Vol Chapter 9 (2/2)

With a fire illuminating and the soldiers’ help, they quickly exited the forest. Seeing them from far away, Su Ren restlessly urged, “Big sister-in-law, are you okay?”

Gu Yun shook her head and answered, “Ge Jing Yun is injured, where is the military doctor?” Ge Jing Yun pa.s.sed out due to blood loss. If not quickly treated, he would lose his life.

“Your subject is here.”

A 40-year-old man came forward, inspecting the wound on Ge Jing Yun’s arm. His face instantly sank and he quickly ordered, “Help him to get into the tent!”

Seeing Ge Jing Yun was sent inside the tent lessened Gu Yun’s worries. Only then, she could feel a burning pain on her left hand. Stroking her arm, Gu Yun frowned, she originally a.s.sumed at most, it would be bruised, but she did not expect it to bleed!

Su Ren sharply noticed her bleeding left arm, “Big sister-in-law, you are also injured?”

Gu Yun lightly nodded, “My injury is not life-threatening. Let’s go in before we talk.”

Entering the main camp, an older military doctor stopped by Gu Yun’s side, holding his medicine box. He used a scissor to carefully cut her sleeve. When the slender arm was exposed, three swollen red wounds were bleeding non-stop. This made some of the men in the tent frown. However, as it was impolite to stare at a woman’s arm, Su Ren and Lou Mu Hai looked down while Yu s.h.i.+ Jun quickly turned his back.

This kind of wound, even though was not severe, but it was still very painful. The old military doctor took a medicine and carefully said, “Mistress, now I will apply the medicine and the dressing. Please endure the pain.”

Gu Yun gently smiled, nodding her head, “It is okay, just treat it.”

As he gently sprinkled the medicine onto the wound, a sharp pain radiated from her arm. Gu Yun could no longer endure the pain, “En…..”

The old doctor’s hand paused in the air; he did not dare to move. Although the medicine was very good, it was also… very painful. Gu Yun took a couple of deep breaths and weakly said to the doctor, “I am okay, please proceed.”

Her forehead was been covered by cold sweat, but she did not say anymore. The old doctor very carefully wrapped the wound and softly spoke, “Mistress, the medicine needs to be applied every day onto the wound. After half a month, it will go back to normal. I will try to find a way so that it won’t leave a scar.”

Gu Yun smiled, “Thank you, as long as it is cured, it is okay.”

She really did not care whether the wound would leave a scar or not. The old doctor secretly relieved. For such a good young woman, he would find a way to prevent the wound from scarring.

Although Gu Yun did not know his intention, she slowly took out her arm, stated seriously, “Han Shu is kidnapped by the rebels, they want Su Ling to come into the forest alone in three days. If within three days they do not see Su Ling, they will throw Han Shu’s corpse in Crow’s Valley.”

Hearing her words, Lou Mu Hai said anxiously, “This won’t do! General Su Ling has not yet arrived, even if he has arrived, we cannot let him take the risk. They know that particular forest very well, hence, it is beneficial for them. It will be a disaster to the general if he enters the forest.”

Su Ren’s palm tightened. It looked like he had been underestimating those bandits. Before he managed to enter the city’s territory, the other party had already taken an action. The enemy at this time was truly not an ordinary thief.

Yu s.h.i.+ Jun still did not dare to turn, and so with his back facing Gu Yun and Su Ren, he said, “Commander, in this subject’s opinion, even though they shot an arrow at you, they do not know who is the real General Su (referring to Su Ling). According to this logic, I can just wear general’s clothes, lead 5000 elite forces to enter the forest and observe the situation.”

Su Ren was still considering the idea when Gu Yun coldly said, “I advise you to not make any hasty actions. Today, when I went to chase Han Shu, I encountered a highly skilled martial artist who uses a long whip. Judging from Ge Jing Yun’s injury, it is definitely an arrow. If I guess it correctly, they are most likely Wu Ji and Yan Ge who were previously mentioned by Old General Lou. Those two people possess inarguably high martial arts skills. They also are familiar with jungle topology, as well as night operations. If they are only the subordinates, we will have a big problem.”

The inside of the room was really quiet when a white fingered hand separated the tent drapery (since it is a tent, it is not really a door). A male voice with a hint of amus.e.m.e.nt was heard, “Who has a big problem?”

The person who came in was a handsome man, wearing a long red robe. Gu Yun was secretly amused, what was happening this night? She originally thought the man in the forest who wore a blue attire was flirtatious enough, but did not think there was still a sky above the sky. The male in front of her was really enchanting. Fortunately, even though he wore a red robe, it did not make him appear feminine. In contrast, it gave him a rebellious effect.

What an interesting man. Gu Yun raised her lips slightly when she saw the man come in with such a cold arrogant aura, decreasing the temperature down to a freezing point.

“General Su!”

“Big Brother!”

The man who just came in was really Su Ling.

Lou Mu Hai quickly greeted him, smilingly said, “General Su has arrived, what a wonderful news!”

After leading the troops to many battlegrounds for years, Su Ling was very knowledgeable about battlefields. He was also an expert in predicting schemes. Just his presence could at least scare those bandits.

Su Ling greeted back, “Old General Lou.”

Mu Yi quickly glanced over them who were paying respect to each other. Mu Yi was not interested in watching them, quickly changed his eye direction. He stumbled upon a female in the tent. Although he could only see one side of her face, he knew that she was a beautiful woman.

He had seen countless beautiful women, but even the most beautiful ones could not interest him. However, this woman had triggered his curiosity. Mu Yi approached her, smilingly clicked his tongue, “It is unthinkable we can see a beautiful woman in the military army. Ling, you are really fortunate!”

This pale man clothed with a red robe was a son of the devil. Gu Yun rolled her eyes. She was not interested in putting up with this person’s dry humour. She quickly raised up, moving to the inner chamber and randomly sat on a chair, not realising… the chair is meant for the camp leader.

Hearing Mu Yi’s words, Su Ling just realised that Gu Yun was in the tent. He frowned, coldly asked, “How come you’re here?”

Gu Yun felt there was no need to answer such a question. Facing Lou Mu Hai, Gu Yun asked, “Old General Lou, what kind of place is Crow’s Valley?” That man said to collect the corpse at the valley, meaning most likely he would like to meet there.

Lou Mu Hai quickly re-focused and went towards her, “It is a canyon, located near the forest’s right periphery. Every rainy season, there will be rainwater overflowing there, transforming the gorge into a river. When the dry season comes and reduces the water, it will return to its canyon form. Because the terrain is very steep, only birds can fly out from there. The thick forest surrounds the area. It’s gloomy and damp, and therefore, named Crow’s valley.”

Gu Yun pondered for a bit before said, “They chose the Crow’s valley. In my opinion, there are two reasons to do so. First, their lair is located near the place. The second reason, which I think is more probable, the valley’s terrain has some benefits for them. My guess is when the time comes, they will take advantage of the terrain’s topography, cut us off on the both sides of the canyon, leaving Su Ling to come forward alone.”

Hearing her a.n.a.lysis, Su Ren and Yu s.h.i.+ Jun approached her. The four people sat down together. Yu s.h.i.+ Jun proposed, “This subject remembers mistress had trained and recruited the newbie soldiers with the superb climbing skills. Can our army climb up from the bottom of the gorge, giving a surprise attack?” (攻其不备, Chinese idiom. It means to strike when/where the enemy is unprepared)

Gu Yun shook her head, “Now is the summer season when the rainfall is mostly abundant. We cannot pa.s.s through there”

Lou Mu Hai agreed, “What mistress said is not wrong. Currently, there has been water building up there, flooding into the Crow’s Valley. It is impossible to pa.s.s through the valley.” This woman has never been inside the forest, yet she is familiar with the forest’s rainy season. She really is the wife of General Su. Sure enough, she cannot be compared with the ordinary women.

Su Ren quietly spoke, “Then, in your opinion, how should we strike?”

Gu Yun did not reply immediately. After a while, she finally cautiously replied, “From what I see, we should go and survey the actual terrain’s topography. After that, we can discuss the method on how to engage the enemy. After all, there are still three more days to go!”

In the main tent, Gu Yun rose from the seat, the three people surrounding her, appeared to be at Gu Yun’s every beck and call. In contrast, Su Ling and Mu Yi both were neglected on the side. Mu Yi smiled, “I say, Ling, even if you are not here, there won’t be a problem. Did I go to the wrong place? Is this the Su army’s camp? Who is actually this family’s leader?”

Those rhetorical questions sounded like Mu Yi wanted to help Su Ling set the record straight. However, when it was examined more carefully, Mu Yi was definitely happy to see Su Ling suffering.

Turning around and facing Su Ling’s deep eyes, Su Ren just realised his almighty big brother was still standing behind him. He embarra.s.singly grinned and hurriedly explained, “Uh… Big Brother. Tonight those rebels raided the food ration. After discovering this, Han Shu chased them into the forest. He somehow got ambushed inside the forest and is now held as a hostage. They want Big Brother to go to the Crow’s Valley within three days, or else, they will kill Han Shu. Big sister-in-law also entered the woods, confronted and fought with the rebels. We are now discussing the best way to rescue Han Shu.”

Han Shu fell into those rebels’ hand?! Hearing this news, Su Ling’s eyes were becoming colder. What a good rebel, actually dared to capture his subordinate to get him.

Mu Yi did not concern about who got captured, but that “big sister-in-law”… His eyes looked like he was about to ridicule Su Ling. Facing Su Ling, Mu Yi grinned, “I was not aware that you were married. Ckckck (the sound of one’s clicking one’s tongue)… You are really great at keeping secrets.” Su Ling’s face instantly got colder to the point he could freeze people to death, but Mu Yi ignored him. Gracefully, Mu Yi turned to face Gu Yun and smilingly said, “Big Sister-in-law (in a very polite way, he used 夫人 as a suffix, which means mistress), you were being rude before!”

Mu Yi’s acting made both parties simultaneously enraged, “Shut up!”

Mu Yi raised his eyebrows. His face was full of surprise and said, “Whoa, you two definitely are a pair of husband and wife. Both of you are one-hundred percent villains.”

Gu Yun stared coldly at Mu Yi and without holding back, she said, “Enchantress*, if you really want to look for drama, just honestly stand aside and see. Manage your mouth, do not mess around with me.”

Mu Yi narrowed his eyes, “What did you call me?”

Gu Yun’s icy eyes scanned him several times, from head to toe and back again, then met his eyes. She did not consider it as a taboo, so she reprised, “For such a man who is wearing such a flashy style; if I do not call you enchantress*, I won’t do your outfit a justice!”

Su Ling who had constantly maintained his icy face secretly twitched his mouth. Enchantress*! This t.i.tle really suited Mu Yi. However, this woman was looking for trouble. The last person who called Mu Yi enchantress had buried in a grave. The gra.s.s on his tomb was even taller than her.

Mu Yi squinted his eyes, making him look like a sly and treacherous fox. All the spectators shuddered. Only Gu Yun remained unaffected and kept looking into his eyes. Want to refute? Angry? Don’t joke around?! If he dares to wear that kind of clothes, he has to be prepared to let people talk!

She unexpectedly did not get intimidated by him. Interesting! The coldness of his eyes was replaced by interest. This actually made Gu Yun’s hair stand up. This man was really troublesome. Gu Yun was too lazy to look at him anymore and quickly said to Su Ren, “Su Ren, tomorrow, once the sun comes out, go to the Crow’s Valley to explore the terrain.”

Gu Yun was just about to leave, when Su Ling’s arrogant voice which contained cold fury was heard, “In here, it’s not your place to give an order. Now, return to the General house!” She was seriously undisciplined and out of control. She went as far as following the army to the city of Pei, what exactly did she want to do?

Gu Yun’s footsteps stopped, slowly turning around. Her face carried a saccharine sweet fake smile, she answered, “General Su, I think you’ve misunderstood this problem. I did not have the interest to order your army. Also, you do not need to look after my problems.”

After saying this, Gu Yun took Bing Lian and strode away.

“Bing Lian?” With surprised eyes, Mu Yi faced Su Ling. He unexpectedly gave Bing Lian to this girl, don’t tell me…

“Who permitted you to touch that sword!” Su Ling roared, as Mu Yi expected. With both of his arms crossed in front of his chest, Mu Yi observed the situation; he was now seriously interested with this woman.

With her hand clutching the curtain and without turning her head, she was waving Bing Lian when she arrogantly replied, “Now, it is mine, if you have the capabilities, take it from me! I will wait for you.” From the moment she decided to take Bing Lian, she had decided to not let it go easily.

As the dark shadow disappeared before the tent, the remaining people were left with the man who was about to explode. Luo Mu Hai quietly said, “The night is not young anymore, this old subject will retire first.”

He did not understand the act in front of him, but being an honest official was also a hard task. He was better off not dipping his feet into this muddy water.

Lou Mu Hai had successfully escaped, Su Ren also hurriedly smiled, “True, true, true, it is really late. Big Brother, I won’t disturb your resting time anymore!”

Dear heaven. He knew that Qing Mo was strong. However, he never noticed her ability to speak could drive people crazy?! Or, was it she was only exceptionally p.r.i.c.kly when she was confronted by big brother?

During this time, he was also better off quickly disappearing.

“This subject… This subject will also retreat!”

Just as Su Ren dashed out of the tent, Yu s.h.i.+ Jun recovered his mind, also quickly asking to retreat.

Inside the big tent, just after Qing Mo left, everyone slipped off, leaving the room completely cleared. Mu Yi took out a jade flute, playing it with his fingers. At this time, only he would dare to poke an angry tiger. Unafraid of death, he smiled and ridiculed, “Why do I feel like someone is jealous?” The former power and prestige of the general no longer existed.

“Get the h.e.l.l out of here!”

From the main tent, a lion roar was heard. The soldiers who were standing outside were so startled that it numbed their shoulders. Gu Yun rolled her eyes again, pretending as she did not hear anything and went into Ge Jing Yun’s tent.

Opening the curtain, there were more than 20 soldiers inside the tent. Upon recognising the person who was coming, everyone quickly rose from their beds and lined up nicely. Their faces showed happy smiles and shouted in unison, “Boss!” Finally, they could see her again. Truthfully, during her devilish boot camp, they hated her so much. However, after the camp was over, they often remembered and missed her.

Gu Yun softly smiled, nodding her head, “It’s okay, just rest!”

Once she arrived at the last bed, Ge Jing Yun had been supported by Leng Xiao, struggling to sit down, “Boss.”

Gu Yun frowned, gently spoke, “It’s okay, just lay on your bed.”

Leng Xiao’s eyes stumbled upon the bandage on her left arm, his indifferent face changed, urgently asking, “You’ve been hurt?”

Gu Yun indifferently shook her head and smiled, “Just a small injury. There won’t be a problem, don’t worry.” Leng Xiao no longer pressed, only his cold face became colder.

After Ge Jing Yun’s wound was treated, a thick bandage was wrapped tightly around his wound. Excluding his pale complexion, he looked okay.

A small silvery thing was placed beside his pillow. Gu Yun squinted her eyes to focus. Leng Xiao quickly took it and gave it to her.

That was the 5-inches-length arrow, which was quite different from the normal ordinary arrow; as not only the head was made of iron, even its tail was made out of the same material. What made most people tremble with fear was the hook that was embedded on the arrow’s tail. No wonder Ge Jing Yun’s bleeding was really hard to stop. This kind of wounding made it hard to pull the arrow out.

What a malicious weapon. Gu Yun asked softly, “Did you meet the person who shot the arrow?”

Leng Xiao looked at Ge Jing Yun, shaking his head and replied “That person was about as tall as Ge Jing Yun and was skinnier than me. However, it was too dark. The appearance couldn’t clearly be seen. He was also very skilful. We could not get closer to him. Furthermore, in such dim light, he still accurately shot an arrow at us, while running!”

It was really true, this kind of skill could not be performed by most people. Not only it required good vision, it also required a good set of other senses. She was once also trained to shoot blindfolded. She needed three years to achieve a 98% accuracy!

The arrow was placed beside Ge Jing Yun’s pillow. When Gu Yun rose up, all the soldiers once again stood up straight. Gu Yun laughed and said: “Now it isn’t training time. I am not your boss, so after this, do not be so afraid and alarmed. Don’t worry! Just get an early rest. ”

Gu Yun walked to the door’s side. All the soldiers still neatly stood at their position, glancing at her. She suspiciously asked, “What happened?”

“Boss…” Leng Xiao opened his mouth, but suddenly paused.

All the soldiers were squinting at him, Gu Yun felt weird and laughing said, “What is the problem? Just get to the point!”

Taking a deep breath, Leng Xiao faced Gu Yun and loudly answered, “Can we fight with you in the battle?”

Gu Yun was dazed a bit. Before her, she saw desire and eagerness, reflecting on their eyes. Unexpectedly, her heart ached. She looked down to stabilise her emotions. After a while, she then looked up, coldly smiling, “Exercise your bodies well before we talk again. My subordinate cannot have weak bodies.“

“Yes.”

Once Gu Yun exited the tent, immediately, chaotic happy shouts originated from the tent’s inside were heard. Gu Yun shook her head, as expected from a bunch of boys under 20.

Carrying a warm smile on her face, she left the tent, not paying attention to another pair of cold eyes deeply staring at her back.

Qing Mo, what kind of charm do you possess?

What has she done during the time he was not around?!

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