The Demon Lords

Chapter 1090: Chapter 262: Bootlicker (Part 2)

While speaking,

Jiang Hu glanced at Zheng Fan,

and said:

"Humble people marry noble women, haha, that’s quite bold and spirited. Are you on the run? Why not rest at my place for the night?"

"In that case, sorry to trouble you, Brother Hu." The princess agreed.

And so, Jiang Hu led the way at the front, with Zheng Fan carrying the princess following behind.

Actually, Zheng Fan had always wanted to ask why the Green Python named "Xiao Qing" didn’t give a warning in advance.

Mo Wan is a soul entity, sensitive in terms of souls, but that Green Python is a demonic beast. Regardless of whether that Yellow Weasel is called yellow weasel or Yellow Dog, since it can bewilder people’s minds, it clearly belongs to the category of spirits.

In theory, that Green Python should have been able to give a warning beforehand.

But in the end, not only did it fail to warn, but even when this hunter appeared here, the Green Python didn’t react.

This is very unusual.

However, this is not the time to speak. Generally speaking, hunters have extremely sharp hearing.

Jiang Hu led Zheng Fan and the princess to a wooden cabin, pushed open the door, and a woman’s voice came from inside.

"Have you come back?"

"Yellow Dog is causing trouble."

"Really? The mountains haven’t been peaceful these past two years, huh, you’ve brought people back?"

"They say they’re fugitives. I’ve brought them back to rest for the night."

"Alright, I’ll go prepare some food."

Zheng Fan and the princess entered the cabin and saw a woman busy adding firewood to the central stove and then setting up a pot, starting to add water.

"This is my wife," Jiang Hu introduced.

Zheng Fan greeted, "Hello, sister-in-law."

The princess also greeted, "Hello, Sister Jiang."

"Oh dear, why all the formalities, making me feel quite embarrassed. You sit down first, I’ll make some soup for you two to eat."

Jiang Hu gestured for Zheng Fan and the princess to sit by the stove to warm up and then asked:

"Where are you planning to escape to?"

Without waiting for Lord Zheng to speak, the princess directly said, "Not sure yet. We thought to hide in the mountains first. Now, thinking it over, we might have to cross the mountains and go to Jin land."

"Jin land?" The hunter said somewhat surprised, "They’re at war over there."

The princess nodded, a bit aggrieved, "But in the Chu region, there’s no place for us anymore."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Hu clicked his tongue, "It seems, haha, it seems Brother’s wife has quite an extraordinary background."

Being able to say there’s no room in the Chu region demonstrates the woman’s family is really high-status. Ordinary Chu aristocrats wouldn’t have such influence.

"Come, make some space."

The woman came over, first placing some sliced cured meat into the pot, then adding wide starch noodles, and finally covering the pot with a lid.

"Thank you, sister-in-law," Zheng Fan said with a smile.

"It’s fate that we’ve met. Living up here, we rarely get the chance to have someone join us for a meal; there are usually no guests."

Jiang Hu nodded with a smile, then he spoke again, "Entering Jin land from here, it’s quite a distance, and the mountain paths are hard to traverse, not to mention there are some dense streams to cross."

The easiest route is Town South Pass, but with the Chu State army stationed there and scouts everywhere, Lord Zheng certainly couldn’t travel that way.

However, Zheng Fan didn’t respond, waiting for the princess to speak because since the introduction, Lord Zheng had felt something was off.

The turmoil of Qu Clan’s grand wedding had already spread in the Chu region, due to the sheer number of nobility present and the massive impact of the event, making it impossible to hide.

In fact, when Lord Zheng was traveling under the guise of escorting grain to Town South Pass, the grain merchants alongside him spoke of nothing else, constantly discussing this topic.

Some beat their chests, feeling Chu had greatly lost face this time;

Some were gloating, finding Qu Clan’s misfortune amusing;

Others lamented that if Lord Pingye from Yan people couldn’t persuade them to stay in the Chu region and allowed him to take the princess back safely, the accumulated prestige would be unimaginable.

Every time, Lord Zheng would squat by the side and listen to them chat. They were engrossed, and Lord Zheng listened with rapt attention.

Perhaps, it’s still only circulating within the Chu region now, but in a week or half a month, this event will reach Yan and Qian, destined to be this year’s biggest, "enjoyable event for the common people."

So, despite Jiang Hu being a hunter often residing in the mountains, who can guarantee he hadn’t descended and heard of the affair?

If he had heard about it, then the princess’s self-introduction was quite suggestive.

However, Lord Zheng didn’t believe the princess was unaware of this point; she wasn’t naive. She had her reasons for speaking like this.

Moreover, Lord Zheng wasn’t worried the princess would betray them. If she wanted to, she could have acted back at the royal retreat; there was no need to disgrace both Qu Clan and the royal family before turning around and betraying them.

"That’s right, so I’m hoping Brother Hu could guide us."

Upon hearing this, the woman was initially startled, not expecting the lady would make this request.

Zheng Fan then noticed the woman’s hairpin;

Although, in neither his past life nor this one, Lord Zheng had any interest in or concept of valuable jewelry, his improved living conditions after becoming prosperous meant such expensive accessories had become quite common at home.

It reminded him somewhat of Pu Yi visiting antique shops: I haven’t systematically studied them, but these things are quite ordinary at home.

This hairpin isn’t cheap, and the material isn’t ordinary gold or silver.