General Guo finally breathed a sigh of relief as Assistant General Nie found something, "The village is near Tingzhou, it takes three to four days from Xizhou to get there. If we ride horses, we should be able to make it in three days, but..."
He paused and said, "No one is willing to guide us."
Manbao: "Is it because the money we are offering is not high enough?"
"No," Assistant General Nie said, "There's a rumor that the area around Dan Stone Village is a place cursed by the gods, and no one is willing to go there."
He continued, "Ever since the incident of the Crown Prince being poisoned was reported, the Protectorate here sealed off that village area, and very few people can come out from there, let alone go in. After finding out the location, I thought of hiring someone who knows the way to guide us, but as soon as I mentioned going to Dan Stone Village, they refused, and no amount of money could change their minds."
