"Back off! Who told you to be rude to our general?" Jixiang held the sword in front of him.

Gu Yunfei signaled Jixiang to retreat with his eyes.

He put away his sword and dismounted.

He was much taller than her and she needed to look up to him.

"Go away. I don't want to kill you. I'm not interested in a powerless woman." Gu Yunfei said in a cold tone.

"I won't leave. I'm Du Shuting, the little princess of the Du Kingdom. Well, I want you to come back with me and repeat what you just said to my father." The girl in front of him said stubbornly, with her hands on her hips.

Jixiang stood beside her and wiped away the cold sweat for her.

He thought to himself: My dear, the general is being lenient with you. He's about to let you go. If it were anyone else, they would have been beheaded long ago. Why didn't you seize the opportunity and run away?

"The general told you to leave, why don't you leave quickly." Jixiang signaled to Du Shuting with his eyes.

At the time, Du Shuting was still young and ignorant. She had always been pampered in the palace and always thought her father was a god. Now that someone contradicted her father, she naturally wanted to bring him before him.

How could these Han Chinese be so unreasonable? They were truly disgusting, Du Shuting thought.

Gu Yunfei didn't want to get entangled with her, so he mounted his horse and ordered, "Head east."

"You are not allowed to leave." Du Shuting grabbed his boots.

The tall man in front of her was wearing a mask, so she couldn't see his face clearly, but from his features, she could tell he was quite handsome.

"Go away." Gu Yunfei said, and left with his horse's back.

Du Shuting almost fell to the ground. Seeing Gu Yunfei was about to leave, she quickly got on the horse and followed him from behind.

Jixiang walked beside Gu Yunfei, glancing at Du Shuting from the corner of his eye, and suddenly found the joy of eating melons in his heart. Oh, this is the first time he has seen the general like this.

In this way, Du Shuting followed Gu Yunfei's army from behind.

Gu Yunfei's team marched eastward in a mighty procession, without stopping for a whole day and night.

Du Shuting had no experience in marching and fighting, and after a day and a night, her strength was almost exhausted. She didn't bring much food or water, and her stomach was growling with hunger.

The double fatigue of mind and body made her walk slower and slower, and her vision gradually became blurred.

No, I must hold on and follow him closely! I absolutely cannot give up! Du Shuting thought.

She kept encouraging herself until she reached the destination with Gu Yunfei's team and then she rolled off the horse.

"General, the little princess of Du Kingdom fainted." Jixiang reported to Gu Yunfei.

Gu Yunfei raised his eyebrows. He felt a certain admiration for Du Shuting. This princess from the inner palace had actually come here with him. Furthermore, she hadn't eaten much on the way. He thought her energy must have reached its limit.

"Carry her in." Gu Yunfei pointed to the haystack next to him and said.

Jixiang responded and carried Du Shuting in.

"Go get some water to wash her face. And feed her some food."

Du Shuting's lips looked very pale, and there were two strange pink spots on her face. Her hair was wet and stuck to her face, and she looked very uncomfortable.

"This..." Jixiang looked a little embarrassed.

The little princess is a girl, and it's not right for a grown man like him to wash her face. What if she suddenly wakes up and he blames her?

"What? Why don't you go quickly?" Gu Yunfei said without raising his head, looking at the marching map in his hand.

He rarely comes into contact with women, so of course he doesn't know what Jixiang is thinking.

Seeing Jixiang hesitant and stammering, he thought that he had spoiled him too much, and now he wanted to refuse even the smallest task.

"General, men and women should not touch each other." Jixiang couldn't help but finally said it.

Gu Yunfei put down the map in his hand and looked up at Jixiang: "What time is it now? You're still saying such things. If anything happens to her, it will definitely cause trouble for us. Forget it, go get some water and prepare some food, and bring them over."

"Yes." Is the general going to do it himself? Jixiang wanted to ask, but he didn't dare.

After Jixiang went out.

Gu Yunfei checked Du Shuting's condition again. She must have suffered from heatstroke and needed to drink more water and cool down.

Gu Yunfei used his sword to pick open Du Shuting's armor.

Her battle suit was wet and stuck to her body. If she just left it alone, it would definitely not heal.

Gu Yunfei tore a piece of cloth from his clothes to cover his eyes. Blindfolded, he quickly helped Du Shuting take off her coat.

He had thought he wouldn't be tempted, but when he actually did it, his heartbeat quickened, and his face beneath the mask flushed like fire. This was his first time touching a girl's body. At his age, even if he hadn't officially married, he would have had a maid. But Gu Yunfei had no interest in such things, so he never had one.

Du Shuting felt someone taking off her clothes in a daze.

But her hands and feet were so weak and sore that she seemed to be disobeying her commands and could only let the man do whatever he wanted.

She cursed in her heart: Who is pulling my clothes? Who is so bold? When I find out, I will chop off his hands. I will peel off his skin and hang him out to dry in the city for three days and three nights...

After helping Du Shuting, Gu Yunfei's clothes were also soaked.

"General, food and water have been delivered." Jixiang came in and saw that Du Shuting had taken off her armor. He didn't dare to look or ask any more questions. He put down the things and left.

The general had his reasons for doing this.

The general is always right.

Auspicious thoughts.

"You are such a big trouble. I shouldn't have saved you." Gu Yunfei complained, but his hands were very gentle. He used a spoon to scoop water into Du Shuting's mouth in small sips.

Du Shuting felt someone feeding her water in a daze, and she drank it mouthful by mouthful.

After Gu Yunfei fed Du Shuting water, he also fed her dry food.

Du Shuting ate it all. She thought to herself: This guy is pretty nice, giving her water and food. He must want her to live. Even though he just stripped her clothes, he still saved her life. One for one, let's forget about the clothes.

It was not until the evening that Du Shuting woke up slowly.

"You saved me?"

The girl looked at him with her doe-like eyes.

Her delicate little face was sometimes bright and sometimes dark in the candlelight, and her blue eyes seemed to suck people in, so beautiful.

"If it's not this general, who else could it be?" Gu Yunfei felt that she was asking a question she already knew the answer to.

"Oh, thank you." Du Shuting lowered her head, thoughtfully.

After a long while, she asked again: "It's so late, are you still wearing a mask?"

"I will send someone to take you back tomorrow. Take a rest now." Gu Yunfei was too lazy to answer her and continued to study the march map.