A living one is worth a thousand taels of silver? A dead one is worth two hundred taels?

Who are they looking down on? Aren't they insulting her?

Unable to bear it any longer, Hong Xiaoduo used her mind to move out of the space and walked to Quan Jinghuai's bunk by the light. She paused and said softly, "Brother, I know you're awake. Stop pretending."

Quan Jinghuai, lying fully clothed on the bunk, opened his eyes helplessly, but didn't say anything, just quietly looked at her.

"Brother, do you know that the guy I shot down with an arrow was originally the son of the garrison commander of Red Willow City? Now he's actually offering a bounty on my capture, saying that if I'm alive, it'll be a thousand taels of silver, and if I'm dead, it'll be two hundred taels," Hong Xiaoduo told him, a little angrily.

"So?" Quan Jinghuai asked patiently.

"Well, that's why I plan to go find him, so he won't have to bother others. He can just give me the 1,000 taels reward directly. Although we don't lack money right now, how can we ever have too much money?" Hong Xiaoduo said seriously.

Upon hearing this, Quan Jinghuai turned his head to look at the few kids sleeping on the bunk next to him who were obviously pretending to be asleep and eavesdropping, before turning his gaze away and saying, "So, you're saying that I'm here with them to wait for you when you go to Red Willow City, right?"

Hong Xiaoduo nodded, "Yes, yes, that's absolutely right!"

"So even if I say no, you still have to go, right?" Quan Jinghuai said deliberately.

"How could that be? If you don't agree, I definitely won't go. But, how could you disagree, right?"

"Okay, it's settled then. I'll go into town with them. You stay here and wait for me. Alright, goodnight, big brother." Hong Xiaoduo said with a grin, then got up and walked towards her bunk.

Quan Jinghuai shook his head speechlessly. The little ones next to him secretly opened their eyes a crack, glanced at their master with great sympathy, and quickly continued to pretend to be asleep.

Although they felt a little disappointed that Hong Xiaoduo wasn't taking them, they also knew that one should be content. They had already taken them to the battlefield and given them a good taste of killing enemies, which was already quite good!

But that garrison commander is going to be in trouble.

In the past, when two countries were at war, soldiers fought soldiers and generals fought generals, and the victor was king and the loser was a bandit. After Tianquan's father led his troops to conquer Hongliu City, the treatment of the enemy soldiers and generals was naturally to kill those who deserved it, release those who deserved it, or confine them to hard labor, or something like that...

However, once Hong Xiaoduo went and got involved, the garrison commander's fate was not just losing his money and his life; he would also be so provoked by her that he would vomit blood.

At the beginning of the Yin hour, Gong Wei's two groups of soldiers, taking advantage of the darkness, made their way on foot towards the location of the secret passage given by Hong Xiaoduo.

"Young Lady Hong, what brings you here?" Commander Hu greeted her in a low voice, feeling more at ease seeing that she had come with his group.

Having become acquainted with Commander Hu, Hong Xiaoduo didn't hide anything and told him about the garrison commander's order to offer a reward for her capture: "We Jianghu people are the most straightforward. Since he wants to see me, I'm just killing time anyway, so I might as well come and make his wish come true."

Commander Hu, who was close by, heard what happened. He glanced at her with a twitching smile, thinking to himself, "You shot that man's precious son off the city wall. He should be dead. It's only natural that he, as a father, would hate you to the bone."

If someone knows there's a bounty on your head, and you still actively seek them out, making it sound so kind and considerate, like you're doing it for their own good, who would believe that?

Unfortunately, I have an important mission and cannot go with her to take a look.

Soon, the two teams arrived at the secret passage under the city wall. Because the information she provided was so detailed, they not only easily eliminated the enemy's sentries and reached their destination, but also found the entrance to the secret passage and entered without much trouble.

When they successfully entered the secret passage, all the soldiers who participated in the operation thought to themselves, "Look, no matter how high or strong the city walls are, or how brave the soldiers guarding the city are, what can they do?"

They couldn't even prevent their own people from digging these secret passages for their own selfish desires.

Before entering the secret passage, everyone was mentally prepared to crawl and climb, but what happened? The passage was huge and spacious. It was a shame that when selecting people before setting off, they deliberately eliminated those who were overweight.

The exit of the secret passage for Hong Xiaoduo and her group was in the east wing of the government office, right next to the guard's bedroom in the backyard.

"Young Lady Hong, do you really not need to leave a few people for you?" After exiting the secret passage, Commandant Hu asked in a low voice.

Hong Xiaoduo shook her head and whispered, "No need, leave this place to me. You all be careful too."

Hearing her say that, Commander Hu didn't say anything more. He followed the deputy general in charge and carefully left the room. He killed a soldier who was sleeping soundly, and then went along the corner of the back wall to the side gate, where he also dealt with the guard there, before leaving the government office.

After Hu Duwei and the others left, Hong Xiaoduo had the drone Sparrow circle around the government office to check on the situation.

The leader of the Yunwu Kingdom's military camp, after eating and drinking at the government office last night, did not rest there but stayed at an inn not far from the city gate.

There were about three hundred soldiers in the government office, along with the garrison commander's family and dozens of servants.

The garrison commander had also set up a mourning hall for the son, but he was not in the mourning hall at the moment; instead, he was sitting in his study.

Seeing that the guard on the screen showed no sign of leaving, Hong Xiaoduo leisurely strolled around the government office, lit a round of incense to ward off intoxication, and then went to the guard's study.

The two guards and two servants outside the study fell into a deep sleep after smelling Hong Xiaoduo's specially made incense. She stepped forward and kicked them a few times with her toes, but they didn't react at all.

The formula for this fragrance was something she asked Quan Jinghuai for, and it really works quite well, so she decided to make some extra to keep on hand when she has some free time.

Ding ding ding, Hong Xiaoduo raised her hand and gently knocked on the study door.

"Come in." A tired and impatient voice came from inside. Hong Xiaoduo pushed open the door and went in.

Inside the study, several lamps were on. A man dressed in an official robe sat behind his desk, his hand on his forehead and his eyes closed. He didn't even open his eyes to look when he heard the door open or footsteps.

"But are those surnamed Ye and Pang going to escape?" Luo Jinan asked.

He had already ordered his men to keep an eye on the two. If they tried to escape, he, as the garrison commander, wouldn't need to wait for the Fengliang Kingdom's troops to attack the city; he could withdraw first.

He wouldn't be afraid of the Emperor holding him accountable. If even the two generals couldn't hold the line and ran away, what use would it be for him, a garrison commander with only a few hundred soldiers, to stay and hold the line?

"Reporting to Your Excellency, those two generals have no plans to flee yet," Hong Xiaoduo replied, sitting down on a cushioned chair.

Upon hearing a woman's voice, Luo Jinan immediately looked up and opened his eyes, exclaiming in surprise, "Who are you...?"