Jin Zi returned to his tent from the border and fell asleep as soon as he hit the bed.
The smuggling case had nothing to do with him at all. He didn't know what had gone wrong with his head, but he'd risked his life to help Xu Donglin and the justice courts capture the culprit. Unfortunately, he hadn't gotten any information on Ning Cheng this time. He wanted nothing more than to rush to Le Zheng's lair and arrest him for interrogation. Unfortunately, violence wasn't his strong suit.
He'd urged Xu Donglin to capture the culprit multiple times, but Xu Donglin didn't dare to act rashly despite his intentions.
Le Zheng was from Wintercrow Country, so it was legal to sell slaves there and on the Mysterious Continent. Thus, Great Qin couldn't convict him of any crime.
As for Le Zheng's collusion with the three great clans of Jiangnan, there was evidence, but Wintercrow Country refused to hand over the culprit. Great Qin's laws couldn't punish them either. The Imperial Court could only ban Le Zheng and the others from entering the Great Qin Empire. Once they stepped into the Great Qin Empire, they would be killed without mercy.
Actually, Long Fei Ye didn't care about Wintercrow Country at all. He once considered using this as an excuse to send troops to Wintercrow Country and annex it.
But in the end, Han Yunxi stopped him from doing so. For one thing, sending troops to Wintercrow Country would only leave them with rumors of the strong bullying the weak. For another, Le Zheng's background was complicated. His businesses had many connections with the Mysterious Continent, so it wouldn't be worth it if conflict broke out between Cloud Realm and the Mysterious Continent because of this.
Chu Xifeng was left behind at Wintercrow Country to investigate Jin Zi's origins and Ning Cheng's whereabouts. His colleagues were also investigating Le Zheng's business dealings with the Mysterious Continent, as well as his own family's power.
Jin Zi only wanted Ning Cheng's whereabouts, so he could only wait.
Jin Zi laid on the pillow and slept for one day and two nights. God knows how tired he was.
On the morning of the third day, he raised his head in a daze. His short hair was messy like a bird's nest, and his bangs were all sticking up. His pair of cold eyes were completely exposed. It had to be said that his eyes were really, really beautiful, especially when he looked sleepy and confused at this time. He didn't have the usual coldness, but had the cuteness of a big brother next door.
He reached out to rub his messy hair and lay back on the pillow lazily.
He had been busy for so long, and now that he woke up after a good night's sleep, he suddenly didn't need to be busy anymore. He was a little unused to it. He stared blankly at the empty tent. No one knew what he was thinking, but his eyes suddenly became sluggish, as if he had lost his soul.
After a long time, he finally came back to his senses. He rubbed his hair with all his might, messing it up completely. He got up.
His movement was not small, and the pillow was thrown to the ground. He was about to lie down to pick it up when he caught a glimpse of a gold card lying quietly on the bed.
It's him!
Her gold card.
All of Cloud Realm Continent's gold cards had the same front, but the back was different. The gold card in front of him was facing up, but he recognized it at first glance! After all, he had hidden it in his robes for a year.
He picked it up and flipped it to the back, only to see that it was right!
He looked and thought. Suddenly, he threw the gold card out and it hit the pillar in the middle of the tent.
He got off the bed, tidied himself up, and left the house. He didn't know where he went, but after a busy day, it was already the middle of the night by the time he returned.
The tent was so big, but the gold card was so small. Still, he saw it as soon as he entered the tent.
"Someone come!" he said coldly.
A servant immediately entered. "Your Excellency Jin, what orders do you have?"
"Have you paid off all the debts this excellency owes?" Jin Zi asked Icily.
"All paid off," the servant replied honestly.
"And the interest?" Jin Zi asked next.
"All paid off as well," the servant replied.
Jin Zi stared at the card on the pillar and asked again, "And the card? Did you return it too? "
The servant didn't see the card hit the pillar, but he was alarmed. So his master wanted to return the card to Miss Ling 'er.
"Your servant put the card under Your Excellency Jin's pillow. Your servant will go get it right away," the servant said anxiously.
"Mm!" Jin Zi said expressionlessly.
The servant hurried to the bed, but couldn't find the card even after searching under the pillow for a while! He picked up the pillow, only to see that it was empty!
"What …"
The servant was frightened. When Your Excellency Jin wasn't here, he'd come every day to clean the tent and make the bed once every two or three days. Yesterday, when he came to change out the blankets, he even took a look and saw that the card was still lying under the pillow!
How come today …
Frightened, the servant began to search all over the bed, but he couldn't find a trace of the card even after lifting the covers.
"Your Excellency Jin, did you …"
He wanted to ask, but swallowed the words back in the end! If Your Excellency Jin saw the card again, he would've returned it long ago. Why would he ask so many questions?
He thought that Your Excellency Jin must've asked because he didn't see it.
"Your Excellency Jin, your servant really put the card under the pillow, but now …"
The servant was so anxious that he was about to cry. "But, but now … it's gone!"
"Gone?" Jin Zi looked at him coldly.
"Please spare my life, Your Excellency Jin! Your servant definitely didn't embezzle the card. Even if I had a huge order, I wouldn't dare to do so. Please understand, Your Excellency Jin! "
The servant knelt down and begged. Jin Zi was still expressionless as he said Coldly, "If it's gone, then so be it. Go and tell Mu Ling 'er to go to Kangan Bank and get her banned from using the card. This matter ends here. "
The servant was very surprised. He didn't expect that Your Excellency Jin didn't blame him for such a huge matter.
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Just as the servant was about to run out, Jin Zi added, "You better find Mu Ling 'er as soon as possible and ban that card. Otherwise, if it's misused, all the debts will be on your head!"
The servant was so frightened that his heart almost jumped out of his chest. He turned around and ran, immediately using all the resources at his disposal to find Mu Ling 'er! That night, four letters were sent by eagle, one to Medical City, Medicine City, Yunning City, and Pill Fiend Pharmacy.
After the servant left, Jin Zi glanced up at the gold card hanging from the pillar and went to sleep.
Several days later, the servant still hadn't received any news from Mu Ling 'er. He knelt by the pillar with tears and snot running down his face, begging Jin Zi for advice.
"Your Excellency Jin, you will definitely find Miss Ling 'er."
"Please have mercy, Your Excellency Jin! Your Excellency Jin, Miss Ling 'er isn't in Medical City, Medicine City, or Yunning City. She's not in Pill Fiend Pharmacy either. Your Excellency Jin, please give this humble one some directions. "
… …
Jin Zi murmured, "She hasn't returned to Medicine City?"
The servant shook his head. "This humble one has asked the Mu Clan twice. They all said that Miss Ling 'er hasn't returned since she went north last time."
Jin Zi suddenly frowned. The servant hurriedly continued, "Medical City asked Vice Academy Head Shen, and Yunning City asked Grand Tutor Gu. They all said that they haven't seen her."
Before Jin Zi could say anything, the servant hurriedly added, "This humble one will go ask the people in Medicine Ghost Valley!"
However, two days later, the steward of Medicine Ghost Valley replied, saying that Mu Ling 'er hadn't been to Medicine Ghost Valley for more than two years.
That night, Jin Zi couldn't sleep.
The next day, he received a handwritten letter from Han Yunxi, questioning him about Mu Ling 'er's whereabouts. Han Yunxi had always thought that Mu Ling 'er was staying in the Northern Li barracks, waiting for Jin Zi to return so that they could plant medicine in the snowy mountains together!
After reading the letter, Jin Zi came to a realization and immediately rushed out of the tent.
At this time, the sky was dark and gloomy, and the entire grassland was covered in heavy snow. Jin Zi looked into the distance, but he couldn't see the snowy mountains in the distance.
Jin Zi angrily kicked a stone at his feet and angrily said, "Mu Ling 'er, how stupid can you be?"
The snowy mountains in the northern part of Northern Li were continuous, each taller and steeper than the last. Many of them had yet to be climbed, so they were revered as sacred mountains by the local herdsmen. In the northern part of Northern Li, there were many activities to worship the mountain gods and snow gods every winter.
Only a few of these snowy mountains were suitable for growing medicinal herbs, while many of them hid many precious wild medicinal herbs that had yet to be excavated.
In the past, Jun Yi Xie had developed three snowy mountains to grow medicinal herbs, all of which were in the northwestern part of Northern Li, bordering Wintercrow. The mountains weren't steep, but they were very high. The mountainside was covered in snow all year round, so it wasn't easy to climb up or down the mountain.
According to Jin Zi's understanding, the medicinal herbs that Jun Yi Xie and the Mu Clan had jointly planted were very rare and very special. They could only survive in the snow. In other words, those medicinal herbs were distributed on the mountainside of the snowy mountains.
It was soon going to be the coldest time in Northern Li. In a few days, there would be several days of heavy snow. When that time came, not to mention going up and down the snowy mountains, even going out would be difficult.
Although those three snowy mountains had been opened up by Jun Yi Xie, it was still very dangerous for Mu Ling 'er to go alone! Not to mention that the mountain roads were difficult to traverse, just the wolves and snow leopards on the mountain were impossible to guard against!
Those ferocious beasts couldn't find any prey in the cold weather, so once they saw a person, they would all pounce over to fight for food. It would be strange if Mu Ling 'er didn't get torn apart!
The more Jin Zi thought about it, the uglier his face became!
He suddenly blew a sharp whistle to summon the big white tiger.
But who would have thought that the big white tiger that would usually rush over when he gave the order actually didn't appear.
Jin Zi blew again, but the big white tiger still didn't appear.
He was shocked and personally ran to the tiger camp near his tent. He saw that the tent that he had specially prepared for the big white tiger was empty, with nothing inside.
"Where's the tiger?" He coldly questioned.
"I haven't seen it for several days, it should … should be in the mountains," the guard timidly replied.
Big White was the leader of the tiger troops. The tiger troops were all hidden in the nearby hills, and only Big White lived in the military camp. Usually, Big White would run into the mountains and forests, so it was normal for it to not return for an entire month! Apart from Lord Jin, no one else in the army dared to approach Big White, nor did they dare to care about its whereabouts. They were only responsible for delivering roasted meat to Big White every day.
Faced with the angry and anxious Lord Jin, the guard was very confused.
A complicated look flashed across Jin Zi's eyes. Coldly, he said, "I'll be away for a while, so I'll leave the military matters to the deputy generals."
After giving his instructions, Jin Zi went into the mountains. After asking around, he found out that Big White wasn't in the forest. That day, he brought ten white tigers and went straight to the snowy mountain herb fields.
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