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第 37 章（第1页）

Chapter38—TheFeatherontheMountainRoad

XieZhengstaredatthewordscarvedbehtheblackfeather。ThePrincessLives。Forseveralbreaths，nobodymoved，allthesoldiersaroundhimexgeduneasyglances。"General，"oneofthemfinallysaid，"couldthisbeatrap?"XieZhengreachedoutandranhisfingersoverthecarving，thewoodwasfresh。Whoeverhadleftithadnotelongago。"Searchthearea。"

ThesoldiersspreadthroughthetreeswhileXieZhengremainedbesidethemarker。HismiurothemessengerfromKharun，tothemapPrincessShuranhadleftbehind，andfinallytoSuyuanlyingunsciousintheinfirmary。Ifsomeoneknewshewasalive，whyleaveamessagehere?Andmoreimportantly—Whoweretheywarning?

Asuddenwhistlecamefromtheslope，asoldierhurriedback。"General!Wefoundsomething。"XieZhengfollowedhim。Hiddehaclusterofrockswasasmallcampsite。Thefirehadbeeinguished，buttherewerestillfreshfootprintsaroundit。Threepeople，perhapsfour。Ooffootprintsledtowardthewesternroad。Anotherdisappearedintotheforest。Thethird—

Stoppedbesideahorse。

XieZhengcrouchedandexamiheground，therewassomethinghalf-buriedinthedirt。Astripofdarkbluecloth。Hepickeditupandoneofhissoldiersreizedit。"Thatpattern。。。isntitfromtheYouniscavalry?"

XieZhenglookedathim。"No。"Heheldtheclothcloser。"Lookcarefully。"

Thesoldierfrowhen，hisexpressionged。"ItisntYounis。"

Therewasasmallembroideredmarkontheedge，acrestsurroundedbythreeshortlines。XieZhenghadseenitbeforeitsonthemap。HisstomachtighteheunknownattackerswereectedtothesamepeopleShuranhadbeeniigating。"Burnthecamp，"heordered，thesoldierlookedsurprised。

"Wedontwantanyonefollowingthesetrackstoknowwefoundit。"XieZhengmountedhishorse。"Takethemarkerwithus。"Helookedoncemoretowardthedistantborder。SomeonehaddeliberatelywanttotoldsomeohatSuyuanwasalive。IthadbeeonXiaory，whichmeantthemessagehadnotbeensendout。

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Meanwhile，Suyuanhadescapedtheinfirmaryagain，thistime，shemadeitallthewaytothewesternbarracks。

Shesatonawoodenbenchbehthewatchtower，edtightlyinathickcloak，Ayaosatbesideher。

"Youknowthephysiwillbeangry。"

"Heisangryeveryday。"

Suyuanglaher，Ayaoimmediatelylookedaway。Afteramoment，Suyuansmiledfaintlybeforethesmiledisappeared。Shewaswatgthesoldiersreturn，somethingwaswrong。Therewerefewerhorsesthanbeforeandthesoldierswhocamebackwerentspeaking。

Suyuanstoodthen，Ayaograbbedhersleeve。

"Whereareyougoing?"

"Toask。"

"Askwho?"

Suyuanlookedtowardthea。"GeneralSu。"

BeforeAyaocouldstopher，Suyuanbeganwalkingbutshehadonlytakenafewstepswhenasoldierrushedpastthem。"Princess!"Suyuanstoppedandhesoldierbowedhurriedly。"GeneralSuorderedthatyouremainintheinfirmary。"

"Why?"

Thesoldierhesitated，"hereceivedsomethingfromthewesternroad。"Suyuanseyesnarrowed。"What?"

"Idontknow。"