The two were talking when they were interrupted by Captain Wang who suddenly came over.

"Xia He, Captain Fan asked you to go to his military tent?"

"Looking for me?"

After hearing this, Xia He was stunned.

Captain Fan actually came to see him alone. What was the reason?

"Captain Wang, did you really only call me?"

Xia He was full of doubts.

However, in response to Xia He's question, Captain Wang scratched his head with a strange look on his face.

However, he immediately said with a fluent smile,

"What could it be? Boy, you are favored by Master Fan now, and your training progress is so fast, maybe you will soon be on par with me and be promoted to a centurion!"

"Brother would like to congratulate you in advance!"

Xia He is only in his early twenties. If he can really become a centurion, he will be far beyond his reach.

In response to Captain Wang's words, Xia He smiled a few times.

"We are not at war now, and I have no military merits. Being promoted to a military household is already the limit... a hundred households? That's unlikely."

Full of suspicion, Xia He slowly walked towards the military tent where Captain Fan was.

After a while, he came to the door of the military tent, gently lifted the curtain and walked in.

After entering the military tent, Xia He found that Captain Fan was standing motionless in front of a huge map, staring at the map, as if he had been lost in thought for a long time, so much so that he did not even turn around when Xia He came in to report to him.

Helplessly, Xia He could only stand aside silently, waiting for Captain Fan to speak.

Time passed minute by minute. About half a cup of tea later, Captain Fan, who had been silent all the time, suddenly turned his head.

His eyes were like two sharp arrows, shooting straight at Xia He.

"Do you know why I want to see you?"

"I don't know."

Seeing that Xia He's expression remained unchanged, Captain Fan slowly approached.

Then he lowered his voice and said, "There is a barbarian spy in the army! This matter is very serious and must not be made public to avoid alerting the enemy. But we must investigate carefully in secret and must not miss any clues."

Having said this, Captain Fan paused for a moment, then fixed his eyes on Xia He and continued, "The reason why I asked you to come here is because I trust you and regard you as my confidant. In addition, I heard that you have already achieved minor success in blood refining?"

These words shocked Xia He.

"spy?"

He subconsciously thought of the woman next to Zhou Bo's son.

But I soon realized that it might not be just one person.

After hesitating for a moment, he immediately bowed and said,

"Thanks to the blessing of Master Qianhu, I have enough resources and I have indeed made some progress in blood refining."

"good."

Captain Fan's originally cold expression finally eased a little, and he reached out and patted Xia He's shoulder.

"If you continue at your current pace and make military achievements in the spring encirclement and suppression of the barbarians, it will be almost certain that you will be admitted to one of the four major camps."

"You should know that everything else is false, and only your own future is the most important."

"You should... understand what I mean, right?"

"I understand."

"good!"

"In that case, I hope you can help me investigate the matter of catching spies in secret. If you suspect anyone, report to me immediately."

"As you command."

Before leaving, Captain Fan suddenly asked casually,

"I heard that Commander Chai has privately contacted you several times. What was it about?"

Xia He remained calm and said calmly,

"Borrow money."

"Did you borrow it?"

"No, I asked him to find you, Captain Fan."

Captain Fan was stunned for a moment, then he waved his hand and scolded Xia He to get out.

After Xia He walked out of the military tent, Captain Wang, who had been waiting outside the tent for a long time, immediately came forward to greet him.

With a smile on his face, he asked cautiously, "Brother Xia, seeing how happy you look, I guess you have been promoted to a centurion, right?"

Hearing this, Xia He couldn't help but smile bitterly, shook his head and said, "Alas, there is no such good thing! The captain just told me to practice martial arts diligently and not to be lazy and slack off."

After getting this answer to his tentative question, Captain Wang felt as if a huge stone had been lifted off his chest and he breathed a long sigh of relief.

But soon, he regained his smile, patted Xia He on the shoulder and comforted him: "Haha, brother Xia, don't be discouraged! You are still young and there are plenty of opportunities in the future. As long as you keep working hard, you will be promoted sooner or later."

"Captain Wang is right."

After saying this, Captain Wang bowed to Xia He and said goodbye, then turned and left. Xia He stayed alone, frowning slightly, lost in thought.

"Why did this barbarian spy come at this critical moment instead of earlier or later? Is there something fishy going on?"

Xia He muttered to himself. Recalling what Fan Qianhu had said to him before, after savoring it carefully, he felt that it seemed to contain some kind of hint and warning.

He secretly placed the prescription for the antidote for the blood disease in the yamen. After Chai He picked it up, he successfully cured the blood disease that had plagued the people in the town for a long time.

This was originally a good thing, but he knew very well that this would undoubtedly block Captain Fan's path to making money.

Now that I think about it, I'm afraid this matter has not escaped the eyes and ears of Captain Fan, and he has already noticed the clues...

"Captain Fan is a bone-training warrior... If I fight him, how many rounds can I last?"

Hard to say!

Therefore, it is not a wise choice to make enemies with him now. He still needs time to develop.

"Brother He, what's wrong?"

"It's okay, Erpang, I need to go back early."

Since he was asked to investigate spies openly, he still had to pretend to do so.

But the most important thing at the moment is to improve our strength.

When Xia He returned to the town, he went straight to the pharmacy without stopping.

After entering the store, Wang Xing, who had not been seen for a long time, was concentrating on fiddling with an abacus.

Hearing the footsteps, Wang Xing looked up. When he saw that the person coming was Xia He, his face was immediately filled with a warm smile, and he took two steps at a time to greet him.

Back then, Xia He was just an unknown little person, but now he has transformed into a remarkable military household, and his status and position have greatly changed.

Faced with such changes, Uncle Wang's attitude also underwent a drastic change.

"Uncle Wang, have you found anything about the thing I asked you to help me find?"

Wang Xing nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, yes, Xiaohe, I keep the things you entrusted to me in mind every day!"

As he said this, he turned around and shouted to the clerk in the store: "Go and get the things!"

After a while, the guy came out carefully holding two items.

One of the items was a yellowed booklet with slightly curled pages, looking a bit old.