Chapter 98: The Sima Tribe
Back in the inn after Zedong and Haru finished their discussions and came out, Zedong’s men came to inform that they had lost the young miss making both of them alerted.
After hearing the details, Zedong took a deep breath, "She’s a big girl, she’ll come back! What’s the worry?", he shrugged off when Haru panicked, "That stupid gets lost in her own home. How will she find her way in the wilderness?"
"What?", Zedong was surprised, ’why didn’t no one informed him of such an important thing till now? He wouldn’t have brought her here then! And also.. she is directionally challenged like my mother?’, he couldn’t wrap around the coincidences around her as he knew his mother lost her way inside their home right till the end and so does Rijun! She is too much of a Huang!
" If she went in that direction, she’ll most probably reach the Sima Tribal village. They won’t hurt her if she is using my horse. Let’s hope she went there! ", Zedong just started to get restless. The sun has already beginning to set and there are various bandits around here too. She’d be much safer if she reached the Sima Village.
Haru’s panic went above the roof and he told Shurei to be safe and tried to leave when Zedong stopped him as he was running around like a headless chicken , "Stop panicking and tell me why?"
"The one who set out their horse’s in the last war was her. They know her. She was kept there for a day. Her hair...", Haru rambled and Zedong saw the beads of sweat in Haru’s forehead.
Zedong realised the seriousness of the issue only then. That last battle eliminated the men of Sima Tribe making most kids fatherless and most women widows primarily because they entered the war without their horses. No one would be polite to the person responsible for the almost elimination of the entire male population of their people and definitely not the Sima Tribe.
MINGXIA IS IN DEEP TROUBLE!
Zedong asked Haru to stay there and stand guard in case he needed support and he prepared to leave. He had some connections with those people and he was willing to do anything to negotiate. All he had was money and wealth and he decided to spend it all to bring her back. Who in their right mind would refuse money?
Seeing Haru still not convinced, Zedong placed his hands on his shoulders, "I will bring my niece back without a scratch. You stay here and be safe. If you don’t receive any information till sunrise tomorrow, send this letter to Lord Zhong", he gave a letter to Haru.