Chapter 1390 - Chapter 1390 Chapter 1189 Bounty_1
Chapter 1390: Chapter 1189 Bounty_1 Chapter 1390: Chapter 1189 Bounty_1 Yang Ye rubbed his face again upon hearing this.
He naturally knew this was a last resort, but if truly backed into a corner, he would definitely set the fire.
No matter what, the safety of Daqi was of utmost importance. Anything harmful to Daqi must be suppressed with extreme measures.
“Let’s go back first and see if Sanlang has woken up,” he said.
Being Lingsu watched him with a blink, then followed him back to the County Town.
If it was a small-scale engagement with the enemy, she could use poison, and with her lightness skills, she was nearly invincible in battle.
But now, not even a shadow of the Tianlong Gang could be seen, and there was nothing she could do, even if she were the Poison God reincarnate.
The two returned to the Courtyard they were temporarily staying in, and Xiaomai had already prepared dinner–she had only made food for Lingsu, and Yang Ye had to settle for the rough meals made by the army cooks.
Yang Ye was terribly annoyed at the time and had no interest in the taste of his food. Seeing that Sanlang had not yet woken up, he ate a few bites before heading back to his own courtyard to rest.
Such worries!
Sanlang finally awoke the next morning. Xiaomai had not only fed him medicine but also gave him Spiritual Spring water every hour. She didn’t want him to suffer any lingering injuries.
However, even after waking up, Sanlang was still very weak, his complexion as pale as paper, devoid of any color, and his whole being seemed drowsy and dull. He took a while to respond whenever Xiaomai spoke to him.
Seeing him like this, Xiaomai thought she had kicked his head instead of his stomach.
With him in this condition, Xiaomai didn’t want to stimulate him further and thus didn’t tell him about her desire to recruit him as her “little wolf dog” to avoid agitating him to the point of passing out again.
After resting for two days, Sanlang was finally able to move and think clearly as before. Whenever he was awake during these two days, he kept apologizing to Xiaomai, so much so that her ears almost formed calluses from the constant apologies.
There was no progress on Yang Ye’s end. Lingsu had rested during the day and went out searching at night for the past two days but still came up empty-handed.
That evening, as she sat down to eat with Yang Ye and Xiaomai, she spoke of the matter, saying with great certainty, “These people are either hiding in a large cave in the mountains or blending in among the common folk. There are only these two possibilities.”
The area was full of undulating hills, with the tallest ones worthy of being called mountains. If they were hiding within a mountain, it would be very difficult for her to discover them.
Beyond the thousands of experts in the Tianlong Gang, the rest were ordinary gang members. If these people disperse and hide among the population of the nearby counties, it would be no wonder that Lingsu couldn’t find anyone after several days of searching the forests and mountains.
“I favor the possibility that both scenarios are happening simultaneously; their experts are hidden in the caves while the ordinary gang members are concealed among the populace. Many of the gang members were originally ordinary people who were slowly recruited. But they would still retain their civilian identities because the nearby counties would surely notice if a thousand people suddenly went missing,” she suggested.
Lingsu’s words made a lot of sense.
Yang Ye took a deep breath, “Then I will immediately post a notice, hoping that a hefty reward will prompt someone to inform on them.”
If these people were indeed hiding among the general populace, they could be lured out with money.
With a hint of a plan forming, Yang Ye immediately instructed his men to carry out the task. Anyone who provided useful information would be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and if the information led to the discovery of their hideout, the reward would be ten thousand taels.
The Yuhu region was poor, and an ordinary family wouldn’t spend more than twenty taels of silver in a year. With such a huge sum offered, it was bound to dazzle some money-loving individuals.