She Rebuilt Her Fallen Country With Storage Space-Chapter 164: You May Leave After You’ve Finished Speaking

Chapter 164: Chapter 164: You May Leave After You’ve Finished Speaking

As of now, fifty-six soldiers brought by Jie Chen have perished, and eighteen are wounded.

The water bandits have three dead and nine wounded.

One prisoner has died, and twenty are injured.

The Seventh Princess’s lists are always organized very clearly, and this time is no exception.

Not only has she compiled a casualty list for both sides, but she has also distinguished between seriously wounded and specially circled names.

Seeing Supervisor Ke’s name circled, Xiang Ying asked, "What makes them different?"

The Seventh Princess glanced over.

"Those circled are on the list of critically wounded, and they’re hanging by a thread; the military doctors have confirmed there’s no saving them."

Xiang Ying silently recalled how Supervisor Ke was stabbed in vital areas and then seemed to have been trampled on the chest by Prince Xuan’s and others’ horses in the chaos.

In truth, Supervisor Ke always disapproved of Jie Chen associating with her and was always hostile towards her; Xiang Ying shouldn’t care about his life or death.

But she thought of how when she was dragged by a horse and nearly fell off a cliff, Supervisor Ke struggled to crawl and tug at her.

"I’ll go see him." Xiang Ying took her people to the wounded’s tent.

Supervisor Ke was probably not going to make it, lying in the furthest part of the tent.

When Xiang Ying just entered, Acid Scholar had just visited Ke and was preparing to leave.

Learning that Xiang Ying came to see Ke, Acid Scholar sighed and lowered his voice: "The military doctor said, he won’t last beyond today."

Xiang Ying walked up to Supervisor Ke: "Supervisor Ke, I heard you’re on the mend. I’m here to remind you not to forget the grace of my saving you, and after you recover, to stop opposing me."

Supervisor Ke slowly opened his eyes, his complexion already a sickly yellow, void of vitality.

His eyes were like pebbles, devoid of any emotion.

However, they shed a few tears upon clearly seeing that it was Xiang Ying.

Supervisor Ke managed a weak smile: "At this point, you don’t need to mock me anymore; I know I’m not going to make it."

"I was too trusting and careless, and the Deputy General won’t even see me for the last time. Xiang Ying, from now on, there will be no one to target you anymore."

His words carried a sentiment like that of a dying man’s good advice.

Xiang Ying gestured to Tao Xue, who quickly pulled Qi Fengyi to block the nearby area.

The elder princess wanted to speak privately with Supervisor Ke.

Xiang Ying reached out, pressing on Ke’s pulse.

It was slow and weak, the pulse of the dying, without a doubt.

Even adrenaline from her space couldn’t save him.

It was beyond help.

Seeing Xiang Ying retract her hand without speaking, Ke realized even more his dire state.

He couldn’t help but ask, "Xiang Ying, if you hate me, kill me now while I still draw breath... you could still... vent."

As he spoke, he coughed, blood frothing at the mouth.

Xiang Ying brought over a stool, sitting next to him as she reached out to warm herself by the fire.

The flames crackled and leapt, casting light on her jet-black Phoenix Eyes, empty of sentiment.

"I don’t have such petty animosity, to vent on a dying man. Supervisor Ke, you’re strange. When times were good, I never heard you speak amiably, but as you near Ghost Gate, you can actually speak calmly with me."

"I know why you want to see Jie Chen; you have a younger sister you can’t let go of, right? Do you want to entrust Jie Chen with a message for her? Considering the time you pulled me up earlier, I’ll convey it for you."

Discussing family, and thinking of never seeing his sister again, Ke was flooded with tears.

He shook his head: "I have no message for her; this way is better, allowing her to believe I died on a battlefield fighting the enemy rather than waiting for death like this; it might be easier for her to accept."

Xiang Ying fell silent.

Ke’s lifeless eyes moved, glancing around.

His trembling hand raised, he took out a secret letter from his waist seal.

"Xiang Ying, I can only trust you now, the Vice General refuses to see me, but you, you deliver this to him."

"What is this?"

Xiang Ying opened it to find it was indeed a secret letter.

In an unknown tone, the letter ordered the recipient to collaborate with Prince Xuan from within and from without, to kill Jie Chen, and to destroy the body and erase all traces.

Her brow twitched as she read.

How many spies were actually in Jie Chen’s team on this journey?

"I am actually a staff member of the Sixth Prince, also a spy he placed beside the Vice General, my mission was to make a move against the Vice General on the way to Nanyue."

"But having spent time together, the Vice General has always saved me from danger, and moreover, the Vice General has never truly punished us brothers."

"I had no intention of making a move, yet unexpectedly, I am now facing death here. I wished to deliver it to the Vice General personally, but alas I am not long for this world, please convey it on my behalf."

Supervisor Ke spoke, fresh blood spilling increasingly from the corner of his mouth.

Severe internal bleeding, too much abdominal pressure, these symptoms indicated his condition.

He would not make it.

Supervisor Ke clutched desperately at Xiang Ying’s sleeve: "You must tell him, be careful, beware of the Sixth..."

Before he could finish, Supervisor Ke’s eyes were wide open as his arm fell stiffly.

Xiang Ying was startled: "Supervisor Ke!"

She quickly concealed the secret letter close to her body, then checked Supervisor Ke’s pulse.

No heartbeat.

Her cries alarmed the military doctors in the tent, bustling about, as well as the equally gravely wounded soldiers.

Everyone sat up, looking in the direction of Supervisor Ke with silent, mournful eyes.

Jie Chen received the news, but did not come.

Instead, he sent someone to handle Supervisor Ke’s affairs.

Planning to bury him on the slopes of Snow Mountain, Jie Chen took his sword, probably to bring it back to Nanyue.

Xiang Ying silently left the tent, heading towards the large camp where Jie Chen was staying.

At this moment, the remaining military supervisors were gathered around him, discussing the route ahead and the allocation of the troops.

Xiang Ying lifted the curtain and walked straight in. Acid Scholar and the others looked up and were about to step out.

However, Jie Chen frowned and looked at Xiang Ying with a very cold gaze: "Why enter without reporting, do you no longer understand the rules?"

Xiang Ying had convinced herself to accept his radically different attitudes inside and outside the bedroom.

The words that spilled from her red lips were also cold.

"Supervisor Ke has just died."

Jie Chen’s expression remained unchanged, his cold gaze dark as the night: "So what?"

Xiang Ying had words on the tip of her tongue, but couldn’t say them.

With too many people in the tent, she couldn’t possibly reveal what Supervisor Ke had entrusted to her.

Thus, she could only say: "Many people are injured, Miss Lin is frightened, I wanted to get some calming medicine from the military doctor, but he said without your permission..."

"I grant permission," Jie Chen interrupted her without waiting for her to finish, "For small matters like this next time, there’s no need to find me. Have you finished speaking? If you’re done, you may leave."

Xiang Ying’s lips parted slightly.

In the end, she could only leave with a cold face, saying "Excuse me," turning around and leaving with a flick of the curtain.

The military supervisors and team leaders around Jie Chen exchanged glances, none dared to let out a breath.

The Deputy General had always doted on and indulged the Princess of Xizhou, why had their relationship turned for the worse after being rescued?

Jie Chen suppressed his turbulent and irritable emotions: "Let’s continue."