"General, Jiang Zhizhou and the other three seem to have headed west."
The soldier running at the front looked around for a while, then carefully examined the tracks left on the ground before reporting to Duan Tianyu.
"West?"
Duan Tianyu turned to look west. Only after a long while did he speak again. "Do they think there's a way to survive out west? They're courting death either way. Let them go."
While Duan Tianyu led his officers slowly back to camp, Jiang Zhizhou and his companions made a wide detour and returned to the place where they had first met Fen Liyou.
According to what Yang Qing had said earlier, barring any unforeseen circumstances, Fen Liyou would pass through this place again with his caravan within the next two days.
"I've heard that Fen Liyou is a man of considerable means. Not only does he have frequent dealings with the royal family of the Western Regions, he's also on good terms with our Northern Liang imperial family. If we really travel with him, aren't you worried?"
Jiang Zhizhou handed Yang Qing the flatbread he had warmed over the fire.
"Being on good terms can mean different things. With Fen Liyou's abilities, if Duan Ziqian actually dared tell him the real reason he's hunting us, he'd probably find a way to turn a profit from it."
Wealth had stirred men's hearts since ancient times. What Yang Qing and his companions held, moreover, was information concerning the riches of the Eastern Radiance Ancient Kingdom.
Whoever had Yang Qing and his companions in their hands would gain the advantage.
As a magnate of the Western Regions, Fen Liyou had long since worked out every last detail of that calculation.
Yang Qing said to Jiang Zhizhou, "No man is a sage, and Fen Liyou's