Chapter 328 - 319: One More Update
When Prince Duan arrived at the foot of Golden Spirit Mountain, dusk was falling, but it was not as dark as his expression. Zheng Boding, upon hearing of Zheng Nianru’s uncertain whereabouts after falling into the water, was already beside himself with panic; now, trembling with hands and feet, he watched the increasingly dark Earth Spirit River, his eyes growing dim.
At that moment, Lu Hu’s own brother, Lu An, along with his men, found the location. Thinking they were reinforcements, he immediately rushed over. While the Fourth Prince was personally inspecting the area, he sent someone to inform Wen Zan to send additional help.
"What are you dawdling for, where are the fire-starting tools? Hurry, along the Black Spirit River, we need to find the person..." Lu An started, immediately paying his respects to Zheng Boding who had just approached.
"Prince Duan—"
"Where is the Fourth Prince?" Prince Duan didn’t have the patience for his chatter, but seeing the Loyal Warriors of the Wen Family’s serious efforts in searching, he held back some of his irritability.
"Prince Duan, His Highness is with Lord Lu Hu in the first team; I am not sure of their current location. Half an hour ago, our prince sent more people to call for reinforcements from the Wen Family," Lu An immediately reported. From the way his elder brother spoke, he knew that the Commandery Princess had a very close relationship with His Highness, so he was particularly respectful to Prince Duan.
"Alright, go quickly. These are the men I’ve brought with me, see how you can arrange them." Seeing this, Zheng Boding knew that any words of blame would be of no help.
At least after this incident, the efforts of that young man, Zheng Haoyuan, had been satisfactory.
The Earth Spirit River was originally a lake that wound around Golden Spirit Mountain. Due to a torrential rain several years ago, a landslide occurred on the western face of the mountain, and some of the mass slid into the Earth Spirit River, turning a previously wide and flat section of the river into an inner river of Golden Spirit Mountain. Wrapping around the landslide, the waterway broke through, and what was once a wide river channel divided downstream into three main tributaries, greatly increasing the difficulty of the search.
Zheng Haoyuan led his men to search the middle of these tributaries. Today, the wind was not strong, but given the river’s descent from high to low, the current was rapid. Having searched the area of the fall to no avail, they guessed that the most probable tributary she could have been swept into was this middle one.
The guard responsible for relaying messages finally encountered Prince Duan and led him straight to Zheng Haoyuan. The guard was startled, but without delay, he guided Prince Duan towards the middle tributary.