Chapter 164 Whoever's woman is in charge

He Jinglan was also calm at this moment.

The difference was that her face was filled with a determination to sacrifice herself for justice. "Xixi, don't comfort me at this time. I know what will happen if I fall into the hands of these evil people."

The two of them were already lying on the ground, and He Jinglan could whisper to Gu Xixi just by tilting her head slightly.

"The Beili people probably won't understand what we're saying. I'll yell and pounce on him later. While he's confused, run away."

Gu Xixi opened her mouth to say something, but He Jinglan put her hand on her lips and smiled sadly, "Don't argue with me."

"Just report to my brother later."

"Also, ask that blockhead named Meng if he's dead. If he's not dead, tell him I'm braver than him."

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"Have you two had enough chatting?" The man in black in the bushes next door suddenly spoke up with a familiar impatience.

He Jinglan was startled, frowned and looked at Gu Xixi, "What is this voice?"

Gu Xixi finally found an opportunity to speak, "From childhood to adulthood, you should be more familiar with this than I am."

He Jinglan took a breath and suddenly turned her head to look at the other side of Gu Xixi.

"Moo!"

Mu Nanzhao hissed, "Shut up."

The Beili soldiers who were outside the grassland just now have dismounted, and are using their weapons to push the grass aside, searching as they walk.

Gu Xixi and the others were closest to the Beili soldiers, so they lay low and did not dare to make any rash moves.

Mu Nanzhao observed the movements outside.

Gu Xixi's view was blocked and she couldn't see anything, so she couldn't help but become anxious.

"What did you see? Now walk away, or continue lying there and say something."

Mu Nanzhao looked back at her, not impatiently, but a little helpless, "They haven't gone far yet, wait a little longer."

He Jinglan digested the embarrassment just now and asked, "They have already entered our country, why can't we run out and fight them?"

"The military camp is just ahead. If we make any noise, the general will definitely send troops to rescue us."

Mu Nanzhao said, "If it were just us, we could still give it a try. Now..."

He glanced at his side and, for the first time, used a relatively tactful statement, "There are too many women who don't know how to fight, and we are too few in number. Now the women have scattered, and we can't protect them all."

"A real fight is a life-and-death fight. Once there are casualties, even if Huo Jiang leads his troops out in time and chops these Beili people into meat paste, it will be useless."

He Jinglan was silent. Indeed, he only had one life.

Gu Xixi asked, "How many of you are there? Why can I only see you?"

Mu Nanzhao remained alert and said, "About ten."

"I accidentally saw someone running into the grass in a panic, so I followed him to take a look."

"I didn't expect there would be another one."

He seemed to grit his teeth and said to himself, "I should have called Meng Chengping earlier. I should take care of my own woman."

Gu Xixi didn't hear his mumbling, "Did you say anything?"

"Nothing." Mu Nanzhao said calmly, "How many people came out of the dependents' village?"

Gu Xixi reported the numbers.

Mu Nanzhao was stunned. "What?! You!"

He looked around and lowered his voice even more, "Did you abduct the entire dependents' village?"

Gu Xixi was unhappy, "Don't use the word kidnapping, it's so unpleasant."

Mu Nanzhao was a little excited. After trying several times, he tried to speak calmly, "Do you know who they are? Military dependents!"

"We are in the midst of a war. If anything happens to someone, Huo Jiang will have to give an explanation to their husbands."

"Have you ever thought about how you, as the leader, will deal with it when the time comes?"

He Jinglan quickly protected Gu Xixi, "Xixi is not the one who took the lead this time."

"It was Aunt Lin and everyone else who volunteered. I volunteered too!"

Gu Xixi said, "No need to explain for me."

"I was the one who took the lead in asking them to claim the fruit trees. If I am the instigator, it is indeed me. If I am ultimately found responsible and asked to plead guilty, accept the punishment and pay with my life, I will never cry out for injustice."

"But those military families were right. Tonight, the Beili people secretly launched rockets and set fire to the Pinang fruit forest. They said that as military families, it was their job to solve the fire crisis first and then convey military intelligence."

Mu Nanzhao was slightly startled, "The Beili people set the fire."

Gu Xixi nodded, "Auntie Lin said that there are many northwest winds at this time of year."

"Once the dust wind starts, the fire will spread very quickly."

Mu Nanzhao frowned and thought.

He Jinglan said angrily, "Now you know we are here to put out the fire, apologize quickly!"

At this moment, Gu Xixi was too lazy to even glance away.

"I, an ordinary citizen, can't afford his apology."

"However, instead of complaining about me bringing everyone out here, take immediate action to protect the military families. Isn't that something that those of you who receive salaries from the court should consider?"

At this time, no footsteps could be heard outside the lawn.

Mu Nanzhao's eyes were like those of an eagle, staring at a certain direction, and he said in a deep voice, "Now."

"run!"

He Jinglan was still in a daze when she saw Mu Nanzhao and Gu Xixi suddenly run away almost at the same time.

"ha?"

Fortunately, Gu Xixi kept holding He Jinglan's hand tightly.

He Jinglan felt like a kite, forced to fly up and down, disheveled in the wind.

Her legs and feet reacted very quickly. Before her brain could figure out what was going on, her feet knew to run.

It seemed that he was about to rush out of this piece of wasteland that was more than half a person's height.

He Jinglan asked, "Are we going out now? What are we going to do?"

Where the grass parted, there were several horses scattered randomly in front. They were the people from Beili who were staying here temporarily.

Mu Nanzhao grabbed the nearest rein and shouted, "Get on the horse!"

In a blink of an eye, he saw Gu Xixi moved faster than he said and had already ridden on a black horse.

He Jinglan reacted quickly this time and immediately climbed onto the horse that Mu Nanzhao was leading.

Mu Nanzhao looked around vigilantly with the sword in hand, and quickly said, "Hurry up and leave this middle area, then you will be safe. Then go to the military camp and inform Huo Jiang."

The two men looked down at Mu Nanzhao from their horses.

He Jinglan: "What about you?"

Gu Xixi: "You don't leave."

Mu Nanzhao said, "I'll go over there to meet them."

He suddenly stared into Gu Xixi's eyes and said, "I was too harsh in my words just now. I'm sorry."

"As for your people, I will definitely bring them all back to you."

After saying that, he raised his hand and pulled the two horses!

The warhorse felt pain and galloped away.

It was late at night and Mu Nanzhao did not see that when Gu Xixi walked away, she turned back to look at him with a complicated expression.

Puzzled, grateful, or worried...

It was popular among the noble ladies in the capital to wear men's clothes and go horseback riding, so He Jinglan's riding skills were also quite good.

Since they were going to ask for reinforcements, the two men did not dare to delay and rode as fast as they could.

He Jinglan shouted in the wind, "I've lived for so many years and I've never seen him apologize or give in. Will I see the sun rise from the west tomorrow morning?"

Gu Xixi was silent for a moment, but only said, "Let's hurry up."