If Gu Songhan were to loosen his grip on one hand at this moment, his neck would become his Achilles' heel, and Yin Taicheng could easily capture him.

Although he had a wound on his waist, he was protected by soft armor, so even if the wound reopened, he would still have a chance to fight back.

When faced with two evils, choose the lesser one.

Gu Songhan fiercely defended his neck, leaning forward to try and subdue Yin Taicheng, while also clinging to the hope that Yin Taicheng would stop his left-hand attack as he leaned back.

Before Yin Taicheng even fell to the ground, Gu Songhan felt a sharp pain in his waist. He gritted his teeth and endured it, and at the same time, taking advantage of the momentum of falling, he slammed into Yin Taicheng, who was raising his head to protect it from hitting the ground.

Yin Taicheng quickly raised his left hand and grabbed Gu Songhan's neck.

Gu Songhan also released his grip and punched Yin Taicheng in the forehead with both fists.

When Yin Taicheng reacted and tried to fight back desperately, he didn't receive the expected heavy blow to his forehead, but only a slight pain. When he looked up at Gu Songhan, whose face was flushed red from being pinched, he was stunned.

In that instant of hesitation, Gu Songhan used his toes to forcefully lift his leg and press it against Yin Taicheng's chest, while his left arm braced against Yin Taicheng's neck and his right hook only pressed against Yin Taicheng's left temple, without striking him.

Yoon Tae-sung looked slightly annoyed, but he had to admit that he had lost!

"I lost!"

Gu Songhan then breathed a sigh of relief and stood up, reaching out to help Yin Taicheng up, saying, "Thank you for your kindness!"

Why did you spare him just now?

"I already said before the sparring that we should stop when we've reached a point. Besides, this is just a friendly spar between colleagues; there's no need to fight to the death!"

When everyone saw that Gu Songhan had indeed defeated Yin Taicheng, known as the Iron Fist King in the Five Cities Garrison, within ten moves, the previous disdain in their eyes disappeared, and they all stepped forward to flatter and fawn over him.

Upon seeing this, Yoon Tae-sung snorted coldly and left.

Led by the crowd, Gu Songhan met with the Commander of the Northern City Military Command. Because the market needed to be inspected today, he only had a brief meeting with the Commander before going to the market.

Every three days, the Five Cities Military Command must measure grains, scales, and rulers, check the names of brokers, and monitor prices to maintain fair market transactions and prevent malicious individuals from disrupting market prices.

This busy period lasted all day.

When it was time to finish his shift, Gu Songhan, who had not yet left the government office, was surrounded by people.

"Deputy Commander Gu, you've just arrived today. I'd like to invite you to Liuweizhai for a meal as a welcome dinner!"

"No need! My brothers have worked hard today, so it's best for them to go back and rest early! Another day, I'll treat you to drinks at Tianxiangju!"

Compared to a tiny shop like Liuweizhai, everyone longed for Tianxiangju, the best restaurant in the capital. So, they naturally stopped bothering Gu Songhan and bowed to him to say goodbye.

Finally, only two people remained, all smiling, and said, "Your subordinate is traveling the same route as Deputy Commander Gu!"

Gu Songhan looked at the two of them, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. "You two also live in Magnolia Lane?"

One of the tall, thin men answered, "Yes!"

"Then let's go together!"

Gu Songhan was about to take the horse when the tall, thin man stepped forward to stop him, "Deputy Commander Gu has a back injury, so it's best not to ride a horse to avoid reopening the wound and affecting its recovery!"

The knife wound on his waist that he had suffered in Shunde had not yet healed. He was hit again when he was competing with Yin Taicheng in the morning. After the wound reopened, he was unable to bandage it in time due to official duties. When he returned to the yamen to rest at noon, the wound had stopped bleeding. He only hurriedly applied some medicine and then ignored it.

It's definitely not a good time to ride a horse right now!

Seeing that he didn't speak, the tall, thin man said again, "I'll go and hire a carriage right away!"

Then came the awkward situation of three men crammed into a carriage.

Another well-proportioned, clean-cut young man muttered under his breath, "Qu Shaowu, the carriage you rented is way too small. The commander can barely stretch his legs!"

"You're so capable, why didn't you rent a carriage just now?"

Qu Shaowu felt a pang of regret as he thought about his empty wallet.

But then I thought, it's worth it to spend a little money to get closer to Deputy Commander Gu!

But after hearing what the refreshing young man said, Deputy Commander Gu shouldn't think that he was unwilling to part with the money!

That Shao Zhengnan, he hitched a ride on my carriage and even tried to sow discord between me and Deputy Commander Gu. Humph! I'm not so easily bullied!

"Deputy Commander Gu, it's not that I'm stingy, it's just that there aren't any large carriages around, so please make do!" Then she kicked Shao Zhengnan with her toe, "You're so tactless, you know the carriage is small! You're tactful, you know the carriage is small, yet you still followed me in! Getting in is one thing, but why didn't you sit outside with the driver? What were you doing squeezing in?"

Shao Zhengnan looked embarrassed and said awkwardly, "I was just worried that Deputy Commander Gu would be bored in the carriage, so I wanted to tell him some things about the government office to relieve his boredom!"

After saying that, he secretly praised himself for being clever, and then began to talk about the interesting things that had happened in the government office recently!

Of course, he also made things difficult for others, using this as an opportunity to highlight his own loyalty and dedication!

However, after mentioning several things, Shao Zhengnan noticed that Deputy Commander Gu was not in high spirits and found it difficult to continue.

Sitting to the side, Qu Shaowu lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment before speaking: "Deputy Commander Gu, you only just arrived. You don't know that some people seem to be very diligent, but once they start slacking off, you can't guard against them! Take Group A for example, there's one guy who's so enthusiastic about patrolling. He'll get angry at anyone who tries to volunteer!"

It was later discovered that he had used his patrol duties as an excuse to curry favor with the woman, and soon won her heart, infuriating his colleagues and inspiring others to follow suit! This caused considerable trouble within the yamen (government office), but fortunately, the commander intervened in time; otherwise, our North City Military Command would have become a laughingstock in the capital!

Gu Songhan, who was initially annoyed by the noise inside the car and almost couldn't suppress his urge to take action, became slightly interested.

Seeing this, Qu Shaowu seemed to understand something and became even more animated.

"We had almost given up on this, but recently there's been someone from Group C who's been running around all day under the guise of investigating a case. It was just a small theft case, but he's been investigating it for several days in a row. We haven't seen him at all, so we really thought we'd encountered a big case!"

Unexpectedly, the aggrieved party found the culprit himself, dragged him to the county government, and complained to the county government that our Beicheng Military Command was perfunctory in handling matters, which made our Beicheng Military Command lose face!

Later, we found out that this guy was running out of town every day because of a woman!

At this point, Qu Shaowu grumbled again, "Their family has powerful connections. When the commander found out, he only gave them a few words of reprimand, and that was the end of it! If it were anyone else, the commander would definitely not have let them off so easily!"

Gu Songhan asked with interest, "Could this person be a member of the royal family?"

Shao Zhengnan quickly answered no, "He's the son of the Minister of War! The Five Cities Garrison is under the Ministry of War, the commander would have to be out of his mind to make things difficult for him! Normally, the commander and the other two deputy commanders practically treat him like royalty!"

The son of the Minister of War?

Could it be Wu Feitao?