered that there were indeed quite a few sleeping pills, but since they were made at different times, their effects were somewhat different.

But they all have one thing in common: the distance from which the drug is administered cannot be too far. We need to think of a way; the place she's in now is really too far away.

As she was pondering, Gu Qingyue suddenly had an idea when she saw the little fox crouching down and rummaging through the rose bushes by the door.

"The moon!" Gu Qingyue shouted.

The little guy, startled by a ball of fur, froze in place.

What is this guy doing?

It's out of control.

Gu Qingyue walked over in a few steps, picked up the little guy, and immediately left the space, disappearing back into that corner.

Holding the little guy up to face her, Gu Qingyue said in a very flattering tone, "Help me put some medicine in."

Upon hearing this, the little fox immediately turned its head to the side, indicating that it was too busy, displaying a rather arrogant attitude.

"Pluck the feathers," Gu Qingyue threatened.

The little fox glared with its round eyes, kicked its legs wildly, and pouted its mouth in protest.

Gu Qingyue's shameless temptation was to "watch her take a bath."

The little fox covered its mouth with one paw, began to think, and even squinted its eyes.

After a moment, he nodded.

Gu Qingyue pouted, "That little vixen."

Then, lowering his voice, he gave instructions, unscrewed a small porcelain bottle, and had the little fox carry it with the opening facing outwards.

Everything is ready; all that's left is to take action.

"Go," Gu Qingyue squatted down, indicating that the little fox could begin.

Then there is no more then.

It returned in less than five breaths.

Gu Qingyue peeked out and saw that everyone was still standing as before. Gu Qingyue was so angry that she wanted to punch someone.

I pried the small bottle out of its mouth; the powder was gone.

"Where's the medicine?" Gu Qingyue asked the little fox, her fist the size of a sandbag.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!" A series of thuds could be heard not far away.

The little fox huddled on the ground, its paws covering its fluffy little head, looking utterly pitiful.

Gu Qingyue touched her nose sheepishly. Well, she had wronged the little guy. When did this guy become so fast?

A quick mental search confirmed it: everyone inside and outside was fast asleep.

Ignoring everything else, he tossed the little fox into the spatial dimension.

Gu Qingyue disappeared into the cave like a fleeting shadow.

They ransacked the two warehouses filled with silver ingots and jewels, and even found several bags of salt. Haha, these bandits dare to steal anything!

Suddenly remembering that Mo Shaoshang was still in the front yard, she wondered what was going on and whether the Jade-Faced Young Master had been discovered. After thinking about it, Gu Qingyue immediately went out the door and ran towards the front yard at top speed.

When she arrived at the front yard, it was quiet. Gu Qingyue looked around suspiciously. There weren't many people. Had they gone down the mountain?

Unfortunately, this place is quite far from the residential area in the backyard.

The layout of Black Wind Stronghold is a long and narrow courtyard, semi-enclosed by the mountain.

Therefore, she couldn't find out anything about the situation here from over there, and she didn't know where Mo Shaoshang had gone.

After using his mental energy to search the area, he found that there were only about twenty people in the front yard, including the spacious hall, and some of them were already resting. Mo Shaoshang was also not there.

Gu Qingyue checked the time; it was almost time for their agreed meeting. She swiftly slipped away.

After a short while, she retreated to the place she had agreed upon with Mo Shaoshang, and as expected, he did not return.

Gu Qingyue sat down cross-legged, ready to wait where she was.

While I'm at it, I'll use my mental powers to check out the situation in the front yard.

Fortunately, this place was relatively close to the front yard, so Gu Qingyue searched around.

Aside from the three patrolling groups of bandits walking back and forth, and the whispers in the back room of the front yard, there was nothing else.

It was quite strange; she remembered that when they first stepped into the village, there were many people in the front yard.

After sitting for half an hour, past the agreed time, nothing had changed inside or outside the Black Wind Stronghold walls.

As for whether the people she killed were discovered or not, she didn't care at all.

After waiting for almost half an hour, Gu Qingyue stood up and nimbly went down the mountain.

Just now, she had a guess: that group must have gone down the mountain to do something, maybe even rob someone, and Mo Shaoshang was tracking them. The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

When they reached the foot of the mountain along the same path they had come from, sure enough, they saw Mo Shaoshang crouching in the grass where they had hidden their horses.

"Hey! What are you doing?" Gu Qingyue asked irritably. She was basking in the moonlight on the mountain, getting chilled by the wind, while this guy was camping out at the foot of the mountain.

Mo Shaoshang was overjoyed to hear Gu Qingyue's voice, but the next moment, he raised his hand and covered Gu Qingyue's mouth.

Gu Qingyue: ......

Feeling the warm touch on her face, Gu Qingyue pursed her lips. They weren't that close yet, were they?

Gu Qingyue shifted her face to the side somewhat uncomfortably.

Mo Shaoshang sensed her discomfort and, realizing something, quickly let go of her hand.

Gu Qingyue didn't see that, under the moonlight, the man blushed uncomfortably.

"What's wrong? Why are you being so mysterious?" Gu Qingyue asked again in a low voice, seemingly unconcerned.

Mo Shaoshang didn't speak, but gestured for her to look at the situation in the woods ahead.

Gu Qingyue took a look and laughed.

On the hillside, in the jungle, about a hundred people were on high alert, clearly preparing to rob and plunder.

She just happened to be there.

Gu Qingyue turned her head and asked with her eyes what they were going to do.

Mo Shaoshang felt her gaze and lowered his voice. "They want to seize the grain," he paused, then added, "the Chu army's."

Gu Qingyue's eyes widened instantly, almost reaching the sky with her beautiful phoenix eyes.

Realizing her reaction might have been over the top, she quickly suppressed the turmoil in her heart and asked in a low voice, "Just these few kittens?"

Mo Shaoshang: "Cat?"

Gu Qingyue: ......

"I mean there are at least a hundred, maybe even a thousand, people escorting the grain. What right do they have to rob us?"

Gu Qingyue explained.

Mo Shaoshang: What hair?

Why is this girl talking so strangely?

"Just say you want to throw the escort team into chaos," he said softly, lowering his voice as he approached Gu Qingyue.

"Huh?" Gu Qingyue raised an eyebrow.

The two were so close that they could almost hear each other breathing.

Mo Shaoshang felt the hot breath on his face and the faint, sweet fragrance, and his face turned as red as if it were about to bleed.

He had lived for almost twenty years and had never been this close to any girl before.

Meanwhile, Gu Qingyue, who was standing nearby, was completely oblivious to this, as she was frowning and pondering the true purpose of these bandits' robbery.

Disruption? And then what? What's the real purpose?

After the disturbance, Nanzhao soldiers will come to plunder?

That would require a large force, which is unlikely!

Dozens or hundreds are already the maximum limit. If thousands of Nanzhao people came to seize grain in the location of the Great Chu, the Great Chu army could all retire and return to their fields.

If it wasn't robbery, then it was... burning?

Gu Qingyue suddenly straightened up; that's entirely possible!