He now knew that in Chang Geng's eyes, that place was no different than a prison.

Gu Yun: "Let me see you try."

The two of them broke up unhappily once again.

The Black Eagle soldier quickly caught up to him. Gu Yun had not gone far, he was not concerned whether Chang Geng could hear him or not, he coldly said: "You don't have to follow me tomorrow, follow His Highness to the capital, do not allow him to take even one step outside!"

Soldier: "...Roger."

The city gate catching on fire and affecting the pond fishes was one thing, even the Black Eagle flying outside the gate ended up getting burned into a bald chicken, truly involving the innocents.

Early the next morning, Gu Yun left in anger.

He did not talk to Chang Geng again. As he was about to leave, the immoral Marquis of Order even snuck into the courtyard of Master Yao's five-year-old child without anyone knowing and stole the bamboo flute that was left on the swing. After the child woke up and found that her flute had disappeared out of thin air, she had sobbed all day from distress.

Gu Yun's returning speed was even faster than when he left, and the first sentence he said after landing was: "Prepare my medicine."

Shen Yi appeared very serious: "Can you still hear now?"

"Yes," Gu Yun said. "But it won't be for long, if there's any matter of importance, say it quickly."

Shen Yi took out a few sheets of paper: "These are the confessions of Sha Xie Zi. No one else has seen them - I personally interrogated him and waited for the Marshal to come back to decide."

Gu Yun swiftly read through them as he walked, but suddenly, his footsteps stopped in their tracks. He folded the papers in his hand.

For a moment, his expression seemed scary.

The Sha Xie Zi invading the Silk Road, in fact, was only due to route conveniences. Their actual target was the country of Lou Lan. It seemed they possessed in their hand a treasure map of Lou Lan — this thing called 'treasure', turned out to be a Ziliujin mine that ran for a thousand miles.

Shen Yi lowered his voice to ask: "Marshal, this matter is very grave, should we report it to the Imperial Court?"

Gu Yun quickly blurted out: "No."

He then gave a quick thought and asked Shen Yi: "Where is the map?"

Shen Yi whispered loud enough only for the two of them to hear: "The Sha Xie Zi tattooed it onto his stomach."

Gu Yun: "Did he not say where he obtained it from?"

"It was stolen," said Shen Yi: "These desert bandits rampage all four sides, never fearing anyone. Great Liang people, smaller countries of the Western Regions, Western foreigners, they robbed whoever they could run into, even the bandits themselves did not know which side the map that was mixed in with their spoils came from."