Vol Chapter 6 (2/2)

Gu Yun’s fury tonight is not easy to appease, are these the elite she took a lot of trouble, expend a great deal of effort to train for half a month?!

Gu Yun felt exasperated and resentful towards them for failing to meet her expectations, her voice trembled in rage, “On the actual night raid battle, you will face off against someone who has fought many battles, without exception every strategy and tactics of Su Ren are outstanding, your opponent is the brave and fierce, invincible Su Yu, to go into battle with such mentality, the outcome is certain defeat! On the battlefield, when you confront a vicious enemy, to fight with such att.i.tudes, without any doubt you’ll die!”

Under the moonlight, the slender figure of Gu Yun stood in the midst of brawny young men, her chest heaved up and down manifesting her wrath and abject disappointment.

For a long time, Gu Yun ignored them, then she strode to leave. When finally she walked out of their midst, all the soldiers turned around together, loudly they cried out: “Give us the chance to do it one more time!”

The simultaneous and powerful shout of men, in the middle of the night in the vast, open field, it can quite touch and move a person, but Gu Yun did not turn back this time, “life is only one! Not in everything you get another chance. The day after tomorrow, that’s your last chance, do your best!”

After coldly uttering such words she left without looking back. Helplessly they looked on her figure gradually fading into the night, they felt unworthy to stop her, under the moonlight, the st.u.r.dy figures stood still for a long time, no one moved and said a word.

Ge Jing Yun suddenly turned to the nearby Leng Xiao, his face already devoid of anger and opposition, instead he looked extremely calm. “Let’s drill one more time!”

Leng Xiao and he looked at each other, he readily replied: “Okay!”

They turned round together, facing the morale dejected soldiers together they loudly asked: “We will drill one more time, do you agree?!”

The group was taken aback for a second, but soon after they yelled in unison: “Yes!”

Behind her the simultaneous cry echoed like the roar of an angry tiger, the morale surged up high, Gu Yun’s steps slowed down, but she did not turn back, rather she continued walking towards the General Manor, the corners of her lips gently lifted, and her pace got brisker.

Youngsters enduring a setback is a good thing, right?!

Chapter 6: Mock battle, Part 4 of 5

General Manor study.

Gu Yun and Su Yu have not gone yet to the training grounds, first thing in the morning Su Ren sent men to ask them to come to the study.

Outside the house the morning sun looked flaming hot, inside the house it looked drab and gray. Gu Yun and Su Yu sat opposite each other, but unlike in the past there was relatively a less combative vibe between them today, both people seemed to have something weighing on their minds, they were not in the mood to bicker. Gu Yun leaned back against her seat, she was thinking… planning and preparing for the night raid battle can be done later, she now knew for certain that Qing lives in the Estate of the Prime Minister, she must see her, a.s.sess clearly the current circ.u.mstances of Qing, only then can she proceed to plot the next step, their escape!

Su Yu, on the other hand, was mulling over the issue of the bet. These days she was reportedly training very hard and diligently, if she loses, she’s bound to suffer shame, right?! Man oh man, he’s really not aggressive, he just wants her to stop being so arrogant, he’s not out to embarra.s.s her.

Yet, Gu Yun simply does not believe she would lose.

Behind the large yellow rosewood table, Su Ren was somewhat amused as he watched two people inside in the study each preoccupied with one’s thoughts, who are having a compet.i.tion after all? Why does it seem as if he’s the one more concerned about it?

Clearing his throat to pull them out of their long reverie, Su Ren smiled and said: “The reason I invited you today to come is to consult with you. What form of night raid battle do you want to adopt, how’s it going to be?”

Su Yu having regained his wits, regarded Gu Yun with a contemplative eye, and replied: “It doesn’t matter to me.”

Gu Yun also slowly looked up, and casually replied: “I do not mind as well, I leave it to you to decide.”

Su Ren gently arched his eyebrows and laughed: “You’re not worried I’ll be biased towards third brother?”

Gu Yun today appeared somewhat lazy, half reclining on the back of the chair, she idly replied: “If you really want to help him, what help will that be to the compet.i.tion?” Su Ren is definitely the type who’s best in throwing everything into chaos, he’s a man who plays well the image of being outwardly cold and una.s.suming but inside he’s deep and pa.s.sionate, she reckons not only will he not help Su Yu, he will even come up with an unconventional method of battle.

Two people, one puts up one sings, just to speak not at all satisfied, enduring it for a while Su Yu’s face already darkened, “h.e.l.lo! You two you think I’m dead, I need someone’s help? You must be kidding!”

Gu Yun faintly smiled, too lazy to answer, to help or not to help that’s Su Ren’s problem, it has nothing to do with her.

Su Ren simply ignored Su Yu’s anger and continued laughing: “Well, since you do not have any suggestions, and leave it to me to set the rules, considering that all are new army recruits, I will not make the matter too difficult. The chosen venue is the Su family army garrison camp in the western suburbs, and the matter of compet.i.tion is quite simple. I will randomly place a wooden case inside a room in the camp, there’s something inside, whoever steals this wooden case wins.”

“What? This counts as a raid?” Su Yu was the first to protest. Nowhere can you call this a night raid battle?! No two armies battle with each other solely to steal something, how can one measure the level of army training?

Su Ren guessed beforehand Su Yu would oppose, blithely he asked: “Of course it counts, stealing something inside the enemy camp is not easy, or do you want to pit your recently trained for two weeks army recruits against my elite army in a head-on battle?

Su Yu was at loss for words for a while, he knew of course the recruits trained only for several days cannot match to the Su family elite army, but the technique of army training through this battle, how can stealing a thing reveals which is superior?

Gu Yun cheerily replied: “I have no objection.” In any case, compared to Su Yu’s trained soldiers she definitely trained her soldiers on adaptability well, every soldier’s combat capability is strong, in this manner of compet.i.tion her odds of winning ought to be relatively high!

Gu Yun had no objection, if he again opposes, it would suggest weakness on his part, waving his hand in acquiescence, Su Yu replied: “Fine, this battle then.”

Both parties having no objections, Su Ren went on to elaborate: “This is a night raid battle, on the designated days you cannot raid, during these three days I relax, in other words, for three nights you can launch your night raids. But if, say on the first night, Qing Mo has already rushed to take away the wooden case, in that event, Yu, you’ve lost the battle automatically, and vice versa. We’ll see between the two of you who will be first to succeed.” At the mention of the wooden case, Su Yu darted a meaningful look towards Gu Yun.

Gu Yun inexplicably broke out in gooseb.u.mps, why did he eye her with such an expression? Turning and looking away, Gu Yun directly ignored him.

Chapter 6: Mock battle, Part 5 of 5

Their exchange of glances, the undercurrent was turbulent, Su Yu unable to bear it any longer snarled: “Why bother this much!” All it takes is one evening to settle the matter and it’s done for, but also to make it to three nights! Second elder brother is up to no good!

Su Ren snappily retorted: “When some girl did not have objection you didn’t have objection at all. What you said a moment ago didn’t it matter? Do you battle or not?”

Subdued, Su Yu can only bitterly reply: “Battle!”

“Then it is settled, time starts from tomorrow night, lasting for three days, venue is the western suburbs camp, the camp will be guarded by a thousand of elite army under my command, the first one who takes the wooden case out of the camp wins.” Suddenly finding Gu Yun not listening at all, but staring at the paperweights on his desk lost in thought, a look of concentration on her face. Su Ren whispered: “Qing Mo, do you have anything to say?”

“No.” She replied at the same time Gu Yun headed for the table, picked up a pair of rectangular paperweights on the table and studied them. The paperweights were cut from a piece of obsidian, the vein lines are identical, black and blue, they quite weigh down on the hand. They didn’t have a very fancy shape, a very strange design was engraved on each paperweight, this design looks so familiar, it seems she had seen it somewhere!

Gu Yun held the paperweights and didn’t let go of them for a long time, Su Yu looked up, laughed and said: “I reckon you had a burst of insight, you recognised these paperweights are nice stuff.”

Fiddling with them for a while, she placed the two paperweights horizontally, just when they formed a square, on the paperweights emerged a trigram design, her heart suddenly thumped, this design and the design on that golden trigram disk are exactly the same, and that exquisite twill pattern, simple but crisp lines, she couldn’t be mistaken!

These days she had been reflecting on the reason for landing here, at that time they were holding the golden trigram disk, then a red light flashed past, only later to wake up here. After witnessing the mystical Bing Lian, and now seeing again this trigram design, she suspects, the Su family has some sort of a mystical power, and this power is the reason why she appeared here!

Gu Yun stared at the paperweights for a very long time, without uttering a word, Su Yu oddly said: “What are you doing? You looked silly!”

Controlling herself to make everything seem fine, Gu Yun faced Su Yu, lifted the paperweights, feigned curiosity and asked: “Well, the design is pretty unusual, why engrave this design on the paperweights?” Su Yu is the easiest person in the Su family to break through, he might be able to give her an answer.

Su Yu glanced down at the paperweight design, and replied: “This is our Su family clan emblem.”

“Clan emblem?” Gu Yun stared blankly for a moment, what is that? “Is that some sort of a badge?”

Su Yu thought for a moment, and replied: “Well, you can say that. Correctly speaking, it is the Su family’s symbol and sign.”

Then, that was the clan emblem which she had seen on that golden trigram disk? Gu Yun continued to ask: “Is there any special object, housed in the General Manor right now which I can see?”

“No …” Su Yu was about to open his mouth to decline, when Su Ren’s slender hand pressed heavily on his shoulder, catching on Su Yu did not finish what he was about to say, smiled and said: “matters pertaining to the clan emblem, big brother knows more, he is after all the eldest son of the Su family, many things about the clan, he’s more in the position to know, if you’re really interested, you can ask big brother.”

Her interest on the trigram design, this is a great opportunity for her and brother to chat more, he was indeed very considerate!

Gu Yun inwardly gritted her teeth, d.a.m.n Su Ren, spoiling her fun!

Very well, since she knows the trigram disk has a connection to the Su family, she will always find a chance to talk to Su Yu alone, she can not believe he’d be able to decline every time.

Aggravated being stymied by Su Ren, Gu Yun’s expression looked not too well, Su Yu looked at her with some concern and anxiously asked: “What’s with you today? You seemed out of sorts?”

Gu Yun was startled that Su Yu candidly and honestly cared, although this man is hot-headed, unexpectedly he’s a softie, compared to Su Ren with his heap of cunning tricks, unknowingly he’s a whole lot more adorable!

Gu Yun’s eyes brightened, in her mind quickly plotting something, she perhaps has a way to meet Qing, not only can she openly enter the Estate of the Prime Minister, but also she can absolutely see Qing! Su Yu, I’m sorry.

Gu Yun propped her hand on the table, her eyebrows tightly knitted together, for a long time she did not reply and then she said: “It’s nothing, I just have some headaches.”

Watching her seemingly enduring the pain, Su Yu worriedly asked: “how can you have headaches without cause at all? I will send for a doctor.”

Grabbing Su Yu’s sleeves, Gu Yun shook her head and whispered back: “that would be useless, from childhood I grew up with my body not too healthy.”

“Your body is still not considered too healthy?!” Gu Yun had only said the half of it, Su Yu had already literally shouted to the rafters, he saw with his very own eyes how she ate a meal more than what an average person eats in a day, how she blocked the blow of his sword, but still her body is not healthy? Then, in this world what counts as a healthy body?

Gu Yu was inwardly enduring from the inside to the outside from top to bottom Su Yu’s severe scolding, an impertinent lout remains an impertinent lout! Can’t you allow people to first finish talking?! Although, in truth she did grow up incredibly strong and healthy.

Then recalling that she has to use him, Gu Yun quelled the anger in her heart, continued sighing: “Precisely because of my poor health, my parents only allowed me to learn and practice martial arts to build up my health and strengthen my body, likewise due to my illness, my elder sister studied medical books to gain medical knowledge, over the years under her ministrations, my health has improved a lot, but every year always I have an outbreak once or twice, only my elder sister can treat my illness.”

Is there really such a thing? Although in his heart Su Yu was somewhat reluctant to believe, but still he ardently replied: “That’s ridiculous, there are many world famous doctors, the capital is swarming with famous doctors, I’ll get several doctors to examine you, perhaps they will even find a permanent cure.”

After speaking these words he again rose to leave, Gu Yun again pulled his sleeve, this time she looked better, and replied: “It does not have to be right now, when there’s no outbreak how can they diagnose what ails me, I am much better at the moment, wait till I really have an outbreak, you then can send for these doctors to see me. If I’m not cured, you have to take me to the Estate of the Prime Minister and ask for my elder sister, otherwise I would not survive.”

Would not survive? That critical! Gazing keenly for a while at Gu Yun’s earnest face, Su Yu appeared somewhat impatient, snarled: “What an alarmist!”

Gu Yun did not speak anything more, the result she wants has already been attained, whether an alarmist or not, he’ll soon find out.

Su Ren watched Gu Yun’s performance silently, he knows, Gu Yun is well aware her acting has not escaped his eyes, all along she just wants to deceive Yu and nothing more, but why should she do it this way? Is it purely out of her desire to see her sister?

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