The eagle owl flapped its wings, gesturing for her to look at the pool.

"Hah~ Hah~" I've chased all those bad guys into the water!

Xiao Qingyin: "..."

Poor little bat.

Could they have all been wiped out?

She quickly asked Yi Wu and others to help retrieve the bats.

Small clumps of things floated on the surface of the pool; they were bats with their wings spread out, floating on the water.

After being pulled out of the water, they were all alive, though a little shivering.

Xiao Qingyin breathed a sigh of relief.

If such an important native tribe were to be wiped out, she wouldn't even know if she could find a second nest.

"Have one or two people keep watch over these bats."

She said to Yi Shuihan.

"Having been so frightened, they will likely move away."

Yi Shuihan nodded.

"I'll make the arrangements."

He also knew the importance of these bats.

After making arrangements, Xiao Qingyin, Yi Shuihan, and the others left the cave.

The eagle owl was exhausted after a night's sleep, and it was daytime, so it was too lazy to move. Xiao Qingyin carried it all the way home.

Yi Shuihan had injured his leg, so he could only travel back by carriage. Naturally, the carriage was much slower than his light-footed martial arts skills, and it took them more than four hours to get back to the capital.

Since there were no more rooms available to keep bats at the Yun residence, Yi Shuihan had a room converted in the neighboring house to house the bag of bats he had brought back.

These bats feed on horse and sheep blood. After eating and drinking their fill each day, they hang on the roof to sleep, so they're easy to keep.

The golden worms on Xiao Qingyin's side are even easier to raise. Every day, just have the people at the vegetable market who slaughter pigs and sheep collect the blood and pour it into a basin.

With enough raw materials, she was able to confidently perform limb reattachment surgery.

However, for safety's sake, she did not hand them over to Fu Junshi.

"Whether it's golden worms or bats, they are all extremely dangerous. If they spread, the consequences will be unimaginable."

She said to Fu Junshi.

"If there are soldiers in Liaodong who need limb reattachment, they can be sent to the capital, and I will perform the surgery for them."

In the capital, Yi Shuihan has already begun to promote the donation of bodies from death row inmates, and there should be a sufficient supply of bodies available at that time.

"OK."

Fu Junshi nodded.

"I will arrange for someone to send them over."

Although he is no longer a general with great power, he has cultivated many confidants over the years, and can still mobilize the people there even when he is not in Liaodong.

Whether he had the tiger tally or not made no difference to him.

The imperial concubine, however, did not understand this.

After Fu Junshi returned the tiger tally of the Liaodong Army to Emperor Chengtai, the Imperial Concubine set her sights on it.

She devised various schemes to coax Emperor Chengtai into handing over military power in Liaodong to the faction of the Third Prince.

They thought the Third Prince's chances of success had increased even further.

Unexpectedly, war broke out in Liaodong shortly after the first snowfall.

The newly appointed general only knew how to talk about war on paper and was a complete mess when it came to actual combat. He lost his life on the battlefield not long after the war began.

Seeing that Liaodong was about to be occupied by the Tartars, Emperor Chengtai had no choice but to reinstate Fu Junshi.

Not only was the tiger tally returned and Yun Wanyin reinstated, but he was also granted an imperial decree and ordered to return to Liaodong as soon as possible to fight.

But perhaps fearing that Fu Junshi might have ulterior motives, he specifically asked Fu Junshi to leave his wife and children in the capital while he went to his post alone.

He euphemistically said, "I will have people take good care of your wife and children, so you can focus on your battle."

Although Fu Junshi was reluctant to part with Yun Wanyin, he also did not want her to suffer from the long journey.

"Wanwan, you and Yun'er stay in the capital and wait for my triumphant return."

As he was about to leave, he said to Yun Wanyin with reluctance.

For the first time, Yun Wanyin experienced the pain of separation.

Rather than staying peacefully in the capital, she would rather go back to Liaodong with him, even if she could only stay in the mansion in Liaodong and wait for him to return.

But the mindset is completely different when waiting in the capital versus waiting in Liaodong.

But she had no choice but to accept it.

All I could do was tell you, "You must take good care of yourself. Remember to wear more clothes, eat more, and don't forget everything when you get busy..."

Fu Junshi listened to her rambling with a smile.

After giving her instructions, Yun Wanyin handed him a large bag of medicine that Xiao Qingyin had given her.

"These were all made by Yin'er herself, and there's another one inside..."

She whispered the remaining half of the sentence to Fu Junshi.

That portion contained sealed gold worms and bat blood.

It was used to save Fu Junshi's life.

If he were shot in the heart or lungs, and the wound was stitched up with gold worms in time, his life could be saved.

Fu Junshi kept this in mind.

However, he still reassured him, "Don't worry, I will try my best not to get hurt."

"Mm." Yun Wanyin nodded. "You don't need to worry about things at the manor. I will take good care of myself and Yun'er."

"Father, I will take good care of Mother."

Fu Weiyun interjected.

Fu Junshi nodded.

I glanced at the sky; it was getting late.

Despite his reluctance, he had to set off.

"I'm leaving."

Fu Junshi mounted his big black horse, waved goodbye to his wife and children, and rode away without looking back.

Little did he know that his departure would almost prevent him from returning to reunite with his wife and children.

...

After Wei Yan's arms recovered, the skin color of his arms was not much different from the skin color of his body, and the thickness of his arms gradually matched his body shape.

But his arm strength didn't decrease much.

"I can now draw a bow with a draw weight of two stones."

After trying out the crossbow, he excitedly told Yun Shu.

"Not bad at all," Yun Shu said with a smile. "It seems your horsemanship and archery skills are saved."

Wei Yan smiled very happily.

However, after laughing, he scratched the back of his head and said embarrassedly, "I'm going back to the firearms camp."

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