"General, actually we ran away because we wanted to find a place to settle down outside. Now we are here and we hope that you can give us convenience so that we father and son can have a place to settle down." As he said this, the businessman knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Chen Yalan.
Looking at the weeping businessman, Chen Yalan couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted, so she said, "It's not impossible for you to settle down in this city."
Upon hearing this, the businessman immediately expressed his gratitude to Chen Yalan, but Chen Yalan immediately stopped him: "If you want to settle down here, you have to pay the price."
"Don't worry, General. As long as it is within my ability, I will do my best to help." The businessman seemed very happy to have a place to stay and agreed immediately.
However, Chen Yalan said, "Don't agree so early. This matter is not that simple."
Chen Yalan knew that she was not at ease with this person, so she would not let them settle down here so easily. But at this moment, the businessman wanted to settle down here, and she wanted to achieve her own goals. Now, why not negotiate some conditions?
"Since you are Tibetans, you must be very familiar with the interior of Tibet. If you can draw a map of Tibet, then I will agree to let you settle here." Then, Chen Yalan stated her conditions.
Zhong Yu, who was standing by, was a little bit incredulous about Chen Yalan's request. He didn't expect Chen Yalan to say such a thing.
He wanted to persuade Chen Yalan. After all, they were Tibetans, and their words were not entirely trustworthy. Besides, if the Tibetans were allowed to settle down in the city, the consequences would be unknown.
Zhong Yu was about to speak, but at that moment, the merchant suddenly said, "Sure, General. As long as you can let us settle down in this city, I can draw you a map of Tubo."
Zhong Yu couldn't believe what the Tibetan said. In Zhong Yu's mind, no matter what, merchants were all Tibetans. He drew a map for himself, which was beneficial to his side, but he still betrayed his country. Zhong Yu couldn't accept this.
However, this matter was not something he could decide. After hearing the businessman's words, Chen Yalan immediately agreed.
So, the matter was happily decided.
After settling down in the city, the merchant seemed to very much hope that Chen Yalan would trust him, so he donated the food he brought with him, hoping that everyone in this city would accept him.
Chen Yalan was naturally very happy about the merchant's move. You know, no one knows how long this war will last, and food and fodder are naturally indispensable. Now with the merchant's food, the residents of this city can also reduce some of the pressure.
So, after receiving the food donated by the merchants, Chen Yalan had someone open a porridge stall outside her mansion, so that the residents of the city who had no food to eat could come to the porridge stall to get food.
Food was like an accident, which suddenly reduced the pressure on the city.
However, even though she had food, Chen Yalan did not forget that her condition was a map, not food.
A few days later, the businessman found Chen Yalan and handed her a map.
Chen Yalan returned to the room and spread the map on the table. She saw that the map showed the terrain of Tubo. The merchant was also very careful and marked the defense locations of Tubo that he knew of.
Chen Yalan was very surprised by the markings of the defense locations: "Why did you mark these defense locations?"
In fact, Chen Yalan had the same idea as Zhong Yu. After all, it was a country of merchants. In order to settle down in this place, the merchants reluctantly agreed to draw the map for her. But now he actually marked all the defense locations. Naturally, Chen Yalan had some doubts.
The merchant seemed to have known that Chen Yalan would ask this question. He simply smiled and said, "Of course I have my reasons. I want to return to my country, but our tribe has been defeated. It is very difficult for me to go back. Only if you defeat our country can I return to my homeland."
Chen Yalan naturally had some doubts about the businessman's statement that he wanted to go home, which was why he marked the defense locations so carefully. However, since she had this map with the defense locations marked, she naturally had some confidence.
In the afternoon, Tubo launched another attack. Chen Yalan's injuries had healed a lot, so she stood on the city wall again, commanding her soldiers to repel the enemy's attacks again and again.
Seeing the Tibetans retreating, Chen Yalan stared at them, wondering when she would be able to completely repel them.
He was really annoyed with these people. They would come to harass him from time to time, but when he wanted to counterattack, they would immediately retreat like a fly.
As soon as he returned to the palace, a video came to report: "General, an imperial edict has arrived."
Chen Yalan took the imperial edict and immediately unfolded it to read, but she could not believe what she saw.
The edict stated that Chen Yalan and his men should capture Tufang within a month and end the war.
The war was already very tense, so Chen Yalan did not pay much attention to the strangeness of this edict.
A few days later, Fu Liu, who was far away in the capital, finally received a letter from Chen Yalan.
Looking at the envelope with Chen Yalan's name on it, tears suddenly welled up in Fu Liu's eyes.
She couldn't remember how long it had been since she and Chen Yalan had seen each other. She didn't even have time to send Chen Yalan off because she was bleeding heavily and unconscious.
So when she received Chen Yalan's letter at this moment, she was naturally very happy.
After hurriedly opening the envelope, Fu Liu read the letter carefully, with a smile on his face.
In the letter, Chen Yalan first told Fu Liu that she was doing well at the border and asked her not to worry, and then she expressed her concern about Fu Liu's current situation in sincere words.
She wrote in the letter that she hoped Fu Liu would take good care of herself and wait for her return. Chen Yalan's letter was filled with care and longing for Fu Liu, which made Fu Liu's eyes redden again.
After reading the letter over and over again, Lin Liu finally folded the letter under the persuasion of the palace maid and carefully put it under her pillow. Then she helped Liu pick up a piece of dark red silk, which she had chosen for Chen Yalan before.
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