CHAPTER 310: CHAPTER 172: THE MISSING SECOND UNCLE

"Ah, young master, you must be from a big city, completely unfamiliar with the situations in our small border towns and villages," the waiter said nonchalantly.

"Nanya Town, including the nearby villages, is not under government jurisdiction. You see, we have people from Hou Qin, Great Zhou, and Tang Yuan here, none of the government authorities dare to manage them well," the waiter actually informed Yun Sheng about some local conditions.

These were things unknown to Yun Sheng, who had come from Yujing.

In Nanya Town, the jurisdiction does not belong to the nearby government, but to the nearby garrison.

Yun Sheng remembered that his uncle once mentioned, the garrison here is now under Marquis Weiyuan’s nephew.

Marquis Weiyuan is also the second military general in court after the Yun Residence.

Previously, when something happened in the nearby villages, the garrison received the news and arrived a few days later.

But they only brought some soldiers over, cordoned off the village, checked it, and without any clues, the matter was dropped.

Because of this, the nearby villages were all anxious. The wealthier villages would hire Hunter Soldiers for protection, while the poorer villages could only pray to heaven for safety and hope disaster does not strike.

The inn’s waiter, who also comes from a nearby village, worries day and night about the unknown bandits showing up at his home.

Speaking of those bandits, they really are mysterious. They come without a trace and leave without a trail, even the government officials who want to pursue them can’t find any clues.

Consequently, the rumors of villagers and livestock disappearing for no reason are increasingly absurd.

"Zong Ren, the Jingkou Village that Xiao Er mentioned, is it one of the villages you said was attacked earlier?" Yun Sheng asked.

"Yes, my lord," Zong Ren nodded, and with Xiao Er’s narration, everyone felt even more sympathy for them.

The information he had gathered was pretty much the same as what Xiao Er said—these mysterious bandits come without a trace and no clues could be found, even by him.

"First, let’s take him back, and once he wakes up, we’ll think of a way," Yun Sheng had a feeling that she might find unexpected things with Liu Zi.

When Yun Sheng returned to the inn, Zhou Quan had already settled the Hunter Soldiers properly.

"Where’s my uncle?" Yun Sheng wanted to share the information she had gathered with Yun Canglang and hear his thoughts, since Yun Canglang had once stayed in the border area for a while and knew more about the surroundings.

Yun Sheng also wanted to inquire through Yun Canglang about any news regarding the Marquis Weiyuan’s garrison.

"The Commander went out, didn’t say where he went. He was with us just a while ago, said he was going to visit Marquis Weiyuan’s garrison, and then the next moment, he was nowhere to be seen," Zhou Quan, seeing Yun Sheng bringing an injured young man back, was also quite surprised.

Yun Sheng looked around and noticed Yun Canglang had left in a hurry, as even his horse was not taken.

If he was going out to inspect the terrain, he would surely have taken his horse.

"Went out alone? Didn’t leave a word?" Yun Sheng thought it strange as from what she knew about her uncle, if he had something to do outside, he would have informed her first.

"Probably, actually at that time I was also a bit distracted," Zhou Quan scratched his head in embarrassment, "We were setting up our horses and luggage outside, and there was a street performer playing some really captivating music, I got completely lost in it."

Not only Zhou Quan, but the other Hunter Soldiers present at the scene reacted the same.

"What kind of performer?" Yun Sheng looked around the street again, not seeing any performers.

"Seems to be a young man playing the flute," Zhou Quan thought hard, but couldn’t recall the specific appearance of the street performer.

"You few, take good care of this young man, and if he wakes up, stabilize him. Zongren, Huang Que, and I will go out of town to look for my uncle," Yun Sheng felt uneasy at this moment.

She faintly felt that the street performer was no ordinary person.

But standing at the town entrance, the main road split into two, one leading to the south and the other to the north; it was unclear which direction Yun Canglang had taken.

To facilitate the search, Yun Sheng and Zong Ren divided their troops into two groups, agreeing to return to the inn before sundown if Yun Canglang was still not found.

Huang Que’s stamina was not as good as Yun Sheng’s, so Yun Sheng applied a Floating Technique on her, and the two of them went to search in the southern part of the town.

"Miss, are you so worried? Could it be that something has happened to the general?" Huang Que knew Yun Sheng well, who normally would not change her expression even if Mount Tai were collapsing in front of her.

However, at this moment, Yun Sheng’s expression was grim, which made her worried.

"Yes, you might not have noticed, when I came back just now, Zhou Quan and the others had a somewhat dazed look in their eyes, clearly they had been hypnotized by some special method," Yun Sheng’s Shennong’s Eyes actually also had a similar effect.

But she herself admitted that with her current Shennong’s Eyes, it was definitely impossible to hypnotize a master of the Marquis level like Yun Canglang.

The other party, incognito as a street performer, hypnotized Zhou Quan and led Yun Canglang away, their strength, at least in terms of hypnosis, was much higher than her own.

The only people Yun Sheng could think of were from Dihong City.

The two hastened their pace, unaware that they had covered five or six miles.

After leaving the town, the area in front became very desolate.

Further ahead was the boundary between Great Zhou, Hou Qin, and Tang Yuan.

This area, due to its remote location, was a mix of all sorts of people, forcing Yun Sheng to slow down her movement technique.

Yet, there was still no trace of Yun Canglang ahead.

The sky was getting darker, and it was nearly dusk.

Still not having discovered any trace of Yun Canglang, Yun Sheng couldn’t help but wonder if she had chosen the wrong direction; she could only hope that Zong Ren had better luck.

Just as Yun Sheng was about to turn back and return to the town first, she and Huang Que both paused abruptly.

"!" Yun Sheng and Huang Que exchanged a glance.

"Huang Que, did you hear something?" Yun Sheng frowned.

"It seems like flute music, this melody sounds familiar," Huang Que was not very sure, her gaze drifting towards the front.

"It is the flute, definitely nearby. Emperor’s Song, this piece sounds very similar to the unfinished tunes you played earlier," Yun Sheng became cautious.

Hearing the familiar Emperor’s Song in such a place, and the music was clearly much more fluent and proficient than any of Huang Que’s previous performances.

Could it mean that people from Dihong City have arrived?!

Although Yun Sheng was not highly skilled in music, her memory was excellent, and Yun Canglang had taught her three Chapters of Emperor’s Song

Without further hesitation, the two dashed towards the front.

The view ahead gradually widened.

The scene that met their eyes made Yun Sheng and Huang Que involuntarily stop in their tracks.

What did they see?