Chapter 212 Entering the Camps in the Middle of the Nigh (1/2)

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As they galloped forward, soon, the lights of the army camp came into sight.

They had finally arrived! Lin Mengya felt a half a weight lifted off her shoulders.

Although it was night time, the army camp was still tightly guarded and there was an air of severity in the atmosphere. As they approached, the patrolling guards blew their whistle.

“Who is that, who dares to trespass the army camp?!” someone bellowed when Long Tianhao and Lin Mengya’s horse finally came to a stop.

“I am Prince Yu. I wish to see General Lin!”

Long Tianhao took out a token from his belt which was the proof of his identity and tossed it to the patrolling guard.

“Please remain here while you wait. I’ll inform the young general.”

Although Long Tianhao had flashed out the token bearing his identity, the guard who blew the whistle did not allow them to enter straight away.

Long Tianhao looked to the left, then to the right. The news Long Qinghan received was that someone had tried to assassinate Lin Nansheng.

However, the entire army camp did not seem like it had been affected in any way.

Lin Mengya popped out her head from the cloak and spied the brightly lit army camp. The apprehension in her had died down.

“Rest assured, I don’t think the army camp would be this unperturbed if your elder brother was in trouble.”

Long Tianhao’s reassuring voice was heard overhead.

Lin Mengya lifted her head to steal a glance at Long Tianhao, then nodded and curled up back into his cloak.

“Prince Yu, please excuse us for the lack of manners just now. Our young general had invited you in!”

The soldier who blew the whistle had jogged back to the gates to bring them into the tent.

The soldiers under the Lins’ charge appeared dignified. Even a guard in charge of blowing the whistle did not grovel when faced with a prince.

“Don’t worry about it.”

This was the first time Lin Mengya had been to an army camp.

Her elder brother had been forced to go to the army camp by her father since he was still a youth.

Her father used to sigh when he looked at her. He had wished that she was a boy like her elder brother.

The temperature had fallen a great deal when the snow started falling. The drop in temperature would usually make people chatter from the cold.

In the army camp, however, every soldier still stood straight and tall.

They ought to be on their toes since their young general had been attacked.

They did not let down their guards just because they were nearing the capital city. They looked as if they were completely prepared for an attack from the enemies anytime.

“This way please, Prince Yu. The young general is waiting for you.”

Lin Nansheng’s personal guard came forward to welcome them the moment they stepped into the camp.

Lin Mengya instantly wriggled her head out of Long Tianhao’s cloak.

“This…”

The young guard got a fright that a head had suddenly appeared from within Prince Yu’s cloak.

“I’m Lin Mengya. Lin Nansheng is my elder brother. Has he never mentioned it to you before?”

Lin Mengya? The name did sound a little familiar.

The guards stared at Lin Mengya’s flushed cheeks. Her brows were well-defined and her skin, snow white.

There was indeed some resemblance in their features.

“You are, you’re Miss Lin! The young general had been talking about you these few days, and now you’ve come!”

Although the soldier had not met Lin Mengya before, she had become familiar to him through all the things Lin Nansheng, the big brother who doted on his little sister, said to the soldiers.

Everyone who had worked alongside Lin Nansheng would know his love for his younger sister.

This young general had no other hobbies other than practicing martial arts, reading about war strategies and reminiscing about his younger sister.

“How is my elder brother? Is he alright?”

Lin Mengya immediately inquired about his brother’s condition when she met his personal guard.

“The young general is fine. He was slightly injured; please do not worry too much.”

Lin Mengya breathed a sigh of relief. It was reassuring to learn that her elder brother was alright.

Soon, Long Tianhao and Lin Mengya were taken to the entrance of the main tent where the general was.

Lin Mengya quickly dismounted from the horse, disregarding the cold. She took a few steps forward and entered the tent.

Once she entered the tent, all the eyes were on this girl who barged into the tent.

The girl who was cladded in a white cotton dress had the most delicate and perfect features, but at the moment, she was wearing an anxious expression on her face.

Her flowy long hair had been woven into two loose braids. She had a casual look about her.

The soldiers, who had never seen a woman coming into their camp, opened their eyes wide. They had no idea who this girl, who had simply appeared, was.

“Ya’er? You’re Ya’er?”

Lin Nansheng, who was seated at the main seat, so shocked that he was almost lost for words.

He opened his eyes wide and stared at the little lass standing before him.

“Elder Brother, what happened to you? Are you alright?”

Although the guards tried to reassure her time and again that the young general was fine, she could hardly contain her anxiety.

Regardless of what he heard from her elder brother’s guards, she saw that there was a blood-stained bandage around her elder brother’s bared chest.

With her eyes welling up in tears, she went forward and threw herself into her elder brother’s arms.

“Stop crying, Ya’er. I’m alright. It’s just a superficial wound. It really isn’t as bad as it looks.”

Lin Nansheng may be able to command an army of a thousand soldiers confidently, but he was at a loss of what to do when he faced with his younger sister’s tears.

He wanted to comfort his younger sister by trying to wipe away her tears in a flurry, but the tears just kept coming.