Chapter 307: Sima Hui (1) (1/2)

Chapter 307: Sima Hui (1)

Chu Lian was so frightened by the weirdness of He Changdi that she subconsciously picked up the teacup by her side and threw it at him. He Changdi fell to the floor with a grunt and Chu Lian anxiously ran over- when she checked his nose, she realised he had stopped breathing…

Chu Lian screamed and sat up in fright.

When Wenqing heard the noises from within the room, she quickly pushed open the doors and entered.

The sight that met her eyes was Chu Lian sitting up in bed, eyes dazed as she panted for breath. Her hands were tightly clenched in the blankets. Wenqing was shocked.

She walked up to the bed and asked with concern, “Third Young Madam, what happened?”

Chu Lian hadn’t thought that her movements would wake Wenqing, who had been sleeping in the outer room. When she recalled the scene in her dreams, she waved her hand in embarrassment. “It’s nothing, it was just a bad dream.”

Wenqing saw that Third Young Madam seemed to have suffered a fright. She touched Chu Lian’s forehead and found it was full of sweat, so she brought another pillow over and placed it at the head of the bed before helping Chu Lian to lie against it. Wenqing tried to comfort her. “Third Young Madam, you must have been disturbed by what happened these past two days. Please rest for a while, this servant will bring you a bowl of sweet soup.”

Chu Lian nodded. When she thought back to that dream just now, there was still some lingering fear in her heart, so she quickly shifted her thoughts to other things.

In the cold of the winter night, He Changdi led his subordinates as they rushed back to the army camp, situated at the outskirts of Liangzhou City.

Even in the early morning on a cold, blustery winter day, the commander’s tent was already lit up with lanterns from within.

The highest commander of the northern border troops, Great General Qian, was seated at the head of the table. Below him were the high-ranking leaders of the border troops, and Captain Guo was amongst them.

The sound of hoofbeats resounded from outside the tent, followed by a chaotic rush of footsteps. The tent flap was lifted by the soldier outside and in the next moment, a bound bearded man was marched in- who else could it be but He Changdi?

Once He Sanlang was inside the tent, Great General Qian started scolding him furiously. “He Sanlang, you’ve got some guts! Before you’ve even managed to finish learning the military tactics I’ve taught you, you’ve already managed to copy my stubborn temper! Take him out and give him thirty smacks with the rod before you bring him in again for interrogation!”

Xiao Hongyu, who had followed them in, turned pale. He sent a pleading look towards Captain Guo.

Captain Guo subtly shook his head, indicating for him to keep quiet.

How could Xiao Hongyu remain silent in a situation like this? The poison in Brother He’s system hadn’t been cleared yet. These thirty smacks of the rod were going to push him halfway to death’s door! They still had to fight a war ahead, how would Brother He be able to fight in such terrible condition?

“General, please wait. This subordinate has something to report.”