“I’ll ask your master to come with us,” said Nan Xun. “Just in case you need treatment.”

He sought out Oleg Cragfiend. The two of them discussed what might go wrong during the journey.

Before Nan Xun and Jun Huang departed, rumors that Nan Xun had been entranced by a woman spread within the imperial city. It was the talk of the peasants, and Jun Huang and Nan Xun had been preparing for the trip. They therefore hadn’t heard anything until they set out.

The rumors were outrageous. Nan Xun was off to protect Northern Qi, and yet people claimed that he’d forgotten about his duty because of a woman. They said that he was taking the woman on a trip and called her the reincarnation of a fox spirit.

If Nan Xun was the only one targeted, he wouldn’t care that much. However, they criticized Jun Huang as well. And residents in the imperial city was getting agitated. Nan Xun sent a...