The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1761

Chapter 1761: 861 Final Battle! (2-tael)_3

They heard the voices of the Jin army.

Pu City’s border trade was flourishing, and even before the war broke out, there were quite a few shops run by Jin Country merchants in town. The people here generally knew a bit of both Jin Country and Yan Country languages.

Who would have thought the Jin army would camp right above them? It was quite a stroke of luck.

Shangguan Qing gestured: "Everyone, just don’t make a sound, there’s no need to worry."

Everyone nodded. It happened to be late now, and they planned to sleep. By the time they woke up, these Jin soldiers should have packed up and left.

"Those who snore, don’t sleep yet." Shangguan Qing said softly.

Tang Yueshan had just laid down with his bow, then sat up with a dark expression.

...

At night, both those on the ground and underground were asleep, and Ghost Mountain fell into silence.

Tang Yueshan didn’t dare to sleep too deeply. He sat on a piece of open space, bow in hand, leaning against the wall, dozing off from time to time.

At midnight, he heard an unusual sound, like a very difficult groan.

He furrowed his brow and looked curiously towards the source of the sound. By the light of the Night Light Pearl on the wall, he saw that the one groaning in pain was a pregnant woman with a big belly.

Tang Yueshan remembered her; she was the mother of the little girl (Xiaoyin).

Her husband was killed by the Jin army in Pu City, and she had been rescued by Shangguan Qing with her two children to Ghost Mountain.

The ghost soldiers on duty had gone to patrol elsewhere, and the only ones awake now were Tang Yueshan.

Tang Yueshan looked at her blankly, not understanding what was wrong with her?

The next second, Tang Yueshan saw her draw out a dagger and, gritting her teeth, aiming it at her neck!

Tang Yueshan’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly dashed over, grabbing her wrist, and asked in a low voice: "What are you doing!"

When she drew out the dagger, he nearly mistook her for a secret agent. Who would have thought she was trying to hang herself?

The woman’s surname was Zhang, and her body was soaked with cold sweat, her entire face ghastly pale.

Tang Yueshan vaguely realized something, looking at her painful expression and then at her highly protruding belly: "You... you’re going to give birth, aren’t you?"

"What’s going on?"

Shangguan Qing woke up startled and stepped over.

He looked at Shangguan Qing in disbelief, unable to believe such words could come from the boy’s mouth.

To him, cruelty was a harder choice than kindness.

But if he didn’t do this, thousands could lose their lives.

Rather than having Zhang’s hands stained with her child’s blood, he’d prefer to do it himself and bear the lifelong shadow it would cast on him.

Zhang nodded tearfully.

Shangguan Qing woke up an old woman from the village and called some ghost soldiers, giving them instructions. The ghost soldiers found an emergency stretcher stored in the cave and took Zhang away.

Shangguan Qing woke up another woman, asking her to help watch over Zhang’s two children, so they wouldn’t wake up and find their mother gone, feeling uneasy and scared.

"Did something happen?" the woman asked.

There were also villagers waking up one after another, because being trapped in the cave made everyone’s nerves highly tense, fearing any slight movement.

Shangguan Qing stood under the cold pearl light and calmly said: "I will take care of it, everyone go back to sleep."

He emanated an aura of faith, and no one asked further questions, nodding and obediently going back to sleep.