CHAPTER 146: CHAPTER 146: IT’S OVER, EVEN THE VILLAIN’S MEDICINE DOESN’T WORK ANYMORE

After saying this, Pei Shu’er leaned on Tang Zan.

The others tactfully left the room.

Pei Shu’er heard Tang Zan’s strong heartbeat, one beat after another, beating very fast.

He still had that pleasant cool woody fragrance on him.

Tang Zan’s dark eyes looked at her, and in those eyes, there was her reflection.

Only...

The medicinal effect on Tang Zan didn’t work anymore.

Even though she was leaning on Tang Zan, so close, closer than the effective range of one meter, she still felt incredibly dizzy.

Pei Shu’er even felt dizzy to the point of nausea.

She released Tang Zan, then raised her eyes to look at this villain with a complex expression.

Could it be that she was approaching her destined end?

So, has the narcotic effect of this tool-like main villain worn off?

What should she do then, continue to cooperate with Tang Zan and stay bound together?

Or...find an even stronger backer to cooperate with?

Like the male protagonist?

Survive? Or survive?

Of course, survive!

If she lost her life, then everything would be gone!

Pei Shu’er sighed, stood up shakily.

Tang Zan quickly stood up, his tone carrying an imperceptible trace of worry.

"What do you want to do?"

Pei Shu’er shook her head with a pale face.

"I’m going back to sleep; it’s getting late, you have to go to the camp tomorrow, you should get some sleep too."

Tang Zan nodded.

As soon as Pei Shu’er left, a man in black appeared beside Tang Zan, not as respectfully as before, he did not kneel.

The man in black had a cold expression, carrying a strong warning.

"If the Lord finds out she leaned against you, you’re doomed."

"Tang Zan" was still a bit dazed, and the man in black pushed him again, and he finally came to his senses, murmuring.

"When the Lord was present before, I didn’t see the Heir’s wife being so close to him."

The man in black sneered.

"Shiqi, remember your identity."

After saying this, he jumped and disappeared from sight.

Shiqi lowered his eyes; he was raised by the War King as a substitute for Tang Zan to cover up his whereabouts.

Now that the War King was in trouble, Tang Zan had already gone to rescue the War King.

And he became Tang Zan’s substitute, living here in his stead to prevent the government officers from investigating and exposing the whereabouts.

He was just a shadow after all...

After returning to her room, Pei Shu’er didn’t dare stay outside too long and hurriedly entered the space.

She found that in the space, her head wasn’t that dizzy, and she could sleep soundly.

She let out a long breath of relief, thankfully her situation wasn’t too dire.

She even brought White Rice into the space, knowing the little tiger didn’t understand what the space was.

White Rice was having fun in the space, scratching the bark off a few fruit trees.

It even lay by the Spiritual Spring and drank a big gulp of Spiritual Spring Water.

Then this little rascal became even stronger, knocking down the fruit trees, and when exhausted, it just plopped onto the black soil.

Afterwards, it wobbled trying to stand up but failed, it looked at her with its moist eyes and whimpered softly at her.

Pei Shu’er laughed, walked over, and held White Rice in her arms, and together they slept soundly on the large Simmons bed.

The next day, when Pei Shu’er woke up, she found that the little white tiger’s fur was shinier, and it seemed like its size had grown a bit.

White Rice pounced on her, happily licking her cheek, and yowled joyfully at her.

Pei Shu’er smiled, made some milk for White Rice, and fed it some meat.

Once White Rice finished eating, a knock on the door was heard.

"Heir’s wife, time to get up for breakfast."

It was Yinxing’s voice.

After opening the door, Pei Shu’er saw Yinxing holding soybean milk and some lean pork and vegetable porridge.

"Heir’s wife, are you feeling better?"

Pei Shu’er nodded, taking the bowl from Yinxing’s hands.

After eating, she took the design blueprints and went to find the people on the Deserted Mountain.

First, she took out the blueprints and explained the design method of the brick kiln to everyone.

While pointing at the structure, she explained how to construct each part to them.

Everyone moved from initial confusion to having a basic conceptual understanding, with a fairly systematic concept in their minds.

Even though they had read the books, brick kiln making was not simple, so Pei Shu’er had to watch out to prevent any mishaps.

Pei Shu’er smiled, "Since that’s the case, let’s start manufacturing."

Tang Peiyi began supervising, having everyone bring the clay needed to build the brick kiln.

Once the outline of the kiln was done, they fired the mud bricks to create a kiln for brick firing.

Next came the mold making and the raw materials for bricks.

Pei Shu’er explained it in detail, and everyone started working quite efficiently.

When Pei Shu’er had explained enough, she let them work on it on their own.

She occasionally gave some pointers from the side, which they adapted to quite well.

And they got better at it as they went.

The first brick kiln was completed.

When the first batch was fired, they produced red bricks; there was a waste rate, but it was within Pei Shu’er’s acceptable range.

This was a good start, and everyone was full of enthusiasm.

In just a few days, the bricks were piled quite high.

Once the quantity was nearly sufficient, Pei Shu’er planned to construct a few qualified kilns first, reducing waste rate.

This would also improve efficiency before starting the construction of the wall.

The wall construction was a massive project, but it had to be built.

Once completed, they could even turn the Deserted Mountain and back mountain into a city.

Of course, this was a bit premature; everyone just focused on building the wall first for a safe living area.

Brick firing didn’t progress quickly, especially when only Deserted Mountain people were involved.

Pei Shu’er couldn’t help but think about going down the mountain to sell food to the soldiers, hiring them to work on the mountain.

After all, those people always had breaks, and General Zhao was quite kindhearted.

During soldiers’ rest, they could move around the Gulan Mountain Range nearby.

Thinking about this, Pei Shu’er couldn’t help but glance at those two government officers, who were currently dozing in the small stone house.

After all, the convicts on Deserted Mountain, led by Pei Shu’er, were very easy to manage.

This was the house their third room built for the government officers staying on Deserted Mountain.

She walked over with a smile, addressing the government officers with a grin.

"Lord, there’s a matter, I’m wondering if you could do me a favor?"

The two lords looked up, sensing it wasn’t a simple matter, and didn’t agree immediately.

"What is it?"

Pei Shu’er smiled, "I want to go to the Gulan Military Camp to deliver some food to the soldiers, is that convenient?"

The two lords’ eyes turned sharp, coldly glancing at Pei Shu’er.

After Pei Shu’er offered twenty taels of silver, their expressions changed dramatically.

Ah, very realistic indeed.