Chapter 11
Lu Ling has been following the old military doctor to learn these days and has learned a lot about herbal medicine.
Sometimes Lu Ling would be called into the tent to serve tea and water to the general, but Xie Heng didn't call her often, so she was happy to have some free time.
As usual, Lu Ling helped the military doctor prepare medicine for the soldiers and then planned to go back to the tent to sleep.
Before reaching the tent, Lu Ling was pulled to the river by Qingdai.
"Qingdai, what's wrong?" Lu Ling was confused.
Qingdai didn't say anything, but just asked Lu Ling to sit on a stone beside her. Then Xie Yuwang walked over with a bowl of noodles in his hand.
"Sister, happy birthday!" Qingdai said.
"Don't be disgusted, sister. I asked the kitchen to make this for you."
Lu Ling looked at the steaming noodles in Xie Yuwang's hand, and his originally empty and lonely heart was filled. The heat spread to his heart, and he was warmed bit by bit.
"I forgot everything." Lu Ling's voice choked.
A few months ago, she was the apple of her parents' eyes. She could eat whatever she wanted. Every year on her birthday, the Lu family would hold a banquet to entertain relatives and friends to celebrate her birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lu Xing did not like luxury, but they doted on their only daughter. No matter what Lu Ling wanted, they would do their best to satisfy her.
"Happy birthday, sister." Xie Yuwang handed the noodles in his hand to Lu Ling and said with a smile: "Longevity noodles. In the new year, sister, may you live a long and peaceful life."
Lu Ling took the noodles and started eating under the gaze of the two.
"Ling'er, your father gave you this name because he hopes you will not be afraid of wind and snow, and will persevere no matter how great the difficulties."
Lu Ling remembered what Lu Xing said on her eighth birthday.
On the day her father was imprisoned and her mother died, Lu Ling originally planned to die with her father and mother, but she remembered her father's words and remembered that her father was still suffering injustice, so she changed her mind.
No matter how difficult the road ahead is, she will keep going.
However, because he was always under surveillance in the military camp, Lu Ling had no chance and could not find any opportunity to investigate his father's case.
Lu Ling was thinking about it in his heart, but he didn't show it on the surface.
"Thank you for remembering my birthday." Lu Ling said to Qingdai and Xie Yuwang after eating the birthday noodles.
"Who among us dares to forget Sister's birthday? Uncle Lu always used to..."
Perhaps he was thinking of something, so Xie Yuwang didn't say the rest of the words.
After finishing his noodles, Lu Ling did not stay long. In the past few days, many people in the tent had been gossiping about him because he had not been working. If he stayed any longer, he didn't know what these people would say.
"How come this Lu is able to serve the general in the main tent? We were all exiled here, so why is she so free?"
"You don't know, but the young general stayed at the Lu family when he was little. The Xie family and the Lu family have a special relationship."
"Isn't it the Lu family's secret storage of weapons that caused the Xie family's defeat? This is the first time General Xie has lost a battle!"
Lu Ling heard the people inside gossiping outside the tent, but he felt nothing in his heart.
"Sister, these people are going too far. I'll go and deal with them." Qingdai rolled up her sleeves and wanted to rush in to fight these people.
Lu Ling held Qing Dai and said sternly, "It's nothing. If they want to gossip, just let them. Don't cause trouble."
When Lu Ling and Qing Dai walked in, these people shut up and stared at them.
Lu Ling didn't look at them or speak, he just lay on the bed and slept.
*
Lu Ling stood outside the main tent, holding a tray in his hand, watching the man in front of him play with a gun.
The spear broke through the air, and then he swept the ground with his left foot. The spear turned forward three times, and finally the tip of the spear stopped in front of Lu Ling.
Lu Ling stared at the person in front of him with a cold look in his eyes. Suddenly, Xie Yuwang felt a chill all over his body.
Xie Yuwang retracted the gun and said with an awkward smile: "Sister, do you want to play a trick?"
As he said that, Xie Yuwang threw the gun into Lu Ling's hand.
Lu Ling was about to refuse when she heard Xie Yuwang say, "Sister, don't be so quick to refuse. These soldiers always say that I rely on my father and have no talent. You are better with a gun than I am. Please help me teach them a lesson."
Lu Ling actually didn't believe what Xie Yuwang said. Xie Yuwang had been in the military camp for two years, and it was certain that he couldn't even manage his subordinates. But when Lu Ling looked at those soldiers, they looked like they were laughing at a joke, and Lu Ling didn't want to endure it anymore.
Lu Ling threw the tray in his hand to Xie Yuwang and ran to the training ground.
The spear, held in the girl's hand, flashed through the air, a streak of dazzling golden light. Immediately afterwards, Lu Ling spun around, wrapped his hands around the spear shaft, and with a gentle flick, sent the spear barrel hurtling forward like a dragon.
The soldiers standing in the front retreated again and again, and were eventually forced to the outskirts of the training ground by Lu Ling.
Then, applause broke out and Xie Yuwang walked up to Lu Ling with a smile.
"Sister's marksmanship is indeed as good as it was back then."
"This girl is very good with a gun. I admire her." An unfamiliar male voice sounded beside her.
Lu Ling ignored him, threw the gun in his hand to Xie Yuwang, and prepared to go to the military doctor.
The man was not angry when he saw Lu Ling leaving, but just continued training.
"See if you still want to claim that you are the best gun handler in the army."
Lu Ling gradually walked away, but could still hear Xie Yuwang's voice. Lu Ling pursed his lips and smiled. Given Xie Yuwang's personality, his tail was already up in the sky.
Outside the main tent, Xie Heng had already finished talking with several generals in the army. When he walked out of the tent, he saw Lu Ling playing with a gun.
"Brother Lu taught A Ling very well. He should be relieved in heaven." He said while stroking his beard.
*
Lu Ling had been asked by Xie Yuwang to practice with guns for several days in a row. Every time Lu Ling wanted to refuse, Xie Yuwang would find various excuses to call him over.
Sometimes Lu Ling felt that he was too soft-hearted, and Xie Yuwang would follow him as long as he acted a little pitiful.
That day, Lu Ling decided to have a good talk with Xie Yuwang, but when he walked to the door of the tent, he heard a voice he hadn't heard for a long time.
"Why are you here?" Xie Yuwang asked the man.
"I came to see my aunt. How is she? Is my aunt okay after all this time?"
The person who spoke was Fang Shuo, the Fang Shuo who was ordered to release Lu Ling.
"What could happen in this military camp?" Xie Yuwang sneered.
"Your aunt is strong and healthy, she can eat and drink well, don't worry."
"That's fine. If she hadn't been determined to follow that Zhou guy, why would she be here now?" Fang Shuo said angrily.
"But, why did I hear that you removed my aunt's position as manager?" Fang Shuo asked.
Xie Yuwang smiled and said, "Who told your aunt to cause trouble? She hurt my sister so badly."
Lu Ling didn't listen any further. She didn't expect Fang Qianqian to be Fang Shuo's aunt, nor did she know that Fang Shuo would come to the military camp again. Fang Shuo's visit to the military camp was definitely not as simple as visiting her aunt.
Lu Ling returned to the tent and found that the few beds that were originally empty were now full.
When Qingdai saw Lu Ling come in, she hurriedly took Lu Ling's hand and sat back on her bed.
Lu Ling asked Qing Dai, "Who are these people?"
"These are the new people brought by Mr. Fang just now." Qingdai said.
Lu Ling understood in his heart that Fang Shuo had come to escort the prisoners again. He was really busy.
Lu Ling glanced at those people, said nothing, and fell asleep.
The matter did not go through, so Lu Ling had to go again the next day, but he was stopped halfway.
"Go ahead and show off. You're a woman who likes to play with guns and sticks. You think you can really go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. You can only show off here."
He was the soldier who had been watching Lu Ling practice with his gun these past few days.
Lu Ling was a little angry when he heard this person's words. He said, "When the late emperor was alive, there was a female minister Xu Zijin in the palace and a female general Ming Zheng in the palace. Why can't women wield spears and sticks?"
Lu Ling continued, "And why can't I go to the battlefield? I may be a slave now, but if Daliang needs me, I will go to the battlefield. But you, you've watched me wield a spear for a few days, but you haven't learned how to do it."
The soldier was immediately speechless after being confronted by Lu Ling. He said "you" several times but still couldn't make any clear statement.
When Xie Yuwang came out, the soldier had already run away. Seeing Lu Ling's angry expression, Xie Yuwang asked cautiously, "Sister, what's wrong?"
Lu Ling glanced at Xie Yuwang, then at the figure walking away, and said, "It's okay. Just manage your subordinates well and don't let anyone take advantage of you."
Lu Ling was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something and said to Xie Yuwang, "From now on, you can show your soldiers your guns by yourself. Don't call me anymore."
Xie Yuwang was dazed, with his head lowered, and he said "Oh", taking it as an agreement.
*
The clouds gradually thickened, as if to press people tightly to the ground. Crows flew through the sky, and their hoarse voices echoed through the sky.
Everyone was packing up when the Baipu army suddenly arrived, but the spies had no information at all. Seeing that the Baipu army was about to arrive, Xie Heng ordered the entire logistics battalion to enter the city, while the rest of the troops were to meet the enemy.
"What's going on? Are they suddenly asking us to go into the city?"
"Don't you know? That Bai Pu is less than five miles away from the military camp. If he doesn't let us go, we will all be buried with him."
"But didn't the general go to meet the enemy? Why are you letting us go? Doesn't the general have any confidence in winning this time?"
"It's hard to say. Although the general is brave and good at fighting, I heard from the soldiers who just passed by that Bai Pu sent an army of 100,000 this time. Just think about how many people we have in our camp?"
"Then he will definitely die!" The woman's face showed horror.
After listening to the conversation between the two, Lu Ling felt a little uneasy.
The spy must have been captured, otherwise there would be no news at all, Lu Ling thought.
When Lu Ling and the others arrived at the city gate, someone was already waiting there.
He is the son of the former King of Shu, the current King An of Shu - Bai Xichen.
After Shu Kingdom surrendered to Daliang, the emperor of Daliang named the King of Shu as King of Shu An. Less than two years after the surrender, the old King of Shu An passed away, and Bai Xichen succeeded to the title. He was in charge of all matters big and small in Shuzhou.
Originally, there was no need for Bai Xichen to come and pick them up, after all, these were slaves, so there was no need. However, Bai Xichen was worried about the safety of the Xie family army, so he had to stand on the city wall and watch the situation.
Lu Ling looked up at the young prince and felt that his eyes were very familiar.
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