Thus, to a certain extent, there was a sense of numbness.
He also felt that having Li An by his side, with Patriarch Jiang Rilan suppressing things, there shouldn't be much of an issue...
Yet unexpectedly, Jiang Rilan had died directly!!
The loss... was too great.
...
The distant border of Qing Province.
"Finally escaped—"
In a deserted mountain range, Sun Jinxue and Lihua both breathed a long sigh of relief.
Ever since Li An went on an expedition, the two of them immediately followed Li An's instructions left before his departure, opening the brocade pouch he gave them. (This detail was added in the previous chapter, those who read earlier can go back and see it.)
It was then they realized that the brocade pouch didn't contain any clever plans for annexing other elders' properties; instead, it was arrangements for their escape!
Very meticulous.
