Su Shang tried to stop him again, but Shen Yangge raised a hand to cut him off.
"Perhaps you see me as the pillar holding everyone up now, but that doesn't mean I can just laze around and do nothing. We're a team now."
He paused, steadied his breathing, and continued, "This isn't just about saving you. It's about saving myself too, so I ought to do my part."
Physician Liu sighed. "Lord Shen is right. We should all contribute to this war, whatever form that contribution takes. I'll join the group searching for medicinal herbs."
With even the physician saying so, Su Shang had no reason to keep objecting. Still, he joined Shen Yangge in the group scouting the residence.
On the way, he asked softly, "Lord Shen, why are we scouting Lu Guangchen's residence?"
Shen Yangge quietly concealed himself beneath a tree and whispered back, "What else? To see if we have a chance to assassinate him. With your skills, wouldn't killing him be easy?"
Su Shang was about to nod, but then he remembered the cold, sinister gaze fixed on him that afternoon. He hesitated before saying, "That corrupt official has some very formidable death warriors backing him, and more than one. It would be difficult for me to make a move."
No wonder Su Shang hadn't killed Lu Guangchen that afternoon, despite utterly routing his men.
So he had people backing him.
And those people were no small fry.
Shen Yangge said, "Understood. Then we'll proceed carefully. Even if we can't kill him, we can gather some information first. They're bound to give something away."
Su Shang murmured his agreement.
A patrol of soldiers approached. Su Shang raised a hand to shush him and pushed Shen Yangge's head down.
Since they were both half-prone in the