Rebirth: My Healer Wife Owns Superpowers Chapter 326

Chapter 326: Chapter 326: Ominous Premonition

“Hei Shun, see if you can find where that old Fox King is hiding, and let's give him a scare!”

“Roger that.”

Hei Shun happily complied, his eyes behind the binoculars scanning excitedly for the main tent at the center of the army camp.

At that moment, it was the afternoon, and the Fox King had just woken up from a nap, intending to check on the siege weapons, when surprised voices erupted everywhere.

“Ah, what's that thing?”

“It looks like those are Zhao Xiyan's people up there!”

“No good, they're conducting reconnaissance!”

The Fox King quickly turned his gaze to the open space in the army camp, where the soldiers were standing around dumbfounded, looking up at the sky!

He, too, involuntarily looked up.

Upon seeing what was above, the Fox King felt his world spin, his eyes rolling back as he almost fainted.

Several soldiers sat in a strange large basket, holding round, black objects in the air, evidently scouting his troop's deployment!!!

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“Shoot them down for me, shoot them down!”

A booming shout immediately roused the astonished soldiers.

The soldiers hurried to find their bows and arrows, or grabbed their large swords.

It was then that Hu Keqing ran over from afar, and seeing the situation, he quickly intervened.

“No, absolutely not!”

On his way over, he had clearly seen what was happening.

After stopping the soldiers, he went to persuade the Fox King.

“Father, provoking them isn't wise. Have you forgotten, Miss Qi Yue has secret weapons. If they hurl a few down now, we'll all be dead.”

Recalling the round, explosive object that detonated upon being thrown, the Fox King's heart began to pound violently once again.

He pressed his chest, but the rage continued to burn ferociously inside him.

“That doesn't mean we can let them provoke me like this!”

He shoved Hu Keqing aside and shouted loudly, “Shoot, shoot for me! There will be a hefty reward for anyone who hits them!!”

His words instantly inspired the soldiers' bravery.

Immediately, hundreds of archers began firing into the sky, their arrows hitting the large basket like a violent rainstorm.

Hei San sitting in the basket also became furious.

He maneuvered the hot air balloon to descend quickly, swiftly flying towards the soldiers who were shooting arrows.

The hard-as-iron basket, with all its momentum, instantly knocked the array of soldiers shooting arrows to the ground!

Even the Fox King was startled into falling over.

If it hadn't been for Hu Keqing shielding the Fox King as they dived into the main tent, Hei San would have truly wished to squash him flat.

Seeing the dangerous maneuver, Hei Shun quickly took over the controls, steering the hot air balloon back up into the sky!

“Hei San, that was too dangerous. Don't do anything like that again!”

An indignant Hei San replied, “If he dares shoot arrows at us, why shan't I dare to ram into him?”

“Haven't you thought of what would happen if something went wrong and we landed in the middle of Donggao Army's camp? Then we wouldn't survive. The master also said that we should always be steady and cautious, not take risks!”

Hearing Hei Shun bring up Qi Yue, Hei San finally closed his mouth.

“Fine, I'll apologize to the Marquis myself when we get back!”

Having said that, they didn't pay any more attention to the Donggao Army camp, now in chaos, and flew back to Flat Peak Mountain!

Zhao Xiyan, upon hearing of their experiences, punished Hei San by ordering him to train a hundred people who could operate the hot air balloon as proficiently as he did, but he also rewarded them afterwards.

“Considering the Fox King's caution, he likely won't send out his troops until he understands the origin of the hot air balloon. Take this time to form an aerial unit and take down the Longnan County Government!”

“Yes!”

The crowd responded excitedly.

Almost everyone wanted to be part of the aerial unit, even the trio of tall, short, and chubby soldiers dreamed of piloting the hot air balloons and vying for the vanguard position.

But Zhao Xiyan had a selection criterion.

He remembered Qi Yue saying that these hot air balloons had a weight limit, and although they could carry five people, it was best to avoid overly tall and strong individuals, as more average builds would be safer.

This criterion immediately excluded the taller, shorter, and heftier men from consideration.

Besides, these were all the Great General's men; wouldn't it be a waste for them to sit in a hot air balloon just to deliver letters?

In the end, Zhao Xiyan chose one hundred men, including Hei San and Hei Shun, to learn how to pilot the hot air balloons.

Additionally, each person was assigned four soldiers to serve as auxiliary helpers.

Later, when they needed to land behind enemy lines, the five people on each hot air balloon would form a squad, like a sharp dagger capable of exerting immense force!

A few days later, Hei San, along with four soldiers skilled in hot air balloon piloting, landed in the backyard of Rishengchang one night.

Their arrival was swift and silent; none of the people at Rishengchang had noticed them.

If it weren't for their fear of startling Qi Yue and potentially making some noise, it was likely that nobody would have even realized they were there.

Qi Yue looked at the five people standing before her and nodded with satisfaction.

“Hei San, you've done well. Go and rest for now. I've prepared the hot air balloon, and you will each set off after one Shichen,” she said.

“Yes, Master!”

Hei San handed over the letters he brought to Qi Yue and briefed her on the progress of establishing the aerial unit.

Learning that Zhao Xiyan had surrounded Flat Peak Mountain, turning it into a strategic military stronghold that formed a pincer with Yecheng and provided flank support, Qi Yue couldn't help but admire the man's far-reaching strategy.

Compared to the last time, Zhao Xiyan's letter to her contained even more complaints.

The man incessantly griped about her failure to write to him immediately upon her return to Longnan County Government, and he insisted that she think of how to compensate him next time they met.

Reading Zhao Xiyan's shamelessly coquettish complaints in the letter, Qi Yue felt somewhat unaccustomed to it.

This guy must think there are no issues between them at all now!

If she had known Zhao Xiyan would play with fire like this, she would not have told him last time that she had already read those letters.

In her reply, Qi Yue purposely made it difficult for him, writing, “If you want compensation, you should pout in person, not just whimsically write about it in a letter.”

In her view, it was simply impossible for someone like Zhao Xiyan to show a pouty expression, right?

Ha, ha!

One Shichen later, she sent Hei San and the others off again.

There were a total of five hot air balloons soaring into the sky this time.

Originally, Qi Yue had planned to go to Yecheng with them.

But the affairs of Longnan County Government truly couldn't be abandoned; first, there was the unresolved matter with Hu Keqing.

Second, the situation with the poisoner remained uncertain. Although Huang Zai'an had reached the civilian alleyways in the Western Suburbs, he hadn't found any sign of the poisoner.

Not reassured, Qi Yue had also gone to investigate but similarly found nothing.

At this point, she roughly understood that she had been deceived by Hu Chengxuan.

Under such circumstances, the only option was to search for clues with Hu Keqing.

Tomorrow happened to be the day of Hu Chengxuan's coffin burial, and Qi Yue decided to first meet with Hu Keqing.

Seeing that it was about time, Qi Yue changed into her Night Travel Clothes, intending to head to the Hu Residence, when suddenly someone reported that Hu Keqing had quietly left home and was stealthily heading southeast.

Upon hearing this, Qi Yue inexplicably felt a shiver in her heart.

“Did our people follow her?” she asked.

“They did.”

“Good, lead the way.”

Several figures melded into the darkness, soon leaving no trace.

Following the signals left by their own people, Qi Yue and her retinue pursued their quarry to South Main Street, where they lost the trail.

It was now close to the hour of Zi Shi, and there was not a soul on the big street, only the harsh cold wind blowing from all directions.

“Where are they?” she inquired.

“Master, I'll go ahead and scout,” blurted Hei Lie, who had been following her. He darted forward and quickly disappeared into the darkness.

For some reason, Qi Yue had a bad premonition; it seemed as if a silent murder was unfolding on this street.

Chapter end

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