The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1200

Chapter 1200: Chapter 583: Defying the Heavens Long Yi (Part 3 of 3)_2

Under the wall, Gu Jiao gazed at the neatly arranged Dragon Shadow Guards lined up like candied hawthorns on a stick, and found herself at a loss for words for a moment.

She had no idea how they managed to follow her.

Is it still possible to send them back now?

Forget it, I must hurry to find the medicine.

From afar, Gu Jiao hadn’t noticed the manor’s size, but once inside, she realized there was more than meets the eye. It’s no wonder it could accommodate a small contingent of Dragon Shadow Guards.

Logically speaking, such a large manor, housing so many people, shouldn’t have been so well-hidden.

It took Gu Jiao a full circuit to understand why the place was so deserted; the manor was actually built on a graveyard, and a vast expanse of graves lay behind it. The graves seemed long-neglected, with no one coming to pay their respects and the grass on the graves was now two meters tall.

The people of Yan Country were highly vigilant; even living in such a remote location, they were always well-prepared, with guards and Dragon Shadow Guards from Yan Country patrolling the manor every two hours.

Gu Jiao avoided a direct confrontation with them, being extra cautious to stay out of their sight.

Inside the manor, there were three large courtyards and seven or eight smaller ones. The smaller courtyards mainly housed the Dragon Shadow Guards and servant guards, while the larger ones were Gu Jiao’s target.

Gu Jiao and Long Yi, along with five others, first entered the large courtyard on the east side.

Gu Jiao was in charge of searching, and Long Yi’s group was in charge of covering.

It goes without saying that being able to move freely amongst such a large number of Dragon Shadow Guards from Yan Country, Gu Jiao owed much to Long Yi and his men.

They perfectly concealed her presence with their own, and a big reason why they didn’t alert anyone was because they and the Dragon Shadow Guards from Yan Country were both types of warriors with very similar presences.

The patrolling guards walked by, thinking their own comrades were inside, naturally not bothering to check in.

There was nothing in the eastern large courtyard.

Gu Jiao shook her head at Long Yi and then headed toward the western large courtyard.

This courtyard housed several ...... strategists from Yan Country. Gu Jiao did not know their identities but referred to them from their appearance and aura for the time being.

How strange and curious. So many people, both civil and military, have been gathered just to deal with the son of a female slave?

"We were careless this time,"

a robust male voice inadvertently came from the study room, speaking in the language of Zhan Country but with an accent that betrayed he was from Yan Country.

As her strength gradually recovered, Gu Jiao’s senses had also sharpened significantly.

Despite being an entire room away, she could hear the voices coming from the other side, concentrated and attentive as she was.

Gu Jiao listened intently and held her breath as the man continued, "But it’s also because Qin Fengyang was too impatient. If she had been willing to obey our commands, she wouldn’t have exposed herself so early."

Another person in the room said something, but unfortunately, the voice was too low for Gu Jiao to hear clearly.

But Gu Jiao guessed that the person was saying something like "You overestimated her," because the man from Yan Country replied, "Didn’t we also think that ’the student could excel the master’? Unfortunately, compared to her mother, she is still lacking in a few ways."

After that, the two switched between the languages of Yan and Zhan countries, with voices too low for Gu Jiao to understand when they spoke Zhan Country’s language, and she couldn’t comprehend when they spoke Yan Country’s language. Gu Jiao deeply regretted not learning a few foreign languages.

One sentence Gu Jiao did understand was — "General Nangong, thank you."

Was the person inside from Yan Country a general?

After that sentence, the individuals inside came out one by one, surrounded by a large group of Dragon Shadow Guards, making it hard to see their faces.

One of them left the manor, and the other headed towards the large courtyard.

The latter must be General Nangong.

He said something to his subordinates in Yan Country’s language, which Gu Jiao didn’t understand, but Long Yi seemed to get it. He scooped up Gu Jiao and whooshed off to the back of the large courtyard!