C42 (1/2)

”General, the breakfast has been prepared. Do you want to pass it to us?”

A request came from outside the tent. Seeing this, Tan Chao and the others cupped their hands and left.

Xiao Qian didn't ask them to stay and just nodded and called for people to come in.

”General, were you alright last night?”

Su hurriedly asked the moment she entered the tent, before she even had the time to put down the lunchbox.

”Thanks to you, this general has been staring at the stars all night. I did not sleep in the middle of the night and climbed up to his window.”

Eyebrows...

Su Zhi's face stiffened. She scratched her head in embarrassment and said, ”I was stupid enough to harm the general.”

Xiao Qian stretched out his hand to stop her, ”It might not be a bad thing. Last night, I discovered something. If I wasn't forced to do it, I might not have realized it.”

”I wonder what the general found?”

Xiao Qian took care of himself as he picked up the bowl of porridge and didn't answer directly. He only said, ”Anyway, last night wasn't that bad. You don't have to blame yourself too much.”

Su Zhi pouted and said that it was a lie if she didn't blame herself. She hadn't slept well that night. Wasn't she just feeling guilty and unable to eat or sleep well?

”After training my troops, I will continue to lead my troops to hunt. This time …” I'm going to walk away. ”

Xiao Qian smiled with an unknown meaning. Who knew? He might encounter something.

”Is the general planning to go far away?”

”I can't say far, but we have to walk for a while. This time, I won't take A Jin with me. The road might be dangerous, but it's better if he stays in the camp.”

Su Zhi didn't understand why he looked so guilty. Who would want him to take A Jin to torture?

The bowl of porridge hadn't finished yet, so the two continued to chat idly.

The sound of galloping horses came from outside the city gate, accompanied by a few loud shouts, ”There's news from the capital! There's news from Beijing! ”

The city guards pushed open the wooden fences, opened the gates, and presented the report.

Xiao Qian also heard the ruckus from outside. He got up and walked outside, and before he could personally interrogate the little general, he had already dismounted from his horse and was kneeling on one knee. ”General!” The news has come from the Imperial City! ”

”Bring it here!”

The small soldier picked up the rolled up letter with both hands and respectfully handed it over.

Xiao Qian opened the scroll and roughly scanned through. His brows were slightly knit, and his cherry lips were slightly pursed. He didn't seem very happy.

When Tan Zhao received the news, he quickly returned from the training grounds.

”General, I heard that His Majesty's orders have been issued. May I know what's next?”

Xiao Qian tossed the scroll in his hand to him and said in a deep voice, ”The Emperor wants me to return immediately and leave this place.”

Su Zhi was surprised when she heard this. Wasn't it a good thing to be able to leave so soon?

”Why didn't the letter mention the salary for placing the soldiers?”

Xiao Qian cast a cold glance at him, and Tan Zhao immediately understood, falling silent.

Not long ago, he had specifically written a letter about this matter and guaranteed for the idle soldiers to return home. Now that no mention of the military salary or silver coins was heard by the soldiers, it was no longer allowed to explode.

”Follow me.”

Tan Zhao nodded and followed Xiao Qian into the tent.

Su Zhi didn't want to listen in, so she went back to the kitchen silently.

No one knew where Liu Zhong went, but there were still piles of minced meat on the chopping block.

Su Zhi put the spare minced meat on the plate. Recalling the news she had just received, she couldn't help but calculate again.