C49

Under Paulette's insistence and supervision, Selina listened to his advice and brought a portion of them to the town ahead to wait. Bobby told Samantha to follow Selina to the town ahead, and he stayed behind with the guards and reinforcements to search for Ji Feng. Before this, he had already used the special channels of the Winston clan to relay what had happened back to the imperial capital. It was likely that Madam would make the arrangements after she found out.

The Winston clan's communication channel was extremely fast. Although it wasn't as fast as a teleportation array, it wasn't that slow. The afternoon before Selina left for the town, Leticia received a message from Bobby.

As Bobby and Samantha had speculated, Letitia thought it was Selina's doing, so she went straight to the palace and asked to see Queen Isabel. Because Selina had not reported this to her parents, neither Isabel nor Kelso Aldin knew about it.

"Mrs. Winston, who is it that makes you so angry?"

Leticia told Isabelle in detail about Bobby's report, highlighting how Selina had missed out on the town and set up camp in the wilderness. Finally she said, "I know Her Highness doesn't want to marry Polnan, but she can't do such a thing."

Isabelle's expression was grave as she listened to Leticia's story. She hadn't expected this to happen. At the same time, she also had a lot of opinions regarding the Bolt she had personally picked out. Such a big thing had happened, and it had been so long, but she still hadn't received any news. Even though she was not there, she was sure that the reason she had not received any information so far was because Selina had ordered her to keep it a secret. However, Selina would never have thought that the Winston clan, which had a deep roots in the army, would have its own sources of information.

Although Letitia did not say that Selina had planned it, and even she and the Emperor were suspicious, she could not find the words to refute. If it was anyone else, they would have their suspicions in this direction.

However, it was impossible not to say anything, so Isabelle said after a moment's deliberation, "I'll send someone to investigate. I'll give you a satisfactory answer."

In spite of her rage, Leticia knew where she was and who she was facing. She said, as calmly as she could, "Then I will wait for Her Highness's reply."

After she finished speaking, she gave a slight bow, then turned around and left. Isabel got up and walked to the door. She watched Leticia's back disappear around the corner before she turned and walked quickly to her husband's study.

The scope of Treading Horse Town was not very big, only five to six square kilometers. The reason it was called a small town was because it was a major transportation road through which pedestrians travelling from north to south would have to pass. As a result, this place was no less prosperous than those large cities. However, the emphasis of the bustling city was different from that of the big cities. The prosperity here was built on the basis of experience, and most of the items sold by the shops were related to the road. Because most of the people here were hurrying through, many of the people on the street were in a hurry.

A stinking man appeared on the street, surrounded by swarms of flies. The people around him held their noses in fear, trying their best to avoid him.

This person was none other than the cursed Ji Feng. After venting his anger on Julia, he hurriedly left. He didn't take the opportunity to get rid of her and Sunnis. Although he hated Julia to the bone, he did not kill her first. In his opinion, ravaging her in front of her fiance was already the greatest punishment. As for Sunnis, he was a poor man. He had been chasing a woman for more than ten years without making any substantial progress, and the monsoon had not done anything to him. He left just like that.

After leaving the cave, Ji Feng checked the direction and then sprinted towards the north. In order to prevent himself from being caught by Julia and Sunnis, who had recovered their ability to move because of the lack of effects of the Black Star Grass, he used his zhenqi to run. He was pleasantly surprised to find that along with the circulation of his true energy, the weak effect of the curse gradually slowed down to a stagnant state.

Although he enjoyed this result, his true qi was too sparse, so much so that he didn't feel like it would last for long. Even so, he still left the mountain far behind and appeared at this place called Treadhorse Town.

However, without the suppression from true energy, the effects of the curse became even more obvious. The pustules on his body grew even larger and started to emit a strong stench, attracting all the surrounding flies to his side. It was rare for a fly to be lost in a restaurant that was too unflattering to the environment.

If someone who knew him was here, they would notice that his face had also become extremely distorted. Several large pustules were continuously flowing out, and he would have to wipe them with a piece of cloth that could no longer be found. At the same time, he was also continuously driving away the flies that he did not want to get tired of.

There's a lot of money in the ring, and a few clean clothes." Therefore, he wanted to find a hotel to take a hot bath and change into a clean set of clothes. Although his clothes were changed before he went down the mountain, they were already disfigured by the pus that flowed out of his wounds. But no hotel would let him in, no matter how much money they gave him.

After being rejected several times, Ji Feng looked at the situation on his body and gave up on the idea of entering the hotel. He planned to leave the town and go to the wilderness to find some water to wash up.

After making up his mind, he immediately turned around and walked towards the exit to the east side of the town. After a dozen steps, he unexpectedly saw a familiar face, or more accurately, two familiar faces.