Vol 9 Chapter 134 (2/2)

The words by the mystic came to mind yet again. Could it be that the many deviations in this battle are due to my doing… Because of all the things that I did before…

“Shamoke? Why are you standing in a daze over there?”

“Ah, un. It’s nothing.” I shook my head and replied when I regained my senses. I have some worries about everything that is going on but they will have to wait for after I deal with the problem at hand.

I was just sitting here not too long ago in the main hall. I did not think that I would be sitting here again so soon.

As I sat in the main hall, I looked outside. It was very bright outside during the morning meeting but the light has already started to have an orange hue as the afternoon begins to transition into the evening.

“Un…” I breathed out lightly, feeling nervous about the meeting.

I had already notified everyone as Yuan Zhi told me to but only half of the seats are now filled. That cannot be helped as the reorganisation work is very troublesome. It is the first day after reorganising the troops into the 4 battalions and there is much training to do to get the troops used to the new battalions. All the warrior generals were therefore outside the city except the ones who were in charge of the city defences.

“Lord Xu Shu, where did you go before this?” Chen Gong suddenly asked a very difficult question as she looked at Yuan Zhi.

Yuan Zhi had been sitting quietly at the end and calmly replied her, “To relax.”

“Are you relaxed now?”

“Yes, thanks to Xuan De.”

Her reply was very simple straightforward and left no room for Chen Gong to ask any further. Chen Gong frowned and s.h.i.+fted her gaze to me before s.h.i.+fted it back to her. Looks like she is hoping that I would discuss what happened.

Naturally, I cannot tell her the whole truth. Instead, I did a pressing gesture and smiled as I nodded, “I met with Yuan Zhi in the city and when I did, her mood had already improved significantly and she was on her way back.”

As I said this, I s.h.i.+fted my gaze to Liao Hua and then to Huang Zu as well who were both shooting glances at Yuan Zhi and me from time to time, “In any case, there’s no problem now and the reason for gathering everyone now is because Yuan Zhi is going to talk about what will happen next.”

“Did benefactor come up with a strategy?” Huang Zu asked as she looked at Yuan Zhi meekly. Her expression usually held a fierce expression but she seemed like a curious student at this time.

“…”

“More or less, more or less.” I replied on behalf of Yuan Zhi who remained silent and shot Yuan Zhi a glance.

To be honest, I am reaching my limits here. Yuan Zhi has not told me anything at all about her plans so all I can do is continue to rely on her and believe in her capabilities. But not knowing anything does not give me something concrete to believe in.

“Yuan Zhi, do you want to sit over here? It will be easier to explain things from here after all.” I said as I s.h.i.+fted slightly to the right to make s.p.a.ce for her. To be honest, my intention was to discuss with her what she had planned to allay my concerns.

“No, I’ll just stay here. It’s the same wherever I do it anyway.”

Wu… She did not understand my intent.

“My lord, seating positions is a matter of propriety. It’s not very appropriate to have Lord Xu Shu sit at the second seat.” Gong You admonished.

“Don’t just sit there and do nothing, my lord.” Zi Zhong said as she continued to write with both eyes on her scroll, “Have you finished today’s quota of work?”

“Ah, un.” I hurriedly nodded, “I finished it this afternoon.”

For the sake of eking out this time for a meeting, I worked extra hard to finish all of today’s work. But as I looked at how busy the 3 of them were, it’s clear that the work handed to me was just the tip of the iceberg.

“Ah… Do you want to give me some more?”

“… That works.” “Since my lord asked for it, I’ll give you some.” “Oh~ I get to clear some of what I have left.”

*Pa* *Pa* *Pa*

As the 3 of them said their bit, they threw over a stack of scrolls. They threw so many over that I could not catch them all and a fair number landed on the floor.

“Get to work my lord.”

“Ah, yes, yes…” I said as I hurriedly picked up my brush at Zi Zhong’s urging. At critical times like these, the handwriting on these doc.u.ments gets messier than usual and it really is difficult to read…

“Big brother, we’re back.” A voice came from outside the room just as I opened a scroll. I did not need to look. It was definitely Yun Chang.

“You’re back huh, Yun Chang.” I replied while looking at the scroll and hastily finished it before looking up. Looks like everyone in the encampment is back.

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